New Penny Rug

 I made a new penny rug , it is nothing but penny's. I am quite tickled with it.

Ronnie and I spent the other weekend at the farmhouse in WV and after mowing and giving it a good

cleaning we took a drive in the country and ended up going to Dolly Sods a national park,

the landscaping there is much like Canada, and all the tree branches grow to one side.

 I have been working on a few fall crafts for next months Early Work Mercantile.

  I love things from the garden, even though I don't have a garden I live in an area where

I have the opportunity to get garden food. Yesterday I had fresh green beans with country ham

pieces, fried yellow squash and fresh corn on the cob. I bought the corn off of a local farmer,

while I was there the sweetest lady came up to me and was talking. She recognized me from my blog.

Even though she doesn't have a blog she loves reading them. She was telling me how much she loved

Jean of Prim Crafts blog, Trace, Grannie, Trace and Scraps, Linda, Parkers Paradise and Karen

Of My Colonial Home, We had such a nice conversation, and can you believe that I forgot to ask

her her name, but it was nice talking to you if you read this, and I almost got tears in my eyes when

she told me that she prayers for my daughter. That really touched my heart.

Wishing you all a lovely summer day!

Old farmhouse when we first bought it.

A sign I have back there.

This old handpump still works.

The mailbox as you enter the property.

View before entering the driveway.

Beautiful senic view, there are windmills on the top of the mountain.

Ronnie at Dolly Sods, national park

Yours truly

Love the view of the mountains

This farm is near us, it was owned by the Tusing sisters, their coverlets were displayed at the Smithsonian,

 A documentary was made of their lives.

Tusing sisters homeplace on Branch Mountain

Baby fawn.

Outbuildings at the farmhouse

The farmhouse

Ronnie and my furry baby, "Little Bo", I love that little doggie.

Super Fall Sale!!!!

I have a few one of a kind items for sale. They are all new items, they are things that didn't sell last year.
I had them stored in plastic totes. They come from a smoke free home.
Please email me if interested Lecia123@verizon.net
There is alot of work that goes into crafting as you crafters know, so these are practically giveaway prices.
Have a wonderful weekend.

My own design, Pumpkin girl comes with a grungy pumpkin and candy corn necklace $20.00 plus shipping
Sale Pending

Setting pumpkin $10.00 plus shipping,

Inspired by Sweetpea prmitives.

Pumpkin man $10.00 plus shipping, sorry I forgot the pattern designer.

Kitty/pumpkin lamp with candy corn $20.00 plus shipping, inspired by Blue Moon Beginnings

New July Listings for Early Work Mercantile

I will be updating my listings for Early Work Mercantile later this evening, Please stop by and take a peek.
Wishing everyone a wonderful summer!

"Early Work Mercantile"

"Little Samplings" and "Gooseberry Patch"!!!!

I am so thrilled to find out that some pictures of the old farmhouse that we are remodeling in WV and
a few pictures of my decor here in my Va. home are going to be featured in Barbara Rice's new book "Little Samplings" . I am so excited and so humbled to be a part of this wonderful book. There will be 22
featured homes in this book. Barbara is also the author of several books and the "Olden Days magazine".
Reserve your copy now, as there will only be a limited no.of these books published.

I also received my copy of this years Gooseberry Patch Christmas book that I  have a recipe featured in,
this will be my fifth cookbook from Gooseberry Patch that I have a recipe in! And I am thrilled about this as well. I love Gooseberry Patch cookbooks, besides having yummy recipes they have the most beautiful covers, I think that is one reason that I love them so much!!

Tote that I made''

 There are so many things that I want to learn to do. I especially want to learn how to quilt, even if I never
make a quilt, I would be thrilled to know how to make wall hangings and quilted table runners.
 My one sister and I took a class last week to make a tote. It is supposed to be a simple tote, but
to me it was hard. I am not into making precise crafts. With prims the grubbier the better, and if it isn't perfect, that just makes it more prim.
 The class was an all day class, it was alot of fun though and I am quite proud of my tote, and it
was a way for my sister and I to spend some time together.
  In a few weeks I am planning on taking a beginners quilting class and making a table runner.
 There is so much I want to learn needle punch, cross stitching, rug hooking, basket making,
so this is the beginning of my bucket list of things to do.

I decided to go all out and use beautiful quilt fabic for my tote.

A view of the inside lining and yes a pocket with a ZIPPER.

Awesome Swap!

I am not quite sure how long I have been blogging but it has been a few years now. My very first swap ever was with  Tammy "North Carolina Primitives from the Past" since then we have become very good friends and do a swap with each other at least once a year. Tammy has been such an inspiration to me, and was
always encouraging me and helping me with my crafting. I feel like I probably wouldn't have ever
tried making a bonnet without Tammy backing me up and being my cheerleader. Then I started branching
out and making more things.
Tammy is so talented and constantly spoils me with her primitive creations! One of the things I have planned
 on my bucket list is to meet Tammy in person one day! The first thing I want to do is give her a big hug!
Now I will share pictures of the wonderful goodies that Tammy made me. Thank you Tammy, I love everything so much, but most of all I cherish our friendship!!!

Look how Tammy has everything wrapped so lovely!

Wonderful beeskep, watermelon/crow, School daze doll, hook and pods

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Wonderful Civil War Sam!, he is really awesome!!!

We have a Winner!!!!

I want to thank each one of you who entered my giveaway for one of my bonnets. I picked the winnner
the old fashioned way this morning, I put all the names into a basket, and drew a name.
The winner is Amy "Bumble Bee Lane". congratulations Amy.
Please email me your address and the bonnet that you would like!!! And I will get that right out to you!
I cherish and appreciate all of my blogger friends so much. Have a wonderful weekend!