Wacky Wednesday!

Well its time for another wacky Wednesday! This week I got to spray paint in the house due to our floor being up for repairs. This is a picture of my bedroom floor, the white and green in the square in the middle is where my painting was. Before the linoleum goes back in the floor will be painted with a sealant so it didn't matter if I made a mess. Hooray for messes!

In other wacky news, one of my hens stuck her face through the chicken wire and managed to sheer off her neck feathers pulling her face back in. Now she looks like a turkey!

Fan Page!

KTBelleCrafts now has a facebook fan page! The fan page will be updated with new projects and new items being listed in my Etsy shop! Feel free to stop by and look around!

Motivation Monday And The End Of Holiday Vacations

Well vacation time is over for some of us, or for me, filling in for everyone at work is done and I'm back on a regular schedule! So it's time for more art! But for now this is what is motivating me this week: EGGS!

I'm always so amazed at the variety of colors I get out of my 5 backyard hens. Everyone is supposed to lay brown eggs, but what is brown? I've gotten eggs that where such a light brown they were almost pink, eggs that are so dark they could be called chocolate colored and eggs that are a pinky brown with white specks. And then there are the occasional white eggs from my brown laying girls. I think the shell color depends on what they eat, and my hens get whatever food is left over from meals as well as an egg layer feed supplemented with cracked corn in the winter and rolled oats in the summer. They make great composters, and oddly enough, my chickens will eat everything but onions!

Here are a few pictures of my girls and their beautiful eggs!

A few of my chickens when they were little. Some of these guys are meat birds, I only have laying hens left.

One of my Barred Rocks. 

Beautiful eggs.

Light Brown

Dark Brown

Almost Pink

Brown with white spots

And I do get the occasional tiny egg!

In case you missed what I do with my eggs, here is a laser etched egg ornament! It can be found in my online Etsy shop!

Tree of Life laser etched egg