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- From: wrhogeb@srv.PacBell.COM (Bill Hogeboom)
- Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
- Subject: Re: Wreath supplies anyone?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.231115.11500@PacBell.COM>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 23:11:15 GMT
- References: <7158@news.duke.edu>
- Sender: news@PacBell.COM (Pacific Bell Netnews)
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Pacific * Bell
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- In article <7158@news.duke.edu> greenleaf@bchm.biochem.duke.edu writes:
- >
- > Hi!
- >
- >I'm looking for a good, cheap source for wreath-making supplies, specifically
- >straw wreaths 12", 14", or 16" and floral pins (for anchoring things to the
- >wreath forms. I called one place and the woman I talked to had no idea what I
- >was describing when I said floral pins. And the wreaths were WAY more
- >expensive than my local craft store or Wal Mart. The problem I'm having is
- >that the places I go are ALWAYS out of what I want. I don't understand how
- >they can restock something by putting up less than 10 of an item. Plus the
- >people that work in the store hoard seasonally popular supplies before
- >customers even get a chance. They admit they buy it all up! What can I do?
- >
- >Thank you. I feel better now.
- >
- >Andrea Skantar
- >glab@bchm.biochem.duke.edu
- nAlong the same line, I am looking for an inexpensive source of pine
- cones in the San Francisco area. My wife and I try to make two or
- three pine cone wreaths each year as gifts and are having trouble
- finding an affordable source in the area this year.
-