Eggs!!! Finally....

We have some chickens that we got last spring. 

We got four.

Three of the hens have been laying for 4 months. They started producing eggs at about 5 months.

But we have one that seems to be a little slow.  She is a big Americana.
Beautiful and fluffy.  She has ginger colored speckled feathers. 
Her name is Pocahontas (but I keep trying to call her Ginger or Big Bertha)

She has been the underdog.  She gets picked on by the other hens--the whole pecking order thing.
 
 Instead of a full fledged balk that chickens usually make, Pocahontas kind of chirps.  She seems to be a little delayed in her progression.  I was beginning to lose hope that she would start laying.  I would know when her eggs started to come because this breed has light blue or green eggs.  All we had been getting were brown.


But today was the Prize day!  Nine months old and A BIG  BLUE egg.
 
I was so excited.  As I picked it up, I noticed it was cracked.  DRAT!
 
I am hoping that the crack is because it fell out of the egg box, not because one of the hens decided to peck it.  We will see about that one. 
 But as you can see, the blue egg is larger than the other eggs. 

 I am so glad that Pocahontas is not a dud.  Thank you for your egg, Big girl. 

 (If you want to read more about the other chickens we had, go to the link on the side that is my "Other-older Blog"  It has lots more post about chickens.  Please note, those chickens were given a new home when we moved and are not the same ones you see here. It has been over two years, and we still miss them!)

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Chocolate Love Blocks- (Wooden actually)

Who ever said that Love had to be pink!

A while back I made these little love blocks out of wood.   2X4's acutally.

A little sanding
A little painting
A little gluing

And you have a lotta love, worthy of a show and tell!


You can do this too.
Cut the 2X4 into 4 inch sections.  But make one 6 inches.

Sand the edges a little (no splinters in your fingers Please!)
Paint it a lovely shade of chocolate
When it is dry, sand the edges again for a weathered look.
Glue the die cut letters to the front
Embelish with a few ribbons and some little flowers
I also added some staples for a more rugged feel - but not too ruffed up.

Try this and send me a picture.  I'd love to see what you did!

Altered Dominos- tutorial

I learned a technique of making cool little dominoes.

Here is a step by step.

1.  ink the backs of the domino with alcohol ink

(let it dry, which takes almost no time at all)

2.  stamp images on the top of the alcohol inks

(use a solvant based ink like stayz on)

3.  Add glitter and shimmer with stickles

4. let it dry!

5.  lightly seal with a spray acrylic sealer.

These are a lot of fun to make.  They do take a little bit of time, because of drying time in between each step.  But worth the wait!

These are great as additions to scrapbooks, jewelry making, or anything else you could imagine.

Little Dog- Tango- Mini album

My sister has a friend who recently lost her precious little doggie.  My sister wanted to give a remembrance of the dog to her friend for a Christmas gift.

I made a little memory album for her.
I used laminate samples as the base of the album.

I also got a hold of the words and photos from the friend's farewell email, where she described her little dog and what the dog meant to her.  These are the insides of the album.


It was a fun project.


Merry Christmas.

Red Dress

What once was two shirts,

has become a red dress.

 

I got two shirts on clearance and loved the color and flounce, but I did not want a shirt,  I needed a dress.


So, I cut one of the shirts off and attached it to the other and made my Christmas dress.

NEW YORK - GIRLS TRIP Mini Album 2008

Here is a little album I did of a girls trip I went on. It was a completely fabulous trip.  All of my sisters and mother were there.  (I have 5 sisters, plus me and my mom--basically built in party!)



We went to the restaurant Serendipity.  It is featured in the movie "One Fine Day".

We also saw a Broadway Show - Mary Poppins.

It was Practically Perfect in Every way.  This is a close up.  I used the map from a brochure in the album.  It was a fantastic way to show where we were in the city.


We saw street vendors;
we enjoyed beautiful buildings;
we went to central park;
we stayed in a posh hotel.

It was a fabulous, fast and furious adventure.
  We ran through the rain and the slick streets;
we sang in the subway;
we had a pregnant mommy to be;
we walked and walked and walked.

Absolutely want to do it again!
I hope you enjoy the album.

I sure enjoyed the trip.
Have you ever been to New York?  
What was your favorite part?

Lil Green Suticase....All fixed up!

This lil altered piece of luggage was not too pretty.

This is the
  after shot: I know it is a little out of order, but i was excited to show off!

and the before!


I took out all of the insides and put new insides in.

I also left most of the original outsides intact.  I just added some paper and painted a few things on the front (like a crown).

Then I  added some BLING.

  I think it turned out pretty good.  I am using it for some storage things in my craft room!

Let me know what you think!