• Hamscher Homestead

    Flowers Flowers and Fluff on the Homestead

    Flowers Flowers and Fluff Ohhh soo many, Flowers Flowers and Fluff going on here on the Homestead! These are the very first flowers you see when you pull up the driveway. The hill is covered with them. Love all the different colors too. There are dark pink, light pink and lavender. The Hamscher Homestead has three different Apple Trees. All of them are LOADED with apples. Okay, with possible apples anyway. Holy cow are there a ton of flowers!! The one on the right is the one that Joe “straightened” in the fall. Check out that post, here. Although we have straighten one there is another that Joe says would…

  • Hamscher Homestead

    More flowering trees and a fire

    But first.. An update on that clematis, that I moved closer to the fence. I know you can see all those little shoots… YEAH!! Still, keep your fingers crossed that it keeps growing!! Two of the four apple trees are about ready to POP!! However, I sure hope that the weather cooperates. Adding all those little worker bees that I have seen. Are they hungry, yet?? Could you imagine all the apples we are going to get?? One of the other apple trees bloomed last week. The plum was right there with it. I can say with all the flowers that it had, the poor thing will be snapped if…

  • Fancy Fold

    Apple Box with Harvest Hellos

    This Fun Fold “Apple Box” using the Harvest Hello Bundle (153037). I did use a sentiment from the Country Home Stamp Set (147678). The “Happy Harvest Blessings” went perfectly with the apples and box. The Twist fun fold is SOOO easy! Using a 4 1/2 x 11 piece of cardstock you score on the diagonal from end to end. Go ahead and use your bone folder (102300) to get a crisp fold. Using the flat side (across the top edge) and score at 5 7/8 for the center fold. Be sure that the “pocket” side is your front. Layering with the Pinewood Planks 3D embossing folder (152320). Adding the “used”…