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First off I have to say how much I LOVE this toy I got for Ben. We originally bought it for him as a birthday present but he was a tad too young for it a few months ago. Yesterday he was telling me about this contraption that he built, he’s really into contraptions lately.…

I am loving this dying my own yarn thing. I’ve just been doing browns and I did one skein of black- it is so satisfying and fun.  I’ve been using natural dyes and experimenting with a low impact, no bad stuff dye from Maiwa that I got this weekend while visiting the ‘big city’.  Tomorrow…

Okay, my kids are somewhat settled and we have chosen a winner for Annabelle…. Allison Bloom– you are Annabelle’s new family! Just to let you know how we did this. We made it WAY more complicated then it needed be. John hand-wrote, yes hand-wrote, everyones name on pieces of paper. We went through all the…

Win a Bamboletta! Please see June 15th’s post. Even though I was only off for about 3 weeks from making dolls it sure does feel good to be back making them! I’m almost finished these ones that are up for sale tomorrow on Etsy. The red headed guy is a custom, but the girls are…

Ever since we moved here I’ve wanted to have chickens.  I love eggs and I love little Bantam chickens- like this little guy. They are so fancy looking. John has always opposed the chickens knowing that he’d get stuck with most of the cleanup and maintenance. And he doesn’t like eggs.  Tonight is my lucky…

Win a Bamboletta..see June 15th post below! If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you will know about my love/hate relationship with the deer in the ‘hood. We have lots of deer around, we live basically in the forest with farmland all around us. Last year we grew a garden that was demolished…