Trees

 From last week : Well this week has been exciting, as we had a huge dead tree (Hack berry/elm) removed from our fence line . Starting on Wednesday and finishing up  late yesterday. While trying to trim the big wad of ivy out of the top a Opossum came out and ran into the tree topper, he said it came him a small fright. So yesterday when the other trimmer went up every few feet he would shake and thump a branch on the trunk announcing he was coming up. Luckily , no critters this time.:)
To get the machinery into our backyard and down our narrow driveway they had to cut back several still living trees, I was amazed at how much sunlight is in the yard now, It has made our once dim little yard into a brightly lit yard. Sunlight dabbled through it all day yesterday.

Since the dead tree was somewhat hollow and they were concerned about being on it and cutting on it, they decided to pull down the entire trunk (45 Feet of it) into the yard. I almost couldn't watch with the fear of them hitting the house(the tree was taller then the distance to the back porch).They said they were going to have it fall between the house and up the drive way, sure enough that's what they did. Amazing accuracy.

Wordless Wednesday : Farm Pictures to Ponder

Thread painting & Needle Felting

Today, I practiced my thread painting . I can do waves and loops and general free motion movements; but smaller more refined areas ..well I still need lots of practice.
If your not familiar with thread painting, it is the art of using your sewing machine to create paintings out of thread. A good person to check out is Terry White. I have taken a class from her, she is amazing. Here is her book that I have  and a couple of pictures to show you what thread painting is.

This is a piece I did in her class. The book tell how to do it. As you can see I have not finished it.

It is amazing that you can make all these really cool shapes out of thread, its additive. I use some aspect of it on every clutch I make. From the last blog I posted , the Desert Mini Clutch has lines on it to represent the rock formations you might see in the desert.

the two circle are just free form items I did while practicing in her class. The one on the left is a little distorted, because if you run around in circles your thread begins to draw up forming a cone. Interesting..huh? I have seen some really cool necklaces using that technique.

I ended up with this cute little dragon, when I finished .. I know he really needs legs, but this was practice after all. I think he is cute, and is now my craft room mascot.Since I made him flat (except for the beaded eye), I think I will put him in a glass free picture frame.

Hope your Sunday was creative, until next time....

-Tnfrmgrl

New Clutches at Etsy Site

A couple of newly made items featured at my Etsy site.
I have alot of fun coming up with names for each, my husband recently asked how do i do it. Well it really goes with what the theme is that I am working on.  we have been planning an extended vacation out west spring of 2013. so thoughts lately have been on things we might see.

Art Camo Clutch  with tie flap closure

Like the desert. As for the camo clutch, well i had made a couple of small belt snapped ones for my nephews to use at the farm, this one was a little more grown up . Enjoy.

the walnut just shows you how small this  Desert Mini Clutch is.

-TNfrmgrl

Laughable Signs

Came across this great sign the other day.
What is so funny about it our neighbor about a mile over from us at the farm has a similar one, but more refined and legal telling people NOT to enter his bovine (cattle) field because they will not be held responsible it they are hurt by such bovines.
Since this is a new sign, I suppose he had individuals cutting across his property to get to the swimming hole that runs through his land or what ever. Do people really think...'oh, that's such a cute bull, he won't hurt me. Or my favorite, that bulls are slow & dumb'. Come on now. What do think is going to happen if you tease, slap them or try and tip them? You see people doing stupid things in the movies, I guess some just need to try them out.

Here's the picture, gotta love the sense of humor it invokes.

-TNfrmgrl