Check out this cute snow angel

Head on over to Harvest Moon Primitives and enter her giveaway for this adorable ornie. Go take a look!

Wondering?

I'm going to be 42 on Sunday the 29th and boy am I starting to feel not so young anymore. But the only reason I mention that is because hubby a while back stopped at a local prim shop and must have bought something there for me. I went into the shop a few days later (not knowing he had already been) and the owner said Happy Birthday and was I surprised. She felt so bad when she realized it was my daughter's birthday in October and mine was a month away. So now I've been wondering what did he pick out on his own? Sometimes that's a scary thought -he has very little decorating taste. Time will tell and maybe I'll post a picture. You can tell me what ya think.

I've Decided

I sent the photo below to a couple of friends and they both said to use the picture above our fireplace which is in the TV room of our basement. I don't think much about decorating down there because there are no windows and the kids also use it as a play area. The mantle has been bare for most of the 3 years of living here except for Christmas when the kids put out our Christmas village pieces. So now I think I will re-think the decorating down there and maybe do an antique colonial style room or at least part of it like that since the other wall is floor to ceiling of hubby's books. It was also suggested that I darken the frame to prim it up a little so I will add that to the look. After Christmas I will scout out the TS and Goodwill for additional items that wall sconces and things. The pictures remind me very much of our old colonial home back in Winchendon, MA. I really miss that house. It was full of old features, 14 rooms with 7 fireplaces one that had a beehive oven built in. It was a 200 year old federal colonial home once on the town register for historic homes. Our whole family still misses living there. Oh, well maybe someday we will have a home very similar to that one or build one for our retirement. Then the grandchildren can come over and enjoy the space. But I'm a little too young for being a grandma just yet.

Primitive or Not???

Gotta question for any of you prim collectors or lover of antiques and anything of the olden days. I bought these yesterday at Goodwill. I really loved them when I saw them but now I'm wondering if they would really go with prim decor. I thought I'd put them above the piano and take down the raggedy ann picture type thing that is there. I'm kinda tired of that one. But now I'm not sure. So tell me what ya think?

What Ya Working on Wednesday-11/11/09

I've been working on a few items for our churches cookie and craft sale held in December. I thought I'd share a few of those photos.


I had so much fun working on these little guys. I made 8 of them but I'm going to keep 4 of them for myself. The pattern is from the Old Glory Company. It was the first time that I tried baking things in the oven. My hubby and kids would come in and ask what I was cooking. The smell of coffee, cinnamon and vanilla just waffled through the house. They were quite disappointed when they couldn't eat these little guys. But boy did the kitchen smell good.

Here's a whole pan of them. Don't they look great!



This snowman isn't really all that prim. He is lightly tea stained but I thought I should have a mixed variety because ya never know in such a small area as where we live right now how many are really into the prim decor.


I have some other items that I've been working on but they aren't finished yet. Mostly Christmas ornaments hopefully I will get those finished and can post them for next week. I figure if they don't sell very well at the church bazaar then I will either open an etsy store (never done that before) or sell them off my blog. Years ago I had a small craft business and did pretty well selling out of a booth and at fairs. Now with so many kids and the homeschooling I have really run out of the time needed to invest in something like that so that you have enough inventory to make the booth rent each month.

If you want to check out what others are working on head on over to Leslie's blog.

I Won, I Won!!

I won this cute, adorable santa guy from Cindy over at Our Primitive Heart.
Thanks so much!!



I know it's not Christmas yet, but he is going to be hanging around our house early this year. I think he's great!

Goodwill Hunting

The past few weeks I've been finding several great items at Goodwill and TS's but I haven't posted pics of those things because they are fairly generic -wooden bowls large and small things like that. But this week I wanted to post some of my great finds. Some our just fun things and some will be little re-do projects for a prim look. The first few pics are mostly just fun Christmasy things. Over the years I've found alot of mix and match type seasonal dishes. I think I'm just a "collector" type gal. Even as a child had collections of records, glass figurines, books, etc...I think it just sticks with you. Now with a family I like adding to our house and making it more homey (not that you can take it with you) but it's fun and the kids love it too!







I love this time around and shopping at the local Goodwill's and TS's - ya never know what your gonna find.

Now onto the more prim finds . . .




These are Williraye studio. There are flaws in them but I think I might be able to fix them, but they are also hardly noticeable. I got them for a steal.




I plan to remove the cork from these and do something prim with them just don't know what yet. Any ideas?

Not a great picture but it is a tin basket that says Merry Christmas and a woodend sled.




A cute little peg rack.


Lastly these are some trays that I'd like to redo into something else. With so many good finds it's hard to pick a favorite. Which one would be your favorite?

More Blog Giveaways

Anyone who loves primitives and handmade items needs to check out these ladies blogs:

touch of sunshine
has a nice snowman and santa ornament. I'm kinda partial to that neat ornament.

Irish Corkies
has some really nice Christmas items up for grabs. Wish me luck on those items. You can find the giveaways by clicking on the highlighted bar.

Please let them know that you found their give aways here at my blog.

A great Addition to any Snowman Collection

I just entered a blog giveaway at Bittersweet Prims. Scroll down a little bit and you will see this great guy. The drawing ends on November 7th, so hurry up and enter for your chance to win.
Lisa

So much crafting, so little time

I started working on some christmas items for our churches cookie walk and craft sale in the beginning of December. I'm curious to see if any primitive type items will be hot around here or not. I am hoping to mix it up some with some things that are grundgy prim and others that are less so. But just walking through the fabric stores makes me want to get back into all sorts of crafts like quilting. I made quilts for my kids beds many, many years ago but I would love some xmas quilts. I decorated our church basement for my daughter's 16th birhtday check out my other blog if you'd like to see pics at house of many blessings One of her sister's wanted to help and she was so fascinated by a self healing cutting mat and the rotary cutter. I love so many of the calico fabrics. I'm not sure where I will find the time to work on quilts, primitive items and my new thing which is stitcheries. That's why I say "so much crafting, so little time". Or maybe we should say "he who dies with the most primitives wins" (LOL) Happy crafting to all of you. It's the best time of year to work on things I think.

Christmas is just Around the Corner

I've been working on these primitive stitcheries. My feeling is it is never too soon to start working on Christmas items. The time just seems to run away and before long it is Christmas and nothing has been created.







I plan to make little tiny pillow/bowl fillers out of them for Christmas this year. If you'd like to see what everyone else has been working on then go to http://sweets-mycountryhome.blogspot.com/

My forgotten Blog

I haven't had much time for keeping up with blogging and/or crafting. Some how I need to find the time for the crafting. But it's been a busy summer which is unusual for us. Tonight my daughter broke her left arm, so if your reading this send a prayer her way for speedy healing.

House Hunting

We are starting the process of house hunting. We are looking to get into a larger community for me and the kids. Small town life has been very hard on us. We are figuring that DH can commute to the church. So far the elders have not had a problem with this idea. I'm hoping it stays that way because one person's idea of commuting is very different from anothers. And we are from the east coast where it is not uncommon to commute between 45min to an hour. We are taking a 2nd look on a great home tomorrow. It is a "fixer-upper" because on our little salary it was all we could qualify for. But the upside to that is I can decorate the way I want. I might even be able to snag a craft room out of the deal and then finally get to really participate in the "What ya working on" deal over at Leslie's. The house I would kind of call a cross between a victorian because it has 12foot ceilings and a colonial because it is square (at least the main part of the house)and then extends back. There is an offer on it already but we plan to try to counter offer and see what happens next. Wish me luck.

What Ya Working on Wed.

I started these a couple of weeks ago and just haven't had the time to finish them off into pillows. I've been thinking that maybe I will coffee stain them some and dry them in the oven before I sew on the border homespun fabrics. They are tea stained but they don't seem dark enough to me. It seems right now that I have too many un-finished projects. Hopefully I will find the time to get these done. Life can be so crazy around here with homeschooling 5 kids and taking my older ones to friends who live an hour away. I'm also sick right now and have very little energy today.



I think they will look nice when done. I have stitched the words "americana, simplify, primitives and folkart" on them.