July 2014

Happy 4th!

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I hope your holiday is a peachy one.  

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The grand fairies and I celebrated  a little early by trying to create our own fireworks. Not with explosives, though, with paint.  

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We made red, white, and blue glitter paint bombs by filling eggs with paint.

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We sealed up the holes with tissue paper. First, we damped the tissue with a bit of paint, and it stuck right on.

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 I tacked a poster board to the garage wall and they let loose with the paint bombs, hoping to create big, spattery, fire works on the paper.

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A lot of power went into the tossing, but the eggs didn't make as much of a spectacular splat as we thought they might.

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But a lot of fun was had in the process.  The eggs kind of landed on the poster with a wet thump, and then just hung there like a blob.  Maybe we should have added water to the paint for a more dramatic effect?  It could have been too thick.

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They soon discovered it was a good consistency for finger painting.

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I wouldn't say the result we got was what we were led to expect from Pinterest, but it was still a happy experiment.  

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 ps- I'm having a Summer Clearance sale in the Boutique. I've neglected that poor little shoppette too long, I need to clean up, clear out, and refresh it all. You are welcome to soak up some summertime savings and help me get a fresh start, by using this link and getting 50% off everything in the store:

 

http://www.karlascottage.com/?code=Summersale

 

(You must use that address to get the special price. Going to the regular address does NOT take you to the 50% discount)

Some thoughtful gifts for me and 50% off in the Boutique for you

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The guests who came to see me at Birdsong were very thoughtful.  Treats, gifties, hugs, lots of sharing!

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The "Iowa Girls" even brought presents for the hens!

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They filled this wonderful, chicken shaped pot with dried herbs to freshen the coop.  (The charming hand vase next to it is from my pal, Suzanne.)

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We have recently switched to pine chip bedding for the coop, and it is a pretty, fresh look with the chips and the herbs.  The building was just cleaned out yesterday and smells much better than our typical hay bedding.   I think we'll stick with this combo!

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The ladies seem happy with it.

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Our weekend was pretty hectic, so after the students left, a group of us opened all the presents together and it felt kinda like a baby shower with all of us in a circle, oohing and ahhing over each package as it was opened.

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There were some very sweet details in the pile of pretties.

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I'll enjoy the gifts, and will be remembering Birdsong each time I use one.  

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And remembering the nice group of people who came to see me here at the Cottage!

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Thank you to all who attended.

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And for the generous gifts!

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As well as to the sponsors who gifted my guests too.

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 You notice this cute fairy hook has nothing on it yet?

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This is the area that I hang all of my completed swap books from.  So, I guess this means I need to host another swap so I can fill this hook? It was one of my New Year's resolutions, after all. I want to do a swap book again this year, I skipped one in 2013.

A theme is in mind…. I've just got to create the painting for the cover.  Details to come, I hope you will join in.

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 ps- I'm having a Summer Clearance sale in the Boutique. I've neglected that poor little shoppette too long, I need to clean up, clear out, and refresh it all. You are welcome to soak up some summertime savings and help me get a fresh start, by using this link and getting 50% off everything in the store:

 

http://www.karlascottage.com/?code=Summersale

 

(You must use that address to get the special price. This is NOT a coupon, it is the actual address of the sale site. Going to the regular address does NOT take you to the 50% discount)

 

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