Born In A Barn!

I often ask the inhabitants of my humble home, "Were you born in a barn?"...then I answer the question myself and tell them that I was present at their births and I distinctly recall that it WAS NOT A BARN!! My mother-in-law says she did not have her son in a barn either so how come my house often resembles one? This appears to be one of life's great mysteries which, brings me to my story. The other day I bought Ethan some window crayons just for fun...

...this was the result...

... seriously...

...I get no respect...

 ...but he did send some Tumbled Trinkets love...

The Organic "Born In A Barn Girl",

Darcie

P.S. You may have noticed that my car windows are really dirty...and I have noticed that I really don't care!

The Spatacular Weekend

My girlfriend and I decided we needed a trip to Meadow Creek Spa in Stanley, ID. Yes,  I know, needed is a rather subjective term but we really didn't care...we ran screaming into the night (actually it was 10:00 am but who's checking)...

...We optimistically wore sandals and capri's but it was so chilly that we had to put on winter coats......so we poked around town with our freezing feet...

...this was us before...

...this is me after... in dorky blissfulness...

...this is the view from the spa...

...it was a grand weekend...

...and River 1 bought Tumbled Trinkets to put in their store...I love business trips!

The Back To Reality Organic Girl, 

Darcie

The Farmer's Market

Salmon, ID has a charming little Farmer's Market and like a lunatic I decided to do it the weekend after the Farm Chicks Show...I hear rest is WAY over rated but just to test that theory I'm headed to the Spa with my girlfriend next weekend!!

...most guys don't stay very long in our booth unless they have some serious fence mending to do and I don't mean actually mending a real fence...

...in the corner of this picture Cheyenne has her "Help Me Go To College Jar," with her delicious chocolate covered rhubarb...

...it has to be white chocolate and you have to eat the whole piece at once. It sounds weird but we are weird and I dare you to try it ...just tell everyone Tumbled Trinkets dared you to take a walk on the culinary wild side ...

...speaking of culinary delights, Miss Emily was delivering delicious food to Market Goer's throughout the day...

... glass wind-chimes and upcycled window wild flowers from our booth...

...paper gift bags made from an old atlas...

...rag ribbon made from sheets...

...a friendly reminder to repurpose...

 ...and RELAX...we're off to the Spa!!

The Organic "I Can't Wait To Go To The Spa" Girl,

Darcie

P.S. Not all items shown are on my website so drop me a  line if something tickles your fancy.

P.S.S. This pic was taken last Fall but we feel we need to go to the Spa to get a new one!

Farm Chick Bliss

I've had approximately 5 days of rest and recovery after a wonderful Farm Chicks Show in Spokane last weekend so I figured it was high time to share some pictures and highlights...

Tumbled Trinkets set up... in this picture I have a "Peace Within" shirt from Rebecca at http://peacewithincda.com/index.html and she is one of the shows true gems!!

Customer LOvE...this lovely lady came to the show wearing a pair of my earrings!!!

More Customer LOvE...how cute is she in this apron!! 

...OK,  now I'm just showing off my little blue vintage dress...

 Machette Bette and Mom...

...LOvE the booth...

...and the stuff in it....

...eating/indulging at Chaps...

...Now, here's all of my happy purchases...these sweet little spoons came from, "Unexpected Necessities" 

...you can never go wrong with "Cowgirl Chocolate"...

...my boys wanted a globe from "Full Of Pride"...

...without a doubt the cutest clothesline I have ever seen from "Cheryl's Barn"

 ...Close up of the cutest clothesline I've ever seen...

...My happiest purchase of the show...from Tina at "Tailfeathers"

...had to have it...

...can't brag enough about it!!!

...On the road back home, see you next year Farm Chicks...we simply love you all!!

The Organic Recovering from Farm Chick Bliss Girl,

Darcie

The Farm Chicks Show

It's 5:42 the Monday morning after The Farm Chicks Show and our hotel room looks like a yard sale...

We had a blast... we ate too much and we saw so many exciting, creative, fantastic, stunning and simply WONDERFUL things...eye candy like you wouldn't believe....here's a small sampling of pics from Tumbled Trinkets and Machette Bette...

Our heads will be swimming with ideas for weeks!! We LOvE this show...but we have to turn into pumpkins and go back home...more details and pics to come!!

The Organic Farm Chick, 

Darcie 

My Girl Graduates

Tomorrow my girl graduates...

...this was just yesterday...

...and this is today...

...what a wonderful journey for a Mother's heart...please pass the tissues.

The Organic Mom, 

Darcie

Lupines, Chipmunks, Great Teachers And FFA

My daughter is a member of FFA and last night was their annual banquet. Now, Cheyenne is graduating in several weeks and I am also doing The Farm Chicks Show the weekend after graduation so my plate is a little full (actually it's overloaded) and it just so happens that yesterday I started to chipmunk...

...yes, I know this is a picture of a squirrel but it's the only picture I have of a furry little rodent...so let's pretend it's a chipmunk..

..now the term "chipmunking" originated with my friend Cyndi  (this is her helping me work through a little chipmunking) which basically means you're starting to freak out ...you know, like a chipmunk!!

Now that I have defined the terminology... back to FFA! I offered to make the arrangements for all the tables at the FFA banquet, to help set up and make a dessert so my Monday turned into a "Chipmunk Monday" at about 5:30 am. As I was running around in a chipmunk flurry (doing quite well on about chipmunk medium) I realized that I had better kick it up a notch...so I started on the arrangements...

... and those of you who know me won't be surprised when I say that I wanted it to be done with recycled materials...

...so I grabbed tin cans, some old curtains and wildflowers ...and hunkered down. I got the lupines (wildflowers) the day before and THAT was an adventure all in itself but I don't have time to explain about returning a dog, a crazy man and a friend who scared the crap out of us by having a mild heart something or other...

...my girlfriend thinks I should write all my adventures down but I think blocking them out is best...

...but them something miraculous happened...

...when I play with flowers I relax and my chipmunk level went down a notch...ahhh...

...but, then it jumped back up to high as I realized I hadn't started the dessert and needed to get it in the oven...

...into the oven it went back and back down to chipmunk medium...until I realized I was also out of chocolate pudding and needed to go to the store, and get my allergy shot...

Not to mention Ethan had baseball at the same time as the banquet, ect, ect... but through it all I managed to save my boys a piece of the dessert (which went like hotcakes) only to have the Principal (Dan) noticed that Russ was eating the good stuff and wanted to know where the rest was hidden...Dan got Ethan's piece and he seemed to have no trouble taking dessert from a little kid (Ethan had left by this time so he didn't even know the dessert existed and Dan wasn't going to tell him)!

But... I must tell you the best part...the banquet was a success due to the overwhelming support that our kids have gotten from their advisor Katie Cooper and her husband Jeff ...in a nutshell (spoken like a seasoned chipmunk) they are FANTASTIC!! I am grateful for all they have done for my child and I know she is better prepared for life just by being in their presence.

The Organic Chipmunk,

Darcie

www.tumbledtrinkets.com

P. S.  I got to become an Honorary member of FFA last night...how cool is that!