Fox bracelet and necklace

I have taken time in middle of getting my garden ready to create a few new designs . I really like the way this fox necklace and bracelet turned out .......

Snow peas !

Here are part of my snow peas coming up and pots of yummy leaf lettuce. 
All the hard work is worth it so know I will have plenty of organic garden produce . It would be a shame to let such a nice backyard go to waste with just grass also. 

YES......my vacation was all about dirt and more dirt..no sandy beaches :(

So here is today's dirt report :) I was able to fill in alot of the new raised beds.  I will have to wait now till next week to get more dirt when i get paid  . But i have plenty of weeds to chop out with my hoe to keep me busy till I do.I have squash planted in all of these with a sunflower planted in one corner of each box. Will draw the bees hopefully

Here is the bigger garden area . This is not on this weeks list to work on. The tires will have potatoes and other stuff planted in them. I still have to mulch around them and fill them with dirt. Then rest of area has to be all turned in under once more before planting corn and my winter squashes . Will start on all this in week or so......

This raised bed has to be filled with dirt still also ......Now ya see why i had to have a week off to get all this done .:)
I have to do this much dirt every couple of years .If i hadnt decided to do all the new areas it wouldnt have been so much

My vacation is speeding by

My week of vacation is speeding by way too quick. I have today and friday left of it . I have enjoyed every moment of it . Getting my hands and feet in the garden dirt has been so relaxing......even though i had to carry 2 truckloads of mulchy dirt  at first. I am adding some bags of topsoil to the new garden beds rest of this week . I will finish it all up come next payday and then get those planted. Right now i have lima beans..........snow peas......alaska peas ......corn...sunflowers and part of my tomato plants in the ground . I have so many more yummy plants to get started yet.Some I will have to wait on the corn to come up a bit as i plant to grow them up the cornstalks for support .I still have plenty to keep me busy these 2 days.
I did get a plum tree planted in the front yard this week and mulch around the lilies. Then i got all the old blackberry canes cut done on the fence by the driveway. Every 4 years or so I have to do this cause they all die out. Now the new ones will come up this summer . I found a rose bush under them all . No idea where it came from :)

I did get a chance to make up 2 batches of soap ( 6 pounds in all) Using lemon juice gave me a pleasant pale yellow color in the one batch  . I added lemon peel and yellow rose petals on top. The lemon scent didnt stay with it though .

I finished watching my dvd series "ANGEL" also at night . I was able to start my new Locker Hooked rug while doing so . I decided to do blocks in this one . I am using fleece and sweat pant material .

First 2 days of my vacation :)

Way in the back you can see the big garden area ...I have work to do there all this coming week .

I am vacationing in my yard this week :)  I have awesome friends who went and picked up 2 truckloads of free mulch dirt  for me Sat . It was free from the city mulch giveaway........ I have it just about all carried..will finish it up here after lunch . I will still need alot more for the back garden area but i cant buy  that quite yet . I did get 20 bags of topsoil from Home Depot ...was on sale 98 cents a bag yesterday .....

New Pieces ........

 Here are more of the images I have used with the bamboo tiles ....they will all make a striking design for necklaces .The feathers will be turned into Southwestern designs as the summer goes along...

The butterfly design is actually a barrette but i am going to turn it into a bracelet

Ladies Riding Sidesaddle Designs

I have always loved pictures of ladies riding sidesaddle ..They look so elegant ...... I decide to turn a few of the ones i have collected into altered art designs ..... Here they have been modpoged on bamboo tiles to be later wirewrapped........I also like to collect images of cowgirls from the old west.. This is a larger piece i am making as a house warming gift for a friend :)