MelangeByLisette

 It's been another whirlwind week ! It was the week of "the squash who invaded my kitchen!" We, (the wolves, doggies, horse and myself) have eaten pounds of squash this week! A mountain of squash, no an Avalanche of squash!!! I had so many patty pans that I had to come up with a new way to peel them! In case you aren't familiar with patty pans, they are just beautiful, but a very unusual shape. I like my squash peeled and that was a real challenge. I had the idea to use my cheese slicer, ( the kind that looks like a spatula with a slit in it) and it worked like magic! I was very proud of myself! My pressure cooker/canner just arrived from fed-ex! The animals are still fussing about it. I am thrilled because I have a bunch of tomatoes which need canned, and so now I will learn how to pressure can things, scary, but I can do it! Somehow, I managed to create a beaded butterfly this week, and it came out so well! I added a three dimensional body which I crafted with a pipe cleaner, and I also added wire antennae, and it really brought it to life. I sold the goldstone cabachon hummingbird at the bead store, and I stocked up on blue tricut beads this week. I want to do a blue piece, a bird, I'm not sure what kind yet, but something exotic. I have two beaded hummingbird kits for sale, but I realized I need to bead the design myself again first because I sold the first one and I forgot to photograph it first. So, I will bead another one, then take a picture of it so the buyer can have a reference picture. That will take me a few days, and then I will post the kits on ETSY and my blogspot. Well, my sister Laura is going back to work, so I am going to have to work very hard to absorb more knowledge so I lessen my dependence on her! I can hardly believe her son will be a whole year old on October 6, this year has whizzed by! I have a feeling this is going to be an exceptionally busy winter... Have a lovely weekend everyone, farewell from up the Chiliwist, Lisette