tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66679526539091643462024-03-13T16:11:04.639-05:00Berry Homespun PrimitivesAngie Berry ~ Berry Homespun Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17664447067172311957noreply@blogger.comBlogger264125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667952653909164346.post-57500147280692969352015-09-18T23:34:00.000-05:002015-09-19T00:07:54.451-05:00A New Journey...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well friends... it's time for a new journey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started my first blog <a href="http://ramblingsfromagratefulheart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ramblings from a grateful heart</a> in April 2006. It was pictures only for I was afraid that I would lose the few followers I had with my ramblings. Then I got a little braver and started telling stories along with the pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In December 2009, my second blog was born-- <a href="http://berryhomespunprimitives.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Berry Homespun Primitives</a>. This blog was for crafting, decorating, and my Etsy shop. While I kept my personal blog going, I decided in July 2013 to integrate the 2 blogs. What a hassle it was to try to keep up with both blogs... I didn't do very well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Little did I know that the beginning of the 2013 school year would bring craziness to our life as we pulled our youngest from public school. We have home schooled him these past two years. Then this past month, the little guy went back to public school into the same district but a new building that houses 4th-5th grades. He has done tremendously well and for that we are very grateful. So while all the creating and crafting was put completely on hold... the time has finally come for me to get back at it. Yay!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So now that I have caught you up to speed, I want to share a new venture that I am starting. I created and registered a new business with the state the past couple of days and I am now the proud owner of "A Vintage Journey"! My husband has had a screen printing business for a few years now so we are going to utilize this and start printing boutique-style shirts for me sell along with my re-purposing pieces. For now I will do business through facebook and my booth at Homeward Bound in Claremore, OK. The rest of this year will be getting the business set up, advertising pieces printed, and display pieces bought so that I can hit some shows next year. I'm pretty excited about it because it's been so very many years since I've done the show circuit. I LOVED it back then... meeting new people, making new vendor friends, visiting with customers. It was such a joy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While the excitement abounds for the journey ahead, I'm actually sad to leave this blog for awhile. I won't close it down, it will be here as long as blogger allows it. I even exported all of the posts of both of my old blogs into my new blog. I do hope you join me at my new blog. For it is very lonely with no followers yet, lol!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My love for primitives has not dwindled. I still love the deep, dark colors of barn red, mustard, burnt orange, rust, and black. But I am slowly starting to fall in love with aqua, red, and yellow. I feel like just using the word "primitives" limits me to prim pieces but I love so much more than that... antiques, vintage, retro... just anything old. Thus the new name, new business, new direction. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's funny the direction life takes you. You never know, you can never guess. But one thing I do know for sure is that I truly treasure my time blogging and the wonderful friends that I've made that I have never met. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Over at my new blog, I will be sharing as I create... projects, good deals, shows... all that fun stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, won't you please join me on my new journey... </span><a href="http://avintagejourney15.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">A Vintage Journey</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the back of this United States map was maps of the individual National Parks. They were REALLY neat and I instantly knew that I wanted to put them on canvas. I bought a bunch of these gold & silver canvases from Michael's when they were on sale for 70% off, then I used a coupon on top of that. The 4-pack cost $2.29.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used the silver ones. I started by painting the backs with an ivory acrylic paint because I wanted all of the silver covered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because the map was going to be centered on the canvas, I only painted a strip around the front of the canvas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I tore all the individual maps apart which was very easy to do because of the creases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And because I am still totally in love with my vintage paper trimmer that I bought at The Junk Ranch Country Barn Sale in Prairie Grove, AR, I use it as much as possible! To give the edges a worn look, I tore them with the paper trimmer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next, I used trusty 'ol Mod Podge as a glue to adhere the map to the canvas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then another coat of Mod Podge on top to seal the map.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These were a lot of fun to make, I really enjoyed creating them! I made 11 of them in one afternoon. And here are a couple in my booth at Homeward Bound in Claremore, OK.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been great fun to be back to creating again! I'm grateful that I have a little more extra time now to do something I love to do. Getting paid for it is even better. =] </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by friends! I'm still reading through my blog roll, trying to catch up with you all. I have missed out on so much and have missed YOU!</span></div>
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Angie Berry ~ Berry Homespun Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17664447067172311957noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667952653909164346.post-14769227662442233032015-08-16T14:39:00.000-05:002015-08-16T14:39:50.653-05:00Turquoise & Burlap Vases<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Hi friends! Funny thing happened... the next day after my last post, my laptop died. No saving it but it was time for it to go. I was so disappointed though because I was ready to get back to blogging. It's really, really hard to blog on a cell phone so another break from blogging was my only option. I have a new laptop (thanks sweet hubby!) and back in business again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've been doing a little upcycling on some pieces for my booth. I had a couple of left over vases from a garage sale that I had awhile back. So I decided to pretty them up rather than send them off to goodwill. Here is the before:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Turquoise and burlap are popular right now so I added a touch of each to create this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids went back to school last week. It's time to finally do some deep cleaning around the home as it's been put off for a couple of years. But the best part of all is that I'm back to creating and blogging. I'm grateful for the time I had to focus on my family and thankful to be back doing what I love so much! Thanks for stopping by, have a delightful week~</span></div>
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Angie Berry ~ Berry Homespun Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17664447067172311957noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667952653909164346.post-13343013070057977112015-03-12T00:36:00.001-05:002015-03-12T00:36:56.294-05:00Remember Me?!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Hi friends, remember me? I've been hit and miss for the past couple of years and MISSING you all like crazy! I've been cleaning up my blog this week. Got rid of the Feedly reader, that thing was more of a headache than it helped. I see that some of my blog friends have closed their blogs or have been absent for a long time like I was. It saddens me, but I'm VERY grateful for you that are still here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've had to take an unintentional break to tend to my family. Family first always. After just a few weeks of my youngest's 2nd grade year in 2013, we had to pull him with issues we had with the school. We've been homeschooling him for 2nd and 3rd grade. That elementary school was only for those two grades so he moves on to a new elementary school for 4th grade. I met with the principal recently and he's set to go back to public school for 4th grade. I'm pretty excited about it because I get my life back and the little guy is excited to be with his friends again. I APPLAUD you homeschooling moms. Whew, this is time consuming stuff. I'm just not patient enough for this but when it comes to your kids, you do what needs to be done. My older two kids went to these same schools (there are 5 total in our district) for all their lives so I'm confident in putting Robbie back into public school. It ended up being a blessing in disguise though because I was able to work with him so much to get his reading back to where he should be (actually above grade level now, thank you Jesus!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My oldest son has been home from Army training for 3 months now. He's been getting back to civilian life. Ryan is a chaplain's assistant which works well with what he wants to do... youth ministry and sports chaplain. No job yet but he is doing some networking with some area youth pastors and getting his resume out. Once he gets a job and gets established, he's planning on moving out. His Guard pay alone is not enough to move out yet. I told him that he needs to make sure he is ready to move out because once he's gone, rooms are being arranged, and I will finally have a crafting room again! Haha! If you follow me on Pinterest, I've been pinning room ideas like crazy and already organizing my things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I wasn't planning on a family update but might as well finish off with the middle child. Amariah just turned 16 but she took driver's ed at school which put her behind on getting her license on her actual birthday. She'll be getting it next month. My babies are growing up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway... crafting and creating has taken a back seat for the past couple of years. It has always been my way to relax. No wonder I'm so uptight, lol! I rented a booth with a friend at The Grapevine in Claremore, OK last year. It was hard to keep up with it though while working part time at the Lodge, homeschooling, football, basketball, and golf was going on. We just pulled out last week but it was a neat place and a fun time. This picture was taken when I first moved in, my friend wasn't in here yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm going back to Claremore towards the end of summer to get another booth. My Etsy has taken a break also so I'm planning on opening it back up. I have seriously missed crafting so very much! </span><span style="font-size: large;">My dslr camera is broke so I have only been taking pictures with my phone. They're decent but it sure is hard to blog without pictures. =/ </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It sure felt good to get back to blogging. I have always loved it. Even when others were leaving to go to facebook, I knew I'd always be here. I might have to take some leaves of absences, haha, but I will always come back. If you still follow me, THANK YOU so MUCH for staying with me while I was gone! Looking forward to getting around to everyone's blog and seeing what you've been up to these past couple of years. I'm grateful for our friendships that God has blessed me with~ </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hey ya'll, hope you are enjoying what's left of this fabulous fall! It has been a nice, enjoyable, relaxing one for me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the prayers and well wishes on my surgeries. Finally getting back to normal... kinda. Still having to slow down and sit down every once in awhile. My body is constantly reminding me that it's not that young anymore, hehe! But God has blessed me with a wonderful family that took amazing care of me and never complained... well to my face anyway. ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With this forced relaxation time, I have been catching up on my pile of the past 2 year's worth of magazines, coming back to blogland, and watching a little HGTV... sure miss the good ol' shows but I do enjoy the Property Brothers Drew and Jonathan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Attended an estate sale down the road from me that I never even realized was there but I found it in the last hour. So all of this was originally $40 but with the last hour discount, I only had to pay $5... vintage linens, old books. The dictionary is old, yellowed and falling apart but will be perfect for the <i>many</i> book page ideas I have been seeing on Pinterest. I also picked up an old Bible that is ripped and falling apart. There are more pages here than I can craft in my lifetime so if anyone is interested in some pages to craft with, shoot me an email and I'll gladly share with you! berryhomespunprimitives (at) gmail (dot) com. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm not supposed to be sharing this on social media because of the ISIS threats that are targeting military and their families... darn it, why does the world have to be so cruel? But I just can't help it. <b> I know my God is our protector and He has already won all victories for us! </b>We attended my son's basic training graduation during fall break and it was wonderful to watch the ceremonies, seeing the soldiers march through clouds of green, blue, and yellow smoke as they sang their cadences, and just spending time with our son since he's been gone for the past 10 weeks. Here is his graduation picture. Love this kid, so proud of him... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was able to get a small project done this year. I forgot to take a before picture (and I just LOVE looking at other's before and afters). But here's an in-the-process photo. I bought this nice sturdy wooden shelf at a garage sale for $3. Robbie is always my helper, no matter what I'm doing he finds me and asks to help. I let him put the first black coat on since it's going to be painted over a couple more times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I finished it off with black Bri-wax and loaded it up with a few prims. </span><span style="font-size: large;">It's a nice addition to my dining room, especially with all the natural wood...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Best of all, I love how it only cost me $3, a little paint, and an afternoon of fun with my little guy. Oh, and look at the tiny butter mold I found, barely 1 1/4"... I was SO excited! It's the little round wood piece on the lower shelf, it has an acorn design... adorable!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you friends, for your prayers and sweet words of encouragement on my last post. I'm grateful that I can come here to express my feelings and be showered with love when I need it the most. I've been staying busy since Ryan left. We're cleaning out bedrooms, getting ready for a garage sale next month... lots of kids clothes and toys to pass on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here I sit a crying mess because Tuesday morning I send Ryan off to Ft. Jackson for boot camp. Then he will have training to be a chaplain's assistant in the National Guard. He is my oldest and the first to leave home. I've been on an emotional roller coaster this year... so proud of him, yet so selfish and want to keep him safe at home. What keeps me going though is to see his excitement when he talks about it. This kid is ready to do something with his life and this momma is having a rough time with it. His influential years at home have come to an end and from here on out I have to trust God that He will watch over Ryan and keep him safe. I've heard moms talk about this time in their lives; but I never thought I would feel this heartache with there being 2 other kids still at home. So if you would, Ryan and I would appreciate your prayers. Thank you my friends!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It probably doesn't help my emotional level that I found out 2 weeks ago that I have an enlarged uterus with fibroids. I am scheduled for a hysteroscopy on Aug 22, followed by a robotic partial hysterectomy on Sept 5. Doctor reassured me that it's not cancerous and nothing to worry about. Enough about me...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not much going on around the homestead to blog about because I have been wrapped up in my family and our last few months with Ryan, but I have spent some time outside. I went a little petunia crazy this year... well I should say Amariah did. We have pots of red and pots of striped red & white in the backyard by the pool. She picked these beauties out, love the color combination she chose...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Twilight Viola was really pretty this year. It looks like pastel pansy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Something new I tried this year is Lantana. Oh my I love these pretty flowers and beautiful leaves! They look so good in the old whiskey barrels. Wish they were perennial.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The pink double knock out roses bloomed out beautifully as always, along with the single knock out yellow roses (oops... should have deadheaded and cleaned up around the mulch before the pic, hehe).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I transplanted the hosta to the back yard and must say she is loving her new home... look at the lushness of those leaves!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just realized all of my flower shots are close and don't show the overall picture. But here is one little vignette that will greet you on the front porch. I love how the red of the double begonias complements the red and white enamel pot that it's sitting in. The cute fence piece was a Christmas present from my sweet mother-in-law.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think it's bedtime friends. My little mind is an emotional wreck but coming here and putting my thoughts and feelings in writing is good therapy for sure. I have not actually talked to anyone about my feelings so this has been good for me. Thank you for being the best blog friends ever. I appreciate you and your prayers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm grateful for the time that I've had with my son and very thankful that God chose me to raise him! Sure, I can look back at all the if's and where I went wrong but I choose to live in today and try my best from here on out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by friends, miss you TONS! Have a delightful week ahead~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well friends... I sure wasn't planning on being gone for months and oh how I have MISSED YOU ALL!! I won't go into details but we had some issues with my youngest son, Robbie, and his elementary school back in August; only 9 days into the new school year. With Rich beside me, I went to battle for my child. In the end, we pulled Robbie from public school (the same school that my oldest two attended) and I am now a homeschool 2nd grade teacher mom. Yikes! So needless to say, it has been quite the transition for all of us. My oldest two, a freshman and senior, are still in public school. I took my complaints and evidence to the Administration. I was told that I was in the right as they profusely apologized and was assured that it would be dealt with. We've been around this small town for many years and I know whom to trust... I trust that it was most definitely dealt with. For those that have been following me for a few years know that I've had to battle the school in the past (on too many numerous occasions!). We HAVE to stand up for our children, we are their ONLY advocate!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Along with this mess, we are in full swing of basketball season... of which I am the booster club president for 7th-12th grade boys and girls. We have around 100 players so there are lots of parents to deal with. But we've been fortunate so far to have no complaining, only volunteering. Thank you Lord! =]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we are starting our 4th month of online homeschool, I feel that we are finally in a groove. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I took down the Christmas decorations today and not one to leave my year round tree bare... I went ahead and added some primitive metal heart ornaments and vintage Valentine cards to it. I don't know about your area, but these cards are pretty cheap around here. These were 50 cents to $1.00.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These two are really sweet. They are dated 1929. It looks like they are To Odelia, with one being from Catherine and one from Oneita. I like that I'm able to display them like they are communicating with each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the oldest card I have, dated 1926. It actually opens up but there is a piece missing. I still love it though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are dated 1929 and 1930. Most of these are also To Odelia. I bought them at the same antique mall but at different times... funny that I was able to buy her Valentines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To start the year fresh, I emptied my blog reader, Feedly, of the 1000+ unread blog posts that I'm behind on. I was so totally overwhelmed that I didn't know what else to do. Now I will be able to catch up with you as you have a new blog post. I've missed you terribly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm grateful not so much for this actual blog, but for the wonderful sister friends that God has touched and blessed my life with! Thanks for staying with me. I'll be visiting you all between lessons and basketball games.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well I tried it and discovered it's not for me. I was super excited about it but should have known it would be too dark for my liking. I waxed 2 pieces of indian corn and I just hate the way it took away from the natural beauty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm gonna scrape that wax off. The whole time I was cutting up the corn I kept thinking how pretty it is and how it's going to be so hard to sell it, being the fall lover that I am. Now I'm excited that I've decided to keep it all, lol!</span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fcZcJokbBik/Ui_tfsM6N5I/AAAAAAAAGRU/8Q3PJ0Ncodk/s1600/DSC_0403-002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fcZcJokbBik/Ui_tfsM6N5I/AAAAAAAAGRU/8Q3PJ0Ncodk/s640/DSC_0403-002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I gotta tell you about my little man. Robbie smelled the cinnamon and came into the kitchen to see what I was making. He said "Oooh, can I help you?". He sure loves to help with anything. Robbie was helping me dip the corn into the wax. I told him that I didn't like it all and was disappointed in how it turned out. He asked me if I was doing it right, ha! He ran and got his "phone" (his sister's old phone) and googled 'how to wax corn', lol! Pretty smart thinking for a 7 year old. Scrolling through the phone looking for an answer, he finally gave up and asked me why I wanted it waxed anyway. I explained to him that it was primitive looking, old looking and I like things that are old and remind me of my grandma. The wheels were turning in his little mind, you could just see it in his facial expression. Then he pipes up and said "You mean like that one tv show where the guys take old stuff and make it look new again, only you take new stuff and make it look old again?" I love all my kids equally but this one really makes me smile <b>a lot</b>, he's always thinking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, we decided that we liked the indian corn better natural so we got the icicles and started waxing them. The good thing is that I will finally have some ready to sell BEFORE Christmas instead of after this year! =]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've decided to only sell them by a baker's dozen from now on. These have natural twine but the rest will be stained muslin hangers, I believe I like that look the best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm really contemplating doing away with Etsy. Mainly because it's such a hassle to keep track of what sells elsewhere and in the meantime pray no one bought it off of Etsy, making sure to delete it from the shop as soon as possible. I created a couple of new pages on my blog and will use this to list my handmades. Also in LOTS of selling groups on Facebook. Doing really well there but I'm in so many that I forget what I list where, lol! Gotta find a system for tracking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, that's all that's going on here. My mom came to stay with us for 9 days, leaving on Labor Day. We spent the week scrapbooking but running around a lot too. Rich kept up the laundry and the house picked up for the most part which was sweet of him. But still SO much to do to get caught up. </span><span style="font-size: large;">As always, I enjoyed her stay so it's been worth a hectic week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm grateful for my family that supports my crafting even though they don't understand it or even <i>try </i>to understand it. As long as they are there to help out and take care of other things then it doesn't bother me a bit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by friends. Hopefully I'll get some pictures of fall decorating soon. Have a delightful week, be a blessing~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've had a very busy couple of weeks of crafting and it has been a blast!! I can't even remember the last time I was able to spend so much time doing what I love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is what I was doing last night until the 3rd time I cut into my finger with the big knife and my son suggested I stop. But none of the cuts bled too much, haha. Cutting up Indian corn for waxing. Can't wait to see how it turns out, I'll be back to share with you. I'm not doing them extreme prim, but just enough to more or less seal it and add a little cinnamon scent. I definitely want to be able to see their beautiful colors!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After I took a break from that, I had the family carry down 8 totes of fall... <i style="font-weight: bold;">my very favorite season of all!!!!!!</i> Robbie had so much fun helping me unpack it all... his choice, by the way. It was cute to hear his little 7 year old mind talk about remembering all the pieces as he unpacked them and how much he loves them, lol! A sample of what this week holds for me...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Robbie and I went outside today and put the scarecrows out. I just love sweet potato vine. Glad it's cheap as I have to buy some every year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I want to share some of what I've been working on. I bought this cute fall fabric at JoAnn's a couple of months ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...and turned it into this...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are slowly being filled with sawdust to make into little bowl tucks. I say slowly because they are small and the fill hole is even smaller, lol! So they have been a booger for sure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm extremely happy to say that I sold my first wholesale order to our sweet friend <a href="http://porchsittingtime.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Patti Leitzel, proprietor of THE BRICKHOUSE CRAFT SHOP.</a> The wonderful shop is located at 1625 State Route 209 in Millersburg, PA so if you are ever in the area please stop by and tell her and her husband Tim that I sent you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wish that I had taken a picture of them all before I boxed them up but I forgot. I bought this fabric at Jo-Ann's also. I love to look for squared off designs that I can cut apart and make into little pillows/tucks. These ended up being 5" x 6" and I backed them with red/green homespun. They are filled with fabric scraps and cinnamon, I love the chunky, old-fashioned feel of these! Here is what one of them looks like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last Tuesday was our first day of school. Don't let their expressions fool you. Ryan will be a senior this year. He's actually looking forward to it, he just hates when I take his picture. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Amariah has a fake smile hiding her fears and anxieties about entering high school as a freshman. Robbie's expression is about right... he's not sure what to think about entering 2nd grade in a new elementary school. They crack me up and sure make our life fun! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ok, time to get back to work... lots to do to get autumn rolling around here. Looking forward to seeing your pictures of beautiful fall colors around your area and your wonderful fall decorating in your homes! =]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm grateful for the three awesome kids in our lives. As we enter the busiest time of year for us as football is in swing now with basketball soon to follow, I'm thankful that God blesses me with </span><span style="font-size: large;">time to craft and create, so relaxing for me. Thanks for stopping by, wishing you a grand week ahead~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I went back home to Bruner, MO and spent a few days with my parents to prepare for their 60th anniversary party. I knew we were gonna have work ahead of us so one of my sisters, my mom, and my youngest spent a day traveling around the Seymour and Mansfield, MO area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Seymour is a neat little town, I remember going to their Apple Festival every year back in the day. I was on the lookout for Amish while my sister was on the lookout for geocaches, lol! That's why we travel so well together... we both get to hunt for what we love. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was one of my favorite antique shops that is long gone, but the building is still there. I always thought it was a lovely place. It is now a neat shop called <a href="http://den248.wix.com/in-the-root" target="_blank">In the Root Cellar</a>. Denise is very sweet and made our visit enjoyable. She had some wonderful mason jar accessories that I had to have... one of them being a reproduction zinc lid that had a cork bottom with a vintage label printed on the cork. It is a coaster, how clever!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">From there, we headed on down the road to Mansfield, MO making a stop at Bakersville, home of <a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/" target="_blank">Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds</a>. Some of you may even order their seeds. If you do, this is where they come from! From their website: "</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">In the rolling hills of the Missouri Ozarks stands a legacy to the passing of time. The homestead act in the mid-1800s encouraged the Rippee family to move west and settle what is reputed to be the longest-lasting homestead in Missouri. The family raised many varieties of produce, birds and animals, and were quite skilled in the crafts of the region. They traded with the Osage Indians and cared for soldiers during the Civil War in their hand-hewn log-cabin</span><span style="color: #444444;">."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Their grounds were just as beautiful as the rest of the place if not more so. They definitely take great pride in what they have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is just one side of the store! The other wall was almost as long except for the register area was at the end. It is incredible how many seeds this store had! I'm telling you... overwhelmed was an understatement!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another excerpt from their website: "</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Bakersville is situated on the original Rippee farm. The Baker Creek Seed Store now stands where the family’s market garden once was. In 2007, we saw the beginning of our historic town. Besides the Baker Creek Seed Store, we also have a speaker barn, restaurant, an old-time mercantile, herbal apothecary, a natural bakery, garden museum and blacksmith shop, two music barns, a Western jail, a native rock oven, a windmill and many breeds of historic poultry and livestock</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">." With that description, I'll share some of the pictures that I took.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having more fun at the jail than we probably should have. (btw... this little guy did all the props and poses on his own with no help from us at all, he was quite the ham!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Inside Harriet's Mercantile (you can see my mom wasn't as amused as the rest of us, lol)...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The back side of this lovely case. You just pull out whatever merchandise you need. Oh, so neat!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the center grounds in the middle of it all. The Amish were building a fountain while we were there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a little hot this day and we were sweating by the time we were done but it was a delightful time. I highly recommend that you take a road trip on down to Mansfield, Mo and stop by </span><a href="http://www.rareseeds.com/" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Bakersville</a><span style="font-size: large;"> to support these fine people as they "</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f;">work extensively to supply free seeds to many of the world’s poorest countries, as well as here at home in school gardens and other educational projects. It is their goal to educate everyone about a better, safer food supply and fight gene-altered, Frankenfood and the companies that support it. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">We work with a network of about 150 small farmers, gardeners and seed growers to bring you the best selection of seeds available! Many of our varieties we sell were collected by us on our travels abroad.</span>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and what seeds did I purchase? None! Instead I brought home the free 211-page catalog because after looking at seeds for 45 minutes and being completely overwhelmed, I just couldn't decide, hehe!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm grateful for enjoyable times like this that make our summer fun and educational at the same time. Lots of laughs with the little guy while spending precious time with my sister and mom. Thanks for stopping by and joining us, wish you could have been there in person with us... you would have <b>loved</b> it~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">July 31, 1953... so long ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This post is dedicated to my parents Roy & Connie Goins as today they celebrate 60 wonderful years of marriage! I am so proud of them for sticking it out when times *weren't so wonderful* as we all experience sometime in our life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gotta brag on my niece... look at the detail on their gorgeous cake! No formal training or classes whatsoever, completely self-taught. Mandi is very talented for sure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are fortunate to have many talented women in our family. Mandi's sister Toni, another niece put together the beautiful flower arrangements.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then a couple of other nieces, Jessica and Kristin, did the majority of the decorating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For being a last minute idea, they did a fantastic job of putting this together with leftover supply pieces and I think it turned out to be my favorite. Love all these black & white photos of my parents put into the shape of a "60".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A wonderful time was had by all, family and friends alike. I'm grateful for the big, loving family that God has blessed me with. Being 3.5 hours away from them as they are all within 20 miles of each other sure is hard sometimes and I still get homesick but I'm very thankful for precious times like this as we celebrate major milestones and make sweet memories to keep with me forever~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi friends! I hope you are enjoying your summer so far. We have actually slowed down quite a bit and I am LOVING sleeping in and going to bed whenever I want... which is why I'm writing this post at 4:30 in the morning, lol!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LOTS had been going on... as usual. I started a part time job in April at the historic <a href="http://www.skellylodge.com/tour.cfm?id=2" target="_blank">Skelly Lodge</a>. It is 6 miles from my home, extremely flexible schedule, fun perks, my bosses are super sweet and they are Christians. This picture is from the day I started in April. I need to take one now with the humongous hydrangeas blooming, they are absolutely beautiful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I received a little surprise last week. Rich ordered these for me from Amazon. I was showing a picture to him and told him that I was going to buy some with my next paycheck. What a sweet surprise it was! Aren't they beautiful?!? I can't decide what I want to do with them ...craft supplies? ...jar lights for the back yard? ...flower vases? Maybe a little of each? What would you do with them?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rich and I went antiquing last week and I picked up the 3 in 1 Lightning Shredder grater that's front center... perfect time for some tweaking. I took my graters out of the crock bowl they were in and put them in this wood tote. I </span><span style="font-size: large;">like</span><span style="font-size: large;"> it much better, I can actually see them now. The orange peeling paint nutmeg grinder in front belonged to my father-in-law's mother. I love owning pieces that belonged to family!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I put my sieves in a colander beside the graters. I think my favorite is the one with the white nylon. I don't know if it's a homemade piece or if these were actually sold back in the day. Either way I like it because it's different and I've never seen one before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I also like the one that's resting on it... do you see the patch at the bottom? So reminiscent of the old days but I could see myself doing it now days, haha! The awesome sieve on the other side is from <a href="http://mycolonialhome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">our sweet friend Karen of My Colonial Home</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been a busy last couple of months of school. So proud of my kids so I'll be back to brag on them in another post. Thank you my friends for sticking with me even though I've not been here lately. I'm grateful for your friendship because not only does it give me an outlet to share and discuss antiques and primitives but because you all are some of the sweetest and neatest people I've ever known. I thank God for allowing our paths to cross and for blessing my life with your friendships~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The kids headed back to school today after being off for 10 days and truthfully, I did <i>not</i> a thing. Lol, I needed a day of rest! Rich stayed home and worked while I took the three kids to my parents home in Bruner, MO. It's about a 30 minute drive to Branson so we were gonna spend our days there but the weather was cold and rainy. Instead we spent one day inside the community center in the fun pool. My boys are the ones in the water. See the big blue bucket at the top of the picture? You know where this is going, right? ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally a day of no rain... still very cold but at least it wasn't raining so we hit downtown Branson. No trip is ever complete without a stop at "Dicks 5 & 10". Born and raised around there, I grew up on this store. It's a dry goods store... you want it, they got it! The place was <b>packed</b>! The small, dim aisles are from the old dime store days and let me tell you, people were three wide down every single aisle. I lost my kids, lost my mom, lost my sister, lol!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But I (and Amariah) did find this old tub filled with one of my favorite candies... Chick-O-Sticks! =]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I guess you could say this was an old-fashioned trip. Besides having lunch at Cracker Barrel, we also hit this cool place "The World's Largest Toy Museum" along with "The Shepherd of the Hills, Harold Bell Wright Museum".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Robbie enjoyed this place so much that we had a hard time getting him to leave! Here he is in the Batmobile with hundreds of super heroes on the shelves behind him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a good thing it was a self-guided tour, as it took us awhile to get the little man through all the displays, lol! My mom, my sister Jodi, and Robbie checking out thousands of die-cast metal cars of all sizes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By this time, all the kids had left me so I made Jodi pose for me. If you've ever been to Branson, then you have heard of The Shepherd of the Hills. If you haven't heard of the story, you have seen the road named after it. Harold Bell Wright was a pastor that wrote these stories. Even though I grew up here and took school field trips to the play, I didn't realize he wrote so many books. It was a neat little museum tucked inside the toy museum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm really not sure who enjoyed this museum more. Me? Or Robbie?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Despite the weather, we enjoyed our spring break! It's always a good time to visit family and hit those restaurants I grew up on that I miss so much. My parents had a big pizza party for the whole clan so we decided it was a good time to start the planning stage of their 60th wedding anniversary coming up in July. Very exciting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm truly blessed and so grateful for the wonderful family that God has placed me in. I'm 3.5 hours away from them so when I get a chance to go back home, it is always full of good times, tons of laughter, and old memories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope I didn't bore you too much with our old-fashioned spring break. I'm sure it's not what the kids would have planned, but we all had a great time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As my 7 year old sweetie said when I told him on the first day of spring that winter was officially over and spring had started... "Well someone needs to tell that to winter because it's still cold" Lol! I hope you all stay warm and safe out there until it thaws and we see spring beauty soon. Have a delightful week~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Lots of spring cleaning going on around here. It takes time but I sure love the outcome! Finished the laundry room and main bathroom. Here are a couple of pictures from my laundry room. My parents gave me a few baskets they bought at an auction. This one resembled a sewing basket and I have been looking around for something to put my colored bobbins in. I picked up the green bobbins a couple of weeks ago at my favorite antique mall in the Amish community of Chouteau, OK. See my darling little heart? That was a free gift in an order that I placed with <a href="http://homespunandprimitives.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Shari over at Homespun and Primitives</a> a couple of years ago. She is so sweet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I bought this sewing machine drawer last summer at the same antique mall for $5, along with the tallest bobbin for $3. I found the box of thread at another antique mall for $2. I was buying it for the old box alone... imagine my surprise when I opened the box and found it full of American Thread Co. embroidery cotton skeins! The toddler dresses hanging behind were worn by my mom, who is now 78. The lovely ditty bag was made and gifted to me by <a href="http://parkersparadise.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Linda over at Parker's Paradise</a>. Another sweetheart!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">From here, I moved on to the family room. The cleaning part is basically done, now the fun part of re-arranging and decorating! In-between all this cleaning, I am putting out the spring. A few little chicks on the chippy old sewing machine cabinet. I was able to add my father-in-law's Bible to our stack of family Bibles. It is inscribed with his entry into the Navy in 1955. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For over a year now I've been looking for a replacement shade for Rich's grandpa's table/lamp stand. After taking a few back to the store for not looking right, I have decided to cover the one we have. I narrowed it down to two ideas from Pinterest. Now, which one to choose:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have an old Bible that has literally fallen apart with many loose pages that I have been saving for a project like this so I thought that would be fun. I will probably do this one. I figure if I don't like it in the end then I can always cover it with burlap, lol!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Spring break starts today for us with all of next week off too. The kids are pretty excited about 10 days off! I'll be honest... looking forward to not having to get up at 6:30, hehe. We will be spending most of that time with my parents with a few days in Branson, MO. They live about 30 miles from there so it's always fun to go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I honestly LOVE to organize and clean so spring cleaning is always fun for me, I actually enjoy it. I'm truly grateful first of all for even owning a home and grateful for being able to stay home to make our house a cozy home for my family.</span></div>
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Angie Berry ~ Berry Homespun Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17664447067172311957noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667952653909164346.post-85645737438924197172013-02-20T15:34:00.000-06:002013-02-20T15:34:20.391-06:00My little broom collection...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Hi friends! What have you been up to? I've spent the past 2 days deep cleaning my laundry room. Whew, that's hard work but I am very thankful to even have a laundry room. At our last house, the washer and dryer were in a small closet behind bi-fold doors in the kitchen... it was crazy, ha! So today I played around a little. I bought a few brooms this past year at garage sales and they've been tucked away. My very favorite is of course the oldest one with the green handle. This other one I added a strip of burlap and cheesecloth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I added my favorite homespuns to 2 more of the brooms, along with a strip of green burlap. I like the rusted handle on the other broom but I'm gonna have to cut off those little blue pieces... I think I'll just pull it off completely because it's such a bright blue (hope my broom doesn't fall apart, lol).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The brooms are displayed on an old corn cob dryer that I found at an antique mall last year marked down to $6.00!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found all kinds of neat ways to display brooms on Pinterest. I came across this corn cob dryer as I was digging out all my brooms and thought it would work well but I didn't want to hang it on the wall so I put some twine through the top loop and tied it to the back strip of my wooden ironing board.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We finally got SNOW! Ever since my oldest kid was born, we've had snow every year. Last year was the first in 17 years that we didn't get any and we were all sad. I love our neighbors home in all seasons but it's so pretty when the snow settles on the big boulders that their log home sits on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our neat little creek that runs between our home and the neighbors. The kids love to play in it year round.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by friends. It's back to cleaning for me. I tried a tip on Pinterest for cleaning the inside of the washing machine and it worked okay but looks like I'm gonna need to use some elbow grease on the agitator. Once that is done I will be able to move on to the next room, yippee! Have a warm and cozy week~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This post is dedicated to my sweet friend and fellow Amish lover, <a href="http://simplepleasures317.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Michelle from Simple Pleasures</a>. I live 20 minutes from a small Amish and Mennonite community in Chouteau, Oklahoma. Once a year in September the town hosts "Black Buggy Day" that is open to everyone. I love going just to watch the "English" and the Amish come together and have some good old-fashioned FUN!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We rented turtles for $1 each for Amariah and her friend Britlan so they could join in the turtle race.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Amariah's turtle (#3) crossed the finish line in 3rd place, haha! They had such a good time with this, I was actually quite surprised.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Such a cutie with his blonde hair but I was afraid he was going to fall. I was shocked at the number of young ones that were allowed to freely roam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My lunch for the day was of course homemade Amish noodles. They were so delicious, I had to have two helpings, yum!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't remember what they called this race but it was actually fun to watch. Each rider had an end to a PVC pipe that held a hedge apple in the middle. They had to carry it down and drop it in the barrel then race back to the start with the pipe. Quickest time without dropping the hedge apple was the winner. I was looking around for some of them hedge apples to take home with me but they must have had them hid, lol!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The girls and I had a great time. Who knew that teenagers would enjoy hanging out with the Amish?! Haha! </span><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, actually a picture of me standing by one of the buggies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm grateful that there are still communities around "where cultures come together". "Chouteau consists of two different cultures coming together with one purpose, to make a better community for our families to live and grow. Black Buggy Day is a day where we come together to celebrate the ways we are different but more importantly, the ways that we are the same."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I know lots of you do this and can do it quite well. But for some reason it's really, really hard for me! Shoot, I don't even know how to relax. I try but it doesn't last long and I just gotta be doing something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My father-in-law went into the hospital unexpectedly and passed away a couple of days later on Dec. 17. My husband was immediately thrown into making the funeral arrangements and taking care of the estate because he is the oldest of the two sons. Don't you know that it has changed our outlook on many things about life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You don't realize how much of life you are letting slip you by until you stop and take a good look around. So we, mainly I, have decided it's past time to simplify. No, no, no... not my home lol! I have tried and tried to "simplify" by getting rid of things but I just can not seem to part with a single thing. Instead, I find myself buying more things that I don't need, hehe. Like the beginning of my gray granite collection (I only have one piece but it will become a collection one day!). Also couldn't pass up the Edwards Mill sack because it comes from a real working mill at College of the Ozarks in Branson, MO, a college I didn't attend but had many friends who did and spent a lot of time there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Had to throw a picture in there because this post needs one, ha. Back to the subject... along the lines of simplifying, I had two blogs. This prim blog and a family blog called <a href="http://ramblingsfromagratefulheart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">"Ramblings from a grateful heart"</a>. It became difficult to keep them both up so they both suffered. I have decided to combine the two blogs into one and use this space to talk about two of my loves: my family and my home. So if some of my posts seem odd or like they don't belong or my wording is weird... it's because of the consolidating. One thing I did with my Ramblings blog is to always end a post with something that I am grateful for. I want to carry that over into this blog because it's important to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And because I am bringing my family over to this blog, I gotta show off my handsome son Ryan, a junior (and yes it says Chuck, that's his nickname from the coaches because of our last name being Berry) with his new letterman jacket we bought him. He's quite proud but so are we! =]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Then we have pretty little Amariah, who is an 8th grader, and the little guy named Robbie that is in the 1st grade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Losing the first of our parents has opened our eyes to many things this past month. I am truly grateful for relationships that I am determined to nourish... my husband, my kids, my extended family, my friends, and of course all of you my prim blog community friends!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi friends! Thanks for sticking with me while I've been away. I noticed I even gained a few new friends, wow thanks! I love my quaint, quiet, little blog. I sure have missed it and have missed all of you while I've been living a crazy busy life running three kids here, there, and everywhere. My oldest son started on the JV football team so that's kept us very busy, but much much fun and so exciting! They only lost one game all season. Proud mom moment... sorry gotta post a picture. He finally got to play defense and here is his very first tackle...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once he got the taste of it, he was a tackling machine. Our Varsity boys didn't fare as well so I'm looking forward to next year already. But first we move straight from football right into wrestling along with my middle school daughter who is playing basketball and little man is playing basketball too. Thankful for sports because it gives the kids a real taste of "team" and how to work together. It also has been proven to build self-esteem and I can honestly say that I've seen that in both of my older kids. But... sure miss my crafting, creating, "me time"!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know some of you have already moved on to Christmas but I am still in fall till the end of November. Wanted to share a few pictures with you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found this old black typewriter back in the summer at an auction. My dad worked for Royal typewriter back in the 50's for a long time so my sister and I have been on the hunt for one to give him. I was so excited when I found this one, it still works and has a ribbon! I finally shared it with him and he said I could keep it (he saw how excited I was about it and didn't have the heart to take it from me, haha). Whew, thought I was gonna have to give it to him, lol! For Christmas, I'm going to put a letter to Santa in it... how fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even the candy jars got a little taste of Autumn (notice how the chocolate jar is empty... we like our chocolate!). If you read my last post, you know about my lid dilemma. I decided to keep the lids off. It looks more like an old time candy store display, it's cute I love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite finds this summer at a garage sale was this Tea Leaf ironstone pitcher. The top loop of the lid was broke off so I got it for only $3! It matches the platter that I've had for years that belonged to my great-grandma. It has a few chips in it but it's been in my family for many years so it is very special to me.</span></div>
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Angie Berry ~ Berry Homespun Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17664447067172311957noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667952653909164346.post-25852963969164572742012-09-27T12:54:00.000-05:002013-02-08T19:41:20.082-06:00A day at the park<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Goodness it's been awhile... almost a year. Time is fleeting my friends. I'm happy to say that I have been enjoying my family to the fullest! ...and it's been quite full, lol! I've been thinking about how to come back here and post again. Do I skip over the past year and start fresh? Nah, I just can't do that. If you are still here with me then I want to say <b>thank you!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I believe I will start back up where I left off. Sure these pictures are from almost a year ago... but some great memories were made and that's something you just can't pass up.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We discovered an <i>awesome</i> park last August! 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I was standing up on a loft to get a picture of the whole park. I take the picture and look at it in my camera and see this blur right in the middle. Where did that come from?! So I take another one, and there is another blur running the other way, lol! 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The best part of all is we almost had the whole park to ourselves! It was like a hidden treasure and we were so very excited that we discovered it, haha!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QyMXAwQ-9Uo/UGSRGW7J0NI/AAAAAAAAFpo/qG1FYbOvjJY/s1600/IMG_3117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QyMXAwQ-9Uo/UGSRGW7J0NI/AAAAAAAAFpo/qG1FYbOvjJY/s320/IMG_3117.JPG" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You just can't end a fun summer day at the park without a trip to the ice cream shop. We all crashed when we got home, well the little man crashed before we got home, lol!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I'm grateful for these wonderfully beautiful days that I can spend with my kids. God has truly blessed our family in that I can be a stay at home mom with only working a little bit here and there. I'm so thankful that we made a decision years ago to make our family and our kids a priority. 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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hi friends! Nice to see you all once again. I'm so excited to say that I was able to quit one of my part time jobs last week. YAY! Good-bye Hobby Lobby (till next summer). We have so many wonderful fall and Christmas pieces coming in that it's a good thing I'm getting outta there, lol! I will only be substitute teaching at the kids' schools. So thanks for hanging in there with me over the past five months as I've been away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our very sweet friend <a href="http://mycolonialhome.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-post-challenge-that-will-have-winner.html" target="_blank">Karen, from My Colonial Home blog</a>, is having a fun giveaway that you <i>must</i> join but quickly... the deadline is September 28. All that Karen asks is that we do a blog post about </span><strong style="background-color: #b26420; font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: 25px;">HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THE NAME OF YOUR BLOG. </strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">My story is short and sweet. Berry Homespun Primitives came about in January 2010. My name is Angie Berry and I have berries all over my home so it only seemed natural to have the word "berry" in there. Homespun is my one major weakness that I buy anywhere and everywhere that I go. It's my favorite medium to craft with. It has such a cozy feeling to its name also, don't you agree? Primitives has to be in the name because well... I just <b>love </b>primitives. For years I tried to find what my style was and could never find a 'name' for it. Country was the closest thing but I wasn't the cutesy country. I have always loved antiques and started collecting while I was still in high school, living with my parents. I was SO excited when I first came across primitives and couldn't believe I finally had a name for my style, lol! Anyway, that's my story. Thanks <a href="http://mycolonialhome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Karen</a> for such a fun giveaway!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">While you're here, I would like to share with you one of the very few projects I was able to work on and finish this summer. I was hauling this beauty to the car from a garage sale and my husband asked why I bought something that was scratched up, falling apart, and not worth the $$. You would think that after 17 years he would just get used to it and not question but sometimes it takes him awhile!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well thank goodness she came down on the price because as I was working on 2 of the lids, their plastic inside pieces broke as well. Bummer! So I had one good lid, lol. But that's okay. As often as people are in the jars, lids would just be in the way anyway. Here it is finished:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Funny thing is... when the candy was in the pantry in a bowl the kids were always getting in to it as they hid behind the pantry doors. Now that it's out in the open, it seems to last a lot longer, haha! I guess it's more fun for them to be sneaky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Hi friends! I sure have missed you all SO much!! I hope you are having a fun summer. We've had a busy one... which explains why I've been missing for <i>almost two months</i>! Wow, can't believe I've been gone that long. My oldest two are heading to Arizona in the morning for a week long mission trip so I hope to spend the next week blogging. =]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I just had to get on here and share some wonderful pieces that I've been blessed with! My new, very sweet blog friend from Belgium has a delightful blog called <a href="http://gingerbreadgem.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Gingerbread Gem</a>. You really should go visit Goedele and meet her if you haven't already. Actually her family is visiting the US and are in PA Amish country right now! Goedele and I both started working for a temp service back in April during the same week! She knew how apprehensive I was about going back to work after being a stay at home mom. Out of the sweetness of her heart, she sent me this adorable lavender stake because she knows I love lavender. =]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">As you can see Goedele, it goes perfectly with my lavender bunch! Thank you so much for your kind heart and sweet friendship! It just amazes me that someone on the other side of the world has the same love of primitives and antiques that I do. I hope you are enjoying your visit to our country! =]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">One of my friends at work was getting rid of some things and blessed me with 2 boxes of primitives and pottery because she knew how much I loved them. I had no idea what all she had until I started unpacking it all. Needless to say, I was blown away! This first picture shows a beautiful blue jar filled with cinnamon sticks, topped off with a zinc lid, LOVE! An old spool, old spool lamp (without the shade), adorable butt basket! 4 candle plates (one is so tiny and cute!). Americana star with grungy candle and a wonderful iron hanging candle holder! Lots of fun stuff~ Eek! Just realized that the awesome curved butter paddle didn't make the picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I wasn't a blue pottery collector until now! Thanks Patty!! I really don't know much about pottery at all so I had to look up what I have. The pie plate and bowl on the bottom rack of the pie holder are Roseville pottery! The darker blue spongeware pie plate on the top rack, the spongeware pot with lid and pitcher in the back are all from Marshall Pottery. So neat how each piece is signed by the "master potter". The small bowl in front on the right is from Williamsburg Pottery Factory. The other pieces and the soap dispenser are from Beaumont Brothers Pottery. I have seriously been searching for a soap dispenser for my kitchen for quite some time and just haven't found one I like... until now, hehe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">So the pottery is all sitting on my kitchen counter, looking for the perfect spot to land and I don't have a clue where to put it. =/ The only blue piece I have in my kitchen/dining room is a biscuit jar that my sister gave me. My kitchen is red with mustard and brown. How do you think I should display it? Should I keep it all together? I know that makes for a bigger impact but since it's the only blue I have, should I disperse it about the kitchen/dining room? Thanks in advance for your advice! I always value it tremendously!! =]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Oh, and how could I forget?! Today is our 15th wedding anniversary! We won't be celebrating tonight though... gotta get the kids ready for AZ in the morning. But with the temp being 104 today with a heat index of 110, I prefer to stay in the house, lol. Friday and Saturday don't look much better with it being 106 and 105. We might have to wait till next month to celebrate, ha! Who gets married in the heat of the summer anyway?! I remember my florist sister-in-law from Missouri did my flowers. I so wanted Magnolias. She tried to tell me that it would be near impossible to travel across the state with Magnolias in July. But I wanted them SO much. The sweet thing that she is... made up the bouquets and boutonnieres, put them in a cooler and brought them to the chapel. By the end of the wedding they were definitely turning brown but I got my Magnolias, lol. Why, oh why did we get married in the heat of summer? Happy Anniversary to my sweet baby, love him dearly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Hey friends, how's it going? Thanks to those of you that checked in on me. I'm on my 8th week of this bronchitis crap with a horrendous cough that won't go away. Sometimes it still wipes me out. I just don't have the time to rest like I need to. School ended this week so that will help A LOT! Which means my substitute teaching job ended for the school year. Next week, I start back to Hobby Lobby part time. I'm already dreading my first day. After not working there for exactly two years, my boss has me working 8:00 am- till the truck merchandise is put out (basically a 12 hour day). That is gonna wipe me out for sure, lol. I kinda thought he would ease me in but I forgot how the store is more important than his people. Oops! Did I say that out loud?! Well, it's only for two months till school starts up again. So that's why I've been MIA and over 400 blog posts behind... much reading to catch up on, yikes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Enough of that, time to share a few things I purchased a few months back... I am SO behind on posting. Being a collector of Little Golden books since before my 16.5 year old was born, I HAD to buy this adorable raggedy annie from our sweet friend <a href="http://www.facebook.com/polkadotpigprimitives" target="_blank">Julie of Polka Dot Pig Primitives</a>. Julie and friends just opened a store and I am so excited for her! In their first week of being open, they sold so much stuff that they had to re-arrange the shop!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I adore the Little Golden book fabric that raggedy annie's dress is made from. Doesn't she look right at home with some of my collection? Thank you Julie!! I love her so much and you are very talented and creative to come up with something so different and cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Gosh, this sweet little raggedy annie I bought a few months back from our very talented friend <a href="http://craftystitchers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cyndy of Crafty Stitchers blog.</a> Another talented and creative gal! What I didn't realize until this sweet doll made its way to my home is that she is completely stitched! Her whole face and even the wording on her apron, so awesome Cyndy!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I seriously thought this was drawn on, I can't believe it is hand stitched! Look at how perfect it is! Cyndy has some incredible talent in her hands!! You need to get over to <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/craftystitchers" target="_blank">Cyndy's Etsy shop</a> and see all the other adorable things that her amazing hands have made! Thank you Cyndy, I love her!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Not a raggedy doll, but a sweet one. I had to buy this little Amish beauty from back home in Missouri. My great-aunt that passed away last year had a floral shop on main street with many, many trinkets. A little cafe moved into the building this year and all her trinkets were still on the walls. So as I was waiting for our food to arrive, I walked along the walls, thinking about Aunt Susie and all the things she loved and had for sale. SO many things... from the floor to as high as you could reach... over all the walls, it was everywhere, lol! I remember walking into her shop and she was so excited to show me all the new things. Aunt Susie was a talker so anytime you went into her shop, it was like grab a cup of tea cause you're gonna be here for awhile. But that's what made her so special. It didn't matter who you were or what you looked like, Aunt Susie had time to sit down and visit with you or walk you around her shop to see all her goodies, haha! I'm pretty sure that's where my rambling comes from... that side of the family, lol. Anyway, I bought this little Amish doll for $1.40 (it was half off). They just added it to our ticket... 2 Cheeseburgers, 2 fries, Amish doll, DP, and Pepsi. I should have taken a picture of the ticket, it was quite funny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">My raggedy Amish doll from the last post and my newest one have already found a family to love. I think they look wonderful sitting on my dad's baby blanket on the antique children's school desk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I was hoping for a lazy summer to craft and blog but looks like that will be in-between working and family time. Thanks for stopping by for a visit. I do enjoy your company so much! I really plan to start getting caught back up on your blogs. You are my friends and I hate when I miss that prayers were needed, birthdays and anniversaries were celebrated, special times were had. It's so much more to me than "just getting caught up on blog reading". It's checking in on my friends and seeing what is going on in your lives. That's what I love about blogging! =]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Good beautiful afternoon friends! Spent the morning with the Lord in His Word, then in the beautiful outside. I (along with Pepper, our miniature schnauzer) went for a walk along our country road. Praising God for such a gorgeous day, beautiful blue sky and sunshine, wonderful breeze, pretty flowers to stop and smell along the way (as Pepper marked the trees, haha). It is a gorgeous 72 degrees out there. I'm not trying to rub it in, so sorry for those of you that are covered in snow. I would gladly take some!! We went all winter with only 2" of snow (at different times) that was gone by the afternoon. You all stay safe, be careful out there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">It's been a busy time here at the Berry patch. It's so important for me to be praising God right now because there are some things going on that I wish were different circumstances but I will praise God for whatever He brings our way! While we <i style="font-weight: bold;">still </i>don't know what is going on with the American Airlines bankruptcy; after much prayer, Rich and I have decided it's best for me to go back to work part time right now. I spent two weeks filling out paperwork and training to substitute teach at the 5 schools here in Catoosa. I'm ready to go now... but my body isn't. I have been sick for a couple of weeks. I thought it was a really bad sinus infection and was treating it as such. I would feel better so I tried to do things around the house and it would wipe me out. It was a continuous cycle, lol. It's so <b>hard </b>to be down! Rich finally made me go to the doctor yesterday, thank goodness! I have bronchitis. Ugh! So after my first round of steroids and antibiotics, I am feeling so much better already. But a very long ways to go to normal. I'm also contagious so I have to stay away from the kids. =[ Hopefully by next week, I will be doing well. Gonna go talk to my old boss about working at Hobby Lobby again over the summer. Not liking being sick, not looking forward to working again... it's so hard when there are 3 kids here to tend to and take places. But I know this is what needs to be done. Prayers would be appreciated! Thank you much!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I am really behind on showing you so many goodies that I have won and bought these past 2 months so I will break it up into a couple of posts. First up is this awesome hand stitched Easter egg tuck that I won from <a href="http://fancifulstitches.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Marilyn over at Fanciful Stitches</a>!! She is beautiful, such an adorable bunny!! I have been following Marilyn's blog probably for a couple of years now and so very thrilled to have something made from her talented and creative hands! She is such a sweetheart too, love that gal! Go pay Marilyn a visit and see what she's stitching up. Thank you again Marilyn, I LOVE it!! Although all my Easter/spring is packed up, this sweetie is staying out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Just look at the attention Marilyn pays to the little details! Cute little butterfly embellishment on the front. Beautiful vintage bead trim around the edge (wish I had gotten a close up picture of it), and such a pretty print on the back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Marilyn has another blog that you all might like a little bit better for it is a prim blog: <a href="http://whimseythoughts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">~Harvest Moon Primitive~</a>. But I'm here to tell you that both of her blogs are wonderful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Since I'm talking about blog friends, I think I'll share with you next what sweet <a href="http://primnraggedy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Carole over at Prim n Raggedy</a> gifted me with. She did a post back in March about some lovely soap that she had made. One was daffodil scented! Ooooh, being a daffodil lover, that caught my attention right away! I commented that I would love to smell it and asked her if she was selling it. Gracious Carole said she would send me a sample in the mail. For some of you this is no big deal, but I was pretty excited to receive "Royal Mail", hehe!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I mainly wanted them to display in my bathroom but Carole suggested I try it on my skin for they are made out of goat's milk. Not to let the name fool you, because it smells SO much better than monkey farts (I don't know what they smell like but it can't be good). I use the Monkey Farts scented soap in my bathroom when I wash my hands and it is wonderfully soft and smells so good! Carole made sure that I knew that is the name the manufacturer uses, not one she came up with, hehe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Carole was such a sweetheart to send me some of her handmade goat's milk soap! Thank you again Carole!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">One more picture for today, this post is already too long, with too much of my rambling, lol. I was so excited to get out and go antiquing with a friend last week, on one of the days I actually felt decent and thought I was better. I had $$ to spend so you can probably guess what happened... it was a bust. =[ I should have left my money at home, then I would have found all kinds of awesome things, haha! I found a few pieces of homespun for super cheap, a little Americana box (with some of those old flag stickers still inside) that will go on my old school desk, and an old very worn out Amish doll that I felt so sorry for and had to bring her home for a buck.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I was afraid someone might throw her in the trash so I thought I better rescue her. I was going to throw away her bonnet, but she can't have a new bonnet with an old faded dress and worn out stockings so she will stay like she is. She was well loved!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Sorry for such a long post friends. I appreciate it dearly if you stayed with me till the end. =] Remember... there is always, ALWAYS something to be thankful for~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I have an exciting post today... well exciting for me, hehe! After all these years of blogging and watching you all swap away, I finally joined my <i style="font-weight: bold;">first </i>ever swap! It was so exciting, yet SO nerve-wrecking, lol. I'll admit... I was very nervous and so anxious to hear from my blog partner whether she liked my goodies or not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I joined <a href="http://aprimitiveplace.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tammy from A Primitive Place's</a> envelope swap last month. My swap partner was <a href="http://countrypickins.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Linda from Country Pickin's</a>. I had been already been following Linda's blog for awhile and let me tell you... I was <b>nervous</b>!! Linda is a seasoned swapper, haha! Thankfully, she is also a true sweetheart and instantly made me feel comfortable. Thank you Tammy for pairing me up with sweet Linda!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Look at this <i>adorable </i>bunny made by Linda! Her name is Hester. See how much I love her... she has a special place in my chair! =]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I love her so much Linda, thank you!! She is my one and only prim stuffed bunny! A close up of her little apron, isn't it darling?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">A beautiful saying on this wonderfully prim plate and stand that fits perfectly on my old sewing machine cabinet in the family room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I mentioned to Linda that I am changing over my living room to primitive patriotic and she made this awesome pillow! Love the colors and the saying! Again... perfect Linda, thank you!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Also to go in my living room, this beautiful penny mat! Just right, don't you think? Linda did great! =]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Linda also made these wonderfully delicious smelling tarts! <br />Caramel Apple and Cinnamon Roll... YUM!! Not only do they smell delicious, but they are packaged so cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Thank you Tammy for pairing me up with Linda! Linda, thank you dearly from the bottom of my heart for such a special swap! You have made my first swap experience such a wonderful treat, I appreciate you girl! Thank you for everything, it is perfect and I LOVE it all~</span></div>
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