 hey guys it is sunday april 26 it's 12 30 p.m. uh lunchtime um i have already been eco-dying some more fabric and filming it for you all on youtube what exactly i did and why i did it um we're also i don't think you can see it from here let's see there we go oops there so i've got my pot on the stove a pot that's only used for crafting purposes that pot never touches food anyway i've got the rest of the flowers i picked up yesterday in the pot with some water boiling i'm hoping it dies the water the same way it died the fabric and we get some ink out of it so i don't know we'll see um i've also got some eco printed paper out of the whole thing and hoping to get some more of that the fabric i just did this morning is sort of dripping off and drying right now it's stained nicely but it needs to be less damp before i pull it apart and um take the foliage out and then put the i'm going to put the foliage on paper and sandwich that anyway it's part of a whole video if you want to see exactly what i'm doing and why i'm doing it there's a video for that and i will try to link it down below for you all um and try to have it out if it's out i'll have a try to have it out as soon as possible if there's no link it's because it's not out yet but keep an eye on my channel that means you have to like share and subscribe maybe hit the little bell icon for notifications um what else am i doing i've got my sourdough starters out on the counter coming to room temperature so i can feed them and also makes i'm going to make um some sourdough rye bread it looks like i'm going to be making the bread tomorrow because i need to feed my starter regular starter put it back in the fridge i need to take some of the discard out and i need to make a rye starter um all this is a king arthur flour recipe so i'll link it below for you all of you all are bakers and are interested anyway i need to take two tablespoons of it and make a sourdough rye starter for this particular bread and that has to come ripen for 14 to 16 hours so that's going to have to ripen overnight um in the meantime there'll be some discards so i may make another batch of sourdough crackers which is in here somewhere there it is sourdough crackers so i might do that but in the meantime while all of that's happening i'm going to eat some lunch because i haven't done that yet i haven't had anything except coffee did i have yogurt this morning oh i had a cinnamon roll husband made cinnamon rolls anyway they're all at the kids house right now and he not only brought a load of stuff over to their house but i think he was helping them get the vanity for their bathroom which came in and i don't know if they're installing that today or not but um he was going to go help them pick it up with my Subaru outback hopefully it fits in the outback otherwise i don't know how they got it um so yeah they move out in a week i think oh it'd be nice to have the house back to myself but it's going to be kind of weird all right that's it for the moment i'm gonna eat lunch i'll be back if you just saw a clip of me taking a part of an old pair of headphones that weren't working anymore um i had a video that aired today it is monday by the way monday yeah monday i don't know the 27th i think anyway that i had a video that aired today junk in art and um yeah doing things like taking apart part dead electronics are one way i cultivate and collect art supplies and things that i can use in art and mix media so i took the headphones apart found some interesting interesting bits and pieces that i'm gonna save and the rest went in the trash and yeah so i did that i still have to work on some slow stitching i got my video filming lists together of stuff i need to film in the next couple days for may and um i'm missing something oh i need to make bread and more crackers i made a batch of sourdough crackers last night this it was gone like within an hour anyway i need to make some more all right first i'm gonna get the mail and take a break for a minute and then i'll get back to it i'll be back i didn't get any may videos filmed today hopefully i'll get at least the first couple filmed tomorrow um but i did get i shouldn't say that i did get an eco dive video filmed and it'll air may fourth um and that's already edited and uploaded and scheduled and the vlog for wednesdays already done too and then i also made a loaf of sourdough rye bread i'm gonna be making some more sourdough crackers because we're out again they did they went quick um i don't know what we're doing for dinner past i just know i have to make crackers that's all i know um yeah i did get some stitching done but um yeah anyway it's monday what do you want all right that's it for the moment i'll be back it's just before one o'clock on tuesday um i got my first couple of videos uh filmed for may um i already had one sort of bonus film film bonus video filmed on eco dying and um without schedule too so i've got the first three videos filmed edited loaded um i'll do a couple more tomorrow and probably a couple more thursday we'll just do it like that so going forward i'm gonna be putting less content up on youtube but hopefully the content i am putting is a little bit more interesting and educational i hope different maybe we'll see i don't know um what else the my creative year videos going forward are going to be um unlisted and only for the people in the facebook group so if you want to see those videos and you want the links you kind of need to be a member of the facebook group sorry guys i will also be filming some special videos just for patrons and or they'll be getting copies of videos early before everybody else um they may even yeah i'm not going to finish that sentence because i'm not sure i haven't flushed the idea out yet but anyway so there's changes going on using the opportunity of being stuck in to shake things up a little bit so you know i've not gotten anything else to do so i may be putting some things on sale in the eti shop too to clear out some old inventory so keep tabs on that and uh yeah i'm gonna go back upstairs and do some slow stitching and gather the mail and you know stuff i'll be back hey guys we are headed out for a walk it's a very warm evening hence the tank top fred doesn't even have a jacket on like and he's cold all the time anyway we're headed out for as i said earlier there's gonna be some changes to video on the youtube channel different kinds of video subjects less video but i hopefully the video i do provide for you um is more interesting there's some changes i meant to make after the first of the year and then the pandemic happened so i'm working on it i'm just a little late late to the game but anyway we're gonna go for a walk i didn't bring a ziplock bag with me to get more flowers but i probably have enough dye right now so anyway that's true we have we have a lily leaving's bag yeah so we can always fill that with flowers all right so we're gonna go for a walk get some exercise some vitamin d and here that's good for the immune system and uh we'll be back hey guys it is wednesday april 29th i have spent most of the morning filming some video doing some more eco printing i'll insert some pictures here of the finished piece uh i did film a little video that will probably go up for youtube membership i'm not sure yet uh it might go up for i don't know where i'm gonna put it yet but i did film a video um i also filmed a couple other videos one for patrons and one for youtube um i have to edit everything now fun times i'll be back hey guys obviously i'm geared up i am headed out to do a curbside pickup at joanne's i'm out of muslin again um and i need to check the peel box um haven't checked it in probably way too long and if there was any mail they might have sent it back so if he sent me happy mail when it came back it's because i forgot to go pick it up so we're going to do that um of course taking all precautions that we can i've kind of saved up checking the peel box until i had another reason that i needed to go out because we shouldn't be going out if we don't have to right so anyway i'm going to go do that i've got disinfecting wipes in the car i've got actually one of the cans of lice one of the couple only two cans of lice i'll spray i have in the house in the car i'm one of them in the car i'm going to wipe down the outside of the bag and spray the inside of the bag as soon as i get home i will um wash the fabric and spray everything else that's in the bag again before bringing it further in the house all that stuff you know normal jazz these days right um hey guys it's thursday evening is it april 30th it's the last day of the month tomorrow's the first of may uh headed obviously headed out for our evening walk i spent the morning filming the kids art videos and then the afternoon when i got back from joanne's i washed the fabric and disinfected everything and then i sat and went through my button box and my grandmother's button box which i hadn't done she died many years ago now i inherited all her sewing stuff and i've been finding working on slow stitching i'm enjoying using it i think she'd be happy about that so i sorted through her button so i can use some more of her things in my stitching anyway if we're going to go for a walk anyway as i was saying it's very peably um i never sorted through any of her sewing stuff when she passed i just put it in the box and it's been in my art room i didn't purge any of it or anything i just kept it all so i've been going through it i found some fabulous silk button hole twist in her sewing box i didn't even know there was such a thing grandma why didn't you tell me um i only yesterday found out that there was such a thing as linen buttons linen like the fabric um i don't have any of those i can't get them there you have to like be in the united kingdom i don't think anybody over here has them and if they do they're really expensive but she's got some really pretty fabric vintage fabric buttons in her button stash so thankfully i found them because i went through everything today so it's all good anyway we're gonna get back to slow stitching tomorrow and then more filming on monday all right i'm gonna go walk i'll be back hey guys we're out for our evening stroll family is up there up there out there anyway i spent the day slow stitching a rainbow spool slow stitch i'll put some pictures here i didn't really get anything else done but that's okay i had fun doing it now we're gonna get some steps in and we'll be back good morning everybody it is 10 30 ish in the morning saturday may 2nd yes right uh we are headed over to the kids house and since they've been living with us i don't need to wear mask or anything oh boy coronavirus quarantine here you see that yeah anyway um we're gonna go i haven't been to their house yet because i've been while they were working on it i've been here i was the designated chief cook and bottle washer and dog sitter so i haven't seen the house yet so i get to go over with them this morning and finally see all the changes that were made so yay we might stop at the store later we're not sure yet we do need to get groceries this weekend but we're not sure i don't think if we want to do it today or tomorrow or late tonight or i don't know i have this stuff with me just in case all right that's it for the moment i'll be back okay so it is um almost 2 30 lily it's been in her crate for four hours so that's about her time limit in the crate um so i'm going to go home and let her out turn left on this way that everybody's still working at the kids house um trying to get the vanity put in it's a typical 1970s era late 60s era house has funky plumbing so um bob is kind of rocking his brain trying to solve an issue we'll get it done it just might take a little while in the meantime lily has been in her crate about four hours so that's pretty much as long as we want to leave her in a crate so i'm going to head home and let her out plus i have some lunch i'm starving i didn't have even had breakfast before we left this morning so um we haven't gone to the grocery store or anything yet we do need to go sometime today or tomorrow so yeah so i don't know when that's going to happen but yeah so i'm going to head home kids house is looking great you're doing a great job they have a long way to go but it's going to be a cute little house when they're done i'm very excited for them so i don't know i'm gonna head home watch some youtube videos have some lunch maybe do some stitching you know check the mail all of that stuff obviously i'm home and i'm in the studio i've had some lunch let the dog out a couple of times um the house is quiet everyone is still over at the kids but they did my husband was helping them install a vanity in their bathroom and they did get it done they figured out some plumbing issues and it's all done in good so yay i may continue work on my new slow stitch my rainbow inspired there we go slow stitch um of which i should have already put a picture of the video prior to this somewhere i've been on this uh antique spool that it's going to go on um but bonus i'm loving this one so much i need to add embellishments and beads and beads and buttons and things to it but i'm loving it so much i'm going to be making more and the good news is i think i've not only talked my husband into making me some more spools but he's figured out how to make me some more large wooden spools and if it's cost effective enough and i can talk him into doing it we may be able to offer a few on the Etsy shop crush your fingers so anyway i'm going to go downstairs now and i'm going to raid his washer hardware stash because somebody from the so for the soul handmade handmade um instagram group figured out how to do some replica linen buttons out of some metal washers and cotton so i'm gonna try that but i need to go raid his box first so while he's still the kid's house i'm gonna go do that i'm gonna end the week there and it's been a fun one um a creative one i'm enjoying discovering new things like this um i have to if i have to be home and they're telling me i can't go to the shops i am having fun discovering making new things interesting things with what i have and the joys of some of those fun online um shops that are out there the little mom and pop shops besides mine of course um and the different shops where i can get other things besides what i sell i'm enjoying discovering those and there's some really good ones out there i'll post some links to my favorite Etsy shops down below and of course also mine is down there too um your favorite creatives probably have a way to support the free content here on youtube and over in the facebook art groups um it's probably in their video description if it's not ask them because i bet you they have a way um so we would all of us appreciate if you can that you do support us that way um yeah it's all good and right now i know for the month of may my Etsy shop has 15% off all the stamps and stencils and stock i need to reduce some inventory and clear out some space and so yeah it's on sale all right that's it for today don't forget to stay safe stay healthy stay creative and go out and have a great day do something nice for yourself because you deserve it yeah and i'll see you later bye guys