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o x share to facebook share to pinterest labels shop update vintage buttons wool brooch sunday january 30 2011 evicted it would seem i ve been evicted from thirtyville as coined by the talented girlsavage yes today i have packed my bags and moved into fortyville i ve already had a look around the joint and it looks ok from here bacon and nutella for breakfast lunch with my husband without kids and the promise of ice cream i took advantage of my birthday status this morning and worked a little more on a project i ve had in the works i hope to have it finished soon so i can show you i also had a chance to work on more mossy brooches yesterday some are already spoken for but there will be a few in my shop early next week aloha i hope you all have a wonderful sunday i ll think of you while i m eating my er sundae d 35 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels birthday felting wip thursday january 27 2011 paths yesterday was a busy day and didn t go quite as planned i m feeling a few steps behind today and i m nursing a cup or stein as my friend karen would say of coffee and pondering instead of doing i ve been thinking a lot about the ideas of direction lately and how to find it choosing a path how to stay on course how to make time for wandering wandering in the right way because sometimes wandering becomes floundering and that s not what i want to do all topics for another day but these are subjects that rattle around in my head when i m not chasing kids or poking wool with needles for now i ll leave you with a well known poem by frost that i love and my favorite quote from thoreau so you can do your own pondering two roads diverged in a yellow wood and sorry i could not travel both and be one traveler long i stood and looked down one as far as i could to where it bent in the undergrowth then took the other as just as fair and having perhaps the better claim because it was grassy and wanted wear though as for that the passing there had worn them really about the same and both that morning equally lay in leaves no step had trodden black oh i kept the first for another day yet knowing how way leads on to way i doubted if i should ever come back i shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence two roads diverged in a wood and i i took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference robert frost 1915 all that i could say then with respect to farming on a large scale i have always cultivated a garden was that i had had my seeds ready many think that seeds improve with age i have no doubt that time discriminates between the good and the bad and when at last i shall plant i shall be less likely to be disappointed henry david thoreau from walden have a great day everyone 10 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels real life wednesday january 26 2011 wordless wednesday 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels wordless wednesday tuesday january 25 2011 bags o buttons i spent some time packing up 1 pound bags of vintage buttons from the giant tub of unsorted buttons i talked about yesterday as promised i ve added some to my de stash shop lilfishextras to be sure i didn t go through the stash and pick i had my kids fill up the bags for me when they were done i added one or two special buttons to each bag just to be sure there were some fun things to discover in each a lot of these buttons will be utility buttons but i m sure there will be some fancy ones and some not buttons in there too fun remember you can enter the giveaway to win one of these bags for your very own by leaving a comment on yesterday s post comments will be open until fri jan 28 i ll be working on adding more vintage buttons and other vintage goodies to the de stash shop over the next few weeks so if that is your kind of thing i d love it if you d stop by and have a look in other news the weather has warmed up a bit here 20s yay so i hope to be able to get out to the barn and cut some wood buttons today of course this is dependent upon nap schedules around here as most things are i ve been working on a few more mossy heart brooches to put in my shop but am out of wood buttons can you believe it me short of buttons ha 13 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels vintage buttons wip monday january 24 2011 button monday and a giveaway some of you may know that i have a rather sizeable stash of vintage buttons i love old buttons and enjoy working them into my projects i love the history behind them the odd shapes and colors and the strange not buttons that i find mingled amongst them when i buy an old button jar mostly i love the diggin the pickin the explorin i have more buttons than i ll ever use but still when i see a jar of buttons at a thrift store or yard sale i have to buy it just so i can dig through it i have some of my buttons sorted but i have about 50 pounds that i haven t yet sorted in fact they ve been sitting in my workspace for about 2 years now sooooo it s time for them to go since i know there are other button lovers out there i thought i d start my de stash with a giveaway yay i m starting with a pound bag o buttons if you d like to dig through some unsorted old buttons for yourself then leave me a comment on this post and maybe you ll get one for yourself i ll pick a winner on friday jan 28 so please be sure i have some way to contact you i ll ship worldwide so come on fellow button lovers let s see what treasures you ll get tomorrow i will start adding buttons to my now empty destash shop lilfishextras so if you re interested come have a look i ll be adding a bunch of these unsorted bags o buttons to the shop as well as a few more but if you re looking for a certain kind of vintage button just ask and i might have it for you happy monday everyone this giveaway is now closed 172 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels button monday giveaway vintage buttons saturday january 22 2011 damn it s cold and a bit about my process what do i do when i wake up to temperatures like this i stay inside and update my etsy shop that is just what i did yesterday i had a few brooches completed so i took a few photos and added them to my shop i have a few other pieces in the works new stuff and will be adding them to the shop sometime next week yesterday s additions were brooches a few birch bark pieces and a few oak and wool i was glad to have some time out in the barn last week to cut wood because with these temperatures there s no way i could stand out there and work the pole barn is unheated and my fingerless gloves just don t provide the warmth i need my gloves actually started off with fingers but suffered one too many run ins with the belt sander so they are now mostly fingerless thank goodness i m not each of these wood brooches has been cut from a downed branch that i ve hauled out of the woods all of these are oak which is a nice sturdy wood to work with i cut them shape them sand them drill them wax them and embroider them i gather the birch bark myself and then peel it into layers and use it as a veneer i make the wool felt by hand it s a labor of love it s important to me that these feel natural and unique i want them to feel like something plucked from the forest floor i cut them in organic shapes and leave angles and planes on the wood to remind the hand that holds it that it is handmade i can t wait to share what else i m working on soon what are you working on this weekend 20 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels birch bark craft brooches etsy handmade friday january 21 2011 crafting for ourselves check out what i found in the crafting for ourselves group this week it makes me happy to see you creative souls taking some time to create for yourselves it can be hard to make the time but i really think that we benefit in a number of ways by spoiling ourselves with our creativity from time to time thank you all for joining in 1 wool felt bottle 2 fe fi faux mossy stone 3 valentines day cactus 4 cylindrical agate beads tube bezel wire rivets 5 textile bracelet cuff 6 mixed breed fibre and rommney fleece 7 quilting pictures in my head 8 ring a day 365 365 9 protect and survive 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels crafting for ourselves wednesday january 19 2011 wordless wednesday 11 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels wordless wednesday tuesday january 18 2011 what s on the workbench today i finished up some wool stones over the weekend a project that i really enjoy these were a request from a customer of mine and something that i haven t carried in my shop in a while since i had so much fun making them i decided to do a few extra and they ll be in the shop later this week these are made with real stones in the middle and i like them as natural decorations scattered around the house and as photo props my kids really like hauling these around too and stacking them up i think there s something about the soft wool and the heft of the stone it makes a nice combination i m also working on few more birch brooches today i cut discs from downed branches shape and sand them and then apply a thin layer of birch bark like a veneer on top i then drill holes and embroider designs on them i finish the sides and back by rubbing it with local beeswax they re simple and natural which appeals to me since i had the tools out i put together some small birch tags for my packaging too and yes i m making that mess on my kitchen table much to my husband s dismay i know i know what are you working on today 15 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels birch bark craft felted rocks wip monday january 17 2011 monday randomness random thoughts we had a good weekend here despite the youngest falling on the steps and cutting her cheek hubby made soft pretzels which further convinces me we have some kind of mind reading thing going on because i was just telling joanie how much i loved his soft pretzels the kids watched a movie or three i sent some birch brooches on a flight to somewhere special maybe i ll have something to share about them in a few months the baby girl has completely scribbled out the entire month of september in my planner so apparently my september is booked food is my hot button and i could bore everyone to tears with my views and probably did after reading this blog post not many chores got done this weekend which brings me to today laundry cleaning soup in the crockpot maybe crafting too if i get away from this computer have a good start to your week 12 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels random real life saturday january 15 2011 birdwatching i started tinkering with an idea yesterday and have on my workbench a couple of birds in rough draft i don t often practice before i make something but i m trying to get the shapes worked out right now they re just fuzzy little shapes made of wool but soon i hope to have a whole flock of wee birds on hand in hand my daughter was so serious about watching the birds that she decided to camouflage herself and pull out the binoculars someone should tell her she s looking through the wrong end 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels real life wip friday january 14 2011 salutations the other day i horrified serenaded my oldest son with this song i remember listening to it on my aunt s record player and thinking it was hilarious he was slightly less enthused to all of you i wish a good weekend minus birds of paradise and elephant toe massages 9 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels random thursday january 13 2011 shared creativity i spent a little time yesterday working on a project for me the baby girl was down for a nap insert angel singing noises here so the intrepid 4 year old and i shared the table for a little creative time i am working on making wool stones out of wool sweater and roving i need several hundred stones for what i plan to do so it should put at least a small dent in my wool stash it should also take me quite a long time my goal is to finish it before the end of the year a was refining his family portraits in orange the large orange blob is a potato on our heads in case you re wondering i thought for a moment that daddy had a really awesome hairdo but nope potato here s wishing you some good creative time this week too 26 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels crafting crafting with kids needle felting wednesday january 12 2011 wordless wednesday 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels wordless wednesday tuesday january 11 2011 hubby s secret cinnamon roll recipe for those of you that asked about the cinnamon roll recipe my husband used to make the delicious treat seen in yesterday s post well it seems it s not such a secret he uses paula deen s cinnamon roll recipe found here the only changes he makes is that he doubles the recipe to make enormous rolls which yields giant inside pieces my favorite part he also uses brown sugar instead of white and adds cloves to the cinnamon it makes the rolls kind of caramel y when eating he is adamant that you slather a glob of butter on top of it he also lets them rise in a bowl on top of the firewood next to the fire but that step is completely optional so is pretending they re snails enjoy 22 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baking real life monday january 10 2011 working breakfast it s monday i m eating breakfast at my sewing machine and putting together yet another pair of mittens for my kindergartener who loses every single mitten i make for him i m reminiscing about breakfast meetings in my past life that involved catered in pastries and expense reports and though sometimes the occasional doubt creeps in i think this kind of working breakfast is better hubby s homemade cinnamon rolls and coffee by the light of the singer not too shabby i hope your week is off to a good start too 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels real life sunday january 09 2011 cracking me up keeping chickens has been a really rewarding experience for us we enjoy their personalities they have them they really do we benefit from their bug eating activities and of course we love having fresh eggs free of antibiotics at arm s reach we ve seen different shapes and colors of eggs some double and even triple yolkers some without yolks at all but we ve never seen an egg quite like what we found in the coop yesterday this is the teeny tiny egglet next ...