Punkin Seed Give Away

Punkin Seed is having a give away!

Please follow the link and follow all the rules to win this great collection of salt dough fall goodies.  Good luck, and have fun!

http://punkinseedproductions.blogspot.com

Monday Market with Old Farmhouse Gathering

Welcome to the last Monday in August, fall is just around the corner.  I have three more great shops for you to visit today.  The first shop is Homespun Annie, where Annie has tucks and ornies for all season, plus E-patterns.  Wonderful to add to a wreath, or display in your home.  The next shop is Household Words, where Mandie has the best way to add some instant fun art to your walls.  Vinyl graphics decals for every room of your home.  Are you renting and can not hang pictures, then this is for you, easy on and off.  The last shop today is Juds Trash-N-Treasure, Judy has this shop filled with great vintage finds.  If you need to replace a piece or add to  your collection,  or start one this is the shop for you.  If anything a trip down memory lane! 

Dirtroadteam on Etsy - The Hicks Fix

Welcome and please join me in a visit to the Hicks Fix shop on Etsy.  Debra who says she has a buzz from coffee  is busy making soap, dishcloths, and hand carved signs.  Plus a page of vintage items.  Debra enjoys working on her 160 year old home, working in her gardens, and enjoying life to the fullest.  You will have a great time visiting her shop and getting to know her.  While you are visiting her shop check out my favorite the hand carved bunny rabbit.  Stop by next week for a visit with another member from the Dirt Road Team.

Yorkie's Primitives Give Away

Yorkie's Primitive Give Away

Please follow the link below to a wonderful give away by Yorkie's Primitive.  Follow the rules and have fun.

http://www.yorkiesprimitives.blogspot.com

Cricket Hollow Primitives Give Away

Cricket Hollow Primitive Give Away

Follow the link below and enter to win a wonderful handmade pumpkin and pumpkin room spray.  Please follow all the rules and have fun.  Remember to vote for the  Muddy Rose Therapeutic Clay project.

http://crickethollowprimitives.blogspot.com

 

What is it Wednesday

Welcome friends to another What is it Wednesday.  Both of these are waffle iron.  Different from what we are used to seeing today, and a lot heavier.  The one on the left is from Stroluminum, Detroit.  This company made aluminum pot and pans.  The waffle iron on the right is by Rey-O-NOC from Chicago, Il.  They start out in 1853 and sold the company to True Value Brand (True Value Hardware) in 1962. Rey-O-NOC also made hardware, tools, cutlery, paints and sporting goods.  This waffle iron is very heavy, sold cast iron with a patent date of 1-1908.  Waffle made with both would only be 6 1/2" across.  So when you take your frozen waffles from the freezer and pop them in the toast, remember how they used to be made.  We do have it a lot easier today!

Monday Market with Old Farmhouse Gathering

Hello blog friends!  I hope everyone is enjoying the end of summer.  With all the high temperatures and humidity we have been having I'm looking forward to some cooler weather, not cold cold, just cooler.  I have three more shops from the Old Farmhouse Gathering for you to visit today.  The first shop in Handmade by Bette.  Bette makes clothes pin bags, feed sack pillows, pot holders, and the very best lost sock bucket.  Next please stop by and visit with Ilene from Happy Valley Primitives.  She has been sewing from early childhood, making dolls and fabric mats.  The last shop for you to visit is Harvest Moon Prims, where Marilyn makes makes bowl fillers, dolls, and candles.  All three shops have wonderful items in them, and you will enjoy your visit with all three.  Please stop by next Monday for three more shops from a great team on Etsy.

The Dirt Road Team is having a challenge, using only the colors of lilac, yellow, periwinkle blue, black and white, we had to come up with something that reminded us of France.  We could use all of the colors or some of them.  Vote for your favorite, and register to win the great prize on the left.  This has been painted by Sherry of the Big Fat Barn studios.  This will run till Sunday, and late Sunday or early Monday a winner will be picked.  So stop by and vote and enter to win.  Good luck to everyone who enters!

http://www.dirtroadart.com/contest.html

Dirtroadteam on Etsy - Dixie Dreams

Hello friends!  I have a wonderful shop from the Dirt Road Team for you to visit.  Robin who's shop is Dixie Dreams, lives in Kodiak Alaska.  Life on this island can be changeling, but the wildlife is abundant.  You can only travel to this island by plane or boat, and the weather changes fast and offend.  Robin has amazing pictures of Eagles, deer, bears and whales, plus she make crab and bear paw soaps.  Some of the photo are turned into coasters.  If you love wildlife this is the shop for you to check out.  I love the close up of the Eagle, standing oh so proud!  This would make a wonderful gift for someone in the military!  Come back next Friday for another great shop from the Dirt Road Team.

Taste of France with the Dirt Road Team

  The Dirt Road Team is having a challenge, using only the colors of lilac, yellow, periwinkle blue, black and white, we had to come up with something that reminded us of France.  We could use all of the colors or some of them.  Vote for your favorite, and register to win the great prize on the left.  This has been painted by Sherry of the Big Fat Barn studios.  This will run till Sunday, and late Sunday or early Monday a winner will be picked.  So stop by and vote and enter to win.  Good luck to everyone who enters!

http://www.dirtroadart.com/contest.html

Dirtroadteam on Etsy - On Friday the 13th

Welcome to Friday the 13th.  To me the number 13 is a bakers dozen, so today I'm featuring two members from the Dirt Road Team (one extra member, like the one extra you get with a bakers dozen).  The first shop is One Crafty Mama, where Shawn makes quilted scarfs, burp clothes, totes, pillow, crayon pouches, and the tooth fairy pillows.  A must have for those little teeth falling out, and a great way for the tooth fairy to find them. She learned how to sew with her grandmother making dolls, then later in life found how much fun quilting is.   The next shop is the 13th shop from the bottom of our membership page.  Please stop by Get Real Designs by Christina.  She make jewelry using silver and gold-fill, and gemstones. Christina is a new member on Etsy, but has been making jewelry for 10 years, with many repeat customers.  Both are amazing artist in their own field, and you will enjoy your time in their shops.

What is it Wednesday

Welcome friends to another what is it Wednesday.  Last week I showed you ice tongs, and this week a ice pick.  Before refrigerators became the fashion, then a must, everyone kept there food cold with ice.  The ice pick was in every household and used to break up the ice into smaller portions for storage in the ice box.  If you need a piece of ice for you drink, you used the pick to break off a small piece.  Today we push a button on the door of the refrigerator for ice, both cubed or crushed, then we push another button for cold water.  With the hot weather sweeping the country I'm glad for my ice that I can get.  Enjoy your cold drink and remember your grandmothers, or great grandmothers and their ice boxes.  Their ice box was a fashion statement at one time also, and they thought they where very modern!  What will be next?   Come back next week for another What is it Wednesday.

Monday Market with Old Farmhouse Gathering

Welcome to Monday and the Old Farmhouse Gathering.  I have three more shop for your enjoyment today.  The first shop is Firecrackerkid, where Carol and her husband make wooden items.  Working together for twenty years they build pin keepers, bowl racks, and others items.  Tim cuts the wood, builds it, while Carol finished it to your needs.  If you need something a little different to fit your home please contact them, you will be very happy that you did.  The next shop is Foxglovefolkart, where Judy hand paints on second hand treasury, and new wine glasses.  Judy also does custom order, and has been painting for twelve years.  The last shop for you today is H.B.Corner, where Mandie shares her love of digital art and graphic.  She has many shop banner,  avatars, and business cards.  Need a new look for your shop, this is the place to go.  You will have a  unique look through out you web shop.  This is just some of the talent in the Old Farmhouse Gathering team, please type OFG team into the search bar for more amazing shops. Come back next Monday for three more shops, from a wonderful team.

Dirtroadteam on Etsy - Swan Mountain Soap

Welcome blog friends!  I have another shop for you to visit from the Dirt Road Team.  Christina and her family have a shop called Swan Mountain Soap.  This family love for the life in Alaska, has lead them to soap making.  Six years ago they where dealing with very dry and itchy skin do the harsh weather in Alaska, they started down this path. They gather herbs, rose petals, and sap from around their home to make their product.  Some of the sap that is collected is also turn into jelly.  Check out the Birch Beer Jelly, my in laws come from PA and they drink Birch Beer Soda.  I wonder if this is close!  You will find besides great soap, lotions, body sprays, perfumes, shampoo, and yes soap and balms for men!  This family all chips in to make this, and are having fun doing so.  What a great lesson for kids to learn, gathering herbs, making a product and the art of selling on line.  Please take a minute and stop by and show some love to this shop.

What is it Wednesday

       Welcome to another What is it Wednesday.

With all the hot weather we have been having lately, please give some thought to how it was 100 years ago.  Ice was cut in the months of January and February, from frozen lakes and rivers.  It was take by horse and wagon or sled to the local ice house.  It was then put into a pit, packed with straw or saw dust.  It was stored and shipped to homes or the southern states.  The ice had to be between 10 and 12 inches thick

to cut. To much freezing rain made for cloudy ice, so clear ice was the best to have.  Harvesting ice only lasted a few weeks, and had to last the whole year.  The ice tongs where used to handle the big ice blocks.

Besides being  shipped to the southern states, it was delivered to homes and place in the old ice box. 
Wooden boxes (later lined with metal) ice placed inside would keep food from spoiling.  Only enough food was cooked for each meal, so storage of left overs was not a problem.  The ice tong was manufactured from the middle of the 1800 to around 1930.  As electric refrigerators came into fashion the harvesting of ice, ice house, the use of ice tongs or ice picks where no longer needed.

Today we stay in our air conditioned homes, cars, and we do not go out much in the heat.  We need a cold drink, we go to the refrigerator, get our cold drink, place in a frosty mug, add some ice from the freezer!  So much easier then cutting ice blocks, and storing them all year long.   

You can use old ice tongs as a paper towel holder, toilet paper holder, towels.  Hang from a peg and remember how lucky we are to have air conditioning!  On this one I'm glad I'm living today!   

Crows Creek Primitives Give Away

Crow's Creek Primitive is having a second give away.  Please follow the link to find out more about this one and please follow the rules.http://crowscreekprimitivesgatheringforum.blogspot.com

Crows Creek Primitives Give Away

Please stop by the blog of Crow's Creek Primitives, and enter to win this journal, plus many other goodies.  This run from August 1 till August 6, 2010.  Good luck, and remember to follow the rules.


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Monday Market with Old Farmhouse Gathering

Welcome blog friends.  Today I have three more great shops for you to look at.  Please check out the wonderful talent in these shops.  The first shops belongs to Andrea from Crow's Nest - Country Primitive Shop.  You will find jar candles, tapers, tarts, soap, and bath salts.  Love the stressless bath salt, something we all could use.  The next shop is Privies and Prims, where Doreen makes primitive dolls, pillows, penny rugs, plus a lot more.  Check out the emergency toilet paper, perfect gift for that hard to buy for person on your list.  The last shop is Fanciful Stitches, where Marilyn makes pincushions, tags, and scissor fob.  Great way to mark you scissors for fabric only.  My family just grabs scissors, and they have no idea that once you cut paper, it is really hard to cut fabric again.  Then type in OFG team into the search bar for more amazing shops, and wonderful artist.