Winner and Update

Hi everyone!  The winner was announced over on Olde Haven Farm's Facebook page but I wanted to make sure you saw it here too.  The winner is...

Congratulations Batina!


And then just a quick update.  It's hard to even write because I am really emotional about the whole thing.  Hubby is angry, but I just want to curl up and cry.  The week of Christmas, somebody came in and stole our livelihood from us.  They stole over $5000 worth of tools.  And these are tools we need.  Tools we need to work on the barn.  Tools we need to work on the tractor.  Tools we need to cut down our firewood (they took our $500 chainsaw).  Tools hubby needs for his job.  It's so easy to get bitter and lose hope.  It feels like we just keep taking hits.  Life sucks sometimes.  People suck sometimes.  Just keeping it real.

That is all.
Hope you all had a better Christmas then we did.
And I hope you enjoy your New Year celebrations.

Pamela

WIN an AWESOME 2016 Calendar (TODAY ONLY)!!!

Hello everyone!  I'm back today with a fabulous giveaway!!!

Sarah Hudock is an amazing artist who focuses primarily on Chicken Art.  Her work is so fabulous, please make sure you check it out.  She has generously donated a calendar to giveaway to one lucky winner.  You can view the whole calendar here.  And you can go to her website here.

How to win a calendar:

All you have to do to be entered into the drawing is to share this link:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/project-olde-haven-farm/x/12923016#/


You can share it on Facebook, Twitter, your blog, message boards...where ever you can think of.  And I'll even give you one entry for ever place you share the link.  Leave me a comment telling me where you share it.


You are really helping us out by sharing the link.  The link, in case you didn't already figure it out, is a link to our crowdfunding campaign we have going on right now for the farm.


I will announce who wins the calendar tomorrow.

THANKS EVERYONE!!!!!!

Hello From The Other Side!

Hi everyone!  It's been awhile since I've posted anything, I know.  My life has kinda headed in a completely different direction.  And I want to tell you about that, and maybe ask for your support.  But I will do my best to reward you for your support so make sure you scroll far enough down to read about that.

So we moved.  From Colorado to Maine.  To farm.
Yep.  :)

We are those people.  The kind of people you hear about and say "they did what!?!"

We moved 2000 miles from a crowded suburb to a 90 acre parcel in Central Maine, where we knew nobody, to start a farm.  What appealed to us was a simpler life and the values of small towns.  We loved Maine and its beauty and looked for property out here for several years before making the move.  When we found the property we wanted, we put in an offer sight unseen (other than online).  See?  Crazy.  But we couldn't be happier and we have been working diligently ever since on turning the piece of land into a working farm.  

It's been an exciting and crazy adventure so far.  We have suck all of our time and money into this adventure and still have so much more we want to do.  We are trying to set up a legitimate farm that serves and meets the community's need.

So we've decided to try a crowdfunding campaign...I mean, it's worked for others, right?

Here's how you can help.

1) View the campaign, and if you feel compelled to contribute, do so!
                 **  Since you are my scrapbooking friends, I will gladly swap out any contribution gift with a scrapbooking goody box.  Just let me know.  
                 ***  Have feedback about our campaign?  PLEASE share it with me.  I have never done this before and appreciate any advice or feedback you have.  

2) SHARE the campaign.  Help us spread the word!  You can share on Facebook, twitter, blogs, message boards...wherever you can think of!
      As an incentive for sharing, we are doing a giveaway.  Everyone who shares the campaign link gets an entry to the giveaway.  Winners can choose between an Olde Haven Farm gift bundle or (once again, since you are my scrapbooking friends) an amazing scrapbooking/paper crafting goody box.  I will make it worth it, I promise.  ;)

So now that I have said all that.  Here's the link to our campaign.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/project-olde-haven-farm/x/12923016#/

And here are some pictures from our last year...

I have plenty more I could share, but I don't want to make this post even longer.  :)



I want to thank you in advance for the sharing and the contributions to the campaign.  You can follow the farm on Facebook here.

MISS YOU GUYS!

Pamela

Winner

So I am in the process of packing boxes, getting ready for a move and I come across my prize that I need to mail out.  So...

Barbara, please shoot me an email to pamelacy@msn.com with your address and I will get this mailed out to you!  Congratulations.  And once again, thank you to everyone who has supported me over the years!!

Sketch 242 :)

Hi all!  I have no idea where this month has gone.  I was thinking it was the beginning of the month...but it is already the 10th!  I just can't believe that.  Here I am moping around because time doesn't go fast enough (I am anxiously awaiting something that is happening in late Spring/early Summer 2014) and I am too busy moping to see how fast time is going by.

Well how about another sketch?

I actually made it for Ruby Rock-It and you can find it and also play along with it for them here.  But I've added the other versions of the sketch and I am posting it for the challenge here too.  :)

If you are new to my sketches, here's how it works:

I essentially create three versions of one sketch each time. There will be one 12x12 scrapbook sketch, one double page sketch (12x24), and one card sketch (A4). This makes it easier for all types of crafters to participate. :)

Of course, there will be prizes.

Here it is:

Sketch 242a - 12x12 layout

Sketch 242b - 2 page layout

Sketch 242c - Card (A4)

And now for the prize up for grabs...

I will be back soon with this!  ;)

This contains:

*  

THE RULES:

*  Your project must be newly made for this challenge, and then linked below.

*  You can use the sketches for any type of project, not just scrapbook pages or cards.

*  Please post which sketch you used with your project.

*  Feel free to combine with other challenges.  :)

*  You can enter as many times as you like.  

AND FOR BONUS ENTRIES:

*  Check out my sketchbook here.  Pick a favorite sketch and use it for an additional project.  You can do this as many times as you'd like.  These must be newly made for this challenge too.  

THE DEADLINE IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31ST. 

I hope you play along!!  :)

And I actually made a card based on the sketch too.  So here is an example for you:

My card uses product from Ruby Rock-It.  

Thanks for stopping in!  

I'll be back soon to announce a winner for the last challenge.  :)  

Have a fabulous day!!!  

Link up here for the challenge!

Rockin' It With Ruby Rock It and Art Impressions

Hello Ruby Rock-it Fans!  Welcome to our blog hop!  We are having fun celebrating all things Fall and Halloween! Come and enjoy the hop with us, as all the Ruby Rock-It designers have been creating their hearts out, with the Kinda Krafty paperz and Bella! Family range and embellishments!  You should have come from Linda's blog.  If you are just stopping in, you can start the hop here.  

We are giving away this awesome prize to one of our fans, so be sure to follow along and leave comments along the way to be eligible to win!

MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG ONCE YOU’RE DONE HOPPING ALONG RUBY ROCK-IT  TRAIL!

Today I am sharing a card with you.  It uses pieces from the fabulous Kinda Krafty and Bella! Family collections from Ruby Rock-It and the awesome Witch Wanda stamp set from Art Impressions.  

Ok...now you get to hop to the amazing Alicia Barry!  :)

RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG HOP RULES-LEAVE A COMMENT ON EACH DESIGNER’S BLOG AND THEN ON THE RUBY ROCK-IT'S BLOG TO BE ENTERED TO WIN THE Ruby Rock-it  PRIZE PACK. COMMENTS MUST BE POSTED BY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH AT 11:59PM PST TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE RANDOM DRAWING.  WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER ON OUR RUBY ROCK-IT BLOG THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 14TH 

Thanks for stopping in today!  

Have a fabulous day!  

Evolution Of An Art Journal Spread

Hi everyone! Today I am going to share a bit of my process and a few techniques with you.

Really...I'm just going to show you how my brain works when I am creating. So when I pull out my art journal, I always cover my pages with some gesso to create a rough blank canvas.

The book I am using is from Fancy Pants Designs and it has a photo sleeve in between these two pages...in case you were wondering, and that second page in my spread actually has a folder. 

 My next step was to add some patterned paper to my pages. I pulled out the fun School Days collection from Ruby Rock-It for this part. 

 Because these serve as my background, and I like my backgrounds more subtle, I covered my papers with gesso.

 Next, I pulled out some fun treats from our swap partners at Ruby Rock-It. I used a die blank from Spellbinders (the Birds One set) and some Mayan Gold velvet dimensional paint from Art Anthology. I used the die blank as a stencil and painted around it: 

 Leaving it like this: 

 Then on the second page in the spread, I hand cut petals out of patterned paper from School Days and adhered to my page to make flowers. 

 I painted around my petals and hand wrote the word blessed: 

 I decided I wanted to tone down the black a bit, so I added stitching around the flower petals and painted more gesso over the word blessed. 

 I was much happier with that look. :) 

 Then I went back to my first page. I decided to make the third bird in that row stand out, so I used my Birds One dies and cut a bird from patterned paper and added it on top of the third bird. I added paint around the edges and wrote the words "stand out" underneath it. 

 One of my favorite things to add to my pages are ink rings. So I took some Watermelon Colorations Color Spray from Art Anthology and sprayed some ink onto a small plastic tray. I then took a random lid and dipped it into my ink to create my rings: 

 I actually think I went a tad overboard on the rings. I usually like to add 3 to a page or 5 to a spread. I did more. :) So here's the second page with the rings and I also tucked some school photos from the boys into the pocket. 

 And then I also created some 4x6 cards to slide in the photo sleeves in between the two pages. So here's what it looks like: 

 Well there you have it. :) 

 Thanks for stopping in today!!!