So, I’m going to start out this post with the mishaps of the bash. Then I’ll move on to a couple of miscellaneous pictures I took. Unfortunately I was having a really good time and did not take as many pictures as I would have liked… Bash Mishaps NUMBER ONE: the Unfortunate Avocado’s The 8 […]
ETSY KEYWORDS FOR FRONT PAGE (July 22nd – 28th
Welcome to the second edition of the etsy front page keyword list. Hope this helps! I know it’s definitely help me be more creative with my tagging…more so than size, color, and item at least…. a young wizard x 6 natural modern x 2 Back to School Gear x 5 Trashion Team mod Halloween […]
Quilt Picture Makeover – AGAIN!
Taking the perfect pictures of my items on etsy seem to be a challenge I work on every day! I’m always taking, retaking, editing, and re-editing everything I do. At some point, I think…”These are fantastic…they’ll have to make front page!” and alas…doesn’t happen. Here are a few new shot’s I’ve taken of some of […]
Apple Bash – the Set Up
How do you set up for a party of 100+ people? Step 1: Put a 60’ x 40’ shed addition on a few weeks before the party and a year before a third of it’s going to be converted into cold apple storage. Step 2: The coolers. Five for beer. One for water. One for […]
A fellow Team Quiltsy Member!
This past Saturday was my annual Apple Bash. This year it was extra special because we combined it with my father-in-law, Frank’s 60th Birthday Party. The bash is my husband’s and I’s last hurrah before Apple Season begins and we don’t have time to see our friends anymore. We love to see our friend’s and […]
Apple Bash – the Cake
Apple Bash/FIL’s 60th birthday party was a huge Success! I’m happy to announce. I’m going to spread out reporting about it throughout this week.I’m going to start today withTHE CAKE! We purchased a full sheet cake from Karen the Cake Lady (the same one who made Jared and I’s wedding cake). It was a marble […]
Treasury Saturday – July 25th
You’ve guessed it from the title…it’s TREASURY SATURDAY! Lots of great treasuries to share with you this week…items in my shop were featured for the first time by lots of new-to-me artists. Very exciting! I do have to tell you that I unfortunately did not take a screen shot of my ‘Trees of Green’ treasury…I […]
What’s New for Blue Hill By Hand?
I’ve been steadily plugging away at making more earrings for Blue Hill By Hand. I made these Mahogany Seed Earrings just last week. I just love how the Mahogany seed looks – each one is so unique looking. My two girls came to drop off one of my completed orders and they got these fun […]
Trip to the Zoo!
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 […]