Today it’s all about gardening here at Happy Acres. For those of you who are new to my blog (Thank you so much for dropping by!) you might not know that I am also a gardener. In the spring and early summer I spend a lot of time working in our different flower beds and…
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Irises and More
I’ve not blogged about my irises much in the past couple of years. They used to dominate this blog in Spring as I recorded and numbered every one of the beauties. As I mentioned in a recent post, I’ve moved some of the irises up to the front beds and let the other beds go.…
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I’ve not taken you on a tour of our yard for awhile so I thought a midweek tour would be nice. I took these pictures on Sunday before all of the rain. It’s amazing how everything is growing! If you are new to my blog, we moved to this house in 2007 and as the…
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Today I am blogging on the Andthenwesetitonfire blog about shadow printing. It’s one of the techniques from Lynn’s new book, Intentional Printing. Here are a couple of my examples. Head on over to this post for more information. I also played a bit with shibori and Dye-Na-Flow. Here are the pieces waiting to be unwrapped.…
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Happy Hump Day! This past month I had the privilege of being a beta tester for Nikki in Stitches to test drive her new Craft Academy. In addition to checking out the website, I went through her November lessons of her first monthly class, Crafting with your Silhouette. Â Even though I work mostly with fabric,…
Read MoreOctober 20 Sunday Roundup
Good Sunday Morning all! I bought a new Brother Innov-is 950D embroidery and sewing machine! I love my old Elna, but it seems lately that it takes more time to get her up and running. Once I finally get her humming I’m out of the mood. A week ago Saturday I was ready to start…
Read MoreSeptember 15 Sunday Roundup
Before I get to this past week roundup, today is our wedding anniversary. Yes, six years ago today we walked down the aisle. I couldn’t have picked a better partner to enjoy our “golden” years together. This is one of the pictures during the ceremony. We sure laughed a lot that day! What a beautiful,…
Read MoreSeptember 8 Sunday Roundup
First of all, I want to thank Judy for this beautiful stepping stone. Here it is in the trunk of my car. We’ve not decided where it will call home. It is so beautiful. I met Judy when she attended my marbling class. She was the one who took vacation days to take my class!…
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It’s been another busy week with nothing really artsy to show you. I did mix up some dyes and dyed some fabric which I’m really excited about, but can’t show you quite yet. (Yes, my muse returned!) Otherwise I made ketchup. Here is the recipe. I also made this tuna casserole from scratch (no canned…
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