tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14719198166122759472024-02-08T00:18:53.707-05:00BirchLeaf DesignsNatural wood and fabric playthings that encourage imaginations plus a few housewares.BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-26549662569051425502014-04-12T13:02:00.003-04:002014-04-12T13:02:59.412-04:00New Site!<span style="font-size: large;">Please visit us over at </span><a href="http://birchleafdesigns.net/"><span style="font-size: large;">birchleafdesigns.net</span></a><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGWF8YhA02uDXK7WmVaDEU0EnSe2AMzC856LoNTxDGmOOvR89JL0nvK0e4LL0FtIP8-lCkE_vogkNCLVGZCf8QQbO0y_6L8shw3deMNbom9BuN-wsGngSPf0JMCVIKIVZxtJSeUqyEhrA/s1600/BirchLeaf+Designs+Ad+REVISED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGWF8YhA02uDXK7WmVaDEU0EnSe2AMzC856LoNTxDGmOOvR89JL0nvK0e4LL0FtIP8-lCkE_vogkNCLVGZCf8QQbO0y_6L8shw3deMNbom9BuN-wsGngSPf0JMCVIKIVZxtJSeUqyEhrA/s1600/BirchLeaf+Designs+Ad+REVISED.jpg" height="364" width="640" /></a></div>
BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-2215457434051259582011-10-11T13:54:00.000-04:002011-10-11T13:54:44.433-04:00Leaf CollectorHomemade Leaf Collector with materials right from home!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzTJxKGwzOZOSDd1SpVZdFwHmUrNBVERwkbNDFRq6GyCJ-GXLTxKlS0BgQhIxwIwyPxma19VUVgWd7Bpg_1Xw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-21761634905506137752011-05-04T15:49:00.000-04:002011-05-04T15:49:50.059-04:00How to Eat Raw Worms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzPicCMgpw6iTqUx_fi6fmQAE5Q0NdjsqhQESrXvTsjUqfOq9j9IEN2on2Hso7vlA-Gqg8lL88KsnVURs0uow' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-72178727548011076342011-04-25T09:00:00.000-04:002011-04-25T09:00:07.378-04:00Blow it out your Egg Hole!<div style="text-align: center;">The children were inspired to blow out eggs and paint them all pretty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmL4HPz92_OCsMt6FNQvZPzZ-OJBoA_-t2oBOPVkwarn_0oKP0AbIT03to3m0UOoYPT934WsYJQwfBDiSB9w1UqBUz7ovooCrXSIq-ObT-m5pHtfehcj3q1D6gHB290p3cXZIVN7NIK7vy/s1600/100_6401.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmL4HPz92_OCsMt6FNQvZPzZ-OJBoA_-t2oBOPVkwarn_0oKP0AbIT03to3m0UOoYPT934WsYJQwfBDiSB9w1UqBUz7ovooCrXSIq-ObT-m5pHtfehcj3q1D6gHB290p3cXZIVN7NIK7vy/s320/100_6401.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwXZqMIwo-nC4UXILnC3toRvoHpabmrbJtdnaluHQjQStlTPvAZ0p8bxADtZ01qgzFQ9BuiZQYfl-tXOeg7YjMQmhY4W94T9Mx2gLyyFEJtnSoj_ybI1Jl1XZ_Dxg1cY-OtoWHpk_gEHkA/s1600/100_6402.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwXZqMIwo-nC4UXILnC3toRvoHpabmrbJtdnaluHQjQStlTPvAZ0p8bxADtZ01qgzFQ9BuiZQYfl-tXOeg7YjMQmhY4W94T9Mx2gLyyFEJtnSoj_ybI1Jl1XZ_Dxg1cY-OtoWHpk_gEHkA/s320/100_6402.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYbr_cJI6Kx8hFJ_xmiwXjCnSMcw2hpUrQz3_4Vmu-IT9Bdals4qRKIumAfkdSPWUHAjLE4Tla7MXDL51NNubb5ObhjdspBwc6P4NBdpDnNYPYry7TeU-WpEE_QqrUL0WSfO4iKwDrOvy/s1600/100_6403.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYbr_cJI6Kx8hFJ_xmiwXjCnSMcw2hpUrQz3_4Vmu-IT9Bdals4qRKIumAfkdSPWUHAjLE4Tla7MXDL51NNubb5ObhjdspBwc6P4NBdpDnNYPYry7TeU-WpEE_QqrUL0WSfO4iKwDrOvy/s320/100_6403.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrZwE9Sflv6kFjb33pLO6c4kdx3AvL7SkLgakdAvnP46EpyrvEjlPJrThpOF6sm0NdvQWSE9fmJPJ2aCpZkKArosYPTJdl4OI5SWt7yByxtfkFKkuqupYOZOevx-vXxrg9XPhx0m9SJbz/s1600/100_6412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrZwE9Sflv6kFjb33pLO6c4kdx3AvL7SkLgakdAvnP46EpyrvEjlPJrThpOF6sm0NdvQWSE9fmJPJ2aCpZkKArosYPTJdl4OI5SWt7yByxtfkFKkuqupYOZOevx-vXxrg9XPhx0m9SJbz/s320/100_6412.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8fVAcZHVvwamYZ544rrAii40EaUGPb6vSKLLOy-CrgVowth2Nf085CWC4U3k569yWBECDPQrfMTDetFijyS3qcoXsxkt-L55URCEpJBh5BDA2_UT2XPc9D6EGE9web6CqjdptpYvVvg8/s1600/100_6422.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8fVAcZHVvwamYZ544rrAii40EaUGPb6vSKLLOy-CrgVowth2Nf085CWC4U3k569yWBECDPQrfMTDetFijyS3qcoXsxkt-L55URCEpJBh5BDA2_UT2XPc9D6EGE9web6CqjdptpYvVvg8/s320/100_6422.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLScIbtRf_ggQLYWFK3kO1J47sXunVGC6198-1HemLoi740GnhMh1wZYo5m2x8qyfqCK57FO_wCnXDpqh_BCJX4_bzQmqZvAcfX6oGDcPukuR3C8hOslarP_PWGurXVZc_5ORTB6kMKal_/s1600/100_6435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLScIbtRf_ggQLYWFK3kO1J47sXunVGC6198-1HemLoi740GnhMh1wZYo5m2x8qyfqCK57FO_wCnXDpqh_BCJX4_bzQmqZvAcfX6oGDcPukuR3C8hOslarP_PWGurXVZc_5ORTB6kMKal_/s320/100_6435.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-67462165988743990882011-04-22T08:00:00.001-04:002011-04-22T08:00:08.515-04:00Sweet Yummy Goodness to Welcome us into Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrgmnoNnXJEaK0MZ394-bHeCAjEhC_F6R1HlHKYuGapV2cX2ICxxcIBFKV2RyXBLmJpVqmf5htS_koobhwE8ZkU5wgOKc0QKh3OHR1ZNZiSdVJ9lDP9JF5PWxz9NUDKDxFVEVeOsdKLza/s1600/04+2011+018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrgmnoNnXJEaK0MZ394-bHeCAjEhC_F6R1HlHKYuGapV2cX2ICxxcIBFKV2RyXBLmJpVqmf5htS_koobhwE8ZkU5wgOKc0QKh3OHR1ZNZiSdVJ9lDP9JF5PWxz9NUDKDxFVEVeOsdKLza/s320/04+2011+018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yum! Lookie what we found in our snow-covered garden...Easter Candy.</div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-38707184296891453482011-04-18T09:28:00.000-04:002011-04-18T09:28:24.687-04:00Two Pigs and a Rooster<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxL0RhpmGR7MEFAeO33zEubMLcCscZ2It0GBV90gRaE5nD8pQW0QQnLl4uraoxPuVapHJnkunMYEDlv6W8NcZvCBNGIN_afPf28vTi9kGKsozuaUyFhAePOxbsUlrbt33EO-Kz_umltFCX/s1600/2011+03_29+133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxL0RhpmGR7MEFAeO33zEubMLcCscZ2It0GBV90gRaE5nD8pQW0QQnLl4uraoxPuVapHJnkunMYEDlv6W8NcZvCBNGIN_afPf28vTi9kGKsozuaUyFhAePOxbsUlrbt33EO-Kz_umltFCX/s320/2011+03_29+133.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We got a couple of Pigs this year! They are way too fun!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">One pig will go to the Marquette County Fair and the other is the "family pig". </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7WhQwQotPLSQikOBNM-nrDXRlmWqmXs5mhWaDKWOJrr8DSPcDRlPkad1Uj_GfTrJGCt_FXQFEXp4sMaw_5UjyDuwP9gGmZ2oZXWQyUzusD7jPx2yJLCHz2E1lPv35OakaS4YAgn2_jQo/s1600/2011+03_29+067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7WhQwQotPLSQikOBNM-nrDXRlmWqmXs5mhWaDKWOJrr8DSPcDRlPkad1Uj_GfTrJGCt_FXQFEXp4sMaw_5UjyDuwP9gGmZ2oZXWQyUzusD7jPx2yJLCHz2E1lPv35OakaS4YAgn2_jQo/s200/2011+03_29+067.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3uZ_PC2LUlnHgTuStgJxCVJFivNPs_c5t1BYHZFbN8gF8KOLebTuorle540dKNJpfTX16NNhdofziZWiQD25pdx3VhTosnnbJw7TRGwSLffNekYj8HN2Nxq-of6GkGnv06mW2IIoWx9m/s1600/2011+03_29+061.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3uZ_PC2LUlnHgTuStgJxCVJFivNPs_c5t1BYHZFbN8gF8KOLebTuorle540dKNJpfTX16NNhdofziZWiQD25pdx3VhTosnnbJw7TRGwSLffNekYj8HN2Nxq-of6GkGnv06mW2IIoWx9m/s200/2011+03_29+061.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a bit of time before we got our pigs to make a temporary pen in our hoop house. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We decided to build a temporary pen until the snow melts, then we will put up fencing and a moveable shelter elsewhere. Mojo and the kids got to work with pallets as walls inside the hoop. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is the piggy bed.</div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSlPwNLdlHzB4hSLmEAdEJpA8pDsh2-VyU4t_A8zbAIoq89Cylo06o5Cfo7_yMV26rE4SUCPS3xMLcPZnrwhd3lSkT3rnBi2WM0EfpcTEh1h21LUz2VJvO7hh_qqDUBxyNY1knBL8SdqT_/s1600/2011+03_29+085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSlPwNLdlHzB4hSLmEAdEJpA8pDsh2-VyU4t_A8zbAIoq89Cylo06o5Cfo7_yMV26rE4SUCPS3xMLcPZnrwhd3lSkT3rnBi2WM0EfpcTEh1h21LUz2VJvO7hh_qqDUBxyNY1knBL8SdqT_/s320/2011+03_29+085.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfCgrsRLMTFMR_HI7LKViTmS3EragLFDbNWKGVOLpiZmQfQFXGl_HnXMEJ2ol3B_IUyozbW-X12vqu8M4AIHWfrWOv-31GHtXQuj4rR707kGVpkTHys2AX7oiXGq5yJe35kldEkIIfHUW/s1600/2011+03_29+088.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfCgrsRLMTFMR_HI7LKViTmS3EragLFDbNWKGVOLpiZmQfQFXGl_HnXMEJ2ol3B_IUyozbW-X12vqu8M4AIHWfrWOv-31GHtXQuj4rR707kGVpkTHys2AX7oiXGq5yJe35kldEkIIfHUW/s320/2011+03_29+088.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seeds n' Spores Family Farm went to pick up all the pigs...13 of them total and brought them back to the farm. Six of the pigs will end up being "Fair" pigs.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kaZlJQeFrAcWXvtne3EpUx6AltQKGImShocLqHD9Oi7fr7mCgeyhomMK1g1npqb44y5tHdnToJyT8Y1RmfjJtx8LKfPu2Tm13sdVbmAmqkS1jEDVFbMjAwNGsIROc7-Ctx30nWK3_aNT/s1600/2011+03_29+100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0kaZlJQeFrAcWXvtne3EpUx6AltQKGImShocLqHD9Oi7fr7mCgeyhomMK1g1npqb44y5tHdnToJyT8Y1RmfjJtx8LKfPu2Tm13sdVbmAmqkS1jEDVFbMjAwNGsIROc7-Ctx30nWK3_aNT/s320/2011+03_29+100.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Morgan, Kiah and Niikah checking out the organic feed. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We brought our own bins, so we will dump the bags and weigh accordingly.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKY6GHzolZ15UnYQSo93olWptmGqI_k2nbSe-gr7rTRYXkyzelXxp_y-ZypQCZ0yv3Dzg52Vj-TpGxjx0QSnr-Wx9p-QCp5UgN9uNjmhww5DQaAF6U0rSv-y0vMRefNWepUqGvhIiuGySa/s1600/2011+03_29+104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKY6GHzolZ15UnYQSo93olWptmGqI_k2nbSe-gr7rTRYXkyzelXxp_y-ZypQCZ0yv3Dzg52Vj-TpGxjx0QSnr-Wx9p-QCp5UgN9uNjmhww5DQaAF6U0rSv-y0vMRefNWepUqGvhIiuGySa/s320/2011+03_29+104.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kiah found the little peeps in the greenhouse!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YlTIpz60gVtOfXWxKhwAGnCKmySl1NR3efjoGCVLNTEK7ayQNUKTwlyj70H3NWyVfVFpCox4berkLuyIaDCkFBuN9y6ZtCt4puaCOzWXrNpipwrCccdlsFKi0NF9G57ferwlPX-G2Wy1/s1600/2011+03_29+125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YlTIpz60gVtOfXWxKhwAGnCKmySl1NR3efjoGCVLNTEK7ayQNUKTwlyj70H3NWyVfVFpCox4berkLuyIaDCkFBuN9y6ZtCt4puaCOzWXrNpipwrCccdlsFKi0NF9G57ferwlPX-G2Wy1/s320/2011+03_29+125.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kiah wrestlin' a pig out of the trailor and into the back of our truck. The kids are cheering her on!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi800A1R2g192kc4Ha-jGn1MXS1ygEHUVXm9eZewUAJj76byWAZtUzZ3YX6c_lrNVeE8xTJmVKmjCrYMDU1zU0I0Zo3uvHKcJpSbugtk4olvK17bWHhAQt4NJJzpiNZma__mH65Hkd1pnc_/s1600/2011+04_09+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi800A1R2g192kc4Ha-jGn1MXS1ygEHUVXm9eZewUAJj76byWAZtUzZ3YX6c_lrNVeE8xTJmVKmjCrYMDU1zU0I0Zo3uvHKcJpSbugtk4olvK17bWHhAQt4NJJzpiNZma__mH65Hkd1pnc_/s320/2011+04_09+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ziggy Maurice Stardust, our rooster, welcomes the pigs to their new home.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLyrA-S437yCZC3MhyphenhyphenVJ8TbWWWz4O7v6L-b6TNL7xXkvZVTqR91mm5xw9ebIU5Bg5QMsRbaVmQM81SXm2gpJ7dIu74StrqEUeQkdxFnXElTc34VLz-8h6E5diACLMSg77pSoZ-5FpPFRpW/s1600/2011+03_29+138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLyrA-S437yCZC3MhyphenhyphenVJ8TbWWWz4O7v6L-b6TNL7xXkvZVTqR91mm5xw9ebIU5Bg5QMsRbaVmQM81SXm2gpJ7dIu74StrqEUeQkdxFnXElTc34VLz-8h6E5diACLMSg77pSoZ-5FpPFRpW/s320/2011+03_29+138.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They love each other so much.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__fpicEeJMcOOhD-d59TJMafVgVLAva7pE9U0r7PDgzBCG7yPw4mNfxqH3TMA-BKwVB7elCzp_x1N-mSlk-RLg49XvnEfWPACVtDLPvrVDl9ZExaPrjG8XjKeNykSlByUSsJHpl-QRRjy/s1600/2011+03_29+139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__fpicEeJMcOOhD-d59TJMafVgVLAva7pE9U0r7PDgzBCG7yPw4mNfxqH3TMA-BKwVB7elCzp_x1N-mSlk-RLg49XvnEfWPACVtDLPvrVDl9ZExaPrjG8XjKeNykSlByUSsJHpl-QRRjy/s320/2011+03_29+139.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Checkin' out their new piggy pen.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNNCUVDILPRN-b6GcB0nzrRfCGTBuL2llW96nvTyT0zgcwi9sSjp31KmCpZQ6msqgDy99lmBJPXIxYEuNx3inYiJtDsUCBC-lgkstAIM1HzyBtnoohX6wunZlI3AxP2PV86dVRklBfOsD/s1600/2011+04_09+099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNNCUVDILPRN-b6GcB0nzrRfCGTBuL2llW96nvTyT0zgcwi9sSjp31KmCpZQ6msqgDy99lmBJPXIxYEuNx3inYiJtDsUCBC-lgkstAIM1HzyBtnoohX6wunZlI3AxP2PV86dVRklBfOsD/s320/2011+04_09+099.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good night!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center"></div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-45515617889970749952011-04-06T14:34:00.001-04:002011-04-06T14:58:28.234-04:00It's Time for Maple Syrup!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjjBoHhkK_FLfafgrg2_ZHnq0UWd_vH4o_GMqnOU72Txv2P6_Gs-dY2o8u6JJmk4sXsTT31gfkaj_XIURWtaMaHbUXs3r_kByntuKArjbqdROKcg_nWJ-Y-relzUBQHJALSw0zuONOvFfQ/s1600/2011+03_05+041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjjBoHhkK_FLfafgrg2_ZHnq0UWd_vH4o_GMqnOU72Txv2P6_Gs-dY2o8u6JJmk4sXsTT31gfkaj_XIURWtaMaHbUXs3r_kByntuKArjbqdROKcg_nWJ-Y-relzUBQHJALSw0zuONOvFfQ/s320/2011+03_05+041.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maple Tree, Thank You.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Feeding us sweet, sweet nectar.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">You shine in the sun.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WtpYQnOtUkRo8_9dwcASRQEPfsHCr6I-AZylaoj9u29m6BOQ4onxhyrifLWtTl_gV9kJZ5NZX5mh-D1X54JoIJ7LGrWzyF9knwyeNKSorbmrv5ztD_xyFR6kE34L-w5GZuEz60RZN3y6/s1600/2011+03_05+083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WtpYQnOtUkRo8_9dwcASRQEPfsHCr6I-AZylaoj9u29m6BOQ4onxhyrifLWtTl_gV9kJZ5NZX5mh-D1X54JoIJ7LGrWzyF9knwyeNKSorbmrv5ztD_xyFR6kE34L-w5GZuEz60RZN3y6/s320/2011+03_05+083.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyD_cGx_tPZ7NLNX-anzM70vzMU-94JcW-JGEAtKvIM51xC4RGpenormOmG_Ho-ZRBrJPZRAHHW_DDT5m4Bn5dYq58GadPzI2eNtqDrtlwxARvF_OlihCwvOonaamDFSIfNsxEMbL08jwU/s1600/2011+03_05+087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyD_cGx_tPZ7NLNX-anzM70vzMU-94JcW-JGEAtKvIM51xC4RGpenormOmG_Ho-ZRBrJPZRAHHW_DDT5m4Bn5dYq58GadPzI2eNtqDrtlwxARvF_OlihCwvOonaamDFSIfNsxEMbL08jwU/s320/2011+03_05+087.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eT4-amlWaoRSOpSvj-8VQqxHf_BgBVhriKp03Nd3G_Nrn_vZLlvxt1Yo-CDAgMbvJzFQJs30YujOyPT2BCc1lLoXompstOtCGQ7GcHTQLq-gm2ATXCSP1_23Xb4LGlpftuF1Xxo4nMJp/s1600/2011+03_05+095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eT4-amlWaoRSOpSvj-8VQqxHf_BgBVhriKp03Nd3G_Nrn_vZLlvxt1Yo-CDAgMbvJzFQJs30YujOyPT2BCc1lLoXompstOtCGQ7GcHTQLq-gm2ATXCSP1_23Xb4LGlpftuF1Xxo4nMJp/s320/2011+03_05+095.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5tX8mmilNH8h8xIQwXXt0C5gvk6D02FWYsMx6hgB9jrapKg81Zr7ft1p7Gvipik11FsdnHvRmZc3d-jOVezxXaLWlg-WFhy3Lwc4FyHppEucdrSLxDrP-LdWDkKsHMAARQB97EMkMHH4/s1600/2011+03_05+054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn5tX8mmilNH8h8xIQwXXt0C5gvk6D02FWYsMx6hgB9jrapKg81Zr7ft1p7Gvipik11FsdnHvRmZc3d-jOVezxXaLWlg-WFhy3Lwc4FyHppEucdrSLxDrP-LdWDkKsHMAARQB97EMkMHH4/s320/2011+03_05+054.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_EmVPsyoyqhVzOA8xqb4ZhpkI_o1NsqTNzsllIJDiyZSfD2HTcSE_l5Ix4dwTnZMgg2qEHvfQv5zjHj7ONjRKKxRK-jqC2NE_2ByYDSv6-JJ-6AeAapNHRgt0IXSDOiHGdqc-8Ey8iia/s1600/2011+03_05+034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_EmVPsyoyqhVzOA8xqb4ZhpkI_o1NsqTNzsllIJDiyZSfD2HTcSE_l5Ix4dwTnZMgg2qEHvfQv5zjHj7ONjRKKxRK-jqC2NE_2ByYDSv6-JJ-6AeAapNHRgt0IXSDOiHGdqc-8Ey8iia/s320/2011+03_05+034.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifBDHeQB0Ys4T_AUi19Po1Ar731y_BvVCwy4jJueKmCABQ3Sd3UVN_r4KWDUvcOuqFyAE6jLtrAqvHsFLNG8Z-8Dz6cOUOZxdJ6EmxhtiK6HMxLSnDq4PL_-6JihC4RDFUA8FYtWuQ7uk/s1600/2011+03_05+104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifBDHeQB0Ys4T_AUi19Po1Ar731y_BvVCwy4jJueKmCABQ3Sd3UVN_r4KWDUvcOuqFyAE6jLtrAqvHsFLNG8Z-8Dz6cOUOZxdJ6EmxhtiK6HMxLSnDq4PL_-6JihC4RDFUA8FYtWuQ7uk/s320/2011+03_05+104.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-26224178845446372392011-03-30T17:14:00.001-04:002011-03-30T17:20:32.612-04:00Taking Volcano Building to the Next Level<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuC2PCABzfVQzwsbQEyaNBlBDW378assl65EZG4RxJZFY0GeluPqLouyZQ4K-Kqo6oRF97Wfrni1FmBaXZ9RwIENNtesG_Q_VRusabj4aWuLZW_EliVSA6-RxrIa43QdvkDsBTY16fFqkC/s1600/2011+03_05+113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuC2PCABzfVQzwsbQEyaNBlBDW378assl65EZG4RxJZFY0GeluPqLouyZQ4K-Kqo6oRF97Wfrni1FmBaXZ9RwIENNtesG_Q_VRusabj4aWuLZW_EliVSA6-RxrIa43QdvkDsBTY16fFqkC/s320/2011+03_05+113.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>How to build a volcano with Plaster of Paris </strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>by Kiah and Milo </strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>(special thanks to <a href="http://www.stormthecastle.com/how-to-make-a/how-to-make-a-volcano.htm">storm the castle</a>)</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Here we go... </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">First,<strong> </strong>get a cardboard box and cut it how you want it. It is helpful if you keep the sides up a little and the back at least as tall as the volcano. This will prevent a huge mess and allow you to draw a picture on the back of the inner workings of a real volcano. You will also want to cut a hole on the bottom of the box so you can remove the plastic bottle for cleaning later.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWcCgjDovj2Aq3c0AgKTDwkAvSBINmEPnXUhctMGv8rA_9wzecBEZY2rszDVkmcqYCBh5iHIpr4Zu64nEzSt9mLqG1tIxICRGyR0SqHNCUc7aQKymsGCO3GEw5gKLQ28SgdIttUKI_EkOx/s1600/2011+03_05+114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWcCgjDovj2Aq3c0AgKTDwkAvSBINmEPnXUhctMGv8rA_9wzecBEZY2rszDVkmcqYCBh5iHIpr4Zu64nEzSt9mLqG1tIxICRGyR0SqHNCUc7aQKymsGCO3GEw5gKLQ28SgdIttUKI_EkOx/s320/2011+03_05+114.jpg" width="320" /></a>Next, take a plastic bottle and wrap it in a plastic bag (so it doesn't stick to the plaster of paris).</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Lastly, cut out a bunch of cardboard strips to place around the bottle like Milo is doing. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIeZNvaVJOv-lFjReMtdEf4ejmhOgsAWws24r9UIqD-Aki8zsbE9WBbpqyh54HcCmu45y9RBFPfs395JP8KJihbC2vk8WusFa4mXcOufyiPGThjioMCHqPHngIo3U2M248VgwwBBJk3IA/s1600/2011+03_05+121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIeZNvaVJOv-lFjReMtdEf4ejmhOgsAWws24r9UIqD-Aki8zsbE9WBbpqyh54HcCmu45y9RBFPfs395JP8KJihbC2vk8WusFa4mXcOufyiPGThjioMCHqPHngIo3U2M248VgwwBBJk3IA/s320/2011+03_05+121.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Place the strips in a fashion that looks similar to a volcaco and tape them all together.</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwTBEmUD_u-xbBSSzzEJwpI0zVWyN7lVWoldz3XXFOGJtd4mLomFFG3SbSvsNigaGh5NZHqO56Kz9HCLPnQpJU0zylETKp1hNNt-Lv4T3vPsNseWP7flRKiStg1uN9kErywgB8b8Up-Xj/s1600/2011+03_05+122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwTBEmUD_u-xbBSSzzEJwpI0zVWyN7lVWoldz3XXFOGJtd4mLomFFG3SbSvsNigaGh5NZHqO56Kz9HCLPnQpJU0zylETKp1hNNt-Lv4T3vPsNseWP7flRKiStg1uN9kErywgB8b8Up-Xj/s320/2011+03_05+122.jpg" width="320" /></a> <br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Next, stuff your cardboard volcano with wads of newspaper.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaiVTqkDvwlyPKEIEmCegzwnVv2N6I9glN-PtRsXxAfIQDykzgKugpUUCvCJ0TGKWGPwTFaF-a9bjeMXyCfLL01e25ACaBfYWkkYjAEMv92qde_3NIBWqze5YnHTbWQJqcRBA6Nwbe_mi/s1600/2011+03_05+123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaiVTqkDvwlyPKEIEmCegzwnVv2N6I9glN-PtRsXxAfIQDykzgKugpUUCvCJ0TGKWGPwTFaF-a9bjeMXyCfLL01e25ACaBfYWkkYjAEMv92qde_3NIBWqze5YnHTbWQJqcRBA6Nwbe_mi/s320/2011+03_05+123.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Begin to mix your plaster of paris according to the directions on the box. We mixed it 2:1 (plaster:water)<br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiceW1Ms-8uGBWzF2oVutBZ98dZVEHRPsNy_To3OeUPwvQTNKTG4E2Io9KcfuuQAQp9W2L9rhEViazz9YyBDSsKsiQztwQyV3_jwV43TnjFvRLxBx-cXztdVT9No2qTwe7XGbKvp64FFU/s1600/2011+03_05+124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiceW1Ms-8uGBWzF2oVutBZ98dZVEHRPsNy_To3OeUPwvQTNKTG4E2Io9KcfuuQAQp9W2L9rhEViazz9YyBDSsKsiQztwQyV3_jwV43TnjFvRLxBx-cXztdVT9No2qTwe7XGbKvp64FFU/s320/2011+03_05+124.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Measure the water...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBztX8I3sRecljOhkfQz4adJUuPV1g0f5NPmPaE68dau3p2iXJ-iaAXSMyhvTXVd6eVlRRGXo7mYv33WVvXV8yHfT0hmt7X6iaI72CgarILu4Fv4VYhfQ-rJDXVHdO8BWg9NjtPj-xsIW/s1600/2011+03_05+125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBztX8I3sRecljOhkfQz4adJUuPV1g0f5NPmPaE68dau3p2iXJ-iaAXSMyhvTXVd6eVlRRGXo7mYv33WVvXV8yHfT0hmt7X6iaI72CgarILu4Fv4VYhfQ-rJDXVHdO8BWg9NjtPj-xsIW/s320/2011+03_05+125.jpg" width="320" /></a> Add the water to the plaster in a big tub.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0yVtLd9K_qADFEedDDHCquFGi58qF8iWCjFdg-s_SN_p0yF5e9kxkzmqRkXrusAfQyTVW6u0HyZDht8l9xNTNhAgaP7ATRH4RF83pEO9jiR1LonKrwxDKXtoqphB06ho8yfg2zIybIOd/s1600/2011+03_05+133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0yVtLd9K_qADFEedDDHCquFGi58qF8iWCjFdg-s_SN_p0yF5e9kxkzmqRkXrusAfQyTVW6u0HyZDht8l9xNTNhAgaP7ATRH4RF83pEO9jiR1LonKrwxDKXtoqphB06ho8yfg2zIybIOd/s320/2011+03_05+133.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> Mix away...</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERMKQbgRE6LygTOTnoAnttUi_mHLR7WVpomwVa-QBPXTgS_c2dDKV1M_nUE7jHpUa23toNwjn6RwWIIXln3VaTUr-k_19FTEMLzGD_HB_gG0rnRix8THWM_k3j9BmXxAu0bd7cTQDFA-e/s1600/2011+03_05+135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERMKQbgRE6LygTOTnoAnttUi_mHLR7WVpomwVa-QBPXTgS_c2dDKV1M_nUE7jHpUa23toNwjn6RwWIIXln3VaTUr-k_19FTEMLzGD_HB_gG0rnRix8THWM_k3j9BmXxAu0bd7cTQDFA-e/s320/2011+03_05+135.jpg" width="320" /></a>After the water has been added to the plaster, be sure to work quickly as the plaster will set up quick! Begin to dip strips of newspaper in the plaster mix and then carefully place pieces on the cardboard volcano. Try to keep them as smooth as possible while overlapping them different ways.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicftv5EnI03t4uz9dfY2UA2LwV9QgsA8tMo_DM-U9wBnkLJiogPWxRPyuyypJcZ12havioK5EWeStXMVqDlCWID8wfWKuClqD20YQAVLiGBSeFYKOL7Gv5htwWGPLK8mPTh1QjgX_fEzQ_/s1600/2011+03_05+141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicftv5EnI03t4uz9dfY2UA2LwV9QgsA8tMo_DM-U9wBnkLJiogPWxRPyuyypJcZ12havioK5EWeStXMVqDlCWID8wfWKuClqD20YQAVLiGBSeFYKOL7Gv5htwWGPLK8mPTh1QjgX_fEzQ_/s320/2011+03_05+141.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Keep mixing up plaster of paris in small batches until you have enough to cover your entire box and volcano.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Let the plaster sit until it is completely dry...about a day or two.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-rqW6neYXP4RLjKbXIKTcxwutqG8LwfJA-LFoMwxIRCaALnlxMsWcBXX_inAlXl4L5lIA6y0K8wm-zUWkX_hMhspeACyw3y2ybdkA0WzmjliOAXfLTk5emNA5_xbiT-K2nZOy_oUEeZB/s1600/2011+03_05+188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-rqW6neYXP4RLjKbXIKTcxwutqG8LwfJA-LFoMwxIRCaALnlxMsWcBXX_inAlXl4L5lIA6y0K8wm-zUWkX_hMhspeACyw3y2ybdkA0WzmjliOAXfLTk5emNA5_xbiT-K2nZOy_oUEeZB/s320/2011+03_05+188.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Then get out the acrylic paints and have fun! Paint scenery if you like...we used red, yellow, blue, green, brown, and grey.<br />
<br />
Voila! This volcano is ready for action! We will take out the bottle from the plastic bag, put the bottle back in the volcano and add the ingredients for a great explosion!<br />
<br />
For the explosion, we suggest you do it outside the first time!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDc-1xkpME9Qt3WMhuZL1Q48OQv3qogNCD414jKB1zd6AHy_58K_d-h2gwsJXeGPsi6Auu0equmm4zkau4AWzB25ymaKbLocOqFIyic9xdQkI83BOingv-4z6jCKurDl1YSXLh0byoy8vH/s1600/2011+03_05+191.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDc-1xkpME9Qt3WMhuZL1Q48OQv3qogNCD414jKB1zd6AHy_58K_d-h2gwsJXeGPsi6Auu0equmm4zkau4AWzB25ymaKbLocOqFIyic9xdQkI83BOingv-4z6jCKurDl1YSXLh0byoy8vH/s320/2011+03_05+191.jpg" width="240" /></a> <br />
Here are the ingredients for those of you that just can't wait for the next volcano eruption post...<br />
<br />
1.Take the bottle out of the volcano and fill it just about full with water.<br />
<br />
2. Put 4 or 5 drops of Dr. Bronner's Liquid Soap or any dish soap right into the water.<br />
<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3. Add 2 Tablespoons of Baking Soda to the water.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>4. Put the Volcano over the bottle so it is in place and ready to go. <br />
<br />
5. Pour some vinegar right into the volcano bottle and watch it Erupt!!BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-49716307847018291652011-03-21T20:35:00.002-04:002011-03-23T08:41:53.080-04:00Virtual Baby Shower with the EtsyKids Team!Reposted from a sweet mama over at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AveryLane">Avery Lane</a> on Etsy...<br />
<br />
Baby showers are one of the ways to celebrate the anticipated birth of a new baby. It is also an excuse to pamper the mama to be and help her with the overwhelming amount of baby supplies she will need, especially when it will be her first child. Friends and relatives get together to socialize, play games, and share many, many memories.<br />
<br />
Through the numerous showers that I have attended, I've noticed that the gifts given often reflect the gift givers’ style, interests, and parenting emphasis. I have often given handmade gifts as baby shower gifts, and have seen others doing the same. Giving handmade gifts, whether it is made by you or someone else, shows thoughtfulness and the gift is often unique, which is always appreciated. After all, each person is truly unique, biologically and in personality, so it is so appropriate to express your uniqueness with the gifts that you choose to give, as well as appreciating the uniqueness of the mom to be and her baby.<br />
<br />
Many first time moms have to make important decisions they have never had to think about, like "cloth or disposable," "bottle or breastfeeding," and "natural versus plastic toys". Your gift can open up a wealth of natural alternatives and sustainable choices to the recipient as she embarks on her child rearing journey.<br />
<br />
From natural teething rings to cloth diapers, mama pads to diaper bags, first toys to nursery décor, one need not look farther than Etsykids. Here are some of the many products that I would love to give to an expecting mom, all of which help support sustainability, handmade, and individuals instead of corporate CEO’s.<br />
<br />
Reading to your baby can foster a secure attachment and emergent literacy. Touchable cloth books also offer sensory stimulation, which promotes cognitive development. This one is lovely by WoodenPondDesigns: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/68581175/woodland-fabric-soft-and-quiet-book-for">http://www.etsy.com/listing/68581175/woodland-fabric-soft-and-quiet-book-for</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://api.ning.com/files/ZBF9X*-LngoRifb-duG9tmidHBnYTdGn9PU298vh98JDrANVAz4q-aA4CrgL3iOfAoxaczRZklIzzAj-*9q5yp4GfPkBf364/blogpostil_570xN_194805420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://api.ning.com/files/ZBF9X*-LngoRifb-duG9tmidHBnYTdGn9PU298vh98JDrANVAz4q-aA4CrgL3iOfAoxaczRZklIzzAj-*9q5yp4GfPkBf364/blogpostil_570xN_194805420.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
Wooden teething rings by BirchLeafDesigns are not only a natural choice for baby, but will also help strengthen those finger muscles: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/62396830/wee-wooden-teething-ring">http://www.etsy.com/listing/62396830/wee-wooden-teething-ring</a><br />
<br />
MaggieSueDesigns offers some adorable diaper bags that allow mom to not give up her stylish ways while toting around the assortment of diapering supplies and necessities. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/12248581/timeless-tote-or-diaper-bag">http://www.etsy.com/listing/12248581/timeless-tote-or-diaper-bag</a><br />
<br />
Babazoobee offers an upcycled choice for those that appreciate sustainability: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/43979472/upcycled-wool-and-cotton-messenger-style">http://www.etsy.com/listing/43979472/upcycled-wool-and-cotton-messenger-style</a><br />
<br />
KeikiBoutique has some modern looks in compact diaper bag accessories: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/10074387/rts-posh-pouch-diaper-and-wipes-holder">http://www.etsy.com/listing/10074387/rts-posh-pouch-diaper-and-wipes-holder</a><br />
<br />
Let’s not forget mom. So often a new mom doesn’t know that certain things are helpful, until they are needed.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSBLFc2G9ZJp18hAAFU6eGb-wgEm8D2Z7EYq68ueqA2k42n4oxGfu6sP4ga_i4qi1LuYpsB0rlKVAfOZJxOnpODvZkr4huiFVxPYH04NQnYApoXQXljFXOWQAdBRIVlXyXaA0sABgH2pM/s1600/blogpostil_570xN_216609100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSBLFc2G9ZJp18hAAFU6eGb-wgEm8D2Z7EYq68ueqA2k42n4oxGfu6sP4ga_i4qi1LuYpsB0rlKVAfOZJxOnpODvZkr4huiFVxPYH04NQnYApoXQXljFXOWQAdBRIVlXyXaA0sABgH2pM/s320/blogpostil_570xN_216609100.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
TheCrazyElephant offers many such items. This shop even has an entire section dedicated to the mama. Making sustainability stylish: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/67965857/1-set-of-elegant-elephants-nursing-pads">http://www.etsy.com/listing/67965857/1-set-of-elegant-elephants-nursing-pads</a><br />
<br />
Etsykids member DeniseJacobsohn creates privacy covers for mom, using beautiful fabrics, as well as makes shopping easier with her gift sets. Any new mom would be so lucky to receive one of these: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/56882679/baby-shower-gift-sets-perfecting-when">http://www.etsy.com/listing/56882679/baby-shower-gift-sets-perfecting-when</a><br />
<br />
Nursery Art is important for baby and often overlooked. WeAndTheBean has some beautiful designs that encompass the mother child bond. I especially love this one: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59725343/night-papa-monkey-8-x-10-childrens-art">http://www.etsy.com/listing/59725343/night-papa-monkey-8-x-10-childrens-art</a><br />
<br />
<br />
With all the strollers and car seat research to do, nursery art can be a comfort to the mom to be as she and her baby will spend many hours together in the nursery. A nursery lamp, mobile, or picture can stay with a child for years. I still remember my Peter Pumpkin Eater musical lamp fondly. Giving such gifts can help build fond childhood memories for child as well as mum.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NQjfsbk7nj_F-BtsdAVGF7wetjMNYIEAdZSpzSspQLyG-jwbdILl8d9gwI6acFSZuKDXdlMcfvcRPEimMYV5U7_bX_PEpotZ7giwaz9y9uH8-6i6vr5yK4-3HRy7Mh1dqJl2KtFVK6dl/s1600/blogpostil_570xN_215384250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NQjfsbk7nj_F-BtsdAVGF7wetjMNYIEAdZSpzSspQLyG-jwbdILl8d9gwI6acFSZuKDXdlMcfvcRPEimMYV5U7_bX_PEpotZ7giwaz9y9uH8-6i6vr5yK4-3HRy7Mh1dqJl2KtFVK6dl/s320/blogpostil_570xN_215384250.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
Another etsykids artist who does extraordinary work is MyArtsyBaby: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/67667585/penelope-owl-birds-and-butterflies">http://www.etsy.com/listing/67667585/penelope-owl-birds-and-butterflies</a><br />
<br />
Babywear: There is so much to choose from Etsykids! With warmer months coming and ease of dressing, snap bottom tees are the staple for a new mom.<br />
<br />
Greensies make some really creative and unique designs. I love her momma and baby giraffes snap bottom tee: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/62990202/giraffe-looking-up-to-you-onesie-size-3">http://www.etsy.com/listing/62990202/giraffe-looking-up-to-you-onesie-size-3</a><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/6tMSoMz0FDDnYVhH*SYPCSM40NQ3PkjYMT8Zyd74KfzhVADDp8onGabCjj3pBmBIVivAyHFrrPpwLtgJjH4HXw*D-W4rYnui/blogpostil_570xN_175973927.jpg?width=570" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="http://api.ning.com/files/6tMSoMz0FDDnYVhH*SYPCSM40NQ3PkjYMT8Zyd74KfzhVADDp8onGabCjj3pBmBIVivAyHFrrPpwLtgJjH4HXw*D-W4rYnui/blogpostil_570xN_175973927.jpg?width=570" width="212" /></a></div>I love everything from ChirpAndBloom. Designer Rebecca Harkin has such wonderful style and her pillowcase dresses are CSPIA compliant as they do not contain drawstrings. This vintage set is sure to be one the mom saves for years to pass on: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/47216733/recycled-vintage-embroidered-pillowcase">http://www.etsy.com/listing/47216733/recycled-vintage-embroidered-pillowcase</a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/mJ0WcPSEI7NkMV-r02rM9bbS9sJGh1gcPyRDBWZrAvtZNQKJauODIxYWB-fqdQetu553jBhNPwuO9DEg2tetb9Vq3vmkQOc4/blogpostil_570xN_64834603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" r6="true" src="http://api.ning.com/files/mJ0WcPSEI7NkMV-r02rM9bbS9sJGh1gcPyRDBWZrAvtZNQKJauODIxYWB-fqdQetu553jBhNPwuO9DEg2tetb9Vq3vmkQOc4/blogpostil_570xN_64834603.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The CleverKitty is so clever indeed with her felted baby shoes. Helps keep those sleeping infants’ toes comfy and warm, as well as high in style. Many to choose from for lads: <br />
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/16225425/felted-high-top-baby-shoes-leaf-green">http://www.etsy.com/listing/16225425/felted-high-top-baby-shoes-leaf-green</a><br />
<br />
OR for lasses: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/9543938/felted-flora-jane-baby-shoes">http://www.etsy.com/listing/9543938/felted-flora-jane-baby-shoes</a><br />
<br />
For those who like sew gifts themselves for a new baby, FunkyFriendsFactory has a large assortment of wonderful first friends or lovies. I know each of my children has a favorite stuffed animal that has been with them for as long as they can remember. Here’s just one of the many patterns available in her shop: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/62618152/lamb-plush-toy-pattern-pdf">http://www.etsy.com/listing/62618152/lamb-plush-toy-pattern-pdf</a><br />
<br />
Hope this gives you some inspiration for the next time you are lucky enough to be invited to a baby shower or know someone who is expecting a special little bundle of joy.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_570xN.195554541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_570xN.195554541.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnHx_t8zn7d5WSlIW9fudrX1UApypaxKa3j9q0n311Gh1M-T8i_z2HMc0RYtoWseUjTKDY_Vk7X0skvyScQ0grYJCMP-DB-n5983YYbbS6DpX3oW36tMmtxzIRGzEh1CeQI8CxvwekYUS/s1600/blogpostil_570xN_185700537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-29615618257993727892010-11-28T09:15:00.000-05:002010-11-28T09:15:49.498-05:00Great Giveaway with German Dolls!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Be sure to pop right on over the <a href="http://natural-kids.blogspot.com/2010/11/saturday-giveaway-germandolls.html">NaturalKids Blog</a> for a chance to win a German Dolls' sweet lil' Pocketdress & Pocketdoll. Go now! Go like the wind or the giveaway will end!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdeH3FUh53djm9EGCEbXp09ZNKeb0LRXDml2ED2sp6d2mxU0AaLt__djjQie9zWQ32zieT2-GFgpBbgpsUoBzVPVmh_HjmZ203bPdRONcDEW2uIx5kybz4vMzTcpow_1FmMQCJS5hUDfKx/s1600/German.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdeH3FUh53djm9EGCEbXp09ZNKeb0LRXDml2ED2sp6d2mxU0AaLt__djjQie9zWQ32zieT2-GFgpBbgpsUoBzVPVmh_HjmZ203bPdRONcDEW2uIx5kybz4vMzTcpow_1FmMQCJS5hUDfKx/s320/German.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-59271175651789906162010-11-07T10:33:00.000-05:002010-11-07T10:33:00.454-05:00GiveAway with the NaturalKids Team<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxotviRySyBAognrKpIcbYGpsWJqsBJLbRSz8tEEjgzfUfHZ_aeT97YBa85LFaDbLwtUlBmqXpugoKY_58YkNANCVvOv3_55K7P3eOLTpTdDfUb5V3NB6pg3E8SF1rR1FTl1sBg_-6Zo3/s1600/10_30+2010+143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxotviRySyBAognrKpIcbYGpsWJqsBJLbRSz8tEEjgzfUfHZ_aeT97YBa85LFaDbLwtUlBmqXpugoKY_58YkNANCVvOv3_55K7P3eOLTpTdDfUb5V3NB6pg3E8SF1rR1FTl1sBg_-6Zo3/s320/10_30+2010+143.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Pop on over to the <a href="http://natural-kids.blogspot.com/2010/11/saturday-giveaway-birchleaf-designs.html">NaturalKids Team Blog</a> to enter a giveaway we (<a href="http://www.birchleafdesigns.etsy.com/">BirchLeaf Designs</a>) are sponsoring. you have many chances to win a cute little newborn tie-dyed onepeace, hat, and sweet mama tea!<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-77746018168989265802010-10-16T07:16:00.000-04:002010-10-16T07:16:44.602-04:00Sweet Giveaway with The Sitting TreeNaturalKids Team member, The Sitting Tree, is offering a sweet giveaway here: <a href="http://thesittingtree.blogspot.com/2010/10/handmade-for-holidays-giveaway.html">http://thesittingtree.blogspot.com/2010/10/handmade-for-holidays-giveaway.html</a><br />
<br />
Please enter and give her blog some love!BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-53189241326608657582010-10-08T10:57:00.001-04:002010-10-08T11:12:56.454-04:00Volcano Building BasicsScience is so much fun! If it were up to Milo and Kiah, they would do science all day, every day!<br />
Here are the directions to build a simple, yet effective volcano...<br />
<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">First, you will need a tub to put everything in and a pint-sized mason jar (or any jar for that matter) to hold the "volcanic" ingredients. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Next, follow Milo's instructions: Please note that we only had apple cider vinegar on hand...it is recommended to use white or distilled vinegar. Also, any dish soap will work, in this instance, we used Dr. Bronner's Sal Suds.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcLS1IEwN1Zx3Uud-zosc0lcUpEtnXB_9Va7KNm0_KvWoAo61eWaALgHWAVCQo_3-TAoc1VJaVaEoVfT9ETPpvRNDtDDtZnQlfku9-2epLwxq8BL2uGkK_VGcv2J-Z8qsoUejOYmjd_EN/s1600/10_07+2010+152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcLS1IEwN1Zx3Uud-zosc0lcUpEtnXB_9Va7KNm0_KvWoAo61eWaALgHWAVCQo_3-TAoc1VJaVaEoVfT9ETPpvRNDtDDtZnQlfku9-2epLwxq8BL2uGkK_VGcv2J-Z8qsoUejOYmjd_EN/s320/10_07+2010+152.jpg" width="315" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6GlstHfluUmrq883-x7Nvg2Pk63sBOMPrSSsN6tc4a-9l6AbsXD1-69Zn3Ty-seYqAtZK27eevWmaWxCAN-EZlzSxIo6QORZilzh8mrpZ4f4SLk7gxupgz9BgMFK45ubkwSEWmmvR5G5/s1600/10_07+2010+180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6GlstHfluUmrq883-x7Nvg2Pk63sBOMPrSSsN6tc4a-9l6AbsXD1-69Zn3Ty-seYqAtZK27eevWmaWxCAN-EZlzSxIo6QORZilzh8mrpZ4f4SLk7gxupgz9BgMFK45ubkwSEWmmvR5G5/s320/10_07+2010+180.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0nUbYVP3Q-1-e9Z3qIGqkl1elsxqN0Q3e3Km_jQ39ompx2dOsO9pAU29XngA7OnGp9n72S1PfvmvyJvoVfvK-2bYbCW_UxnVajCGgudUdVMg8fH6pQ3a-SiZr_8MBd5k7u_Tj5ASoc1Z/s1600/10_07+2010+155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0nUbYVP3Q-1-e9Z3qIGqkl1elsxqN0Q3e3Km_jQ39ompx2dOsO9pAU29XngA7OnGp9n72S1PfvmvyJvoVfvK-2bYbCW_UxnVajCGgudUdVMg8fH6pQ3a-SiZr_8MBd5k7u_Tj5ASoc1Z/s320/10_07+2010+155.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwr6Apx8zd0HpwyBHYuu2K532k6L17O6KFQaj22TSqziCFaVUiC3KHL5V8BgoTnnC9knvTfxJCJPC4fOg8J5uCtDLXh64yxc8ws7gQVGRH4uMqtcHll3VppGbQowlbyn74pIAYi0cYi9n_/s1600/10_07+2010+164.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwr6Apx8zd0HpwyBHYuu2K532k6L17O6KFQaj22TSqziCFaVUiC3KHL5V8BgoTnnC9knvTfxJCJPC4fOg8J5uCtDLXh64yxc8ws7gQVGRH4uMqtcHll3VppGbQowlbyn74pIAYi0cYi9n_/s320/10_07+2010+164.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3-Xpdwx6LuEdPAOdYrsq5UTKpO9ZeNOHC7321jWHpyhFAJ4ZBNv1qvmy5QfNIAS_3hbOXcJMsQvZZTpb3eDbnhuR94skm6lsWTTkqTqq3QidZGIXtIumSbXBop2O9s4edqudKkCErgcs/s1600/10_07+2010+169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3-Xpdwx6LuEdPAOdYrsq5UTKpO9ZeNOHC7321jWHpyhFAJ4ZBNv1qvmy5QfNIAS_3hbOXcJMsQvZZTpb3eDbnhuR94skm6lsWTTkqTqq3QidZGIXtIumSbXBop2O9s4edqudKkCErgcs/s320/10_07+2010+169.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YCZt1y54nee7cNTQMpwWeExH5oVo8BefoyyHdDb4F5duonF15c0b24FjWBd4wjq37JpAKMKztK861jiCSwTm4sN7T0x-Oz3Jtl_10Y4-DWjl09_MxmydLI3qG2JRMkwLqRUiRWT7HQ1b/s1600/10_07+2010+181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YCZt1y54nee7cNTQMpwWeExH5oVo8BefoyyHdDb4F5duonF15c0b24FjWBd4wjq37JpAKMKztK861jiCSwTm4sN7T0x-Oz3Jtl_10Y4-DWjl09_MxmydLI3qG2JRMkwLqRUiRWT7HQ1b/s320/10_07+2010+181.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once the "volcano" has been built and packed around the jar, Milo also says you can "add some prettiness if you want, like stones and little trees".</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnSzazLYK6m8mQKthILUC7_AsMcmYPB3BT_T-DlPBjdo5-Cq_V-sPdD7yjXOx1up9eXywf81ZLIz1u6ro92pYbAo3RitsWM_Fa83Nr07_cQvd_23QmvXzVUHKvqSB0y4H6ZTkYXi9j3lc/s1600/10_07+2010+190.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnSzazLYK6m8mQKthILUC7_AsMcmYPB3BT_T-DlPBjdo5-Cq_V-sPdD7yjXOx1up9eXywf81ZLIz1u6ro92pYbAo3RitsWM_Fa83Nr07_cQvd_23QmvXzVUHKvqSB0y4H6ZTkYXi9j3lc/s320/10_07+2010+190.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> Finally, gather around with friends, follow the steps above, and Wah Lah!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJZnpMGmm5DBxGVx9CqzaFOHvVT8EAG3hlzbdHrf0rQXn98PN-grd-cEqePtpCoeGLN2dGP4v6DgiKAiYH0JvGqZTnVMmOQRt4uzA6jgvUn2S3HVj9FcEXJcBrbqFpRZyOHPw47QNQXc7/s1600/10_07+2010+192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJZnpMGmm5DBxGVx9CqzaFOHvVT8EAG3hlzbdHrf0rQXn98PN-grd-cEqePtpCoeGLN2dGP4v6DgiKAiYH0JvGqZTnVMmOQRt4uzA6jgvUn2S3HVj9FcEXJcBrbqFpRZyOHPw47QNQXc7/s320/10_07+2010+192.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJnPDeRAzDVmcPDe2kh5IuZzJrcgbboAEmbVTzwhs6YSShdxWs7pNwSK8Yz-xT0Um0jXoycFpLY6LT89rlYFysp9bKaHeqnoCmoKWPeI6AqS-uMYkBeXAPGa4u55JNlm9DExmwm2RynaXK/s1600/10_07+2010+196.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJnPDeRAzDVmcPDe2kh5IuZzJrcgbboAEmbVTzwhs6YSShdxWs7pNwSK8Yz-xT0Um0jXoycFpLY6LT89rlYFysp9bKaHeqnoCmoKWPeI6AqS-uMYkBeXAPGa4u55JNlm9DExmwm2RynaXK/s320/10_07+2010+196.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> We found that the "explosion" happens rather quickly, so if you add a bit more vinegar at the end, you will get a second explosion!!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"></div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-82050232212561726232010-08-15T15:26:00.002-04:002010-08-15T15:33:28.328-04:00Milo does a jig!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div align="left">Milo created a new product for the booth! </div><div align="left">Handmade T-N-T! It's dyn-o-mite!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTqLdbIAswxAkoa1mOpYk4YiuMi5ptsuD9qzq-P-4UdUaqTeGH3NqxavlmnHI0_npOrzO7l-2_Y7m2ZAOJbEaDOhJ_5Ax8_dH7BX5yA-civF3dKYJ5EtgTW90kPLgu6yV6x60dLXkHaee/s1600/08_15+2010+029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzTqLdbIAswxAkoa1mOpYk4YiuMi5ptsuD9qzq-P-4UdUaqTeGH3NqxavlmnHI0_npOrzO7l-2_Y7m2ZAOJbEaDOhJ_5Ax8_dH7BX5yA-civF3dKYJ5EtgTW90kPLgu6yV6x60dLXkHaee/s320/08_15+2010+029.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">He was using the waste ends from our streamers but they ended up being such a huge hit, we had to <em>buy</em> him wood to make more! He sells more dynamite than we sell streamers...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7jTius3MjQ2RSw3TtlgbOrbFVwx1QpitkUaw33q7rYcyz4gxXNFnGMfIlTqUamdNQy-7oXRvY4qjrHr-7JYIzFrGO7JOpvmOGbtElxQy0aqG5PJ9dC3L8Ac2dpvWjYkIaakewhAHRyw3/s1600/08_15+2010+028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7jTius3MjQ2RSw3TtlgbOrbFVwx1QpitkUaw33q7rYcyz4gxXNFnGMfIlTqUamdNQy-7oXRvY4qjrHr-7JYIzFrGO7JOpvmOGbtElxQy0aqG5PJ9dC3L8Ac2dpvWjYkIaakewhAHRyw3/s320/08_15+2010+028.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">To help Milo be more independent with his creations, His Papa, Mojo, made him a "jig". </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Now he can make his little packs of T-N-T all by himself! </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuE9fb7YMyS5MMf7rWA04R-yXLcVr1hMoOUWJsohBSjp_w21MTaBaHNxYRskhJM_OmZYwzffD4U3AfgmnkztdZgWTpTHcAH2mf8doRFADcPTpyFDPeA4M5Gpw3t_ZgL8LCCwwVy56TZ1Q/s1600/08_15+2010+030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuE9fb7YMyS5MMf7rWA04R-yXLcVr1hMoOUWJsohBSjp_w21MTaBaHNxYRskhJM_OmZYwzffD4U3AfgmnkztdZgWTpTHcAH2mf8doRFADcPTpyFDPeA4M5Gpw3t_ZgL8LCCwwVy56TZ1Q/s200/08_15+2010+030.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZtA8w6NVn3F90vPmJJ8cPnTOiD1ovgRBQQUdz0aJdOgupj6fgS8BZ7OsKerJuEGDq_p-KuQNelX-KZGbLkZBtUhOSZSzFNWfBRX8yv7XzEkbf2FKU_SMWDNMadNEnZJL6we1-d4vhufy/s1600/08_15+2010+033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZtA8w6NVn3F90vPmJJ8cPnTOiD1ovgRBQQUdz0aJdOgupj6fgS8BZ7OsKerJuEGDq_p-KuQNelX-KZGbLkZBtUhOSZSzFNWfBRX8yv7XzEkbf2FKU_SMWDNMadNEnZJL6we1-d4vhufy/s200/08_15+2010+033.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmqeJJ4WCbZNx3ZAJkaZhSRrVvJggrJJBAGUKq3xGV2vMhJpbtQJ4rNkzI2SZz3qiHqPHCRBsIDTnh42sk5yU7aLX0FPdp64ZM7Mmuf8f2ZINHm6CilBs5Ft-GgkFhW5TVrPlIOLh_gbV-/s1600/08_15+2010+034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmqeJJ4WCbZNx3ZAJkaZhSRrVvJggrJJBAGUKq3xGV2vMhJpbtQJ4rNkzI2SZz3qiHqPHCRBsIDTnh42sk5yU7aLX0FPdp64ZM7Mmuf8f2ZINHm6CilBs5Ft-GgkFhW5TVrPlIOLh_gbV-/s200/08_15+2010+034.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Wah La!!!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuOr692mpxV7OlN3ytkPQ7IiDXPWGUKfWhY8Vl2JEeFtkDLoWoghYH_qrV_-Gdx4MlMobnFcMX9z6hCHuMZF9UP3LyROauMEj3GuUzkK86ifAfwFfgk-NWBW7OKWyPnKwuwThdbBBxATw/s1600/08_15+2010+038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuOr692mpxV7OlN3ytkPQ7IiDXPWGUKfWhY8Vl2JEeFtkDLoWoghYH_qrV_-Gdx4MlMobnFcMX9z6hCHuMZF9UP3LyROauMEj3GuUzkK86ifAfwFfgk-NWBW7OKWyPnKwuwThdbBBxATw/s320/08_15+2010+038.jpg" /></a></div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-89994528155690384772010-07-13T22:23:00.000-04:002010-07-13T22:23:52.182-04:00Huge Sale in July with NaturalKids!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br />
<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Member shops from Etsy's <a href="http://natural-kids.blogspot.com/p/our-shops.html">NaturalKids Team</a> are having a sale in July! It's like <a href="http://natural-kids.blogspot.com/p/sale-christmas-in-july.html">Christmas in July</a>! </div><br />
Looking for a gift for someone special? Come right on in and browse through great deals! <a href="http://natural-kids.blogspot.com/p/sale-christmas-in-july.html">Sales and Promtions</a> you will want to check out!<br />
<br />
Our shop is offering...from July 15-25, buy any 2 items, get 10% your entire order (shipping excluded).<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNudBYy42fkbaR7x_bDTmjMPCNIT2YmzdoLi0L5o7nyU_VUjWu8q5ZoBDKdcHYmNLI3a-9v3VDKDhD4Xl4A7mJr5q3h7KeQ0Aus979s_-BL5HQaF_A40BDllvkvKIvazjBIYHGBup8nY79/s1600/NK_Christmas_July.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNudBYy42fkbaR7x_bDTmjMPCNIT2YmzdoLi0L5o7nyU_VUjWu8q5ZoBDKdcHYmNLI3a-9v3VDKDhD4Xl4A7mJr5q3h7KeQ0Aus979s_-BL5HQaF_A40BDllvkvKIvazjBIYHGBup8nY79/s400/NK_Christmas_July.png" width="400" /></a></div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-70176115394103509282010-07-03T07:07:00.001-04:002010-07-04T09:09:12.570-04:00May the Sun Shine down like Honey where you Stand...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyrObIvY9zkeJeKviT7DiXPzwPITmzXfOh9asSWGwmbQrr8zAUKPeEI-Qq7pXiJAw5rdCbaKv72Y0BEV5SJ5G1yydwo_sZzGxOVn3Myd-aGHkTX12nVoEifbfTUVqQcBYyVccs_T0MCeY5/s1600/bigsunstack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyrObIvY9zkeJeKviT7DiXPzwPITmzXfOh9asSWGwmbQrr8zAUKPeEI-Qq7pXiJAw5rdCbaKv72Y0BEV5SJ5G1yydwo_sZzGxOVn3Myd-aGHkTX12nVoEifbfTUVqQcBYyVccs_T0MCeY5/s320/bigsunstack.jpg" /></a></div>Holy big ball of fire! Check out this sweet giveaway from <a href="http://imaginationkidstoys.com/blog/2010/06/sunrise-sunset/">Imagination Kids</a>! Enter by 9pm tonight for a chance to win this super cool sun stacker! Be sure to swing by their <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Imaginationkids">shop</a> for more cool stuff!BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-29627709710996693332010-07-02T18:00:00.001-04:002010-07-02T18:01:30.077-04:00Butterflies on the Rise!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvE2aqQNEf-bPgQph7tMnAYl9W5nDaQV6NaXaJxZYGYldZJKaCvQGEywMY8PZ88wqAJcz0xWtLhYHBA1PZTgo6ZwwCnoaguAAsKu_NnLOA0KXLJ1r_nhbEJRhyphenhyphenPUPk5AqCE40atrHxiXWf/s1600/MuddyFeet+SafeHarbor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvE2aqQNEf-bPgQph7tMnAYl9W5nDaQV6NaXaJxZYGYldZJKaCvQGEywMY8PZ88wqAJcz0xWtLhYHBA1PZTgo6ZwwCnoaguAAsKu_NnLOA0KXLJ1r_nhbEJRhyphenhyphenPUPk5AqCE40atrHxiXWf/s320/MuddyFeet+SafeHarbor.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kelly, from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/muddyfeet">MuddyFeet</a> is flitting about, trying to bring back the beautiful butterflies! According to NWF, butterfly numbers have been low...so what can we do about it? Visit Kelly over at her <a href="http://themuddyfoot.blogspot.com/2010/07/butterfly-challenge.html">blog</a> to learn about the butterfly challenge she has to offer and to enter a giveaway of some of the beautiful things in the photo above!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-5311431975937522872010-07-02T17:29:00.001-04:002010-07-02T17:29:26.621-04:00Butterflies on the Rise!BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-36657379054451740592010-06-13T10:17:00.001-04:002010-06-13T10:18:21.924-04:00Progressive Pioneer Blog Double Giveaway!!!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUaqEahA_kfM3DoOpY68i52subCU8EXzhuAWuDoLpyXb1lHPAbqJbtXTsQluGrt_oWG_77zAgtWvD3shqaJavOukBhLZshbI8YE7AMJizhkZuJiAYHkpDkK0VExrucOXPGLn9iZj17Orr4/s1600/Fox+Kit.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUaqEahA_kfM3DoOpY68i52subCU8EXzhuAWuDoLpyXb1lHPAbqJbtXTsQluGrt_oWG_77zAgtWvD3shqaJavOukBhLZshbI8YE7AMJizhkZuJiAYHkpDkK0VExrucOXPGLn9iZj17Orr4/s200/Fox+Kit.bmp" width="181" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYwW_KB_CVvV0kOqFvGY3QdE5gT1LAcC7620Zm9iLmB_iba-qQr8uLtWJoqWpZnOOi4HDRTbNCz5Tg59DutkZlzbWSjLkkxEGEePj_L7mq48FADyMjnZZMxb0PoxSr0SjAbpIbqhytwnLO/s1600/SewnNatural+Acorns.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYwW_KB_CVvV0kOqFvGY3QdE5gT1LAcC7620Zm9iLmB_iba-qQr8uLtWJoqWpZnOOi4HDRTbNCz5Tg59DutkZlzbWSjLkkxEGEePj_L7mq48FADyMjnZZMxb0PoxSr0SjAbpIbqhytwnLO/s200/SewnNatural+Acorns.bmp" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.progressivepioneer.com/progressive-pioneer/2010/06/giveaway-bird-and-little-bird-and-sewn-natural.html">Progressive Pioneer</a> is having a double giveaway! One from Annie, of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/birdandlittlebird">Bird and Little Bird</a>, with her sweet little Semi-Fantastic Mr. Fox Kit and one from Jen, of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sewnnatural">SewnNatural</a>, with a set of her lovely felted acorns. Please do go over and enter!BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-69705265935069964372010-06-13T09:26:00.000-04:002010-06-13T09:26:45.102-04:00Giveaway with Living Crafts Magazine and the NaturalKids Team!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmZYpqyUVMP-NOFTSvPhJ0d1s8u9wxNv1iGuVzwQwe5xYPBYyAtlQlkxCYKuzQUwhtmN4mQBamm6EUap9wXSN1n6dv93PGVsoYIv1535uIeS-NKzpkLuBUAv-TXBVPKlYFPl8QT_0lFDL/s1600/Summer10CoverLivingCrafts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmZYpqyUVMP-NOFTSvPhJ0d1s8u9wxNv1iGuVzwQwe5xYPBYyAtlQlkxCYKuzQUwhtmN4mQBamm6EUap9wXSN1n6dv93PGVsoYIv1535uIeS-NKzpkLuBUAv-TXBVPKlYFPl8QT_0lFDL/s320/Summer10CoverLivingCrafts.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Living Crafts Magazine is offering an awesome giveaway! Have a chance to win your choice of either a one year subscription to Living Crafts or 4 back issues (in case you are already a subscriber but may have missed out on some of the previous issues).<br />
<br />
Each issue focuses on a season of the year, bringing ideas and the how-to for projects that are in harmony with nature to create a seasonal rhythm at home. Editorial content includes projects making toys, apparel, home items, gifts, and seasonal crafts.<br />
<br />
<br />
To find out more information and to enter, pop on over to the <a href="http://natural-kids.blogspot.com/2010/06/giveaway-from-living-crafts.html">NaturalKids Team blog</a>. The drawing will be on Sunday evening at 7:00 pm EST. <br />
<br />
Thanks from all the members of the Natural Kids Team!<br />
<br />
p.s.<br />
If you don't win, Pardis, the Editor of Living Crafts, is offering the current summer issue for free to all new subscribers by entering the following code at checkout ~ when you subscribe you will receive five issues all together instead of the usual four that come with a one year subscription ~ Sum10NEBirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-9578074999132605182010-05-28T09:36:00.001-04:002010-05-28T09:45:33.321-04:00It is All the Same Disease of Consumption<em><span style="font-size: large;">Eagle Rock could just as easily be the place, it is all the same disease of consumption. </span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-size: large;"></span></em><br />
<br />
<em><span style="font-size: large;">A Christian could find the answer in Chronicles 7:14</span></em><br />
<br />
<em><span style="font-size: large;">Same problem: and the same solution, but the solution seems so far out of our reach.</span></em><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Subject: A letter from Chief Arvol Looking horse - A great Urgency</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">To All World Religious and Spiritual Leaders</span><br />
<br />
My Relatives,<br />
<br />
Time has come to speak to the hearts of our Nations and their Leaders. I ask you this from the bottom of my heart, to come together from the Spirit of your Nations in prayer.<br />
<br />
We, from the heart of Turtle Island, have a great message for the World; we are guided to speak from all the White Animals showing their sacred color, which have been signs for us to pray for the sacred life of all things. <br />
<br />
As I am sending this message to you, many Animal Nations are being threatened, those that swim, those that crawl, those that fly, and the plant Nations, eventually all will be affect from the oil disaster in the Gulf.<br />
<br />
The dangers we are faced with at this time are not of spirit. The catastrophe that has happened with the oil spill which looks like the bleeding of Grandmother Earth, is made by human mistakes, mistakes that we cannot afford to continue to make.<br />
<br />
I asked, as Spiritual Leaders, that we join together, united in prayer with the whole of our Global Communities. My concern is these serious issues will continue to worsen, as a domino effect that our Ancestors have warned us of in their Prophecies.<br />
<br />
I know in my heart there are millions of people that feel our united prayers for the sake of our Grandmother Earth are long overdue. I believe we as Spiritual people must gather ourselves and focus our thoughts and<br />
prayers to allow the healing of the many wounds that have been inflicted on the Earth.<br />
<br />
As we honor the Cycle of Life, let us call for Prayer circles globally to assist in healing Grandmother Earth (our Unc'I Maka). We ask for prayers that the oil spill, this bleeding, will stop. That the winds stay calm to assist in the work. Pray for the people to be guided in repairing this mistake, and that we may also seek to live in harmony, as we make the choice to change the destructive path we are on.<br />
<br />
As we pray, we will fully understand that we are all connected. And that what we create can have lasting effects on all life. So let us unite spiritually, All Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer. Along with this immediate effort, I also ask to please remember June 21st, World Peace and Prayer Day/Honoring Sacred Sites day. Whether it is a natural site, a temple, a church, a synagogue or just your own sacred space, let us make<br />
a prayer for all life, for good decision making by our Nations, for our children's future and well-being, and the generations to come.<br />
<br />
Onipikte (that we shall live),<br />
<br />
Chief Arvol Looking Horse<br />
19th generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe<br />
<br />
Northwood Alliance, Inc<br />
6063 Baker Lake Road<br />
Conover, WI 54519 <br />
phone: 715-479-8528<br />
fax: 715-479-8528<br />
<a href="http://www.northwoodalliance.org/">http://www.northwoodalliance.org/</a><br />
<a href="mailto:nwa@nnex.net">nwa@nnex.net</a> <br />
<br />
More articles re: Eagle Rock <br />
<a href="http://keweenawnow.blogspot.com/2010/05/hot-day-at-eagle-rock-before-arrests-of.html">http://keweenawnow.blogspot.com/2010/05/hot-day-at-eagle-rock-before-arrests-of.html</a> <br />
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiancountrytoday.com%2Fhome%2Fcontent%2F95060709.html&h=b36e0 <br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWacx3or7kP_vKoqr0_K9zobJ_oQUJW9wVx2f0aC7J_K1Xx7u38IKgIdTJ3dmRToOaCIXvy1diMvUcswXrAIEMPmhClOwBFesayLi5XIl2qkHRfVoukbPx5pAYfOqeHviWdntuEwm1XYbi/s1600/Eagle+Rock+flag_camp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWacx3or7kP_vKoqr0_K9zobJ_oQUJW9wVx2f0aC7J_K1Xx7u38IKgIdTJ3dmRToOaCIXvy1diMvUcswXrAIEMPmhClOwBFesayLi5XIl2qkHRfVoukbPx5pAYfOqeHviWdntuEwm1XYbi/s400/Eagle+Rock+flag_camp.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>American flag is hung upside-down on top of Eagle Rock as a sign of distress. Photo by Keweenaw Now.BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-67571561991470120622010-05-23T11:06:00.000-04:002010-05-23T11:06:09.793-04:00Got Eagle Rock?<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-2ET8vm59qGcYMIFqhcxxqyyC7EAZZ6tGNHUlqRLkAF87JQlP3qwXrB6xn0AlH8zKcPCPt7HOs2WonuxfLubA3uixY1NnLhC3a14obMHbNXO05iufUhr5BITF8WCvSdNB8ByzjggjreA/s1600/Drew+Nelson2.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-2ET8vm59qGcYMIFqhcxxqyyC7EAZZ6tGNHUlqRLkAF87JQlP3qwXrB6xn0AlH8zKcPCPt7HOs2WonuxfLubA3uixY1NnLhC3a14obMHbNXO05iufUhr5BITF8WCvSdNB8ByzjggjreA/s320/Drew+Nelson2.bmp" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">For Immediate Release: May 23, 2010 </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Contact: </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Cynthia Pryor - (906) 360-2414 - <a href="mailto:cpryor@isp.com">cpryor@isp.com</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve - (906) 345-9223 - <a href="mailto:ydwp@yellowdogwatershed.org">ydwp@yellowdogwatershed.org</a> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Drew Nelson – (616) 706-2539 - <a href="mailto:drew@drewnelson.net">drew@drewnelson.net</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Link to Drew Nelson's song: <a href="http://www.yellowdogwatershed.org/blog/2010/05/21/activist-songwriter-release-song/">http://www.yellowdogwatershed.org/blog/2010/05/21/activist-songwriter-release-song/</a></div><br />
<br />
Hard copies of the song are also available by contacting the YDWP office.<br />
<br />
Drew Nelson releases ‘Eagle Rock - Song of the People” in support of those protecting their sacred site from harm <br />
<br />
Drew Nelson, singer songwriter, has written a song that calls to all of us who wish to protect our lands from any action that would injure it. Drew who is from Michigan, understands our water rich place and has embraced this cause against a metallic sulfide mine on the Yellow Dog Plains - located in the beautiful remote Upper Peninsula of Michigan on the shores of Lake Superior.<br />
<br />
Currently, Rio Tinto second largest mining conglomerate in the world proposes a copper/nickel mine under the Salmon Trout River on the Yellow Dog Plains. The proposed mine, disrespectfully called “Eagle” is on state and public land that our government has put in the hands of this multi-national corporation for their private gain. On this state land there is a rock - a three acre outcrop that is the only high spot on the Yellow Dog Plains. This rock is Migi zii wa sin or Eagle Rock that is a sacred site to the Anishinaabe of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. Eagle Rock was scheduled and approved by the state of Michigan to be the portal to this mine.<br />
<br />
The event that precipitated the arrest of Cynthia Pryor and the occupation of Eagle Rock by three courageous women - Charlotte Loonsfoot, Chalsey Smith and Georgeana Earring was the beginning of the fencing in of Eagle Rock by Rio Tinto. These are all women of the water who did what they had to do to help stop this mine.<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvh0UZRMETOc9apGYdIw1R8vaYf0BD5e_BCIOOKlpYV1Pa0fI2gpQ305NM5ruG2o5Dx1n2nkviTeOnwJSduVYK7MsDl_603Kj4k68N7dusEJqZJ5nEVJdINRISaiiVNKsC_NsqVUiym8A-/s1600/Eagle+Rock+Aerial.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvh0UZRMETOc9apGYdIw1R8vaYf0BD5e_BCIOOKlpYV1Pa0fI2gpQ305NM5ruG2o5Dx1n2nkviTeOnwJSduVYK7MsDl_603Kj4k68N7dusEJqZJ5nEVJdINRISaiiVNKsC_NsqVUiym8A-/s320/Eagle+Rock+Aerial.jpg" /></a></div>Drew wrote this song in honor of the bravery of those who now occupy Migi zii wa sin and who are not leaving. Drew presents this song with these words:<br />
<br />
I have written a new song called 'Eagle Rock (song for the people)" and it will be made available for FREE to everyone. All I ask is you visit these sites, educate your self about what is going on and PLEASE make a donation to those brave heroes who are holding off one of the largest and most egregious violators of indigenous peoples and our mother the earth.<br />
<br />
THIS IS NOT A LOCAL PROBLEM IT IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM.<br />
<br />
Drew signs his name lower case and as ‘human being’. This is not about any one person but together represents all the brave spirits and human beings that care. We thank all who wish to help and as you listen to this song - think about those people on the ground, in harm’s way, who have taken their stand - there at Eagle Rock.<br />
<br />
For more information about Eagle Rock and how you can help, go to these sites: <a href="http://www.standfortheland.com/">http://www.standfortheland.com/</a>; <a href="http://www.yellowdogwatershed.org/">http://www.yellowdogwatershed.org/</a>; and <a href="http://www.savethewildup.org/">http://www.savethewildup.org/</a>.<br />
<br />
Please also visit Drew Nelson's website at <a href="http://www.drewnelson.net/">http://www.drewnelson.net/</a>.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqihuVnQE2YfU4R_k2NVzq8E2qLk3Q-QlNnzly_lC_OHWfrwByaoMme_zn2Q4lysPcYI-aXAsDwDozmfWdIJFYHplbRWwp5cffzOkf2EsGBbQrIAtajon2-hYj00wJ3D9RbIzzc98uxda/s1600/ST+Curvey+Shot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqihuVnQE2YfU4R_k2NVzq8E2qLk3Q-QlNnzly_lC_OHWfrwByaoMme_zn2Q4lysPcYI-aXAsDwDozmfWdIJFYHplbRWwp5cffzOkf2EsGBbQrIAtajon2-hYj00wJ3D9RbIzzc98uxda/s320/ST+Curvey+Shot.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Our Great Lakes are so precious! According to the EPA website <a href="http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/basicinfo.html">http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/basicinfo.html</a>: The Great Lakes are the largest surface freshwater system on the Earth. They contain about 84 percent of North America's surface fresh water and about 21 percent of the world's supply. Only the polar ice caps contain more fresh water.</div><br />
In addition: Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area and is the world's third-largest freshwater lake by volume. <br />
<br />
Holy wah that's a lot of fresh water...we need to work together to protect it!BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-31686858936883542732010-04-24T10:04:00.001-04:002010-04-24T10:40:06.161-04:00Soulemama Giveaway with the NaturalKids Team!Soulemama is hostessing a giveaway with some members from the NaturalKids Team. Click on over to enter to win one of our playsilks, along with other goodies from our natty friends!<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.soulemama.com/soulemama/2010/04/soulemama-sponsor-natural-kids-.html#comment-6a00d8341c4ea853ef0134801a87bd970c">http://www.soulemama.com/soulemama/2010/04/soulemama-sponsor-natural-kids-.html#comment-6a00d8341c4ea853ef0134801a87bd970c</a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiT2ACICG1salujNjyAJQvLhtDoIzVC0Jw6bdEmZ1b4FhOL6FIEgrSCFEkkoMuDY93q5P8lljyK50CRCXkjhksNwH-8N8N35vF7ra0Y7M1rfCbzoyo_v4QPlpBY2k_PGepuVQS0vFgitse/s1600/Soulemama+giveaway+2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiT2ACICG1salujNjyAJQvLhtDoIzVC0Jw6bdEmZ1b4FhOL6FIEgrSCFEkkoMuDY93q5P8lljyK50CRCXkjhksNwH-8N8N35vF7ra0Y7M1rfCbzoyo_v4QPlpBY2k_PGepuVQS0vFgitse/s400/Soulemama+giveaway+2010.jpg" tt="true" width="300" /></a></div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-62582524238256676482010-04-22T08:25:00.001-04:002010-04-22T08:34:41.218-04:00Deep Fried Peeps<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, what do you do with those nasty left over peeps no one wants to eat after Easter anyway?</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjFhwzMcQ78kdacAkxjqLZvPPmxXj6nKiZhL0Q7oMNbC88t78LtueDLzg1SGaGHV7vN-YI_zWbWQ9-8gIev3vCV_XBixhrUmJcccj2Bbb3wpe2CXI3JCoz1xfx814jNwPTS5VL-QWG1Ee/s1600/05_04+2009+027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjFhwzMcQ78kdacAkxjqLZvPPmxXj6nKiZhL0Q7oMNbC88t78LtueDLzg1SGaGHV7vN-YI_zWbWQ9-8gIev3vCV_XBixhrUmJcccj2Bbb3wpe2CXI3JCoz1xfx814jNwPTS5VL-QWG1Ee/s320/05_04+2009+027.jpg" wt="true" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktDSSS6ppOD_O44pJvPMxcMAbEBDwISt1rnWWnW4i3mOI23tYAJBSDvG6ewhIW13hwrTxSaTyt1uWLkkdaRx7qTgeIdQJSL8fFBcdTfA_NHeuazgWijBrlxKeuY8vOhpg8DJQqKaekMkw/s1600/05_04+2009+029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjktDSSS6ppOD_O44pJvPMxcMAbEBDwISt1rnWWnW4i3mOI23tYAJBSDvG6ewhIW13hwrTxSaTyt1uWLkkdaRx7qTgeIdQJSL8fFBcdTfA_NHeuazgWijBrlxKeuY8vOhpg8DJQqKaekMkw/s320/05_04+2009+029.jpg" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Well, if you happen to know a potter (which we do.), and if he happens to be firing his wood-fired kiln (which he was)...we highly suggest bringing the peeps!</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_m1Ar-B68_Ya3ckwpVd-wGHh4-FDyDUf-uTbKwJ3phNuOzTmisfwKSjwPU6QITgASavZqZvZCBPnjYUXYVyfm2NoG75jgONcBkCaThT-dylrJltHxwgy-bgs_Wc8GWdl96BSojKWXq68/s1600/05_04+2009+032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_m1Ar-B68_Ya3ckwpVd-wGHh4-FDyDUf-uTbKwJ3phNuOzTmisfwKSjwPU6QITgASavZqZvZCBPnjYUXYVyfm2NoG75jgONcBkCaThT-dylrJltHxwgy-bgs_Wc8GWdl96BSojKWXq68/s320/05_04+2009+032.jpg" width="320" wt="true" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxnaVq5LEekAmeQeblTjUrr56L68cmqtpuFVQg4Dnt2iFrALofcKnMUmNo_bBrwUt5o0s19JQTpGgrg3Z4xsaAK7MPQVR6LH0uJfWKYS-0ncyDg5D9J0KtWl_4budzZKmndwZwZYWcHCx/s1600/05_04+2009+034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxnaVq5LEekAmeQeblTjUrr56L68cmqtpuFVQg4Dnt2iFrALofcKnMUmNo_bBrwUt5o0s19JQTpGgrg3Z4xsaAK7MPQVR6LH0uJfWKYS-0ncyDg5D9J0KtWl_4budzZKmndwZwZYWcHCx/s320/05_04+2009+034.jpg" width="320" wt="true" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72PzIzCUZ5-c-zkcItedCWsnPzV0EyacGy_h5MFEEZe4GnpcqYQULWja9G-RmeoXV5oo7smAHvYcVmrzsHNK7QPR6C33nz8YKaFy08NXri8NXwyaoMxub-11nYE3qEAK1H-HpJXIQEJgJ/s1600/05_04+2009+036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72PzIzCUZ5-c-zkcItedCWsnPzV0EyacGy_h5MFEEZe4GnpcqYQULWja9G-RmeoXV5oo7smAHvYcVmrzsHNK7QPR6C33nz8YKaFy08NXri8NXwyaoMxub-11nYE3qEAK1H-HpJXIQEJgJ/s320/05_04+2009+036.jpg" width="320" wt="true" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3ClKACoAMmTGYVANdQJeGnxBkJT1XUUq6S2jfjIF7idOkRXN-QDrLGyc57B3IN6M73X1nD_cuq-zWvsLuFURs6EfX6ljOtYEQ32L7IKWnxYz58NuOc72P8YEM_EClH-20iE6Jz8aoPgf/s1600/05_04+2009+038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3ClKACoAMmTGYVANdQJeGnxBkJT1XUUq6S2jfjIF7idOkRXN-QDrLGyc57B3IN6M73X1nD_cuq-zWvsLuFURs6EfX6ljOtYEQ32L7IKWnxYz58NuOc72P8YEM_EClH-20iE6Jz8aoPgf/s320/05_04+2009+038.jpg" width="320" wt="true" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJCp_P9O6vqCtRVpWE2hT5LMkD8VW3YavGklsJxTAkLkJiNi_wFpnanEvDr9s8DNQN85kUhzTd_POdZ1C6G8Eda2Tub4dh5hdpqhhgkQ_mU4h6BH6xkWur4n-1UZ5-wLGJ7uBPWrQBjO_/s1600/05_04+2009+050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJCp_P9O6vqCtRVpWE2hT5LMkD8VW3YavGklsJxTAkLkJiNi_wFpnanEvDr9s8DNQN85kUhzTd_POdZ1C6G8Eda2Tub4dh5hdpqhhgkQ_mU4h6BH6xkWur4n-1UZ5-wLGJ7uBPWrQBjO_/s320/05_04+2009+050.jpg" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to Ryan Dalman and his family with Dalman Pottery...They taste much better kiln fried!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Below are some of Ryan's lovely pots. For further inquiries, he may be reached at <a href="mailto:dalmanpottery@gmail.com">dalmanpottery@gmail.com</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Qdf7FAbJ5AqIqIFxjixiBNiesODWDW1KCjiw49ycBOFbxCDesold4Cx-IsPJtfgmy1R44U_v4B_6GJ9JJZKeI27xjvdHuPuvJV7QgBXJk5hlKxERPwKcrdIcfoYc6BG521Eo_6bUBjO-/s1600/05_29+2009+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Qdf7FAbJ5AqIqIFxjixiBNiesODWDW1KCjiw49ycBOFbxCDesold4Cx-IsPJtfgmy1R44U_v4B_6GJ9JJZKeI27xjvdHuPuvJV7QgBXJk5hlKxERPwKcrdIcfoYc6BG521Eo_6bUBjO-/s200/05_29+2009+003.jpg" width="200" wt="true" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbMEmADrFeUDmpLmdfkst9KolEiiHaVbY6luqvJLitbn5i2zr86lk1LQZLfaUGoqf7EZSIWlX2Gth8u5BRi_WXxTS7eijt_ErANr0vNo9RXo7VEzGo96VVhgua1nKRQq3MNlF1qfLGIKN/s1600/05_29+2009+023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbMEmADrFeUDmpLmdfkst9KolEiiHaVbY6luqvJLitbn5i2zr86lk1LQZLfaUGoqf7EZSIWlX2Gth8u5BRi_WXxTS7eijt_ErANr0vNo9RXo7VEzGo96VVhgua1nKRQq3MNlF1qfLGIKN/s200/05_29+2009+023.jpg" width="150" wt="true" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BYfW68kHkWfU8P0kefaC8wyeAx7mFIHL6DW9xEFWX60CznJ5BYD8gJxdOVSdKQXijmC5kZJxVwZzMUSdnQRy9WxWIyaEyvDqQp4C2Y6NdXvIAZ7oLxpizZobMEplGuxxgAafid7s0xYl/s1600/05_29+2009+053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BYfW68kHkWfU8P0kefaC8wyeAx7mFIHL6DW9xEFWX60CznJ5BYD8gJxdOVSdKQXijmC5kZJxVwZzMUSdnQRy9WxWIyaEyvDqQp4C2Y6NdXvIAZ7oLxpizZobMEplGuxxgAafid7s0xYl/s200/05_29+2009+053.jpg" width="200" wt="true" /></a></div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471919816612275947.post-27769897226887115432010-04-18T20:40:00.002-04:002010-04-18T20:52:55.104-04:00Sugar Loop 2010 - From Sap to Syrup<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">From Sap to Syrup...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6kXfy39c_-qhacUnM5sH5G2i5OPhkKg4Sj1-J-j0TTbd4v5GPrPN9TUYO7PjYPDCznl7klN6C4799V2KM4KpC4kdI1M3tgg1S6qcW8LiIXOxunWdMI1S9vOKH4aQjJC1i2iRRbV3uaBR/s1600/3_13+2010+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6kXfy39c_-qhacUnM5sH5G2i5OPhkKg4Sj1-J-j0TTbd4v5GPrPN9TUYO7PjYPDCznl7klN6C4799V2KM4KpC4kdI1M3tgg1S6qcW8LiIXOxunWdMI1S9vOKH4aQjJC1i2iRRbV3uaBR/s320/3_13+2010+003.jpg" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;">Mojo and Rad boilin' down sap. This is an all day process of feeding the fire and adding sap. It takes a little over 40 gallons of sap to equal one gallon of syrup.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyMGwlvLqMexhMxdT5nPuWha-k8nxpaQXSYsWNdV8MnbqmJX_LekJ4MdWujkulfa2WFI_BmSzueaKgY1r3OqFxj-Znyk8jQjM1y-liJp3vk2Fmq099Ya_6lKs8sm5L1biW9VcufsLdoC6r/s1600/3_12+2010+052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyMGwlvLqMexhMxdT5nPuWha-k8nxpaQXSYsWNdV8MnbqmJX_LekJ4MdWujkulfa2WFI_BmSzueaKgY1r3OqFxj-Znyk8jQjM1y-liJp3vk2Fmq099Ya_6lKs8sm5L1biW9VcufsLdoC6r/s200/3_12+2010+052.jpg" width="186" wt="true" /></a></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We bought a new stainless steel pan this year...it's so lovely! <br />
Thanks to Paul at <br />
<a href="http://stainlesssteelcreations.net/">stainlesssteelcreations</a><br />
for such a nicely made pan.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtuuc43MO-ttF49jsMuByG14o0yxS2_Vx78sTp2_CD-wpowybGpd1vhUYWWO5uw5Yw68ymFdNh0HyA0ewVbXnnCzel4QczECpaE2GE88WrReHSNgruiTc-M2j64uVBlJB783zVab5OIpZe/s1600/3_13+2010+012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtuuc43MO-ttF49jsMuByG14o0yxS2_Vx78sTp2_CD-wpowybGpd1vhUYWWO5uw5Yw68ymFdNh0HyA0ewVbXnnCzel4QczECpaE2GE88WrReHSNgruiTc-M2j64uVBlJB783zVab5OIpZe/s320/3_13+2010+012.jpg" wt="true" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xW80-Qyxjoz1fqAn3-bBt32UCaHW9Divh6Gq2GpPZjS7wNEz1BPyUBWE3nqatbaZsVFsgskOfzcq8rF8A8fDyouQta41NEmOPd75OjcbC5v1EIAABtzgQhqbkCnbX28DuZcEBT-xwHeP/s1600/3_13+2010+020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xW80-Qyxjoz1fqAn3-bBt32UCaHW9Divh6Gq2GpPZjS7wNEz1BPyUBWE3nqatbaZsVFsgskOfzcq8rF8A8fDyouQta41NEmOPd75OjcbC5v1EIAABtzgQhqbkCnbX28DuZcEBT-xwHeP/s320/3_13+2010+020.jpg" width="320" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Sap at a rapid boil.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
Kiah and Ona call it a day and make the trek home. </div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyre4LqBYc6oweiaOHp53XeEm032WBW-SdpXEaNsldUPIHR9HYSg1v9i-8Qh4jOi-iFaGMAhYF1TUpAa6n0GfSN0EEgs1YfKgHUegm4KlPFXzocCC48aj3sPei2mSHO2bSK-0kpeTu-gj4/s1600/3_13+2010+027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: right; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyre4LqBYc6oweiaOHp53XeEm032WBW-SdpXEaNsldUPIHR9HYSg1v9i-8Qh4jOi-iFaGMAhYF1TUpAa6n0GfSN0EEgs1YfKgHUegm4KlPFXzocCC48aj3sPei2mSHO2bSK-0kpeTu-gj4/s320/3_13+2010+027.jpg" wt="true" /></a>We transport the remaining sap to our outdoor kitchen. Here we boil it down on the stove. We take it to 119 degrees, then strain it from the faucet into jars.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgcrsnljo2YRrFUgE6UypT4v2MzthiK8aF5iR9lDUw2Inau6ly59wStl9ulL7llFy3k9fo-mEZOMMYOV9FsJzFJ00qlzAn3uBRJtFWN33nNSesurBlSwMxBiWQgUCi649J3VcDqOTB7se/s1600/3_13+2010+014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgcrsnljo2YRrFUgE6UypT4v2MzthiK8aF5iR9lDUw2Inau6ly59wStl9ulL7llFy3k9fo-mEZOMMYOV9FsJzFJ00qlzAn3uBRJtFWN33nNSesurBlSwMxBiWQgUCi649J3VcDqOTB7se/s320/3_13+2010+014.jpg" width="240" wt="true" /></a>The jar on the left is from the "first run" batch. The jar on the right is from the 2nd run.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8P3s_hEmEr13lSwmBBB3HZKdMBnwvicBDJ_VwACeaXyMq9-jaNkXklxoScQ3K0qfDzoNUyedOOGKy6oeUkwjvh3WXYCEUXyEzloUIb_Sw0jY5gkEiMPYfY81bce3ishBQNLCRgYxEjFe/s1600/3_13+2010+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8P3s_hEmEr13lSwmBBB3HZKdMBnwvicBDJ_VwACeaXyMq9-jaNkXklxoScQ3K0qfDzoNUyedOOGKy6oeUkwjvh3WXYCEUXyEzloUIb_Sw0jY5gkEiMPYfY81bce3ishBQNLCRgYxEjFe/s320/3_13+2010+010.jpg" width="240" wt="true" /></a>This painting from our dear friend, Jen, sums it all up...Maple sap is such a blessing! Making your own maple syrup sure makes you feel "connected" because you know right where it's coming from!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>BirchLeaf Designs - Wendy and Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649752314100372825noreply@blogger.com2