Ok you guys & gals=
this is it ! The ultimate gift for Christmas, this
was in the Ott=
awa Citizen yesterday and I thought it should be shared with
you all ! &=
nbsp;Enjoy !
Bags: To be sold by silent auction
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There are shopping bags, plastic ba=
gs, evening bags, waist pouches and
backpacks. And creativity ran unchec=
ked, with condoms and cookie pans, human
hair, piano parts and live f=
ish finding their way into the designs.
Allson Smith-Welsh recycled a girdl=
e, sewing zippers into the bra cups
to safeguard valuables. And Wal-Mart=
saleswoman Carole Hebert spent more than
80 hours creating an ostrich e=
gg purse lined with ostrich skin and closing
with a feather clasp. Learn=
ing how to process the skin alone took three weeks.
Seeing a pair of shiny VW van hubca=
ps in a junkyard reminded sculptor
Lynne Lalonde of a friend who once dr=
ove from British Columbia to Ottawa in a
beat-up van.
"She was as colourful and playful and representing of freedom as her old=
VW,"
she says. And the hubcaps reminded her of a time when people were =
more active
in social causes. "Today we 'talk about it but we don't go i=
nto the streets
any-more. I find that alarming," she says. "Maybe =
it (her "Peace and Love"
bag) will make us speak about these times more =
often and we'll go back into
the street and protest."
Ms. Lalonde's Peace and Love bag, along with the other works of art, wil=
l
sell by silent auction on Dec. 15.
There is a $200 minimum bid, which =
can be waived at the designer's
discretion.
Click here > http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/graphics/misc/vwpurse.jpg to see=
this lovely purse !
Cheers
Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains
Member: Vanagon List, LiMBO, IWCCC & Capital City VW Club
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
STEBRO/Vanagon Stain=
less Steel Mufflers
Frank Condelli &a=
mp; Associates or http://frankcondelli.com