Beginning of a new week.

Sundays are full of activity here on our little plot. Although, they tend to be more enjoyable and more subdued. We've been gathering supplies for the annual Memorial day camp out. The children and I have gotten sleeping bags washed and put into SpaceBags. Those bags are awesome. We have a gargantuan sized bag that fits two of our sleeping bags, a few pillows, and a couple towels as well. It's convenient.

I've been working on an order for a few customers. I need to redo one piece, but it's coming along pretty well.

I updated the website with two bracelets.

Here's what they look like:

I am hoping that people will be able to tell what size they are by looking at the measurements on the mat that they are sitting on. If you'd like to see more of those particular bracelets, head on over to the website, www.pineconepotteryandcrafts.com I have images on their product page and on the related blog page for them also.

Next week, or the week after, depending on how timing goes, I should have a new product all together for the website. I am excited to be able to have it, but I have to keep it a surprise for now. 

Wonky pots, woot woot!

I was able to get onto the pottery wheel Sunday and today! The patio has dried out, so I can use the kiln and the wheels again! Yay!

Which means I was able to get two "wonky" pots done on Sunday. One is a vase, one is a flower pot. Today, I was able to get a birdhouse made. I think. We'll see how it come out. It's drying on the patio now...



See? It should be cute and will resemble a pear or maybe an imaginary fruit of some sort. :) If it comes out like I have in my head, I will be able to offer them on my website

www.pineconepotteryandcrafts.com

That's the excitement from here.

Quick Update May 9

A lot has been going on here. But, I haven't photographed most of it. We had family from out of country come visit, which was wonderful. The house is sooo clean, now. In anticipation, I made sure to get it all spiffied up.

I haven't been able to get much done in the ceramics area, once the ice all melted and the area dried a day, the rains started! I don't feel safe using a kiln outside in the rain...as you can imagine, I am sure.

I do have an update video that I plan to post here as soon as it uploads and is all edited.

That's it for now!

A few updates

Things have been pretty hectic here. I have a few videos to catch you up on the "goings on":

This one's an hour long!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wki8KXQ-iBo

The end result is:

Then here's this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF8Tm_UwyZ0

Followed by:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9GHUSBVnZY

Go for a ride with me on my way home. See what my town looks like:

(see chickens too)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Laz9RhYN2-4

A Card project for second half of this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TytOC088A6w

And an upgrade to the card project is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usO6qjIzfr0

And the final result of that is:

It's May first here in the Rocky Mountains, can't ya tell?

 Last weekend, daughter had a dirtbiking accident  As she explained it "the dirtbike and gravity had a disagreement. I got caught in the middle. Gravity is the law, so it won." She broke her wrist in three places. Not a peep after the initial "Ow, I'm hurt!" of it all. She's my hero, I'd be a crying and whining mess.

She's been in good spirits. 

This is after my eldest son had a table and another student collapse onto his foot (my son was sitting at another table with his foot sticking out from under his own table a little. Turned his foot all sorts of colors and shades of not happiness.  This is after about the third day from when it happened: 

And of homestead-y news, we got one duck egg and 29 chicken eggs last week. Good gosh, that's a lot of eggs! 

Busy week planned

Just a really quick update, as the weather makes me want to stay off the computer. We are in a blizzard warning, trees are coming down like dominoes in the wind here, and ice has layered the roads making stop signs into suggestions.

Here's my last card project:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--RYeqNJXzY&list=UUpcGakkptAcs4mzss2WJbEQ&index=2

Follow along and make a similar card.

Also I've been making baskets and here's a video to follow along with as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wki8KXQ-iBo&list=UUpcGakkptAcs4mzss2WJbEQ&index=1

You'll need a few supplies which are mentioned and described in the video.

Hope you give one or both of these a try, they're lots of fun!

I still have more baskets to make and more ceramic projects. I have a few orders even...how exciting is THAT? So I need to kick it in gear, if only the weather would cooperate! Can't get on the pottery wheel on the patio if the temperatures (with gale force winds too) is in the single digits.

Engeseth Homestead

www.pineconepotteryandcrafts.com

A lot going on here

This month has been a whirlwind! I can't believe how quick it's gone.

With five Birthdays, it seems I finish one item and have to start another. Thought I would show how to make the little box for notecards that I made my daughter...who LOVES pink! And easy peasy, it's in video form...less typing, HA!

Plus, the cockatiel, Baby, makes an appearance on the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7O1pLsWM1s

Here's a photo:

Also, fun stuff is happening for me in other ways...(insert drum roll here)

I now have a website of my very own!

www.pineconepotteryandcrafts.com

I am working on populating the "store" and blog as well. Some of the blog entries will be extra photos for the store items, but it will also have a lot of fun blog stuff too.

And, if that wasn't enough...the weather has begun to warm up which means more pottery! I expect in the next two weeks or so I will have a few days that I can get onto the pottery wheel!

Anyhow, that's the fun that is the fun here!

Snow day

The skies opened up and blessed us with some snow. We haven't had a real snowing other than an inch or two all season. Last night we got a proper amount. Some parts of town got 5 inches, and others 9. We were right in the middle somewhere near 6 or so. Not too shabby. The school district, with the news reports of accidents and so fourth, decided to call a snow day. The kids were ecstatic. When they were homeschooled snow days didn't have the same kind of biting-your-nails-while-holding-your-breath-during-the-morning-newscast excitement as it did this morning.

Without further ado, here's a pic of the snow:

The kids have been fighting, especially the youngest. It's particularly frustrating trying to accomplish anything today. I am so very thankful that their Uncle took them sledding most of the morning. It gave me a break. I managed to get the dishes and a few loads of laundry done. Also, I used the time to get the first part of dinner made and ready for use later.

I have been working pretty diligently on a card order that I received for 15 cards. I was surprised with another order for cards as well. How fun is that?

Also this week we received a half a cow. Not alive...that would be weird. We found a home for half of that, and now we have a quarter to deal with, which is much more manageable.

So this week I will be canning some of the ground meat to free up some space in the freezer. I will also repackage some for quick use as well.

So, that's the plan for the rest of the week.