Show & Tell---Wedding Bouquets

Just wanted to share the latest bouquets; lots of orders lately for the entire wedding party :)

These are little balls to be carried by the flower girls; cute idea...

 The bridal bouquet, with dark purple/grape crystals & black & cream pearls; love the color combo...

 I'm also doing matching bouts & bouquets for all 6 bridesmaids & groomsmen :) 

 And this one was a first: request for turquoise & lime green: I think it turned out pretty awesome: better than I thought it would at first.   The bright colors really stand out :)

 Love the turquoise dangly crystals: they add lots of movement & sparkle...

For the bride & the groom: this one is shipping out today---hope she likes it :)

Next on the list is a set in emerald green & black--should be stunning, I think.  The orders are keeping me pretty busy right now: they are lots of fun to make though--it's nice to play with sparkles & girly girl stuff :)  Bouquets are for sale on my Etsy shop.

Amber

Chicken Update

News from the backyard flock...

The duckies are huge as ever; and the boy duckie finally has all his green feathers, after a few weeks of looking pretty scraggly :) 

The chickens have been enjoying digging in any patch of dirt they can find; I haven't seen an earwig all summer, or any other bugs really.   A few aphids on the kale out front, but I just feed the leaves that have bugs on them to the chickens :)

The chickens & ducks both like to eat my kale....they look so innocent, but they are doing their best to mow down my plants.

Cats & birds are getting along just fine :)

Little chicken-bird is definitely still the most friendly; she always come running whenever anyone steps outside & will hop up onto your lap if you sit down :)

No complaints yet from the neighbors--they are really pretty quiet; the girl duck is the loudest; she gets to squawking sometimes; especially when she thinks I should come outside & give her a treat :)  The chickens only squawk when one of them is hogging the nest box & someone else wants to be in it :) 

Now that I have had them around, I can't imagine not having birds in the yard---they do dig things up & make a bit of a mess, but it's a great trade off for organic bug control and a supply of fresh eggs!

Amber

Wind Turbines are Here!

We have possession!  Omg, huge boxes--once again, the neighbors must be wondering...

They look great: I'm so excited to get going on this project!  They are even better than I had hoped for :)

We managed to get them unloaded & hauled into the house; they are now filling one of the spare rooms.

Too cool, I still can hardly believe this project is for real--the next Design Team meeting in next week: looking forward to giving everyone the full report :)

Right now, we are working on the final cut files & foundation drawings; I'm hoping to be ready to start cutting parts by the end of the month.

More updates to come; I know I've been a bad blogger the last month--between the shop, husband changing jobs, & other projects it's been hard to find the time...lots of changes all of a sudden & I'm re-adjusting to the new schedule.   But, the shop is coming along, although slowly, working on another project for downtown Boise, the chickens are laying eggs, ducks are happy, and the cats are getting into all kinds of mischief as usual :)