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MacKeachanfromKeach

MacKeachanfromKeach
Location
Concord, New Hampshire,
Birthday
December 01
Title
Do I need one ?
Company
Bead One, Thread Too
Bio
I grew up with one parent, my mom. When I was about 11 years old my mom worked at the Orson Wells Film School in Cambridge, Massachusetts and I spent many hours either at the Film School part or at the theater part. I was there so often that I had a running tab at the candy counter. I must have seen "Forbidden Planet" over 27 times ! The years I was the most involved with film and acting was around 1972/73, when i played Vera Sapleton in a short story called, "The Open Window". Sometime around 1978 I had an opportunity to take an acting class at Emerson College in Boston. My home life was toxic, however, and I was not encouraged to pursue an acting career. I spent some time away from the toxicity that was "Hartless" Place in Woburn and learned black and white photography from my uncle, Jack Radcliffe, who taught at a College in Maryland. Although Prof. Radcliffe wrote a recommendation for me to continue my photographic study upon return to the Woburn School System I was told that I could not take photography because I was not a Senior (in High School). Since High School had become a waste of my time I quit school and after working full time for 3 months had enough money to purchase enough materials to build my own (blk & wht.) dark room in the bathroom annex. My photography had to share space with the laundry, but it worked okay for awhile ... until the next family crisis came along. To enter the military I earned my G.E.D. I endured Basic Training, but became homeless after graduation on Fort Dix in 1983. In 1988 I lost my mom and half sister in a house fire and started to appreciate and research my maternal genealogy (Keach and Rawson). In 1995 I graduated from Rivier College, Nashua, NH with a BFA in Graphic Design, but have not become employed in that field. I have traveled to England and Scotland and continue to maintain a valid US Passport. I have one son, who is unemployed. I have one half brother, who is deaf. I have one cat, who stays inside. I live in one house. I drive a Nissan. I create with Adobe Photoshop (mac version). I bead with Delica seed beads and semi precious stone beads. I own and manage one small business. I live with asthma.

JULY 3, 2010 1:27AM

Why Buy Cheap Chinese Made Decor For An American Celebration

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Okay, this is the post that might get me fired from my day job at JoAnn Fabrics and Crafts. This is my 7th year watching my fellow Americans flock like lemmings into this huge retail craft store to purchase the cheapest of the cheap .... discounted decor made in China. Yes, we sell alot of fabric and other supplies to MAKE (OUR OWN) THINGS, right here. However, there is a staggering amound of goods that are NOT made in this country that I wish I had the choice NOT to sell. Not only at Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts, but at almost every retail store in America there are "Made in China" labels on the bottom of knick knacks and some household decor. Most of the products that are sold here but made in a different country are cheap in every sense of the word AND are not even necesary. Cheap in every sense of the word except for one glaring difference. So, you need a job you say ? Maybe you should consider moving overseas with your purchase that was made there. I bet there are many jobs where that item was made.

 

  Bead Crochet - Red, White and Blue

 

As for me, I hand crafted a red, white and blue bracelet using a technique called bead crochet. My friend will be wearing it to a huge Fourth of July celebration in Massachusetts this weekend. I have a FaceBook business page and a webpage for my own tiny business. You can contact me if you want me to make you one of these American made bead crochet bracelets for July, 4, 2011, but I do not sell them "cheap". Each red, white and blue bead crochet bracelet you buy from me will cost $35. That is actually a reasonable price, but who would know it since there are not many "reasonable priced" items left to buy in America !?

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You're right, I dubt the full weight of JoAnn Fabrics is going to come down on you. I mean it is not like they are B of A.

I have to say I am so often frustrated. I often look for items not Made in China. I am even willing to pay more if it is not Made in China.
More often than not whatever the item is with the exception of fresh foods is simply not available if it is not Made in China.

Usually the quality is way below what I would like.
A couple of week ago I bought a leaf blower. I did a little research and the best I could do is one that is assembled in the USA.
I also purchased it at Wal-Mart. One of my least favorite retailers.

I an really tired of choices going down and prices going up.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Companies-brace-for-end-of-apf-2437567795.html?x=0

Link to headline that reads, "Companies Brace For End of Cheap Made-In_China Era" Yahoo Finance