Tiny Houses

I love making these tiny houses using Tim Holtz Sizzix  Dies!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

This is my very first Christmas village. I have been collecting pieces all year. I found most of the stuff at yard sales and thrift stores but did purchase some on e-bay for cheap! :) I had no idea how to set up a village so I watched a lot of videos and pinned a lot of pins on Pinterest ! One lady even blocked me from her page so I could not pin any of her stuff, I never understood that, but whatever! :)
  It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be! I was very intimidated by the electrical part of it, but I think I did pretty good. I only used two of the electrical 6 outlet strips and only used 3 on the second strip! My husband helped me cut the boards the way I wanted! (he's sweet like that!) :)If you have any questions feel free to ask. I will try and help if I can! :)

Ally's 4 th birthday cookies turned out pretty cute. While I was making them Ally kept saying that the Olaf was a little creepy...LOL but when I finished them she really liked them! :)

Mother's Day Box Cards

I'm just now getting around to posting these adorable boxes I made for Mother's Day using SVGCUTS.com files.  I love how they turned out. I used Secret Garden paper  from Graphic 45 . I love this paper, it has so many pretty colors! 

 Ally's 3rd Birthday Party was a huge hit, she loves Doc McStuffins! I had to make all of the party supplies cause Springfield doesn't have anything out yet. But I loved every minute of it. :)

 The cake was purple but in the picture it looks blue! ????  The cake topper is just a free clipart that I got online, I just printed on cardstock and cut it out. You can get a whole bunch of free stuff online and use it for the decorations.......yay for Pintrest too! I found all kinds of cool ideas on there! You can visit my Pintrest board *Ally's birthday party ideas* for all kinds of stuff!

 It was the first time I ever made tissue pompoms and they are soooo easy. I will be making them again! :) I made the DR. jars that are on the shelf out of peanut butter jars, just added the knob and spray painted them pink!

 The cupcake toppers are another print and cut that I found. The cookies took me about 7 or so hours to make. I didn't have the cookies cutters I needed so I used chipboard cutouts and just cut around them with a knife. Except the stethoscope, I used a double heart cookie cutter.

 

I made the banner using Scraptastical Creations svg file.

 

I made the DR. bags using SVGCUTS.com files.

 Ally was a very happy little girl!  The Doc McStuffins clinic is  her favorite present! 

If you have any questions on where I got the stuff online just leave a comment and I will try and find it for ya! :)

Chicken crazy

Well girls I have finally lost my mind....lol I have decided to raise chickens. Ten of them. So far it has been a very fun learning experience. The chicks are about 7 weeks old now and are in the coop we just finished building.( Pictures to follow)
 A few things I have learned:  1.  Never I mean NEVER have your chicks in the house, we had them in the basement and they are SO VERY dusty. It will take me a week to get the dusting done down there, and they stink! lol  I enjoyed watching them grow and change and fight over a treat! :) 2.  I learned they are messy eaters and they love to knock over their feeders a lot. 3. They scratch the pine shavings into their water so I bought poultry nipples and made them the kind that hang,( much better) 4.I learned you can kind of train a chicken by feeding them out of your hand and talking to them......It was so sweet the first time I took them outside they stuck to me like glue they sat in my lap or on my shoe and didn't get to far away from me. Now they love it outside and don't need momma to sit on...lol. 5. They are kind of like your kids you hate for them to leave the nest but you know they have to, so we put them in their new home (inside the coop as soon as it was finished). I think they are doing really well. 6. Our dog Samson doesn't like them,,,,yet... I am hoping he will adjust soon. We had to put up a secondary fence to keep him from charging the fence. 7. I learned that Pintrest is a treasure trove of information on raising chickens. LOVE IT. 

 

May 3rd 2013, it snowed all day, but the chicks were nice and warm with the heat lamp inside the coop.

This is the girls trying to decide if they want to come out or not, it was a little chilly outside. I need to build them a better ramp. Yes I am handy with the power tools. While my husband was at work, I worked on the coop by myself. I built the nesting boxes, the roost, the chicken door, the windows and the vents. We did the rest of it together. I still need to paint it! :)

 My Granddaughter Rachel loves the chickens and they love her too!

 The nesting boxes, there are 5 of them, just couldn't get them all in the pic.

 The roosting poles(they are 2x4s).

 The water bottles I made with the poultry nipples, they work great! I need to get a bigger feeder too!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my chicken adventures... More to come so stay tuned! :)

Ok, so I got a little scrapping done this evening...lol... I know its about time huh?  I hope you like it! I used some 50s paper I got from SCRAPJACKs Place on E-bay. (Thanks Donna)