can't write...I'm sewing....

madly! Working on putting the finishing touches to my toys for Morphe II. Probably would have been finished if I hadn't decided that I needed to make another completely new toy as I wasn't happy with one of them late one night ( or early one morning depending how you look at it).
Now I look at it again I have no idea what what so awful about it???? Maybe too many late nights, one of them out seeing Hugh Jackman in the Boy from Oz. He was just amazing - singing, dancing and poncing up a storm. Oh, and he isn't too hard on the eyes either....
Really, anyone who can look that good in a pair of tight gold lame pants is fine by me!
See you all when my work is done......

This little gem was sent to me by my lovely Aunty Jane ( kisses from the girls to you both!) ..it was her Brownie card.

and inside....

A Brownie must know

the Brownie promise
the Law
the Motto
the Salute
the Smile
the Good Turn
the Fairy Ring
how to fold her own tie
how to wash up the tea things
(and the best one)
how to plait & part her hair straight.
Not a bad set of rules for life, I am thinking.

Now can any one enlighten me as to what the "Fairy ring " is?
I was a Sunbeam, not a Brownie and there were no Fairy rings at the good ol' Salvation Army!

Comments

[Eren]

Hmmm...fairy rings...nope, I was a Campfire Girl, so no fairy rings here. But Im loving the Brownie!!! Ive seen many mushrooms lately and yours is so cute with the little owl taking a break atop.

[mrspilkington]

hmm...i was a brownie, but i don't remember! oh well, i was never very good at brownieness.

[shannon]

I was a Guide, which really means I was a loser. All is remember is a bunch of odd girls and calling eachother Australiana names.

[Jo]

Isn't a fairy ring where you plant a ring of flowers for the fairies to come and visit ???

[Julie]

Let's see, a fairy ring is actually what grows after a tree dies. Because the roots are still in the ground, mushrooms grow in a ring around where the tree use to stand. They call it a fairy ring because the fairies supposedly come and sit on the mushrooms and have their gatherings. (We have a pretty good one in our yard and I love telling my daughter stories about it!) But I don't think this answers your question. I was a Brownie in the 70's and I think I had a ring, or maybe it was a pin. But I don't remember any "fairy ring" thing.

[Tiel]

good luck with finishing the toys..can't wait to see them.

[elizabeth]

great brownie card! i scored awhile back the handbook. i love it!

[ingrid]

I was a brownie for a very short time. And I mean extremely short, like about 2 weeks or so. What can say, brown just isn't my colour. Anyhoo, my sister was a long-term brownie, and I have a vague memory that the fairy ring was the circle they sat in. Maybe there was a song or something to go with it.

[gkgirl]

i always wanted to be a brownie
but sigh,
never was one.
so i can't help you.
although i would have very much
liked to say
that i knew what it was...

:)

[biddy]

i'm just reliving the brownie experience with my daughter and its set me about looking for the stuff from my time to share with her. i love the brownie card gorgeous.
thanks for the sneek peek your dolls look fantastic