Epoxy Resin candle jars or Prayer candle holders and Rosary holders

I made these candle jars during the last few days. The largers ones I am going to use as Rosary holders but they are technically candle jars with lids. I have been wanting to create some containers for my Rosaries and I am hoping that others would enjoy the same!!! The little candle holders are too small for the Rosaries but fit a tea candle perfectly. I am calling this series "Gifts of the Magi" as they brought to baby Jesus, Gold-Frankencense and Myrrh. The little candles fragrance are Frankencense and Myrrh and all of the containers have gold glitter. I am super happy with them. I made them in Yellow and Green for our favorite college team, The Oregon Ducks!!! Hope you like them.

Epoxy Resin jars with lids

I've been playing the last two days. More coming in green!!!

Hoodoo Ski Resort

Hoodoo Ski Resort an awesome place to ski and snowboard!!! They offer skiing and snowboarding classes for all ages. They have special events like the upcomging New Years Eve Party!!! Night skiing, tubing, lodging. So much and so easy to get to. You can find Hoodoo on Highway 20 on the way to Sisters Oregon.

Growing orchids under lights

I am attempting to grow orchids in a tiny waterless building, my she shed, that is only 8' x 8'. I do not know how this will go but so far I am getting new roots growing on some of the orchids, and they are really healthy roots. Because there is no water in the building I am hand watering out of watering cans that I fill up in the house and then walk across the lawn to the orchid shed. I just bought a new watering can that holds three gallons. The other one is a two gallon can, so I should be able to water all the orchids and the other plants in there. We recently had some very cold weather in the low 30's, even down to 29 degreees. The orchid shed went down to about 57 degrees which is ok but not perfect. I really would like to keep it around 60 degrees and up. It will be an interesting winter to see how it goes in there. So far I am watering about every 6 days. The humidity goes up to about 65% when I water, but by the end of the 6 days it is about 50-55%. So I do have work to get it perfect in there but I am happy with the results so far. These are the lights I have on the shelving on the right.Barrina T5 Grow Lights, 5000K White Full Spectrum LED Grow Lights, 2ft 80W (8 x 10W) Plant Grow Lights for Indoor Plants, Plug and Play, 8-Pack I got them from Amazon. The center shelving is a mini greenhouse that came with lights. Mini Greenhouse with Grow Light , 4 Tier 27.2" ×19.9" ×61.8" Portable Greenhouse with Zippered for Seed Starting Trays , Dimmable 2ft 60W Plant Light for Indoor Plant with Timer(PLGH704OWPT) I also got some individual lights for the plants up high. Stay tuned, I will post if I get any blooms in there!!!

Back to playing records but with much better sound!!!

I recently pulled our old sterio system and speakers, cd player, out of the closet and set it up in our family/dining room. And, with instructions from our son, hooked up the newer record player to the system. Now we have a really nice set and the sound from the record player is awesome. We buy our vinyl records from http://mylominerecords.com and yes, I made the quilt above our system!! Check out our new sound here on Youtube

Wooden rack for drying walnuts

Hi everyone!!! I just wanted to show you my stack of walnut racks full to the brim of walnuts. I made a fifth rack from a broken dog gate and hardware clothe that I removed from one of my old orchid tables. It turned out good. I am not a builder, but managed to get it put together with little pieces of scrap wood and an electric drill and whatever screws I could find. I am pretty happy with it. There are still walnuts on the tree and I gave a friend 2 1/2 large buckets full of walnuts. Seriously, we have never seen so many!!! I shall be giving walnuts away and did you know that walnuts go for $7 to $13 a pound???!!!! I probably have 50 pounds or more!!! That is a lot of walnuts.

It's raining Walnuts!!!!

We have one walnut tree in our backyard. It's an English walnut. This year we are having a bumper crop. I am trying to figure out how to build at least two more drying racks, but that may not be enough. Check out my YouTube video below and you will see what I am talking about. I will be giving these walnuts away as soon as they are dry. I lay them in a single layer and then keep them in a dry place, the sunroom this year, and keep a fan blowing on them. I really have no idea how long it will take to get them dry. The average temperature in the sunroom is around 60 degrees.

Once the walnute are ready I will bag them up in 3 pound bags and then try and find people who want them. Wish me luck!!! hahahahaha