Homespun Treasures By Dana

Happy New Year!!!

2011-12-31T21:50:00.001-08:00

I want to wish all my blogging friends a safe, prosperous, and Happy New Year!!!

Blessings,

Dana

The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

2011-12-20T15:58:00.000-08:00

WOW!!! It’s been a long time since I blogged!!! Please forgive me for being away so long but I had a two day Christmas craft show and I had a ton of goodies to make and I had orders from my website. Thank you everybody for all of your orders I appreciate each and every one of them. I’m going to share some pictures from my show and some pictures of my Holiday Home 2011. I have a lot to share so bare with me this is going to be a long post.

Here’s a look at my booth….

Here’s a look at my home at Christmas Thyme……

YAY!!! I FINALLY got a Arnett Santa…..I LOVE him!!! :)

Olde fashioned peppermint sticks.

This is my seasonal tree in my kitchen that I keep out all year long.

Kitchen window sill.

Trees on my front porch.

My bathroom.

My stove board.

Thank you so much for sticking it out with me!!! I know it was a long post. I want to wish all of my blogging friends a Very Merry Christmas!!! So many of you are like family to me an I LOVE ya’ll!! Enjoy every moment you have with your family because each one is so precious.

Until next time……Remember the REASON for the Season!!

Christmas Blessings,

Dana

Fall Swap

2011-10-30T19:05:00.000-07:00

This post is long overdue. This is a swap I had with my dear friend Tricia from over at Hillcrest Home Prims. We have started having seasonal swaps and they are so much fun.

Here’s a look at the goodies she sent…..

Tricia really spoiled me, she sent me some fall leaves to decorate with, a set of stacking boxes, three wall shelves, primitive bag, the cutest little pumpkin and a peg hanger with salt boxes!!!

This is a close up of the Fall sampler… I LOVE this!!!

This is the cutest pumpkin bag!!

Tricia I absolutely LOVE everything you sent me and I’m looking so forward to our Christmas swap!! We are planning a vacation to Tennessee next July and I’m so excited!! Freddie and I are so excited that we finally get to meet Tricia and Ken. We plan to stay a week with them so we’ll have a lot to blog about when we get back.

Tricia thank you so much for all of my Fall goodies…..this swap was so much fun and I’m looking forward to the next one.

Until next time….take care

Fall Blessings

Dana

Do You Use Coupons?

2011-09-04T18:45:00.000-07:00

If you are not using coupons you should definitely start!!!! It really makes a difference when you are trying to stay on a budget!! I’ve always used coupons. Most of the time I would forget them at home. But when I learned how to match up my coupons with the weekly sales ads it made such a BIG difference. Trust me I don’t forget them anymore. Coupons have got a bad rap lately because of the TLC Extreme Couponing show but believe me you don’t have to be that extreme to save your family money. I never pay full price for lotion, deodorant, shampoo, make up, laundry detergent, and many other health and beauty items.

The best places to to buy laundry items and health and beauty items is CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid. They all provide store coupons that you can use along with your manufacture’s coupons and that’s when you can really save! They also all have reward programs that you join that you can use as cash for purchasing anything in the store. I’ve also learned that organizing your coupons make a world of difference. I use a binder and put the coupons in baseball card sleeves. So, every week I take my sales papers and match them up with the things I need. I’ll check and see if I have a coupon and then I put them with my sales adds. You don’t have to take the binder in the store, just use it to store and organize your coupons.

This is my binder…….

I keep my sales ads organized in the divider pockets.

Here’s a look inside.

Remember coupon are just like cash money.

This is the best sources for coupons…..

All You magazine available only at Walmart.

Inserts from the Sunday newspaper.

I also have several websites that I print coupons from. If you are interested in any of them please email me and I’ll be happy to email you the web addresses. I hope some of this coupon info helps you. If you have any questions please let me know.

Until next time, take care!!!!

Blessings,

Dana

This Post Is For Pineapple Lovers

2011-08-14T18:40:00.000-07:00

I recently made some new blackened beeswax items for my website and I'm having trouble posting pictures on there. So until I figure out the problem I thought would list them here on my blog for any one who might be interested.

First I have a large pineapple ornie measuring 6" X 3" . This will be priced at $6.99 ea.

Set of 3 blackened beeswax bowl fillers, they measure 31/2 X 2. You can also burn these in your tart burner. These will be priced at $7.99 for a set.

Here's a close up.... Sorry it's a little blurry.

I also have a set of 10 blackened beeswax strawberries that come in a vintage berry basket filled with grass. This makes a great display and you can also melt these in your tart burner and they smell like fresh strawberries!!! YUM! :) The price for this set will be $10.99. I only have 10 vintage baskets available.

Here's a close up.....

Last I have a American flag bowl filler and it measures

3 1/2 X 2 1/4 This also made in blackened beeswax aged with cinnamon. This will be $3.99 ea.

Thank you so much for taking a look at my new handmade goodies!! :) If you see anything you would like to purchase or if you have any questions please email me at dmharpley@aol.com

Until next time....take care!! :)

Blessings,

Dana

Wonderful Birthday

2011-08-10T20:55:00.000-07:00

My birthday was last weekend (July 31st) and as always my husband made it a special day for me. He started out by taking me to Carrabba's my favorite Italian restaurant and then surprised me with two dozen long stem roses and they where absolutely beautiful.

I also went to my my friend Janet's shop ( The Back Yard Barn) and picked out a few things with my birthday money. She has so much to choose from it's always hard to pick a few things!! :) I picked out this pillar candle....even though I make candles I LOVE to try new ones.

Also this colonial tin lamp.

I found these crocks when we went on vacation and I forgot to add them to that post. I LOVE these!!!

My dear friend Sarah from All Roads Lead Home sent me some of her new bowl fillers and they are awesome!!! She also added a prim bowl and a coverlet runner. Click on the link above and check out her blog she makes the BEST salt dough bowl fillers. Thank you so much Sarah I absolutely LOVE everything. It was so sweet and thoughtful for you to think about me. I am so thankful for you and our friendship. I took some close up pictures but they turned out so blurry so I'll take new pictures and post them on my next blog post.

THANK YOU SARAH!!! :)

Until next time ....take care. :)

Blessings,

Dana

Another Great Swap With Tricia

2011-08-02T21:05:00.000-07:00

Tricia from Hillcrest Home Prims and I did a fun Summer swap!!! Boy did she did good....she knows me well. Look at all the goodies she sent me!!!! :)

First is this prim lamp with the berry candle ring and the neatest candle sleeve with a star.

This AWESOME penny rug candle mat!! I was so surprised....LOVE it!!!

Last but not least this very prim Ragon house creamer, sugar cup with the cutest spoon, and Summer prim note pad.

This gorgeous bracelet wasn't a part of the swap. Tricia sent this to me a while back for no reason at all..... just from the kindness of her heart and it meant so much to me!! Thank you so much Tricia I will always cherish it!! :) Don't you just LOVE it!!! :)

Tricia I always look forward to our swaps they are so much fun and something to look forward to. I LOVED all my goodies and I hope you are enjoying the things I sent you.

Go visit with Tricia's great blog here's the link .....Hillcrest Home Prims.

Tricia I'm already getting things together for our next swap. Again thank you so much for all of my goodies. I cherish you and our friendship!!! :)

Until next time...take care!!

Blessings,

Dana

Island Getaway

2011-06-13T14:26:00.000-07:00

My husband and I just got back from the beautiful Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. It was a spur of the moment trip but we had the BEST time!!! We both came home with a sunburn though....OUCH!!!!

We stayed at the most beautiful Inn and it had absolutely gorgeous gardens and fountains. So get comfortable because this post has a lot of pictures.

This is the entrance to the Inn.

The next couple of pictures are of the gorgeous gardens.

The Inn had the old time oil lamps. They were so beautiful at night.

Here's a few pictures of our room.

Gorgeous beach!!!!

The Island has so many OLD trees that have the Spanish moss hanging....... it so Southern and beautiful!! :)

I hope you are still with me I warned you this was a long post!! I sure have missed all my blogging friends. I'm so behind on reading all of my blogs and I hope to catch up on them this week. This weekend I'm going to be adding some Summer Thyme items to my website so be on the lookout.

Until next time....take care!!! :)

Blessings,

Dana

Look What I Got In The Mail Today!!!

2011-05-02T19:43:00.000-07:00

Tricia from Hillcrest Home Prims and I have been been friends for about a year now. We met at the APP forum and we started emailing each other and we noticed we really had a lot in common and have become great friends. We finally talked on the phone for the first time about a week or so ago. We had the best time and laughed so much!!! We decided that it would be a lot of fun to do a swap. Look at what she sent me!!! I'm so excited!! :)

This is a Ragon House brownstone casserole dish. Don't you just LOVE it!! It even looks prim! :)

It is huge it measures 11X6! I'll be able to use it for so many things.... from Spaghetti to cooking a roast.

She also added in a cute strawberry pinkeep and a pillow sampler. The card was so cute and prim.

Here's everything together.

We had so much fun with this we have already planned another swap.

Tricia thank you so much for having this fun swap with me and thank you so much for being such a great friend. Our friendship means a lot to me!! :)

Please go by and visit Tricia's blog Hillcrest Home Prims and her website http://www.hillcresthomeprims.com/

Until next time....take care! :)

Spring Blessings,
Dana

My 1st Red Velvet Cake

2011-05-01T20:30:00.000-07:00

My youngest sister Robin came over Friday and we was looking through our Mama's old recipes and decided to try her home made Red Velvet Cake!! And I'm so glad we did....it turned out so good!!! :) It was our first attempt at a made from scratch cake. I know Mama would be so proud!!

Until next time....take care!! :)

Blessings,

Dana

Spring Swap With Sarah

2011-04-25T21:10:00.000-07:00

My dear friend Sarah from All Roads Lead Home and I recently did our Spring Swap and she sent me some of her famous Salt Dough Bowl Fillers. Sarah I'm so sorry I'm behind doing this post . I absolutely LOVE everything you sent me!! These swaps are always so much fun.

These are the gorgeous "Blooms" I LOVE the colors!!

Here's a few close ups....I just noticed I cut off one of the Easter chick's...Sorry :/

She puts SO much detail into each and everyone of them. And ages them perfectly!!!

She also sent me some Angel Vine. I have a big trencher bowl and need a filler for it. I couldn't find any locally so she sent me some. And it's a huge bag......thank you Sarah!!! :)

I didn't have any of her St. Patrick Day fillers so she sent me some so I would have them for next year.

This is another item I can't find locally...they are the big tea lights!!! They are about 2 1/2 inches wide I've never seen or heard of them until Sarah told me about them. I have a big tin willow tree tart burner that Sarah sent me in a previous swap and these big tea light works perfect in it!!!

Last but not least she added in these adorable muslin Easter eggs!!! LOVE them!!! :)

Sarah and I have become very close friends over the past couple of years and we have so much in common. One thing is we both are purse alcoholics!!! She posted about a new purse she bought and I LOVED it!!!! She is so sweet and went back by the store and checked and they had one left..... and it was 50% off ....well we all know what that meant!!! It was meant to be MINE !!! So I sent her out a check so fast. I received it in the mail in the next few days and I absolutely LOVE it!!! Thank you Sarah!! :)

I LOVE these swaps they are so much fun it's like getting presents all year long!!! But more than anything I treasure our friendship.

If you would like some of Sarah's Salt Dough fillers for yourself please go by and check out her blog All Roads Lead Home (just clock on her blog name and it will take right to her blog). Or go by and visit her brand new All Roads Lead Home Etsy Shop.

Until next time take care!! :)

Spring Blessings,

Dana

Easter Blessings

2011-04-23T23:31:00.000-07:00

I want to wish each and every one of my blogging friends a Happy Easter. I hope you enjoy your day with family and friends. I take time each year to reflect the true meaning of Easter. I'm so thankful for the sacrifices my savior made for each of us.

I wanted to share a few of my Spring and Easter displays.

On my next post I will post pictures of the fun Spring swap my dear friend Sarah and I recently had.

Until next time take care!! :)

Spring Blessings,
Dana

Spring Update

2011-04-13T01:03:00.000-07:00

I wanted to let all of my blogging friends know I have updated my website for Spring and Easter so please stop by and take a peek over at Homespun Treasures when you have a chance.

I'll be back in a few days with some photos of some of my new Spring goodies and a fun Spring swap.
Until next time take care!! :)
Spring Blessings,
Dana

We Have A Winner!!!

2011-04-03T18:03:00.000-07:00

I'm so sorry I'm so late posting the winner of my giveaway. I was having trouble with Live Writer and had to redo the post three times.

WOW!!! I had 79 entries for my giveaway!! Thank you to each and everyone of you that took the time out to come by and visit to enter. I did it the old fashioned way. I wrote all the entries down and put them in an old wooden bowl and picked a winner. The winner is Heather from over at Bittersweet And Prim!!! If you haven't joined her blog go by and pay her a visit. She has a wonderful blog.

Congratulations Heather! Please email me your address and I'll have your Spring Gathering in the mail to you. Thank you so much for joining my blog and entering my giveaway.

Until next time take care! :)

Spring Blessings,

Dana

Spring Giveaway!!

2011-03-27T19:58:00.000-07:00

I thought I would welcome in Spring with a giveaway. I appreciate all of my blogging friends you always leave such sweet comments and have been loyal readers and customers.

I am going to make this real easy.... all you have to do is leave a comment under this post and be a follower of my blog and that's it. I'm starting the giveaway this evening and will keep it open for one week. I will choose a winner on Sunday evening April 3rd. If you don't have a blog please make sure you leave your email address with your comment so I will have a way to get in touch with you. I will have the goodies boxed up and ready to mail out to the winner so you'll have it to enjoy throughout the Easter and Spring season.

The winner will receive a gathering basket filled with grass and a primitive wax lamb. He is scented with cinnamon and smells so good.

Here's a close up of the lamb.

Please visit my website Homespun Treasures I have several Spring and Easter goodies to choose from.

I've made some wonderful friendships through my blog and I appreciate each and every one of you. I hope you are enjoying warmer weather where you are. It's been beautiful here in South Carolina. Everything is in full bloom this is my favorite time of year!!

Until Next Time!!

Spring Blessings,

Dana

Happy Spring!!!

2011-03-20T20:26:00.000-07:00

Well today was the first day of Spring and I wanted to wish all of my blogging friends Happy Spring!!! The weather here in South Carolina has been just gorgeous!! The other day it actually made it to 86 degrees. This weekend I was able to get a lot accomplished in my yard. I got all of my beds cleaned out and everything cut back. I also noticed my hosta's are already coming up and I have 6 rose buds on one of my rose bushes!!!

I'll be back soon with my new Spring additions to my home. Also to give you all the info on my upcoming SPRING GIVEAWAY!!

Until next time take care!!!

Blessings,
Dana

Excited About My New Pottery

2011-02-20T23:49:00.000-08:00

I just LOVE all my new pottery from my friend Tarrah over at http://indiantrailpottery.blogspot.com. She and her husband make the most beautiful pottery and I have wish list a mile long so I'm going to buy a few pieces at a time. Plus we always have fun doing swaps. Here's a look at the pieces I picked out.
I chose the rusted barn red tart burner.

This is the gorgeous jug that I picked out for our swap.

While I was out shopping and saw these white tulips and thought they would be so pretty in my new red jug.

Tarrah also sent me some of her awesome handmade wool acorns!!! These are the cutest things. I LOVE them!!! :)

I've have really enjoyed getting to know Tarrah over the last year and we have become such good friends. Tarrah and her husband both are so talented please go by and visit her blog http://indiantrailpottery.blogspot.com. I know you will just fall in LOVE with their pottery.
It's been so beautiful here in South Carolina for the last two weeks. Spring is definitely in the air!! I've been taking advantage and getting a lot of yard work done. I hope ya'll have a great week ahead
Until next time!!!
Blessings,
Dana

Happy Valentine's Day

2011-02-13T21:11:00.000-08:00

I wanted to wish all of my blogging friends a Happy Valentine's Day!! I'm so sorry I've been away for so long but I've been so busy with Spring orders and I'm finally getting caught up. I don't decorate a lot for Valentine's but I thought I'd share a few things. Also I promised some of my Northern friends pictures of the little bit of snow we received a couple of weeks ago here in South Carolina. I was so excited!!! I know most of you are so sick of snow by now. This is another one of my long posts so I hope you stick with me.

These are the roses my husband got me for Valentine's Day! Thank you honey I LOVE them!!

This is a heart pantry cake I made. I also make it in wax.

This is a new lamp I bought from my friend Janet's store. It's been on my wish list for a long time and I finally bought it.

I bought this sign for my bedroom from my APP friend Kath. She does absolutely gorgeous work she is so talented!!!

Right above my pie safe is another sign I purchased from her. Oh my goodness I see now how crooked it is I need to straighten it up. It says Primitives Simple Treasures Of The Past.

Now I'm going to share a few of my snow pictures. We don't get snow very often so when we do it's VERY exciting!!

Thank you so much for taking time to visit my blog I appreciate all of your sweet comments. I hope you enjoy Valentine's day with the one you LOVE! I promise I won't wait another month before I post again!

Blessings,

Dana

It's Christmastime!!

2010-12-23T03:17:00.000-08:00

WOW!!! Time sure does fly I haven't made a post since Thanksgiving!!! I had a BIG weekend craft show and orders from my website so I've been keeping really busy. I'm looking so forward to some down time with my family. I wanted to share a few of my Favorite Christmas things. It will be time to take them all down in about a week and I'm not looking forward to it . I LOVE the warm coziness at Christmas!!! Warning this blog post will be mostly pictures so I hope you enjoy them!!!

This IS the reason for the season!!! The birth of our Lord!!!

I won the cute little stocking pillow off of Etsy!!!

This was another eBay win and he's one of my favorites!!

This is my small tree in my kitchen and I ordered some cranberry and popcorn garland from a blogging friend Janet she has th4e neatest things!!!

This a new Santa for this year I ordered him from a great blogging friend!

My dear friend Gen over at Old Pear Primitives made this Santa for me. Time I saw him I know I had to have one!! Thanks Gen!!! He has wonderful detail. I LOVE him!

New Cupboard print I found this year on eBay!!

This is a Special Santa that one of my APP friends sent me "Just Because" I've always commented on all of her Santa's and she surprised me with one. Theresa it touched me more that you know!! I will treasure him forever!! Again THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

This is a close up!! I love him so much and he is so well made!! I'm not going to want to put him away after Christmas!!

I purchased this Santa from a great facebook friend Sandy and let me tell you she is very talented!! I can't wait to purchase some more of her wares.

I bought this huge trencher from my friend Janet at the Back Yard Barn in Aiken, SC I added a Lamb that I made and added some fresh greenery and rosehips!

I found this Mache Santa bowl on eBay and he looks so cute with the added snowballs that I made.

This is my favorite thing to use during the Holidays!!! When making cookies it gets the job done!!! :)

I sure hope you are still with me..I told you it would be a lot of pictures but I posted since Thanksgiving so I had a lot to show you. I hope each and every one of you enjoy this holiday season and Have A Very Merry Christmas and A Safe and Happy New Year!!! :) Thank you to all of my friends who stop by and comment it means the world to me.

I'll be back soon with a Christmas swap I had with Sarah!!! We always have so much fun with these swaps!!

Blessings.

Dana

Happy Thanksgiving

2010-11-24T21:09:00.000-08:00

I want to wish all my great blogging friends a Happy Thanksgiving!! Enjoy your day with family and friends. We all have so much to be thankful for.

I'll be back soon with some new Christmas goodies that I've been working on.

Blessings,

Dana

Fall Favorites

2010-11-04T21:33:00.000-07:00

I thought I would share a few Fall photos. It will be time to put Christmas out before you know it. Time is passing by to quickly.

This is the cutest little pumpkin I bought him from my friend Janet over at Winter Willow Primitives. http://winterwillowprimitives-underthewillow.blogspot.com/ she has some of the neatest things.

I found this little pumpkin doll on ebay and she is adorable!

This is a lantern I purchased from the Colonial Times festival I posted about in a earlier post.

Thank you so much for stopping by I appreciate all of my friends that always come by and leave me the sweetest comments. Next time I'll be posting about some of the new Christmas goodies I've been working on.

Fall Blessings,

Dana

Halloween Fun!!!!

2010-10-31T21:20:00.000-07:00

Since my baby is almost 20 years old I really miss all the Halloween and trick or treating fun so I go with my best friend Ashlie and her kids Bella and Callie. She really loves Halloween and she lives in a neighborhood that's really goes all out for the kids!!
This is Bella she was a skeleton!!! Ashlie did a great job on her makeup!!! :)

Bella and Callie

Me and Bella.

Spooky yard decorations!!

Ashlie loves to decorate for Halloween and she did an awesome job on her mantel.

We had so much fun and lots of yummy food!!! Thanks Ashlie for inviting me to come along I had a blast!! :)
Fall Blessings,
Dana

Fun Fall Swaps

2010-10-31T01:32:00.000-07:00

I recently had a few Fall swaps with some great friends and I wanted to share with you some of the wonderful goodies I received. The first one I had was with Tarrah from http://indiantrailpottery.blogspot.com/ she makes the most beautiful pottery so when you have a chance go by and visit her blog and see all her beautiful pottery. I was so excited to receive a piece of my own. This is the gorgeous urn and spoon holder she made me . I absolutely LOVE both pieces the pictures just don't do them justice.

Just click on the photos below so you can see the detail in them a little better.

This is where I have it displayed..

Another great thing that came from our swap is a new friendship. Tarrah is so sweet and has the BEST sense of humor. Thanks Tarrah for my pottery I will always treasure it and I'm looking forward to our next one.
The next swap is from my from my wonderful friend Sarah as most of you know by now she makes the best salt dough fillers and I was so excited to get some of her wonderful Fall creations!!!
Here they are all bagged perfectly!! She sent me a ton of them and I LOVE all of them I can't even pick a favorite.

This Jack And Friends.

Heirloom Harvest.

Autumn Splendor.

Halloween fillers that she attached rusty wire to and made them into ornies. I LOVE these!!!

Last but not least a bag of Fall fixins.

She is so talented and I love everything she makes we are such close friends and we do a swap for every season so I can't wait to see all of her Christmas creations. Stop by Sarah's blog http://allroadsleadhome-deeb5.blogspot.com/ and see for yourself all of her wonderful creations and be on the lookout for her new Christmas bowl fillers. Thank you so much Sarah for everything and most of all for being one of my closest friends. I treasure our friendship. I"m already getting some things ready for our Christmas swap! :)
This is a gift I received from a friend/customer of mine all the way from Australia her name is Gayle she purchased some candles from me a while back and we began emailing each other and have become great friends. She hand stitched this for me and it means the world to me. Thank you so much Gayle I LOVE it.

Here's the frame I put it in. I'm going to paint it black as soon as I have some spare time. Oh my goodness...I need to work on getting it in the frame straight too. Sorry!!

I have several antique yellow ware bowls that I don't use I keep them put away because I'm so afraid that they may get broke so I have been on the lookout for a big Ragon House yellow ware bowl that I can use as a salad and pasta bowl and my friend Tricia from Hillcrest Home Prims http://triciamcn.blogspot.com/ had one on her selling blog and she gave me a GREAT deal on it. Thank you so much Tricia I LOVE it!!! :)

Oh!!! I wanted to mention the dough board that was in all of my pictures was made by my friend Lisa over at http://blacksheepprims.blogspot.com/ she is so talented she is a crafter that can do ANYTHING!!! She makes dolls, stitchery's, and all kind of woodwork . So go check her blog out she's already started on her Christmas goodies!!!!
I know this was a long post so thanks for sticking with me. I hope everybody is enjoying this beautiful Fall weather. It's finally cooling off here thank goodness.
Fall Blessings,
Dana

Colonial Times Festival

2010-10-17T19:27:00.000-07:00

Wow!!! It's been a long time since I posted please forgive me for neglecting my blog. I have been so busy with orders and getting ready for my upcoming shows. I've got a few blog posts planned so I'm going to try my best to do better about posting. Thank ya'll for sticking with me.

This past weekend my husband and I went to a local festival called Colonial Times and we had so much fun. It was a reenactment show and I was very impressed with how authentic it was. I took a ton of pictures so hang in there it's a long post.

This is the entrance to the park

The following pictures are the actors in their colonial attire.

Here are some of the awesome display tents they had set up with some very talented artisans.

Check out all of these hand carved spoons and trencher bowls!!!

This was their bakery.

The local tavern.

These colonial outfits we're absolutely amazing!!!

I told ya'll this was going to be a long post!!! Thank you so much for sticking with me. I hope you enjoyed all the pictures. It was a great weekend and the weather was perfect!!! I'll be back soon with a post about some fun swaps and some great purchases I made from some of my blogging buddies. Hope ya'll have a great week!!!

Fall Blessings,

Dana

We Have A Winner!!!!

2010-08-31T17:17:00.000-07:00

First of all I wanted to thank each and every one of you that has joined my blog!! I've been wanting to do this for so long!! It took me a long time to get my nerve up but I'm so glad I did. I've already met so many new prim friends and received so many nice emails. I appreciate everyone of you. I have had a overwhelming response and I'm so glad everyone liked the items I picked for my giveaway.

I had a total of 89 entries because a few people didn't have blogs so they emailed me their entry. I did it the old fashioned way. I put all the entries in a big prim bowl .

Then I let my son Tyler do the honors of picking the winning name.

The winners is!!!!!!

Robyn over at Primlish... she has a wonderful blog!! Please go visit her when you have a chance. Here's a link to her blog . http://primlish.blogspot.com/

Congratulations Robyn for winning my first blog giveaway. This has been so much fun!! I hope you enjoy all of your Fall goodies. When you have a chance, please send me your email so I can get your goodies in the mail. So for those of you that didn't win, don't worry I'll be having another one soon. So keep checking back for more details.

My next post I'll be posting about some of my new Fall goodies that I've been adding to my website. Also some of my new goodies I've bought from some of my great blogging friends. See ya'll soon!!!

Blessings,

Dana

I Did It I Reached 100 Followers!!!

2010-08-24T22:00:00.001-07:00

Actually 114 to be exact. WOW!!!! I can't believe the response I have had about my giveaway. Everybody has left such sweet comments and I want you to know I read each and every one of them and appreciate them so much. I reached 100 followers early this morning. So I will leave it open for a week to give everybody a chance to sign up. So I will pick a winner Tuesday August 31st. I'll probably announce the winner that evening for all you girls who work outside of the home will be available. This has been so much fun I might do another one when I get 200!! Good luck everybody!!!

It's Time For A Giveaway!!

2010-08-22T20:32:00.001-07:00

I can't believe it I've had my blog open for less that a month and I have almost 100 followers!!! I'm so thankful for everybody that has helped me get the word out. Gen over at http://oldepearprimitives.blogspot.com/ she was so sweet to have a week long post about me and my hand made wares. I appreciate her doing this for me.

Also Donna over at http://sweetprairiedwellings.blogspot.com/ she has been a huge help. She also did a post about me and is offering to add to the winnings. Can you believe that!!! So that means someone will receive goodies from me and some from Donna. She is always helping a new blogger or doing something thoughtful for somebody!!

Last but not least my dear friend Sarah over at http://allroadsleadhome-deeb5.blogspot.com/ told all of her followers about my new blog so I wanted to thank Gen, Donna, and Sarah for all of your encouragement and help.

Now this is how it will work . Once I reach 100 followers, that will be the beginning of the giveaway. So all you have to do is leave a comment under this post if you are interested. Just one requirement is you have to be a follower and that is it.

The winner will receive one of my big Jack- O - Lantern flicker candles, three ears of beeswax corn with sweet annie, and a bag of my pumpkin tarts.

Here's a close up of the ears of corn.

I will pick a winner one week after I reach 100 followers. That way everybody will have a chance to sign up. If you don't have a blog, no worries, just add your email address in your comment. Good Luck everybody!!! In my next post coming up soon I will post some new goodies I'm making for Fall.

Blessings,

Dana

I Love Cookbooks!!

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I have a weakness for cookbooks every where I go I look at them!!! I have a ton of gooseberry patch, all of the Paula Deen books, of course my A Primitive Place cookbook, but now I have a few more to add to the list thanks to my friend Kim over at http://home-is-where-the-heart-is.blogspot.com/ She talked about them in a previous post. So I headed over to eBay and I've found a few of them so far. Please go give Kim a visit she has a wonderful blog and a beautiful home.

This is the first one..it's called Goodness Gracious and the graphics and recipes are wonderful.

The second one is Keeping Good Company both books are by author Roxie Kelly and Illustrator Shelly Reeves Smith. There are two more in the series that I am still looking for.

This is my most recent eBay find Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove Cookbook and it is in mint condition and signed be the author!!

Here's a few of the old Time Life American Country Series. These are some of my favorites they have very primitive colonial photos.

Country Cooking.

Country Home.

The Country Kitchen.

Country Baking

I still have a way to go to finish collecting the entire series. But I'll eventually find them all in time. If you have any favorite cookbooks please let me know I'm always on the lookout for a new one.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog I LOVE reading everyone's comments.

Blessings,

Dana

Summertime In South Carolina!!

2010-08-10T23:57:00.000-07:00

I've been wanted a set of these chairs for such a long time and we finally got a set . We bought some chair pads for them and they are so comfortable.

My Hydrangeas blooms' are the prettiest color this year!! I brought some inside and preserved and dried them and they are gorgeous!!!

This is my new mailbox I purchased last Spring and I just LOVE it!

The plants are doing so well this year. Thank goodness.

We spend may hours out here in the morning and in the evening if it's not to HOT. But lately it's been over 100 degrees. That's why I' m so looking forward to Fall ...for the cooler evenings.

I finally found a very old watering can at the antique mall and I was so glad because I had been looking for a long time. Now to find a few more!!!

I decided to put my APP sign on my front porch. I think I'm going to order another one for inside my home.

This is my FAVORITE plant in the Summer..Sweet Potato Vine!! I LOVE the color.

The end of Summertime also means BAND and FOOTBALL which my family LOVES!!! Excuse my son's Tyler's hair he just had practice so it looks pretty bad!!!! It's also much shorter now. I look forward each year for the high school games to begin.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog I appreciate it so much!! I read each and every one of the comments. I hope I'll reach 100 followers soon and I'm going to have a Fall giveaway!!! So stay tuned!! Next I'll be posting about some of my favorite cookbooks. So I'll talk to y'all again soon!

Blessings,

Dana

Great Birthday!!!

2010-08-07T00:57:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday (7/31) was my birthday and my husband had a great day planned out. We went do dinner to my favorite Italian restaurant (Carrabba's) with great friends of ours Janet and Donnie. We had so much fun and the food was DIVINE!!!
Now I have to tell y'all I LOVE Paula Deen!!!! I've met her and both of her son's in person and let me tell you they are the nicest people. She even sat down at the table and talked to us. I was so excited!! What you see on TV is not an act she is just as nice in person.
I have every one of her books and most of them are signed so they mean a lot to me. Well she has a new installment and it's a decorating book. It is a gorgeous book with beautiful pictures and Freddie got it for me for my birthday!!! (he knows me well)I LOVE this book!!

But that's not all. He new I was looking at a primitive display on ebay and guess what? He surprised me with it!!! Oh my goodness I just LOVE it!!! These pictures do not do this justice. The display came with everything you see here.
It came with the board, old metal water pump, wooden bowl, soap with stained cheese cloth, and sweet annie.

Thank you so much honey for making my day such a wonderful one!! I LOVE YOU!!!!

This is an older picture. I wish I had remembered to take my camera to dinner but I forgot it. I'll post current photo's soon. I just wanted you to see the best thing that has ever happened to me...the LOVE of my life!!! Can you tell we are both Cherokee?
Next time I'll be posting Summer Time pictures of my yard.
Blessings,
Dana

Summer Swap With A Friend

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Sarah (All Roads Lead Home) and I have done several swaps in the past and thought it was time to do another one. So we had a fun Summer swap! These are the salt dough goodies she sent me. Let me tell you she is so good at these and her painting is awesome. She has really mastered making these.

These are the tulip, butterfly, and birdhouse.

Flags and stars.

Lots of pretty flowers.

Watermelons.

Olde Crow hang tag with crows.

Primitive welcome hang tag and pineapples.

Strawberries and ladybug.

Bunnies and carrots. The beeswax bunny is also from Sarah.

I also added some to a big jar light that I have.

Last but not least this big watermelon slice that I absolutely fell in LOVE with. She had posted about it on her blog and I left a comment about it. She was so sweet and added that to my box of goodies!!!

Thank you so much Sarah, this swap was so much fun and I can’t wait for our Fall swap!! Please go visit her blog: http://allroadsleadhome-deeb5.blogspot.com/

You will LOVE all her makeovers and she takes some of the best pictures and her home is just beautiful.

Thanks again Sarah, I love everything!!

Blessings,

Dana

Great Day With A Prim Friend

2010-07-27T23:00:00.000-07:00

Recently I had lunch with Jen (Taylors*Farmhouse*Attic) we met for the first time last Fall. So we decided it was time to meet up again and we had a wonderful day. We had lunch from Panera Bread and spent the day at her house just talking and catching up. We never have a loss for words from the moment we met it's like we've know each other for ever!! I took a few pictures of her home which is amazing and has been in Mercantile Gatherings and Country Sampler!!! She had recently redone her hall way ..here's a look.

Here's a picture of her kitchen and a sign she made.

She has an awesome doll collection this is just one of them!!

This last picture is of her back door which use to have just plain glass and she bought supplies and actually made it into stained glass!!! She did an amazing job I wouldn't even know where to begin to do something like that. She is so talented and makes the most prim samplers and pin keeps so go check out her blog she's going to be starting on her Fall goodies soon. http://taylorsfarmhouseattic.blogspot.com/

Jen thank you so much for a great day and I'm looking forward to our next get together!!

Thank you everybody for your support. I've already have 28 friends that have joined I'm so excited!!!!

I'll be back soon with tons of pictures of a Summer swap I just had with a great friend!!!

I Finally Did It!!!!

2010-07-25T20:50:00.000-07:00

Can you believe it!!! I have wanted to start a blog for so long and I finally got my nerve up. Thanks Sarah for all your positive encouragement. Please bare with me I've got so much to learn. I follow so many great blogs and ya'll always make it so interesting and fun to read. So I hopefully one day I too will get the hang of it. As I feel my way through this blogger thing I'll be back soon with some pictures to share of some of my new Fall candles I'm working on. So I hope you will come back soon. I look forward to making many new prim friends.

Homespun Treasures By Dana

~~Happy New Year!!!~~

The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Fall Swap

~~Do You Use Coupons?~~

**This Post Is For Pineapple Lovers**

~~Wonderful Birthday~~

~~Another Great Swap With Tricia~~

**Island Getaway**

Look What I Got In The Mail Today!!!

**My 1st Red Velvet Cake**

*Spring Swap With Sarah*

*Easter Blessings*

Spring Update

We Have A Winner!!!

Spring Giveaway!!

Happy Spring!!!

Excited About My New Pottery

Happy Valentine's Day

It's Christmastime!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Fall Favorites

Halloween Fun!!!!

Fun Fall Swaps

Colonial Times Festival

We Have A Winner!!!!

I Did It I Reached 100 Followers!!!

It's Time For A Giveaway!!

I Love Cookbooks!!

Summertime In South Carolina!!

Great Birthday!!!

Summer Swap With A Friend

Great Day With A Prim Friend

I Finally Did It!!!!

Happy New Year!!!

Do You Use Coupons?

This Post Is For Pineapple Lovers

Wonderful Birthday

Another Great Swap With Tricia

Island Getaway

My 1st Red Velvet Cake

Spring Swap With Sarah

Easter Blessings