Where has this year gone? I can’t believe it’s July already! I’ve been spending a lot of time outside in the gardens, but let me tell you what else I’ve been up to.
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2020 Iris Parade
Now that the irises have bloomed, I wanted to document the 2020 iris parade here at Happy Acres. Sixteen bloomed and nine didn’t, bringing my total irises that I know about to 25.
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Cards and More Cards
I’ve really enjoyed using stamps to make appliques and embellishments on cards. Here are some of the ones I’ve made so far.
Read MoreMy New Design Board
I’ve been thinking about a design board for awhile. I have a small one – 16 x 16 – I bought years ago, and it never was big enough even though I work pretty small. So in my email box comes a blog post from Alana Craft about making my own design board. Well, I…
Read MoreIrises and Inspiration
Today I am talking about irises and inspiration. A little about my history with the irises here. The spring after we moved in we discovered irises blooming in several places. It wasn’t just a couple different irises, but lots of different ones. The original owner (before the people we purchased this house from) must have…
Read MoreMuck Dyes Visited
If you are a customer of Dharma Trading, you will see from time-to-time muck dyes for sale. Muck dyes are dyes that they make in limited quantities and can’t be reproduced. They are CHEAP! For these I paid between $4.50 and $5 for 8 oz. Usually these fiber reactive dyes run, depending on color, between…
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