It’s Snowing!!!

Good Thursday Morning Blog Friends,

Boy oh boy, the snow started falling here in the valley about 20 minutes ago and look at it sticking!

The weather man said 1-3 inches but at this rate I’m thinking more than that. Good day to stay in an get more crafts done.

Here are some things I’ve completed this week.

Prim New England Tree Candles. I love how they turned out. I made them using a pattern from My Primitive Saltbox.

Primitive snowman pillow. I’ve made these for several years now and always get a great response in selling them!

Prim horse anyone? My first attempt at a 3-D horse. He has jointed legs and I used rusty square head nails for his hoofs. Much cuter in person!

 

Prim stockings on wood dryers.

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I don’t know what’s going on with my computer lately, but it seems that some of the blogs I have been following have just disappeared off my dashboard. I don’t know if there’s a limit of how many blogs you can follow or what?  Has anyone else had this problem? I don’t get them in Google reader either.  Guess I’ll have to surf and find them again. Gives me an excuse to stay on the computer today!

Hope y’all stay safe and warm, thanks for stopping by,

Prim Blessings,

Jean

Giveaway winning and a tutorial

Good morning blog friends,

Boy is it cold outside! We had a few snow flurries yesterday, but nothing to stick around. I know many of you are having considerable amounts of snow and hope you are staying safe.

 

I want to share a gorgeous win I received in the mail last night. Look how beautifully wrapped it is!

 

It’s a whale tale candle paddle from Carol at Firecracker Kid Primitives. Visit her sales blog to see what great prim offerings are listed.

Here it is all decked out for the holiday season. I love it! Thank you so much Carol, It’s a great addition to my home décor.

Please be sure to pay Carol a visit. She has been so generous all year long hosting giveaways of the prim woodcrafts her and her hubby create. Stop by and wish them a Merry Christmas.

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I was working on some crafts last night and had a few small legs to turn right side out and thought I would share with you my secret on how I turn those pesky little openings right side out.  My mom taught me this many years ago and it really works great and not expensive. Matter of fact doesn't cost anything!

Here’s all you need. A drinking straw, I get mine from McD’s for free and a thin dowel or you can even use a thin sturdy stick from your yard.

All you do is insert the straw in the opening and push all the way to the end of the item your wanting to turn right side out.

Now take your dowel and push some of the fabric into the drinking straw, but don’t push to hard. You don’t want to push a hole through your seem!

Now with the dowel still in the straw, take your hand and work the fabric towards the dowel so that it is turning right side out.

Then pull the straw off of the dowel and Walla! It’s right side out!  Saves time and aggravation.

This works great on dolls that have those tiny little fingers too!!

Try it sometime, I’m sure you’ll love how well it works.

Got to get to work finishing up crafts I’ve been working on this week. I’ll post some pics’ later this week of them.

Have a great day, and stay warm.

Prim Blessings,

Jean

Calling ALL Blogger Friends........

Here's the deal-

Janice over at The Prim Outhouse only needs 24 more followers to giveaway a pair of her prim skates!

And to boot (LOL) Donna at Sweet Prairie Dwellings is offering up some of her goodies too!!!

2 of her grungy tea lights

and a mystery prize!

What are you waiting for??

Click on The Prim Outhouse link above and sign up as a follower!

Don't miss out on the fun!!

Generosity,

Good morning blog friends,

I just wanted to pop on here and say there are so many generous bloggers out in blog land. If you look at my sidebar there are wonderful giveaways being offered. Go pay them a visit if you haven't done so already. I’ve won some great giveaways and will post about them as soon as they arrive. Can’t wait!

It’s very dreary here today, rain and mildly cold, a good day to surf blog land and maybe bake a few cookies. I’m making my fabulous meatloaf and mash potatoes for dinner tonight. Good comfort foods for a day like today.

I know most of you are having some serious winter weather out there, so stay inside if you can and enjoy this glorious Sunday.

Prim Blessings,

Jean