LOVE

Love you still....I always will. Valentines Day is a nice holiday to show your love for each other.

Ikea

Gareld got a new camera and this is the 2nd picture he took with it. We went to Ikea to look at the flooring. Those of you that have been there know how they have massive features of everything. All blocked out, stacked high, spread wide etc. Same with the carts I guess because this is what caught his eye and was worthy of a photo. (The first picture was of a Nova station wagon at the roadster show but it turned out blurry).

Lions, and tigers,and bears, oh my.

There really was a lion and lots of bears but I didn't see a tiger. Lots of nice head mounts and talented taxidermists. Gareld is pretty good too and I can't wait until we can display his stuff. The five animals he got in Africa are going to be nice when completed and up on the wall.

Take a look at this taxidermy display. Can you imagine half a giraffe in your house? Brody Turner from North Powder also had a booth at the show. You could say Gareld had a part in his success. He helped him with his senior project and taught him some taxidermy. Now Brody has quite the business.

Critter Cam Revisited

It's been awhile since I have posted critters. We have the camera here on the outskirts of Union and while we do get an awful lot of deer traffic we need to get it back over to the property. The elk were really moving up and down the mountain a few weeks back. Going to the sportsman show this weekend may get us motivated to try and capture something better.

Salvation

I had a glorious time this past Saturday at the Junk Salvation Show. It wasn't overly crowded. Every booth was awesome. We went round and round then round again. So many pretty things.
I have now talked myself into going to Farm Chicks in June. ( There wasn't really any doubt as I already have my motel reservation). This just confirmed it. There is another Junk Salvation Show on May 13, 14 in Puyallup, WA. It is worth checking into.

There were four "Sisters on the Fly" trailers at the show on display and all decked out. It was so fun to look inside all of them and they gave me some new trailer decorating inspirations.

The inside is just darling. I can't wait to get mine put back together. I thought it was going up to Anthony Lakes for the winter so I got all the cuteness out, but it stayed down here.

Having a trailer just gives you another room to decorate! I need another trailer.

Here's a shot of one of the booths. I was trying to take pictures without being noticed so unfortunately most are blurry. I got a lot of neat display ideas.

Here's what I came home with plus a couple cute things from Target. Nothing too big or expensive just thinks I like to look for. The valentine tags are just a cute idea for reference.

Let there be light.....

..... and a wall. The electricity is flowing. Gareld can go after work and get a lot more done in the evenings now. The wall is 12' high for hanging all those animals on. Gareld said the other day he misses his hog. It's been awhile since he has seen it. All his nice head mounts are hanging in his friends house right now so he can't wait to get them back.

Button Wreaths

Here's the button wreath I saw in a magazine a few weeks ago. I got busy and made some this week. It has been fun crafting again. I'll store these until the winter show I do at Riveria. Step by step instructions follow if you want to give it a try.

First dig through the buttons and find six or seven to form a circle. Then look for smaller accent buttons and start laying it out until you have the combination you like best.

Glue them together and layer some on top. Glue gun did not hold so I switched to super glue.

Let them dry and choose string or ribbon for the bow.

Here's some of the finished product.