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I am Tricia. Momma of nine, homeschooler, artist, foodie and maker of all kinds of things. It's a pleasure to share here our family homesteading adventures, the things we make, and what inspires our days. Read more about my family and work here. Thanks for visiting!

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Eggs everywhere

By on February 14, 2012 in farm life

Today when the girls brought in the eggs from the coop, it hit me that I had run out of places to put them.  We do eat eggs mind you, lots of them but these girls have been crankin em out faster than we can eat them.  I counted 54 eggs and that means its time to cook lots of egg recipes.

I can tell who layed which eggs and the Auracanas (the green and blue eggs) are definitely in the lead.  Cold days, hot days, and even a scare by a coyote at the coop door does not stop the Auracanas from laying.  You see the dark brown eggs in the front, that one was laid by my one lonesome Buff Orpington though she has no clue she is the only blond in the pack.  The lighter brown eggs are provided courtesy of our Rhode Island Reds, they lay less eggs but slightly bigger ones.

My first stop was deviled eggs.  Not my favorite thing to do (though it is my favorite to eat) because unlike store bought eggs which are 1 to 2 weeks old, farm fresh eggs do not peel easy.  Even after shocking them into cold water they do not peel super easy or pretty but they are so yummy.

I do not wash our eggs until its time to use them.  Yep, thats right, my chickens lay them and we put them away as is.  I was told by an old farmer that eggs should never be washed until ready to use.  They last longer that way.  Thats how we do it around here and if you are only used to store bought bleached eggs I am sure you just fainted at the thought my dirty eggs in my fridge lol.

This week three people have asked to buy eggs from me.  Every day our gals get a bucket full of veggie and fruit pulp from our juicing at every meal, they get every scrap of food that we do not eat (we waste nothing) and if they need it they are given gmo free feed.  I need to call these people back but honestly I have no idea what to charge for our free range, thick shelled beautiful eggs.  Any suggestions?



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Stash Bash

By on February 9, 2012 in sewing, Stash Bash

I’ve never met a crafter without a stash of some kind. This year my goal is to use up all the craft supplies I have spent money on that are taking up mental and physical space in my life.  Join me here every Thursday for a Stash Bash.   


So I am super late today getting the Stash Bash posted.  I have now officially killed another laptop (which I desperately need to get all of my pictures out of) and had to buy a new one which also had some problems so I had to take it back the Geek Squad guys for them to redo and so here I am….computers hate me!  On top of all of that Blogger keeps wigging out on me and flipping my pictures no matter how I flip them on picnik or picasa and save it.  So I could have had this post up by 10 this morning but every picture took forever and there were some pictures I just had to give up on : (  


I am aware that I promised the felt bow tutorial on Tuesday but just had no way to do that so I will have it posted tomorrow : )


This week I am sharing the dress I made for Livie’s party.  Usually when I have a theme and need to make a dress I go out and find the perfect fabric but having to stick to my stash made that quite the challenge.  Since the theme this year was candyland and I did not want a candy looking dress per se I though of making her a candy striper dress.  After almost giving up I decided to look into the bins of clothes waiting to become something else and found this very large womans dress which has double sided fabric…perfect!  I think I have had this dress for a few years.  I beleive I wanted to size it down into a dress for me but I hope you agree it was meant to be a candy striper.

before

after

I love recycling clothing because if you are smart about it you can use the hem that is already there, the button plackets and that saves a lot of time sewing.  I did plan on using the hem at the bottom but after the dress was done I thought I still wanted to show more of the green side of the fabric so I turned up the hem an inch and resewed it.  That made it match the pockets and made me happy. 

 A double sided headband finished out the outfit.  It turned out a teeny bit big but was also very comfy and well, what can I say, I am not a professional.

 If you notice on the candy table, the lollipop topiaries were also covered with remaining fabric.



To see the rest of the party go here


So what did you get done this week, I can’t wait to see!   I love every one of your projects from last week, you all inspire me!   Thanks for stopping by this weeks Stash Bash. Below is the linky list for you to add your project. 

Here’s what to do. There are no rules. 
Just use what you have and try to not buy new supplies, unless you need it to complete a project that you are making from stuff you already have in your stash. 
Take a picture of your project or progress and blog about it or post a picture to flickr.
Then come back here on Thursdays and post a link to your post.
Don’t forget to link back to the Stash Bash so others can find us and get encouraged too.
Fair enough?    


P.S.  Its so nice to hear from other stash bashers so if you visit some of the links don’t forget to leave them a quick little comment.

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