A Bend in the Road Farm

The Vintage Tea Collection by Jennifer Rizzo

The Vintage Tea Collection Give Away!

Jennifer says:

I am giving away $400 worth of merchandise from my store plus an extra $100 gift certificate for jewelry. With the holidays coming, I know it will come in handy.
The Winter Nesting Giveaway includes
a vintage picnic basket filled to the brim with goodies. The winner will receive:
1- in flight pillow cover
1-white linen La Parisien pillow cover
3-number towels
3-french inspired tea towels
3-tea time tea towels
1-set of vintage inspired cloth napkins
1-hat and fingerless glove set
1-set (4) of tea plates
1-set(2) of vintage ironstone mugs
1-vintage book
organic tea
lavender sugar
and I'll probably tuck a few other little treats in there as well. :)

To enter you receive one entry each for :
Blogging about it
joining as a follower
facebooking it
tweeting it
and popping over to my Etsy store and coming back and telling me what you liked the most.

The Twinery is having an awesome give away!

"We're giving away TWO full sets of our Ultimate Twine Bundle - that's a full spool of each color, folks! And we're giving away not one, but TWO of them! "

Each Ultimate Twine Bundle retails in our shop for $168.00!

Click on their button in our side bar to enter.....

Love these!

Mark's new toy! aka: The New Holland Tractor he just bought

Mark bought a new tractor yesterday and decided to test it out by enlarging the "front pond".
If he's not careful it will be a lake!

Unexpected Flowers

I asked my husband Mark, to stop and get some raisin bread for a bread pudding recipe that I wanted to try. He came in with FIVE loaves and this bouquet for me! Such a sweetie.

Hand Painted Fireplace Screen

This hand painted fireplace screen was purchased through shopgoodwill.com .
It is an auction site similar to ebay, but with items donated to Goodwill.

My Happy Place

Turtle Bay Hawaii

When it's eight degree's outside, this is where I would like to be!

Cuttings Starter Tip

Did you know that Willows contain high concentrations of Auxins, the hormones that make roots grow? Cut small willow branches, pour boiling water over them and let them steep for 10 minutes. Let the "tea" cool. Dip your cuttings in the tea before planting, then water with the remainder of the tea for the next three days. Keep the tea refrigerated.

Happy New Year!! Today we look forward to the new year. And with that, we finally picked out the site for the log cabin! Above is an artist's rendering, but all you have to do is picture it smack dab in the middle of the woods and there you have it! It is going to be a lot of hard work since we are doing it all ourselves. We are even cutting the logs from the Cedar in our woods! I am getting tired just thinking about it. I'll post our progress and possibly ask for opinions on options that we are deciding on. I guess we'll have our own version of "Blog Cabin". If you have built a log cabin yourself, drop me a line.

Crochet Grass Rug

How cushy under your toes!

Free pattern from "Lion Brand" site to download

http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/L0265AD.html?noImages=

The new family member!

This is "insert name here"! She is a three month old Heeler puppy. Very smart!

Brand New Katahdin Lambs

We have had fifteen lambs in the month of December. These two we call our "Holstein Lambs" because of their black and white markings. They are adorable!

Recycled Quilt Ornaments

What a great way to re-use a worn out family quilt. Cut out the desired shape(s), blanket stitch around the edge and embellish with buttons.

photo from Cre8tive Compass Magazine

Mason Jar Organizer

I came across this Mason Jar Organizer today and thought that it's adorable and creative. It wouldn't be hard to make and could be used in a number of places.

Snow on Christmas

Mark and I went for a walk on the farm and into our woods. This is a picture of part of our back pasture. We got 5" of snow! That is quite a bit for Kentucky. It was nice to have a White Christmas.

Christmas in Kentucky

While so many homes are getting ready for Christmas morning, with children and presents, food and family. We are spending it very quietly. Our four children are now grown and far away. We will eat breakfast and talk to all of our Grandchildren on the phone to see what Santa brought them.

We'll feed the animals and I think that since it is supposed to snow, we may go for a walk in the woods. There is something about being in the woods with the snow softly falling that is so calming. You hear nothing but your breath and the crunch of the snow and leaves beneath your feet.

We hope that your Christmas is everything that you want it to be and that you find peace and prosperity in the new year.

Deborah and Mark