Willow Homestead

It's been a couple of years now that the Little Rancher declared a moratorium on anything pink and girlie.  Not only her bedroom but a...

I love sweaters.  They are part and parcel with the whole sheep and yarn hobby.  Some day maybe I will do a proper write-up on my sweater a...

It seems that Mother Nature has flipped her calendar, realized it's now October, and said, "Time to drop the temps by fifteen degre...

  Recently I purchased a pack of Waverly upholstery samples from the 1960s.  The line was titled "New Hope" and came still st...

Over a year ago I made up my mind to make something out of burlap.  There are so many fabulous potato sacks out there with catchy slogans...

This past winter I scored a fabulous wool club jacket at an estate sale.  It was dirty and moth-eaten and my husband couldn't believe ...

Have you heard about swants?!  The can't-help-but-stare, gotta-try-for-myself trend coming out of Europe?!  Born from his sheer love of...

This past Christmas one of my friends on facebook posed a question regarding homemade gifts.  She wondered if they were still appreciated ...

Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess overworked shepherdess.  Every day after brushing her long golden hair pitching hay to ...

While shopping at Saving Grace Salvage Company last weekend, my daughter found the small, curly poodle applique.  It was in its original...

You read that right.  I said jetpack . A couple of summers ago, Mr. Hank Schimstock (shown above) stumbled across a three-fer deal...

Here at the Homestead, we go through a lot of feed bags - chicken feed, sheep mineral, whole corn, rolled corn, oats, alfalfa pellets, dog...

What do you do when your son declares that his brand new tube socks are "all wrong and feel weird?"  Grab the buttons and felt, of...

September for most folks means heading back to school.  And we're no exception.  Both kids like their teachers and enjoy riding the bus ...

Open for the season! Housed in an old flour mill built in 1866, Saving Grace is a feast for the eyes.  An eclectic mix of salvaged architec...