Bridle Tree Barn Raising Challenge 2023 - 2024

I just keep trying to raise a barn. The problem is - it's always COLD in December and I can never paint it. And I feel like I just can't seem to get it completed. So, I decided to build it in the spring and summer months and do the decorating piece for the actual challenge in 2023. We shall see what happens, as like other challenges, I don't seem to get things done.  

It took me most of the summer, but I was able to get the barn PAINTED and assembled!

Now, My Barn raising challenge will be to get it decorated - can't wait to decorate this year! We will see what I can do. I have a lot to finish for stuff in the barn.

Now to decide what my projects are and to do some fun pictures! The first picture set up is "CRISP."

Crisp Colorado morning in the snow chasing the donkey that got loose. 

I am still laying out plans for that image, but I have completed a TON of things for my barn! 

I am working on my grass base and a winter wonderland base and some gargoyles. AND I finally found the Christmas decorations for which I have to get a small tote to carry them in! 

Week 2 Photo Challenge - Squatters

Week 2 challenge

Little Barn Owls in the barn

Week three challenge:

Week 3

I also did some other Stablemate scale items for my barn. 

Week 4 Challenge: 

Mess - looks like my PORGS are making a mess of the barn. 

It's been fun. I am hoping to do the 2024-2025 event. 

January 2024 Crafting Month

 

January is a little light on the crafting stuff offered. 

First off was another soap making class using goat's milk soap - this is a lot thicker and a little harder to work with than the glycerin soap. 

The first one I used a bee honeycomb mold and did yellow color with Warm Vanilla Sugar scent. The second one was a mix of pink and purple color with Pink Vanilla scent. 

They came out nicely I think. 

I wanted to get into the candle making class to see if it was something different, but it filled up too quickly. 

I was able to get into the Glass Fusion Class. I was very excited for this because I have only done it a couple of other times. We made magnets. 

These were samples we could look at. 

       

 

Here is my piece as I worked on it - YES, I cut my finger on the glass. Nothing like a little blood on the project to make it look realistic (ahahah)

Completed - not what I had hoped, but I think pretty good for my first try. 

My third class was Tie Dye. I had been going to do this a couple of times last year, but it never worked out. We were doing Tie Dye bags! 

We chose a bag and it soaked for 15 minutes in SodaAsh then it was rubber-banded and the colors added. I chose a Sun Flare/Starburst for my bag. 

After it was dyed, it was wrapped in newspaper and a plastic bag and set overnight. The employees then wash and rinse it and this was my final result:

My fourth crafting class was wood burning! I did this like late 2022 or very early 2023 but it was mostly playing with the tools, so I was excited for this one. 

It's not great but for a free hand drawing and working with wood burning tools - not a horrible first try. I don't know that it's something that I want to do again or not, but it was fun. 

The final class this month, Ceramics! I was really hoping we could choose a project, but they chose it for us. I was very happy that it wasn't a mug this time. This time is was a plate (I had hope for the tea light holders, but they had to change them.)

And this is how it looks after it was fired:

This was a very busy art month, and I am very excited for all the things that I did.