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I'm starting to think about the summer ... and someone's 2nd birthday. I, naively, bought a bunch of liners last year then ended up not using them because they looked awful when they came out of the oven. This garland would a great way to use them up!
"Mielie" is, officially, the Afrikaans word for corn/maize. But it's also the word all South Africans use for corn (and its by-products), no matter what language they happen to speak. Now, "Mielie" is a small business after my own heart. Employing over 50 artists the mission is "to design and produce innovative, export-quality hand-crafted products using reclaimed materials - with the aim of creating employment and restoring dignity and financial independence to South Africans". The Mielie Peeps work out of their homes, sell across the planet, share a community garden and create the most amazing things using strips of t-shirt fabric!!
The items pictured here are the tip of the Mielie-berg. I cannot begin to capture the variety and creativity of these folks. Wanna learn to weave like a Mielie Peep? Follow the links to the two free tutorials... after the jump.