So as you can see a few flowers have started to come up and everything is in slow motion. One day it’s warm and then winter is back with cold , cold temps. We have had an unusual winter here in Arizona. I am happy we have gotten more rain. some places up north are getting a lot of snow. I prefer rain. Hey, but where we live even if it snows it only stays for a day. So today I thought I would work on this blog. I get so busy with so many things like beading and leather work that I don’t write. This is my attempt to blog again. We will see how it goes. Gardening is coming up very soon and that will take my afternoon and evenings. We are looking so forward to spring and all the beautiful flowers.
Daffodils and Iris flowers
Chives are coming up
Parsley from last year and mystery plants
River checking things out after a major wind storm
A lot of beaded medicine bags we made this week.
I do container gardening because at my age it’s so much easier on my back, knees and all around everything. I don’t have to deal with grass , gophers, moles, and weeds. Especially gophers and moles. They just move peacefully on when they can’t get into my buckets.
Today I am going to start on a beaded turtle for a pipe bag.
We have been so busy with making orders I haven’t had time to make a blog post. But today is January 1st 2023 and here we go. I have a couple new designs in the turtle world. This top one has a turquoise cabochon in the center of the turtle. It’s a 5 x 4 inch medicine bag with a neck strap and can be made as a double drawstring bag.
We have added some new medicine bags to our collection. Each one is unique , handmade to what you like. There are beaded turtles, beaded bear paws, beaded wolf paws , beaded four directions and a variety of others. If you just want a splash of beadwork in your favorite colors just let us know or pick from the beautiful color combinations we have created.
Good morning friends! I would like to show you a beaded wolf paw pipe bag that we made recently. This pipe bag is made in soft saddle tan leather with chocolate brown lace. It measures 8 inches wide and 20 inches long with 18 inches of usable space for your pipe. It is all hand stitched and has tied fringe down the sides and off the bottom of the bag. We decorated this chanupa bag with red glass crow beads and tin cones. It has a braided double drawstring closure and a 4 point braided shoulder strap. You can find this bag on our website here PIPE BAG .
We make custom leather of all kinds styles and colors. If you need a different beadwork on your bag I do a collections of different kinds, from beaded wolf paws, beaded bear paws, beaded turtles, sunbursts and on…. Come by and check out our website and see the many different leather goods we have to offer.
It’s November 22nd and gez what a year it has been. We are all trying to find a little hope and peace in the middle of so much suffering. I have been growing a container garden for a couple years now. It’s better for my back and knees at this age. We have had a few frosts this year. The days have been unseasonably warm and these flowers I planted have been thinking about blooming for awhile. Today when I went out at noon to look around this little flower had opened up. How sweet is that?
November 2020 flowers
This sweet little flower is in the same container as the parsley I planted. A few other flowers are thinking of opening up too. Parsley does well in cold weather and frosts but I am so surprised with these flowers. It makes my heart sing with joy! ❤
November 2020 flowersNovember 2020 flowers
That’s all ! I wanted to share this with you! You never know what little miracle will come to show you a little joy in life. To remind you it’s all okay even when everything is so uncertain. To be honest uncertainty is part of everyday life.
It’s Sunday morning and all is well around our home. We spent some time in the garden before it gets to hot. I have been planting a fall garden and it’s growing good. The mornings have been so nice and cool. It’s refreshing when fall arrives. The plants are all happy. River is getting to know the bunnies in our yard.
We love getting up with the sun and spending time outside. With fall here and the days getting shorter we will need to change some things but to us it’s important to get out and play outside. When we are done we get busy with beading and making leather bags.
The pictures tell the story. I am grateful for my life. There are many things to be grateful for. The times we are in are pretty weird but all in all you just have to do the best you can and find joy where you can.
Good morning friends! I hope this blog post finds you well and doing the best you can through these days of uncertainty.
We are doing well here at our home in Cornville, AZ. We have been making leather and beadworks and I have been playing in my garden, mostly in the mornings because it is so very hot. River (our fur baby) and I play ball when it’s early morning and the heat hasn’t set in yet.
River is a real joy for us ! ❤ So grateful he is here with us. He has been part of our family about a year now. What a sweet boy! We love him so much! ❤
River
John and I are are staying busy with our leather and beads. We are so grateful for creativity 🙂 in our lives. Today I would like to show you just a few of our ready to ship items we have added to our Etsy shop. These small leather medicine bags can be found in our section Ready to ship pouches.
This small medicine bag is made in soft palomino leather and has a small antler tip on the front for decoration. It’s simple, small and light! Small medicine bag.
This fringed leather medicine bag is made in soft palomino leather and has cut fringe off the bottom and a turquoise blue glass crow bead. For those of you who love fringe this is an alternative to the the plain one with no fringe. Medicine pouch with fringe
For those of you who like lots of fringe and an extra bit of mojo to you medicine bag this one is very special too! Antler tip medicine bag with fringe.
If you see something you like be sure to follow the links to these medicine bags. There is more information and prices in our Etsy shop! They are ready to ship! We also have other styles and colors of ready to ship bags and have many leather handbags, pipe bags, moccasins and much more in made to order just for you! Thunder Rose Leather on Etsy
These leather pouches are all handmade with attention to detail. Each one of these are unique and one of a kind leather bags. They are all ready to ship on our website THUNDER ROSE LEATHER . We have many more to choose from in our READY TO SHIP COLLECTION of leather handbags, medicine bags and more.
For a limited time these are ON SALE. You will receive 20% off at checkout.
These medicine bags are all made in soft durable leather and measure approximately 4 inches tall x 3 inches wide and have a braided neck strap measuring 28 inches. Each one has an antler tip closure.
Our summer rains are here and it makes everything feel so much better. Of course the high humidity before it rains is a bit uncomfortable for us Arizona folks. The rain storm that moved through a couple days ago really gave us a good soak. As far as gardens go I really had to switch everything up this year. We have so many little squirrels ,they ate all the vegies as fast as I planted them. So I decided to go with flowers . Preferably ones they don’t really like.
They love morning glories . I had lots of those coming up from last year and they ate them before they put on their third leaf. Now with all the rain there are bunches of them coming up all over the place. * Don’t tell the squirrels*. I ended up planting honeysuckle and other vines for the fence. But I was also able to have parsley , sage and lavender. For some reason they don’t care for any of those plants.
Gardening in Arizona is a challenge. So I am going with flowers . The geraniums I got for free at home depot are doing great. *Not squirrel food*.
One day I walked into home depot and this nice man said see all those racks of plants over there? They are all free. They won’t last long. So I went and picked some out. They are mostly pink flowers and one red one.
Our Rose bush is really getting big . It has been blooming all summer. Considering how dry it has been I was surprised. It is more geared up for the Arizona weather.
Other than that John and I have been making our leather goods and bead work and trying to stay cool.
Oh and yes there are bunches of night shades growing around my buckets. But I am not worried about that. I love going out and setting with the birds drinking my morning coffee and watching the hummingbirds.
Sometimes the hawks come by to say hi and Rosie gets to chase the squirrels when they come out to see if we have left.
garden 2018
So I’m not trying to win some kind of competition with my garden. Never was into it for that. I love playing in the dirt and I love sitting outside with the birds and any friendly faces that come by. Even the night shades have pretty little purple flowers.
I love Mother Earth and she loves me!
This is before in the spring.
Here are a couple of our neighbors the squirrels and the rabbits.
Our sweet fur baby Rosie. Sweetest girl in the world! Love her so much! ❤
So I have said enough.
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