Going to another Fair!!!

This is the Fall Fiber Festival,
held annually here near Charlottesville, VA ~

There will be tons of vendors, lots of inspiration and of course,

WOOL!!!!!!

wool for hooking, wool for spinning, wool on the sheep, wool off the sheep,
wool glorious wool !!!

Peter & I will be celebrating our 21st Anniversary this coming friday, (oct 3rd)
so I've asked him if he wouldn't mind going...
of course, Hannah will be with us too!

I'll take some pictures and post here for all to see, 'prolly on Monday,
as we'll be going on Sunday...

I'm excited to go, hoping I can find a drum carder that fits my non-exsistent budget! and pehaps see some demo's on wet felting...something that I haven't quite mastered yet...

I've recently washed a ton of our shorn raw wool, in hopes to card it
& get it dyed for more felting projects...
I have my color palette all picked out from my dye swatches
(I use Cushings dyes)
and am also hoping for chillier days to dye by...
temps have been in the low 80's still during the day, and humid. ~
not exactly what I call good weather for staying indoors & dyeing!

Soon the wood stoves will be cranked up, and on the stove in our family room,
I'll cook pots of yummy roasts, chicken & dumplings and such ~
the stove downstairs in the cellar is reserved for dyeing,
as it throws lots of heat...
I feel like a turn-of-the-century girl down there
when I'm busily stirring the dyepot!

~OR~
perhaps I'll fire up the old cauldron out front...
the tang of woodsmoke in the air is a beautiful thing
when it's gone missing all hot, summer long, and hey, since the fire's outside, the heat will be too!

and yes, again I've changed the colors & pictures of this blog...as I've told you MANY times before, I'm OCD.
and if I didn't change things up now & then, you'd be bored too, right?

Refreshing NEW Blog !!!

I've been diagnosed by one of my dear, sweet friends as suffering from ADD...

i disagree.

I beleive that I am OCD/ADHD...partially one or the other, can't decide which.

(which totally upholds the diagnoses then, does it not?) HA!

Actually, as I've said before in many of my older posts, I have alot of fun making different things.

(different, as in out of my 'normal' range of primitive-things)

I continue to desing patterns and finished items for my beloved customers, but I also have to make somethings that are totally out-of-the-box for me....it keeps me creative & fresh...nothing worse than a stale folk artist...ugh.

SO, yes, I have started yet another blog.

i know, i know, I've started others in the past and have then deleted them...but they just weren't what I was trying to convey...I want a place to play, have FUN and share the more whimsical, artsy-fartsy side of me. ( I love that word, artsy-fartsy!!!)

I guess you could say that I have an alter ego, as many of us have but don't admit to...(admitting to it is part of the cure) ~ hehe!!...my alter ego, my nom de' plume', my 'other' personality loves quirky, kitschy, gaudy, garish, and really funky stuff....that I make fun stuff with. and share it. and hopefully can sell it to other nuts, um, i mean 'inspired' folks out there in Wahoo-land.

So, if you'd like to humor me even further, please go visit:

www.ohthefunwehave.blogspot.com

I've also linked the blog to my new etsy shop, "Oh! What Fun!!!!" so if you're reeeaaallly bored, or I've piqued your interest, you can actually purchase one of mine, my family's or friends whims...usually wearable folk art with a twist...

Thank You!!!!!!

("Homeplace at Christmas" copyright 2006 Notforgotten Farm)

What a wonderful response we've had from all of you fabulous cross stitchers out there!!!

Thank you SO much for your emails and eagerness to help out!!

We've gone ahead and chosen a few gals,
and want you all to know that we're keeping a file of names
with those interested for future stitching!!

Now we have to get busy finishing the designing of the charts ~
Look for new Christmas/Holiday/Winter designs
for cross stitch & needlepunch SOON!!!

Model Stitchers Wanted!!!!!

above is my "Colonial Christmas Sampler" copyright (C) 2007 Notforgotten Farm
please respect my designs by never reproducing them for your own...

Do you Love to Stitch?
Does the thought of stitching new designs from Notforgotten Farm intrigue you?

If so, you might just be who we're looking for!!

We're looking for a talented few Cross Stitchers out there to stitch our models for us!!!

We have a ton of new patterns for Counted Cross Stitch that are just waiting to be stitched and released for the upcoming year, and need someone to help us stitch ~ your name will also appear on each pattern that you've helped stitch the model for...

as you are probably familiar with, my designs aren't that involved, or too large

(just the way we like them!!)

If you're the least bit interested, please email me at not4got@aol.com ~
we pay competitive stitchers rates and can guarantee you work!!

sweet little Halloween Bear ~

Listed this little Hallowe'en Clown on ebay last night...

He's made from a Burnt Orange German Mohair, and sets upon
a pincushion made from wool...

Isn't he adorable?

(he loves candy corn, too)