I had given up on my hopes of being at the Harvest Festival in 2021. I had sent them a request for info last fall, and was in the process of gathering photos and filling out the application when Casey had his aneurysm occur in February. I didn’t even open the studio again until May, and I had decided that
I went to school to be a writer, and while I have used the skills I learned in college to write for newspapers in my early out-of-college years and I’ve used the marketing and advertising skills over and over, I haven’t attempted to submit anything other than my own blog posts in a very long time. This spring, that changed,
Hey friends! I want to list the tools I keep at hand when I am creating loom jewelry to make the process easier. I’ll add in some details about each tool and how I use it. Some of this stuff comes in sets, which can save you some dollars in the long run, as they’re good for using in other
Sonya brought me her son’s old “Buck” BB gun. It had been non-working, out of commission, for years, and she wanted to do something with it for her son’s birthday. He’s grown and out of the home, so she had some kind of decor in mind, but she wasn’t sure what she could do with it that he would actually
People ask me where I get all my junk. Well, all over the place, really. Do you buy all your stuff? I do buy some stuff, but the free junk is where it’s at. I’d say 85% of the stuff I take in is free. I love the stuff nobody else wants! Where do you get it? How do you
Farmer drank the tears of binzebo lovers everywhere for a week after we cleaned up the remains of the farrowing house at my family farm, including the thousand-bushel grain bin behind it. We had just finished tearing the farrowing house down, and were anxious to finish cleaning up the mess. He had fun rolling the bin up burrito style, and
From the heART: Hand-Made Gift giving (from 12/2/2019) In many things, it takes a village. Childcare, a cup of sugar when the larder is empty, the loan of a hay tedder or other equipment, a place to hunt with the kids, or just encouragement…we all need help from time to time. We like to let our friends and neighbors know
Scrap wood is always up in my workspace, needing a home or a purpose. Do you get that too? I make large furniture pieces using salvaged barn timbers, and there’s always scrap pieces lying around taking up space. When I’m doing a cleanup of the shop, I like to use the scrap on small projects. The time spent on that
