We had a really big day on Saturday! We started out the morning by stopping at the Dane County Farmers Market to check out the craft vendor situation. I’ve decided it’s something I won’t be delving into anytime soon. Then we had to get our delicious cheese bread and kettle corn. (we only made it […]
Themed Thursday – LET’S PARTY!
Today’s theme was easy to come up with. This Saturday is our 8th annual Apple Bash and we’ve combined it with my father-in-law’s 60th birthday party…I’m expecting at least 100 people on my farm! Lots of work to do but should be lots of fun! Let’s see what I can find that matches my theme […]
Apple Bash – The Menu/Grocery List
Apple Bash is 3 days away…it’s the 8th annual. The first apple bash I went to was in 2002…I was just getting to know my now husband and I ditched out of a family party up north with some lame excuse…not because I wanted to go to a party of a boy I had a […]
ETSY KEY WORDS FOR FRONT PAGE (July 15th – July 21st)
My original plan was to keep a month long list but it is pretty long after just one week so I think I’m going to do it week by week. This is a tool to help everyone for tagging their items. Remember though…DO NOT MISTAG! It annoys EVERYONE! I’m hoping by reading (and typing) this […]
Always in Season Retail Store
I had the pleasure of meeting some truly lovely ladies from the Always In Season store at the Wholesale show I attended last month. They turned into my first wholesale customers! I dropped off the remainder of their order last week and was able to take a peek at the store. It was truly lovely […]
The Mail made me Happy!
Today’s mail made me extremely happy! I ordered a Stacked mixed metal necklace II personalized hand stamped mothers necklace from JLynnCreations on etsy. It was even more fabulous than I imagined. She stamped ‘MERCEDI’ on the silver disc, ‘CAPRI’ onto the gold disc, and a heart on the copper disc. (if you click on the […]
HandmadeNews.org feature
On Thursday, July 9th, Nichole Jeske wrote a spectacular feature on none other than little old me on handmadenews.org! I was so excited to get the email. If you would like to read the article click HERE! Thanks for all your support! http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=906
An Amazing Papa Daddy
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! I am about to gush about how amazing my husband is. If you don’t want to listen to the gushing I would not read much farther. My husband is an amazing Papa Daddy! (I wanted the girls to call him Papa but sometimes I would slip and call him Daddy…Cedi now calls […]
Custom Orders
I have gotten quite a few requests for custom orders over the past year and I just want to let everyone know that I LOVE doing CUSTOM orders! I love trying to make what you are looking for. What I do is extremely one of a kind so I will never be able to duplicate […]
Treasury Saturday – July 18th
Happy Saturday everyone and welcome to another edition of Treasury Saturday! Lots of fun treasuries were made this past week…lets get started! The first treasury this week I’m showing to you is by SewUpScale called, ‘Music to my Ears’. My Tennis Shoe Windmill Quilt was featured in this beautiful Quiltsy-full treasury. KarolsVintageArt featured my […]