Almost Halfway

Well, my January intentions have not all panned out, but I am working on it!!  I have decided to accept that I will never be quite the organized person that I want to be, I will always have way tooooo many things going at the same time, and that is just how it is in my world.  But my world is fun and exciting and filled with many blessings, so no complaints!!

Spending this great Saturday morning listening online to a wonderful radio station out of Bryan/College Station area of Texas....KEOS!  Our good friend Joe Angel hosts a great show called Random Routes, and plays a collection of fabulous tunes during his air time.  Give it a try!!

http://tunein.com/radio/KEOS-891-s32492/

The program began this morning with a tribute to the late Ralph Stanley.  RIP Ralph.  You will be missed.

Crows in the Attic Primitives has had a busy first half of the year.  I had a most fun and profitable show in April hosted by Grandmother's House Boutique, and held at the Jefferson County, CO Fairgrounds.  What a great show, great customers, greatly done collection of fantastic goods.  The next Grandmother's House show is in October, and the third will be held in November.  Check out their website for more details!!

http://www.grandmothershouseboutique.com/

For those of you reading this that are here in Colorado, you understand the heat that we have experienced so far this Spring and Summer.  Wow!!  I am ready for some 75 degree, breezy days myself, with a few fluffy white clouds to adorn our bluebird sky.

One of my new creations for this year is a series of dolls known as The Magpies.  They are a funky, one of a kind art doll, with lots of different patterns and colors and all wearing old, vintage, or maybe even modern day jewelry.  Each Magpie is signed and numbered and named, and no two are alike.  Each one is its own soul!  They have a tag attached that says:

Magpie     (definition:  noun)

 *  chatters noisily

           *collects indiscriminately

           *  eclectic

Until next time....enjoy life....relax....sip some lemonade....think happy thoughts!!

Here We Go 2016!!!

Wow!!  This new year is already whizzing on by me!!!  HOLD ON!!

As I began this year as I do all new years, I vow to be more organized, more timely with blogging and other social media formats, send newsletters, publish more patterns, and on and on....many of you know this list!!  :)

Reflecting on this past year, I am grateful to have had my very best show year ever, grateful for the local shops that display my work, grateful most of all to my many very loyal followers and customers, grateful for health and family and the many blessings in my life.

As some of you know, chickens became a big part of my life a couple years ago.  Sadly most of my original flock (3 of 4) were sent to chickie gal heaven by a local coyote last summer.  I recovered from that slowly...well, I guess I am still recovering....but we built a wonderful large run to enclose the existing coop and attached run, and brought home the new girls in October.  The remaining hen, Ruby Bunny Foo Foo (Bunny for short!), was not totally welcoming to the new flock, but she has adjusted.....slowly.....and now you would never know they didn't all begin life together.  These hens are very spoiled, as Mike says, often eating better than we do!!  They have organic chicken feed, organic snacks, warm oatmeal and scrambled eggs on cold mornings....you get the picture......

Creatively I am always working all over the map, and have begun a new series recently that will be ready for sale soon.  I have bags upon bags of trimmings from my pieces, as well as smaller pieces of fabric too big to toss.  I have used some of the trimmings in the past for "rag" stuffing, but have many bags of this stuff!!  So.......late one night while watching NBA I was inspired to create some "ugglee" dolls, using the small fabric pieces to create their details and appendages, and the trimmings to stuff their wonderful bodies!! The "girls" will make their appearance soon, probably in my Etsy shoppe.

Colorado has brought us the usual weird weather, with everything from snow to 60 degrees, lots of sunshine, but too much wind.....all since January began!!  We are fortunate to not have the situation currently being dealt with in the East, although we do get our fair share of snow up in the high country.  Here at 6,000 feet, looking down on the wonderful City of Denver, we currently have snow only in the shady areas.  Our snowfall, even when the amount is a foot or so, usually does not stay too long with our HOT sunshine that most often is a part of our days.

One of my blessings is the continued publishing of my work in PRIMS magazine ~ the wonderful publication by Stampington and Company that has so many great artsy magazines on the newstand.  As always I am honored to have my work chosen for publication, and truly appreciate all the wonderful emails requests for patterns and finished pieces.  Thank you so much Stampington and PRIMS readers!!  Which reminds me......I must get back to work writing my articles for the pieces to be featured in the next PRIMS issue, available May 1st!  The deadline for the articles is quickly approaching!!

These Worry Dolls have been a big hit at shows and shops!!  In fact, I was asked to make a dozen for a customer that she gave to her book club friends for Christmas!!  What fun that was!!  I have now made some extras that I will be sharing in my Etsy shoppe soon.

Wishing all of you a very blessed year, filled with family, friends, health and much happiness!!  Until next time........