A Soggy Sunday Addition to our Animal Crackers!

Well we thought it might happen during the night. A front came through, it was chilly and raining. And Vicki was more than ready to deliver. And when the sun was just peaking over the horizon, Hubby went out to check, and sure enough - we had a soggy addition to our Animal Crackers Family. Meet Vicki's baby girl - Leticia

 Totally adorable! Tiny little thing, really tiny! And well... a total shocker. LOL oh no we were expecting her... but well... a Spotted Mom and a Spotted Dad = a ... looks like a brown little girl!!! The last two that Vicki and Raffie have had were spots, and so this one was just a bit of a shock! Raffie's Mom is a solid brown so I guess Grandma had some to do with Leticia's coloring.

It had rained all evening into late last night. Not a lot of rain, but a slow yuck rain. So everything is wet... including most of the donkeys. And it is going to take a little longer for this baby to dry off and poof out. Vicki is a proud Mom, and a muddy Mom.

 And even though he got really nasty wet and muddy - "Dad" had to have his day one photo with the tiny little girl. I can already tell he is going to spoil this one rotten! Hubby has a real soft spot for the tiny donkeys. Especially the girls ;0)  I think that is cuz he knows the boys have to go.

Hope this one stays small, cuz she has LOTS of color in her genealogy. Yes.. we keep records as far back as possible. I have up to 6 or 7 generations back on some of our donkeys. Better Genealogy records than I have on us that is for sure! LOL

Have a wonderful Sunday!
HUGS and-

Animal Crackers - Brrr...

Well it has been really chilly here this week. Well Chilly, Cold for Texas that is. We actually had a few nights below freezing. The donkeys and goats are all puffed up to stay warm. They are sooo cute when all puffed up.

 You can see here how Estella's fur is all puffed up. Estella is so adorable puffed or not puffed.

But I know this week have been waiting to see the newest member of Animal Crackers... This is Pedro... a dry Pedro. 

AWE.... I know you are just loving those bangs!!!  He is a gorgeous silver color. And honestly I haven't loved on him as much as I would have liked to this week. But it has been so cold and wet! BRRRR....

Here he is interested in what Mom is eating. Despite just a few days old he is already thinking of all types of food... just like Mom.

 Got a gorgeous photo of Cleatus this week too... This guy is totally hysterical!

I swear he looks like he is smiling! And those eyes are just gorgeous. Hubby keeps reminding me that he isn't staying. He will have to go as soon as he is weaned. Now if i have him "fixed" or "cut" then he can stay safely until we thin them out and go to auction again. And that would be a long long time from now :0)

Now to end today I thought it would be fun to end with a video - Cleatus kicking up his heals and then walking off into the Sunset with his Mom, Lillie... Have a great weekend!

HUGS and

Just Magnolias and Hanglars - Dreaming of a White Christmas

Great challenge this week at Just Magnolias and Hanglars challenge... but not real life for me. Dreaming of a White Christmas -I use to personally wish and hope and dream for snow in Texas. Now... having all the animals - NOPE Give me Spring and Fall.... I am happy right there!  But to play with fake snow for a challenge. That is fine :0)

So for today's challenge my card - I went through my winter Tilda's and found this little lady - I love her. I want an out fit like that. Might not look as cute on my as it does her, but I still want it.

I decided to challenge myself to color a white suit for her. I think it came out looking more tan, but I still am happy with how it came out. I have such a hard time doing this. Snowmen totally freak me out! LOL But I really like her suit. I colored with my Letraset Promarkers. I wanted her to be standing in the snow... so I hand drew in some mounds of snow and then shaded them just a little bid.

For my card - the challenge was to have snowflakes - snow that kind of thing. I found this sparkle glittered card stock in my stash. I couldn't find a maker, I think I got it at Michaels.

I used white card stock, then kraft card stock. I white gauze ribbon around the middle, with a few small mulberry roses. I found a pin from Maya Road that just felt right too. Reminded me of that snowman... LOL

For my sentiment -

 Was just PERFECT for the challenge. This is from Inky Impressions. They have some fabulous sentiments you can find them HERE.

Make sure you click on over to Just Magnolias and Hanglars challenge this week - to see all the winter wonderful projects. Then join us to play in the snow!

I'll see you tomorrow for Animal Crackers!
HUGS and -

Inky Impressions Challenge - Ribbon

Happy Wednesday! Today is the Inky Impressions Challenge and this week I am using one of the brand new images from the Winter release. This is MarLeigha's Ornament Dance - isn't she pretty?

  I colored her with my Letraset Promarkers. I am really totally falling in love with these markers!! I just need more of them.. wink wink...  Now after I colored her I went just a tad nuts with my stickles. The plan was to just add a little to her ruffles... diamond stickles. Then I saw my pink stickles and well... a sparkly party dress for Christmas would be fun. Then the red trim needed some red stickles... and then well... her shoes looked left out... LOL So she is really sparkly!!

Now for my card - The challenge this week is to use lots of Ribbons!

 While looking for paper for this card I ran across the Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses collection. That ornament pattern paper was just too perfect for the image! I matched up some pink card stock and then Bazzil Swiss Dot red card stock. Then to follow the challenge I found a pink satin ribbon and a red satin ribbon to use as bands across my card. My sentiment is an epoxy sticker.

Now you need to pop over to the Inky Impression Challenge and see the other DT Cards and then join us! You could win some images for yourself.

So whats up today? Me... cleaning up from the house re-do. I have been pretty good about following around Hubby and trying to keep things as clean as possible while he was working. Setting up things in new ways and decorating as we were going. Well... this week he was sanding all the trim for the final coat of paint... I was in the back of the house doing some work, and all the sudden I realized there was a cloud coming down the hall. I went to see what was going on........... OH MY! the house is covered in a white powder. EVERYTHING! So I have been trying to not freak out, and start finding things again. A lot of work, but it is a sign that things are winding down and starting to be finished. I hope.

Have a great day -
HUGS and

Dependable Darlene!

Yep..,. our old gal Darlene is very dependable. She always... always has her babies when it is really cold and usually rainy! OH and usually in the middle of the night. So with the first cold rainy night of the year... she gave us this...

How adorable is he? Ok.. the donkey ... Hubby I think is adorable too. We named him Pedro. He is so sweet. I think he is going to be super friendly. It is hard to love on Pedro.. you see Darlene would rather us love and scratch on her :0)

I can't wait until things dry out and I can get some better photos of him. Every time we have gone out to love on him, he is wet. Nasty drizzle! So watch out for Animal Crackers this weekend cuz I am gonna have more baby photos!

Ok, gotta get to work...
Have a warm Monday! We had to turn the heaters on this morning..... brrrrrrrrrr
HUGS and-

Stampavie Sarah Kay House

 Hello today it is my turn to post over at the Stampavie Design Team Blog :0) And this also fits under my normal Dust it Off Sunday post as you see.. The house has been on my shelf for over two years. I purchased it at a yard sale for 50 cents. The papers are dug from my stash, and I used all older Stampavie Sarah Kay stamps. So I used up lots of different things from my collection of "things" - So now to my post -

Today I want to show you my little house :0) I cannot even tell you how much fun I had making this project! Like a little girl playing paper dolls! Now this started as one of those chipboard houses you can purchase at any craft store.

  The roof comes off. I found papers in my stash that had the vintage country feel I was going for, and then covered the sides of the house, then went on to the the million punched hearts for the roof. Yes, the “tiles” on the roof are punched hearts! I inked the edges of each one, then turned them upside down and glued them on every inch of the roof. Ok.. so it wasn’t a million of them, but it was a lot! I covered the chimney with a piece of coredinations card stock embossed. I used vintage lace on the edges of the roof, and then around the middle of the house. I love how the dangling pearls look sort of like Christmas lights! Then I colored Noel Charity and cut her out for the front door of my house.

Then I went to look for something for the sides.

Sabine watching the snow to fall was perfect… well almost perfect, it was too tall even after I shrunk it with my printer a tad… so I only used 1/2 of the window. PERFECT!

Then for the other side.

Chloé watching the trees in the autumn wind seemed to fit the fall winter feel of my house. But again too big, so I shrunk her as well and then cut her out. Then Hubby had the brilliant idea of shrubs! I was trying to figure out how to make them, and he looked at me and said why don’t you just use model train shrubs. Uh I don’t know… hmmm…. and well I got these shrubs for like $2.00. And I went into a section of the craft store I had never been! LOL

Again I totally had fun with this project! I think this would be great to put a gift into, then they can display the “box”!

Hope you enjoyed my Sarah Kay House -
Hugs and - 

Animal Crackers - Back at the Neighbors

Took my camera one night this week when Hubby and I were feeding all the animals at our neighbors - we are getting pretty attached to these guys and gals... ;0)

So last time I showed you all the horses in her front pens - today I want to show a few of the ones in the back of the property. They are all so gorgeous. And I wish I could capture their hair right now. With the cold coming they all feel so luxurious! ..... love petting on them so stunning.

Speaking of hair... This is Dolly. I totally love her mane - 

 She has a tad of Punk rocker look to her mane - She is one that is totally sweet - loving obnoxiously sweet... She makes Hubby crazy when he is trying to load in round bales. She is literally all over the truck trying to get attention. (he really loves it.. and gets out of the truck to give her the attention she is wanting) but my windows show all tracks of her being there... she leaves a tongue trail... ewe..... :0)

Now most of the other girls... we confuse. Sad huh? We are trying to learn their names, but many of them look the same, and honestly some of them are always a group and I loose track of who is who... But they are sweet.. and still get their share love  - just as "horse". The neighbor will be here next week... I'll make a cheat sheet for these girls like I have the babies names, that helps me learn them better :0) 

This girl always comes to the fence for her nose petting. She has such a pretty calm face.

This might be Marilyn... or not. 

She is such a striking horse -

This I think is Coriander - again.. maybe 

I totally love this girls eyelashes!! I am continuously telling her they must be fake lashes. If only mine could be that long... well and not white.

This is Jordan... FOR SURE this is Jordan... you see he is the only "boy" in the back. 

Now Jordan thinks he is one great Stud man... especially since he has is harem of ladies in this pen... but shhhhh  don't tell him he is a gelding ok?  Would just ruin his macho attitude. LOL He really is a handsome man. Sometime a bit of trouble maker, getting out of the fences or picking fights with other boys (and why he is in back with all the ladies) but hey what guy isn't in some trouble at some time?

Doggie Photos....

This is Personality -our snake bite victim.... I totally adore this gal.

She is all better now, back to her normal self. And such a gentle girl.

This is Niner... I showed him last time... but I got such a gorgeous photo of him I had to show him again...

 

He is bigger than the girls. Less timid, and when he sees that "milk bone" box - he become very pushy :0)  But still a love - 

And since I showed Niner again it wouldn't have been fair to leave out Moxie this week now would it? So I made sure to snap a photo of her... she is super timid.... but a joy when you finally get her to you -  she cracks me up when she takes the "cookies" from me. She is so gentle and takes them so slowly.

All three dogs are really loves. And they do keep the stinky animals - you know skunks, raccoons and such away from the house. They never stray off too far. The farthest I think they go is our house. And that is more now than in the past... I think they have figured out that is where that Milk Bone box goes each night.... :0) LOL 

Just one more photo today.... the neighbors 4 miniature donkeys... wonder where she got these spoiled guys? wink wink.....

Hubby loads up the hay in the back of my pick up to drive up to the front pens.... the donkeys are always right there to steal as much of it as they can before they get run off... LOL 

Hope you enjoyed visiting the neighbors.... She really has gorgeous animals and we are really enjoying "baby sitting" for her.

Have a wonderful weekend. We are preparing for some cold weather here.... making sure the barns are all ready and the animals have a place to get out of the cold rain. Stay warm where ever you are! 

HUGS and-