Not enough time, energy or money....

 Seems to be my life lately!  LOL

Not enough time to do what wants or needs to be done....   At least mowing season hasn't started yet, but it will this week.  We've had a terribly cold and wet spring - if you can call it that.  Horses aren't really even shedding out yet.   Today was a sunny day without crazy wind, so daughter and I messed with a couple horses.  Mostly beauty shop - aka scrape some mud off and pick out the winter cockleburrs.   The grandbaby went with dad to check fences with hopes of him taking a nap.  

Not enough energy - that's me -  I have big hopes and lists of what I want to do, but usually run out of steam before I get anywhere near to what I want to do.

Not enough money -  anyone know how to win the lottery??  LOL

Everything we want to do takes some dough.  So much around here needs fixing or updating.  We can't work enough hours to get the $ we need to do the updates which would end up saving us time.   Sigh.  Oh well, eventually! 

Today I found a few minutes to take pictures of finished rugs and runners.  

Had a little photobomber tho.

Eight months old.  Trying to walk...  He's on the move constantly. He has decided he likes human food better than baby food.  We are struggling to find the formula that works for him.  But I guess that's a common thing these days.

Here's a picture of some colored denim rugs I think are kinda neat.

More finished projects are on my facebook page.  renew.rugs.

All for now,
JULIE

Spring colors in hopes of spring

 Spring in South Dakota is never early enough :)

We keep getting snow... dreary, cold, windy.

Some colorful tablerunners help just a little bit....

Fourteen runners came off the loom to be finished in preparation for this weekend's vendor event.

Got a few rugs, too

The last two pictured, the fringed ones, have sold already to a local customer.

So this spring thing...  where I live it truly isn't spring until end of May, so there is some time left for the cold to still be around.

All for now,

JULIE

Win tickets to attend

 

I don't do this type of post here on blogland often as I assume most of my readers aren't close by.

This time it's because I have been given 2 free tickets to attend this event to give away.  

If by chance anyone reads this and is close and wants to attend...

Send me a message and I will put you in for a drawing ---  pick up at the entrance of the event.

I will be drawing morning of April 6, so get it to me before then!  

Would be fun to meet someone new!

All for now, 
JULIE

Getting ready

 Tonite I'm wrapping my head around what all needs to be gathered up for the first vendor show of '22.

I've got new signage and new biz cards....

I need to refill the little basket office I take to events....

And I need to pack up these piles of newest product....

These will be traveling in wheeled suitcases.

I've found it keeps my items clean and safe in the pickup bed that it takes to haul these heavy things around.

Rolling them along is way easier than carrying!

I always have to tell myself to chill out in the last few days before I show.

I tend to want to 'finish all the things'!

I will NEVER finish all the things, so just get busy and take what is done! LOL

ALL FOR NOW,

 julie

End of the Warps

 I finished up the blacks colorway warp.  It seemed to keep on giving forever :)

This isn't all of them...  Just some of the more colorful ones!

I've got both looms rewarped and weaving.  Union loom has green, brown and tans in the warp so should work for quite alot of the accumulated weft materials in the piles.

The Fairloom has natural, gold, salmon and burgundy.   It's working very well with some of the more colorful bits of weft materials that weren't working with the last warp I had on.

First show of the year is next week...

I've increased my prices on all new pieces, upgraded and replaced my signage and invested in some not home made biz cards.  I should be ready come Friday night when I pack things up.

All for now,

JULIE

PS

I recently started a new instagram account for my rugs.  Find me at renew.rugs

Color for the winter months

 I have so much fun making tablerunners.  I can usually put on a warp that will work with many different colors of 'rags'.

These finishes have some fun colors in them...

This was the end of the warp on the Fairloom.

I have spent some time giving the loom a once over... it had gotten a little loosey goosey, so some bolt tightening was in order.   Soon I will put on the next table runner warp.  I've got a tote full of fabrics that I felt needed a lighter warp than what I had on, so it is time to start playing with warp colors and deciding on whether I will put a pattern in the warping, or what exactly to do with that.

Just finishing up on the black/charcoal warp, too.  That loom will get browns/greens/ tans on to do a run of those colors.   

Then blue.... The order changed up on me a bit, just because I felt like it :)

All for now,

JULIE

New Year Planning

 So the holidays are over and the new year has begun.

The grandbaby has now been going to daycare for a couple of weeks, and you would think I would have a little more time to weave!  LOL

What I have time for now that the day care issue is resolved, is to go to my own job.  I'm back up to pre baby number of hours.  After work tho, I seem to always run an errand or two for the parents before I head home.  Usually I barely beat the daughter and baby home.  

If I do get there first, I first eat a meal (I don't take a lunch break at work), feed the fire stove, do any calling or taking care of business that needs done during business hours. 

I've been getting in a little weaving in the evenings.  With the early darkness, and my penchant for early mornings, I tend to want to go to bed at around 8 PM.   I still have managed some finished rugs. 

These are mens khaki type pants made into two rugs that are matchy matchy.  I managed to use up the last of that stash.  On the hunt now to build it back up again.

Here are some corduroy rugs.  I used ALMOST all of my stash except for a bright blue piece and a weird foresty green. I just didn't think they mixed well with the others.  I guess those two will be the seed to grow into the next stash.

The majority of rugs on this warp are black denims. They are a staple that I like to keep on hans so I make multiples.  

Planning for vendor events is ongoing.  I'm going to try a few new to me locations and see how that goes.

In my last post I alluded to an elimination diet I had started.  The last few years I have been having autoimmune type symptoms and my blood pressure was climbing.  All I got when asking for help to find cause or manage those was more drugs and specialists....  I finally found a dr that is trying to help instead of sucking $ out of my wallet.   

Since Dec 2, I am down 29 lbs and most importantly, my blood pressure is too.  Goal is to eliminate those meds all together.   First revisit is coming up this week so will find out whats next!

All for now

Julie