Halloween Door Decor

I spent a good part of this past

weekend making some holiday decorations.

There's a great youtube video I watched

about making tissue paper flowers.

They were so much fun to make!

I would've made more had I not

run short on tissue paper. 

I asked my husband to cut out

a skull shape that I'd drawn

onto a piece of plywood. 

He kindly base coated it white

for me and then I took it from there

with a simple folk art design. 

Years ago, my daughter made the circle

felt garland, so I grabbed that from the picture

it'd been hanging over. 

I cut out patterned felt half circles with pinking shears and sewed

them to some colorful ric rac for a cute little bunting. 

Adding the string of holiday beads seemed

to finish it off. 

Hoping the little trick or treaters

will enjoy it tonight. 

Happy Halloween!

Painted Chicken Coop 3

 First of all, I need to give

credit to Aimee from the Farm

Animal Sanctuary for these pictures. 

I forgot to bring my camera and 

she was kind enough to take these. 

My husband put in the hinged door 

within the front door. 

This way the chickens

can get in and out without having to open

the larger door. There's a little carabiner at the 

bottom that can secure the door shut, or hold it open. 

The back wall has 3 panels with decorative

wood strips in between. 

For the benches, I decided to paint a 

rug design in predominantly gray to

hopefully camouflage the inevitable mess. 

Here's Bob attaching the carabiner

to the chicken wire to hold the door open. 

That's Zobe the beautiful little zebu cow

in the background. 

I just love her!!

We've had so much fun

helping to beautify the farm.

It's been an honor and a privilege. 

Canoeing Clear Creek Reservoir

My husband has the week off

and I've been taking a break from my artistic 

endeavors to spend some quality time with him. 

We decided to load up our canoe and

head up north to enjoy this

beautiful state of ours. 

Our final destination, Winslow Arizona. 

For those not familiar with the town, 

there's actually a corner in downtown Winslow 

where you can stand near a reflection of

a flatbed Ford in a window and 

take your picture next to a statue of Glenn Frey.

That said, as you'll see from the pictures, 

there's another fine sight to see when you're there. 

It's called Clear Creek Reservoir and

it's a hidden gem. 

We started our adventure at McHood Park.

Near the camping area, there's

a large gravel parking lot and a nice dock

to put in the water. 

The mirror reflection of the

cliffs on the water was absolutely gorgeous. 

The water was so still and the temperature outside 

was a perfect 74 degrees. 

The farther we went, 

the higher the cliffs got, and

the more narrow the canyon. 

We were the only ones

on the water the entire 6 mile 

round trip!

We came across this niche

in the rock and my husband

said it was just missing a statue,

so I obliged. 

Oh the things we get ourselves into. . . 

You should've seen me trying to

get back into the canoe after that 

shot was taken!

It took us an hour and a half

of paddling to get to the end and only  

an hour to get back. 

(I was working a little harder

on the way back). 

This was just a day trip from

Phoenix and we were

back home in the Valley before sunset. 

This place is a must see if

you get the chance! 

We have some treasured memories

of our visit there and look forward to 

going back again. 

Painted Chicken Coop 2

I finished painting the panels for 

the outside of the chicken coop, and

yesterday was delivery day. 

Here's a picture of the brand new

coop we had to start with. 

Here's the outside all prettied up!

The flags belong to Aimee the owner. 

They're a cute folk art rooster print

and fit right in with the design, so

I think she'll leave them up. 

My husband used liquid nails and 

his nail gun to secure the panels. 

This handsome guy is checking out his new digs. 

I hope he likes it!

My husband is measuring the inside

for the next part of the project. 

That needs to be pretty too. 

Peace, love, and chickens. . . 

Terri