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Iv’e gone mad, I tell you

This one just makes me laugh

 

Lately I feel like I spin in circles all the time and get nothing constructive done. Normally I am a very organized person and plan things out weeks if not months ahead of time. I am usually calm and can handle all the little things that pop up at the last second and hardly ruffle a feather doing it. 

The answer to that lies in my recent lack of following my schedule and over scheduling myself. I live and this house lives on routines and tight schedules. Yes they are ment to be rearranged as needed but I find myself rescheduling every thing lately, partly because I can’t say no to any one or anything and partly because there is so much new going on. 

 I had another busy weekend here with 2 clients here on respite. Unexpected guests both Saturday and Sunday, lots of good food cooked for that . It’s time for me to regroup, reorganize and set a new schedule. It’s important to step back every so often and look at every detail in order of importance. Most importantly to let some of the stuff that has snuck in my day fall off the end of the list and be okay with it. 

So this morning I’m determined to get back on my routine and stick to it. What ever that may be… I will be working on my schedule, our client’s schedule, Daisy’s schedule, and son #1’s schedule. Trying to get them all to work together. This should be fun. 

Yes, to all who are looking and asking, the new Bergamont & Manderin Solid Lotion Bars are available. I just haven’t had time to list them yet. Also available are the Cottage Rose, Pepperberry, Blueberry, and Blackberry & Sage. They are $6.00 per tin and I am paying the shipping from now until Valentines Day. I promise to get them listed in the next day or so, but in the mean time your phone calls and emails are always welcome and I’m happy to get them in the mail for you.

Hope you have a productive day too…

Karyn

A Beautiful Day

….and random moments of pleasure….

Cheesecake Soap

The sun is shining bright today and it’s rather deceiving. When I ventured out the care for the animals for the morning the cold went right through me and the wind is something else today.

I’m glad I took the time to shovel more snow on the flower beds, strawberries and rhubarb a few days ago. This wind and cold

with no snow is hard on them.

We have a new older gentleman staying with us for a few weeks. He is a sweetie and adds lots of laughter to the house.

I had some time to finish up some more soap…I was in the mood for cheese cake so these will do for now. They are Lavender and Rose. Turned out quite nice. I have but 2 left out of 12, they like so much of the soap I make flew out the door almost before I had time to wrap and label it.

How about cupcake style soaps, the same as the Lavender and Rose only smaller and very cute. One of these made it into the tub with Daisy and she loves is. I must admit it smells pretty darn good… and cute too boot!

Cupcakes any one?

I started working on some new knit slippers for me in a nice navy blue cotton yarn. Not a bad pattern I like it. I made a pair a few weeks ago and they ended up way to large for me using the needles the pattern called for so I am using much smaller ones this time, lets see how they turn out.

Daisy has 2 new pair of slippers I knit her and she likes them. I have plans on adding a wool cut out flower on the front for her but she took off wearing them before I got the wool cut…

Hope your day is going as well.

Karyn

I’m thinking Blueberry and Lilacs

Shaving Soap

Valentines day is just around the corner and while I think it mostly a commercial holiday for retail sales. I still see it as a chance to do something special for my family beyond what I do every day.

I was in the mood to make some lotion bars, and I needed to restock a couple of local stores. Blueberry kept coming to my mind when thinking about a spring scent and even though around here they won’t be in season until late summer…Go figure how my mind works. Maybe I was just hungry for muffins? I added these to the Farm Store.

The batch I delivered is already gone from the stores and I need to make more this week. I also have plans to make some of the bergamot and mandarin, and some lilac. I really like these combinations.

Lilac Salt Bars

I also wished for one of my favorite flowers, spring lilacs and wanted a new salt bar for my shower. This is what I ended up with and I’m quite happy with the results. They smell wonderful and the layers of salt give the bar a nice yet soft scrub. Pretty nice on my feet.Lilac Salt Bars

Since I was in the mood I made several batches of shaving soap with some nice bentonite clay I have wanted to try. I have a batch of Chamomile scented with Bergamot and Manderin, a batch lavender and I added some of that great organic lavender I got a few days ago, and a batch of Cottage Rose with ground rose petals. 

Look at that beautiful color from the herbs and clay! I made 12 of each and as you can see several have already found new homes. I didn’t even have time to package and label them before they were scooped up.

Note from me: word press is acting funny today so this post isn’t layed out the way I wanted it, hope it still is understandable.

A Window Quilt

I finished up this window quilt for Daisy’s room a few weeks ago. Even though we have those fancy gas filled energy star windows in the house, the glass always seems cold to me. This quilt has helped keep the room warmer during the night and when the sun isn’t out.

I added a simple tension rod and use it to pull up the quilt to let the sun in. When it’s up it looks sort of like a balloon curtain. Next is to decide on a curtain for this room, I’m thinking a lace, but that will have to wait a bit longer.

Window quilts have been a New England tradition for many, many years. Back when the old colonial houses were built the glass was simple single thickness glass and the houses had no insulation and they were drafty. The women of the day would do anything to help keep the cold out.

This one here is simple 6 inch squares and pieces of left over fabric from another project. The backing is an old flannel sheet. I didn’t use any filling for a middle layer.

I think the pastel colors help the room be a bit more girlie. She also has a toss pillow with the same patchwork fabric.This room was for our client who LOVED the Boston Red Sox and that was the theme of the room so the bright blue worked well.

Come spring when I can open the windows I would like to repaint the room to better fit a little girl…I’m thinking sun flower golden yellow. Daisy is more of a tom boy than a princess girl so lots of pink isn’t her thing. Actually she loves the blue and would like it to say. So I will have to think on this.

So in the spring the entire room will get a make over. I call this decorating with no budget…Daisy doesn’t know it but I have started on a quilt for her bed to match the  window quilt. In the mean time she is loving her art work up on the walls. I’m thinking I will paint a section of the wall with chalkboard paint so she can draw on the wall….hope in that area only! She also tells me she would like pictures of her chickens and her horse Joby. Nope she didn’t ask for any of the characters pushed on these kids these days, so that was a good thing.  She is not crazy over the Elmo sheets on her bed, she likes the flowered ones better. All the Elmo she has were gifts from her Auntie a year or so ago.

We also recently took out the toddler bed and put up her twin size bed. She HATES it and comes to my room every nigh to cuddle up with me. She doesn’t like all the new room in her bed. I hope she will get used to it, in the mean time I have filled the bed with pillows and stuffed animals to help her feel a bit less small in the new bed.

Now to figure out how to store and keep organized all the toys. She has the drawer bins and a nice book-case would work well in this room.

I guess the decision has been made although no one has outright said it, the room has been given to Daisy and any future thought of a client just might be out of the picture, now there is no room in the inn…one could say.