Spring Tyme in the Country PICS!

What a WONDERFUL weekend! The weather was fab! Always LOVE to see my wonderful customers and friends!!! Your business means more than you all know & I THANK YOU!

Sooo, for those who couldn't attend, here's a few pics of what you missed! :)

NEW oLDe Finds & a Make-Over!!

After a stressful day yesterday, this morning I decided to venture out just over the road a bit....and came home with a wonderful haul!!

Best of all was the price ~ I won't divulge the exact amount, but starts with an "f" ::big grin::!! Old windows, a neat chippy paint work table (thinking would be a wonderful potting bench!), old flower pots, a few neat industrial metal bins, etc!
Some of the goodes will be SQUEEZED into the shop, and some will go to my booth at the Depot at Gibson Mill!!

And, now for a JUST A FEW of the NEW "OLD" pieces now for SALE in the shop!

This old ice box made me SWOON!! LOVE the chippy white paint & the rusty metal door!
And the INSIDE?!LINED WITH AN OLDE COCA-COLA SIGN!!
I had a really hard time deciding to part with this piece, but sadly I can't keep everything! lol

Another favorite is this wonderful old 1800s trunk ~ still has traces of the paper lining too!
and this WONDERFUL chippy metal medicine cabinet!

and now.....

drumroll please.....

THE MAKE-OVER!!

this weathered old table was part of my haul this mornin...had traces of yucky leather covering it that I promptly ripped off....digging thru my STASH of feedsacks, I knew JUST the one to use!!
NOW a WONDERFUL bench, ottoman, or coffee table!! Soo many uses ~ it's a great size and a perfect height!!

Thinking this piece will head to the Depot for sale.....

I'm now back to sewing ~ preparing lots of wonderful new handmades for my 3rd annual Spring Tyme in the Country March 20th & 21st!!! More to come on that....

Just In!

I'm excited to announce I just received my shipment of this WONDERFUL NEW primitive magazine! They are headed out to the shop in just a few!! Stop in SOON if you'd like to purchase a copy ~ I think they're going to go fast!! I took a limited quantity to my space at The Depot at Gibson Mill and have already sold a few there!
AND!!!!!

I've been scouring the countryside for lots of new goodes for the shop!! Along with the "new" old finds, I'm popping some spring in here & there ~ seems people are ready for a little bit after this unseasonable winter we've had here in NC (though, I admit, I have LOVED the COLD! and SNOW!)

Hope to see you soon!!

Lucy I'm hommee!!!!

YES, we're home from Pa ~ we left Saturday morning for our annual fall run up to Pa to find goodes for the shop! We had a wonderful ~ beit fast paced ~ trip up & came home with lots of new stuff!

Of course, I had to stop by my dear friend Judy's (Cinnamon Stick) shop in Hereford, Pa. It was a quick visit, next time we're going to have to make it longer! I never seem to have my camera when we visit, but this time I did, so I made sure David took a pic of the two of us together!I look a WRECK ~ this was after a FULL day of flea-markets & antique shops in 95 degree weather (103 with the heat index!). And Judy, adorable as always, but HID her NEW glasses!


NOW, thanks to the wonderful camera my sweet hubby & parents gave me for my birthday back in May, I was able to take some pics of our fave areas. Now, mind you, Dave & I are always on a "mission", so it's what I call
TOUR GUIDE AT 55 (mph)...
My new camera has a movement mode, so I was able to take pics as David zoomed by! The TOUR will be saved for another post later on!

In the meantime
here's a few pics of the goodes all unloaded!!
With the exception of 4 or 5 things that are for me, everything is for the SHOP!
ALOT is already out there, NOTHING is priced yet LoL (I hope to do that in the a.m.).
TONS of the Amish made barn stars!
(FINALLY found a more consistent stop to pick them up! YAY!)

(back seat of the truck)


YES! EVERYTHING BELOW ~ and a few things not pictured ~ ALL came down the road with us!

(me with the goodes ~ David insisted I get in the pic too ~ nevermind I'm a sweaty mess AGAIN since it was only around 95 yesterday!)
I am in LOVE with the old grain bin with the cow on it!!!!
And the sweet little bench actually has a wonderful worn red paint in spots & on the sides!

(David with the goodes)

Now I'm off to SWELTER some more! I forgot to mention, when we got in from the shop last nite our A/C had died! 20 hours later & we STILL have NO AIR as we can't seem to find a repairman that will answer their phone!! Oh, it's only 85 in the house!

~*~BLOOM~*~

Finishing up a few goodes for the shop this morning...I make these daisies almost every spring & always love the end result BUT BOY do they kill the fingers with all the handsewing! Anywho, here's a couple arrangements I made up with my daisies ~ flash makes them a bit brighter of course! ~ both have preserved sweet annie, too, so it'll always stay green!

While I'm at it, here's a cool prim cat I just finished up & took out to the shop. She has more facial details, but they didn't show up too well in the pic~

AND on another note ~ this is the goodie David came home with from auction Saturday. This old screen door will be my screen door going from the kitchen into our sun room! Can't wait for him to get it up!! I have a "thing" for old advertising! LoL The screen door at the shop has an old Kerr bread door guard, I have an old country store screen door with a Sunbeam door guard as the door for our laundry room & now this one with the Merita!! ::big smiles::

Oh & ignore the boxes in the background~ those would be the box lots he brought home from auction...

~*~Jack Rabbit~*~

Meet Mr. Jack Rabbit! He's the newest bunny to hop into the shop this week!! He's got a little "saddle bag" made from an old cutter quilt..Filled with carrots!! His sweet little tail is wool from my real sheepies ~ felted on (broke my very last felting needle, too! darn it!)...I've made up just a few of these guys, so hurry in before they hop away to other homes!

Thanks to Kim Kohler for the wonderful pattern! :)