Are you thinking about Christmas??

  Wow, can you believe how fast this year is going. Thanksgiving is next week already. I love Thanksgiving

that is kinda like my families Christmas, since we all can't get together at Christmas, so I am getting excited.

  Last weekend my husband and I kept our grandchildren Cole and Riley we had so much fun

with them. We played games and  they made me Christmas lists.  My other little grandson Jake

came a couple days later and saw their lists hanging on the refridgerator. He wanted to make one too,

well every page of the toy catalog was cut up practically so I had to get another toy book for him.

 So when he comes here again we will make his list. My son also brought him

to our house trick or treating last week, since he was away

on Halloween, the cutest bat you ever saw!!!!

  I made a snowman and santa set yesterday,

I will post a picture, I want to decorate with alot of greenery from outside this year. (So

I just put them in a pan with some cedar).

   Our church participated in operation Christmas child and collected boxes on Sunday.

They have to be mailed early so they can arrive to the different countries by Christmas.

That is one of my favorite things to do at Christmas. I would love to see those little faces

when they open their boxes. It is such a warm feeling, that is the true meaning of what Christmas is about.

Santa and Snowman Display

Cole my chef

Cole and Riley with Grandma

Luke and Jake

Pappy, Maw and Jake

Boxes for "Operation Christmas Child"

Cole and Riley's Christmas lists for pappy and maw,

Cole also has the back page filled up, and I also put a huge amount of pictures in an envelope for him to take home and make Santa a list. he he

God Bless the USA!

I want to thank all of our veterans for serving our great country. My father and husband are veterans

and are very proud of their service to our country!!  Thanks to all of our veterans  for your service

 to our country so  that I

can live in freedom. God Bless the USA!!!!!

My son was born at Fort Belvoir , Va. while my husband was in the military.

My husband is very patriotic and gets very upset if the National Anthem is played at

football games etc. and when men don't show their respect by removing their hats.

 Many people don't realize the sacrifice that our veterans have made so that we can live in freedom.

Thank you veterans I appreciate you!!!!!

New Santa

I wanted to post a picture of a Santa that I finished. I used a pattern by Walnut Ridge.

Love how he turned out.

New Primitives that I have made

We were really fortunate in this part of  Va. we had high winds and rain but thankfully no damage

at my house due to Hurricaine Sandy. My thoughts and prayers are with all of the people effected by Sandy.

School was closed  for two days so I decided to do some sewing. I made Mr. and Mrs.

Santa, I was inspired by a pattern by, "The Goode Wife of Washington County".


I also made a Santa using a "Bittersweetfolkart" Pattern.

I like to add my own touches to patterns, as I am sure most crafters do.

Email me if you are ever interested in anything that I make. FARMHOUSE PRIMS

Giveaway Winners

I want to thank Brenda "The Rusty Thimble" for hosting the big 24 prize Winter/Christmas Giveaway.

I want to congratulate Sara "Salmon Falls Prims" for being the winner of the snowman top hat

which was the prize that I donated. Sara I need your address and will send it

right out to you. What a fun giveaway and thanks to all that participated, especially Brenda

for hosting the giveaway and for all of the hard work that she did.

Weekend Getaway

My New Penny Rug

View off the deck at the farmhouse.

View from the upstairs porch at the farmhouse.

Love my old Church bench

My friend Barbara and I relaxing.

My dad's school

Old two room school. Where my dad went to school.

Leaving the farmhouse.

Love the railed fence and old outbuildings.

 This weekend one of my friends and I spent the weekend at our farmhouse in WV.

We just relaxed, went to a few thrift and antique shops and rode around in the country

and just enjoyed  the beauty of the fall season. We also talked and  laughed alot.

It was a real nice girls weekend.   I also worked on a pennyrug, the pattern

I used was from Karen, "My Colonial Home" .  I love her patterns.  The pattern didn't call

for buttons, but I decided to add them to the tree. Love how it turned out.

Mr. Jack!

I was thrilled to find out that I was one of the winners of Karen "My Colonial Home"  giveaway,

Karen makes the most wonderful penny rugs and also has penny rug patterns to sell. I was thrilled to

find out that I had won one of her wonderful penny rugs, wow, does Karen do nice work,

her stitching is perfect. I love Mr. Jack, and not only did she send me a penny rug,

but a beautiful sheep pillow, I really love both items. Thank you Karen for sharing your

awesome talent and for hosting a wonderful giveaway!!!!!  Go over to Karens blog

and look at all of her lovely penny rugs. She has a lovely blog!!! Her beautiful home

has also been featured in "Country Sampler" magazine, she is quite the decorator and

such a sweetie!!!

Prims I have recently made

I want to share some pictures of some recently made prims, Please email me FARMHOUSE PRIMS

if you are interested in any of these items or need measurements or prices. Hope you are enjoying

these beautiful fall days!!!

Prairie sisters, a "Sweetmeadows Farm" pattern

Prairie Dress, "A Primitive Pear" pattern,

bonnet, "A Pilgrim and Pioneers" pattern

My first pencil faced doll, holding her burlap sack with bittersweet

New addition to my Prims!

My awesome friend  Jean "Prim Crafts" made me the most awesome cats. Boo and Hiss, don't you just love

them. I met Jean through blogging and come to find out we only live 8 miles from each other. So we

have visited with each other several times,

Jean is so sweet and caring, I feel like I have known her for years, she feels just like

what do we country people say, "Kinfolk". Even the first time I met Jean, I felt like we had

been friends for years.

She has been a real inspiration and help in my crafting too.

I am just so tickled with Hiss and Boo," thank you Jean."  And I hope Jean doesn't mind me

posting this, but I have a request. Please keep Jean and her doggy  in your prayers, her

little dog is very sick and it is breaking Jeans heart. Jean is a very special friend and I

hate to see her hurting. Love you Jean!

Huge Giveaway!

Brenda  of "The Rusty Thimble" is hosting a huge giveaway .A Winter Wonderland

Giveaway! There will be a total  of 24 prizes given by various bloggers including Brenda.

 Please go to Brenda's blog to sign up and then come

back here to my blog and leave a comment for another chance to win. The giveaway ends Oct. 21st.

This is the prize I am donated for the giveaway!

Finally new flooring!

As you know awhile back I painted my kitchen cabinets and wanted new flooring to go with them

as our old flooring was at least 28 years old.  My son and SIL do construction but have been

so busy that I hated to keep bothering them about the project. So my husband and I decided to

do it ourselves. Well according to all of the you tube video's etc. it was supposed to be easy

installation. Well I guess it would be if you knew what you were doing. he he But to me it

was hard and we worked so hard but finally got it completed. My poor husband works alot

and when he gets a day off loves going to WV to our farmhouse. Well he took a vacation day

friday for me to put the flooring down. We finished in two days and I am tickled with the results.

But as hard as it was we had alot of fun, I was rolling around on the floor like a kid and told

him how thankful I was that I could still do that. he he He said he was glad no one was looking

in the window. he he Sometimes even hard work can be fun. My kitchen is L Shaped , so it is hard to get

good pictures.

Before

My husband

Some fall decor, much of my decor is from fellow blogger friends.

Knobs I found at a thrift shop. They will go on my cabinet doors. They really look old timey and the best part they were 50 cents each.