Another Guiding Year

Happy September!  I hope you all had a wonderful summer and are as excited about this Guiding year as I am.  

You'll notice I've updated the blog a little.  I've created a new page for my available swaps and I will use this main section as a running commentary of my Guider experiences.  I hope to provide craft, program and problem solving tips and tricks here.

We all know that Guiders, including myself, can get stuck in a rut.  So I hope you'll follow my updates and find something helpful to use in your units this, or in a future, year.

Yours in Guiding,

Misty

August Greetings

Hi everyone!
I hope you're all enjoying your summer (or winter as the case may be).  It's been a busy and hot one for me and I'm excited to start thinking ahead to another Guiding year.  In fact, I'm getting together to plan the first few months tomorrow!

I've also learned we have some new Twinning Project badges available at our National Store.  I don't have any in my hands YET; but, I will have some to swap in a few weeks.

If there is any interest in either of these, please let me know.

Yours in Guiding,
Misty

Duplicate's List - July 25, 2012

Challenge Crests

Girls for Safer Communities (3 available)

This crest was available only for a limited time.

Camp Crests

Camp Wyoka 1998

Campy Wyoka is located in Clifford, Ontario

Piper's Hill Camp

Zoe's Amazing Race - Westglen District Camp, May 13-15, 2011

Program Earned Badges

Guides - Baker's Badge

Guides - Pink Thanks Silk

Guides - Experienced Camper Emblem

Pathfinders - Be Prepared Arrow - In the Home

Guides UK - Music Silk

Miscellaneous Crests

Ontario Cookie Seller Crest

Environment Girl (2 available)

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) (4 available)

Ontario Provincial Commissioner - Maggie van Dusen silk

Remembrance Day Crest

From Field to Fridge

Lady Baden Powell (2 available)

Mardi Gras

Empowering Girls

Tuesday April 17 - Dupe's List

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

Zoe's Amazing Race - Westglen District Camp, May 13-15, 2011

Program Earned Badges

Guides - Baker's Badge

Guides - Pink Thanks Silk

Guides - Experienced Camper Emblem

Pathfinders - Be Prepared Arrow - In the Home

Guides UK - Music Silk

Miscellaneous Crests

Tidy Camper Award

Ontario Cookie Seller Crest

Environment Girl (2 available)

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) (5 available)

Ontario Provincial Commissioner - Maggie van Dusen silk

Remembrance Day Crest

From Field to Fridge

Lady Baden Powell (2 available)

Mardi Gras

Empowering Girls

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.