PAFA Fall Giveaway – Lots Of Prizes!

The Members of The Primitive and Folk Artists Team of Etsy (PAFA) are having a fall celebration called

*Strolling Through The Pumpkin Patch*

CLICK HERE to pop over to Etsy and see all the wonderful Fall items offered by the team.

Our Celebration will run from August 28th thru September 17th

In honor of our celebration we are also having a Huge Giveaway!!!

16 prizes to choose from!!!

And the 1st place winner will get to pick out 7 prizes !!

WOW!! Any 7 Prizes you want!!

2nd Place will get to choose 3 of the prizes left over. 

3rd Place thru 8th place will win 1 of the five prizes that are left.

WOWSERS!!

How fun is that!!!

I'm so bummed I can’t enter!! :)

But hopefully you will stop by, read the rules and enter!!

All you have to do is CLICK HERE and pop right over to the giveaway post on the  PAFA Blog.

Good Luck!!

An Awesome Giveaway & A Gift

WOW! I have been crazy busy the last few days.

Hard to believe but I haven't even had time to be online!!

The first thing I want to share is an awesome giveaway going on at Hungry Hook Primitives.

Margie is currently having a series of rug hooking tutorials.

Which I want to say THANK YOU again to her for doing this.

Follow along with her tutorials and at the end she will be giving away 3 wonderful gifts.

The Grand Prize to one winner is the choice between these two rugs.

Last day to enter is August 31st.

To pop over to her giveaway post and read the rules, just

CLICK HERE!

And speaking of Margie…

A few weeks ago she had a blog sale and I was lucky enough to purchase this wonderful old powder tin from her.

I have added this to my collection in my Master Bath.

Thank you so much Margie!!

Well, I guess you have noticed that I got the camera back from my Mom.

Her and Dad had taken a trip to Myrtle Beach in South Carolina.

I wanted to reshow all of you the wonderful penny rug I received from Michelle.

This camera picks up the wonderful details much better.

Thank you once again, Michelle!

And did you all notice the amazing sampler hanging between the bonnets.

That was part of my PIF gifts from Jeanne.

Let me tell you all her gifts were jaw dropping Gorgeous!!

Check out a close-up of the sampler…

Not only did she send this amazing sampler, which I LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

She also included 12, yes 12, adorable crow napkin holders.

A wonderful bracelet.

Wait, still not all.

She also included these wonderful prim pears.

And last, but certainly not least, this wonderful prim pantry cake.

From the bottom of my heart, Jeanne, Thank you!!

I loved everything!!

Don’t forget to sign up for my giveaway!!

You can Click Here to pop right over to the giveaway post.

All entries must be on that post only.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Now heading off to go enjoy this wonderful Sunday!!

Win Rin ~ Giveaway!

I have decided to give Rin to one of my blogging pals.

Rin is a primitive, handmade (by me), teddy bear.

He measures a little less than 12” tall.

He is made to look old, worn and well loved.

I used an actual old burlap sack for his body.
You can see the sack design on his body, legs, arms, and ears.

I think of this as a make-do bear.

Something a Mom might of done years ago if she couldn't afford to buy her child a teddy bear.

She "made-do" with what she had on hand and created it for them.

Now because this was made from an old burlap sack, the weave in the burlap isn't as tight as it is on my usual burlap bears.

He is stuffed with old cotton quilt batting and you can see it through the weave of the burlap.

His arms and legs are string jointed. Which give them ability to be moved and posed some.
His head is not jointed in any way.

His eyes are made from old black buttons.

He has a hump back design, just like the old ones.

I chose not to dress Rin. I didn't want to cover his old burlap sack design.

No glue is ever used on my bears.
Everything is either machine or hand sewn.

Rin has been put through a grubby process to give him that worn prim appearance.

If you want perfection, my bears are not for you.

But if you want a teddy bear that looks like he has been well loved over many years. Primitively mended and repaired just like Mom would have done. Then you will love my Prim Teddy Bears.

Because all of my bears have that wonderful old, worn, very well loved, appearance.

My original creation.

 
And Rin, like all of my bears, is a One Of A Kind creation.

RULES for the giveaway:

1 ~ You must be a follower of my blog.

(Yes, new followers are welcome to join in too!)

2 ~ You must live in the USA or Canada.

(Yes, of course, APO addresses are Welcome!)

3 ~ You must provide me with an email address, if you don't have a blog or don't have an email linked to your blog.

You can’t win if I don’t have a way of getting a hold of you.

4 ~ You must comment on This Blog Post stating you would like to be entered.

These are the requirements for the giveaway. You must meet all 4 to receive 1 entry into the giveaway.

For a Bonus Entry…

You may post about the giveaway with a link back to my blog on …

~ Your blog sidebar (1 bonus entry)

~ Actual blog post ( 2 bonus entries)

These are Not mandatory to enter.
But if you choose to do them, please let me know, so I can give you your bonus entries.

Please list them all in One Comment.

 

You may use the photo below for posting on your blog.

Last day to enter is:
September 18th 2011

I will announce the winner
September 19th.

Playin’ With My Bedroom Fireplace

Let me start off with saying, the quality of these photos are horrible!!

I haven't went and gotten the camera from my Mom yet.

These pictures were taken with my video camera, so they are a little dark and not very crisp.

But I’m making do right now. :)

I took down the shelf and Abe, cleared everything off and this is what I have for now.

I'm wanting to hang some drieds and other prim stuff from it.

Still a work in progress, but I think looking much better so far!!

While I have here, I also want to show off a beautiful penny rug I received from Michelle.

She and I recently did a small swap and she made me a traditional penny rug. Which I have wanted forever!!

(Once again, I apologize for the quality of photos!)

I have this displayed in my living room.

I love it!!

She also included a surprise bonus penny coaster!!

So cute!!

I have this displayed on my child's desk, right next to my front door.

Thank you soooo much, Michelle!!

That’s it from me for now.

Talk Soon!

And Now These…

Here are a few more items just listed in my Etsy shop.

 

To view these and the rest of my goodies available in my Etsy Shop,

CLICK HERE.

 

*And don’t forget to save my shop to your favorites because even MORE GOODIES coming soon!!