Frankie

I just realized that I missed this picture on my last post. He is Frankie and he is a terrific little guy. His legs are posable. I am thinking he will be my tree topper for my Halloween tree. He comes to me from Joan of Vintage Keepsake Trunk. Frankie came in my basket from the talented artists of Old Farmhouse Gathering. A big thanks to Joan.

Blessings~Becky

Hectic Week-end and Lots of Goodies

Good Morning~
It's been one crazy week-end. So glad I finally have a day off (kind of). As promised, I finally am able to post the pictures of all my wonderful goodies from the generous artists over at http://oldfarmhousegathering.blogspot.com . I was the lucky winner of their fall giveaway. Yippee!! It was a crazy week-end at our house. I had to work all day on Friday, them came home long enough to make supper, then had to go to set up for a craft show on Saturday. Saturday was taken up with the show-had to go early to tweek my booth. The show ended at 4:30 and I was done packing up by 5:30. Got home just in time to take pics of my son & his girlfriend before they headed out for the homecoming dance. Glad I made it. They were so cute. Will post some pics of them tomorrow. Sunday was work all day. So, on to the day off. Need to make 3 batches of chocolate chip cookies, a strawberry cheesecake, cut up sausage for cheese trays, organize a photo album, and pick up plates, forks, cups, etc.. for my son's dedication ceremony that is tonight at 6:30. He has completed his Eagle Scout project and is having the dedication tonight. If I have time, I would like to try to inventory my remaining craft items so that I know what I need to work on for my next show. I don't know how those moms that work full time can do it all. I work part time and have a hard time keeping up (although I've had full time hours for the past month). Well, enough about all that-on the the goodies. I came home Thursday to find this on my porch.

My first thought was-Don't get so excited, Tim probably ordered something and it's his package. But I did a happy dance when I saw it was addressed to me. Good thing my neighbors weren't around. They probably would think I was nuts the way I was dancing around.

My goodies all wrapped up with a wonderful card addressed to me.

Congrats!!

I pulled out something heavy and under all the wrapping was this wonderful candle holder. I have looked at these for years and never bought one. Just LOVE it. Thank you Carol.

This is what the basket looked like when I took it out of the box. Had to control myself, so I wouldn't just rip off the packaging.

After the packaging came off. So pretty!!

First thing I took out was this wonderful painted witch and ghost mounted on a little grapevine wreath. This wonderful goodie came from Momma B's Front Porch.

Next out of the basket is this cute little Piggy oven mitt. It says Country Bakin. A big thank you to Judy for this cute little goodie. It will go in my kitchen if my mother in law doesn't snatch it on me. She's a "piggy" fanatic.

Next out of the basket was this wonderful little cat pillow/cupboard tuck. Picture is kind of blurry, but it's a nice prim little black kitty on an orange background. A big thank you goes to Teresa from Teresa's Primitive Treasures. Love it-Love it-Love it!!

These are from Andrea of Crow's Nest Primitive Shoppe. There is a four pack of Autumn Harvest melting tarts, a vanilla sweet annie tart, and a tube of Bee's wax lip balm. I've already used the lip balm and it's wonderful. Perfect for the upcoming dry winter season. The tarts are so pretty, that I probably won't use them. They will make a pretty display. Thank you Andrea!!

The candle is from Kimberly of Sugar Creek Hollow. A girl can never have too many candles. This is Pumpkin Crunch Cake scented and smells sooo good.

The Ghosts Gather Here sign is perfect!! I was looking for a sign to attach to my metal chicken feeder that I use for corn stalks on my back porch. Thanks to Kerri from Curvednoodles.

I love crows, so I would like to thank Doris for this wonderfully prim crow on a pumkin make-do. Don't you just love the crunched up sign. It says Primitive Blessings. I think I need a new camera. This picture is a little blurry too. Maybe it's just the camera woman lol.

This is the basket all my goodies came in. It's wonderful. I just love baskets of all kinds. I love antique ones, Longaberger ones, and of course baskets that come from the hands of wonderful artists. Thank you Rose of Baskets by Rose for this beautiful basket. It is perfect to store my ongoing punch needle projects.

This handmade tag is attached to my basket. It is adorable!! It comes from Kim of Valley Primitives. Love it on the basket, but it may find another home.

This is a pic of all my goodies after they came out of the basket. What a wonderful and generous group of girls!! I would like to thank them all again. They are all going to be great additions to my home. I will make sure to post pics of where these wonderful items found a place in my home soon.

Off to make some cookies and organize a photo album.

Becky

My Goodies Arrived

I was jumping for joy yesterday when I got home. There was a package on my porch with my name on it. I know I said I'd be camped out on my porch till the package arrived, but a girl's got to work. I have to say that I love it all. What a generous group of artists. Sorry-no pics today. Tried to upload them twice and got an error message both times. I will make sure to get them up for all to enjoy ASAP. Working tomorrow, big craft show Saturday, and working again on Sunday. I'll try again on Sunday if I'm not too tired from all the running around (will try again sooner if I get a chance).

Hugs,
Becky

Thrift Store Finds

Oh, how I love the thrift stores. I keep telling myself not to bring home anymore stuff, but somehow the items keep jumping into my cart LOL. Anyway-today was supposed to be my day off, but since I could work whatever I wanted, I decided to work from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Only 3 hours but I had to go to the fabric store today and work was on the way. Made a little cash to pay for my fabric. I work at Cabelas (big sporting goods store) and it's not very often that you get to pick what hours you want to work. We have all our winter clothing coming in, they want it out so it will sell, so we are getting to work morning hours besides our scheduled hours. Every little bit helps-especially when you have thrift shop, fabric, and antique addiction lol. So on my way to the fabric store I stopped at the thrift shop and found the 3 goodies below. $1.54 for the old sewing basket, $.94 for the little sewing storage box, and $.46 for the little salt box. Not bad if I do say so myself. Now they will go into the closet until I can make them over. I just love baskets, so the basket will find a place in my home. I have another craft show next Saturday, so I better get cracking. I have lots of things in the works. Will try to take pics before they get packed up.

Hugs~Becky

I won the OFG Fall Halloween Celebration Basket Giveaway

I'm so excited!! I won the Fall/Halloween basket giveaway by Old Farmhouse Gathering. You can check them out at http://oldfarmhousegathering.blogspot.com. I was so surprised when I checked my email today. I can't wait for it to arrive. I will be perched on my porch for the next few weeks waiting for my wonderful package to arrive. I was so excited when I read my email that I hit the delete button instead of the reply. Good thing I remembered to go to my trash folder. I am terrible on the computer and thought at first that I was going to lose out on all those wonderful goodies. I will make sure to post the pics when my package arrives. This really made my day. It hadn't started out very well. What a way to put a smile on a girls face on this dark and rainy day.

Blessings,
Becky

Another rainy day

Well, it's raining again here in southeastern Wisconsin, so it's a good thing I did some fall decorating outside yesterday. Zoey the beagle enjoyed the day with me, so I've included a pic of my little chow hound. We got her from a coworker of my husband whose mother had passed away. She was sooo overweight when she came to us. Her belly rubbed on the ground. We tried to take her for a walk, and my husband ended up carrying her. She didn't even make it half a block. We think she looks wonderful now even though the vet says she could lose a few pounds.



I got this guy from a craft show a long time ago and still love him. He greets my guests every year in the fall.


Next, I have a simple wagon gathering. I think I would like to put a small sign on the old chicken feeder, but haven't found one I liked yet. I'll have to spend more time checking out the blogs as there are many talented people out there and I've seen some wonderful signs. I just have to decide what I want to do.

This next pic is my husband's handy work. He does this every year. I said he needs to put some of these tombstone markers in the yard next to us (blue house in pic). The house has been vacant for over a year and is really starting to look like a haunted house.

And last, but not least is a candle mat that I made and mounted on a cabinet door. My camera makes it look a little washed out. It's actually darker than it appears.

Off to check out my favorite blogs and maybe check out some new ones before my boys get home.

Becky

Beautiful Autumn Day and Flea Market Goodies

I can't believe it! We've had two wonderful days without rain. We sure needed the rain, but I thought it would never stop. Yesterday was a rare Sunday off work for me, so what's a girl to do-head out to the flea market. Hubby didn't want to go, so I went with my mom. I found lots of goodies (good thing hubby stayed home or some of the goodies would have stayed at the flea market). Top 2 pics are some wonderful old baskets I came just had to have. Love them. One was $15 and the other was $18. Lady didn't want to bargain cuz it was early, but I've seen smaller versions in shops for $30 and up, so I thought I got off with a pretty good price. Third pic is a bunch of smalls I picked up. Bought a bunch of zinc lids for 3/$1-blue bowl was free, and the others were $2 each. Everything in the last pic was $1 each. Most of the cans don't have a lid, but I'll be using them for crafts anyway and don't need the lid.

That's if for now!! Going back outside to do some fall decorating before the rains comes again. The forcast says more overnight.

Blessings,

Becky