Old School Acres

The winnerS!

The Valentine owl goes to Chara Michele.  *smooches*   Chara, I need your new address :)

I decided to draw 2 more names and give away 2 of the owls I listed in my shop.  As of right now they are endangered species.  If the CPSIA is not amended I will no longer be able to sell or give away my owls because even though they are obviously (to me) not intended for children the CPSA considers that they are because they are stuffed animals.  I can't market them as art dolls either. :(  But I digress. 

Jenny B. Harris and Sarah (no blog) - I will email you so that you can choose one of the other owls.

Thanks for entering everyone!!

*My apologies for not specifying that the comments for the owl giveaway would close at 10 a.m. CST.  I will be giving away another owl and maybe even a baby item or 2 in the next few weeks, so please check back.*

An owly weekend

Three of the 4 are going into my shop. 

Owl be yours

For a chance to own this little Valentine owl, leave a comment below.  Comments will close at 10 CST Thursday, January 22.

Little Miss Curly Whiskers

Little Cat learned a lesson yesterday.  Fireplaces are good for warm hineys but bad for whiskers.

Returning to more pleasant subjects

These pennants/banners/garlands are incredibly fun to make and pretty easy, too.  Pinking on the boy  banner and scallops on the girly banner add the finishing touch.

Have you seen Monica's Pennie Pockets?  Cutest things ever.

The horror of the moral

This story/moral is not for the weak of heart.  If you are naturally squeamish, eating lunch, or shudder at the thought of mice move along to a sweeter kinder blog.

This story begins with a mouse. 

The moral of the story:
1.  If you smell a dead mouse near your washing machine do not assume it's under the machine and you will ask your husband to help you when he gets home from work.

2.  If you smell a dead mouse near your washing machine and your husband doesn't smell anything don't chalk it up to your imagination.

3.  If you smell a dead mouse near your washing machine do not wash a load of clothes until you find the source of the smell.

4.  If you smell a dead mouse near your washing machine and the smell is even stronger when you open the lid do not assume still that the mouse is under the machine.

5.  If you smell a dead mouse when you open the washing machine stand far away when your husband pops the fabric softener dispenser off the top of the agitator.

6.  When your husband asks for a pair of tongs to remove the dead but well-washed mouse from inside the agitator get tongs that can go in the garbage with the mouse.  Oh, and give him a garbage bag.

7.  Do not fall to your knees laughing when your husband proceeds to gag while removing the deceased party.

8.  If you do laugh, grab a small child to put between you and your husband so he won't get too near with the deceased.

9.  Do go get all the clothing washed within the last 2 days so they can be rewashed.

The end.

Ruining the lives of clowns one banner at a time

Whoa!  What a bunch of clown haters!  LOL  Maybe we all have coulrophobia.  So I went for the elephant.  Who doesn't love an elephant in a skirt?

 

A banner day

So I've procrastinated forever with this project.  This whole CPSIA thing has me leery of making anything new.  A real creativity-sucker for sure.  If changes aren''t made my owls will be an endangered species.  But last night my fingers were itching to hold a needle and thread and I started on this banner for Deanna.  Finding just the right circus embroidery patterns was a real pain in the rear. 

My next dilemma is clowns.  Hate them?  Love them?  I'm leaning toward the horse, but I don't know.  D, if you are reading this what do you think?  I want to stick to 3 embroidered pennants to keep the cost down.