New Valentine's Day Items!

Here are some new items I have been working on for Valentine's Day. I have a lot of new ideas and with all the new fabrics coming out for the spring season the idea are just flowing.




I am working on a couple of new things today and hope to have them done by the end of the week. I hope everyone had a nice weekend.

Primitive Snowman Ornie

This is a handmade snowman ornie I have been working on for my upcoming craft show. He is made with stained fleece fabric, gingham scarf, and twig arms. He is completely hand stitched by me using my own pattern.

I hope everyone has a good week!

Mitten Ornies

Today I made some handmade mitten ornies. They are made with stained star fabric, terry cloth, jute, and a handmade tag.


This is just one of the many items that will be available at the craft show I am participating in on December 5th at the Bill Heddles Rec Center. I hope to see you there.

Christmas Tree Ornies

Today I decided to try my hand at making some Christmas inspired ornies for my upcoming craft show. Ornies are something that you hang as an ornament or use in a bowl as a filler. I have made some hearts and chickies before but this was my first try at making a tree.

I started my project with some stained gingham green fabric, cinnamon sticks, stained cheese cloth, and some rusted hardware. I used my own pattern. The fabric used to make the tree is stained with my own recipe of coffee, vanilla, and cinnamon. I took some cinnamon sticks my mom had and cut them in half and used them as the tree trunk. I made some stamped tags and added some holly and a rusted bell and heart.



I think they came out really cute. They will be available at my craft show at the first of December.

I hope everyone is having a great afternoon.

Changing of the Seasons

I have been working on this prim all week and I think she turned out great. I just love her and she smells so sweet.

Her name is Opal and she arrived just in time for the season change. She is made with stained,(coffee, vanilla, and cinnamon) muslin fabric and harvest fabric. Her hair is in kooky pigtails and made with chenille yarn. Her face is completely hand stitched.

Primitive Easter Bunny

Here is my newest prim. Her name is Jilly Bean and she is making her debut just in time for Easter.

I have been working on her since last Friday and I am glad it's done. Her face took me five tries before I got it just right, kind of a pain in the rump. She is completely coffee stained and smells to sweet. Jilly comes complete with a chick-a-dee ornie that I think is so adorable.

She is my Easter gift to my mom. I really hope she likes her.

Busy Bee

I have been working like crazy again today. I just finished some shabby chic, heart, bowl fillers for Valentine's Day. I really like them and the front of them was completely hand stitched by me. It took some time and my hands are killing me but I love them.

I want to get a few more things done to put on eBay. I have a couple of Valentine's Day outfits from Gap that Madi wore last year that I can sell and some other stuff and I feel like I will have a good haul before the week is out.

Anyway, I better get dinner started and call ZK to see when he will be on his way. I hope everyone is being safe because the snow is really coming down out there.

Valentine's Day Prim Doll

Here is the Valentine's Day doll that I have been working on for 2 days straight. I think she came out lovely. She was difficult but well worth it. I plan on putting her on eBay tomorrow.

Now That It's Over

Well Christmas came and went. I had a lot of fun, got some great gifts, and took tons of pictures. I got a Paula Dean pots and pans set, Tomb Raider video game, a personalized cookie jar, and a neat wallet photo album from my mom. I really like it. You can add up to like a thousand photos and some music.

Yesterday my mom came over and we hit up the craft stores. I am already getting ready to make some Valentine's Day stuff to sell because if that law goes through this will be my last holiday to make children's items to sell. I picked up a new scrapbook because the one I had previously purchased didn't have the expandable spine, a frame for Madi's photo with Santa, and some yarn to use for my dolls hair.

Oh yeah, I am making a new kind of doll. It's called a primitive folk art doll. I love them, they are so darn cute. They are kind of a pain because the arms and legs are so skinny and my fingers are too fat to fit in there so I had to use tweezers, but I liked the finished product. I gave the first one to my mom for Christmas. I took it up there and acted like, "Hey, this is my new doll. What do you think?" and she said that she loved it then asked all sheepishly, "Is it mine?" So cute. Of course it's yours mom! She always gets the prototype of my new items.

Here she is:



Well, I better get off here and get some stuff done. I plan on making lasagna tonight and I think I might do it in the crock pot. I'll let you know how it turns out.

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas.