It’s been a busy couple of days, with kids and grandkids all here… But they’ve all left now. Silence reigns and a neglected English Shepherd lays at my feet! Easter Sunday just might be a smidge quiet. While they were here, I did, with Victoria’s help, manage to make you a pysanky video for your…
Category: Crafts
Red Dirt Shirts
I tried this earlier… on a tshirt for a friend, then on a canvas bag. Remember those Dirt Bags? I wasn’t happy. So I had to try again. I went and bought just a men’s white tshirt. I threw some mud at it and look what happened! (before washing it…) Now I’m wishing I’d bought…
Awesome, Girls
Wyoming felt the need to celebrate the spring equinox with a snowstorm, so once again, my world was white! How quickly we become used to 60 degree weather and the return to the 30’s is a painful one. It was a wet snow, and our mud that went to dust is now mud again… but…
Ukrainian Pysanky
I hope you got the memo. Pysanky Class tomorrow at the library! Yes, Easter will be here before you know it and you better start melting that beeswax! There’s nothing like the sweet smell of beeswax to get you in that Easter-ish mood! I had planned to film my vlog answers for you… but the…
Dirt Bag
So… I found out that you can paint with Red Dirt. I found out I needed to improve my artistry… perhaps profiles would be easier? I really really really wanted, though, to have my three dogs on a canvas bag. I use canvas bags all the time… or recycled feed bags. 😉 So, I gave…
Red Dirt Medium
Well, I was going to answer your good wishes one by one, but evidently GoDaddy and I are on different pages at the moment. To each of you that sent well wishes, thank you! It is just a head cold… and orange juice and neti pots and hot baths seem to be working… Let’s return…
T-zer
If you’ve been here any amount of time… You know I love Red Dirt! I named my book and my blog, Red Dirt In My Soul. But, not only is Red Dirt in my soul… it is also… in my laundry. Yeah. Good ol’ red dirt. It stays in laundry Very Well. So well, in…
Bag It 2!
In Bag It! I showed you how to cut out a feed sack in anticipation of making a fun shopping bag. Then, I ran into J., who showed me a quicker and easier way instead of what I WAS doing. I’ll show you both ways… and hopefully, you won’t get too confused. Go ahead and…
Only Fair
I rolled out this morning to help Vernon again. But this time there was a different twist, for it’s my Bountiful Basket morning… meaning our food co-op was delivering. I had to disappoint my dogs, telling them, “No. Stay in the yard.” What disappointed looks! I drove my Durango to help feed, then took off…
Bag It!
To begin your “feed bag”, cut off the bottom seam of your feed sack of choice. Make sure you’re even with the lettering… stay fairly close to the seam. Create “legs”… leaving the folded edges of your sack alone, just cut up and over, removing a rectangle from the front and back. Hopefully, the image…
Bag It Up!
Here’s an easy peasy craft for you… Got a “plastic” bag that your dog food comes in? (Or chicken feed, horse feed, cow cake, or pig protein?) Maybe you have a big sack of salt for your water softener or potting soil? If it is woven reinforced plastic, not paper, GO GET IT! Here’s mine….
Wool Passion
Last November… yes, LAST November… as in 2010… I started Vernon’s Christmas present, a wonderful wool saddlepad, instructions shared by my friend, Linda, up in Alberta. I worked on it. Even started A New Craft Support Group. And A New Craft Support Group Part B. Then spring came… and we remodeled and moved… and did…