Any Bloomsday Crazies out there?

Wow...  today is crazy around here with everyone coming in town for Bloomsday!  Not a good time to work downtown, hard to get anywhere if you are on a time limit.  My daughter and I have been doing Bloomsday for the last I think 5 years and for some reason this year we decided to not do it...  I think we have just both been so busy, the thought of adding something else to our calendar didn't sound very good...  or.... maybe we were just being lazy this year...  who knows?  LOL!

Here is a photo of the Start Line last year I believe, we are no where near that when we start.. We are usually wayyyyy back in the purple section.

Here is the dreaded Doomsday Hill.  Once you get over that bridge and up this hill, the rest is a piece of cake.  Hard to see but there are people crossing the bridge in the background.

I hope the weather shapes up for all the bloomies.... Today didn't start out too bad then we had snow, then rain now it is just a bit chilly.

Are any of you blog friends coming to town for Bloomsday? 

I hope everyone has a great time.  Can't wait to see the shirts this year...  I won't get one... boo....

Have a wonderful weekend friends!!  Hugs, Tina

Need your help blog friends

Hello friends!  I need your help.  I have been trying to figure this out on my own but don't think I am doing it quite right.  I want to add some tabs to my blog to list items I have for sale.

I have gone in and tried to add pages but don't know if this is the right way of doing it or if there is another, easier way. 

And.....  when I post a new item for sale on the sale page, does it also post to my main page so that all my followers can see my update?

I sure appreciate any help you can give me...  This is a learning experience every day I think.. hehe..

Hope everyone is having a safe and wonderful day.. Sounds like alot of blog friends are dealing with a mean Mother Nature lately!  Tina

Etsy shop

Well, all the Spring shows are over.  There aren't very many here and they are alot slower than the fall shows... alot.

So....since I have some stuff I have made just sitting around waiting for a new home, I thought I might as well try listing just a few items on Etsy and see how it goes.  Wish me luck :0)

I figured out how to add my Etsy listings on my sidebar so check out what is there so far. 

I do have some other things here on my blog that are also for sale still so please take a peak.

So, now I am going to start a few new things I have been wanting to work on for a while. 

Hope everyone had a great Easter!  We sure had great weather but it was just a tease as it has been pouring non stop ever since.. Yeck...

Amazing Easter Egg Tree with 9,800+ decorated eggs

I got these photos emailed to me.  Pretty Amazing.  Enjoy!

Happy Easter!

 

A feast for the Easter Bunny: German couple decorate their garden tree with 10,000 painted eggs

Easter comes but once a year - but one couple have turned it into a lifetime's project.

German pensioners Volker and Christa Kraft have decorated the tree in their back garden in Saalfeld for Easter for more than 40 years.

The tree now drips with more than 9,800 colourful Easter eggs, painted with pastoral scenes and religious icons.

Volker Kraft adds to the 9,800 Easter eggs hanging from the tree in garden of the home he shares with his wife Christa

Each egg must be painstakingly emptied of yolk and whites, to ensure it will not go bad, before they can be hand painted and hung out for all to see.

The easiest way is to pierce two holes in each end of the egg with a hat-pin, then blow out the contents through a straw.

The better equipped can use a syringe pushed through just one hole to extract the gooey gubbins. But be cautious when handling raw eggs - they may carry salmonella.

Symbol of life: Carefully packed and intricately decorated Easter eggs lie waiting to be hung from the Krafts' tree

The egg is a pagan symbol of rebirth, widely used in spring festivals before its adoption by early Christians as a symbol of the resurrection of Jesus.

For followers of Christianity they are symbolic of Christ rising from his tomb two days after his death on the cross.

In ancient times, the Zoroastrians painted eggs for Nowrooz, their New Year celebration, which falls on the spring equinox.

Sculptures in the ruins of Persepolis, their capital, show people carrying eggs to their king for the occasion 2,500 years ago.

Don't tell the Easter Bunny! Heike Lutz, right, visits the Krafts' tree together with her son Anton Lutz, in her

After their kids moved out of the house, it seemed the Easter Tree would finally catch a break, but grandsons arrived and the Krafts went back to decorating their giant tree. The number of Easter eggs hung by the tree’s branches grew every year,and in 2010 it reached an incredible 9,500 eggs.

Beautiful Hand Hooked Rug I Won!

Oh boy, getting packages has never been so fun. I knew exactly what this one was when I received it. 

I recently won a beautiful Hand Hooked Wool Rug from Margie at Hungry Hook Primitives.   There was a sweet little card in the package and the rug was wrapped in such cute tissue...

I knew exactly where I wanted it to go.. It just fit perfect in my little spot right in front of our fireplace...  The colors are amazing together and wow, what alot of work Margie puts into these fabulous rugs. 

Thank you again for hosting such a fun giveaway!   

Easter Swap Goodies

I participated in an Easter Swap hosted by Samantha's Accessories and here are the goodies I received from Allison at Sew Many Girls.  Thanks Allison!

Look at this cute handmade card.

There were eggs in a nest, a photo album covered in fabric with a stitchery on the front, a crow, crow stamp, a little prim bunny, a bunny attached to a piece of quilt and some candy. 

Here are a couple photos showing where I put my goodies. 

Here is a photo of the goodies I sent to Allison.  I didn't want to post until now just in case she saw them on my blog.  Hope she liked everything!

Primitive Shoo Fly Screens

Here are some shoo fly screens that I have made.  They have been made to look olde and rusty.  They might not be a perfect shape or might have some small holes in them, which only adds to the primitive look.  I have added stained cheesecloth around the bottom of each and a wooden knob on the top.  Each one has a tag tied to the knob with jute.  I have 1 in each of the following sizes.

8 inch $9 + shipping

9 inch $11 + shipping

10 inch $13 + shipping

Faux cinnamon buns not included.  I do have some for sale but they aren't listed yet.