baking brownies...on a snow day...excuse the messy kitchen

So I realize I haven't posted in a while

my goal for the year was to post more often...

life got in the way. 



yum...brownie batter...again excuse the kitchen



Since the first of the year we had a major snowstorm

that kept us out of school for a week

we have been to Charleston, SC for a conference

and Orlando, FL for a conference

We have finished lambing out most of our ewes (those are female sheep)

Finished one full set of calves out on milk

now working on the second set

I coached a 4-H team for a state competition

competed at State

hosted a "how to show" clinic for 4-H'er involved in a local livestock project

had our annual livestock show and sale

things from my son's perspective

Wyatt got accepted to pre-school for the upcoming year

so we are beginning to prepare him

we have read the same book 214 times

he has become an expert at making circles

wyatt trying to land the blimp

And I have crafted zero..

none...

i was inspired to work on a project this weekend

and when i plugged up the sewing machine...

nothing...i kept getting an error message...

so i set it away...then

yesterday i took the time to work on it and finally got it back working

Laptop Cover

A few months back I got a new laptop...

mainly because my old one was destroyed by a little man.

I didn't have a cover of the laptop

but didn't want to purchase a plain ol' black one.

So what does a crafty lady do???

MAKE HER OWN!!

Now this is not a tutorial by any means...

just a little bit on how i created my cover!

First I measured the width, length and depth of the laptop...

decided I would use some scraps I had from Wyatt's quilt

pieced them together

ironed a piece of fusible fleece to the back...

attached a piece of knit fabric (Rst)

and then stitched 3 sides together

flipped it right side out

covered the raw edge with some cute binding

folded right sides together

stitched the bottom edge and one long side

inverted and

shzam!!! a new laptop cover!

Again not the hardest project in the book

but definitely a cute one!!

Happy Sewing!

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Nice Washcloths for Young Kiddos

Apparently we have mean washcloths at our home...

now i am not exactly sure what a "mean" cloth is but

that is the word my son uses to describe our washcloths.

Luckily Becky from Becky Ann Designs

helped to solve the mean washcloth problem.

Becky gave Wyatt two flannel washclothes and soap

she made for Christmas.

Below is one of the two...

I sent her a message on FB to find out exactly what she did,

since i didn't want my little man going around telling everyone

about our extremely mean washcloths.

I was amazed by the simple nature of these washcloths

and wondered why I had made these before...

umm...I thought I was crafty!

Well yesterday (snow day 4) Wyatt and I sat down 

to make a bunch so he didn't have to suffer anymore!

He helped me pick out the fabrics 

attempted to help cut with his John Deere pilers

and then sat on my lap as we stitched them together.

We now have an even dozen NICE washcloths.

This would make a great beginner project for someone interested

in getting started sewing...

I will post a tutorial soon...

really its easy peasy!!

Please forgive the photo quality...my digital is broken..won't charge AT ALL

and these were taken with my camera photo!

Camera Strap covers Added to store

Yesterday many of you might have heard that I purchased a new camera. Well of course its sad little strap needed some pepping up and thats just what I did last night. If anyone needs a camera strap to match your style just let me know. They are on sale over in the shop. Have a great day!