A Sheepy Make-Do

Isn’t she a riot? I love my sheep… She’s made with 100% wool. The head is needle felted (did I mention needle felting is my specialty?) with my farm raised wool. I stitched the “body” with recycled wool from one of my rug hooking projects and repurposed a hog scraper as the base. I’m often creating [...]

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A New Year’s Resolution – I’m Rug Hooking Again!

One of my New Year’s Resolutions is to spend a little “me” time doing the things I enjoy. I’m probably like most of you who get caught up taking care of the kids, husband,work, chores, and on and on…  There never seems to be enough time to, well, just do something for yourself. So, yesterday [...]

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For the Love of Lavender…

It’s hard to believe that just last week we had 12 new inches of snowfall and today we’re experiencing a real January thaw with temperatures near 60 F. The snow has all melted and we actually heard thunder in the middle of the night! That’s Michigan weather for you!
It’s boot suck’n muck around here which I’m sure [...]

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My First Post

 First, a brief introduction. I’m a former engineer in the automotive business who left “the Company” (after 23 years!) to stay at home and raise my two children. I’m also a fiber artist and gardener! I guess you could call the 30 acres where I live, a small farm. Our small farm is located in Armada, Michigan. Armada is a [...]

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