Swap ~Americana~sale finds

Hi Blog Friends,

I know it's been awhile~

I have been working on crafts,

planting the garden,

 doing yard work along with the usual day to day choirs.

 

To be honest, I'm just not enjoying blogging as much as I use to.

Blogger keeps changing and it's become more of a choir to blog, rather than a fun thing.

Some of you probably can relate.

 

I wanted to share a wonderful swap I did with Lecia over at Farmhouse Prims.

I had stopped by Lecia's last month for her birthday to drop off some goodies and she showed me the spring rabbits she had made to sell.

Well, I fell in love with them and told her if they don't sell (hoping secretly they don't, ssshhh.)

I'd like to do a swap with her for them.

Lecia emailed me and asked if I really wanted to do the swap~

I was so excited! Of course I did!

 

Lecia really spoiled me.

Not only did she swap me the rabbit dolls I had drooled over,

but gifted me the cutest little prim sister dolls,

one of her prairie journals, a yummy tart and a beautiful bonnet.

 

 Just look at the details!

Lecia, I love everything you gifted me. Thank you my friend!

I am so honored to have your handmades to decorate my home.

And even more honored to have such a sweet friend close by that I met through blogland.

 

Lecia sells her wares each month on Early Work Mercantile.

Stop by to see what she has to offer each month.

I will say, the pics do not do her work justice.

Thank you again Lecia~

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Thought I'd share a few of the Americana/summer items I've been working on.

Uncle Sam~ pattern by Bits of Cloth( freebie on patternmart right now)

Martha~ pattern by TFC folkart.

Star with Eagle~ pattern by Kentucky Primitives.

Bee door doll~ pattern by Blue Moon Beginnings.

Sam and Liberty~ pattern by Blue Moon Beginnings.

Bee skep with bee's~ combination of patterns

Tennessee Ridge bee skep and Old homestead barn bee's.

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Thought I'd also share a collage of the items I've been fortunate enough to find at sales lately.

Upper left~ antique straw/hay cutter, really a gorgeous piece, I'd like to keep but not sure if I will.

Nice blue cabinet and white cabinet to re do.

Child size rockers.

sweet baby doll crib from the 40's.

box lot I paid a $1 for full of prim goodness.

And the last pic is a cabinet I picked up to use for storage of all the patterns I have.

I believe it's an old canning cupboard.

 

That's about all I have to share right now.

I have few summer/Americana items to finish up, then gonna start on fall. Yep you read it right~

Fall will be here before we know it and that's my biggest sell season, so I hope to get stockpiled.

 

Hope you all are doing well~

Say a prayer for the people whom have suffered so much devastation in the mid west.

It's hard to watch on tv.

Prim Blessings,

             Jean

 

 

 



A big Thank You and sharing....

 Hi Blog Friends,

 

I know it's been awhile since I've posted.

I've had some life happening to deal with and apologize for not posting.

 

I want to tell you about a great blog

 called Prairie Moon Primitives.

Pati Jane and Ginger~ owners of the blog,

hosted a wonderful giveaway and I was the lucky winner.

 

I received 5 reams of the most yummy

 hand dyed wool yarn.

I'll tell you their wool yarn is premium quality.

I can't wait to use it for hair on my prim doll making.

 

 They also sent this beautiful wool applique pin keep.

 

 

Pati Jane and Ginger offer some great tutorials and free patterns on their blog.

Stop by and become a follower~ I know you'll just love it!

They also have an Etsy shop you can visit by clicking HERE.

 

Thank you ladies for such a generous offering ~

I love the colors and the quality is superb!

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Here's a few pictures of what I've been making.

 

 

I've fallen in love with bottle dolls and wanted to try making a few.

I couldn't find any patterns for making them,

so here's what I came up with.

Love how they turned out!

 

I have a lot of Americana items in the works~ Americana is one of my favorites to make.

I'll try to be better at sharing here on my blog.

 

Thank you for stopping by~

Wishing everyone a great weekend~

Thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Boston

and everyone experiencing devastation~

The world has been forever changed, once again.

 

Prim Blessings,

                  Jean

 

Wishing you and yours a wonderful Easter weekend.

Prim Blessings, 

           Jean

Snowy Wednesday.......

Hi Blog Friends,

Thought I'd share our snowy Wednesday with all of you.

Yep, we got hit hard with the snow.

The weatherman started out saying we would get maybe 4 to 6 inches,

then changed it to 6 to 12,

then said 12 plus.

We ended up with about 16 inches.

I am soooo ready for SPRING, but it was pretty to see coming down.

Hopefully this will be our one and only snow for the season.

I even went out a build a snowman!

Ain't he cute! 

This morning he's pretty sad looking.... 

most of his upper body has melted away.

This is our large pine at the back of the house.

I call it the scary tree, because I get so scared when it snows like this, that it will come crashing through the house. 

After playing in the snow, I enjoyed time doing a little cross stitching.

Gonna turn the wool one into a pinkeep/bowl filler for myself.

One good thing, it's gonna be in the 50's the rest of the week and the snow will be gone before we know it!

Come on SPRING!

Working on lots of new crafts, but not ready to share yet.

Hope everyone has a great rest of the week.

If your in the northern east coast, get ready to be covered with snow.

Blessings,

     Jean