Welcome to the third annual "Grow Your Blog" curated by
Vicki Boster of 2 Bags Full. Do pop over to visit her and see her lovely knitted creations and fabulous fibre nests as well as links to the other bloggers taking part this year.
This is my first time participating. Welcome to my blog! My name is Jennifer and I live in Eastern Ontario, Canada. I've been blogging for 8 years now. Hard to believe it has been that long! A friend convinced me to give it a try so we could keep track of each other's life as I had moved away. Back then it was something my mom looked at daily. Now I have a number of regular followers from all over who drop by. I never thought anyone beyond my mom and a few close friends would ever care to visit. I've met a lot of lovely people over the years!
I mostly share fun finds, pictures of our two dogs, the chickens gardens and whatever loveliness I come across my daily routine.
We have lived on our little five acres for nine years now. We have begun to put the land to use and grew a large garden last summer. That also meant canning and freezing a lot.
I have three young adult sons, at various stages of leaving the nest.
My husband is rather handy and built this coop last summer for our hens.
These are the girls. Edie, Esme, Ella, Etta, Ethel and Ruth. They give us lovely brown eggs. Each has its own distinct personality. I could easily spend an afternoon happily watching them going about their business.
Then we got a rooster. This is my youngest son with Mr Mister. He's a most handsome Chantecler rooster. An heritage breed originating from Quebec. They are supposed to be winter hardy. Well, one heritage breed deserves some hens so we got two hens for him and then saved the eggs from those hens which in turn hatched into 7 chicks! That makes sixteen birds now. We've also raised meat birds twice now and will do it again this spring.
Besides the outside which takes up a fair bit of our time, I have always been a collector of one thing or another. antique dolls are my first love. China heads in particular. I've actually been paring down on things so many have gone into my Etsy shop and from there to other homes around the world.
Buttons are always fun to find when out thrifting. No time is more relaxing spent sorting through a tin of buttons. You just never know what you will find. These are also great for creative projects.
I love to find groups of things, Instant collections. These are both practical and pleasing to the eye.
Antique ephemera is a treasure destined for my own collage and assemblage work. Not much time for creating of late but as life allows, I have plenty of ideas for future pieces. I do still trade artist trading cards with my mom each month.
On our property is a little stone creamery which has been turned into a wee shop. All vintage and antique stuff perfect for the creative person looking for something special for their own projects. It is only open from April to November as it is not heated.
My studio normally does not look this tidy! Here is a rare glimpse of it in an unnatural state of peace and order.
In my own art I love to use old toys and small antique items or unusual things to create assemblages, usually in shadow boxes. The piece above is made up of an old paper doll and small toys.
This piece features my grandfather. I printed photos from different times in his life on transparency.
More work of mine. Old dolls, toys, natural elements and ephemera are my favourite items to use.
Hop on over to
2 Bags Full to find a list of links to other blog participants. Vicki will keep the list of links up for the rest of the year.
Thank you so much for dropping by!
