SPREAD JOY!

Do you know how you do this! Be authentic! Be real! Be selfless! Care about others more than thinking about yourself! Give sincere compliments! Encourage! Rejoice in others successes! Embrace them, hug and LOVE them! With no agenda or attachments! Simply support them with your undivided time, experience and resources!

Share from your heart what is real; what you have learned from "your" mistakes and successes and truly------LISTEN-------truly listen to where the other person is coming from! Live out Loud! Spread and nurture------REAL TRUE No-Strings-Attached JOY And see what happens! Then-----------Share a Cupcake to Celebrate!

Musings from the farm! Kelly

Simple Abundance

ABIDE (v.) dwell, reside, live, stay; tolerate, endure, submit, remain, stay. ABUNDANCE (n.) plenty, sufficiency, profusion, luxuriance, fullness, and so on! SIMPLIFY (v.) clear, clean, disentangle; come down to earth "I like that one"! Call a spade a spade "like that one too" (adverb) Simply, purely, solely, only, unadorneadly; in the raw, in plain terms; (adjectives) plain, homely, homespun, earthy “I like that" down-to-earth, ordinary. Soooo---------- take the ordinary and make it Extraordinary with your touch!

I'm learning and I'm longing to SLOW DOWN, take big deep intentional breaths and just be still. I love life, nature, and the natural, rustic, uninterrupted, un-hurried life at the farm! Real beauty, awesome, natural incredible art. Real raw art in the trees, the foliage and the woodland creatures. To watch as they unfurl and uncurl and change right before my eyes with each new passing day; each new season! They blow to-and-fro without an explanation, recognition or worry. Just doing what God intends and asks them to do. I long to be more like nature! Unafraid, non-competing, unhurried, not worried; simply living one day at a time and joining in communion with everything around me. Complimenting, encouraging, and connecting; all the while, living in beautiful harmony with what's set before me.

I want to know who I really am, in order to do what I was meant to do; to really find what I've been looking for all my life! MUSE: To ponder, consider, or deliberate at length. "I went into the woods to find myself, to be quiet, unhurried, without an agenda; not to be "The Queen" but a quiet woodland elf, to co-exist, to just be....surrounded by nature; more beautiful than I, with so much to teach me. Me as the student and nature, my simple surroundings; the teacher. It's a beautiful dance just between me and my creator; in his grand ballroom! Not man made, but God made......The most beautiful work of Art of all! I think I'll have this dance and stay for awhile! I'm not going to worry, or hurry, excuse me while I DANCE, LIVE, and LOVE! I'm going to Abide! And if it shall snow....while then I'll make a snow angel! Why don't you come and join me!

Musings from the farm, Kelly

Fellowship!

Real fellowship is about Experiencing LIFE together!  It includes unselfish loving, honest sharing, serving, sacrificial giving, genuine sympathetic comforting, and Really  REALLY listening (put down and turn off your cell phone for a while, it won't kill you, I promise! ) Friendship, Fellowship, "Due to others what you'd want done to you"   Integrity!  Genuine LOVE! 

It's what God's all about!  Christmas!  It's all about Him!  Not me and you!  He came for us!  Oh happy day!  He wants us to LIVE OUT OUR DAYS IN FELLOWSHIP with one another!  Try it, you might like it! 

Big fat juicy hugs and kisses from the farm!  XOXOXO

Junkin' Jewels Workshop

Come Join Sheila at The Peacock Cafe
in Leavenworth, KS
for
Junkin' Jewelson
Saturday, Nov 19th from 2-4 pm
Workshop Fee: $45

Learn easy jewelry techniques as we create a one of a kind piece of wearable art.  Please note this class uses vintage finds so no two will be the same.  If you have a favorite vintage item bring it along so you can repurpose it into a treasured piece.

Supplies Needed:  If you have Round Nose and Flat Nose Pliers please bring them.  If not a limited amount of tools will be available for students to share.

Invite and girlfriend and come make it a day!

Come for fabulous lunch and yummy dessert. Then finish it off your day with a creative workshop shared with other creative souls.

Seating is limited so call now to reserve your spot.

913-651-9914

Reflections of the Past Workshop

Come Join Sheila at The Peacock Cafe

in Leavenworth, KS

for

Reflections of the Past

on

Saturday, Oct 22nd from 2-4 pm

Workshop Fee: $35

Come create this soldered mirror treasure.

Learn how to “rub” off the mirror backing to create a one of a kind look into the past as you look to the future. Then we will be using simple soldering and aging techniques to complete.

Invite and girlfriend and come make it a day!

Come for fabulous lunch and yummy dessert.  Then finish it off your day with a creative workshop shared with other creative souls.

Seating is limited so call now to reserve your spot.

913-651-9914

Boo Bitty Banner Workshop

Come Join Michaele at The Peacock Cafe

in Leavenworth, KS

for

Boo Bitty Banner Workshop

on

Saturday, Sept 24th from 2-4 pm

Workshop Fee: $15

Come create this cute, festive banner to welcome Halloween in this year.

Students will leave the workshop with a “bitty banner” created with boo-tiful paper, tulle, tatty lace and trim remnants and glittery cardstock

Students please bring scissors and a low temp glue gun to class.

 

Invite and girlfriend and come make it a day.

Come in for a delicious lunch, top it off with a yummy dessert.

Then finish it off your day with a creative workshop shared with other creative souls.

Seating is limited so call now to reserve your spot.

913-651-9914

Autumn in Beige Workshop

Come Join Nora at The Peacock Cafe

in Leavenworth, KS

for

Autumn in Beige Workshop

on

Saturday, August 20th from 2-4 pm

Workshop Fee: $40

Nora will be combining beautiful fabrics and textures to create this unique purse. She will be teaching easy weaving techniques and using simple sewing to complete the purse.

Please note that some of these fabrics and laces will be different from the picture shown as Nora will be using some lovely vintage finds to make each purse a one of a kind treasure. 

Some may not be able to complete this project within the class period,
but easy instructions will be given to complete at home.

Come make it a day.

Come in for a delicious lunch, top it off with a yummy dessert.

Then finish it off your day with a creative workshop shared with other creative souls.

Seating is limited so call now to reserve your spot.

913-651-9914

Getting Creative

Saturday, we all go creative with Sheila as she taught an amazing solder/stamp art workshop at The Peacock Cafe! 

 It was so great to have some fabulously ladies join us in our creative workshops.

Mark your calendars now for August, 20th from 2-4 pm.  Nora Neeley will be teaching Autumn in Beige purse workshop.  Be looking for pictures and more information posted tomorrow.



Let Your Heart Take Flight Workshop--Rescheduled

Due to summer schedules we will be rescheduling the class until July 30th...

Come Join Sheila at The Peacock Cafe

in Leavenworth, KS

 for

Let Your Heart Take Flight Workshop

on

Saturday, July 30th from 2-4 pm

Workshop Fee:  $40

 We will be combining soldering, metal stamping and using blackening techniques to create this one of a kind artwork.  This can easily be made into a necklace for those wanting to create a beautiful piece of wearable artwork. 

 Or finished like shown, for a lovely decor to hang in your home or give as a gift. 

 

Come make it a day.  Come in for a delicious lunch, top it off with a yummy dessert. 

Then finish it off your day with a creative workshop shared with other creative souls.

Seating is limited so call now to reserve your spot.

913-651-9914

Picnics and Polka Dots Bunting Class at The Peacock!

Would you like to learn how to make paper and ribbon bunting and picnic-inspired cupcake toppers for your summer parties?  If you're in the Leavenworth, Kansas area and would like to join me (Michaele Sommerville) and Sheila Rumney for some papercrafting picnic-y and polka-dotty fun, call or drop by The Peacock Cafe (phone:  913-651-9914) to register today!

The class registration, materials and instruction fee is $30.  Participants will make and take party bunting and a set of cupcake toppers.  Don't be surprised if you use these party items as templates for other celebrations and holidays throughout the year: 4th of July, birthdays, weddings, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Valentine's, Easter... the possibilities are endless!

Please bring scissors (for cutting paper) and a low temp glue gun and sticks.  I'll provide the paper, ribbon, buttons, fabric, lollipop sticks and instructions!

Hope to see you soon (June 18, 2011, 2-4 p.m. to be exact!),

Michaele