Fun Fall Swaps

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

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!!!!

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!!!

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!!

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!!

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!!

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