Tis the Season.... Vote For Me

Election Season that is!

Okay... it's been awhile since I ran for anything and was begging for votes (since 4th grade actually) but since it's election season, I figured you wouldn't mind one more politician begging for your vote. (What's that? You do mind and would like to smack me right now... well good thing there's a computer screen between us I guess!)

One of my favorite Southern Iowa treasures, the Harvest Barn, is having a contest. Harvest Barn friends uploaded their HB photos to facebook and the photo with the most votes (both in store this weekend and online throughout this next week) wins a HB gift card. I promise if I win the gift card that I'll use it to buy fudge and you can all come over to share it! :)

So go check out Harvest Barn and vote for your favorite* photo by clicking like (or if you are there this weekend- you can drop a pumpkin seed in for your favorite* photo and sample the praline fudge).

Happy Haunting... and Election Season! (And THANKS for the pity votes!) :)

*as long as your favorite is mine

Superhero Cape

I thought the windy day would be a great day to get a picture of a superhero cape blowing in the wind.... I thought wrong. It didn't work out so great so I stuck it on the back of a chair indoors instead. Maybe tomorrow I can get one of the P boys to model it for me. :)

But until I get better pictures... here is an example of a superhero cape. The webbing is sewn into place with velcro at the ends. I can do several color combinations on the capes with either stars or initial symbols on the back. The capes are 27" long but I can make them shorter if you need it. Currently, I'm not shipping them out (because I think it would cost more in packaging and shipping then it's worth) so you'll need to be able to pick them up from me. Cost is $10. Let me know if you'd like one! :)

Ideas of crafty orders I'm taking:

Superhero capes: $10

Flower Hats: 3/$25

Ugly Dolls: $20

'Hold Fast' or 'Walk Worthy' necklaces: $20 (I'm not taking custom orders on the necklaces because my skill level is lacking. I'll send you a picture of your necklace before you purchase to see if the 'character' of it suits you.)

Magnetic Boards: $25

Chalk Boards: $15

shameless plug v3.0

"In his heart a man plans his course; but the Lord determines his steps." -Proverbs 16:9

Here at the Hicks' ranch, God is pushing us out of our comfort zone and leading our steps in directions we hadn't even discussed just not that long ago. We were feeling pretty comfortable in life but God has rocked our boat and He's got our attention now.

There's a few big things up on our horizon and I can't wait to share them with you! (Really, I can't!!! I'm terrible at keeping secrets and a few people that read my blog already know about some stuff we have coming up.... I guess what I should say instead is I can't wait to be able to post about lots of exciting stuff in the blogworld! Ha)

In the meantime, we're working overtime around here towards some big goals (you may have noticed my leave of absence in the hanging out department. I'm soooo sorry about that!).

One little project (ha- I say it like it's not the least bit daunting to me) we (yes, both of us!) are working on right now is an e-shop of sorts. For quite awhile I've been trying to tell everyone that I'm not crafty. I've been trying to explain to them that if I can do it, they surely can. And I've been told time after time that they think I'm a big fat liar. It's actually true- I'm not all that crafty. But in my quest to do something creative everyday, I've managed to put together a few fun diddys. And I've even put together some posts for you on how to do them. But those haven't been all that well received. ;)

Soooooooo..... due to (okay, thanks to!) the requests, I'm going to set up shop. I'm taking orders on most things crafty. I'll be whipping up some of the crafts that have been requested in the past and I'll be adding some new, fun things to the mix. If you have a request, let me know and I'll see if I can make it happen. I'll be setting up a page with photos and prices as I get items ready to sell but if you want to get your order in first, I'll work on your projects first.

As usual of late (okay, always), I'm soooooo thankful for all of your support (and prayers and encouragement)!!

Ideas of crafty orders I'm taking:

Superhero capes: $10

Flower Hats: 3/$25

Ugly Dolls: $20

'Hold Fast' or 'Walk Worthy' necklaces: $20 (I'm not taking custom orders on the necklaces because my skill level is lacking. I'll send you a picture of your necklace before you purchase to see if the 'character' of it suits you.)

Magnetic Boards: $25

Chalk Boards: $15