Resin pouring projects (such as my water-splash resin sculptures) often results in excess resin left over after my primary project is complete. I love experimenting with this leftover resin and one of these side-project-experiments recently resulted in a method for creating the geode-like metallic blooms, shown below. Developed to create a shiny and ultra durable…
DIY: How to Build a Natural Bucket Heater without Electricity
Did you know that you can make your own freeze-resistant water buckets, troughs, or ponds using natural materials you already have on your farm? When downed trees toppled power lines and cut electricity, all of our winter housekeeping was put to the test: no bucket heaters, no stock tank deicers, and not even the option…
Small Business & Career Transitions – An Epic DIY
Though not forgotten, this blog has been dormant for a few months- For an exciting reason! In July of 2015 I had the opportunity to sell my small online businesses and I took it! It didn’t take much soul searching to know where my heart was calling me: the Masters in Counseling Psychology program at…
How to Add a Vintage Cover to a New Notebook or Journal
Poking through a small flea market about a 1,000 miles off the beaten path last week, I stumbled across a cache of stationary, pens, and notepads from the 1930’s and 1940’s. Each priced at nearly nothing, I scooped up the whole pile and started making plans. The timing was perfect, I was just a few…
Thanksgiving at Hawk Hill 2014
Thanksgiving is my holiday. I claimed it from my mother after several years in a row of major food-related disasters on the Big Day. 2009 featured a mostly-raw fried turkey, 2010 featured a fully cooked catered turkey, complete with insides stuffed with the neck, giblets, and plastic packet of gravy the caterer had failed to…
Visit to Red Oak 2
It’s been a long cold winter- the seventh coldest winter on record for the midwest- and projects and DIY adventures have taken a backseat to hot tea and movie nights. The cold is finally letting up and last weekend visiting family warranted a day trip to Carthage, MO and the living art project that is…
Vacation in Equestrian Wonderland – Part 2
( See Part 1 of this post here) In 2009 we visited Europe for a few weeks and had the pleasure of staying with equestrian friends in western Germany for the first week. It was an adventure with many pleasant surprises, but by far my favorite surprise was when our host announced we’d be…
DIY Pony Party Cupcakes
Just an update to let my readers know about these adorable cupcakes and the tutorial for making them over at LuckyPony.com
DIY Cute Dog Collar for Wireless Fence Systems
Just a quick note to let my readers know about a cool tutorial I posted on BigDogBoutique.com’s blog this week: How to get rid of those cheap collars that come with a wireless fence system and how to convert a cute collar to work with the receiver unit. I’m in love with the collar we…
Adopt.
With 500,000 US Kids in foster care and 210 million orphans worldwide, this is the only thing on my bucket list that really matters in the long run.
Cold Brew Iced Tea
Cold brew coffee is popular currently- but did you know you can make iced tea without hot water? Cold Brew iced tea takes about a day- or at least overnight- but is a simple way to always have tea on hand without having to boil water. Just fill your pitcher with water, add tea bags…