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New in my shop this week a short preview
New in my shop this week a short preview
Check out this short preview of a few of the new pieces of
jewelry that I just listed in my Etsy shop!
What do you think?
Check out my new DIY jewelry instruction books and DVDs!
Learn how to solder and make unique jewelry!
My broken china jewelry is always available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns
My broken china jewelry is always available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns
New in my shop this week a short preview
New Broken China Jewelry On My Workbench
New Broken China Jewelry On My Workbench
Here is a peek at what I am working on this week...
What do you think?
Check out my new DIY jewelry instruction books and DVDs!
Learn how to solder and make unique jewelry!
My broken china jewelry is always available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns
My broken china jewelry is always available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns
New Broken China Jewelry On My Workbench
My New Book Soldered Alchemy Now Available For Pre order!
My New Book Soldered Alchemy Now Available For Pre order!
Im excited to announce that my new book,
Soldered Alchemy: 25 Jewelry Projects Using New
Soft-Solder Techniques
is now available on Amazon.com for pre-order!
Inside this book, I take soldering in a completely new direction, and I am SO EXCITED
to share these brand new techniques, designs, and creative projects with you!
Each project is explained in detail from start to finish alongside of beautiful
images to guide you through the projects every step of the way! There are projects
from beginner to advanced, and I organized them with skill-building in mind, so
whether you are new to soft-soldering, or are an experienced solder artist, this book
has something for everyone and is sure to get your creative juices flowing!
Inside I share all of my techniques & secrets for creating unique soft-soldered
jewelry, including all of my soldering techniques, so that you can become a
soldering pro too!
Click here to check it out!
What do you think?
Check out my new DIY jewelry instruction books and DVDs!
Learn how to solder and make unique jewelry!
My broken china jewelry is always available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns
My broken china jewelry is always available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns
My New Book Soldered Alchemy Now Available For Pre order!
New Broken China Jewelry In My Shop Today!
New Broken China Jewelry In My Shop Today!
The holidays are right around the corner and I still have so
much jewelry to finish! Here are a few of the new pieces that
I listed in my Etsy shop last night...check them out!
All pieces can be found here!
All pieces can be found here!
Which is your favorite?
New Broken China Jewelry In My Shop Today!
My New Puppy Early Training Meeting the Cats
My New Puppy Early Training Meeting the Cats
My New Puppy Early Training Meeting the Cats
New Intimidating Row Garden
New Intimidating Row Garden
When we decided to put in a new garden in the north field, we expected to have so much space that we would have to plant cover crops in some of it. Well guess what? I am out of space and all the area not yet planted is slated for planting with seeds that I have stacked up all over the place. I honestly didnt see that one coming. This garden has intimidated me from the beginning. My husband wanted to weed with a rototiller and I wanted a no-till garden with permanent planting areas accessible by paths around them. That way, once established, there would be no walking in the wide rows and no need to till and disturb the microbial underworld of the dirt. We compromised. His corn rows he could do with as he pleased. My area I could try my new method. We have worked very hard on this area in the last few days. We installed fencing (farm fencing) around the perimeter and electrified it. There are 50 or more cows on our place as of this past week and I dont want deer helping themselves. So far, so good.
Later today or tomorrow we are picking up some wood shavings to put in all the permanent paths to keep our feet out of the mud and further define the planting beds from the walkways. I think that will make it look very nice. You can also see my Aquadomes at work in the garden. They are filled with water and are protecting 20 of the tomato plants so far. The others are just going to have to tough it out without them. 24 was the max the budget could handle this year. Maybe more next year. The long rows towards the top of the picture are 70 foot long rows for Doyles corn. I hope to have that planted later today or tomorrow. I have a little more space to the east of the main walkway that you cant see in this picture. I need to define those areas before I show them to you. I am planting as much from seed as possible this year and only bought tomato and pepper plants. Next year I will start those from seed too.
MEAT CHICKEN UPDATE
Things are going well with the meat chickens we have growing in the barn. They hatched on the 5th of May and journeyed from Madison, Nebraska to rural Idaho. They all showed up alive and I am happy to say we have yet to lose one. Knock on wood! This type of chicken is hybridized to grow lightening fast and therefor have a high mortality rate. This bothers me so, to maximize the health of these guys, we take their food from them 12 hours each night and give it back in the morning. That should help to keep them from eating themselves to death. I am still coming to terms with raising my own meat but I do still feel that they have a better life here with us than in a huge farm for factory use and subsequent grocery store sale. Healthier eating too! That is really the main goal here, to provide safe and healthy food for my family.
New Intimidating Row Garden
New Chicks and Nieces to Help!
New Chicks and Nieces to Help!
We ordered 40 more Cornish Cross meat chicks to arrive yesterday so I enlisted some helpers to pick them up and install them into their new home with me. Here are my nieces, Emma and Elle, at the post office with our new shipment of chicks. The girls were still stymied as to why on earth we got our chicks from the post office.
Emma, in pink, really wanted to touch them but ultimately lost her nerve. Next thing I heard was "you touch them Elle. I think youll like them."
We unloaded them while counting how many we got this time. Last time we conveniently forgot to count for extras during the unloading phase. Much harder to count them when they are running around. 43 was our total, the hatchery sent two packing peanuts.
One forgets just how tiny they are when they arrive as two day old chicks. Hard to believe our last batch yielded some 8.75 pounders. The girls wondered why we got more so I told them we would eat them when they got bigger. Elle said "Thats GROSS!" I promised not to eat them until they werent cute anymore. Neither girl understands they concept that the grocery store stocks chicken that used to look like this too. How wonderful it would be to be three again.
New Chicks and Nieces to Help!
Intimidating New Garden in Beginning Phase
Intimidating New Garden in Beginning Phase
Have you ever wondered how to get help on the big projects you want done? Well, in or around our home it means renting heavy equipment and letting my husband play on it. Big boy toys, I guess you would say. His friend owns this pretty little mini excavator and he was more than happy to let Doyle play on it to begin construction on the new Intimidating Row Garden. I happily call it that as I cant imagine how I will keep up with it all when it is done.
After digging up all the field sod growing in this area, Doyle began tilling it. By hand.... well, with a very old tiller he borrowed and never returned to his mom and dad. It is officially dead now that it has tilled this spot. The actual garden turned out to be 91 x 27 feet and I say that is more than enough to weed. I guess we will be buying a new bigger, healthier tiller after the chicken house is constructed. We decided the family that lived here before us and erected the milking barn, must have fed their cows in this space in the winter. There were thousands, and I am not exaggerating, of bale strings that wrapped around the tines of the tiller and had to be burnt off dozens of times during this process. We also unearthed tons of old metal things, and who knows what else in this spot. Sometimes I wonder what people were thinking back in the old days. The dump must have been way too far an old farm truck. Doyle tilled in the nasty old wind we had last week and got all of the area tilled twice. Now the Super Highway pathways and the side road paths can go in. We have that started but then get overwhelmed with the sheer size of this project.
Intimidating New Garden in Beginning Phase
All In A Days Work New Broken China Jewelry!
All In A Days Work New Broken China Jewelry!
Here is a peek at some of the jewelry that I made today.
All pieces will be listed for sale in my Etsy shop, Dishfunctional Designs
What do you think?
Check out my new DIY jewelry instruction books and DVDs!
Learn how to solder and make unique jewelry!
My broken china jewelry is always available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns
My broken china jewelry is always available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns
All In A Days Work New Broken China Jewelry!