(First Lady Coolidge holding a raccoon.) Okay, I'll be quite honest....I haven't had anything on eBay in a coons age!!!
My friend and co-worker, Renee, has been the backbone of our eBay store for a while....she is a dyeing diva and obviously way more organized than I am. She can just dye and dye and dye.....she is the one who keeps our store stocked with those wonderful Karen Kahle colors!!!
I've felt like a whirling dervish here lately.....(okay, to be quite honest....I thought "whirling dervish" was just a saying until I googled it for a picture....this is an actual picture of a whirling dervish....if you want to learn more about this click here.)
....working on small projects for a craft show in October, getting together class projects for the fall and winter at Simply Fibers and doing a lot of custom dyeing for folks all over the country. I love the custom dyeing....as soon as it cools off here in the Ozarks I'm going to be dyeing skies for folks from Florida to California. 
....working on small projects for a craft show in October, getting together class projects for the fall and winter at Simply Fibers and doing a lot of custom dyeing for folks all over the country. I love the custom dyeing....as soon as it cools off here in the Ozarks I'm going to be dyeing skies for folks from Florida to California. From "sea to shining sea" or in this case from "sky to shining sky" as well as helping to color plan rugs.....Soooo exciting!!!! When I'm doing this I feel like I've found my "calling". So thanks to all of you who ask me to do these things for you....I love it!
However, this evening, I "got with it" and pulled some wools from my stash to make some wool combos for "free listing" night.
I've started them CHEAP...so I hope you feel like you are at a REAL auction if you want to bid on them.
Here is what I have for you. Hopefully if you click on the pictures it will take you right to the auction.....at least that is how it is supposed to work. (this blogging and linking gets easier all the time....but one never knows)
In this first combo I used the middle plaid wool as my inspiration and then dug through my personal wool stash to find just the right wools to work with it.....I think this is probably my favorite combo that I put together.
This one here is one of those fun ones that go from light to dark...peaches and cream to persimmon.
This one here just screams fall and everything that is wonderful about it.
This one down here is just an unusual piece of wool that I came across and just had to have some....reminds me of everything sweet and preppy.
Go forth and be creative,
Tammy
To strolling around the Bellagio looking at the spectacular Chihuli glass, and lunching at the Wynn surrounded by parasols and wonderful tiled floors.
Taking in shows like Toni Braxton and 
Now that I'm totally blissed out....perhaps I can....
I went to join our group..."The Ozark Rug Hookers"...to demonstrate rug hooking. This is a rug that Kathy Donaldson is working on of her two cats. Truly incredible! She has drawn this herself and I think she started this project with teacher 
My friend Patti and I took time to walk around and look at the animals that people have brought to show and compete against one another. 
and this one would be me when I'm older....
We loved the color and design of the feathers of this one.
So many chickens and all so unique!
For those of you who have never been to a county fair I do want to stress that the people who bring their animals to show and compete take VERY good care of their animals.
.....and even sleep with them in the cattle barns.
Now that is dedication.....it was probably 93 degrees outside yesterday when I took these pictures. A lot of the cattle had fans with misters blowing cool misty air on them.
Can you see the big fans blowing air on them?
What cute little calves....I think the girl we talked to said the one up towards the front of the picture was just 2 weeks old.
There were other cows as well.....can you tell I kind of have a thing for them....they have those sweet big eyes!!!
There were also lots of goats there yesterday as well. Funny little creatures who would bleat at us to be petted.
We also saw a horse or mule.....not sure.....Sandy...if you happen to be reading this maybe you can clear up the mystery for us! (Sandy and her husband raise mules)
Of course.....what rug hooker could not get a few pictures of sheep! Not many to take pictures of...the sheep were shown earlier in the week, but there were a couple of them in the "birthing" barn (air-conditioned) waiting to give birth.Here's one pretty mama to be...
And this one had the prettiest fleece....so many colors in it!
Finally, the fair "experience" would not be the same for me without one of these!!! The famous "slawdog"....a wonderful concoction of hotdog topped with chili, onions and coleslaw....there is nothing tastier to this Ozarks girl. I've really been trying to eat healthy these past few weeks to get ready to lay by the pools in Las Vegas, but I did allow myself this one guilty pleasure yesterday....life is too short to miss out on these!!! Foot long no less!!!!
I hope you've enjoyed my trip to the Ozark Empire Fair and I'll see you next week when I return from Vegas!
My other favorite that has umpteen possibilities for re-creation is this 
And this one is DARLING!!!! The "
Go forth and be creative,