Custom dyeing: inspiration, kid's art!
Custom Dyeing: Dye it like that old batt you made...nailed it!
More rainbow brights, to dye for a store in Baltimore :)
Big old moth was hanging out on our front porch. Quite amazing, since it was about 4 inches across.
Yummy blackberry-spinach-lime-ginger smoothie.
I spent the weekend dyeing wool. It was hot...it was work. Who's complaining, I got paid :) I listened to an audio book. Something I haven't done in a long time. It made the day fly by. More garden work, since it never ends, haha! We added soaker hoses to the garden. I'm not convinced that they're awesome. A standard sprinkler might work better! Next year: drip irrigation!
The Blendtec blender arrived last week. A perk of being sick, and watching QVC! Blends way, way better than the Kitchenaid. Yummy smoothie with blackberries:
Summer Refresher:
1 cup frozen blackberries from last Summer.
1/2 cup raw spinach (I grew mine!)
1 lime, juiced
fresh ginger, about 4 small slices
1/3 cup water
1 Tblsp raw sugar
Whiz it together on 'whole juice' strain if you like. Lots of seeds! So refreshing. The only way to enjoy a smoothie, is if the fruit is frozen. I hope you make one :)
Hollyhock Cottage before.
Hollyhock Cottage after!
Licorice colored door. Me likes!
Most of you know, we bought the little cottages next door. They've required a ton of work! That's a bit of an understatement...I blogged about it here.
Latest accomplished....paint! I was ribbed for my paint colors. Who's laughing now? It looks amazing. We'll see how good it lasts. Jerry the painter swore mixing paint with primer was genius. For who? I hope it holds...
Double daisy!
Seriously, a double twin daisy. So neat!!
And a chicken coop, painted just like my house! :)
And a brand new fence!
All sorts of cool new things are popping up over here. Spring was early (hello!). The chickens are growing like crazy. Who knew they grew so fast! My goodness, they are foul. Haha they're 'fowl' for a reason. We're rushing to get them out of the shop. They'll be a month old June 1st! I
pained the CC Only coop the same colors as our house. It only took 5 days...like the whole holiday weekend. Didn't see that coming! The bigger better weather coop we have coming will be pre-painted. Yippiee! Thank goodness they take payments, as we're broke. The fence took it all! It was so worth it.
Happy Spring! How about that double daisy??
I got a fabulous email full of great news today. Jacquard contacted me...to say the ad I assumed was retired isn't! It's repeating it's run in Fiber Art Now magazine, Summer issue. It'll be on newsstands beginning June 10th, I am so excited!
Thrilling to say the least....glad to be representing handspinners everywhere. Jacquard is such a neato fab company. They really cater to all artists!
