Ruby, the eZine for Women of all ages
All about Ruby, the newest eZine for women that is written by real women, for real women. We cover the things you care about in your everyday life.
Ruby: Full of Life's Precious Moments
You'll find no diets here! No celeb gossip, no pictures of famous people... we're interested in YOU! What you're doing and what your hobbies are. We love to see pictures of your garden, your grandbaby, your Christmas tree.
Ruby is a new kind of women's magazine. Sure, it's online and not available in hard copy, but it's new in that we try to meld the old with the new!
I love to look at OLD women's magazines. (not 'old women' but 'old magazines for women') Not that there is anything wrong with old women - I'm fast on my way to being one! :) Have you ever looked at a Godey's Lady Book? It's about 600 pages and full of stories, recipes and household tips. There were some ads, but not an overwhelming number of them. Ruby wants to bring back some of that.
We don't have ads in Ruby!!!! Except- We do run ads for our Work At Home Mom's! And they are free. If you want one, just email me! I'd be more than happy to put it in our next issue.
We publish 6 issues a year - January, March, May, July, September, November
We charge $13.70 for a years subscription and a single issue costs $2.75
We wanted EVERYONE to be able to purchase one, and not have cost be a factor.
S0, where can you purchase Ruby?
On the blog, you can purchase a single issue or Subscribe on the
Ruby Blog
You can also purchase single issues from CurrClick.com
You can also purchase single issues from Lulu.com
Questions? Email Me!
Ruby: Full of Life's Precious Moments
You'll find no diets here! No celeb gossip, no pictures of famous people... we're interested in YOU! What you're doing and what your hobbies are. We love to see pictures of your garden, your grandbaby, your Christmas tree.
Ruby is a new kind of women's magazine. Sure, it's online and not available in hard copy, but it's new in that we try to meld the old with the new!
I love to look at OLD women's magazines. (not 'old women' but 'old magazines for women') Not that there is anything wrong with old women - I'm fast on my way to being one! :) Have you ever looked at a Godey's Lady Book? It's about 600 pages and full of stories, recipes and household tips. There were some ads, but not an overwhelming number of them. Ruby wants to bring back some of that.
We don't have ads in Ruby!!!! Except- We do run ads for our Work At Home Mom's! And they are free. If you want one, just email me! I'd be more than happy to put it in our next issue.
We publish 6 issues a year - January, March, May, July, September, November
We charge $13.70 for a years subscription and a single issue costs $2.75
We wanted EVERYONE to be able to purchase one, and not have cost be a factor.
S0, where can you purchase Ruby?
On the blog, you can purchase a single issue or Subscribe on the
Ruby Blog
You can also purchase single issues from CurrClick.com
You can also purchase single issues from Lulu.com
Questions? Email Me!
Contents at a Glance
Ruby Women
Where Ruby Subscribers gather
Every Ruby subscriber is invited to join Ruby Women, our social networking site. It's private so we can feel free share pictures of our kids, our grandkids or other family members.We have Projects going on - a challenge for Cards for Heroes, making blank homemade cards to send to our troops, so they can send cards to their families. We have a Ruby Clothes Bank - get some new clothes for the cost of shipping!
A Stitchery BOM based on The Fruit of the Spirit is currently going on and are sharing homemade Christmas ideas.
Rochelle has started a Paper Doll project - Cherié, a fairy, needs you to make a beautiful dress for her! Print off the page and use your scraps of fabric, lace and or beads and a glue stick to make her a costume for the Autumn Fairy Ball. Color her hair and slippers if they will show below your creation. Take a photo and show us what Cherié looks like with your designer ball gown! The Autumn Fairy Ball is October 24th-Cherié is counting on you to give her an adorable dress! (I've already started on my dress!)
We keep an active Prayer Request thread, and an almost weekly devotional thought by our Devotions Editor, Susan.
We are all having a ball and hope you'll join us! (this is one of Dorothy's beautiful garden pictures.)
Ruby Women Share
What's on your mind?
Do you have a great Homemade Christmas tip or idea? We'd love to hear it!
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- spinndiva spinndiva Oct 13, 2009 @ 11:51 am
- I will add one more, then it is our readers turn! :D
One Christmas we bought a bag full of clothes pins (the ones that look like little people). We used scraps of fabric, some of my roving, golden crafting foil and made some of them into angels. We drew the faces on with markers. We then set them on our Christmas tree.
That Christmas, every friend that came to visit us, got one of those angels plucked off the tree. At the end we did not have any more Angels on the tree, but we were happy in the knowledge we had that many friends.
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- Susan-Peterman Susan-Peterman Oct 11, 2009 @ 8:03 am
- Looking forward to this new venue for all Ruby Women to share their talents & support for one another. In and Because of HIM, Susan
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- spinndiva spinndiva Oct 9, 2009 @ 12:43 pm
- One more! Handmade, scented ornaments! My daughter made these when she was in Kindergarden!
Mix up equal parts of canned apple-sauce and powdered cinnamon until it has a dough like consistency. Form a ball with your hands.
Place wax paper on work surface and place the dough on top. Flatten slightly with your fingers, then place second sheet of wax paper over it. Roll dough in wax paper sandwich until it is about 1/8 inch thick. Remove top paper.
Using cookie cutters, cut out shapes of the dough, punch a little hole in the top of the design ( so you can hang it later)
Air dry the shapes for at least 24 hours until completely hard!
Hang with pretty ribbons from your tree or your presents!
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- spinndiva spinndiva Oct 8, 2009 @ 3:26 pm
- I have a Christmas tip!
A different kind of Advent calendar: bake 24 cookies ( the last one could be a bit bigger one if you like) Make sure they all have a hole in the top before you bake them. String on a ribbon and hang up. Every day you get to eat one cookie, The fewer cookies you have , the closer to Christmas you get! :D
Help us build our Book LIst!
We all have favorite books, in every subject under the sun. Well, right now, we want to build a list, filled with your Tried and True favorites for Homemade Christmas. You'll have to list them via Amazon, i.e. find the book on Amazon and add the link to our list below. Then we'll vote for our favorites and come out with the TOP Reference books for Homemade Christmas.
I started us off with 2, what can you add to the list?
I started us off with 2, what can you add to the list?
New Amazon Voting (Plexo)
Sew Pretty Christmas Homestyle by Tone Finnanger
Sew Pretty Christmas Homestyle shows readers how t more...0 points
Sew Fabulous Fabric by Alice Butcher, Ginny Farquar
Readers will learn to make the most of their texti more...0 points
Sew Subversive: Down and Dirty DIY for the Fabulous Fashionista by Melissa Rannels, Melissa Alvarado, Hope Meng
Sew Subversive is about making fashion your own, w more...0 points
Vintage Knits: 30 Exquisite Vintage-Inspired Patterns for Cardigans, Twin Sets, Crewnecks and More by Sarah Dallas
Sleek Styles for the Savvy Knitter This stylish k more...0 points
Ruby Blog
The Ruby news is here first!
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Every issue of Ruby is filled with Pearls of Wisdom - here are some to get you through to the next issue!
Cake stand: when not in use holding a cake, set it out on the counter to hold some of the little things you normally keep on the counter (I have my coffee canister and sugar bowls, spoon rest, and cream pitcher on mine). Then it's easy to move these things to clean around/behind. It's also a good space saver when counter top space is tight.This Pearl by Amy Cavaness, our Home Editor.
Editors Note: I actually do this already, and it's an awesome space saver!I have a pen/pencil holder, pepper mill, toothpick holder, blue jar that holds Truvia packets and the Coffeemate container!
Ruby Downloads
Here are the goodies!
This download is given by Margaret Bucklew, our Flat Sydney Adventures editor. She is also a quilt designer and does she have some lovely quilt patterns for sale on her site Chiseled in Cloth
Here, she is offering a Continuous Line Drawing for quilting - Hearts n Stars
Here, she is offering a Continuous Line Drawing for quilting - Hearts n Stars
Ruby Editors
The blogs/sites/emails for the Ruby Editors
- Elle Maree
- Le-Teisha's blog, she is our cooking editor
- Rochelle Martin - our Coloring Pages and Paper Doll Editor
- This is Rochelle's website Cottage Quilt Designs
- Susan Peterman - our Devotions Editor
- This is Susan's blog
- Margaret Bucklew - our Flat Sydney Adventures Editor
- This is Margaret's blog
- Katie Cunningham - our WAHM editor
- This is Katie's blog
- Beth Brubaker - our Humor and Fun Editor
- This is Beth's blog
- Amy Cavaness - our Home Editor
- This is Amy's blog
- Karen Gass - Editor in chief
- This is Karen's blog
- Bridgett Stemplinger, our Editor for Ruby's Closet
- Bridgett's blog
Ruby Pictures
Some of our favorite pictures
This is from the Sept 09 Ruby, where Amy did over her family room and shared the entire adventure with us! You'll get some great ideas from Amy!
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I'm Karen Gass, editor in chief of Ruby, an online magazine for women of all ages.
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