2023 Iris Parade

Another great Iris Parade here at Happy Acres. What joy they bring me. This year 41 different irises joined the festivities. Here is a video I made of my tour a week or so ago, although they had not all bloomed yet. If you are reading this via email, you need to come to the…

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Making some new greeting cards

It rained the other day which gave me an opportunity to play inside. I’ve had this piece of fabric from a dyeing class I took years ago. It was so much fun to dye!  I really love it but have trouble using it in a big project. However, I thought it would be great for…

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FREE!! Easy Silk Dyeing Class

I’ve decided to share my Easy Silk Dyeing class for free,  so all of it will be available on my YouTube channel by the end of the weekend.

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Playing with TAP

In my last post I showed you the Osnabrück Square Challenge. On the back I added my great grandmother and grandfather’s picture. I used Lesley Riley’s TAP (Transfer Artist Paper).

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Osnabrück Textile Square Call

Awhile back I told you about this collaborative art exhibit that will be shown in Osnabrück, Germany later this summer. Artists from the sister cities have been asked to submit a 20 x 20 cm (approximately 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 inch) square. Since my hometown is one of the 11 sister cities, and I…

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Printing with Collard Greens Update

Two years ago I posted about printing with collard greens on this post. I’m revisiting this printing because I’ll be teaching at a kids’ summer camp, and wanted to get in some practice. Since collards aren’t in season around here yet, I bought some at the store.  When you are looking for any leaves to print,…

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Happy April 2023!

Well, it looks like spring has sprung. I love this time of the year. I’m so looking forward to getting out, and getting my hands dirty! If you receive my blog post via email and you have wondered where I’ve been, I just found out the last two have not been sent out due to…

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My finished flag

I finished up my flag that I blogged about on the last post. I was wanting to finish another one before I posted this, but I can’t make a decision on that design. The Welcome is a SVG file I purchased on Etsy here. I loved that it included birds, so appropriate for the wildflower…

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