Couldn't Believe My Eyes!

This morning I looked out at my bird feeders and there was a Indigo Bunting!! I've never seen one before and have always wanted to see one of these birds, and today was the day! I ran upstairs to get my camera and put my telephoto lens on and got a few pics. This one was the only good one, it's a little fuzzy. I was afraid to go get my tripod, that he would be gone.

Also got some pics of the cute little White Throated Sparrows that appear around here in the spring.

Caught a pic of him while he was singing!

New Primitive Folk Art Bird Pin Cushions

I know its been awhile since I've posted. Just finished up a custom order of 20 folk art birds! Now that I got them done, I can get to work on other projects. Here's 2 new Folk Art Bird Pin Cushions that I have listed on etsy right now. These little guys sure have been popular.

I am so ready to get out and plant some flowers! We have had so much rain lately and can't get a thing done. I've been able to pull some weeds though. We are going to try to have a vegetable garden this year. Will get some pictures up as that progresses.

Happy Earth Day!

We had a beautiful sunny 65º day today! Everything has started to bloom around here. Just love it this time of the year. The pictures are of my bleeding heart and one of only 3 tulips I have this year :( I think they are slowing dieing and need to plant more this fall. Putting that on my must do list for this fall.

Worked in the yard raking leaves again. Our city just passed a law that says no more burning of your leaves. So we have to get these big paper bags to put our leaves in and the city will pick them up. The bags are free if you go down to city hall and get them.

So I hope you all had a great Earth Day too and don't forget, Think Green! We need to save our planet.

All About Birds

If you are into birds like I am you will love this website with tons of info on each bird. You can click on the sound button to hear them singing. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide

It's funny when I play certain bird sounds, that are in my area, my cats come running looking for them. Especially the Chickadee. Here's a pic of one that I took a couple of months ago. Cute little birds.

I'll never forget one year I found a baby chickadee was stuck inside of one of my bird feeders. The feeder was almost empty and the only way he got in there was through the feeder hole. I don't think he was in there very long. I just opened the top of the feeder and he flew out. Thank goodness I was home that day.

It's Time for the Hummingbirds!

I've been closely watching the hummingbird migration map and it looks like they are starting to pop up in our area. So today I hung up my hummer feeder. There's no hummer in my picture over there, but hope to see one soon. I've had several feeders and this one is one of the best. What's so good about it is you can take it apart to clean the inside of it unlike other feeder where you have problems with getting rid of the mold. You can even put it in the dish washer! Here's the website to purchase one of these feeders. http://www.drjbs.com/

And here is a link to the hummingbird migration map. Check it out! http://www.hummingbirds.net/map.html

Did a little bit of exploring today around my yard to see if anything was blooming yet and found this one little daffodil and my bleeding hearts are just getting ready to bloom. They are one of my favorite spring time bloomers.

Setting Things Straight

I guess I need to make things more clear about the Jack Rabbits I have been making. These rabbits are not my pattern. It's a pattern by a wonderful and talented artist name Kim Kohler of Veena's Mercantile. Please stop by her site and purchase the rabbit pattern from her along with patterns for all the wonderful dolls that she makes. Here's her website for her creations. http://www.veenasmercantile.net/

Ok now that I have that out of the way. I know I haven't posted in awhile. Been so busy with filling orders for my folk art bird make do's and my newest, folk art bird pin cushions. Haven't had time to make any new patterns.

Had my little granddaugher over yesterday. We bought her a swing to swing on the same swing set that her mommy used to play on. It was a beautiful spring day and she just loved it. You should have heard her giggling.

Mr. Jack Rabbit has found a New Home!

You have to stop over at Sherry's blog http://backwoodscountryprims.blogspot.com to see where one of my rabbit's is living. Sherry was so nice to feature me on her blog after buying one of my rabbits.

I think he has found a perfect prim home on her new cabinet that her and her hubby made in their shop "Backwoods Country Prims". They do beautiful reproduction furniture! I tell you if I had more room in my home I would be visiting their shop in a second to purchase one of those cabinets just like the one that my rabbit is sitting on. Here's a link to her picturetrail. Please stop by to see all the wonderful furniture they have to offer. http://www.picturetrail.com/backwoodscountryprims

Tip: How to Soften Butter Quickly

Here's a great tip I found from someone on twitter today. This is for all of you who like to bake like I do. I would rather make cookies, cakes and pies then make a regular meal for dinner. I hate trying to figure out what to make each night. OK so here is the tip.

Another Folk Art Bird Pin Cushion

Sorry I haven't been around for over a week. Been busy babysitting and making some special orders.

My pin cushions have turned out to be pretty popular so I've been working on some new ones. Listed these two guys in my etsy shop today.

Primitive Kitty O'Leary

Just listed this whimsical Kitty doll on etsy tonight. She turned out so adorable with her pouch of kittens! She's made with a pattern from Soft in the Head. What great patterns she has!

It was a gorgeous day today! Upper 60's! We got out the grill tonight and cooked up the first cheese burgers of the year. Boy was that good!!! And made some steamed mushrooms and butter on the grill too! Tomorrow....even warmer!! Loving it!

Spring has Sprung!

What a beautiful day it was today and it's only going to get better! Upper 60's tomorrow and in 70's Tuesday! Yippie!

I've been helping my mom with her etsy shop the last week. She sells handmade quilts and just recently has gotten into making baby clothes. You just have to see the little baby twirl skirts she is making!! Everything my mom makes is the highest quality work with attention to detail. She's a perfectionist. I helped her with the pictures by using my granddaughter as the model. I think Cora might grow up to be a model some day, she seemed to enjoy modeling the skirts as you can see in the pictures. Here's a link to my mom's shop if you want to stop by. http://emquiltlady.etsy.com/

Primitive Feather Stitched Easter Eggs

I had someone last week email me about me making these eggs that I made a couple of years ago. I forgot how much fun they were to make. I made up another set of 6 to sell in my etsy shop. They are listed in my shop now. Going to be a really nice weekend with sunny skies and in the 50's!!

Brrrrrrrr

I can't believe how cold it was this morning when I got up, 14º! And just the other day it was 60º. I think the birds were cold too, because there were a ton of goldfinches on my feeders along with some woodpeckers on the suet feeder. Here's a couple that I got a pic of. The larger one is a female Red-Bellied Woodpecker and the small one is a female Downy Woodpecker. They sure can eat up the suet in no time!

Primitive Spring Strawberries

The past couple of days have been some of the nicest weather we have had so far this year. It got up to 70º yesterday! Today its a little cooler, 60º which is still great for me! I even washed the car in the driveway yesterday, it was that nice. But....rain is on its way for the weekend. I've got something new to put in my etsy shop tonight. So this is a little preview for you. Hope you like my bucket of strawberries! I think they turned out pretty darn good!

Primitive Pantry Boxes

Happy Monday Folks! Had a pretty productive weekend. I was kept busy with orders from my etsy shop and with my epatterns. Tomorrow I will try to get another folk art bird pin cushion made. I've been working on these pantry boxes and finally got them finished today. Just listed them in my etsy shop. Ok...I have to get back to packing up a couple orders to get mailed tomorrow. Have a great evening everyone!

Almost forgot about my little chick a dee. This adorable Easter Chick was added a few days ago in my etsy shop. He was a fun one to make. I used a pattern from Kentucky Primitives. Victoria has some of the best primitive patterns out there! I love his little wings that are attached with a rusty safety pin. Cute!