Good Morning Everyone! I am never surprised at the creativity that I find on Etsy. If you have some time and love to browse, Etsy has a wonderful selection of prim items for your home. Look at these adorable pockets for Valentine's Day, aren't they the sweetest?  These are handcrafted, by Marilyn of Harvest Moon Primitives

Marilyn loves to create time worn primitives with a whimsical touch, and this adorable pinkeep is just a sampling of what you can find in her shop.

 

Marilyn also has a second shop called Fanciful Stitches She opened this second shop to specialize in her cross stitch creations. This pinkeep is just too precious isn't it?

You can find all of Marilyn' creations at

http://www.etsy.com/people/FancifulStitches

http://www.mtswhimsey.com/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/harvestmoonprims

Hope all of you have a terrific start to the new week. I am going to be working on orders today and hopefully get a few new pieces started. So till next time.........God Bless!

 

 

What's New Wednesday!

I hope it is a good morning for all of you that have had the terrible weather conditions! As you all know I am in the Chicago area and we got hit hard. The snow and blowing was so blinding you couldn' t even see across the street last night......add thunder and lightening to the mix and it was a sight to see.

But the snow plows are out, the showblowers are going and the worst of it is over for now. I am just grateful that we had no power outages, and that all my loved ones are safe and at home enjoying their snowday!

So with the weather being what it has been, I have spent the past couple days working on some new things. The picture above is a resin butter paddle I have had in my "stash" now for about two years. I came across it the other day, and just had to do something with it, so I painted a cute Marie Provost design of a sheep and willow, and added a prim tag that says "Butter". Of course it is all sanded, distressed, and pefectly prim....

These are just three little papier mache boxes that I have had on hand, and I tied them all together with twine.....love the look of these boxes on shelves, and in prim gatherings.

A friend of mine had sent me some gourd eggs, and I wanted to get them painted up, so I painted one of these cute pineapple bowls and place the eggs inside. Love it!

Oh, and I wanted to mention to all

 of you......thanks so much for your terrific response to my Tissue Box that I featured a couple days back. At the time I only had one to offer, but since then I have been able to get more tissue boxes in, and more labels made thanks to Susie over at YankeeLanePrimitives

Thanks so much Susie for designing this label for me!

So be checking my Etsy shop, or drop me an email if you are interested in one, as they should be listed and ready for sale in the next couple days!

So my wish today is that everyone is safe, warm and enjoying their snowday! It is going to be a wonderful day here spent in my studio, with a nice cup of coffee, an staying warm......till the next time......God Bless!

Monday Morning Marketplace

Good Morning Blogging Friends!

With the news of a blizzard heading our way, I am so ready for spring! So this morning, I wanted to share with you this wonderful new prim shop that has joined our Etsy team.....Old Farmhouse Gathering.  For those of you who love to work with wool, fibers, and thread you will love this shop!

Let me introduce you to Valerie of Prim Folk Art Shop!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/PrimFolkArtShop?ref=pr_shop

Valerie is an avid seamstress who specializes in wool applique, and offers the neatest patterns for you to purchase. Just click on the link above to see more of her wonderful creations.

This shop contains folk art wool applique patterns, primitive patterns, quilt patterns, Valdani threads, hand dyed wool, wool felt and other needfuls. From time to time you will see handmade folk art applique pieces and folk art themed quilts.

 I just fell in love with this sampler! I don't get a chance to do allot of needlework, but I have been so inspired by the so many of you that do, that I am going to pick up that needle again and get started.

You can also find Valerie on her blog

http://www.thewoodenacorn.blogspot.com/

I hope everyone that is coming into this storm will please stay safe and warm......till next time

God Bless

Happy Monday All!

Happy Monday Everyone! Brrrr.....is it ever cold!! It has been the perfect weather to stay inside with a nice hot drink, and create! Over the weekend I did get a few moments to work on some new items for my Etsy shop. Here is a set of coasters that I have had in my stash for way too long. I am trying to use up what I already have before buying up more, so I decided to start with these. Of course all that know me know how I love to incorporate stars wherever I can, and this piece was no exception. Love it!

While I had these colors on my palette, I went ahead and did up a star guest soap in the same design. I have black throughout my home, so of course I had to have one for my guest bath.

I had one of these vintage labels left so I decided to use it on this papier mache tissue box. These little boxes are the perfect size for end tables, or anywhere you need a tissue handy. This was my last label that says "Prairie Bonnet Tissues".

This mousepad was tons of fun to paint. I used a Marie Provost design, and framed it in black on the edges. Of course we had to have stars to make it complete.

So it was a busy and productive weekend for me. How about all of you? Hope you all stayed warm and cozy if you are living in the areas of deep freeze......like me. I truly love winter, and can't imagine living anywhere that we didn't have snow, but in a couple of weeks I will be ready to start looking at flower catalogs and planning the garden. Till next time........God Bless

Do you Love Gingers?

'For the Love of Gingers' by Primgal

If you love gingerbread you will find many adorable ones here.

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Treasury tool is sponsored by Lazzia.com.

Monday Morning Marketplace

Good Morning Friends! I want to introduce you to a great gal and new shop that just joined our Etsy Team Old Farmhouse Gathering

This great sign can be found at Bedlams Country Crafts, and the owner's name is Carla. We are delighted to have her join the team!

Carla loves decorating in the country and primitive style, and has a great blog where she features some of her custom items she has made.

http://www.bedlamcountrycrafts.blogspot.com/

Happy Monday All.........and as always.........God Bless

A Couple of New Things.......

Happy Friday All! How did it get to be Friday already? It's been a busy week here and I was hoping to get a little more done then I did, but it was kind of nice to just enjoy the days after the hectic time of the holiday season. I did manage to get a couple of new things done though......:)

This is a door crown or shelf sitter that I did from a Terrye French design. It was such a pleasure to paint and would look great in a primitive, or cottage style home. My picture taking is not the best today(really need to work on that) but the words, Heart and Hand have been painted on either side of the crown. Love it!

This cutting board was found for me by a friend of mine, and it has the most wonderful patina. You can tell just by looking at it that it helped prepare many a meal in its time. If you look closely you can see the knife scratches throughout and I felt this lended the perfect touch for this folk art chicken design by Terrye French. Lots of fun to paint! As always all of my creations are for sale in my Etsy shop, so I hope you have a moment to stop by!

Here is wishing you all a great weekend! We are busy with family birthday gatherings so there won't be any painting this weekend, but I have all sorts of wonderful ideas, and can't wait to get started. See you next week..and as always......God Bless

New Year! New Look!

Good Morning Blog Friends!
 I am popping in real quick today to share my first "makeover"for 2011.......my BLOG! Doesn't it look fabulous? Now I can be creative but when it comes to this technical stuff I am at a total loss, so I contacted Amy of Amybugs Primitive Attic and she worked her magic! She is so easy to work with, and she had me up and running in no time. So if you are contemplating a change, be sure to pop over to her website to see some incredible primitive backgrounds. The hardest part for me was just choosing one from all she has to offer. She also does websets, and Ebay templates, and they are all oustanding! Thanks so much Amy!! I am just delighted with the new look!

I will be busy in the studio today working on some new things for my Etsy shop, so I will be back soon to share what I have been working on. In the meantime I hope you all have a wonderful day, and till next time.....God Bless!

Life is like Coffee!

Happy Monday Blogging Friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful start to their New Year! I was sent this incredible video this morning, and I wanted to share it with all of you. I thought is was the perfect way to start my New Year.

I always look forward to this time of year. The hustle and bustle of the holidays behind me, fresh new beginnings, wonderful dreams to achieve, and like everyone still want to lose that extra 20 pounds, but what I found truly exciting is that wasn't what I REALLY wanted this year. I want to do makeovers! You know take what you have, and make it better. This video is a wonderful start.....just click the link and enjoy! Till next time.........God Bless!

Life is like Coffee Movie: "Life is like Coffee. Do you know people that just seem to be happier in general? Do you say to yourself, "I want to be more like them"? Often, the happiest people in the world don’t have the best of everything...they just make the best of everything!"

Getting Ready for the New Year

I hope that everyone had a super special Christmas season with friends and family. We had a wonderful time, but it sure was gone in a blink of an eye, and now I have been getting things put away and getting ready for the New Year.

As part of my Christmas present, I went shopping online on Etsy, and this is what I bought. My husband never knows just what I want when it comes to prims, so I get to pick my own out and it is so much fun.

I just fell in love with this candle shelf, and I found it at Teresas Prim Treasures. Her husband only makes these in the spring, and she had two left. Mine is made of barnwood and is done in a pewter finish and isn't is awesome? Just love the iron nails as hangers.

I then went to my one of my all time favorite shops on Etsy, and purchased the sweet candle bag. This was done by Denise of Sawdustys Cabin.

Both of these ladies offer some wonderful prim creations, and their customer service is top notch. I am sure you won't leave without finding something you just have to have...:)

I have so enjoyed taking these past couple of days and visiting all the wonderful Christmas blogs. I am never disappointed at the amount of creativity my blog friends are willing to share, from decorating ideas, recipes, and my favorite......makeovers. You are all such inspirations!!

Today is my husband and I's anniversary, so we are going to get ready here in a short while and do a day of shopping, and then out for dinner. So I wanted to take a moment here this morning to wish you all a very blessed New Year, and I hope all of your dreams come true in 2011.

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!! 

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Is everyone ready for Christmas? I am putting the last touches to everything today how about you? The cookies are baked, the sweet breads are made, gifts are wrapped, and after a gift exchange with friends, it will be cooking and preparing the holiday dinner, and let the festivities begin!

It was already Christmas for me the other day when my giveaway win from Tolenfriends arrived. Look at all these wonderful things I won from Cathy! I just adore everything, and boy is this gal creative! She knits, paints, sews, she does it all! To see more of Cathy's wonderful creations be sure to pop in and visit her blog

http://tolentreasures.blogspot.com/2010/12/great-candy-cane-rescue.html

She has a wonderful tutorial right now on how to make adorable candy canes for those last minute decorations!

Thanks so much again Cathy!! I am just thrilled to have won!!

Well gals this will be my last post for 2010! I want to thank each and everyone of you for your kindness, and friendship, and I wish you all the Merriest Christmas ever! See you in the NewYear!!

Blessing and God Bless.......Jody

Whatcha Working On Wednesday

Yesterday I had the afternoon free, so I got to paint something fun. A friend of mine had made these muslin stockings for me last year and I never got the chance to paint them. Well yesterday I came across them, and had so much fun doing something different. I normally do not paint on fabric, but these may have changed my mind....:)

I have so many ideas swimming around in my head for them, and I am hoping to get a couple more done today. These are based on a design from Kim Klasson, and are large enough to hold about four candy canes, or to fill with hershey kisses.  What a cute add on gift these would make to packages!

It is bitterly cold here today in Illinois......so hope everyone stays warm and has a wonderful Wednesday!

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Good Morning Friends! My I can't believe how long it has been since I posted. This has been one of the busiest crafting seasons ever, but I think I am starting to finally catch up! Since I have been painting primarily for shops this year, I sure haven't had a chance to do much for my Etsy shop, but I am hoping to get a few new things added this week.

I have so enjoyed looking at all the fabulous decorated homes! The creativity that is shown is just incredible. So although I haven't had a chance to post much myself, I have been visiting you all, and leaving comments when I can.

I did have a cute blog button made for me by Deena of  http://www.etsy.com/people/ewenmegraphics

Thanks so much Deena I just love it! Be sure to visit Deena's shop for some awesome Christmas graphics! So help yourself to my button if you wish to!

Just wanted to pop in and say hello, and now it is off to the studio to create some new things!

God Bless!

Hi All!! It is been like Santa's workshop here lately, as I have been preparing for the holiday season. I have been painting non stop trying to fill orders, and supply my retailers. I did get three new items painted that I wanted to show you  though. This mousepad was a special order for a customer that wanted a holiday mousepad, but it had to be prim, so I painted up this adorable design from Katrina Roncin. I do have these available in my Etsy shop now also.

This is the last of my mini cutting board peg hook ornies. This was also done with a Terrye French design and can be found in my Etsy shop. This is part of a new pattern designed by Terrye, but my friend Julie did the original painting. You can read Julie's post here.....

http://oakleafhollow.blogspot.com/2010/08/back-to-blogland-and-painting-too.html

I just changed mine up a bit to be a penny rug, and love the way it turned out!

This last piece I found in an antique store this fall. This unique scoop is all handcarved, and I just had to have it. I painted it with another of Terrye's designs so that it could be used for the entire winter season. This was a OOAK piece, and has already sold.

We did an ornament swap on the Old Farmhouse Gathering Team, and this is a photo of my wonderful gifts! Barb, of Barbsheartstrokes painted these wonderful pieces. I am just thrilled with all of them, and a great big thank you again to Barb! If you would like to see more of Barb's work just click her button on my sidebar, you won't be disappointed!

Well folks I must bring this to a close for today......so much to do so little time......:)

Blessing to each and everyone of you!! Have a great upcoming weekend!

 

Happy Sunday All!

I got up to early this morning, how about you? I had totally forgotten about the time change, till my husband who had to work today told me it was only 4:00!! Oh well more time to paint, so that is what I have been doing.  I found this vintage butter paddle at one of my favorite antique shops, and couldn't wait to paint it. So in deciding what to paint, I am thinking...butter, cookies, gingerbread.....so I used this cute design by Terrye French, added it to an antique white background, distressed it so the wood would show through, and added a homespun tie, and hang tag...... and it turned out great!

Here is another of those mini cutting boards I found this summer at a resale shop. They are just 7" in length, but are just like the usual size cutting board. They look so cute on kitchen themed trees, or any primitive tree for that matter. Also thought they would make great additions to those peg racks we all love. Sadly I could only find three, so I only have one more left that I can paint.

While I was in snowman mode, I finally got this piece finished. I had started it over a week ago, and I don't know where the time went. Well yes I do......I was blessed with many orders last week, along with trying to fill a large wholesale order, so my fun time to paint had to wait. Anyway this is a design from Renee Mullins, and her snowmen are some of the cutest around.

I did work on a handful of new ideas for my soaps too. I love holly, it is one of my favorite things to decorate with during the holidays, So of course I had to paint some on this bar of soap.

I did one like this a few years back, only changed the background to be just a little less prim. This guy is all dressed up for winter with his fancy scarf, carrying his snowflake. Nothing is more prim then a crow....:)

Everyone knows how much I love my stars, so I had to have something something for the holidays too.  I simply added a garland of everygreen boughs, to the prim stars, a few berries, and it is holiday prim!

This time of year is what I call crazy making........between my online business, home, family, and preparing for the holidays I sometime meet myself coming and going. So today with this cute little soap, remember to simplify all you can.....so that you can enjoy the holidays yourself, and each other......

Happy Sunday and Blessings to All!!!