Touching Base

I just wanted to say how excited I am to have found two separate groups on Facebook to do swaps with!  It's been great.  I think I've probably sent out 10-15 swaps already and there are more in the works!  Who knew there were so many other Girl Guide and Girl Scout leaders out there with the same passion for camp blanket bling that I have?

I have discovered a downside to these new found swapping groups...my collection of crests and badges that need to be sewn on my blanket still has grown enormously!  I probably have 50 badges to go on and the count gets higher with every new envelope full of swaps that arrives in the mail.

Here are a couple of my favourites so far!

I'll take some pictures of my newest crests and post them all when I have some more time.  In the meanwhile, happy swapping!

Dupe's List - February 10, 2012

As of today at 4:30pm EST

Challenge Crests

Girls for Safer Communities (5 available)

This crest was available only for a limited time.

BC Girl Guides CSI Challenge

Camp Crests

Camp Wyoka 1998

Campy Wyoka is located in Clifford, Ontario

Piper's Hill Camp

Camp Wyoka 2003

Camp Wyoka 2002

Program Earned Badges

Guides - Baker's Badge

Guides - Pink Thanks Silk

Guides - Experienced Camper Emblem

Pathfinders - Bronze Camp

Pathfinders - Be Prepared Arrow - In the Home

Guides UK - Music Silk

Monumental Crests

Girl Guides of Canada - 100 Years Crest

This crest was available for purchase in the Girl Guides of Canada national store during the centennial.

Miscellaneous Crests

Tidy Camper Award

Ontario Cookie Seller Crest

Environment Girl 

Guiding Rocks - Skydome 2002 (14 available)

2003 Classic Cookie crest (4 available)

Ontario Deputy Provincial Commissioner silk

White Oaks Guiding Centre silk

Brant Division crest (Ontario) (6 available)

Ontario Provincial Commissioner - Maggie van Dusen silk

Remembrance Day Crest

Winter Camp is Cool

My Camp Blanket

So here is my camp blanket, a work in progress. It's a Queen-size blanket just to give perspective for the size. I still have a rather large pile of badges and crests to sew on it.
Badges are mostly Canadian ones I've earned or were given during my many years in Guiding. I do have several International crests as well.

Misty's Most Wanted

I'm sure we all have those badges and crests that have alluded us.  I have a few that I'm searching for, so I thought I'd post them here in the hopes that someone will have what I'm looking for and want to co-ordinate a swap with me.

Ontario Circle of Life Arts Challenge - All pieces except Earth.
Ontario 5 Region WAGGGS Challenge - Asia Pacific - FOUND
Ontario 5 Region WAGGGS Challenge - Arab

I'm also looking for a Canada Cord.  The red & white twisted cord from the 1990's :

Somewhere along the lines, I lost mine.  I'm not sure if it happened in a move or what the case may be since I still have my All-Round Cord and they had been kept together.

Please note, that these are just my most-wanted items.  I'm happy to swap for other items not on my list! 

Dupe's List - January 30, 2012

Alright, here we go. This is what I have available as of today!  Click on the name of the crest for a photo.

Challenge Crests


Girl Guides of Canada Centennial Challenge - 100 in 100
One of four pieces that when completed forms trefoil.  Challenge was to celebrate Guiding in Canada's 100th anniversary.  This is the 100 in 100 part of the challenge.

Girl Guides of Canada Centennial Challenge - Eradicate Hunger
One of the four pieces that when complete forms a trefoil.  Challenge was to celebrate Guiding in Canada's 100th anniversary.  This is the Eradicate Hunger piece of the challenge.

Water for All Challenge

Girls for Safer Communities (6 available)
This crest was available only for a limited time.

You Go Girl in Technology

Camp Crests


Camp Wyoka 1998
Campy Wyoka is located in Clifford, Ontario

Piper's Hill Camp

Camp Wyoka 2003

Camp Wyoka 2002

Program Earned Badges


Guides - Baker's Badge

Guides - Pink Thanks Silk

Guides - Experienced Camper Emblem

Pathfinders - Bronze Camp

Pathfinders - Be Prepared Arrow - In the Home

Pathfinders - Be Prepared Arrow - In the Outdoors

Guides UK - Music Silk

Monumental Crests


Girl Guides of Canada - Olave Baden-Powell Centennial
Girls were given this crest to wear on their sleeve during the Olave Baden-Powell centennial in 1989.

Girl Guides of Canada - 100 Years Crest
This crest was available for purchase in the Girl Guides of Canada national store during the centennial.

Girl Guides of Canada - Centennial Crests for Members
Registered members were given this crest to wear on their uniform during the centennial year.

Miscellaneous Crests


Tidy Camper Award

Ontario Cookie Seller Crest

Environment Girl 

Guiding Rocks - Skydome 2002 (14 available)


2003 Classic Cookie crest (4 available)


Ontario Deputy Provincial Commissioner silk

White Oaks Guiding Centre silk

Brant Division crest (Ontario) (6 available)


Ontario Provincial Commissioner - Maggie van Dusen silk

Welcome!

A warm welcome to everyone that has stumbled upon my newest blogging adventure.  This blog will serve as a way to connect with other Girl Guide & Girl Scout badge and patch traders.  It seems like there are many of us out there; but, don't know where to look to find one another.

Hopefully, this blog will make it easier for people to find me!  I've been a member of Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada since I was Brownie age.  I took some time off after Pathfinders and found my way back to Guiding about 15 years ago.  

As those of us actively involved like to joke, I bleed blue!  I currently work with Guides and Pathfinders as well as holding the role of Community Guider of PR for Community 12 in Ontario.  In the past I have worked with Sparks and Brownies.  I have been Division program advisor, District program advisor and District Commissioner.  

In my years of Guiding, I have accumulated many wonderful crests, badges and patches from around the world and I can't wait to swap for more!

Stay tuned for a list of my current duplicates (dupes)!

Yours in Guiding,

Stephanie aka: Misty