Moved from California to Montana for love, got married 6/28/14 and now I live on a sheep ranch in the middle of no where (Molt). Did I mention I love it? Picture me as the Pioneer Woman, sans the obsession with mayo.
I decided it was the cutest thing I had ever seen in my life. And since I think I know everything I didn't even read how they made them. I automatically assumed 2 things... spray paint and fake flowers. So thats what I did! I also have been hanging on to some empty wine bottles (not sure how they got that way) and I decided to craft them up someway too.
Before:
For the record, Williamson Wine (shout out) labels are EXTREMELY difficult to get off the bottle!
Next, the spray painting began. Let me just say this... USE A PRIMER! DUH! I was an idiot and just started spraying shit...looking at them now I bet they would look even better if I would have just broke down and bought a primer paint for $2.
During:
Henry walked in half way through this in the shop and his exact words were "what the hell are you doing" I exclaimed "CRAFTING!" and then he just turned around and walked out. Probably better that way.
Anyway, so here are my final outcome, like I said...I should have used a damn primer.
I used a 'pistachio' and 'periwinkle' color
Fake flowers from WalMart= $6, mason jars = recycled, spray paint = $3
Total for mason jar vases = $9
Oh yeah, I also made the wall art with a staple gun, fabric and canvas.
Fake flowers from WalMart = $3, wine bottles = recycled, spray paint= $3
Total cost for wine bottle vases = $6
Henry needed extra help this morning so I went out with Carlos to feed corn to the ewes. The yearling ewes were missing...so once we found them FOREVER away from where they should have been we had to get them back to where they belonged. Which AGAIN took FOREVER.
Sandlot, good movie
I think Carlos walked about 17 miles while I drove the pickup with corn. Maybe next time I should volunteer to walk and get some bonus exercise...or maybe not. The only good part about the whole hide and seek situation was I got two really cool pics out of the morning.
1. Filibuster this! Can you believe Paul Rand? HAHA, AMAZING. Anyone that can stand for 13 hours talking about one subject without peeing their pants is pretty badass in my mind. Reminds me of Forest Gump "I've gots to pee"
2. Carlos (one of Henry's ranch hands from Peru) has been really trying to learn more and more English. He now carries around a notebook and a pen and writes down all his translations. Yesterday when I was riding around with Henry and Carlos he had a list of questions for me. Its pretty cute. When I first met Carlos he knew no English and didn't really care to learn, but over the past few months he has started catching on and is learning and studying so much more. I get so happy for him when he says a sentence correct because he lights up and says 'I UNDERSTAND!'
Carlos and Ringo
3. I know I have discussed Henry not watching a lot of movies BUT the other day while I was cooking dinner I had "A Few Good Men" on... HE HAS NEVER SEEN IT! I mean come on! Its like one of the best movies OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!! He actually sat down and watched the last half, which surprised me. I mean how can you not love the courtroom scene with Jack Nicholson?!
4. I'm on the hunt for a statement necklace for Aprils wedding, she is allowing us to wear whatever jewelry we want and I really want a pretty necklace that would go with a grey dress, silver accents. Help.
5. Been on a big soup in the crock pot kick lately. Usually I just throw the pantry in there and hope it turns out okay. Today I did a corn chowder and MAN OF MAN, good stuff. I did have to take an extra step and blend it in the blender buuuuuuuuut, its worth the extra step I guess...
6. For the first time in my life, I am excited about gardening! One of my favorite things in the world is fresh summer tomatoes, you just can't beat them! I am slightly nervous about the whole living in Montana and have a garden situation. Henry said the guys could help build some garden boxes for me. I even bought some seeds at the store the other day, little early? YEP! Who's excited?
Thanks Paris and Nicole
7. Lambing has started, so its nice to see all the new babies. They are so stinking cute. Did you see what Henry posted on facebook? Check out those ears!
Which reminds me...
8. Remember this show?? Man I would sing that song FORVER, you know why? BECAUSE IT NEVER ENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!
9. The Bachelor. HELLO!? Why do I love this show so much? I can't wait to see who he picks and then breaks up with on the after rose show... If you do watch the Bachelor, you MUST read this blog: http://www.rocket-shoes.com/
When Ashlee got eliminated I was like "WATCH OUT THIS GIRL IS GOING TO LOSE IT!" and then she said absolutely nothing and just gave the the most "I HATE YOU FACE" I have ever seen.
10. I'm bringing back the word "Scosh" cuz for crying out loud, I love that word. Would you like a scosh of cream in your coffee? Please move over just a scosh. Scosh. Scosh. Love it.
Tubby is the coolest guardian dog in the world. First let me explain the role of the dogs and how important they are to the ranch and the protection of the sheep. Livestock guardian dogs (LGD) stay with the group of animals they protect as a full-time member of the flock or herd. Their ability to guard their herd is mainly instinctive, as the dog is bonded to the herd from an early age. Unlike the often smaller herding dogs that control the movement of the livestock, LGDs blend in with them, watching for intruders within the flock. The dogs are introduced to livestock as puppies so they "imprint" on the animals. This imprinting is thought to be largely olfactory and occurs between 3 and 16 weeks of age. An LGD raised with sheep will generally not be an effective guardian of cattle or goats and one raised with cattle will not be an effective guardian of goats or sheep. The imprinting is critical because LGDs tend to behave in a non-predatory and protective way only with animal species they have been raised with. Thank you wikipedia! Basically, these dogs are badasses.
Today I went out with Henry and Carlos on their morning chores. We took corn to 3 difference bands of sheep. The first stop was where Tubby and Charlie (another LGD) were. Just to give you an idea, this group of sheep (aka "band" of sheep) is about 7 miles away from the ranch. On almost a daily basis Tubby will make his way to the ranch in the morning, toodle around checking in with everyone to make sure they are ok, then he heads back to the band of sheep. 14 miles... almost everyday. Henry's dad was telling me the other day that Tubby would run/walk (whatever dogs do) over 30 miles a day in the summer when he is out in other areas of the state. WTF? Little do we know that Tubby actually runs this ranch. I mean that is so cool that he just knows where to go and what to do. Something that is pretty neat about Tubby (more than 500 things I already said) is he is super friendly. Sometimes these dogs, especially ones that have been living with the sheep since they were puppies aren't necessarily the sweetest, or friendliest but whenever I see Tubby, he comes over for a good head rub and then gets on his way. I kind of think that Tubby is like the Fonz from Happy Days kind of coolness.
Stoic Tubby
Happy Tubby
Because these dogs are larger than small humans most people don't have these types of dogs as house pets. EXCEPT my grandparents, yep...head over to their house and you will encounter a very large, very white dog in their kitchen, her head is about level with the counter, makes stealing food very easy for her, not that she isn't handed every treat by hand anyway...
Henry walked in half way through this in the shop and his exact words were "what the hell are you doing" I exclaimed "CRAFTING!" and then he just turned around and walked out. Probably better that way.
Oh yeah, I also made the wall art with a staple gun, fabric and canvas. 
