Callahans

There is an awesome store on the east side of Austin that the Mister and I love to go to on Saturdays. It's a place to buy seeds, feed, chickens and more. It's Callahan's General Store. The employees are super cool and let you hold the sheep and baby goats they sell. There is so much to look at. My favorite section (besides the baby chicks) is the cooking ware and the kitchen decor. I know, I know but is has any type of cookery you need to make a cowboy breakfast. I'll show you why I love it there.

They sell real wranglers! 

There is a Market outside as well... so you can pick up some sage or basil.

These bunnies are actually smaller then what they were in this picture. The white ones freak me out cause they have red eyes but the brown ones are cute.

I assume this is some sort of a Rooster because it was super loud.

We are now getting close to my favorite section. I know it's a little country and I normally wouldn't buy nic naks but they are fun to look at.

Kitchen tools for hardcore people that like to grind there own meat.

This is some real festive oil cloth!

Okay.... so I'm actually into canning. The Mister and I have so much cucumbers in the summer that we make dill pickles. We still have some from last summer that we haven't finished yet but it's super fun. This year we have three blackberry bushes so we may can our own jelly. I can't wait.

I've always wanted one of these guys. I would totally make iced tea or put punch in it for a party. I love the green one and the turquoise one next to it.

Okay... so this is my favorite section. I have always wanted a red refrigerator and a vintage style. This is it! Exactly what I want.... and the stove too. Sigh.....

I want everything in this picture. well, I guess I will pass on the rooster clock.

The seasoning section. Quite amusing.

Home made jam. Mmmmmmmm.

Real cowboy hats! 

I'm not sure about these belts but people wear them on ranches.

This is where they fit the hats to your noggin.

I could go for a sweet pair of boots. I would really like a pair of grey ones. Nothing too flashy. I would wear them with shorts or a white cotton dress.

Seeds! 

Baby chicks. I think Matt and I are going to purchase two in the near future. We have to build the coop first.

Maybe we will hang one above our front door for good luck. Open end up.

Lasso me up.

These are too cute for our house plants.

They have live bands there every Saturday. Blue Grass is mighty fine by me.

More Market plants.

This is the goat they have there. It's so funny... they always look like they are smiling. I would love to take her home but she is a little too big for our back yard and our neighbors would hate us.

This was really strange. I've never seen a camel in real life and wouldn't think that you would run into one at a General Store. It looked like it was a gimmick to get people to advertise with a persons company. I don't believe it had anything to do with Callahan's. 

I hope you enjoyed a little peek into our daily lives. Tell me what you think. I'm always down with the comments.

XOXO

nothing but a pigeon

Here's a little update on my new plushies and embroidery designs.  I'm sure a lot of people have already seen these but for those of you that haven't here they are. 

These little cute bubble ear guys are mt favorite pattern yet. I use yarn, felt, polyfill and plastic eyes. I sew the faces on with embroidery floss.

A pair horned hooters.  Whoot whoot.

These are my little nesting dolls. I want to add more detail to them sometime in the near future.

As you can see I hand sew the faces on with embroidery floss.

My little crazy bunnies. I made this pattern awhile ago but it's still one of my favorites. These little creatures get buttons for eyes.... well I should say one eye.

Okay so this is a squid. Not to be confused with an Octopus. I had a couple that bought this guy thinking he was an octopus and thought it was funny that he only had 7 tentacles. Welp, squids don't have 8 tentacles... do they?

Angry squid.

I wanted to do a series of "evil animals" but I wanted it to be cute too. I ended up putting hearts around the edges. Matt thought it was super funny.

Foxes need love too.

Angry bear loves honey.

Here's some of my flower headbands. This is a favorite.

I also made new exaggerated bows.

These are little button rings.

So I hope you liked the new patterns. I'm always racking my brain to come up with clever ideas. You can buy all of these items on my ETSY store or at First Thursday.

XOXO

The Great Outdoors Part I

There's a bunch of places that me and The Mister like to go to in Austin.... but one of our favorites is The Great Outdoors. It's a gardening store that has the most amazing plants and flowers selection. They sell everything and anything you can imagine. They even have classes you can sign up for as well. We love taking strolls there on the weekends and gawking at all the beautiful plants that we wish we could afford. I truly could spend hours there. In the end I always find myself hanging out around the succulents. Here's a few pictures of our wonderful day out at The Great Outdoors.

So there's this cute little coffee shop where can get a bite to eat and sit on there patio and enjoy the view. They have really good iced chai.

This is a view from the patio looking down on the nursery.

Here's another view. Awwww, look and old couple buying plants together.

Take a look at there garden sculptures.

I must have this mushroom in my backyard!

Checkout the stained glass window by the fence. Pretty cool eh?

Flying pigs! Sometimes I get more interested in the yard art then the plants. Focus Taylor... focus.

They have an awesome coy pond. You can feed them too.

Hey fishy.

This is the largest wind chime I've ever seen... seriously, it's huge.

This was my favorite picture I took all day at the nursery.

um......

The Mister and I did have a pine apple plant at one point but it was unsuccessful and died. RIP.

Oh I just love Japanese Maples! 

I had to divide The Great Outdoors into Part I and Part II because I took so many photos I didn't want to over whelm anyone. If you have a free day off and live in Austin I suggest stopping by. If you are a plant lover I'm sure you've already been there. 

To be continued.......

XOXO

a sea of orange flowers

This last Saturday and Sunday was a very productive week for The Mister and me. I cleaned our studio, worked in the garden and we enjoyed a little stroll at the farmers market. It was very relaxing indeed.  We even had enough time in the morning to snap a few photos before it got too hot. We are so lucky to live next to open fields so there are always new and different types of wild flowers growing. This spring has especially been great because we have gotten some rain showers here and there. We found this field set back behind our property up a hill. It was nice to see it hadn't yet been mowed. Here's what The Mister captured.

It was only appropriate that I wear and orange skirt right? I've had this skirt since last year some time ago and it has just been hanging in my closet. I've never known where to wear it to or what to pair it with. As soon as I saw the field of flowers I knew it was time.

I'm not sure what type of flowers these are... Matt called them "Orange Indian Blanket". I just call them orange flowers, either  way they are beautiful to me.

Here's a little detail from my blouse. I so in love bows!

We also found some Cactus that was in bloom. 

Detail of my tan suede shoes. I usually just carry my shoes until the last moment. I'm always trekking through fields and I don't want to ruin them.

I hope you enjoyed the flowers and my orange skirt. The Mister and I are trying to get out more and document my daily wears. He is such a good sport about it. 

XOXO