Awwwwh! Look At This Face!

Well prims......much to my displeasure..... our neighbors dog (a yellow lab......evidently)

paid a "hit and run" visit if you will, to our Border Collie dog......11 year old dog to be exact....that was in her own place on our own farm......

We were hoping she had just been eating really well all these weeks! LOL!!

I think we were all in denial of what was actually fixing to happen.....

Well....she had four puppies altogether...... unfortunately two were still-born.......

Honestly, I was relieved it wasn't more than four.....but saddened for the two that didn't make it......You could obviously tell that they wouldn't have made it......

But.....the two that did are absolutely thriving and getting so chubby & cute!!!!

Moma dog is doing good and getting extra feed and attention from DD (it's her dog).

The pups are about 4 1/2 to 5 weeks old now and we started them on puppy chow a day or so ago after DD noticed they were snooping around moma dog's feed bowl.......

Needless to say..... they LOOOOOVE the juice in the puppy chow when we moisten it with a little warm water!

They absolutey scarf it up!!!

Just betcha we'll end up keeping both.....the family has kind of already gotten attached to them.

I especially like the blonde one......she looks like she'd be a nice prim shop puppy to greet the customers!!!

Tie a bandana around her neck.....now wouldn't that be a welcome sight for folks......if they liked dogs that is...... :)

Prim friends do you all have any ideas for good names for them?

We have thought of Mollie for the black one and Sadie for the blonde.....

but wanted to hear some other choices......Thanks!!

Aren't they precious?!!!! :)

Tuesday Treasure Hunt

Hi Prims!!!
Boy have we been busy since we got back!
I have a question for y'all........is there someone that has seen these in a wholesale catalog & would be kind enough to share a source for these hurricane globes with inserts....I'd be so incredibly grateful to you!
I've also seen some that have the insert hanging over the upper edge of the glass with a sort of scrolled iron look.....that works for me too! :)
If you would post your e-mail.....I'll contact you that way....
Thanks so much to whomever would share that!!!
Blessings!

I'm home in the Backwoods again!

Hi Prims!!
Sorry I haven't posted in a few days.......
DH surprised me Monday night and wanted to know if I wanted to get out and do some purchasing for the shop!!!! Well.....yesssss!!!!! :)
So we went on a little trip(only 900 miles) from Tuesday (about noon) until late Thursday night.
I had such a blast!!
This was a learning trip for me......I've never been to any of the places that you go to get prim stuff for our kind of shop.....what fun!!
We started with a fairly nice sized show and went to another warehouse.......that was plenty
for this first-timer!
I already want to go back!!
Visited a little town that had lots of little prim shops down main street.....Oh what beautiful
displays some of these shops had!
I'm feeling very inspired!! LOL!!!
Have to admit it was a little overwhelming for me.......I was like a kid in a candy store!

I took a few pictures......but didn't get as many as I'd like to.....
It's kind of difficult when you're going 70 mph without things being a bit blurry.....
I'll see what turned out when I get them on the computer and show some in near future posts.....

Well.....I got up Friday morning and started unloading the trailer.....it was pretty funny that what we bought could have fit in the bed of the truck......but we took the enclosed trailer......just in case......I don't know what we were thinking..........it would have taken about $5,000.00 or more, I'm guessing......to have filled that trailer up........
I spent NO WHERE near that amount......I did spend quite a bit more than I usually do.....but
wanted to keep it manageable......I sure did see more that I could have bought though......
Since I've been home.....I've been thinking......well, I should have gotten that or should have picked up more of those......what is it that they say about hind-sight? LOL!
The Lord blessed our travels and it really was a positive experience. :)
Just the boost I needed.......it's been a looong summer.....
It was a great trip.....but I'm glad to be "home in the backwoods" again!

Enough of all that......I just want to say "thank-you" to each of you that are reading my blog and for the especially nice things that you've said......I am humbled and grateful by the compliments.....really....... :)

Have a blessed day!

*New* Fall Craft Show Pics

Good Monday Morning!

Morning all!

We had a very busy weekend!
The craft show was a little down from last year but not by much.....
I was pretty pleased with how we did and the very nice compliments that we received........

We got several new contacts and I gave away all the business cards I had with me but one.
Several visitors to our booth inquired if we had a shop.... :)

After a slow summer and feeling kind of poorly for most of it; I am feeling much better now
& I believe things are picking up again for our shop....Thank you Lord! :)

Oh btw....I took a few pictures of our booth and will post them as soon as I can....

Wow! It was such a hot day for October!!
I know at one point the temp. was 86* but I believe that wasn't the highest it got up to!
It's been the warmest festival day I can ever remember.....last year we were searching for a warm sunny spot to stand in and this year we were trying to avoid it!! lol!
We were all sweaty and tired by the time we got everything packed up!
Just wanted to go home.....get a shower....... and crash!

I was supposed to cook for Sunday's dinner at church....(Pastor Appreciation Day/Meal)
but I was too drained to do any of it......I felt rather guilty by not.......I would not dare go to a fellowship meal empty handed (just the way I am)....... So, I ended up going to the store Sunday morning and picking up nearly 3 lbs. of tater wedges, some cole slaw.......yes, I confess...... I actually brought a bowl from home to put it in!! :)
However, I did not claim to make it......I actually told several what I'd done.....heee heeee......sorry, but it just makes it look more edible/presentable than that plastic box it comes in!!
For dessert I made.....(made it from the store to the truck) some mini chocolate covered doughnuts.....Well, even though I didn't cook anything from home.....it was all gone and I had nothing left over!!
So the day was all good!
We didn't have any service last night at church so DH & I went to a little festival about an hour from here.....we got in behind the tale end of the parade that was coming through and just about got stuck in all of the traffic!
I told DH that there was a prim shop I wanted to go in but they were going to close soon.....so I hopped out of the truck and started walking the direction of the shop.......the crowd was terrible
and the traffic was worse......boy, did we pick the wrong time to get there!
The parade was really loooooong and I knew by the looks of things that my DH would be sitting in traffic for an hour, so I called him and strongly suggested that he figure a way to get turned around in the road and go back to find another place to pull off because he was meeting all the parade entrants and it looked like it was going to be a good while before one could get through......
Well....he did and he was able to park fairly close to where the shop was.....I was so thankful!
I went in an antique shop but did not buy anything......way too high priced...
Then a sort of prim shop....but it was alot of what I call "cutesy prim" stuff...
I like a little of that....maybe snowmen during winter and Christmas......but that's about it for me and the cutesy stuff.....
I did buy a wire pumpkin.....I really have to like something to buy it out somewhere.....cause I order things for our shop and see quite a bit of stuff in catalogs.....I've gotten to be pretty choosey about what I purchase......DH is sooooo glad of that!!
The pumpkin is neat.....it has a little prong in the center base...I'm assuming that is for a pillar candle of some sort....it would make a lovely centerpiece item.....
I think I'm going to paint it a rusty brown/orange color and perhaps get DH to help me put an electric light in it if I don't use it as a centerpiece.....I may put it on the steps by our kitchen entry.....
I'll post a before pic of it today(did add at top of post) and then hopefully y'all can give me some suggestions as what could be done with it......O.K.??
Thanks to the one's that have such kind words about my blog and for putting me on your blog list!!
I enjoy reading sooooo many of your blogs and they are all uniquely special.......
I'd better get busy unloading the trailer and getting this shop back into shape again.....
Have customers coming about Wednesday of this week......need things to be presentable before then!!
Will get back with some pics when time allows!!
Have a great Monday all!!

Lil' Stoneware Collection

Although this is not a very big collection, I think it makes for a nice little grouping above a very old cabinet that was my DH's Great Grandmother's.........(notice the crock piece in the crow sign too...)

I do have other crock pieces through our home but they are different than these......

I think the very most I gave for one of these pieces was $3.00....it was a Rowe pottery piece.

I don't see them very often though.....not as often as I'd like at that price anyhow!

My friend Carolyn at Cranberry Crossings found several very nice Rowe

pieces recently while out thrift shopping.

She got all of her's for just a very few dollars each........you go girl! :)

One For The Money...Two For The Show....Three To Get Ready...

Good Friday Morning!

I've almost got everything ready to go........

I keep creating more to do though!!

Painted four signs last night and I'm going to try to squeeze in 6 more today.....maybe.....hopefully!

This is one of the plywood pumpkins we did.....I think the curly metal "tendrils" add a neat prim touch along with the crow keeping watch.....

It's supposed to be really warm tomorrow.......high of 85 I think.

I'm really excited to set up at the show this time.......usually, I'm kind of uptight or stressed about getting things tagged and loaded then unloaded and displayed......

I've been trying to plan my display out in my head......that's a stretch for me at times.......most the time I just end up wingin' it.

Always seems like it falls right into place at the last moment.....that's a good thing!

Hope y'all are having a good day!

Gettin' Done!

Here's a couple of things that are ready for the show!!

I'm really liking the bee skeps........hmmmm......may need to keep one here...... The coffee table DH made turned out nice.....I'd like one of those too! :)

I'll have more to show later on.....It's about time for me to finish getting supper ready.....

Going to have white beans and cornbread in a big black skillet, smoked pork chops and fried potatoes! I'm hungry!

Oh....here's the full photo of the dry sink........