The Magic Begins!

The magic has started at our farm.  As my husband would say "we have horses coming out of horses". 



I like to think of it as a little more special than that (he has such a way with words),
I love to see the miracle of birth, the personalities of each foal.
Each foal is a unique individual, we have the pleasure of knowing the dams and sires
and seeing cetain traits passed down from one generation to the next.



This little guy, "Dirty Double Down" a.k.a. "3-D" is our first arrival.
He is a character!  Very FULL of himself!



He thinks he hung the moon,
he thinks he is an only child. 
Much to his surprise he will be joined by
8 brothers and sisters by the end of spring and will have to share the spotlight.

Enjoy it while you can "3-D" the next arrival was due yesterday and looks like a weekend appearance is likely. 



Oh darn did I say something wrong?

He is outta here!  Lots of attitude!

Thanks for Visiting!

I am finally catching up and look forward to visiting all my blogger friends.

Happy Weekend!

Enjoy!

A Very Special Swap

I am thrilled to share with you the Vintage Valentine Fat Book swap
that I participated in .  The swap was hosted by Sarah at Gypsy Mermaid Life.



Sarah had each of design and make one page per member.  We sent
our completed pages back to Sarah to assemble inside an adorable
cover that she made. 




Each page is a little piece of art.  It was so much fun to see what each member
made.  I was truly amazed at all the work put in to each page.



 A Special Thank you to Sarah Huckman -Gypsy Mermaid  our wonderful hostess, Pam Kern ~ Frippery,Sandy Marotti ~ Sew Revived, Nerina Field ~ NicNacManiac, Sharon Giordano ~ A Fanciful Life,
Karen DeCapite ~ Some Days Are Diamonds, Zandra Cudney ~ Scraps to Beauty by Zandra, Jodie LeJeune ~ Everything Vintage for your creativity and your generous spirit in making it such a special swap.

Enjoy!

On the Way Home

I have you missed you!

I haven't fallen off the earth...just went to Florida for my Grandfather's 100th Birthday.

I have found that my blogging is connected to my heatlh. 

The better I feel the more blogging I do (is that a good thing)?

I am feeling better but it's a slow go and I am very impatient!

Now the big question:

WHY WOULD I LEAVE THIS for snowy Michigan?

So much happening at home...last Friday the first foal of the season was born!

I was disappointed to miss the big event but the mare was 3 weeks overdue and Grandpa wasn't going to change his 100th birthday.

Can't wait to get my hands on this new little ball of fuzz.  Our manager foaled the mare, all went well and she says this little guy is so friendly (not always the case).

So I'm sitting in the airport waiting for my flight, anxious to get home and looking forward to jumping back into the Blog world.  I have been very remiss in keeping in touch, especially in a swap I participated in and receievd the most amazing Valentine Fat Book, I need to thank all those that participated personally. 

Of course more pictures of our new addition soon, next due date 2/25. 
I will be there for that one!

Enjoy!

The Day before the Pinkest Day of the Year.

Pink Saturday this week is the prelude of Super Pink, the offical Pink Holiday...

VALENTINES DAY!

I put together a few pink gifts for my special "pink" little girls in my life.

I took this plain pink purse that I purchased at K-Mart

And added a few "kelley" touches.

Since I have 3 special little "pinkies " I like to do a gift that is similar for each girl

I made sparkle necklaces using a swarovski crystal hanging from ribbon and a clasp.

Thanks to Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for our hostess week after week,
You can visit Beverly to find link to all of the bloggers celebrating PINK Saturday.

 

I leave you with a few more Valentines Cards I made,

you are more than welcome to download then and send it to your

Special Valentine,

Enjoy!

Time, Where does it go?

Hello Everyone!

Just a short note, No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. Very busy and to top things off someone hacked into my blog and made it redirect every time I signed on. I believe I have it fixed . If you have any problems visiting me please let me know. I look forward to jumping back into the blog world very soon.




Enjoy!

Pink

Pink Saturday is here again!

 

Thank goodness for pink. 

I need to take a Rosy outlook on the upcoming month, COPEuary oops…February is so grey, IT NEEDS PINK.

This time of year we need a little rosy, posy PINK.

How about a sneak PINK peek.  My pink month has started out with a Vintage Valentine Fat Book Swap hosted by Sarah of Gypsy Mermaid Life and Jodie of the New Orleans Saints, oops Everything Vintage.  Each member of the swap makes one page of the book for each swap member and then sends them to Sarah to assemble and she sends a completed  Vintage Valentine  book back to the members.

 I can’t wait to see each page they will be mini works of art from so many talented artists.

A Sneak PINK peak-Front side of my page

A Sneak PINK peak-Back side of my page

The last two weeks I have made digital collage Valentines Day cards that you may download for your personal use.

 

I have mixed it up a little this week.  I still used vintage images to start but they have a little different feel.  I hope you like them.

 

Thank you as always to Beverly, at How The Sweet the Sound, for hosting Pink Saturday. Beverly has created a wonderful PINK community where we all get to share a little pink each week and meet new bloggers.  Last week I visited Mary of Vintage Comfort for the first time and it won’t be the last. 

Enjoy your PINK SATURDAY!

Kelley

 

Saturday of the Pink Variety

Can you believe it?

It’s PINK SATURDAY again, wow this week went fast.

Last PINK SATURDAY I confessed my new obsession with digital collage.  I featured a digital Valentine, that I made, and promised a new one for each of the PINK SATURDAYS before Valentine’s Day.

This week I have featured another Victorian portrait by Harrison Fisher, a very popular artist in the 1920’s and 1930’s.

 

You are more than welcome to download it and send it to someone you are “thinking of” this Valentine’s Day.

A special part of Pink Saturday is that you get to visit and meet so many lovely bloggers.  I am always delighted when I visit a new blog via Pink Saturday and instantly feel a connection.  Last week I discovered Nancy at Gracies  Jewellry.  Nancy designs and makes beautiful jewelry, last week she featured a pink pair of earrings that I have put on my “wish list”.  Stop by and say “hi” and enjoy the eye candy.

Thank you to our wonderful hostess, Beverly at How Sweet the Sound, visit and you will find links to all the PINK bloggers this week.  I guarantee you will meet a new PINK friend.

See You Next PINK SATURDAY!

Enjoy,

Kelley

Winter Gems

In winter it is a little more difficult to find the beauty that surrounds us.

In contrast to the other seasons winter is understated.

This past week my favorite photo group on Flickr,

Shades of Inspiration, the theme is Winter Whites.

New themes always makes me look at the subject in a new light, I

find little surprises that I never knew that are literally in my backyard.

This is my view looking from the back of my house towards Lake Michigan

I am “under the weather” with pneumonia so tromping about in the cold hasn’t been an option so I revisited winter photos that were taken in the past couple of weeks.  I did a little embellishing with Photoshop, something that doesn’t require a lot of energy.

Here is to Mother Nature with her Winter Brushes!

 

Thanks for visiting, Stay warm and Enjoy your weekend!

Kelley

Pink Saturday and Valentine’s Day

Hello to all of the participates of PINK SATURDAY!

I HAVE MISSED YOU!

The overwhelming holiday season is over and hopefully we all will have a little more time to visit and enjoy our blog friends. 

My favorite holiday is now approaching, Valentines Day.  I delight in all the pink and romantic images Valentines Day implies, it is a bit frivolous. I love to create and give little gifts to those I care about this time of year. I never know what my theme will be year to year. 

Well, this year it is Digital Collage.  I am spending way too much time on the computer playing with images.  My husband is totally baffled by this fascination but…I know there are bloggers out there who do get it.  I am taking a class at Mind Wide Open to learn all the tricks of Photoshop and I am really enjoying it. I just entered a challenge using this image provided to the contestants by Gail (my new favorite teacher:)

The rules require you use the provided image in the art medium of your choice. 

I made this digital collage for my submission.

 

Credits for the collage :Model  http://kechake-stock.deviantart.com/art/Winterhearted-21-143241389 

Chandelier Brushes http://ro-stock.deviantart.com/art/Fancy-Chandeliers-58969934

You can see all the entries (and even vote for a favorite) by visiting Mind Wide Open.

Well on to the PINK at hand.  I have designed a couple of Valentines Day Cards using digital collage.  I plan on sharing one card each Pink Saturday.  This week I have I was inspired by my love for horses and vintage images for this week’s card.

Cupid and Heart Brushes: http://libidules.deviantart.com http://colorel-ressources.blogspot.com

You are more than welcome to download the card.

 

I have included an option to use on the inside of the card. 

A little early Valentine’s Day gift to you.

Please stop by How Sweet The Sound to visit all of those that are “playing” this PINK SATURDAY, and as always a special THANK YOU to Beverly, our gracious hostess.

Only 4 more PINK SATURDAYS until VALENTINES DAY!

Enjoy!

Kelley

The Peanut Butter Tree

First this lovely pine graced the hill on our farm

 

Then it brought us great joy as our Christmas tree

 

and now…It is a Peanut Butter tree!

 

When it was time for the tree to be taken down I decided to give it yet another life.

I asked my husband to take the tree to the edge of our woods just outside my kitchen window.

He knows better than to look for reason in most anything I ask him.

Once he placed it in it’s new home he did have a few questions.

Before he could ask any I was outside with a giant jar of peanut butter and birdseed and started

“frosting” the tree with peanut butter topped off with birdseed. 

 

 

It was a instant success with the birds AND many more critters that I didn’t expect

It has been a great source of entertainment…

Perhaps we are not the only ones being entertained.

This yearling deer has “floppy tongue” I was concerned about her but she is the bossiest of the group, and eating doesn’t seem to be a problem.

 Maybe she is just sticking her tongue out at all of us. 

It looks like it is time to “reload” the Peanut Butter Tree.

Thanks for visiting!

Stay warm and Enjoy!

Kelley