Michelle Legler

Tropical Addition to the Wall

I went to Goodwill looking for plates and found these ugly things

 

and my mind went BING! I think I know what I can do with them....

 

A Flamingo in the desert??? Of course! Anything is possible at the Mosaic Cottage :-)

 

I think Freddy the frog appreciates the company :-)

Working on more!

See ya soon!

Michelle 

Chicken Woes

I have a depressed chicken! Can you believe that?? Last week the hubby and I were gone for a few days and my "adult" children were in charge of taking care of my animals. Well, the eggs did not get collected from the nesting box and by the time daughter #2 came over to do her part, there were 7 eggs in the box. She collected them all and when I came home, I found a chicken who was not herself. Being that I am still new to this whole chicken raising bit, I sent a message of help to the Permaculture group. I was told that I have a broody hen. Red wants to be a mama after sitting on all those eggs. Sheesh. I was told to wait it out and she should get better.

Well, waiting is easier said than done. I don't like seeing my chicken depressed and I'm pretty sure that I cannot purchase chicken antidepressants anywhere. So, I did a little google research and found that if you take them out of the coop and make them sit in the sunshine for awhile, this may help. I decided to give it a go today.

Here is Red in her cage today. She sat in it while I dug and planted flowers near her.

 
It was NOT EASY getting her in this cage. Since she has become broody, she is mean! She used to come up to me and want me to pet her and she always climbed her ladder in the morning to say hello to me face to face. NOT ANYMORE! She doesn't want me anywhere near her and she tries to peck me if I pet her. It makes me sad :-(

 

This whole broodiness has Delta upset too. She doesn't like that Red sits in the nesting box all day, so she squawks, and squawks, and SQUAWKS!!! Lordy, it's getting on my nerves. Here's Delta in the coop by herself.

 

Well, after keeping Red in the cage ALL DAY, she seemed better.....so I thought. I opened up the cage and she ran back in to the coop and right back into the nesting box to pout!

 
Is this ridiculous or what???

 
We are going to try the cage again tomorrow. If anyone has any other ideas, PLEASE let me know. I will be getting some baby chicks soon and I'm hoping that will help too. This will be tricky though, as most adult hens will kill baby chicks that don't belong to them. Oye. :-/ Maybe I should place a fabulous mosaic in that corner for her to look at?? LOL!

Here is one of my animals that doesn't seem to be having any problems...

 
Oh Hey Emma, Comfy??

 
She cracks me up! She looked at those chickens this morning like Whatever! I need to find a couch.

Speaking of digging and planting today, I've started another garden blog. I know I was terrible at keeping up with the last one, but I'm going to try again. Find it here

Okay, that's all for now.

See ya soon!

Michelle

and then there was Glitterfest

 
So, somehow all of my pics from Glitterfest went bye~bye. Oye! So I'm stealing some pics from Maija :-)Ha! I just found them! Yay!

Glitterfest was FABULOUS as usual. The air conditioner broke and it was really hot, but the Fun continued. I LOVE the mass of women who line up way before we open. It is really exciting! Ding! It's time to let them in and in they come and come and come. They come in droves I tell ya. When you work so hard to prepare for a show, it really makes it worth all those loooooong hours, when you have the customers that Glitterfest has. They are the BEST! Here's a pic of them entering:

 

Another BEST is my BFF Maija. She was my assistant at Glitterfest and she works her tail off during the event, as well as, drinks Bloody Mary's with me, eats yummy cupcakes with me, and makes me laugh and laugh and laugh!  Who could ask for more? I LOVE her!!

We are sooooo Dorky, we even dressed alike for the event. (I know, dorkville!) LOL!!

 

 
Loved hanging out with these girls too ~  Cheryl and Kim. They are the BEST!! (xoxoxoxoxo!!)

Here is CUTE Miss Holly with her awesome creations!

 

I actually bought myself something at Glitterfest. Check her out!

 

Isn't she awesome??!! Her name is Eliza, but I just call her CageBaby. She was created by the magnificent Lisa Loria. This girl is over~the~top FABULOUS! I seriously wish we lived closer to each other. Her creative skills are out of this world. Here's another one of her awesome creations..

 
Fabulous Right??!!!

This doll artist is also very talented!

 

 

 
 

 

I have to say that I look forward to the next Glitterfest in the Spring. Sheryl and Dianne are the best hosts.

That's all for now.

See ya soon!

xoxoxo!

Michelle

p.s. working in the garden and on the wall :-) Yay!!

 

Did ya miss me???

Phew!!!!!!!!! I'm finally done with my crazy schedule of shows and boy am I glad. I'm on vacation now!! Yay!!! Today, I'm in my studio cleaning. It is a total disaster!! (not even kidding)    Once I get this place cleaned up, I will begin to FINISH the Wall. Oh yeah baby, it's going to happen. I even feel a little thrill in my stomach just talking about it :-)

So, you know I went to The Creative Connection in Minneapolis. Here are some pics.

Fabulous Booths!

 

 

 

Here's one of the cakes I took to the show. It was purchased by a friend of Jo Packham's as a surprise bday present for her :-)
 

Some of my favorite peeps! Christine, me, Beth and Deb. Love you all to bits!!!
 

There were fun events!
 
I absolutely LOVED, LOVED these girls!!!!!!!!! I bought the cutest nest and birdcage from them :-)

 

Here was one of the panels I attended
 

Jo and Nancy special ordered cupcakes from me for the event. I was very honored.
 

I apologize for not linking any of the people or sites above. I just need to dig through this studio in order to find stuff first. OYE!

I'll post Glitterfest pics next time. I don't want to overwhelm you too much. :-)

Oh! Don't even faint!!! I actually have stuff in my Etsy store. I know, it's kind of a miracle. Click on the Etsy link in my sidebar if you're interested. I only have 3 Halloween cupcakes left and the bat cupcakes are sold out. If you want a bat cupcake or if I promised you one earlier (I know there were a few of you), just contact me and I will make it happen :-)

Okay, see ya in a couple of days! :-)

xoxoxo!!!!

Michelle