tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88657420551242662692012-01-28T03:55:38.283-08:00Living a magical life ...Knickertwisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04895793578601174625noreply@blogger.comBlogger3561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865742055124266269.post-13580069315859868532012-01-27T07:04:00.000-08:002012-01-27T07:04:33.701-08:00

I mentioned the wacky weather yesterday. Today we have a snow day with no snow.  There are no school buses running anywhere near us today. Here's why... Doesn't look too bad. Until you take a closer look...   Everything is covered in ice. And I do mean every, single, thing. Every little blade of grass. That may not look like too much to worry about until you realize that means every road is

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A sort of mishmashed post today. I think I could easily become addicted to needle felting. I've made a little friend for Mouse. I think I might try a white hare next. The weather here has been terribly strange. Warm, rainy, frigid, freezing, snow, all within the span of a week. Last weekend there was plenty of white stuff on the ground and D and I took the shovels out and spent a few hours

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I know things have been quiet around here lately but I assure you that only a tiny little bit of my time has been spent watching terribly romantic movies and pining for a Mr. Darcy. Truth be told I'm much more of a Col. Brandon gal... or even Vicomte de Valmont (which I know is awful but John Malcovich's swagger in Dangerous Liaisons makes my knees a bit wobbly). But back

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Today was grand. Coffee and chit chat with a fellow adult, interrupted only by my dim doggy piddling, puking and being a general nuisance (but I love him despite of his mentality and neediness). I don't normally miss socializing, I rather like my isolation actually, but today was lovely and made me realize that perhaps I like good company a little more than I realize. Anywho, after my visit I

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And another drawer shrine is complete. This fellow really is my favourite moon face. He's just perfect with his wobbles :) He's looking over a faerie night garden of real dried flowers *sigh*. A better look inside... Now available in the etsy shop.

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My husband is pretty great. He knows that I'd much prefer junk to flowers and brings home some pretty fab treats for my making. A while ago he brought home a set of ikea drawers similar to those pictured below and asked if there was something I could do with them... ummm YEAH! And so I've been busy making happy moon shrines from those drawers and have finally completed one... It's actually quite

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It's been sort of quiet around here. I took an unexpected break for a couple of weeks thanks to a few germs that showed up unannounced. Little buggers. Though I'm not big on celebrating New Year, or making resolutions, I am excited about 2012. I've got loads of ideas floating around in my noggin' and I hope I can push myself and create a boatload of stuff. I have a bazillion canvas' hanging

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I've been a busy elf, trying to get everything ready for the big days ahead. I'm not nearly done everything I'd like to do, but I'm not too worried about it. No matter how much I do (or don't) the holidays are coming. We celebrate both Yule and Christmas in our house. It's rather nice. Yule is marked with a lovely feast and is fabulous in it's giftlessness. We'll drink and eat until we're merry

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I'm buying mostly handmade this year. I was shopping on etsy this afternoon and found the perfect hand printed tee for someone. Hmmm, which size to select? She's sort of small... what the hell? X-lrg is size 8? When did this happen? PEOPLE OF EARTH! THIS IS INSANE! If the average size woman in North America is size 12-14, who in their right mind decided that size 8 should be called extra large

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Ok. Not really. BUT I do have some stuff on sale in my etsy shop over the next couple of days while there's still time to ship to the good ole' US of A for Christmas using regular mail. I've dropped some prices by $10 to $150 including... All Faerie Towns in a Teacup are just $35!There's only 3 of these available in the shop right now and the price will never be this low again. Latisha Lottie

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The fantastic craftylittlemonkey over on craftster.org was very kind and very generous, and sent me a fantastic package of goodies which included a glorious bell jar with a wooden base. I decided to make a red spotted toadstool to go inside. It looked awfully lonely in there so I built a ladder. Then I thought there needed to be a reason for the ladder and toyed with the idea of putting a

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... and our neighbours are probably wondering what the hell is going on :) For anyone who doesn't know, we've dubbed our little slice of heaven "Pixie Hill" and will be hosting an art/craft studio open house December 3rd and 4th. If you're near Brighton, Ontario stop by and have some cookies, mulled wine with us. xoxo

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Okay, so I slept through the snowing BUT the kidlet did wake me up before 7:30 to drag me to the window to see the absolutely perfect layer of white stuff. Everything is covered in ice and snow. And it's gorgeous! and just look at those perfect little paw prints! *dreamy sigh* Padfoot thinks the snow is a new toy just for him. D's sled on the other hand is his mortal enemy :) **Excuse

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Where are the days going? November is breezing past like nobodies business! Just a couple of small things to post... A couple of years ago I made some emotional snowballs. This year I made some cheeky ones. At least one of them is a cannibal. I also made some very simple, but very cheery Christmas fairies. I think they're rather cute :) Now, it's 3:20 and I've been working so hard on

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It's going to be a glorious day. It's Friday, we're going to the Santa Clause parade tonight and I made something cute. Really, stinking cute. Quite possibly the worlds best stocking stuffer :) They measure around 1.75" tall. Teeny weeny! Each are numbered and have their own specimen description. No. 001.11 - Faerie House and Toadstools, found in the Eastern field beneath a large pine tree No.

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The Storyteller's House is complete! The base measures just 10.5" x 7" and the house is around 18" tall. There is a boatload of stuff going on in this house. Some of my favourite things are... The mossy roof with toadstools, rabbit hole and lost kite. Paper flowers in the window boxes. Milk bottles. The mud trail from the door to the tiny little boots. The three tiny mice that scurry about the

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I'm this close to finishing the Storyteller's House. There's a lot of outside stuff that needs to fiddled with, one of those things was making little flowers for the exterior flowerboxes. Totally inspired by this flower tutorial... I've made a tutorial for lazy crafters with chunky fingers :) Cut a bunch of round-ish shapes out from tissue paper (I got a whole stack for .99 from the Asian

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In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to

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Although I have a bazillion things on the go and lovely ideas floating around my head, my fingers have decided to be difficult. Things just aren't going as swimmingly as I'd like. Glue and string, ribbons and glitter have decided to go on strike and not play nice. So I took the hint and left all the making alone today, cleaning out the studio space. This basically means I moved all the crap in

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I've been seeing those little sparkly Putz houses everywhere and I'm in love. Being a glitter-holic I jumped right on board and decided to make my own little glittery homes. Because I do everything with far too much enthusiasm, eyes closed and with both feet, I've got a dozen dreamy abodes on the go. There's a candy coloured Christmas village in my future. The best thing about these wee

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I don't think I ever showed off these gentlemen. They've just finished telling me their stories. I'll tell you, but don't go spreading it around... they might be slightly embarrassed by some of it and gossip is in rather bad form isn't it. Colonel Whatsit. He prefers to be called "The Col." as though he were the only one. He is a tiny bit arrogant but that's only to mask his insecurities.

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I've been working away on The Storytellers House and have two rooms almost done. It's been all stops and spurts with this one. Giant chunk done one day, nearly nothing the next. Here's a peek at what's brewing... The 'study' is almost done. The reading room is almost there too. The lovely thing about nonsense is that it doesn't matter one bit if there's a pumpkin patch growing beneath a

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Hope your Halloween is filled with loads of candy and just the right amount of mischief. P.S. Just ignore the dirty floor. There's far more fun things to do with a broom today than sweeping.

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I don't have anything new to show off today so I thought I'd do a little Halloweeny image giveaway instead. You know the rules. Use as you like. Make loads of stuff and a big fat mess. Don't distribute these images, sell or give, alone or as a group. (You can share these BUT the bottom stuff must be kept intact and a link back is appreciated.) These are NOT for commercial use. They are for

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Because I know you'll appreciate the sweetness and loveliness of this. I loves Shelly Duvall :)

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I haven't been feeling too awful but last night those damned stones reared their ugly heads and I gave in and took some morphine. My mum is terrified that I'll now become a prescription drug addict. I've been continuing work on my wee house. The roof has been mossified and I spent today making little books. I think the new place is going to be called The Story Tellers House. I can't wait to

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Long story short, I woke the husband, packed the kid in the car and went to the ER at 1am last night. Apparently it wasn't some alien life form about to explode out my left side, it was kidney stones. The doctor assured me I'd live since it didn't seem like I was in too much distress. He likened passing a stone to giving birth. I told him I'd given birth before and that's very nearly what I was

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We participated in an art show this weekend and I dragged along the Stargazers Cottage. One of my very favourite things about this piece is that prompts people, especially ladies of a certain generation, to share childhood stories and memories. It's such a gift to hear these fabulous gals talk about craft and imaginative play. One lady told me about how envious she was of her friend's doll

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Finished up some more work last night for this weekend's art show. I really wish the sun was shining today so that I could get some better photos. On the other hand, those shining rays just might distract me from the housework (that has already been neglected) in preparation for Mamma Knickertwist to arrive.

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One of the 'others' I put in the Potter package was a wee paperclay mandrake root. Since this fellow I've made some more out of polyclay which are rather more grumpy, but lovely all the same :) Some of these fellows are available in my etsy shop in the dolls and figures section

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My partner in the Back to Hogwarts swap at craftster has received so I can post the Potter themed goodies I've been waiting to show off. The challenge? Make Potter themed items based on your partners favourite house, class and shop. One of my favourite things was this little shop display. It's made from a dollar store key cubby. (Thank the gods for the dollar store). All of the tiny labels are

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I was up until 4 am working on this last night. Time just sort of stood still and I couldn't stop :) After being stuck on what exactly was going on the inside, doing and redoing it again a few times, I'm really, really happy with how this has turned out. It makes my heart glad.

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I've just been writing a big long dreary thing on being thankful for this and that. It was long, sort of depressing and a bit of a yawn to tell the truth. So lets just say that most of the time I think I'm the luckiest gal in the world. I'm thankful for all of it, everything, and all of the people who make life grand. Happy Thanksgiving Canada! P.S. Here's a photo of the teeniest tiniest

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Ok, this moon may not be smiling but it's still a happy little mystical place :) Available in my etsy here I spent the morning helping serve a hot Canadian Thanksgiving dinner to the kids at D's school. I've eaten far too many cookies and turkey and am in dire need of a short nap before the kiddo comes home. *yawn!* I wonder how many winks I can cram into 45 minutes?

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I've got a pant-load of stuff on the go and I really need to start finishing stuff up. I am simultaneously surprised at how much work I've done lately and in a complete panic that I need to do more for the show next week. *sigh* Here's one of my works in progress.... The base is a second hand cupboard that I originally used in another piece. I wasn't happy with it so it's being repurposed

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Last night the moon was so bright, shining through my window, that it kicked my ass into gear and I finished up this second moon shrine. Listed on etsy here

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Woo hoo! I've finished putting together a Harry Potter package for the craftster Back to Hogwarts rnd 2 Swap. I'm really proud of it and I can't wait to show it off... but that have to wait until my lovely partner receives. In the meantime... more strangeness from life on the Hill. The kidlet went wandering yesterday. I sent him out with a camera and a walkie-talkie to snap some photos for our

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Please excuse the sort of double post but I figured a magic bean was worth it :) I found this on my driveway yesterday. It occurred to me that finding a bean really says a lot about a person. Do you look down and shrug 'so what?' Do you see the bean and think 'I wonder who dropped that?' Perhaps you look up to the sky and say 'probably dropped by some damned bird' Or, if you're anything

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I spent the morning take pics of all the mushrooms growing on our property. We've got at least two fairy circles that are starting to take shape and a bunch of little groups popping up. Much to my husbands delight there are also a few giant puffballs growing. They look like lovely giant moons resting on the ground. Another surprise I'm sure was planted by the fairy folk - our foxglove and

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Folks, if you see this message on your twitter "When I saw this about you i could not stop laughing haha..." PLEASE ignore it! It is not a personal message it is a phishing scam.

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I've spent the morning being frustrated. I hate photographing glass, through glass, near glassy things... really anything to do with the shiny glaring stuff. My photo's are turning out like poo today.   Gah! It's just so small that the camera is picking up the stupid slight mottle on the bottle. Really, to look at these in real life you can't see it at all. Unfortunately it doesn't do any good

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VERY slowly the studio is starting to take shape. The goal is that by the time our open house rolls around this place is going to look like a Yuletide wonderland. I know it's ages away but I'm pretty darned excited about it. Here is the sneakiest of peeks.... We did a craft show this past weekend and the feedback was amazing. I can't begin to tell you how awesome it is to have stern looking

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A couple of pieces I finished up last night. I'll be taking these over to the Journey Through the Arts gallery later today. I can't believe how much work I've managed to get done this week. There's a bazillion lose ends that need to be tied up, and my house is a complete disaster (I'm actually sort of ashamed of the mess in my studio right now!) but I've had a grand time spending the week just

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I've spent the whole of today working on the packaging and tagging of all our items for the craft fair. I can't believe how long it's taken and I've still got a butt load to finish up. Wish us luck!

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I know I said I wasn't going to finish these gals because I've got too much to do but I couldn't help myself. The one on the far right sort of got out of hand. Her name is Latisha, or Lottie for short. She's a bit of a hussy and definately what you might call 'mental'. She absolutely wanted a cigarette but I refused to make her one. Tisk, tisk! She's not all bad though, so I gave her some wings

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These are my boys. Just look how handsome they are! They do make me proud :) That tall guy in the back is the husband. Honest, hard working and respectable, he's the very definition of a "good man", and the best man I know. I'm a better person for knowing P, and after 19 years together, he still  makes me laugh at the very worst jokes. Ten years ago today P made me an honest woman.  I'm glad to

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The kidlet was up and down all night. He's got a annoying cold and his nose will not let him sleep. "Mum, mum, my dose is stubbed" *sigh* The wee thing is upstairs right now, even though it's Tuesday at 9:51am and he should be in class. I am grateful I can keep him home and not worry about a sitter. I am not grateful that I can hear him cheering because he's beaten the high score on one of

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"Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?" J. M. Barrie 1.75" x 4" - Paperclay, moss, snail shell, stones, pinecone, ribbon, glitterAvailable in the etsy shop

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Our wallets are empty and things have been pretty damned tight lately, still, we know we are blessed. Our girls give us fresh eggs daily, and are kind enough to consider our leftovers treats. Our pumpkin harvest wasn't all we thought it would be, but it's plenty for us. Our sauce is made, our salsa preserved, our soup is cooked... and still there are MORE tomatos. It looks as though we'll be

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Do you remember those folded paper fortune thing-a-ma-bobs? I thought about making some to take to the craft fair we're going to in a couple of weeks. My husband said they are called "Cootie Catchers". Apparently they are also called "Salt Cellars".  I prefer "wishy fortune catcher things" though it doesn't quite roll off the tongue does it? Anywho, here's what I came up with... And because I

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I've got loads going on at the mo' and there are project bits and pieces all over the house. While I'm waiting for paint dry on one, I move on to the next. While the glue sets on that, I start something else and make an even bigger mess. There's so much stuff I want to do and make, but the 'in progress' pile is getting rather large. Ah well, there are much worse things than having pretty blue

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Just finished up a batch of spoon wands. Each one has it's own special little something and just a smidge of glitter... all except for the the green fairy spying wand because that would just be silly.

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We've been here for a year and a half now and I still never, ever, get tired of this sky outside my window.

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You'll notice a load of posts coming up with the Pixie Hill logo on them. Don't get confused, it's me. It's what we're branding our studio. Clear as mud? Fantastic! Here's a juicy little sneak peek... We're a long way off but it's coming together. It should be a tad easier now that the Big D is back in school. It's been three months since I used the washroom with out hearing "Mum! Mum! Where

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So dearies, the winner of the Make-a-Mess Mish Mash Giveaway was comment number 12... Audrey! Congrats lady :) Your package will be sent out in a week or so when the kid has returned to school and I have regained my sanity. I've come down with a bit of a cold (thanks to my germy husband) and so I've been a bit discombobulated the past few days, and confined myself to the computer updating

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More makings for Brighton's Applefest Craft Show. They are the absolute opposite of Hell in a Handbag ;)

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We've signed up to do a craft fair next month. It's exciting but it's also a little daunting. I've been up late every night gluing my fingers together and straining my eyes. Here's one of the things I've been working on... They are the teeniest things that you ever did see and are pretty precious. Much, much better in person (damned soul stealing photography!).

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Here's my second wee fairy cupboard. This one belongs to the Keeper of Bees and is filled with lovely golden yellow things. The total size is about 11" tall including the base. All items are fixed in place but the doors do swing open. :) It's an absolutely GORGEOUS day out there today and I'm off to drink my tea in the sunshine.

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I've seen those wee hutches around and the wonderful things people do with them. I decided to try my hand at them too and bought up a bunch. Here's the first one complete, a teeny gardener's hutch filled with loads of fairy gardening goodies. The whole thing measures just 8.5" tall. I used an upturned box as the base and then added a wee staircase I had leftover from one of the wee houses I made

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Have you heard of pintrest.com? It's one of those sites that quickly sucks you in. It's filled with lovely and wonderful things and provides endless inspiration. Yesterday I saw this ... Source: goldenagegardens.blogspot.com via Nichola on Pinterest I was smitten and immediately compelled to have a spiral in my own garden. So I pulled Big D away from the tv today and we weeded, collected rocks

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Our garden is over flowing with veggie goodness right now. It's pretty damned spectacular out there. Just look as this huge basket of swiss chard I just picked. Now I have to process it so that the fruits of our labour won't go to waste. For this giant basket of swiss chard I'll wash, trim, blanch, squeeze and freeze. There's loads of other stuff back there too. Too many eggplants to count.

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See all this old stuff? I'm giving it away. There's an old book, some vintage children's book illustrations, old domed clock glass, photographs, vintage bingo card, buttons, ribbon and more. I'll add more goodies to the mix as I go through my stash. What do you have to do? Just leave a comment below and I'll randomly pick a winner on August 30th, 2011. Please make sure I can contact you via your

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Here's sweet little Padfoot who is growing so fast. He's such a lovely dog. He plays nicely (most of the time) and doesn't listen to a word I say unless I've got a treat in my hand. No worries, he's definitely a keeper and we all love him to bits. I think he loves us too because when we got back from camping he was so excited to see us he piddled a bit. Who knew getting peed upon would be a

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Every year we grab the tent and camp at a different Ontario Provincial Park. This year we went to Bonnechere which sits on Round Lake, in the Ottawa valley, just a short trip from Algonquin park. The beach was fab. Our site was right on the Little Bonnechere river. The weather was (mostly) great. D especially loved just sitting at the waters edge and catching a few fish :) I could have done

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Another board? I know, I know... but I'm on a roll. This one uses a 15th century woodcut image from an Italian book on witchcraft. She's up in the etsy shop here. Speaking of shops... I've taken down all of the listing in my witchy shop. D has decided that he'd like to earn a few pennies so I'm lending him my shop for a while. My little photog has a pretty keen eye and is going to try his hand

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I imagine that during dull pirating times when there were no treasures to be buried or legs to be pegged that that a brave crew might just try to contact the spirit world. I'm sure that those more superstitious mateys would piddle themselves in fear that Davey Jones himself might be sending messages from the beyond. Now in the etsy shop

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I was harvesting some glorious, scrummy veggies from our patch today and pulled this out of the ground. There is no artistic, crafting or witchy merit to this post (I could get into the magical uses for such a root but I won't)... I'm sharing this solely because I have the sense of humour of a ten year old boy.

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Over the past few days we've been busy, busy 'processing' our meat chickens, making jam, hanging laundry, baking zucchini bread and all that good country life stuff. I've also had another visit with the dreaded dentist. Ug! While sitting in that blasted chair waiting for the sedation to take effect the dentist came in and said, "Your blood pressure is a little high. Are you nervous?" Call me

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Woo hoo! I've spent HOURS finishing this baby up and here it is... the Wee Mystic's House Over all it measures around 15.5" tall There's creepy crawlies on the roof Inside has just 4 rooms The main room I've done as a sort of occultish shop. If you look carefully you can see a small homage to Marie Laveau :) Scrolls, tiny bead bottles and the "Our Lady" shrine I made last week in the

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I'm working away on more things for the little Gothic house. Here's the latest... The shiny thing behind Our Lady is the reflector off of a mini Christmas light. The funny yellow stuff at her feet are marigold/calendula petals. Those candles? Sewing thread dipped in beeswax!

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I saw a beat up frame on the reduced shelf ages ago and knew I could spiffy it up. Sure there were a few dents and scratches but the mat was good and glass intact, so how could I pass up a $2 deal?!? I basically podged, collaged and grunged the outside using pattern paper and I'm really pleased with how it came out. Here's the finished frame and four collaged ladies inside... I've felt really

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So I decided that my new wee house needs some wee books. I have these wooden bits that look like books but I figured I'd try my hand at making some. Here's the results... The books have leather, faux suede, and fabric covers. They have real pages inside and can each be opened up. Though they can't exactly be read :P(Psst... don't worry, although the pages do have bible passages on them but the

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A while ago I shared the progress I'd been making on my next wee house. I've spent a little more time on my Gothic mansion and it's ready to be embellished and filled with goodies. The roof isn't what I wanted at all but I'll save that idea for another time. From here I'll continue to work on the exterior by adding moss, dirt, dust and that sort of old outdoorsy stuff. To be perfectly honest

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I don't know about the rest of you but I'm having a hell of a time leaving comments on some blogs. If you've left a comment here chances are I visit your blog. I try to comment when I stop by because so many of you make me laugh, make me think, and inspire the heck out of me but lately, whenever I try to leave a little message, I get caught in this vicious loop and where I'm continually returned

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Just a quick update today. Life's hectic again, cleaning for visitors due this weekend, weeding the veggie patch, taking care of the cluckers and entertaining the Big D so we don't lose our minds a mere week into summer vacation. Big D took a few of these photos of our gardening efforts... she's coming along quite nicely :) Beet tops   Raspberries  Bergamot Foxglove Mugwort Tomatoes Brussel

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Ok, I don't ask for much from my interweb buddies but I think this is important so... http://aplacetobark.blogspot.com/2011/06/30-days-small-miracle-needed-20k.html This lady is truly amazing, a real live inspiration, and she helps a crap load of animals in need. If you can donate $10 (or paypal even $2 to aplacetobark@aol.com), or just spread the word that her rescue needs help, I'd love you

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This is Houdini. We acquired this wee fella the other day. He's been living in the garage until he gets a bit bigger and can slowly be introduced to the rest of our chicken-y gang. The other night my husband woke up in the wee hours and went into the garage. He did not hear the usual "peep, peep, peep" and, dreading the worst, looked inside the caged box expecting to find a small dead pile of

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My BIG project this summer? To begin building an entire faerie village(s) on our property. Summer solstice seems a grand time to begin setting up and showing off what I'll be up to with the Big D this summer. These houses measure between 18" and 36"... a heck of a lot bigger than the wee ones. Good luck spying the wee folk tonight! Don't forget to leave them some jam and bread.

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Yesterday I whitewashed a load of book pages and hung them on my laundry line. Anyone seeing those pages fluttering in the wind was probably wondering what in the hell I was up to :P Those pages will go into a batch of blank books for others to make their own messy goodness. I'll hide a few around town and put the rest up for sale. I've just finished up two little "night" themed books and I

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While I stand back and say "Ohhh! Look at our lovely garden!" it is in fact the Mr. that does all of the work. Last year this spot was all grass and trees. He's done a load of work back there and we're already seeing the rewards (mmmm, fresh spinach). Here's a closer look at what's going on back there... This patch has all sorts of carrots, radishes and spinach. That might sound like a bit of a

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Two posts in one day! When it rains as they say... I just wanted to share these four new faerie journals that explore different colour themes. Each of them measures around 3" tall and they filled with so much stuff they are quite chunky (which I think is rather nice). I have a hard time adding to colour to things so little experiments like these are really helpful. I think they are

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It's been a busy month here at the Knickertwist house and I've finally got a few minutes to take a breath and post an update. One of my darling aunties came to visit all the way from Ireland.  We took her to a country auction which was an absolute giggle. Some more family came and at one point there were five ladies in the kitchen rolling gnocchi... again with the giggles. The only mishap was

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I'm offering a free reading tonight! Comment with a general topic/question and I'll pick a winner tonight.  http://t.co/lF2Voj6 via

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We've had to find Hunter a new home and everyone here is miserable. After waiting years to bring home a new family member and getting used to his romping about, we're gutted. It's far too quiet in the house today. Why in the world would we give up such a gorgeous fellow? Two acres. A boy to play with. Constant supervision. What could possibly go wrong? Two words, Black Locusts. Our property

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You'll have to excuse the rash of puppy posts... I'm sure there will be a few as we settle in. Our first days with Hunter have been pretty good. He's really bright and is picking up the clicker training well. He can sit like a pro, and we're working on "lay down", "stay" and "high 5". Yesterday he claimed an old fuzzy child chair as his bed and we placed it in his den. He surprised us all at 8:

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We've been looking to add to our little family for a while now and today we welcomed a furry friend into our home. Meet Hunter, a 13 week old bundle of puppy trouble :) Isn't he an absolute cutie-pie? He's had quite the day today and is currently fast asleep in his new 'den'. I'm sure we'll have loads of grand adventures together :)

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I've been working on another little house in the wee hours of the night. I'm moving towards a sort of witchy gothic playhouse. She looks a bit of a mess at the mo' but here's a peek anyway... You can see that there's quite a way to go with this one. The roof isn't done at all but I've got something a little different in mind for this one but I have no idea if it will work :P I suppose that the

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Long ago I wrote a thesis on snobbery (doesn't it look fancy?). The basic gist was that snobbery is usually the result of ignorance and the need/desire to feel superior to others. Anti-snobbery on the other hand is often expressed by those who have an understanding, appreciation and knowledge of the subject matter. My thesis dealt specifically with the wine world but these snobby rules can be

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Ok. This isn't the project I was hinting about last week but I finished this lot up today so I figured I'd share. They are actually the biggest of the lot I've done measuring around 5" tall. I've given this lot wee wooden doors. They do need some handles though :)

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Microjivvy avert your eyes! Is the coast clear? Has she looked away? Good. First of all you must immediately go and check out www.microjivvy.com/ You will be completely gobsmacked by the miniature maddnes! I have no idea where all my time is going. I swear I've hit some sort of time warp. Anywho, I spent this week finishing up an altered Altoid Tin for the Wicked Circus Swap over on

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I've put the finishing touches on that wip I showed off a while ago. My intention was to make a collection of things that an imp might pick up and hold for safe keeping but things sort of changed direction in the middle. Instead it became a sort of homage to little boys. Lost buttons, skipping stones, birthday candles and missing game pieces, these are what boys are made of. I do like this

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I'm bushed! Today our kidlet had some friends over to celebrate his birthday. It was a bit of a rushed affair as it wasn't until last week that the kiddo decided that he wanted a Rock'n Roll party. It was a mad dash to pull it all together. I didn't get to cram in everything I hoped to, but there's always next year to do bigger and better :) Anyway, on to the goods... The invites were done up

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I'm swamped. I secretly love being busy so you shouldn't feel badly for me in the least. Things might be pretty quiet around here over the next couple of weeks. Don't worry about the silence, it's just me chipping away at my day job. I managed to make a wee village from the teeny weeny houses I created. It hasn't reached it's destination yet but I think it's safe to share. There's a little

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Babies are popping out all over the place! My cousin-in-law just had a little girl named Paige. I've made a fairy godmother for the little one, wand and all, to keep all sorts of good wishes in safe keeping. She's got a hoity paper crown on top of her lambs wool hair, and she's keeping a close eye on that felted bee to make sure he doesn't fly into anyone's bonnet. The ragged skirt is kind of

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*sigh* In my head there are loads of lovely things fluttering and floating about. My fingers are having none of it this week. They are refusing to co-operate! I was hoping for a lovely little town and on my first attempt, got instead, a sort of depressing village that looks as though it's about to suffer a very bad storm :P Do you ever scrap something and just start over? I rarely do. Being a

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As usual I've got a zillion things on the go and (also as usual) much of it can't be shown at the mo'. I do have a something I can let you peek at... A whole village of faerie houses! What's that? These aren't quite as pretty or nearly as detailed as the others? Well that's true but there's a reason for that. They are just a little smaller than the original faerie houses I made. Just how 

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Here's the little bit I wrote for Danni over at the Whimsical Cottage. Hop on over there to see all the faerie goodness :) ~ The Making of Faerie Spying Stones Faeries are a sly bunch. They are quick as a wink and well camouflaged to boot. It’s difficult to get a good look at the wee things. I often catch a fleeting glance of them while I hang my laundry on the line. While daydreaming they

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I managed to clean out my witchy cupboard today. I thought you might like a peek inside... The top level has some nice chunky pillar candles (although I prefer glass prayer or dinner candles), assorted glass bottles, my oils and magical powders and blends, almond oil, candle holders, a mini cast iron cauldron, matches, charcoal bricks (which I buy by the case!) and hiding in the back is a

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The Knickertwist family headed up to Ottawa this past weekend to celebrate Canada's newest, and most questionable holiday, Family Day. We had a grand time on the Rideau Canal. If you're ever near Ottawa in the coldest of months check to see if the canal is open for skaters, it's a real treat. Here's me bundled up against the cold looking like a giant black tick :P Unfortunately my bum foot

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Ever get that feeling where you work and work and nothing seems to get done? That's where I've been for a while. It's frustrating. It's sort of depressing. It sure is nice to see the results when the things are FINALLY finished. Yesterday was such a great day. Birds singing, sunshine, 'spring' cleaning... and I managed to get three whole projects completed last night! A Star Gazers Wishing

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