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Giveaways are now at The Primitive Gathering

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We hope you will stop by and see our latest offerings but we also have some exciting giveaways!!
You can view them by clicking the images below

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Updates are posted...click images below for more details.

There are plenty more offerings now available at The Primitive Gathering!

Look for some giveaways next month!!!

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Hope you will stop by The Primitive Gathering! Our artists have been working hard to bring you plenty of new goodies!!

Click images below to see details

Join us in welcoming our new artists

August 15th update

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The Primitive Gathering has updated for the 15th
Hope you will stop by!!
Just click the images below for more details

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Hope you will stop by The Primitive Gathering!!

Just updated on 8/1/09

Here is just a sampling of our offerings

Click on the image to view more details

Thanks for your intrest in The Primitive Gathering!

Happy Mother's Day!

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To Our Mothers:

May your day be blessed with joy and love~

Happy Mother's Day!

New Works

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Turkey Hollow

Rabbit Hill

Netty La Croix

Bushel & Peck

Ghost Island

Dove Grey

We've updated for the 15th @

The Primitive Gathering.com

Click HERE to see all our offerings

Blessed Easter

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"For God so Loved the World that He gave his only begotten Son........"

Have a Blessed Easter~

Tis No April Fool's , We Have New Offerings

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Welcome to our newest artist

Susan Grant of Country Presence

Sweet Harvest Farms wonderful soap

Great Amish Doll from Four Cedars Farm

Awesome Prim from Country Presence

Best hand did by Burlap Owl

Oh we have some AWESOME offerings

at The Primitive Gathering.com. Visit them all.

A New Update,

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We have a new artist, Julie Bailey, welcome!!

and lots of hand did offerings.

Please visit us HERE

Rabbit Hill Primitives

Pie Cake Prims

Netty LaCroix

Julie Bailey Primitives

Ghost Island Primitives

Add our Website to your blog..tell your friends.

Tis March The Robins Are Here

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and Spring is coming soon .

Sweet Robin from Olde Raggs USA

The artists of "The Primitive Gathering"

have some wonderful new creations.

We have two new artists~~

The Burlap Owl Primitives

FiddlyCat Creations

Plus we have a special guest artist "Four Cedars Farm"

Lots of Goodes to treasure

Work by Primitive Bettys

Hand dids from Thistlebroom's Primitives

Please stop in an see our offerings

The Primitive Gathering.com

See SweetAnnee

in Victoria Magazine, Spring 2009 issue

on page 12.

New Creations and New Artists

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Here are just a few of the items being offered from our artists.

New creations coming Feb 15th at The Primitive Gathering.com

Stacy Nash Primitives

Fully Wooly Primitives

Coming Feb 1st, New Prim Delights

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We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year.

The weather has been WILD this winter, so we've

made some NEW creations to get you thinking

of Spring.

We'll be HERE Feb. 1st

Handmade Soap to wash your blues away!

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Well, I certainly hope that Christmas this year is a happier shade of blue! Especially for those stuck in the frigid temps of the North!
As for me, I am stuck in 80 degree weather here in Florida! Now before you'll "hiss and spit at me" for complaining just think about it for a minute.........its just not Christmas without a bite in the air and a wee bit of snow on the ground now is it?!

I have been so busy making my homemade soap and potpourri that I have had lttle time for anything else. Finally after 3 months of filling orders and long sleepless nights I am taking a break to re-discover my family! LOL!

So here is to all of you wonderful artisans, crafters and sisters who work your fingers to the nub just because you love what you do! I raise my glass of Eggnog to all of you (with Rum of course!).
"May your days be Merry and Bright and may all your Christmas's be white!"
Hugs,
CJ

Sweet Harvest Farms

Suds and Hugs!

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Deena,
I am so glad that the soap I sent is helping with the dryness and helping to hydrate your skin. When you need a few more bars just let me know!

I am so proud and honored to be a part of such a wonderful group of Artisans! It has almost been 2 years already! Can you believe it!?

The markets are picking up and I am up to my elbows in soap keeping up with the orders! I am in talks with Whole Foods at the moment, so keep your fingers crossed!

At your request I have added a recent testimonial from a customer. It brought me to tears!
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My name is Marty, I am a pediatric nurse in St. Pete, Fl. I met you on Saturday at Macdill AFB. I was very happy to see you there because my daughter had purchased some soap from you several months ago, since then, I have been hoping that you would be back and luckily for me you were there. In October of last year, I colored my hair with a dye I purchased from a local store, and I had a terrible allergic reaction. My hair fell out and I had a terrible rash that eventually spread from my head to my entire body. I had seen 5 or 6 doctors who (of course), refused to believe that this was from the hair dye. Finally, after I had researched myself, I decided to change soap as I had such a bad reaction that my entire immune system was in hyperdrive. I changed to your soap. Then I laid in the sun (nude as it covered my whole body) and guess what, the rash was gone in just a matter of hours. I continue to use the soap because it has done wonders for healing my skin and keeping the rash away. Thank you!! I think that if we get back to more natural and old fashioned ways of taking care of ourselves, we would be much better off. The doctors are amazed and cannot believe that all their medications and theories and all the lab work and the biopsies were WRONG. Anyway thanks again and please keep making soap. I have told my friends and they look forward to using your product. As a matter of fact, I shared some of the soap I purchased with a friend who is having the same problem. I'm sure she'll be happy with the results.

Thanks again, Marty Benner

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Sweet Harvest Farms

Hugs!!!
CJ

The Primitive Gathering , New Creations

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Netty LaCroix

Wildberry Gatherings (a new artists)

Pear Tree Primitives

Yesterdayes

The Blackberry Briar (she also has some awesome candles)

Bushel and Peck

Hallowed Hill Primitives

High Button Shoe

Mustard Seed Originals

Honeysuckle Lane

See all our offerings HERE

Our September 1st Offerings

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Olde Raggs USA

Primitive Stitchin'
The Eclectic Co

Pineberry Lane

Raven Hare's Cabin

Whendish Bears

Primitive Bettys

Click HERE to see all the new creations.

Happy Labor Day From All Of Us

Look For Our Ad

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in the Holiday edition of Early American Life magazine, on newstands mid September.

Another School Year

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Can you believe summer vacation is over, or almost over for some? Ours has ended and we are back at school. We started this past Wednesday and it was difficult to get back into the flow after summer break!

This is the third year our family has home schooled. Both of my sons have Autism and after trying various schools, (and fighting for services!), home school was an alternative to traditional public school that was a great fit for our family. Although I have my degree in education and have taught in the public schools, it is still very different when you teach your OWN kids!
But, with the help of our online school, we have had success each year.
Our school provides the curriculum and I provide the instruction. Which is nice for me...I don't have to hunt down curriculum, it is all there for us....books and all!

Here is a link to our school if you'd like to take a peek. It is not ALL online, just logging in attendance each day and some subjects, like Science have online worksheets.
And, we meet once a week at the "brick and mortar" school where the boys have face to face time with a teacher who helps with lessons they may be having difficulty finishing.

So, here is to another year of learning and fun! (and a little bit of exhaustion for Mom!)

K12 Online School

Suzanne~ Pear Tree Primitives/Painter of the Past

New Offerings for the 15th

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come visit

Here is just a peek of what we have to

offer @ The Primitive Gathering.com

Bushel & Peck Herb Bags

High Button Shoe drieds

Witch from Down the Rabbit Hole

Awesome Prim dolls, from Ghost Island

Make do's from Hallowed Hill Primitives

The Primitive Gathering , New Creations

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Our artists have lots of new offerings

Check them ALL out here

Lovely pin keep by Stacy Nash

NEW !! Patterns from Pineberry Lane

Lots of lovelies from Primtive Betty's

Wonders from Remember When Farm

Creations made with love from Thistlebroom's Primitives

Proud to have Fairie Window

as our August Guest Artist

wonderful whimsies

**if you'd like to be a Guest Artist or

a monthly artist

please email us

webmaster@theprimitivegathering.com

Our Day Trip

2008-07-10T05:06:00.000-07:00

My family took a day trip to
Cades Cove

a few days ago. Now I did mind that it took 3 hours to make a normal 1 hour trip. But I should have expected it...being the 4th of July weekend. Once I get in the mountains heading to the "loop", I remember why I loved this place so much growing up.

Life in Cades Cove

Aunt Becky lived on the land

As a child I was always drawn to the history here...the lifestyle. As I think about our economy today, and all the madness around me, I wonder...is it possible to return to this way of life. Living simply...farming...growing our own food, and making our own clothing. A true sense of the word "make-do". Ah, yes, I can dream.

All the buildings and structures are open, so you can see inside each of them. There are also many hiking trails, one being Abram's Falls, which I remember taking as a child...it seemed as though we would never get there. We anticipated dipping in the water as it was always so hot, then once in the water...well, it's always cold! We could never remember that. I never grew out of wanting to be with my family...still if my Daddy called and wanted to take a ride, I'd gladly say yes.

I hope you've enjoyed your visit with me.
If you are ever in the area, give me a hollar, and we'll travel to the loop with a picnic lunch and spend the day. Still all these years later, it's serene...peace...quit... I can almost hear the fields calling. While your here, come visit my new blog Gathering Hope

Happy 4th

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Making Hay........

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Greetings.....well this tyme of year, making hay, is rather bitter sweet. While enjoying all that this hard work brings, this a tyme to get ready for the winter cold and snow.....

The process, first trying to guess the weather so you have enough tyme to cut, rake, bale and bring in the hay, all while not getting wet.......

All the senses are involved in this, and the ones I enjoy most are the sights and smells.....first the tall grass, waist high, gently bending in the wind, looks like waves of water...this in itself is a beautiful site. Then the cutting and raking, laying in rows, gathering together, neat, clean, fresh.....and rolling into hugh bales. They roll out of the baler....all tied up, ready to be up for winter. The smell of fresh cut hay and the dried hay bales should be bottled, how sweet a perfume.....and when the sun sets, the air gets heavy, the smell is even stronger, coupled with the honeysuckle blooming on the fence rows...well, no day in the city could bring such pleasure.....

The older I get the more I aprreciate such simple pleasures....every day I talk a walk around the hay field, through the woods.....and every day I see something new, delight in all that life brings me.......

Looking for a Road Trip??

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~Memorial Day Weekend~

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~Wishing you a safe and Happy Memorial Day Weekend~

Suzanne~ Pear Tree Primitives/Painter of the Past

Farmer Boy

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Greetings from Remember When Farm...well if I am going to brag on my grandchildren I have to include them all.
Ethan is my youngest grandchild, he is 20 months old. He is also my first grandson, I was blessed with two daughters and two granddaughters until my little farmer boy came along!!!
As some of you may know I watch my grandchildren during the day.....so helping raise this little boy is something new to me. But, with that said it is so much fun!!!! He loves to throw rocks, play in dirt, ride anything with wheels, pick up any animal, ride any animal, pick up sticks, climb anything if he thinks he needs to reach higher ground, and eat and eat !!!!! Ethan brings alot of laughter into this farmhouse.
Also, since my husband is now retired and can devote more time to his farm work Ethan is right there to ride the tractor. He usually wears a cap, like most farmers, which hides his white blond hair, that sticks up like, well.... a rooster.
My grandchildren are a big part of my life so I enjoy sharing them with you. But alas....this fall another addition to our family, grandchild number 4 ! ...blessings, from the farmer's wife

Remember When Farm

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"Here is a picture of some Springville, Indiana farm girls, Kaitlyn (5 1/2) and Emily (3), with their miniature horse whose name is Special.....their mom (my daughter Susan) and dad raise miniatures.
The girls live behind us here at Remember When Farm....and my other daughter, her husband and son Ethan (1 1/2) live by us also.
I will share his picture next time. My family and all that that goes with them here at this "Special" place is what life is all about....I feel very blessed....Linda, (wife, mother, grandma, friend) at Remember When Farm

http://www.picturetrail.com/rememberwhenfarm

Celebrating One Year , Here are the Winners

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The Primitive Gathering.com is one year

old this month. Our artist are giving away

creations to celebrate!

Henny Penny Prims woolen seed bag**
COOKIE, tis yours!!

Ghost IslandPrimitives doll,
congratss to Debbie Daily

SweetAnnee tiny mermaid box,
Tis yours Misselaineous!!

Thistlebrooms Primitives needle roll

& inside
Congrats to Diana

Primitive Stitchin pin keep,
Dani

Raven Hare's Cabin ornament,
Michelle

The Primitive Window painted tin cup,
congrats to Brenda

Olde Raggs USA huswife bag,
tis yours Scrappy Jessi

Pear Tree Primitives greeting cards
tis yours Teresa~~

Honeysuckle Lane greetings cards,
Carol C, they are yours!

Church soap & candles, congrats
Four Sisters in a Cottage

The Eclectic Company painting, congrats
Susan Minor

Yesterdayes game board measures 12x12 and is an historic reproduction original dated circa 1880. This board retails $135.00,
Gayle it is now yours!!

Bushel & Peck $25.00 gift certificate for her creations,

tis yours Linda

Netty LaCroix hanging wax heart
congrats to The Feathered Nest

To enter the drawing comment on this post. Each item will have a different winner, mailed to you by the creator

Be sure we can notify you ..Drawing held on May 5th & winners

posted. Come back to see if YOU were a winner

We'll have winners email us through our website

if we are not able to contact them directly.

the artist of The Primitive Gathering

winners posted here TODAY, May 4th, 2oo8
congrats to all

**Thanks to ALL of you**

An Open House

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I'm happy being blue!
I've decided to have a Spring Open House on my website

http://www.rabbithillprimitives.com/

todayMonday, April 28th at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. I hope you'll have a chance to stop in (teaser picture above!) Last weekend my Mom and I went on a little trip and found some neat old things. I've been sewing lots of one of a kinds also. I have so many ideas but never enough time....is their anyone who knows anything about time management??? Also I'm going to add a sale tab ~ I've been cleaning house!
I've been working with lots of blues lately....my favorite color! It just makes me happy. I have it everywhere. My home is predominately in blues. My sewing room walls are even painted "atmosphere blue", a wonderful Restoration Hardware paint color. Someday I will show you pictures of that room but at the moment it is a mess. I even found this neat old wire gate last weekend which I have a new garden already planned out in my head for that!Speaking of gardening the wild violets are blooming here in PA.

Lydia and I love to sit in the yard and pick a large little bouquet. They smell heavenly when in a vase. She also loves to eat their sweet little petals.

Did you know that an ounce of violets has five times more vitamin C than a glass of orange juice and about three times more vitamin A than spinach. Hows that for a fact. I'm sure I'm know as the crazy plant lady here in the neighborhood ~ hee hee!
This morning I watched the robins gathering weeds and dried grass for a nest. I think they are amazing...little miracles really. Can you imagine making your "nest" with your mouth? We need our thumbs! I watched them yesterday to see where they are building but I think they were on to me. Such busy little things they are. This morning after Lydia went to school I came back and watched again from the window and found it. Soon it will be filled with pretty blue eggs. It will be fun to watch the little birds grow also. Now didn't I tie that all in nicely?? Have a BLUE sky sunny day today!

A Spring Snow?

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The "locals" tell us that this sort of weather is normal for this time of year....but I think they are just as surprised by our indecisive weather as we are and don't want to admit it!

Our family lives in Boise, Idaho and last week we woke up to an inch of snow! Then last weekend, we had temps in the 60's (which was wonderful!) with spring-like weather.

Who knows what this weekend may hold?? Sleeting hail? Oh wait, we had that this morning.

Has Spring arrived in your area?

Suzanne ~Painter of the Past~

PS! Please don't forget to sign up on the post below this one to be entered in our give away!

Spring has finally sprung!

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At least it has here on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. The weather has been wonderful lately! Today the sun was shining, a breeze was blowing, the birds were on my deck singing ~ I had the French doors open so we could watch one another, and I had a load of laundry on the line, flapping in the breeze. I pruned some bushes and vines, and totally cut some down that were killed last year after a late spring freeze. I left them last year hoping they would revive, but no such luck. We already have onions peeping out of the ground! We planted cabbage last week, and today, my husband plowed, tilled, and planted potatoes while I went grocery shopping ~ something that only reinforced the reason we are planting a larger garden this year ~ have you noticed the prices of food items lately? Now if we can only buy a milk cow, lol! In the meantime, just look what arrived early the first day of Spring! Gypsy, our Tennessee Walking horse, had a baby! His name is Smokey and mama is so proud of him! Please visit my personal blog to read more about him this weekend.

Don't forget to visit The Primitive Gathering. April is our birthday month and there'll be lots of prizes offered!

Thank you for visiting!

Lana

Honeysuckle Lane

~*~

The Primitive Gathering Celebrates Our First Birthday

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The Primitive Gathering will be celebrating our First Year Birthday Party in April.

We'll have drawings for creations from our artist, some free vintage graphics for all & a chance to be a Featured Guest Artist for a month in 2008.

We'll have pictures of the items on our blog in April & graphics will be posted for all to use.

More information coming soon!!

Our Website is Updated

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for March 15th. Lots of great offerings

Visit The Primitive Gathering

Look for our One Year Celebration in April!!

Pink Artist Community Art Doll Project

2008-03-05T02:31:00.000-08:00

Monica

Girl Gone Thread Wild

had a vision.

That vision was to have artis's make cloth 2" by 2" squares

that would become an art doll to benefit Susan G. Komen

For the Cure.

The completed doll will be mailed to

Art Doll Quarterly

before finally being auctioned off on eBay

with all proceeds to directly benefit the Komen Foundation.

So many of us have been touched in some way by

Breast Cancer, either mom, sister, daughter, even

ourselves, that Monica received a HUGE response from artist

community.

I'd like to thank Monica whole heartedly for her vision, for

her caring & for all the work she's put into this endeavor.

Please take time to view the wonderful Artist Squares

**All THREE PAGES**

tis truly a work of love & caring.

Artist Squares page 1

Artist Squares page 2

Artist Squares page 3

My contribution as Birds of a Feather

Thanks so much to Monica & the artistic community!!

Deena aka SweetAnnee

My Stalker...

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If you are on my mailing list or visit my blog, you have been introduced to Tweedle Dum, hatched by one of my hens, not a turkey hen, but a chicken, then let loose when he was only a couple months old. He never really left, roosting in the trees at night and flying back down to the chicken pen in the mornings. He will be 4 years old this summer. We are nearly surrounded by woods, not another house in sight, but he will not venture into the unknown, even when he hears another tom gobbling or a hen calling. Lately, he's been stalking my daughter and I when we go outside. I can see him following me out of the corner of my eye and when I stop and turn to look at him, he stops too, silly boy! This morning, when I went out to feed the chickens, instead of staying with them as usual, he followed me back to the basement door, and kept pacing back and forth, waiting for me to come back out.... I think not. He has changed in the last few weeks, and though he would come within a couple of feet before, now he is acting as if to challenge someone or something. Someone please tell him he'd better go back to being the sweet, timid thing he was, or someone will be having turkey and dressing for Easter!

We finally got snow last night and this morning! I know some of you are ready for spring, but I was so excited to see the snow falling.

Don't forget to check our online market on March 1st for lots of wonderful handmade primitive and whimsical wares.

Lana of Honeysuckle Lane

A Little Tremor....

2008-02-23T16:52:00.000-08:00

...was all that was felt here in Idaho this past Thursday. But in Northeastern Nevada, a 6.0 earthquake hit the small town of Wells, Nevada. Almost all of the buildings in town (all 700) had some damage to them. Mostly in the historic district...which is sad, since some of the buildings were built as early as 1860.
But thankfully no one was injured!

Living in the Northwest...we've felt a few shakes! But fortunately haven't experienced any injury or damage from them. Have you had any similar experiences?

Suzanne~Pear Tree Primitives

(photo: Ross Anderson/Free Press)

A Give Away from PieCaKe PRiMiTiVeS

2008-02-18T17:07:00.000-08:00

Hello! I am doing a give-away on my blog. Click Here to sign up!

This is what the winner will receive:

I am also doing an extra give-away drawing for anyone who plugs my give-away on their blogs. This is what the winner will get:

Be sure to visit my blog to sign up! You have until Saturday, February 23rd 2008 11:59 p.m. to enter...I will pull the names sometime on Sunday, the 24th, and hopefully announce the winners that evening.

Primitive Blessings to you!
Lorraine of PieCaKe PRiMiTiVeS

Ready for Spring.........

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I woke up to an Ice covered wonderland today. The trees and bushes are glistening....truly a beautiful site. But I am so ready for Spring and I have been busy creating some new wax goods and candles. Using beautiful spring colors of robins egg blue & whites is new for me. I usually use the darker and grunger colors but I have to say these have brought a touch of Spring into my home & I love them. Are you ready for Spring?
I am ready for Spring but there are things about the cold that I do enjoy. I love when my girls have a snow day from school...we awake late in the morning, we have a big breakfast...reading, watching a movie or playing cards. I don't think we do that enough just having down time enjoying each other. I love when Marc gets home from work as he walks into our home with the warmth & smells of soup that's been on the stove all day & home made bread. The smile on his face is priceless! He puts on the fire and we sit watching it for hours.....so peaceful and so comforting. We are all together & I am reminded of how blessed I am to have my Family.

Kim

From the pen of Olde Raggs USA

2008-02-01T13:51:00.000-08:00

Happy belated New Year To All !! Way before the New Year began, I was thinking of something that needed my attention, something that I really needed to work on.

That being my Soul! Thoughts of how long I have neglected my soul,how long I have kept it without nourishment, how long I have been unaware ! This is not a New Year's resolution, those are usually headed for failure,in my case. Yes, I would like to loose 15 pounds, Yes, I would like to start taking my vitamins again, Yes, Yes and Yes!! There are things about me that I like, And things that I don't like!

So, how does this relate to my Soul?? I believe that every action,every word,every thought gets directly filtered through the soul! I envision the Soul as a brilliant sphere , a separate entity living in me, and only I am responsible for it's care and well-being! I MUST Mother it,protect it and enrich it ! Everything is left behind when we leave this world..but the soul lives and continues on !

I feel that if we all attended to our Soul's,That we could make a difference in OUR lives and the lives of others..Or is that just what I feel?? How about YOU!!!

ANGELA

Snow!

2008-01-26T14:26:00.000-08:00

.....we've had quite a bit of it this season! Having lived in Boise for almost three years now, the "locals" are saying this year's snowfall is the most they've seen in awhile. And any snow is a lot for us, having spent the last 9 years in AZ!

Here are some photos from our yard....that's as far as I want to venture out!

Stay Warm,
Suzanne~Pear Tree Primitives

Our Website is Updated

2008-01-15T18:40:00.000-08:00

Get comfy & go visit

Lots of new creations

from great talent.

Our new artist

High Button Shoe

has awesome things to offer

see you @ The Primitive Gathering

Getting Ready for January 15th Updates.

2008-01-07T16:41:00.000-08:00

Be sure to stop by our WebSite on

January 15th

We'll be offering new goods

we have TWO new artists joining us.

The Primitive Gathering offers the BEST in

primitives !!

Here's a sampling

SweetAnnee

Whew!!!

2007-12-27T15:09:00.000-08:00

That's exactly what I said when Christmas was over. Don't get me wrong ~ I loved the evening spent with my sisters and our families on Christmas Eve ~ I loved Christmas morning and opening gifts with my husband and kids ~ I loved Christmas Day at my in-laws and visiting with 45 family members (2 parents, their 12 kids, their kids' spouses, and all the grandchildren ~ can anyone say madhouse???) ~ I loved having friends and neighbors stopping by Christmas afternoon ~ and I loved having our oldest son come home after work and his girlfriend and her 3 little ones come over to visit and open gifts. I loved it all but..... Whew!!!

I'll share a few photos of the frosty Christmas morning we woke up to see. I always wish for snow, but we don't get it as often as we used to here on the Plateau in Tennessee. Even though we'd like to sleep in on a cold winter morn, that just isn't possible. Someone has to feed the horse and mule, the chickens and turkey, and the dogs and cat... funny how Mom (me) ends up with that chore so often. But what a beautiful morning it was ~ the sun coming up through the trees and nature all a sparkle as if God had sprinkled diamond dust all around.

I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and that you have a blessed New Year!

Take Care & God Bless,

Lana of Honeysuckle Lane

Some Great Cross Stitch Patterns

2007-12-25T15:22:00.000-08:00

Look at all these great patterns

from our own

Stacy Nash Primitives

Simply lovely!

Merry Christmas to All

2007-12-23T14:01:00.001-08:00

We are already making plans for 2008,

new artists , new guests and shows.

From all of us , to all of you

MERRY CHRISTMAS

and

HAPPY NEW YEAR

deena of

The Primitive Gathering

The Primitive Gathering has NEW offerings

2007-12-02T19:25:00.000-08:00

It will be our last update ..until January 15th..so please

check ALL the artists..as most everyone has new offerings

and check out our NEW artist too..Stacee Droit of

Arnett's Country Store..

Happy Holidays to all..and to all

a Goode Night..

Sweetannee..webmistress of The Primitive Gathering.com

An Anniversary Wish

2007-11-26T00:00:00.000-08:00

~Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving and enjoyed the time with friends and family.~

Speaking of family, my parents celebrate their 49th wedding anniversary today! Congratulations to both of them!! They will both turn 70 next year (hope they don't mind that I'm telling their ages!), and after both retired from careers, they decided to spend their "golden years" as foreign missionaries.
So far, in their lives as missionaries they've spent 2 years in China teaching English to Chinese students, and now they are helping with the earthquake efforts in Peru.

Whew....it makes me tired just thinking about it! I hope I have that much stamina and energy when I'm 69! Hugs to the world travelers, otherwise known as Mom and Dad, from your family who is waiting for your return home.

Suzanne~Pear Tree Primitives

Tis The Season!!!!

2007-11-21T10:50:00.000-08:00

I hope you all have a wonderful and Safe Thanksgiving tomorrow! I hope everyone eats until they cant poke in another bite, and takes time to enjoy their company or host! I am recipient of an extra special blessing this year, my parents arrived unannounced, and VERY unexpectedly last week to spend Thanksgiving with us! They drove just about 1700 miles to get here~ I nearly had a heart attack when I saw them! The last Thanksgiving we spent together was 1988, before I enlisted in the US Navy. I'M LOVING every second of every minute...and all the children are in Heaven too! I have a little tree up in the Gallery, and let Ma put on all the special ornaments yesterday~ it was wonderful seeing her face when she opened ornament after ornament that she had totally forgotten. Little things she had made, ones I had made~ i still have my little stocking teacher gave me from preschool(yes, I qualify as pack rat extraordinaire). I love how the tree puts off a warm glow~ here's Ma holding Pippin~ who is just amazed at all the little treasures!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Diamond K Folk Art!

My Saturday Craft Show

2007-11-17T17:35:00.000-08:00

I thought I'd share a picture from my craft show...this is before the show was open. I wish I would have arranged things differently..I needed more height...but oh well, there's always tomorrow...Really, I do have another show tomorrow!:o) Doing craft shows is a learning experience..I have not done that many, but I think I'm learning from each show that I do.

I met some very nice people..and I had a lot of fun!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!! Primitive Blessings to you!!

Lorraine Gerbi/PieCaKe PRiMiTiVeS

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

2007-11-12T20:23:00.000-08:00

The holidays are fast approaching..

In order to for our

artists to have time with their families AND our

webmaster time to heal from surgery~~

The Primitive Gathering will have an update

on Nov. 15th & Dec. 1st..then not again until Jan 15th.

Hope you all have a great Christmas Season

Unto us a Child is Born!!

Look who's patterns are on Simple Folk

2007-11-03T18:00:00.000-07:00

Our own PrimitiveBettys

You can find her under

What's New

She has some fun patterns..

Hope you'll visit

Can you believe ~~ tis November??

2007-11-01T16:47:00.000-07:00

Where did this year go?? I can't believe we are entering the holiday season.

I love the Christmas season, not just the day..but the whole season.

Christmas music is wonderful and my fave song is

Lo how a Rose e'er Blooming.

Hope you've checked The Primitive Gathering

We have some wonderful offerings & it's time to think

of holiday gifts too.

We won't have guest artists until Spring now. With the season coming

I know everyone is busy. We do have new artists coming on Nov. 15th, but

that will also be the last until Spring.

I'd also like to invite you to share my journey by visiting my BLOG

I'm hoping I can help someone else & share my story with

loved ones. Please feel free to share my blog & to leave kind

comments. They brighten my day!!

Remember to Fall BACK this weekend.

fondly, the webmistress of The Primitive Gathering,

Deena~~ SweetAnnee

Welcome Fall

2007-10-25T08:56:00.000-07:00

After leaving Washington state to live in Arizona for 9 years, our family missed the changing of the seasons. Now that we are back in the Northwest and living in Idaho, we are appreciating each season's offerings.....well, the snow is pretty at first, and then.....

Here are some photos of our yard; front and back. The colors of Fall are everywhere and are truly lovely. Just wish this season lasted a little longer.

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The mountain range photo (well, they are actually "hills" ) is outside our front door.
This photo of the top of our tree was taken at night.
Looks like it's glowing!

Happy Fall!

Suzanne~ Pear Tree Primitives

2007-10-21T07:19:00.000-07:00

Happy Hallowe'en!

We are all dressed for Hallowe'en here at the Lady's Repository Museum~ are YOU ready? The history of Hallowe'en actually comes from an ancient Celtic festival held on October 31, called 'Samhain'. This was the Celtic New Year's Eve. The Druids believed that the Lord of the Dead ruled the earth and this was the night that he allowed all the ghosts to come back and visit their old homes. They believed that faieries and goblins and witches and devils would cast spells on any human people that they came across while on their journey. People would carry lanterns carved from turnips with a lit piece of turf in them, to keep them safe on the roads. It is thought that our Modern 'Trick or Treating' evolved from them stopping at houses, to ask for more turf for their lanterns.
Goblins on the doorstep,
Phantoms in the air,
Owls on the witches' gateposts
Giving stare for share,
Cats on flying broomsticks,
Bats against the moon
Stirrings round fate~cakes
with a solemn spoon,
Whirling apple parings
Figures draped in sheets
Dodging, disappearing,
up and down the streets,
Jack-o-Lanterns grinning
Shadows on a screen,
Shreiks and starts and laughter-----
This is Hallowe'en!
~Dorothy Brown Thompson

Happy Hallowe'en from Diamond K Folk Art

It's Almost Time.....

2007-10-17T16:43:00.000-07:00

Ahhh....October....cool crisp air...colorful leaves....hayrides....pumpkins and cornstalks....tricks and treats....

October in Western PA this year has been a little unusual...it has definitely been a lot warmer. I believe the leaves are finally starting to change. There is nothing more beautiful than a hillside full of reds, oranges, golds and browns. I just love driving around to enjoy all of the Fall Foilage...

Since I have no pictures of Fall Foilage to share, I thought I'd share some pumpkins on my porch.....

Happy October!!

Primitive Blessings to you!!

Lorraine
PieCaKe PRiMiTiVeS

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

2007-10-11T05:52:00.000-07:00

In Memory of Kathy McCabe
Beloved Mother, Daughter, Sister, Friend & Warrior

I just received a box in the mail from Warriors in Pink and I am so glad to be able to take part in this fight against Breast Cancer. It is just a small part but imagine if each one of us does a small part...wow...I get chills just thinking about the difference we can make, that we are making!!! Together we can fight this. I hope you will all take a moment and visit http://www.myspace.com/warriorsinpink

Breast Cancer effects each and everyone of us in some way. We all need to do our self exams and to get our annual check ups and some of us mammagrams or sonograms.

I will never forget the day my beloved sister Kathy was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer, IBC. I kept saying NO this can not be happening, not to my sister no way. Well it did and she suffered so much with it and was so young too. I mean she just had her third child and to think how could this happen she has little ones that need her?! My poor sister always with grace and class fought every day of her life while trying to be the best mother she could be. We all thought she'd make it because she fought so hard but she didn't. We lost Kathy 4 years ago and she was only 38 years old! So I am here to say to you YES it does happen to those we love it can happen to us. None of us are safe from this so it is our duty for every woman who has fought this disease to take a stand and so NO MORE!! Please take a moment to visit http://ibcsupport.org/ and remember you do not have to have a lump to have breast cancer. Please read up on this very aggressive type of Breast Cancer. Knowledge is Power.

Kim Argenzio
Cabin Creek Farm

Happy Birthday Daddio! October 7th

2007-10-06T18:57:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone!

I couldn't wait for my turn for to blog... because I'd like to introduce you to a VERY special man in my life. He's tall, and handsome and has a dashing smile... he's even been known to flirt a little! And at 76? if that isn't Primitive or Vintage... (i'm going to pay for that comment)

Now this isn't just an everyday, run of the mill man here. He's helpful, and funny, and wise, and intelligent... did I mention good looking?

His name is Don and tomorrow (October 7th) is his 76th Birthday!

Yep, you guessed it... this is my very own Daddio.

I didn't have the money this year to buy him a new fishing boat, or buy a big new truck... but I thought this would be a wonderful little gift in itself... giggles.

Just a thank you Dad for all the times you've been there for me. Thank you for the time you painted my tricycle and let me watch... I'll never forget you putting the vaseline on the metal parts so they wouldn't get paint on them. I remember all the times we went to Grandma's after church, and we stopped and got donuts before getting to her house... Thank you for always letting me pick out some of my own favorites at that old Jolly Pirate Donut shop.

Thank you for all the times you helped me with my homework also! Do you remember you and I sitting and working on Math for so long? Thank you also for ALL the times you worked on my car. All I had to say was "Dad there's a noise" and bang, you'd be working on it in the garage. You'd always watch over me with oil changes and tire checking for air...

Thanks also for all the kicks in the rear when I needed it...

Thank you for walking me down the isle at my wedding... AND thank you for getting us out of trouble with Mom when you and I were back there gabbing and we weren't paying attention, and she had to walk down the isle to get us and through gritted teeth said "GET down that isle"... oh she wasn't happy was she. LOL

Thank you for being the Most Proud Grandpa in the world when you were told I was having your first Grand Baby! You went and bragged to anyone who'd listen!

Thank you for believing in me, and loving me and always caring about me...

Thank you for being a decent man, who would help anyone. You have been a moralistic man who stood by his beliefs. You supported your family and made a home for us. You loved us all and we all know it.

But mostly, Thank you for being my Daddio.

Happy Birthday Dad!

I love you!

One more thing! Thank you for picking Mom to marry! I love her too!

Jean Witt

Bluejean Primitives

Visitors in the Night

2007-09-27T06:30:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!

I had planned on posting about fall when it came my turn to post again, but we had a "little" excitement last night and I wanted to share it with you.

My family and I live out in the country, so we have all sorts of critters around us. Some stay at a distance and make themselves known with howls and calls and such, and others are a little more adventureous and make themselves at home on our back porch, snacking on the leftover cat food.

Last night, our little fiest, Snowflake, started barking and we assumed it was a deer crossing the yard as they usually do at night. Snowflake's barking was persistent though and we decided maybe it was the huge frog that stays on the porch at night. I've often found him sitting in Snowflake's water dish, maybe because of the long drought we've experienced this summer? Even after we told her it was okay and to go back in her doghouse, she continued to bark, but this bark was as if she had a squirrel treed. My husband went out on the front porch with a flashlight and right on the corner of the porch, in my flower pot, was a baby raccoon! Oh, it thought it was a biggie... growling and snarling at Snowflake each time she stepped closer.

Then hubby heard a noise above his head, and there at the top of the drain pipe was another one!

They were so sweet, but yes, they can be vicious if approached. We looked around the yard and up in trees, but no mama was to be found. Hubby says it's possible that the mama was killed and they are wandering on their own. I hope that's not the case and they just got away from her for a while. We left the babies alone after assuring Snowflake that everything was okay and she went to her doghouse to sleep. I think Snowflake just wanted us to know we had visitors. When I got up at 5:20 this morning, I checked and the little rascals were gone. Hopefully they will be more careful, but I wouldn't mind another night time visit from them.

Thanks for visiting our blog and don't forget to check The Primitive Gathering website for new items on October 1st!

Take Care & God Bless,

Lana of Honeysuckle Lane

My Past Life

2007-09-25T06:23:00.000-07:00

A few years ago when my boys were younger and we weren't home schooling, I had a "word-of-mouth" small decorative painting business. One employee, (me) and occasionally I would hire a partner for a really large mural or faux job. My husband was easily train-able :), because he has an artistic eye, so he was usually my hired extra-hand. Here are a few photos, and no, they aren't very "Early American" or very "prim"! And, now that I look at them, I realize I was more interested in the artistic process, rather the artistic preservation....I took terrible photos!

The first photo of the rooster is the entry door to a little country decor and furniture store.

The two photos of the blue door are the back and front of a flat door, the only "real" thing on the door is the handle....the rest is painted to look as if light is coming through a six-paned window with "lace curtains" and cross boards are
painted on the lower half of the door. This was a laundry room and I painted the cement floor with "stones".

In the photo of the potted bromeliad, my husband cut out the arch in MDF board, and then I painted the rest....this way it wasn't painted on the wall and the home owner could take it with them if they moved.

For the fireplace in this client's home, I painted the "tiled" arch and fauxed the granite surround and columns.

She also had me use the same tile/ granite technique for the message center in their home.

This was one half of a very large room with arches over huge wood columns. This room took awhile! Parts of the ceiling height were over 12 ft high and it had a living room, dining room hallway and foyer. She wanted a "rich tuscany" look.

Someone asked if this is what I do in my own home. Well, when I was painting in other people's homes, I practiced on my walls at home. My husband used to tease that I was reducing the square footage of our home because the I would repaint the walls a lot and with every wall treatment the room became smaller! :) ...or so he teased.

In our home now, I prefer a solid warm color on the walls, and I'm saving the square footage of our home this way too!

Suzanne~Pear Tree Primitives

HEAR YE!!! HEAR YE!!!

2007-09-21T11:54:00.000-07:00

Hath Thou Blessed Pumpkins for Hallow's Eve??????

Last evening past, as I sit working on dollys, I caught Winifred Thicket tipping her nose to sample the aire from the open window. "I feel the 'nip' is upon us" she said in a slightly Reverend tone.........I didn't think much about it really....Winifred is always pacing around the studio, looking out the windows~ especially in the evening.

This morning as I entered the studio, there was a strange commotion....the girls were restless with a bit of fright in their eyes. Winifred was NOT by her window! Goody Partlett promptly stated that Winifred had said ...."It is thyme for thy work to be done"...........I was shocked! The girls know no one is ever to leave the Inn without ME! Well I knew exactly where she had gone, and grabbed my camera to see if I could catch a peek at her~

She was out in the withering vines, delicately dancing from Pumpkin to Pumpkin, blessing each one.
The vines have begun to die back, revealing WAY more than the 4 each I allotted the children to grow on each of their bushes.........I think we will designate Oct 1st as our pumpkin harvesting day each year. Especially since the Pumpkin Queen has blessed them so......Jayson wants to plant some of the GIANTS next year~ I suppose the Pumpkin King will be required to bless those.................

One last wave of her pumpkin wand and all is right in the world....of pumpkins

-Rachael Kinnison, Diamond K Folk Art

Revisiting Punch Needle

2007-09-20T06:49:00.000-07:00

Since I posted about punch needle last month and showed a photograph of a partially finished piece, I thought I'd show you the finished piece this month.

This is an easy and fun way to use a finished needle punched design. I simply cut out around the piece and hemmed it, then stitched it to a piece of heathered green wool. To make the edge more presentable, I made a twisted cord using two of the lighter color wools I punched design with. I hand stitched that around the design, cut another piece of green wool, sewed it up on the machine and stuffed it with wool. Voila! A little pillow to put on your couch or to use as a pinkeep.

The same process can be used to apply a finished needle punch to a cloth bag. You can see a version of this on the Primitive Gatherings website this month. I punched a pumpkin and sewed it to a canvas tote to make a trick-or-treat bag. You can also glue them to a nicely painted paper mache box -- just be sure to use archival glue.

Happy Punching!

Sarah
Hallowedhill Primitives

Flea Market Hints

2007-09-17T17:10:00.000-07:00

Isn't this sweet? I found this vintage advertisement postcard at the flea market. I just LOVE shopping at flea markets, garage sales, yard sales, estate sales, ect. ect.:o)....you just never know what you may find.

Look at these cool hymn books...I got these at the flea market at a great price!

I like finding small pieces like these to use with my works...I also like finding pieces to put in my home. Here are some hints when shopping the flea markets:

1. Set a budget...Always decide how much you will take before you go...and take that amount...that way you won't over-spend...and have your money in small bills..

2. Have an idea as to what you're looking for...make a list of things you would like to find. But you never know, you may find that unexpected treasure...something you didn't even know you wanted!!

3. Wear comfy shoes...you'll be walking alot, so maybe don't wear your Manolo's....

4. As far as the time to go, well, I've gone both early and later. The general consensus is that the people will negotiate more later in the day, because that's one less thing to pack up. But I have also gotten good deals in the early morning...

5. Try to negotiate...hey, the worst the sellers can do is to say "no"...and if it's too much money and out of your budget, just walk away...Unless it's something you can not LIVE without..LOL!!

6. Don't be disappointed if you can't find anything to buy. It's feast or famine at the Flea Market...I have walked away many times without buying anything(much to my hubby's glee)

7. Most important: HAVE FUN!

The above items I am using for a dollie that I am listing this week on Ebay...

Primitive Blessings to You!!

Please Come Visit us at The Primitive Gathering

2007-09-08T17:47:00.000-07:00

See new offerings , new artists

We'll have creations from our artists , hand did with love,

to show our appreciation to our patrons.

See you THERE, October 1st

Stuck on Pincushions

2007-08-27T19:28:00.000-07:00

Pins and needles and pincushions and I go back a long way. I don't like to think of myself as old, but my goodness! ~ I can remember back ~ gasp! at least 36 years ago! I can actually remember back about one more year, but the first memory I have of sewing was when I was 4 years old. Yep, I'm 40 ~ there you have it! I was staying with a babysitter while Mama was working at the hospital I think at that time. The babysitter was also a family relative and I loved going to her house. Anyway, I suppose to keep me occupied, she must have provided me with fabric and needle and thread. When Mama came to pick me up, she asked what I was making and I told her "an apron for Kitty". Now whether or not Kitty was real, I don't recall, but I sure was busy stitching that day. Another time when I was 4 and can remember sewing ~I know my age because I wasn't in Kindergarten yet ~ we were in the woods. Mama loved going for walks in the woods. That particular day, her best friend, Vesta, and Vesta's brother and his wife were with us. I think Daddy was working at the steel mill then. To keep me occupied when we stopped for a break, I had my sewing with me again. I remember losing my needle while sitting in the dirt under a bluff and sifting through the dirt trying to find it. Then all of a sudden I cried, "I found it!" and held up my finger with the needle stuck in it! Thirty-six years later and things haven't changed ~ I don't lose my needle, but I sure do stick my fingers often enough.

For the last few years I've been collecting pincushions as well as making them. I can't resist an old pincushion, the older and dirtier the better. The first two green ones are pincushions that belonged to me when I was a young girl. Obviously I sewed them myself as they are pitiful looking. Beside them is a little plastic container of thread that I used. I recently found these while going through Mama's things.

The next one is a pincushion that was in her attic.

The rest are ones that I've found here and there, yard sales, thrift shops, ebay, online antique shops, etc.

Thankfully, I've gotten better at making pincushions. After submitting make-do pincushions to be judged, I was honored to have been chosen for Early American Life magazine's Directory of Traditional American Crafts for 2006 and 2007. Below (& the very top of this post) are the ones I submitted to EAL.

If you'd like to read more about make-do pincushions, please visit the Sewing Sundries page of my website.

Thanks for checking back to see what's going on here at The Primitive Gathering blog.

Lana of Honeysuckle Lane

Summer Vacation is Over!

2007-08-24T21:36:00.000-07:00

The beginning of school for us on Monday seemed to end the fun of Summer for our family. It's back to work for Dad (he teaches half days as a High School Choir Director) and back to the books and computer for me and my two boys. This is the second year we have been enrolled in an online charter school.
It's great for Mom (me) because the curriculum is set up for each child, so I'm not having to find curriculum and create lesson plans. And there is also an actual building where we go once a week and talk with real people! to make sure we are staying on track and for any help we might need...Did I mention one of my sons is taking Pre-Algebra? I'm the one that needs the extra help!

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Just a quick announcement, or reminder for those who already know:

The Primitive Gathering will be having a Fall Auction on Ebay starting Sunday, August 26th, and continuing all week long. Please type in PGKS in the search box to see all the wonderful hand-dids by the talented artists of The Primitive Gathering.

Suzanne ~Pear Tree Primitives

Silly Old Bear....................

2007-08-20T21:40:00.001-07:00

I guess I had to start somewhere.......

My oldest daughter asked me the other day~ 'When did you start making dolls Mom?' And I got to thinking.....when was the actual 'first' doll or Teddy I made???? I started cross stitch in grade school.....I made an Eskimo dolly entirely out of one of the Beaver skins my Grandpa Ioerger trapped at his lumber mill.....but I think that was even after I made this 'something'....cause I still have him and he's dated 1989.............So I took Tressa to the wash room and had her get down this horribly NASTY dirty old box.... I thought to myself, Hmmmm~ I can't believe I still HAVE this!'.....I was as particular as a young person, as I am now, and even then, wrote on the box, all sealed round with cellophane tape~ "Packed by RL Brown, July 15, 1987"
So here I am, a smidge over 20 years later, opening this box........................and yup~ hes STILL in there! I cant remember exactly what grade or year it was, but I do remember the circumstances around this fellow's happening.......We had an English assignment to make something that in some way pertained to a figure in literature that we were currently reading about...so I picked "Mars"~ the God of War. I can remember that I stayed up working on him the night before my presentation.....got a bit carried away, and NEVER went to sleep! English was the last subject in the day, and Honestly, cross my heart, If you offered me a million
dollars, I couldn't tell you WHAT I said during my presentation~ I was so tired! I got an A, so it must have been something wonderful! Ha!
I made this Teddy Bear out of brown fake fur~ he has somewhat faded to a rosy pink in some areas....poor guy! He is entirely jointed....I didn't do too bad on him, looking him over today..................Pippin sure does like him! I made him a pair of ultra sued sandals, a gladiator type dress with fake metal mesh for the top......it closes with 2 buttons on the sides.......(flowers, but come on~ who's gonna see them under his armor ~ right?), and a cape
His armor is heavy board, all covered over in tin foil. I used some of Ma's cookie molds that had bears on
them, and pressed the foil in to make his breastplate and helmet decorations. They sure don't make tin foil like they used to~ this stuff is so THICK~ I can hardly believe that they haven't flattened out over all these years!
Golly~ Just look at that helmet! No God of War could be without his head gear...... I can remember I spent weeks looking for something suitable for the red brush thingy at the top~ I still cant remember what it's actually called.......time came down to the wire, and I STILL didn't have anything~ so Ma took me down to the grocery (NO Craft stores then!), and Safeway had these """things""" in the floral shop. I think they're some kind of dried and dyed grass......so I brought them home and then was trying to figure out a way to make a helmet brush out of them......hmmmmmm~ I see some old dried flowers there in the living room~ I'll just go sneak a piece of that green foamy stuff and stick them in there!~ YA! So I wrapped green floral oasis in foil, and poked all the red grass stems in.....it worked, but little did I know that it was still sort of WET, and they FLOOFED~ went to seed! I opened the box today, and can verify, they are STILL FLOOFING! So there you have it, my very first actual made from scratch 'dolly', was in fact a Teddy Bear dressed as Mars~ the God of War!!

Rachael Kinnison, Diamond K Folk Art

Needle Punch

2007-08-18T07:36:00.000-07:00

Although I am primarily a rug hooker, I started needle punching a few years ago. Needle punching is done on a much smaller scale than rug hooking, thus making it far more portable. It's also a lot less messy -- I tend to leave wool dust and snippets wherever I hook. I thought I'd share my favorite punchneedle tools with you today, so if you haven't tried it yet, maybe you'll be inspired to do so.

My favorite needle is the Cameo. I like it's size -- it fits as comfortably into my hand as a pen or pencil would. I've tried the smaller Russian needles, put they are so tiny my hand cramps quickly. I also like that you can get 3 interchangeable needles for it -- small, medium, and large (I usually use the medium) -- and you can easily adjust the height of your loops with just a twist of the shaft.

I use two frames when I am working. The easiest to use and transport and the least expensive is a plastic hoop with a locking lip. The locking lip is important because you must have a drum tight surface for your punching to go quickly. The plastic hoops are available in lots of sizes. I like the tiny one -- you can stick in your purse. Just don't leave your project in a hoop overnight -- it will leave a dent in the surface! The second frame I use is a wooden one -- an 8 1/2 inch square with gripper strips, just like on rug hooking frames. The gripper strips keep your backing really taut. It's drawbacks: the strips can really tear up your wrist if you have a tendency, like me, to lean on your frame, and you cannot get your finished work caught on the strips -- it will rip the threads right out.

For backing I use weaver's cloth, a tightly woven blend of cotton and polyester, which holds the threads nicely and is also very economical to use, costing around $5 a yard. I've been told that you can punch on just about any fabric -- even silk or loosely woven wool -- if you iron on interfacing first. I haven't tried that yet, but I will soon!

I love DMC Medici wool thread for punching. Lots of people use cotton embroidery floss, often up to 6 strands at a time, and get great results. But i like the wool because the finished product looks more like a miniature hooked rug. I can get more detail with a single strand, but I also like the look of using two colors at the same time. Also, using multiple threads makes your punching go faster.

I buy both small skeins and large hanks of Medici, which I've heard is not going to be manufactured anymore. It comes in a wide variety of colors, but I recently tried hand dyeing some to get variegated backgrounds. I have a favorite light background and a favorite antique black background that I use in many of my hooked pieces and I would like to get the same effect in my needle punched pieces.

Many people sell punchneedle equipment and patterns these days. Try your local needlework or quilt shop, or simply google "punchneedle" and you'll be on your way!

Happy Punching!
Sarah
Hallowed Hill Primitives

At home in East Tennesee

2007-08-06T20:04:00.001-07:00

Here we are in Historic Rogersville. The second oldest town in Tennessee. There are many old homes and buildings here as well. I recently took a ride with my girlfriends and we had so much fun. I learned a bit more than I already knew and I'll share my findings below. We are in a great location here. Within short driving distance to Virgina, North Carolina, and Kentucky. We also have the Great Smoky Mountains in our back door. There is much to do and see here in this area which God has surely blessed. If you are ever in the area, you'll understand just what I'm telling you.
Now, first stop on my trip was out to Sandy Valley, where we visited the old cabin of Ms. Lipe.

This place is fantastic. So serene, and I'll just say if I lived there, you wouldn't see me out very much. She has the most beautiful scenery and "sound" right out her front door. Grapevines growing on the old log shed out back and she even had tomato plants growing in bales of hay. Yep, I said it, bales of hay! Her sunflowers are breath taking with the hills in the back. Just the best place in the country.

Next is Ebbing and Flowing school house located next to the Methodist church which still holds service. You'll also find Ebbing and Flowing Springs here. It is one of only two known like it. To read more about the Springs please visit Ebbing and Flowing site. It actually flows right across the road way. I love those back country road trips!

Don't know much about it, but I've always dreamed of it being my studio

The Kyle House is one of my favorite buildings.

Now, the old Spring House is my favorite place, and I had the pleasure of speaking with Janet Netherland Brown, who is the present owner and she had graciously agreed to give me information. You'll have to visit my picture trail for a special story on that coming soon.

Thats all for now. Next time, I'll try to share more of "Me". I'd like to kindly Thank my friend Nikki for her photography talents...
Until next time...Be Blessed. Sherry

What's New @ The Primitive Gathering

2007-08-02T15:38:00.000-07:00

We folk artists are planning eBay auctions, with Autumn flavor at the end of August. We'll have lots of Primitive Goodes, so
be sure to come visit ..the LAST Sunday of August begins the kick off.

We'll also have FUN give aways on the WebSitE in October, so
be sure to visit for more info and to sign up for the drawings.

Currently looking for GUEST ARTISTS for 2008, if you'd like to be considered
please contact us ..just visit our site & click the button to send us an email.

Be sure to visit our friend, Jenny, Country Rustic , at her site
for the most wonderful birdhouses, you'll love them.

The Gathering has some exciting new artists coming in September !!
We continue to bring you the BEST in prims & whimsies.

DId you know you can send ECARDS from our site
???
LOVELY photos from our artists & some vintage images!!
just go to our POSTY ECARD page.

Check our SHOWS & NEWS page for shows our artists will be attending!! Stop in during your travels!!

Thanks for visiting and we'd LOVE to hear from you!!
SweetAnnee

Country Sampler Magazine

2007-07-24T05:29:00.000-07:00

Our artist Barbara Young of Turkey Hollow American Folk Art

has been blessed with having her humble abode featured

in the September 2007 issue of Country Sampler magazine.

Click HERE to see a bit of the wonderful article, tis

delightful

The Recipe, In Me

2007-07-21T07:22:00.000-07:00

Has anyone ever asked you, "How did you start......." , to which you just replied with a quick, "I don't know~ never thought about it I guess" ? I get that question alot, and thought I would share one of the major ingredients to my recipe.....
When I was young, my Grandmother Ioerger was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. She was a china painter and studied at the local studio where I grew up. I was always drawing and painting anyways, so she decided to choose me, from all the children and grandchildren, to hand her paints and china down to. It was like a box full of treasure and precious gems....and, as I learned, it truly was. Painting china (not ceramic), is sadly becoming a lost art. It is very labor intensive, can only be fired in a special kiln hot enough for china, and one piece takes layer after layer after layer of paint. Paint on a color, fire. Paint on another color, fire. On and on sometimes a dozen or more times....and the best is always last~ the gold and precious metals. Below are my precious viles and pots of pure 24k gold~ they go on black, and after firing and burnishing, appear like magic........so precious and beautiful

Behind the viles and pots of gold, are some of my jars of different oils~ they are used to mix the powdered paints, and 'they' are what gives a china painter's studio the 'smell'. Its like nothing you have ever smelt before~ like Heaven on earth to me. There is lavender oil, Dresden and Kelp oils, just to name a few.

Below are some of Grandma's color study books, and her hand made paint brushes that I now use. Within her hand written pages, all the secrets as to what colors fire best over what other colors~ quite like a dyer's book today
Here is one of my glass palettes, ready with paint for a set of Dresden china dolls I am painting~ a late 18th century couple, you'll see in a minute
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...the paints. Grandma had some of the most precious, rare colors~ I was always the envy of the other ladyes at the studio.... each vile holds a special concoction of powdered earth elements....some of which, are no longer found on this Earth. Just a teensie weensie dip in with the palette knife will do~ a single grain sometimes.....this is placed on a porcelain tile, and carefully added to different oils, and then ground and ground round with the knife...sometimes 10 minutes or more. There is NEVER any rush in painting china.......
Here is a little peek at some things that both I, and my Grandmother, painted. She did the 2 dollys in the center, and the teapot.....I painted the pot on the center left, and my pair of 18th century dollys in the back ,which still have another coat of skin tone, and gold to be done.....and the little pot in the foreground I added, because Grandma lined it in 1952, and I am doing the painting.
It's not exactly "Primitive", but its a big part of the recipe that made me who I am~ Rachael Kinnison, Diamond K Folk Art

Gone Fishin....

2007-07-18T04:07:00.000-07:00

This past Sunday we went fishing at Keystone State Park, it's about an hour away from where we live. We didn't catch much....just 3 little Blue Gills. I actually don't mind fishing, it's pretty relaxing.

Here's Michael playing baseball with his Dad...I was sitting this game out...we did have a fun game of Frisbee, and thankfully I didn't break anything..LOL!

I hope everyone is having a great summer!

My Sunny Studio

2007-07-14T21:04:00.001-07:00

Several years ago I was lucky enough to convince my husband to turn our garage into my studio. It sits in the far corner of our yard with windows on three sides and French doors on the other. I’ve got lots of cubbies for my wool, and counter space and cabinets for hiding all sorts of other stuff. (I have too much stuff!) And I can’t forget the shelves for my ever-growing reference library. (I love books almost as much as I love textiles!)

I heat the studio with a wood stove and in the summer, the ceiling fan keeps me cool. My little couch is the perfect place for a nap on rainy afternoons.

It’s great to have a place to work in that I can just shut the door on. If I don’t want to clean up, I don’t have to, although between all the wool dust from cutting and hooking and the ash from the wood stove in the winter, I have to vacuum fairly often.

The one thing I am missing is a dye kitchen. There’s no running water out there. But, of course, I have a big enough stash that I shouldn’t have to dye! And I can always raid my sister Barb’s wool pile!

Thanks for visiting!

Sarah
Hallowed Hill Primitives

Family Reunion

2007-07-10T20:28:00.000-07:00

"When our relatives are at home, we have to think of all their good points or it would be impossible to endure them." ~George Bernard Shaw

That is what my mother-in-law must have been thinking as we all gathered at the home of my in-laws this past week.
Our family has been gone for a few days traveling to and from a family reunion. And although it was good to catch up on one another's lives and see how much everyone has grown (I'm referring the kids, but some of the adults have "grown" as well!)...it is good to be home again.

All of my husband's clan lives in the Northwest, and most all live in WA. We traveled with our two boys, and our dog, Roscoe, on a 9 hour trip from Boise to Elma, WA.
Two of my husband's sisters and their families met at Nana and Grandpa's home. While there, we visited Mason Lake in Shelton, (one of the sister's was house-sitting for a family who owned a lakehome.) We had a BBQ, swimming in the lake and use of a paddle boat, which Roscoe loved!

The next day we went to the coast and spend the day on the Pacific Ocean in the town of Westport. We just happened to be there at the same time some tall ships were docked. We were able to take an onboard tour and the boys were given "gold" plated coins after the tour.

After church on Sunday (we filled a few pews), we had lunch out on the lawn at the in-laws.

On our family trip home we stopped at Multnomah Falls and hiked up (with Roscoe in tow) to see the different levels. It is a beautiful place.

But,there is no place like home...(and your own bed!).

Suzanne~
Pear Tree Primitives

Hello From Whendi's Bears

2007-07-02T08:56:00.000-07:00

Hi- I am Wendy Meagher (pronounced Mahar) of Whendi’s Bears. I have been making early style mohair teddy bears and other unique creations for the past 15 years. I am one of the artists that make up this wonderful & talented group called The Primitive Gathering.

I thought I would start my first post, telling you a little bit about myself and where I live….I don’t want to bore you too much so I will keep it brief, I promise!

I live in Upstate NY. Yes, I live in the SNOW capitol of the world. If you saw last winters news reports…..THAT is where I live! We got so much snow last winter, houses were literally buried….remember hearing about that? Each time winter arrives, me and all my neighbors grumble about how much we hate living here and want to fly south for the winter. They call those people, “snowbirds”. This is a picture of us (well, not me, I was standing safe on the ground supervising) shoveling the snow from the roof of the barn…notice the harnesses & tie downs so they didn’t fall off!

Despite all the snow we receive, it really is a nice place to live. Although there is not many cool things to do locally, we are within driving distance of many attractions & touristy places to go. Such as Niagara Falls, Canada, Thousand Islands, Adirondack & Catskill Mountains, and of course, New York City, to name just a few bigger places to go. I live on the tip of the Finger Lakes region which offers a variety of delights, like the infamous wineries and great antique shops abound! Not to mention some of the most beautiful lakes in the country. This lake is only 3 miles from my home. What a sunset! And there is Frenchmans Island in the background.
We have friends that have a house in the Thousand Islands which we visit each year. Here is the famous Boldt Castle and in the front is the power house. The next picture is Ashler Tower which was built for the children as a playhouse….WoW, what kid wouldn’t love to have this thing in their back yard!

We just took a recent trip to Niagara Falls this spring for my daughters’ softball tournament, had a great time and took some cool pictures to share.

Believe it or not, I have never been to New York City. So, hopefully, this fall we will take that trip to the Big Apple with another couple. Can’t wait to see all the regular tourist attractions like the Statue of Liberty. We plan on taking the train so we won’t have to drive and worry about a car. If you have been there and have any advice for us (ie, places to go, places to stay away from), your comments are most appreciated!

You may not know but along with 2 teenage daughters, I own 3 horses! I call the 3 horses my ‘boys’, well, because they are all male horses and I don’t have any boy children. I don’t actually know where I get the time to do anything with them other than feed and clean but when I actually get to work with them, I totally enjoy it. Here is a pic of me working with the baby boy, Jack.

Me & my girls used to show the horses but now that they are older they have found other interests. Every now and then I can get all of us together to enjoy a trail ride….my most favorite thing to do! My husband is not really fond of the horses, he would much rather ride on something that you fill up with gas, but on a very rare occasion I can get just the two of us out on the trails!

Thanks for visiting our blog and learning a little bit more about each artist in the group

A Walk along Old Madrid Plaza in Southern Colroado

2007-06-21T07:03:00.000-07:00

My turn~ MY TURN! You are reading straight from the fingers of Diamond K Folk Art, aka Rachael Kinnison. I own the Lady's Repository Museum here in southern Colorado~ quite a change for me moving out here from Upstate NY~ but I have adapted......Our home & the Museum lie smack dab right **ON** the Santa Fe Trail, and in particular, the olde Madrid Plaza Commissary~ it was an adobe built in the 1860's....there are remnants of the olde post office straight across from the house. So if I'm not in the studio working on dolls, or painting, or in the gallery, I spend my days walking around alot....looking for treasures with my 4 children. I just had back surgery in April, so my walking has gotten considerably slower...but that even can be a goode thing, cause I'm finding all sorts of neat goodies. In the yard here around the house I pick old clay & glazed marbles, bits of broken china, neat metaly things...and my favorite~ DOLLY PARTS! WOO HOO! Here are some of the marbles.....and a 1903 Indian head penny.....
Here is the view from my front porch looking out on a nice Colorado sky
Some of my favorite dolly parts..................I have a whole jar of faces but cant remember where I put them at the moment...someplace I wouldn't forget no doubt.........
There are also lots of dinosaurs to be found in these parts~ About an hour from us is the longest consecutive stretch of dinosaur prints in the WORLD...... here is a little fossil of a flower I found, and used in my walkway.....can you see it~ the little 3 petal thingy...........
But my favorite 'hobby' walking about , is looking for arrowheads. The last 3 days, have yielded each their own treasures~ I LOVE to pick arrow heads....

Day before yesterday.......
And early in the morning when I was 'supposed' to be working...I found this little white one~ would have been used for hunting rabbit........
So there is a walk around our Madrid Plaza....not much left of the original now, the rock walls, a few adobe buildings, our house now sits where the Commissary was, and then there is me......here i sit in the studio doing what I ought to be doing now........'Hi Ho~ Hi Ho...its off to work I go' ... until next time!
Ciao~ Rachael

Hi from Pear Tree Primitives

2007-06-20T07:35:00.000-07:00

I'm Suzanne of Pear Tree Primitives. My family has lived in Boise, Idaho for almost two years now. We moved after my husband completed his doctoral degree in music at Arizona State....(I know what you're thinking, what's he going to do with that?) Well, he taught one year, a sabbatical replacement, at Boise State and we didn't want to move again..it is very pretty here in Idaho and we have family in the NW, so we stayed and now he teaches part-time at a local high school and is a part-time music director at our church...he says, someday when he grows up, he wants to have a full-time job!

We have two sons (12 and almost 15) and this past year I home schooled both of them... we just survived our first year! And when I'm not busy with my boys, I enjoy painting and creating folk art. My husband enjoys woodworking, and when he has time, will make small wooden wares for Pear Tree Primitives.

Back to Boise...having lived in AZ for 9 years, it is a nice change to live where there are seasons...although, just a few weeks of snow would be nice. I'm also enjoying gardening again. When I managed to get something to stay alive in AZ, I felt a great sense of accomplishment! But in this climate, plants are flourishing...and I even started some flowers from seed! (Something that would not be easy to do in AZ).

Here are a few photos of my garden. The sweet peas were started from seed and have really gone wild! I did manage to start a small herb garden in AZ and now have started one here. Some are cooking herbs, but mostly I like their fragrance and flowers.

We inherited a row of lilac trees and a front hedge of roses. I've had to learn how to care for roses...mostly I just leave them alone and they are fine!
This year we planted a berry garden. So far, the squirrels are enjoying a nice breakfast every morning! But we've had a few strawberries, marionberries, blackberries and raspberries too!

Lavender is one of my favorite fragrances and plants, and our lavender bed has been beautiful this year. The lambs ear likes this spot too!

Here is a photo from our front yard...we live across from a wetlands preserve, and then beyond you can see the foothills.

When we moved into our home, one of the first things we planted was a pear tree! This year it is producing some pears...they are cute, but I don't think we will be eating them!
Thanks for letting me share a bit of Boise with you...at least what you can see from my yard!

And please visit

The Primitive Gathering
(just updated on the 15th) for wonderfully made hand dids for your home.

Hello From PieCake!

2007-06-16T15:31:00.000-07:00

Happy Summer! The weather has been so beautiful in Western PA...we've been blessed with many days filled with sunshine!

My name is Lorraine, and I am the owner of PieCaKe PRiMiTiVeS, thanks to the total support of my loving husband and wonderful 7 year-old son. We live in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh.

Here's my little guy......

We don't live in a historic town, but we are surround by a lot of history....The French and Indian War was fought around the Western Pennsylvania area. We live near the Bushy Run Battlefield, and Fort Ligonier is only about an hour away. We like to visit these places at least once a year. We also live about 10 minutes away from Kennywood Park, which is one of the oldest amusement parks around. The Thunderbolt rollercoaster is a really cool wooden coaster! If you are in the Pittsburgh area, these are just a few places to visit:o).

I have been making my goods for a few years now, and I love it! I have met so many wonderful people, many kindred spirits....I feel very blessed to be able to do what I love...One day, I hope to be able to do this full-time!

Well, I hope you are having a great summer. Primitive Blessings to you!

Bluejean Life In Kentucky

2007-06-06T18:09:00.000-07:00

You've all heard you can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the country out of the girl. My mother is living proof of that.

Following her here to Central Kentucky, after living in Columbus, Ohio and the Chicagoland area for all my life, I really wasn't sure if I was going to like this country way of living. It didn't take long before I fell hard for this place. It doesn't matter where you go, how far you take a drive or walk... Kentucky is full of breath taking beauty!

All you boaters and fisherman out there... look at this picture of Green River. Blue water... surrounded by nature's beauty and there's tons of fish to be had there.... just bring a rod and some bait! This River is long! 300 miles of gorgeous water. Flathead Catfish, Bowfin, Blue Sucker and Freshwater Drum are some of the fish here... but don't forget there's the famous Lake Cumberland not too far away either.

The barns everywhere! One time I lost count at 100 barns just driving to my parents house 25 miles away. I guess that's where I got the idea for my logo. Every barn here has a different personality also.... some house animals or farm equipment while others dry tobacco. Of course this picture is of a newer one, and there are some that are hundreds of years old.... good old primitive wood... hard as a rock!

When I first moved here, the locals were calling this area "Little Texas". Of course how I am... I just had to find out why. There's so many cattle and oil wells here... along with Horses that it's just like a Little Texas! I forgot how many different kinds of cows there are in this world, but I can guarantee that every kind is right here. We even have some Long Horn Cattle. (and no, I've never been cow tipping) LOL

Imagine seeing 100 cattle just grazing on these gorgeous fields and pastures while driving through curvy roads on a sunny day. Are you seeing how I just love it here?

This picture isn't anything special here, it's just down the road some.... but at night there's always deer in this field... I'm talking 50 deer sometimes. Of course I'm an animal lover and I never had seen anything like that growing up.

This is another picture of Green River, but this is one of the spots where you can find me playing with my new puppy, Riley. There's a beach right on the edge of the water there and she just runs and plays until she's worn out.

Out here in Central Kentucky where I live now.... there isn't any planes to be heard, there's no smog... no major traffic jams or toll booths. You share the road with the local Amish in horse drawn buggies and you chat with your neighbor. People wave when they pass you in a car here and yes, sweet tea really IS a southern thing! I've learned what bush hogging is, I've learned how to bag corn, I've learned to say "Ya'll" and I say it a lot! lol.... I've witnessed goats being milked, cows being born, local honey being harvested. I'm friends with the Amish and I absolutely love it here.

There nothing like the shopping in Columbus, Ohio.... or of course the City of Chicago... but there's nothing like Kentucky either. But if you want a little city life, Lexington and Louisville is only just over 100 miles away from here. :) I'm just a city girl who turned country..... do you blame me?

Come visit and say hi!

Blessings, Jean :)

Hello from Honeysuckle Lane

2007-06-04T11:39:00.000-07:00

Welcome to another post at Birds of a Feather. I'm Lana of Honeysuckle Lane. For those of you who visit my site, read my blog, or subscribe to my mailing list ~ you know I am a lover of nature. As early as I can remember in my childhood, the outdoors has been a part of my life ~ from playing in caves and under bluffs in the woods behind my parents' home to camping and fishing to walking in the woods looking for wildflowers with my Mom.

So there's just no way getting to know me and not getting to see a glimpse of nature or hearing the latest news about my chickens.

Quite often I enjoy walking in the woods that surround my home, looking for jack in the pulpit (pictured below), or maybe a lady's slipper, or Solomon's seal...

and I love to happen upon a bed of sunlit ferns gently waving in the morning breeze...

and when I wander back to my home, look who is waiting for me on the back porch ~ Sam. He's adorable but very lazy these days. He'd prefer to lie in the sun and wait for me to return and scratch his belly.

I' d planned on taking you on a tour of my community as Sarah did in the previous post, but with everything going on it completely slipped my mind and I'm actually posting a day late. When my turn comes around again, I'll try to be on time and have more photos of where I live.

Be sure to visit our online market, you'll be amazed at all the wonderful talent that is represented there. You will also soon realize that it's not just a business for all of these ladies ~ they really love what they do and it shows in their handwork.
Take Care & God Bless,
Lana
~*~

Greetings from Greenport

2007-05-27T12:01:00.000-07:00

The shores of Peconic Bay are littered with scallop shells, stones and sea glass. This morning I found the carapace of a crab, so tiny my fingers looked like they belonged to Paul Bunyan when I picked it up and held it in my hand.

Each morning I walk here with my trusty and rather hairy Jack Russell Terrier, Cairo. He traces the paths of the neighborhood dogs who walked earlier, chews on the dessicated legs of dried spider crabs, and chases the geese resting in the shade of the mimosa tree. I gather my thoughts, prepare my to do list for the day and get my morning exercise. We both take great joy in watching the ferry cross the bay, back and forth, back and forth, from Greenport Harbor to Shelter Island. We wave to neighbors and their children in the park, pick up the odd bit of trash blown in by a storm, and breathe the briny air. The sea is my muse, the shoreline my inspiration. This is the best place on earth.

This is the village of Greenport, one square mile at the end of the North Fork of Long Island, New York. Once a home to whalers and rum runners, oyster factories and shingled resorts, it is now a haven for Manhattanites seeking relief from the sweltering summer air of New York City.

Oysters, clams, and scallops still abound here, and nearly everyone knows how to fish. (Several commercial fishing boats make their home here in our deep harbor and one of my neighbors is an oyster farmer.) This morning the fishermen were out in force to catch flounder. In a week or two the squid will move in and take their place, then the bluefish and the striped bass. Osprey return with the fish each spring and nest on tall posts around the harbor. Cairo and I watch them swoop and dive, catching fish for their young. (Look closely at the tall pole in the picture of Widow's Hole below -- 2 osprey have made a nest there. Just beyond the shore are the buoys that mark the oyster farm, and beyond them the boats of fishermen hoping for a good morning's catch. )

So this is where one member of the Primitive Gathering lives and gathers inspiration for her artwork. Next time I'll share photos of my very messy studio where I hook my rugs. If you're ever in Greenport, come and sit a spell -- just call first so I can vacuum & dust!

Enjoy this first weekend of summer!

Sarah
from Hallowed Hill Primitives

Chickadee Primitives First Show of this Year

2007-05-20T20:40:00.001-07:00

Doesn't Annie's booth look so prim & fun??? I love the windows on the tent!! and oh those paintings of children, wished I owned all of them. Shows are such work, but so fun!! Tis great to meet kindred spirits who love primitive folk art . Consider a trip to a Folk Art Show, you'll be happy you did.
Deena~SweetAnnee~of The Primitive Gathering

Come See What We Have to Offer

2007-05-15T15:58:00.000-07:00

Lots of hand dids, quaint primitives & works of whimsy. Be sure to check our NeWS, ECardS & Our GueSt ArTIsT, oh & tell your friends!!

****Here are some jaunts you might consider to meet some of the Folk Artists****

Come See HoneysuckleLane @

"The Lavender Festival"

Historic Jackson Square, Oak Ridge, TN

Saturday, June 16, 8 am ~ 3 pm

For more information call The Ferrell Shop @ 1~800~278~1001********
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See Hallowed Hill Primitives @

"Quiet Corner Rug Show"
Saturday, June 23, 2007
9 am to 3 pm
Woodstock Fairgrounds
Rt. 169
Woodstock, CT 06281****************

www.theprimitivegathering.com

from all of us **The birds of a feather on The Primitive Gathering**

News & Shows

2007-03-06T22:13:00.000-08:00

You'll find some of the Folk Artists

(Blair Creek Cabin, DaughterNature Folk Art, Bluejean Primitives, Ghost Island Primitives & SweetAnnee)

of The Primitive Gathering.com

"A Gathering at the Cabin" in Centertown, KY

on Saturday, May 12th, 2007

Following this link for all the info.

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=13749004&uid=4308302