Farm Girl Cat

more later :)

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Iridescence pair

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Up on Etsy

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last one tonight

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I will list more tomorrow

:)

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another one

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Back and Listing items on Etsy

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I have had lots of requests for me to list some jewelry for the holidays. You can see my store by scrolling to the bottom of this page.

Can you help me win a design contest please

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I entered the design contest over on the Vintaj blog, mine is number 14. Thanks so much ♥

Design Contest

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Thank you all

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As I come down from my caffeine and sugar high and take inventory of what I was able to make for my last two shows of the year, I want to say thank you so much for all of the people/friends that have contacted me through facebook and by e-mail. Yes I promise that I will be putting items up for sale as soon as I recoup. :) Let me know what you want to see the earring, bracelets or necklaces.
I feel so loved ♥

Dec 3rd show

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Come and get a start on you holiday shopping

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Holiday Show season is here

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This is a show I have done for the past 12 years or so, busy making stuff in my free time so not time to blog :-( Hope you are all well, I will try to blog more regularly in the future. Have a great weekend.

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Pictures day

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First day of my new job :)

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New Beads

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Bread baking and dilly bean making day

I am still here :)

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Sorry about the post of doom and running off like that. It's not all that bad, I have adjusted to the new program. To tell the truth I am kinda of looking forward to having a bit of free/alone time :P. We have been enjoying the last long days of summer, went to the county fair and saw my first ever demolition derby. Brian is thinking about getting a car and signing up next year. Willow was 5 on the fifteenth and we had a "neighborhood" party. School shopping and harvesting veggie from our garden have also been taking up alot of our time. I am still doing the markets on the weekends, so finding time to create has been high on the list of todos. I hope all of you are having a great August, we are :) As for my crafty $$$ for August I spent it on great home grown veggies at the markets. I have found some new favorites.

Update

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This is not going be as detailed as I had hoped but here goes. I have had to think long and hard about our financial situation. The market are doing great now, but after the January I don't have anything coming in. Brian has a good job but it doesn't cover all of our expenses. Last year we were able to get by selling some "extra" cars we had. That is not an option this year. My plan had been to home school Willow and sell my stuff, that is not going to be possible. Last month I was offered a job in a chiropractic office, I thought long and hard about taking it and how that would effect my life. It would mean putting Willow in school and not being able to work on my stuff whenever the mood stuck me. I had to look at what was best for all of us, I am not going to beable to find anything like this in Feb. I will be enrolling Willow in Kindergarden and starting my job sometime the end of this month. I will still do all the markets and shows that I have done in the past. I am sad that I wasn't able to make it work as planned but this was/is a wonderful oppertunity. Willow is also very excited about going to school. Next summer we will see how it worked and adjust as needed. Flexablitiy is key right now. Have a great day everyone.

Things are a changing and refocusing

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sorry about the cryptic heading, I will be explaining in more detail so. I just need to get it all down. I all good stuff, just different in lots of ways from whats been going on thus far. Have a great day and talk to you soon.

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Rain oh joyous rain

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We had a wonderful storm move though our area this morning, yes I know I have been complaining that it rains every market lol. That left us with much cooler temperatures, only a high of 72 degrees today. That had been our low the past week. The air is off and the windows are open. Our garden, lawn and animals are so happy. Have a great day!

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100 Things about me part 2

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Here is a quick update and the second post on 100 things about me. Go here to see the 1st one

11.I can't spell, It doesn't bother me :)
12.I owned a shop from 2000 to 2008 at the Bristol Ren Fair.I miss the people a lot.
13.I sold my stained glass at the fair.I haven't made stained glass in over two years
14.I love the look of tree roots
15.I love to hang my laundry outside to dry
16.I sometimes stay in my Pj's all day
17.I am fine with not leaving the property for days at a time
18.I can not stand the sound of a pop/beer can opening
19.my finger nails won't grow
20.I want to learn to spin wool
21.I can drive stick shift
22.I love making things out of nothing
23.I don't like really hot weather
24.I am very good with money, and think living frugally is kinda fun.

Beads

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Beads I made yesterday

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No market today

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A big storm came through our area this morning, so I decided not to go to the market. Even with a tiny bit of rain all of my tags get soaked and need to be replaced. So I am doing things around here today. It not like I am ever without my "list" of things todo lol.
I have some beads that I need to recreate and I can always make jewelry. I will post some pictures later today of what I create. Have a great weekend and create something wonderful

Tyler Maurice Roberts

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This is the first picture of my new grandson. He looks just like my son when he was born.

I'am a grandma again ♥

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Tyler Maurice Roberts was born at 10:20am this morning in Miami Fla. His parents are my son Tyler Chase Roberts and Alicia Addison. All are doing well, I will post pictures as soon I have some.

How I spent my crafty $ in June....

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I had meant to post this earlier but like I said I am a bit behind :). We also had a very strong storm move through early yesterday morning that knocked the power out for 12 hours. It is amazing what you can get done when you don't have tv or the internet to distract you.

Here is how I spend my Crafty $ in June, needle felted hat "kit" I have wanted to do this for a while now. I am shifting my focus to fall and winter items at the end of this month. I can't wait to give this a try. I purchased this from Living Felt, Marie has a wonder selection of roving and forms. I haven't even look through the whole site yet lol. If needle felting is on your list check out Living Felt and give it a try. My package came the very next day, and wonderful personal follow up e-mails. Have a great day, and create something wonderful.

2011-07-09T07:49:00.001-05:00

Back to regular programing

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It has been a very busy couple of weeks, all of the driving to the city and my mom's visit I feel like I have fallen behind. The garden is in real need of weeding and we have not had much rain lately, unlike June lol so watering is on the list. It also seems like after the 4th of July we have to start thinking about getting ready for winter. That probably seems strange to most of you, but when you heat your home with wood you have to have alot cut and ready. So even though it's still very hot here we are thinking of the cold months of winter. This weekend is going to be beautiful for the market. Have a great day !

Baby Chicks are here!

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We love baby chicks here on the farm. Sorry about my lack of posting but it has been a very busy week. My mom's visit went by so quickly, we had activities almost every day. The fireworks where great and we visited her cousin who lives close to here. I am heading out soon to take her back to the "big city". I am staying over night and heading back early tomorrow morning. Have a great day everyone!

Back at home and Team Blonde!

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After a very quick visit to Chicago, we did visit the zoo and get to Whole Foods and the Italian store so it was a successful visit. Another great thing that happened was my visit to Team Blonde
they are located in Forest Park at 7442 W. Madison Ave. They are carrying a line of my one of a kind jewelry!! If you are looking for a gift or a way to just treat yourself, they also have a spa, check them out. Heidi and Jayne are so friendly, you will have a fantastic time.

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I am grateful ....

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I have not had a grateful post in some time, so I thought today would be a good time for one.

These are five of the things I am grateful for right now. I would love to see your five things, please post them in the comments

I am grateful for my health, because if you have your health you really do have everything

I am grateful for my family, they are the reason I do what I do everyday

I am grateful for all of the things Brian does for us, his full time job to mowing the lawn

I am grateful for our little piece of heaven (our property) it's a lot of work but it's a dream come true

I am grateful to be able to do what I love and make a living

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Saturday Market this week

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It was a fantastic day! Beautiful weather and lots of people walking the market. I think Summer is finally here. Earrings where the big seller this weekend, I need to make more for the 4th. Have a great day, hope it nice by you.

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Want to get to know me better ?

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I am sitting here with my 4th cup of decafe, reading my favorite blogs and forums thinking about my post this morning. I have a lot of ideas that are not ready for prime time yet. I saw this idea on one of the blogs and loved it. 100 things about me, I will start out with 10.

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, Oak Park to be exact.
My sophomore year of high school I went to Olney Friends Boarding School
I did accounting for 15 years,, it was very painful :)
I love to create, and must do it everyday.
I have lived with Brian for 16 years, we don't plan on getting married
I was married twice before
I have two grown children, Erin 30 and Tyler 26
I am raising my granddaughter Willow 5
I am 48 years young
We live in NW Illinois on a 9 acre farmette

I just edited the title for spelling,, I am also a really bad speller :P

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