She Has a Name!

Everyone wants to know!

"Little Bit" and her Mommy want to know.

"3-D" wants to know.

Double Trouble a.k.a "3-D" and "Little Bit" are placing a little bet.

Even the newest filly born Tuesday, May 4.
(Her name was chosen before she
was born, meet "Athena")

But her Mama isn't going to let her get close enough to those older kids to place a bet.

Do you want to know?

I know who knows,

Willow knows because the name she suggested WON!

Introducing STARSHINE!

Thank you to all of you who took the time to vote on a name for this filly.

I'm sending Willow of My Irish Cottage Home this little bit of luck as a Thank You for her wonderful suggestion.

Look at how StarShine has grown

3 Days Old

12 Days Old

This girl loves to "Strike A Pose".

Thank you for visiting!

Wishing YOU a HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

with a little bit of HAPPY FEET!

Enjoy!

The Voting Begins

Everyone is getting to know each other at the farm

We are getting to know our newest filly who is

YET TO BE NAMED.

She is looking all over the place for her name but I told her she

only has to look at my blog and her name will be here.

You all have been so kind suggesting the cutest names!

Now let's vote!

Take another peek at the littlest lady on the farm.

What will her name be?

Pick your favorite and the winner will be annouced on Friday along with a little gift I will send to the person that suggested her new name. 

Here goes...drum roll please.....

1. Orange Blossom
2. Jill
3. Latte
4. Cappuccino
5. Snickers
6. Stella Rose
7. Tanya Rose
8. Little Star
9. Riley
10. Jordan
11. Sophie
12. Lily or Miss Lilly
13. Starshine
14. Rambling Rose
15. Larkspur
16. JustaBeauty
17. Chelsea
18. Calamity Jane

Thanks for visiting 

See Ya on Friday!

Enjoy!

Kelley

I Have A Dark Side

I have a DARK side.

I am a girly girl.

I am rarely out of jeans, boots and leather gloves.

A baseball cap is my best hairdo.

So when people step into my house they are pretty sure they have the wrong address.

This girly girl would never paint all her walls black.

She would never have such a formal foyer.

Well the good news it pretty much ends there.

And truth be told most of the furniture and accessories are second hand.

But a little black paint and faux marble makes it look so serious

.

When we moved into this house all the walls were white, not a chippy romantic white, a bright hospital white where surgery would have been possible. I guess the black is a bit of a rebellion, perhaps I went a little overboard in to other direction. Although I have never regretted it.

I laugh because my house is so much like my personality, at first I am rather reserved and careful

But the longer you get to know me, the crazy me and the very unconventional me shows up

Walk thru my house and as you get to the more personal rooms you see the silly unconventional me . My favorite pieces in the house tell a story and have had lives before living with me ( this is what Mr. Mars call DPS-Dead People Stuff) Almost all the furniture has been autographed by at least one dog. Most of the flat surfaces have at least one project started.

I try to be proper but it hardly ever works. It’s kinda like the joke about the little kid that says “nobody told not to shave the kitty”

Well no one told me not to bring the foals in the house. This little filly stopped by looking for her new name which so many of you have left suggestions. I plan to post all the names on Monday, I hope you stop by to vote and the winner will win a special little gift from me and the filly.

Have a PEACEFUL WEEKEND!

Enjoy!

Help She Needs a Name!

The buzz at the barn is…

Lila Rose has a little sister!

She is a tiny thing

she is very plain

she only has a tiny little star as her signature

and she is shy

She is pictured here at 13 hours old

Momma is standing guard while she has her first sun bath

She is fascinated with Monroe, the farm glamour dog, who thinks this new filly is a new playmate

Her name, oh her name.

I don’t know her name, I have called her a few different names but none of them seem to fit.

Do you know her name?

When you look at her does she tell you her name?

I would love suggestions!!!

Please, please, please!

I know someone knows her name so please share,

 I will post your suggestions in my next post and everyone can vote!

If your name is the winner this new filly and I will send you a special little

thank you gift, what is it??? It won’t be a surprise if I tell you.

 If you have an extra minute please send me suggestions.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by!

Enjoy!

Seeing RED...Polka Dots

To say I like red might be an understatement.

When I go to the store the RED flowers are the ones that always catch my eye.

The walls in my kitchen and great room are RED.

But one thing I like better than RED is POLKA DOTS.

So when I saw this RED POLKA DOT fabric I just had to make something with it.

First I wrapped my initials in Minnie Mouse's signature fabric.

I mounted them on 2 canvases that I had started but didn't know how I wanted to finish them

 now I know.

I love making these very simple napkins so of course I whipped up a few in RED POLKA DOTS to mix up with the screaming yellow ones I just made.

Now I just have to keep them away from my mother and daughter...

Do you think RED is inherited??????

So simple pleasures are the best,

a $9.99 bouquet and a yard of fabric

has made me one happy girl!.

Enjoy!

Mars vs. Venus

We have all heard
“Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus”.



I think it starts early, look at these foals, guess which one is the colt and which one is the filly.

Well, we have a case of Mars Vs. Venus going on in our house right now.

I hate to place blame but…

I think my Blogger Block is due to Mr. Mars, bless his little heart.
(I have learned from my southern friends that you can say anything about anybody if you just follow it by “bless his little heart”:)

Let me set the stage:

We live in Northern Michigan where Spring takes it sweet time showing up, the snow is gone but the green is yet to return. Everything outside is bland.



So I tend to take a little artistic license embellishing the boring, it is kinda like coloring outside the lines.

Yesterday was a very interesting example. We were at our farm and I took pictures of the new foals taking their morning nap. Very cute yes but…they are lying in dirt with a pile or two of manure scattered about so I take the image of the cute lady like filly and put her in a happy wonderland.



I am very excited to show Mr. Mars and when I do he says “I don’t like that AT ALL”. I am crushed I asked “why” response “because you can’t do that”.

“WHAT ???????????”

Hmmmm now I must add this is a man who treats me like a queen.
I never want for anything be it affection or adventure but this has confirmed he is from Mars.

Then I reflect on the last couple of weeks and laugh because I see that my “coloring outside the lines” hasn’t had much exposure to anyone other than Mr. Mars. This brings me to another issue about living in Northern Michigan is that most everyone leaves during the winter months so my crafting partners in crime, my crafting therapists are gone until May.

Here is a recap of the Mars Vs. Venus adventure the last couple of weeks:

THE CAKES



Venus-"Look I am making mosaic cakes."
Mars-"Why? You can’t eat them."

THE EASTER EGGS



Venus-"Look what I did with plastic eggs!"
Mars-"What do you do with them?"

MY STUDIO




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Venus-"Look at my new garland and the bling I added to my teacups!"

Mars-"Why does it have lights on it? It isn’t Christmas time."

THE FOAL PICTURES

Then yesterday I” fooled around” with the horse pictures which pretty much pushed Mr. Mars over the edge which in turn had me doubting my endeavors. Well Mr. Mars...

I plan to keep on fooling around with the pictures to hold me over until my support group AND spring returns,  bless your little heart.

WHEW! I feel much better getting that off my chest and I would like to extend a little peace offering.

A picture straight out of the camera:)

Girl power to all those crafters from Venus!

Enjoy!

Blogger Block

How does it happen????

Blogger Block...my mind has gone blank

perhaps it's becasue I am suffering from a terrible case of...



topped off with a little Cabin Fever

instead of ...


it's snowing here, you have got to be kidding.

So I am off to my creation cave a.k.a The Queens Room
and hopefully when I return I will cured.

Not sure when I will return but hopefully soon.

As always thanks for visiting!

ENJOY YOUR CREATIVITY!

Easter Wishes

Wishing all the delightful chicks and bunnies that visit

Happy Easter!




Enjoy!

Easter Time

Mother Nature has a plan I am sure many are questioning it with all the record breaking weather this year
We can't change her mind
It's her way or..
.


This year and every year I become very impatient while waiting for spring
and since I can't persude Mother Nature to bring spring on my time schedule.



I decided to play Mother Nature inside my home.



I yearn for flowers and COLOR





Easter gives us the ritual of celebrating spring

Photo by a dear friend on Flickr, Florida Gull

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marno/4472453498/

The renewal of our faith in so many beautiful ways. 





All the little girls all dressed in their Sunday Best




The arrival of new life



I leave you with wishes of a HAPPY EASTER and Spring!


Enjoy!