Okay seriously...

I made this blog so I could share my crafts with anyone who wants to see them and I have not done a good job keeping it up.  I have done several projects since creating this blog, and I plan to show pics and write up mini descriptions about them.  That's all for now. 

Random pieces around the house

P and I both got the new Motorola DROID Bionic and I downloaded the blogger app to see what i could do with it. I think i can take pics directly from the posting. Let's try it out.

New To You Music

So I wanted to share with you folks one way you can get ahold of some new music for your iPod or whichever or whatever MP3 player you use. 

You may have seen my earlier post about thrifting bed sheets for fabric yardage.  Well this is the same concept. When you are at Goodwill, go to the CDs and just check out what's there.  Most of them are only $2.99.  I have picked up a few great finds this way, just make sure you check inside the case.  I wanted a Daughtry CD a few weeks ago but when I opened it it had the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack inside.  Bummer.  You might even find something you've never heard of but the song titles sound cool.  Good way to hear new to you music.  Today I found what I believe has to be so far my best Goodwill CD find.  Not all my friends and family know this but I really like listening to music in foreign languages...mostly German.  I have discovered an 80's German Pop Rock band called Munchener Freiheit.  Here is a link to their Wikipedia.  If you have seen the movie Say Anything... then you may remember the song Keeping the Dream Alive.

So that is a way to get new to you music.  I hope next time you go to Goodwill you will check out the CD rack and just see what you can find.  You never know what can be in there.

Ashley Holland 8/23/2011

Another NBY Garden Update!

Ok, so when I sent out on this gardening adventure I had no idea I'd be so successful!!!  Here are the pictures.....

 These two actually sprouted off of the first one that bloomed. That one has been removed and is currently drying out and will become delicious sunflower seeds in a few days.

 This one's almost as tall as the fence!

 This one just shows the whole garden.

 See that little watermelon in there?

Here's the other watermelon.

Wow! Gardening is so fun!  I love to go out back every morning and check out the progress of my garden, and enjoy the sounds of the birds and the clouds going by and all that fun nature-y stuff.  I'll be posting an update on the seeds really soon.  Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have enjoyed the pictures of my No Back Yard Garden.

Keep coming back for more Craft Tastic fun with Ash!

Ashley Holland 7/1/2011

Update on NBY Garden

Alright, so it's been a few weeks now and...well here's what it looks like now.

The Mammoth Sunflower in the very middle, has gotten to be about 2 feet tall now. 

Here it is getting ready to bloom

Starting to bloom now....

It's bloomed! 

I'm so EXCITED!!!!  The garden is doing great!  I forgot to mention the watermelons are also growing nicely.  No actual watermelons yet, update on those later.

Ashley Holland 6/10/2011

Polymer Covered Bottles

Wow! It wasn't until I was actually bringing these downstairs to photograph them that I realized how OLD they are.  The following pics are of some coins jars I made out of upcycled Starbucks Frappuccino bottles.  I made these in 2004.  Like I said....OLD!  Here they are:

Quarters

Dimes

Nickels. 

By the time I got to this one, I felt like making it look like something.  For some reason mint chocolate chip ice cream came to mind.

Pennies.

This one is the first one I made.  Before I got the idea to make coins jars.

This one I made for Preston as a house warming gift when he moved into the Cumberland a few years ago.  It had some bamboo in it but they died.  :(

Well I am most certainly enjoying getting to share my projects.  I have to admit I have not done anything recently except for a painting that Preston says I should call Ketchup and Mustard (in a French accent).  Haha!  I might show a pic of that in a later post.  If I decide not to spray paint over it.

Ashley Holland 6/10/2011

Polymer Pastries

Hey Folks!

Today I was sick and left work early.  I have pretty much been sitting here at the house all day catching up on my re-runs of Beverly Hills, 90210. 

Anyway, I was going through some pics and found this one of the polymer pastries I made for my fellow Starbucks partners a couple of Christmases ago.  I asked everyone what their favorite pastry was and made each of them a Christmas ornament.  I had a fun time making them.

Polymer clay is so fun and easy to work with.  Just writing this blog has inspired me to go and photograph other polymer projects I've done.  I'll post them soon.

Ashley Holland 6/10/2011