Sharing just some Pictures taken of the new toy and a few scences

My son on the new bike, right now hubby and son will be sharing it but if my son gets good grades the rest of this year and his senior year the bike will be his.

I was able to finally get a fairly good picture of my little blue jay that comes around to eat ever so often.

Just a picture of the woods and a small creek one tree had fallen over and I thought it was a pretty creek.

These ducks were just right across my street in the neighbors yard, can you tell we have gotten lots of rain on the Oregon coast?

I just thought this little shed was colorful and so I took some pictures of it, playing around with the camera and down before is a very neat hillside that I just felt needed a picture taken of it. I have been doing a bit of photography around the area of Oregon and just thought I would share a bit of it this week for everyone and do a little something different this weeks.

Fabric Bowl and some Tiny rag cloth doll Rabbits

I just finished these guys and the bowl a few days back. The fabric bowl is a green cotton fabric that I created using a brown thread for contrast on the bowl and added a plaid ribbon around the bowl and for the handle of the bowl.

The tiny rabbits are made from muslin that I painted with acrylic paints and sealed. I filled each tiny rabbit with fiber fill and added ribbon to their necks.

I did not use any patterns, the bowl and rabbits were just an idea I had in mind and actually the rabbits are a cartoon I had drawn a long time ago and just sat down and re-drew them and cut out the image and traced it onto fabric.

On the fabric bowl no patterns were used I just got on my sewing machine and began sewing until I got the shape and size of the fabric bowl I wanted; as usual I torn 1 inch strips of fabric and wrapped it around cotton cording to sew the bowl. In a few days I will be adding them to the art fire store.

Cooking up Homemade Black Eyed Pea Stew with Elk Meat

I love Black eyed peas! and this is one of my favorite ways to make it. First I throw a bag of uncooked black eyed peas into a crock pot and add cut up onion; my guys like the onion sliced this way, but you can slice anyway you would like. I add a bit of salt and pepper into the pot also.

Second I begin browning the elk meat in a small frying pan with about a tablespoon of real butter and I add celery salt to this for more favoring to the meat and stew later on.

Once the meat is browned I just toss it all into the crock pot and add 3 cans of veggie broth or stock and 2 cups of water and I set the crock pot on high for half the day and low for the rest of the day, so start this in the morning and by evening time it will be ready. The done stew should be thick and the peas nice and tender, then I serve it with hot corn on the cob and corn bread muffins with cheese baked into the muffins.

The Finshed rag cloth doll rabbit 18 inch Miss Surefooted

http://www.etsy.com/listing/68736269/18-inch-rag-cloth-doll-animal-rabbit

This is Miss Surefooted as she is now completed and in the Etsy store for sale. I think she came out pretty cute, I love her big feet and that is why I named her Miss Surefooted.

I plan on making another one but he will be male and I may make him an entire different way. There is lots I can do with this simple pattern.

What I am working on for Tuesday, rabbits

I actually started this Monday evening but I am continuing and will finish the the rabbit later today. I am using a wonderful old pattern from my collection called "floppy friends". The pattern was created in 1995. I am only using the body design of the pattern and making the rabbits my own way.

I designed my own facial features for the dolls and I am making my own clothes for the dolls. I am using Onsburg once again; I am also dry brush painting the fabric around the face in browns and a bit of light gray and pinks for the ears. The paints are acrylics, yes I just love my acrylic paints! I am making a dress with a applique flower on and green pantaloons you can see the dress in the photo it was some second hand fabric my aunt gave to me, a dress she was going to make( fabric was already cut out in a dress form). When I am finished the doll with be about 18 inches long.

New Recipe! What to do with left over Cabbage

A few days ago I had some left over cabbage and I was trying to figure out what to do with it because in my family cabbage is not a favorite food.

So I had some stewing meat about 2 1/2 pounds, some spinach, onion, instant rice, and cream of mushroom soup.

I began by tossing in about a table spoon of butter and letting it melt and coat the frying pan; then I added the cubed meat and browned it.

After it was browned I added the onion, cabbage and spinach and let it cook a little (stirring it often). Next I added 2 cups of water and the instant rice or you could just cook the rice separate in a sauce pan, I used 2 to 2 1/2 cups of rice. Then when the rice is done add it to the meat, cabbage,onion, spinach. In a separate bowl add the can of mushroom soup and 1 cup of water or add enough water to thin the soup out and mix with all the items in the skillet and let simmer about 15 minutes. This comes out tasting really good more so if you are a person not too keen on cabbage, I can get my husband and son to eat cabbage and spinach this way.

Recycled Denim into a 20 inch Rabbit

I had some old denim jeans that belonged to my hubby that I used to create this goofy rabbit. The Jeans had bleach stains on them, making them old and worn out so I decided to recycle the jeans.
I began by sitting down and doodling out some ideas of rabbits and came with this pattern for a rabbit; finally I came up with a 20 inch rabbit.
I decided to make the jeans look even more grubby by using an brown acrylic paint to stain the denim even more and sew the rabbit with the seams on the outside so that the fabric would fray and look old.
I used pink embroidery floss for his nose and mouth and white buttons for eyes and the final touch is some floral cotton fabric torn to make a loose fitting bow around his neck.
This is a simple idea to help recycle those old denim jeans that be headed for the trash, it was fun and simple.