I'M BACK :)

Hello again ! I am back after almost 3 years. I have still been making things and will soon again be posting pictures for you to enjoy. My camera's is on the fritz and took my keyboard with it so please excuse the gross misspellings and missing letters LOL . Also excuse the pictures taken with my phone, I have a new camera ordered , hopefully it gets here sooner rather than later. This is a very tall skinny sheep. he has twig legs a puckered tail and a willow tree painted on his body. My Bonanza account is no longer open but my Ebay link is still good . Feel free to message me if you see something you like :-)

YAAAYYY!! It's December!!

Hello everyone! I am sorry I don't have any doll pictures for you today:( I do have a couple of new dolls , but alas either my hubby or my children have made off with my camera once again. I am sure that those of you who read regularly have noticed that this seems to happen quite often , and it does. My 3 yo twins had an obsession for a while with my card reader, all told I bought 3 of them that they kept packing off , they ( thank goodness) have out grown it, but 1 of the card readers never did surface. I bought a new camera a while back and have only gotten to use it about 4 times and now it is missing too **sigh** I stashed it in the back of my desk drawer , guess I need a better hiding spot..lol. Oh well , I'll do some detective work this evening and I am sure I'll get the new pics by tomorrow. Family life is NEVER dull..lol. On the bright side it has given me a chance to share this awesome photo with you! I don't remember now where I found it , and I have NO clue who it is , but I do LOVE it! The little boy looks so serious! And just look at those boots , I'd love to have a pair like that to sit on my mantle. I love to look at old pictures!! There is a blog around here somewhere called "Picture of the day" ( it's on my reading list) that's really cool. It was a simpler time , and though I am sure that life wasn't easy at all , it was much "cleaner". I love to hear my aunt and uncle tell about things when they were young, and they aren't even that old. My aunt didn't know anything about the birds and the bees until she was in high school. My 2nd grader hears phrases from other kids that I have to google to even know what it means! ( It usually isn't good ). It kinda has me feeling old..and I haven't even bridged 30 yet. I have heard people say that kids grow up to fast these days, but I don't think that thats the case. They just learn all the bad stuff way earlier. I think society has gotten so caught up in giving the next generation more than what they had , that they have lost sight of the important things, like forming bonds and teaching their children to be self sufficient. I cannot count the number of people even at my age that couldn't boil water if they were starving to death and that's just plain sad. It seems cruel to me even though I am sure it wasn't intentional in most cases. Not teaching a child how to handle life is like cutting 3 legs off of a dog and then expecting it to hunt for it's self. These poor kids turn 18 and the world as they know it comes crashing down, they are suddenly responsible for everything . They have to be able to feed themselves , keep clean clothing , keep up with their homes, keep a budget , etc. and thats a lot for a child that never had to cook or do a load of laundry. My 11 yo old LOVES to cook, but he still hasn't hit a growth spurt to get him up high enough to use the stove safely ( he can't clear the burners and reach the knobs at the sametime) but I teach let him bake in the oven a lot. When he's done he has to help clean up , which he doesn't always like , but it's a good reminder that you have to take the bad with the good and that he'll have to clean up his messes when he is on his own. My 9 yo knows how to cook some things , but he isn't quite as into it as my 11 yo so he's not in the kitchen as much. They both help with laundry , and my 11 yo even helped me wire a 220 plug socket for our new dryer this weekend. He basicly just held things and watched but there is no teacher better than experience, they also LIKE to do it so what better way to learn? Now if I could just teach them to put things back where they found them ( like my camera ..lol ) then we'd be in good shape. Any way this is starting to sound more like a parenting blog than a primitives blog so I had better cut it short , but here's to raising the next generation of strong kids.

OOAK Primitive Manger Scene / Nativity

Hello every one! I thought I'd give you a peek at the manger scene I finished yesterday. I really love these little guys. There are 8 seperate dolls in this set . I cinnamon baked each one and signed them on the bottom. They are up for auction on Ebay right now and will end this weekend . I have extra pics posted there so check it out if you get the chance! Thanks for reading!

OOAK primitive Santa w/ Baby Jesus and Snow Friends Walter and Marvin

Here's my snow friends that I couldn't post last time and a new Santa who's holding the Baby Jesus. The snow men are up for auction on Ebay right now and the Santa will be going there this Tuesday evening. Also make sure you check back here later this week because I should have a new manger scene finished in the next couple of days. Thanks for Checking them out!

Hello again everyone! Here's my new Belsnickle Santa. He's all decked out in his burlap robe and ready to bring treats to the children. If you have never heard the legend of the Belsnickle, then I will tell you who he is in short... He is the grand father of our modern day Santa , and a part of Appalachain history. Belsnickle would often travel from house to house dressed in burlap with his face blackened out by charcoal dust. He would either deliver treats to good children or spank bad children with a switch. Every year the children would strive to be well behaved so that the belsnickle would bring them a treat instead of a spanking. So that he got to meet all the children, the Belsnickle would begin his rounds just after dusk on Christmas eve and would have been finished with his rounds by midnight. The belsnickle didn't wait until everyone was sleeping, in fact he came into the house to have cookies or cake and hot apple cider with the family. My Belsnickle Santa doll will be making his way to ebay very soon, I sure hope that the children there have been good..lol. Belsnickle is carrying his bag of treats in his left hand and a tree and a small doll in his right hand. He is dressed in a hooded burlap robe that has homespun wool yarn stitched around the edges. His eyes are small rusty jingle bells and his beard and eyebrows are made from natural sheeps wool that I hand washed myself. He is approximately 18.5" tall and is signed on his bottom.
I also finished a pair of snowmen today but photobucket apparently hates me because it will not let me copy the code so that I can post the picture here. I suppose I will try again later. I am all out of muslin and fiber fill so I am sending my DH out for more , and hopefully I'll have some new things to show you tomorrow evening. Have a blessed evening everyone!

New Primitive Christmas Ornies

Well folks I am at it again! Christmas is coming and all of these new pretties are available in my bonanza booth ! I'll be adding Lots of new ornies and dolls over the next 2 weeks , They will be posted to Bonanzle until either Friday or Sunday and then sent to Ebay for auctions. I am offering 10% off of orders of $50 or more in my bonanza booth only . I also have my candles available on bonanza. To see my Booth or visit my Ebay auctions , click on the links below my banner and it should take you directly to them. Sorry to keep it so short but Christmas is fast approaching and I have so many things I want to make!! AGGGHHH! Times running out!

Like mother like son

Hello everyone, I thought I'd share this beautiful cardinal with you folks . I did not make him. My 11 year old son did! I am so proud of him! He made this for a competition at school ( he got 2nd place). It took him a while to decide what to do , his ornament had to be WV wildlife of some sort and at first he thought of doing a bear, but decided that it wouldn't stand out enough on a christmas tree. The only things I needed to help him with were threading the sewing machine , and tieing off knots.He did the rest on his own! I told him that I was going to have to put him to work for me..lol. He has sewn a few things before and I let him experiment with my machine from time to time , but I think the competition brought out the best in him and he really amazed me. He will get his ornament back after Christmas and I told him that next year and every year after we would use his cardinal as our tree topper. I'll keep you updated on any thing else he makes.