Happy Easter 2010!

here is some pictures of our easter adventures! we colored our eggs with a glitter kit this year instead of homemade dye (messy but cute!) this was kys 2nd easter and she had so much fun throwing her ehggs in the cups of dye! lol she was tye dyed! jersey was such a big girl and did it all by her self! then of course the easter bunny came! jersey found all the eggs kylie didnt want to do nothing buit eat peeps! then they got to dress up in there dresses i made em and dance around in them all day! it was a nice quiet easter and managed not to snow..well at least that day.

busy days..not enough craft time!

i havent had much time lately for all the crafts i have ideas for..but ill post pics of the needle felting soon! i did manage to make the girls easter dresses and my dads birthday sign.. heres some pics..this weekend hopefully i can get my huge laundry piles done (or at least a dent in it) and turn out some nifty craft ideas!..we'll see fingers crossed!

                                                                 girls easter dresses!

                                                                   dads birthday sign!

KOOL AID--NOT JUST FOR DRINKS!

I TRYED MY HAND AT DYING MY ALPACA ROVING SO I COULD HAVE OTHER COLORS TO WORK WITH IN MY NEEDLE FELTING I RESEARCHED AND CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION..KOOL-AID, MICROWAVE, WATER, AND VINAGER. tHE RESULTS ARE GREAT! AND IT TOOK ONLY ABOUT 3 MINUTES PER BATCH OR COLOR SCHEME. HERES SOME PICS!! AND THE STEPS TO DYING!

STEP1) -----SOAK PULLED PIECES OF ROVING IN 1/2C. VINAGAR AND 1 QT WARM TAP WATER

STEP2)-----CRADLE ROVING GENTLY (SO U DONT FELT IT!!)AND REMOVE FROM BOWL (SAVE WATER MIX), PAT DRY WITH TOWEL AND PLACE IN MICROWAVE SAFE BOWL

STEP 3)--- POUR SMALL AMOUNT SAVED WATER MIX ON TOP, JUST ENOUGH TO COVER BOTTON AND ROVING, ADD KOOLAID PACKET(S), OR TRY WILTON FOOD GEL COLORS OR FOOD COLORING

STEP4)--- MICROWAVE THIS BOWL FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTED..DONT LET BOIL AND THEN TAKE IT OUT, LET COOL IN BOWL, REMOVE VERY GENTLY AND PAT DRY LET ROVING LAY ON TOWELS TO DRY OVER NIGHT

STEP5)---- ENJOY YOUR COLOERED ROVING!

ALPACA ROVING

SO UR PROBABLY GOING WHATS ALPACA ROVING? WELL ITS FIBER FROM A SHAVED ALPACA THATS WHEN WASHED & CARDED. ITS SO SOFT..LIKE CASHMIRE. I DECIDED RECENTLY THAT I WANTED TO TRY MY HAND AT NEEDLE FELTING, SO I FOUND A SWEET LADY HERE LOCAL THAT HAS A CUTE LIL ALPACA FARM. WE WENT FOR A VISIT WITH THE INTENT TO BUY SOME ALPACA ROVING. THE GIRLS WHERE SO EXCITED THEY KEPT SAYING LETS GO TO THE 'PACKA FARM'. WHEN WE GOT THERE DENISE, THE OWNER TOOK THE TIME TO SHOW ME THE PROCESS OF ALL THE HARD WORK IT TAKES TO MAKE THE SHAVINGS INTO ROVING, AND THEN WE VENTURED OUTSIDE WHERE SHE TAUGHT US AND ANSWERED QUESTIONED ABOUT HER ALPACA HERD. THE GIRLS GOT TO PET THE BABIES AND CHICKENS AND HER 2 SWEET GREAT PYRENEES DOGS (OH AND HER FRENCH BULLGOG WAS THE CUTIEST EVEN IF IT DIDNT CARE FOR KIDS). IT WAS REALLY FUN! AND I GOT A NICE SIZE BAG OF ROVING THAT WE ALL CANT STOP PETTING! I PLAN TO NEEDLE FELT AND TRY SOME EXPERIMENTS WITH DYING, WHICH ILL BLOG ABOUT LATER!

A nEW bEGINNING

HOWDY-YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT MY BLOG HAS GOTTEN A FACE LIFT! I HAVE DECIDED TO FRESHEN IT UP WITH NEW POSTS! IM GONNA TAKE THIS BLOG BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL INTENTION TO BLOG ABOUT ALL MY CRAFTY CREATIONS AND ITEMS I HOPE TO SELL IN THE FUTURE! PLEASE FOLLLOW ME IN ALL MY ADVENTURES AS I TRY NEW THINGS AND SHARE OLD ONES