Kelsea’s Adventures

Basically I talk about my life and things I like. It's real random here. I may post content with affiliate links attached. If a purchase is made using these links it may earn me a small commission at no extra cost to the buyer.

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I guess I should have an intro post.

Hi, I’m Kelsea! I am a stay at home mom, a lifelong horse girl and a dabbler in a legion of interests and activities.

I like crafting and collecting hobbies and hobby paraphernalia. We don’t talk about the state of my craft room.

I am trying to be more sustainable when it comes to the textiles in my home. Focusing a lot on repairing items I can and making items rather than buying new.

99% of my wardrobe is secondhand whether thrifted or given to me by someone. This includes my shoes.

I’m really focusing on finishing my projects and using what I have to make do. I love using found materials and making them useful again.

I am trying to get in touch with my inner green thumb as well so I will be posting some gardening content as well.

I will take content requests. Let me know if there something you would like to see!

Here's my Ko-fi. It's new so I'll take advice!!

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Emile-Allain Séguy (French, 1877--1951)

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Something I want to make.

January 2, 2025

I saw this adorable poncho thing on the show -The Outpost- and I fell in love with the whole thing. I dig the color and the cut. Just real cute overall.

I’m posting here to hold myself accountable and maybe one day I’ll actually make it.

So if this post hits your dash please ask me/remind me about this thing that I need to make.

Maybe I’ll get around to making it before my kid is a teenager 😅.

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December 6, 2024

Forgive the mundane trappings of a 90s model mobile home. (We can’t all live in a gorgeous white influencer’s mansion. Though I don’t begrudge them their finery)

My wonderful husband made this wall for me to hang my kitchen odds and ends. I stained it with a stain color called Kona and it did turn out a bit darker than I initially wanted, I do still love it.

Eventually I plan to add more boards to it to extend it all the way down that section of wall so it looks more complete. And one day maybe I will decide what color to paint my kitchen as well.

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Pot Holder Fix

September 26, 2024

Accidentally sat this poor thing on one of my stove eyes while it was still hotter’n fire and it suffered the consequences.

The fix consisted of two layers of denim: one, as a filler to replace the batting that was burned and two, a larger piece that I used as backing.

I didn’t cut it exactly to size, I just kind of folded the edges under as I sewed around the black border of the hot pad. I then zig zag stitched around where the denim and the pot holder meet so there was any weird lip.

And just for finishes I stitched around the words “coffee” and “tea”.

This fix is a year going strong and still doing well, though the corner has suffered a small burn 🤦🏻‍♀️. Overall, it didn’t take long and she has no one to impress since I’ll be the only one enjoying her use ❤️

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Booty Patch

November 11, 2024

Fixed these for my brother in law. It was a simple fix accomplished by stitching a patch to the inside of the rip and stitching over it enough times to reinforce it.

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Yee Haw

November 7, 2024

Added a little Easter egg to a pair of pants I mended for my sister. It’s not super pretty but it was free hand drawn and I’m not too artsy.

She thought it was pretty funny and it suits her because she is one to grab life by the horns.

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Chicken Tractor from a Shipping Crate.

June 2024

The man got me another large shipping crate from his workplace and I decided it would be the perfect experimental chicken tractor.

First we took it apart partially and mocked up some legs.

Put on our side boards and added some hardware cloth for light and airflow.

Put some roosts on the inside. They are out of the wind so birbs will be cozy.

A hinged lid for easy access.

And here is the finished product. It’s a little heavy but I plan to put some wheels on it that will help with moving it around.

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This year I have a goal of completing a project a week or a total of 52 projects by the end of the year.

I’ve been hung up on an ambitious embroidery project on my purple fleece blanket for about a month and I’ve just looked at my list and realize I’ve only done 18 projects so far. And we’re matching into the 36th week of the year.

I’ve really gotta get my energizer bunny shoes on and bust out some projects if I’m going to make my goal.

Enjoy below the art my niece made on my leg. Completely unrelated to my content but I love it ❤️

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A dish cloth I found at my local thrift. It had a few small holes and thin places but it has such a nice character and feel that I really wanted to preserve it.

So I reinforced by copying the pattern with embroidery. Obviously my color matching isn’t great but it will be fine. I didn’t buy anything to match color, I just used embroidery floss I already had in my stash.

I still have a lot of work to do on this rag but this was my start. And fun fact! This was my first foray into embroidering. So if it looks shit it’s because I have no idea what I was doing 😂

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Mushroom appreciation post. These are so pretty to me. Would love an id if anyone knows.

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This is a little painting that I did recently that I wanted to share ❤️

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What I call the Franken-Blanket....

This is another old blanket that I inherited when I moved into my home that had some holes in it. I wanted to experiment with some patchwork quilting on my sewing machine. So I started on the outside edge and just started adding bits of fabric fro my scrap stash, folding the edges over as I go (other than jersey type fabrics that won't fray)

I'm not finished with it yet as I got bored with but hopefully posting this will push me to finish so that I can show you guys how it turns out.

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Trash Garden May 22, 2024

Getting into the fun stuff!

I was able to harvest some things today. I know it’s not a cornucopia or anything but I’m just winging this crap. I’m happy with my little garden.

We have some beets, lantern squash, yellow squash, and a single tiny zucchini.

And then we have my onions……

My poor onions. They struggled because something (I think an armadillo or my cats possibly) kept digging around in the garden and uprooting them. I should have covered them but I never got around to it. Despite their size and trials they still taste fantastic.

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Just wanted to share these little bead geckos that my sister made. She makes all kinds of crazy little critters but these are the only ones I have pictures of. I love their lil toes.

She uses the following things.

Keychain clip

Plastic beads

Wire

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April 24, 2024.

Last year my husband cut down this tree that was near my moms pond. It was diseased unfortunately and needed to be removed, we generally don’t cut down the big old trees.

We used most of it for firewood but I had the idea to cut rounds that were a few inches in length to use as stepping spots to go down the path on the side of our house to the back yard. Stickers have started to grow there and I like to go barefooted so these steppers are a great solution until I can get the stickers eradicated. And I love the way they look.

I’ll have to update with a picture later.

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Below are a few things my husband swears every capable, hard working person should have:

Stream light flashlight

Case knife

Mini pliers

And a few bonus links just because y'all need the good stuff:

Case IH Hat

My favorite work gloves

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April 28, 2024 Mom’s garden.

Spent a lot of time pulling weeds around the garden and just generally trying to tidy up and do some of the heavy lifting so my mom can focus on doing what she enjoys most.

Added some shavings and a log border around the propane tank in the garden to help keep the weeds down.

More shavings along the brick path I installed previously. She’s got some greens planted here but my sisters chickens keep escaping their pen and tearing them up.

Added a log border around these plants to make a nice little bed. Also put down shavings here to discourage weeds.