its a rainy saturday up north...

woke up to a rainy day. glad i have gotten a little done in the yard the last couple days. i spread some fresh mulch in different path areas of the garden and should go buy a few more bags today... love the freshness it adds.
its my daughter Angela Kayloni s 29th birthday tomorrow, oh how time flies! she will be gone all next week to the cities for some training so grandma will be busy taking grand babe #1 to swimming and soccer and of course with the grand puppies! hopefully she will get some time to visit with jason and jessica.
we bonded at sister janas yesterday and she had her little grandbabe..what a cutie! so that was a nice distraction from sewing! jana had been working on a couple gifts and i whined a bit (love the fabric) thinking one of these would look great on my dining room table...
i did buy myself a little treasure from  cathy at "orange sink" that she had for sale on http://www.primitivehandmadesmercantile.com/ love seeing all the things that fellow bloggers are making and selling! will show you when i get it! cant wait! love it cathy!!
i did finelly get some more oils for my soap measured and in batches and cant believe i am almost out of my 50 lb pails of oils!! i am going to try finish up making soap this next week and get started on wrapping and selling and i think i need to do my 1st blog give away soon...

                     enjoy your weekend!            jody

chilly friday morning...

as i was shutting the window in my sewing room and cranking up the heat... i saw this and thought it would be a nice picture.

the birdhouse i remember finding in my fathers chicken barn and off it went back to south dakota when we were stationed there...we always went back with a van full, sometimes things strapped to the top. our neighbors would say " the minnesota hillbillys are back.." and my kids remember having to sit in the car for 9 hours with their legs stretched out on top of things.... oh those were the days! the things our husband and kids do for us...  the carpenters box i honestly got off the curb during trash week one year. i even stopped and asked the guy if it was out to be thrown and he said you bet and do you need help loading it? and it still had all kinds of tools ect in it! the drawers push in more so i do think it is missing a front that maybe locked.. the top opens and has a lock on it, really perfect primitive work and color!

enjoy your day!!                 jody

have you heard of...

the app, INSTAGRAMS ? last night when i could have been doing something else i was playing around with this app. fun! here are a few pictures to show some differences. this is gizzy my boy cat, the only boy in the house and he usally doesn't photograph well because he is so black..the first pic is the original, i was able to bring in up close and center it. then it can be saved to your camera roll and copies can be made. COOL!

enjoy your day!                         jody

mondays...

the start of a new week! timeless treasures opens today sooo lets hope for a good busy season for us out at the shop! cindys been busy cleaning and ive been busy soaping. we have some sales lined up and we are ready to shop! and sell!
i cut some fresh soap earlier, peppermint wake up, sweet grass and rosemary geranium. i have soap stacked on racks all over the house! i may have to move the wool from my original soap rack and start on that! i will be measuring more oils later today...

cindy girl is saying in this picture, oh my the flash is a little to bright for me mom, i just woke up. she was cuddled into the basket next to the radiator. we woke up to a chilly morning and i cranked the heat up. the sun is shining tho so hopefully it will warm up!

hope you are enjoying your day!                       jody

soap and grandpups!

i did get some more soap made yesterday so of course cut and played this morning already! i love that fresh new soap! i made 2 that i had made earlier, lemon pearberry and lemon verbena... i am going to be making a few that i seem to run out of.. ive made 48 batches now... sooo will need to start wrapping soon.
thought id snap a picture of the grand puppies, i dont know if you can tell how big oliver is getting or not but he is almost the size of my sally girl... and koa of course is such a nice boy!
i got the latest country living in the mail so am heading to the Adirondack chair in the back yard armed with a quilt and hot coffee. a cool, dreary day today but its another day to enjoy and be thankful for, right!?

enjoy your day!                          jody

cutting, stacking and playing....

today i am cutting up bars of...cranberry-pomegranate ( the red ) and dragons blood. i didnt think the name dragons blood would go over to well so jana, mom and i  bounced around some names and im calling it midnight mist. its my new favorite! altho.. the cranberry really smells good too! last night i was on one of my favorite soap forums and was researching working with the dragons blood and found out that once it cures it turns a choc brown... i probably should have researched it first because i  was trying to get a nice color with what colorants i had and i put in a really pretty gold mica sparkle which.... once its curing we wont be able to see. there are some tricks that i will try next time to get a little swirl in the choc brown... midnight stars probably would be a nice name too... its a nice sutler, musky ,earthy scent! love it!
the sun is shining and its really nice out , altho a little wet yet from the rain yesterday. i have the birds out for some fresh air and am doggy sitting the grandpuppys so once again it will be a busy back yard... but great to be out!

enjoy your day!                         jody

cobblestone quilters...

a few years ago we each made our own signature wall hanging, i cant believe how long we have been getting together because we had made this a couple years after we had started (and i havent even finished it yet...) auntie mary of course made hers really cool. i will see if i can get a picture of it... also when one of us goes somewhere we bring back a thimble , 8 of the same, which isnt always easy to find . i really have been done traveling for years.. those trips back and forth to japan were plenty! but i did go to north dakota (4 hours away) on a business trip with mark one year soooo i did bring back a thimble for everyone! its a rainy dreary day so maybe i will get some soap making in or stitching or...... hooking! what ever you do today, enjoy your day!           jody