To-Do List

Fall is creeping up on me and with it so many things that need to be done. The sheep on the other hand have no priorities with the coming of fall, at least not on their minds. For me though I have a list going.

Firewood Ready to be Stacked

#1. Finish getting ready for The Oregon State Fair

           What can I say I'm a procrastinator. Maybe that's why I have such a long list. We leave Wednesday to drop sheep off at the fairgrounds. Since the American Romney Breeders Assoc. is celebrating 100 years I'm bring a lot of sheep. Lets just say I may or may not be behind on fitting them.

Sleepy Stardust

#2. School

          There is school shopping and registration. I am sooo not ready to go back to school.

#3. Prepare for the holidays

        That means Christmas gifts for others, but also things to sell in our shop. I need to make more of our very popular sheep Christmas ornaments. Plus I'm going to try to make other things too. (I need to have a start before OFFF)

These Cute Ornaments Are Very Popular

#4. CSA
           Finishing up this years CSA is one thing. Yes, I know I got behind of the newsletter I'm planning on sending the next one out on time. Just a side note for any of our CSA members I will be shipping you shares out tomorrow.
           I also need to start planning for next years CSA. I would love to hear from my current CSA member about suggestions on how I could make the program better or even things they would enjoy being added.

Yes, We Recycle Boxes

#5. Keeping This Blog Updated
         Even if I made a new year resolution I don't know how much better I would get at keeping this blog up to date. But I try even though you might have noticed I mostly write about sheep shows and lambing season and we both know there is way more to being a sheep farmer than that.

#6. Raverly
        Another place I need to keep updated. I really need your support, you remember that member drive it looks like we will be going through September.I need you to remind me to write things post your own threads and get a conversation started.
Keep on inviting people!!! Make sure if they join to have them tell me who suggested our group. Remember whoever gets the most people to join our group will get a 15% coupon off in our Etsy store.


#7. Breeding Season
       It's almost here, as soon as State Fair is over we will be introducing our rams. That sounds like a good blog, I need to remember that.

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So as you can see I have lots to do and I just might be running out of time seeing as I am a procrastinator with way to many things to do, of course Mom helps a lot but we still fall behind.

Looks Like It's Time To Pick Blackberries

Ravelry Member Drive

So how many of you know that we have a Ravelry group page? For that matter how many of you know Ravelry exist?

For you that don't know what Ravelry is, it is a online community. It can be a organizational tool, a great source for patterns, and a place to share your projects with others like yourself.  It's not just for knitters and crocheters, either. Handspinners can display their yarn and if you dye yarn, you can display yours too. Those of you who design patterns will love it also! You  can  even find fiber events, such as classes or even fiber festivals.

I love going on to Ravelry to look for patterns. It's really fun to find a pattern and see how other people have changed it to make it their own. You can often get help, or finds tips about a pattern from other people who have also done the pattern.

So I have done a little advertising for the site, now I'll talk a little about our group.

For those of you who are already members, you will know I do a horrible job keeping up on posting. I also lack in posting projects, though I get around to that more often. Becoming a member of our group you can encourage me to post more often. I'm kidding, though having more members will encourage me to post things more often! It's a great place to share projects that you have made from our fiber, but honestly, you could share projects you make in general just to show everyone what wonderful projects your making. I try to look at other farm groups to see what they post, so I'll try to post when we have new products plus try to get group discussions going. I also have just gotten our yarn on the Ravelry database. You can now search Covered Bridge Farm in the yarn search box and find our yarn, HOW COOL IS THAT!!! I'll also try to do what I'm doing right now, create something fun with a little prize to go along with it.

OK, so lets to get to this fun prize deal I just mentioned. I'm doing a member drive. I want at least ten new member to join our group, but if we get ten I don't want to stop there. For the whole month of August I want you to join our group and invite people once you join. When you join post on the thread named member drive who recommended that you join. For instance if you heard from this blog you would post something like "Hi my name is Nicole and I heard about your group from your blog".
At the end of August two things can happen. If we didn't get ten people we will keep going through September, but if we do get ten or more new people I will go through the thread and count up how many people were directed by each person. The person who got the most people to join our group will receive a coupon code for 15% off a purchase in our etsy store.

Are you ready? Get set. GO!!!

http://www.ravelry.com/groups/covered-bridge-fiber