Happy Friday!

After a long rainy week the sun has decided to come out again! Perfect timing if you ask me. A few of my friends and I are heading out to Hampton Beach NH for the weekend. My friend Sue has a cottage it's right across the street from the beach! It doesn't get much better then that! We are looking to have a fun time this weekend. No kids, no husbands, no problems! That is are motto for the weekend!
I am hoping that we will be able to stop at a few primitive shops along the way. There is one right in Hampton that I like going too. At this very moment I can't seem to remember the name. It's one of those names that I just can never remember! Could this be a sign of old age?! I might have to start carrying sticky notes with me. That way I can write things down so I don't forget them!

Since I will be away this weekend that means no time for crafting! Luckily I was able to get a little crafting done this past weekend. Here are some pictures of what I've been working.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

Happy Tuesday!

It sure feels like summer time around here! This weekend we had beautiful weather. It was about 80 degrees, sunny and there was a lite breeze blowing. You couldn't ask for any better. Friday afternoon my grandmother and I went to one of our favorite garden shops. We were like kids in a candy store. We were loading our wagons like crazy! There were so many wonderful flowers to choose from. I ended up getting some holly hocks, cone flowers, foxgloves, daisy's and a few zinnias. Saturday I was able to get them all planted. Now we just have to sit back and watch them grow!!

Everything is still so green but in a week or so there should be lots of colorful flowers popping out!

I found the time this weekend to work on some of my bears and a few fall items.

Here are the bears hanging out to dry!

I am hoping we have more of these sunny spring days. I seem to have so much more energy when the sun is out!

Until the next time.

Heather

New Goodies

Here are some pictures of things I've been busy working on! I love my little bears. Each one I make looks different from the other. I never know what they are going to look like! I guess they each have their own little personalities.

I love making fall items! Usually I make things for spring summer but this year I decided to just stick with fall and Christmas. For me it was always a struggle to find ideas for things to make for the spring and summer. So it finally hit me why not just make the things I love to make and not feel pressured about making things I really wasn't into. Now I can focus my time on primitive fall and Christmas items. Also I decided to just do shows in the fall. No more summer shows which were always a little stressful. At my summer shows I never did as well as I did at the fall shows. So this year I feel like I am in good shape for my fall shows!

Happy Wednesday! Half way to the weekend!

My 1st Mothers Day

What a great weekend I had! I got to spend the whole weekend with my little guy and even got other stuff done as well!  Jackson gave me the best mothers day present, he slept until 8 o'clock on Saturday morning! It was just what my husband and I needed, a little sleeping in time! He's pretty good about sleeping but still likes to get up at 6am on the weekends! So him sleep to sleep till eight was fantastic!

Saturday I was able to get a lot of sewin done all done around Jackson's nap schedule! I was on a roll. I made up a bunch of witch shoes, black cats and even sewed a few of my ghost up. I was hoping to stuff them all but just ran out of time! No matter how much time I have it's just never enough. I feel great about my progress this weekend. Little by little I should be ready for the show in September.

On Sunday we took a ride up to my moms new cabin in Warrensburg NY. Her place is so nice and cozy. They haven't offically moved in yet but she's been painting and cleaning things up. The previous owner loved the color country blue . The inside and outside all had that wonderful country blue color! My mom has choosen more Adirondacky colors, dark green, tan and a sagey grayish color. It looks great now! I can't wait to see it when she gets all her furniture and gets to decorate it! I know it'll look so cozy!

While we were there we got to explore their property. There is a train track right behind the house, then just a short walk down through the woods is the river. They are hoping to clear out a spot so we can sit and have a camp fire. I can't wait until Jackson is old enough to play outside. He'll have so much fun! There is so much for him to explore!

Thats it for today. I hope to get some pictures on here soon. Just have to find the time to download them to the computer!!

Have a great day!

Until next time.

Heather

Yeah it's Friday!!

I love a Friday night. The work week is behind you and the weekend is ahead of you. I don't think there is a better night of the week then a Friday night! Firday night is when you get to relax and spend time with the ones you barely saw during the hectic week. At our house Friday is also fun food Friday. That means we usually order take out or cook something special.
There's just something about a pizza on a Friday night. I think that goes back to when I was a child. I couldn't wait to get home from school on Friday. I knew it meant it was pizza for dinner and a good night of tv!! We would all get cozy in the living room and sit with our pizza and watch our favorite shows. Back then my favorites were Full House and all the TGIF favorites!
Things haven't changed much I still love to eat out in the living room while watching my favorite shows.
This weekend is special because it's my first mothers day being a mom! I will be spending the weekend with the little man, my husband and of course my mom! I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Hoping to get some more fall items done. It's suppose to be rainy and cool tomorrow so it will be a perfect day to work on my creations.
Then Sunday we will be heading up north to my moms new cabin she just bought. It'll be nice to spend some time up in the mountains. We are looking forward to spending a lot of time up there this summer. The river is a short walk from her house so it's sure to be the place on a hot summer day!
Well I hope everyone enjoys the weekend! Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there.

Until the next time.

Heather

It's been so long...........

since I've last posted! The main reason I haven't posted is that back in October i had a baby boy! I knew this little creature would take up a lot of my time but man he takes up all of it! In a good way! I just want to be with him all the time. I still love to craft and decorate but for the past six months Jackson it's been all about him! As it should be!!
So lately I have gotten the itch to get back into crafting. I have a show in September so if I want to have enough stuff I need to get busy! So this weekend I was able to get down to my craft room and got tracing,cutting,sewing,stuffing, and grunging. I was on a roll. It felt so good to be back in the swing of things. I didn't realize how much I missed crafting until I started it up again. So I am back in the crafting business. Now if only I can keep the energy up to keep on doing it!

Till the next time!!

Craft Show Pictures

I just had my first show of the year a couple weeks ago. Every July and September the Shaker Heritage Society

(which was Americas first Shaker settlement http://www.shakerheritage.org/ ) holds their annual craft fairs. Sales were pretty good. Not as good as last year but I did well enough to make it worth my time. I always enjoy going to this show. It's in a great area, the people are wonderful and there's so much history there. It's a perfect place for selling primitives!

Here are some of my pictures from this July's show and last fall. Hope you enjoy them!

Happy Rainy Tuesday!

It's another rainy Tuesday here in Upstate New York! It seems like every other day it rains. I do enjoy a rainy day every now and again but this is just a little too much! The good things about having so many rainy days is that it puts me in the mood to craft. Which is good since I have a big show coming up in less then 2 months!
Last night I finished up an order for one of my customers. Then I worked on one of my Santa dolls. I so enjoy making Santa's. Each one has it's own personality! I plan to make a bunch up this year. They always seem to sell well for me.

This weekend I plan to stay home and work on lots and lots of fall and Christmas crafts. Plus all weekend long it's Christmas in July on QVC! I love having that on in the back ground. Anything Christmas puts me in the crafting mood. I know we just got over this weekend but I am so looking forward to this upcoming weekend!
Hope you all enjoy your Tuesday!!
Heather

I'm ready for Fall!

So since it looks like summer is not making an appearance in my neck of the woods this year. I've given up and moved onto thinking about fall!! Which is of course my favorite time of the year!

I have a craft show in September and have been busy making fall creations for it. This year's line up includes cheesecloth ghost. I got the pattern from Tennessee Ridge Primitives. It's absolutely adorable! The ghosts sold well last year so I am hoping they will again this year.
I've also been making a bunch of my grungy white and orange pumpkins that I put into pie tins, old buckets, enamelware basins, baskets and anything else I can find to put them in. I love making things for fall. I seem to do my best crafting around this time of the year.

I always have a hard time with ideas for Spring/Summer crafts. Then I start to get discourage and don't feel like making anything. Then just when I am about to give up it's time to make my fall things and I get right back into it! This happens every year!
I've also been thinking about Christmas crafts too! I won't be doing a Christmas show this year because of the baby coming but I still plan on making lots of goodies. I sell my items at a couple of primitive shops in the area so I hope to have some Christmas things ready for them.

This is one of the shops who sells my items. It's Krafts by Kim. It's a great little Primitive/Country gift shop located in East Greenbush NY just outside of Albany. http://www.kraftbykim.com/ . The owner Kim is wonderful! She's been in the primitive business for a while and always has a great selection of items.

Well thats it for now! I hope next time to have some pictures to show you.

Heather

My First Blog!

Welcome to my new blog! I have been wanting to do this for a while now and have finally taking the plunge! So bear with me while I figure this whole blogging thing out. I read many blogs and love hearing everyone's life stories.
I hope you will enjoy reading about my life and adventures!
I try and keep my life as simple as possible. I always thought that less was more. Although it is kind of hard to follow that when I am out shopping at a primitive store or at a flea market! I love anything that has to do with the past. I love the primitive style and have just recently started to get into the colonial style decor.
We live in my husbands grandmother's house which was built in the 40's and I have tried to make it as primitive as I can. Right now it's just my husband, my sweet doggie Sadie and our cat Emily but in November we will be adding to our little family. We are expecting our first baby! It's a little boy and we are so excited to start this new chapter in our lives!
I am going to try my best to keep up to date with my blog. I have plans to add pictures and ideas and all sorts of good things to it! So stayed tuned!
Thanks for stopping by and checking my 1st blog out! Hope you all have a great day!

Heather