~ ♦ Stenciling ♦ ~

Not too long ago, I re-finished a cupboard that my Mom had.  She wanted me to paint it red so she could put it in her family room.  Well, I painted it and told her that since I was re-finishing her cupboard then she would have to stencil my entry way/foyer and a wall that goes into my family room.  She agreed and she finally paid it forward the other day.  It was out of the blue when she said that she was coming over to stencil.  I was so excited and I am so happy with the way it looks.  I eventually want to paint my whole family room and have her stencil the rest, but of course that will take a bit longer to complete.  My family room is mainly a mustard color called Buckskin Pony.  I love the color, but it has been that color for some time now and I am ready for a change.  So, I thought it would look good if I continued the Bleached Wheat into the family room and then finish it off with some stenciling.  That is the plan!!  Here are some before pictures followed by some after pictures with the stenciling.  My Mom did a wonderful job and I am so pleased with the way it looks.  It gives it a much warmer and finished look.  Take a look for yourself.

BEFORE

AFTER

Oh and look who it is….. my beautiful Mom right in the middle of stenciling.  Isn’t she beautiful?!?  I am so proud of her.  She is such a wonderful Mom and friend and she indeed has the sweetest spirit.  She is just a great person inside and out and I love her dearly.

As goes for that cupboard that I re-finished for Mom….. that will be on my next post.  So keep watching out for more before and after pictures. 

Until Next Time ~ Blessings Always!!

Taggs and More ~ Check it out!

I have been trying to decide on what to share and what to wait on.  I haven’t been doing a whole lot lately except for sewing.  I finally taught myself how to do some simple stitching.  I was pretty excited with some of the tags that I made and here are some pictures.  I thought they would be so cute sewn on a towel or a ditty bag.  What do you think?

If you see something that you are interested in then just e-mail me and I can quote you a price.  I had so much fun making them and hope to be making more very soon.

Did I ever show you my dried pumpkins that I found at one of our local pumpkin patches?!?  I thought they were neat so I bought five of them for $1.25.  They look great with my gourds.

I also had to tell you that my Sweet Autumn Clematis finally started blooming.  I absolutely love this clematis. I think that after a few years it will be gorgeous in the entry way through our gate in the backyard.

Can you see the small little white flowers?  I first saw this clematis in Amish Country and thought it was beautiful.  So…… I asked our local greenhouse to order me a couple and this is what it looks like so far.

Speaking of flowers…. here are the roses that my hubby bought me for Sweetest Day ~ aren’t they beautiful?!

I also had to share with you this picture.  Yes, we received Cameron’s school pictures back this morning.  Talk about bringing tears to Mommy’s eyes.  She showed me the pics and I got tears in my eyes.  Talk about melting my heart and instantly realizing that my little boy was growing up before my eyes.  I couldn’t believe how grown up he looked.  He looked so handsome and of course I was so proud.  I have truly enjoyed staying home with him and it has been the best gift ever being able to enjoy his first 3 1/2 years with him.  It has been a struggle, but so worth every minute of it.  Anyway….. here is the picture.

Isn’t he too stinkin’ handsome?!?  Wow, he is growing up.  So wish I could hit the pause button, but I know I can’t so I will just continue to enjoy every single minute of every single day.

Until Next Time ~ Blessings, Lisa

Front Porch Pictures and More

Well, I told you all awhile back that once I got done decorating my front porch then I would post pics.  So,  I finally finished it this weekend and here are a couple pictures.  I also included a picture of our scarecrow.  Cameron had fun helping me get him ready for Fall.  Be sure to check out my chicken coup.  I still would like to cut some boards off the bottom or the top, but still haven’t done it yet.  So, it stays like this for now.

Talking about Fall….. I went to the pumpkin patch this weekend and here are a few pictures from our trip.

It was super windy so excuse my messy hair.  Don’t you just love all the colors of Fall.  I know that I do.

I also picked up some gourds at another farm market.  I was so happy to see that they had these little gourds.  I thought they would make a great little garland for in my window or around my chandelier.  The larger gourds I plan on using on my front door next year.  I really want to find myself some long handled dipper gourds, but if I can’t then I will just attempt growing them next year.

I already have these gourds up and hanging and hopefully they will be dry soon.  Here they are drying.  I just have to laugh every time I look at them.  My neighbors are probably thinking I am a bit strange since I have my gourds hanging and that I have really dirty towels always out drying.  Guess they just don’t know prim ~ right?!? 

I asked my hubby to fix something up so I could hang my gourds and he takes this trellis that was in the flowerbed, lays it across the deck and puts a big cement stone on it.  Gotta love that it looks so tacky, but I guess it works.  lol.

Well, that is it for today’s post.  I have some makeovers to share with you so stay tuned for those on my next post.  If you are lucky then I might post again later this week.  Stay tuned!!

Until Next Time ~ Blessings, Lisa

A New Creation ~ Crock Collector Sign

You all have seen my antique crock collection.  Now it is time to see my new sign that I made to finish my display off.  This sign measures 10x26 and is perfect for any antique crock collector.  I will be adding it to my selling blog sometime today if anyone is interested in purchasing one.  My selling blog is Londonberry Primitives.  Here is my newest creation.

Here it is displayed with some of my crocks.  I just love the way it looks!!

Don’t you love it? 

Until Next Time ~ Blessings Always!!

A Trip to Waynesville & New Prim Shops

We decided to take a trip this past weekend.  My hubby’s parents were camping and they were going to the Sauerkraut Festival and I thought since we didn’t really have any extra money that we could go and walk around and even stop by some of the shops in Waynesville.  Well, I was so glad that we went, but was upset because I didn’t win the lottery before I went (lol).  I must say that Waynesville, Ohio is such a quaint little town.  It is very clean and is full of specialty shops.  There is definitely something there for everyone.  We were on our way there and we drove past this old barn.  I glimpsed out of the corner of my eye only to notice tobacco hanging from the barn.  I was in awe and if my hubby wasn’t in such a hurry I would have asked him to turn around so I could get a picture.  It was so neat to see the tobacco hanging up and drying.  Just something I don’t see alot of.  Wonder if they were selling it?  Oh well….. don’t know why I am wondering when I didn’t have any money (lol).  Oh well, I at least got me some pictures of Waynesville and now I can share them with you. 

The first shop that I wanted to go into was the Wooden Sunflower.  This is an old St Augustine Church established in 1877.   It is 5900 sq ft. of Farmhouse Primitives, American Folk Art, Early Lighting, Gourmet Foods, Potpourri and Candles.  They also specialize in custom made early kitchens, period wall, painted floors and custom furniture.  This place was amazing!!   I asked if it would be ok if I took a few pictures….. she didn’t seem crazy about the idea and reluctantly said “yes”.  So, I just snapped a few inside and took the rest outside.  Here are the pics that I took.  Enjoy!!

 

I myself loved the cement pumpkins.  They came in various sizes and of course various prices.  Don’t forget that you can click on the picture to make them larger.  It allows for easier viewing.

I wanted so badly to take a picture of the area right inside the front door.  It was amazing.  I can totally see why they named it the Wooden Sunflower.  Right inside the front door is this amazing cathedral ceiling.  Hanging from the sides of railing are tons of sunflowers that they have cut from the base of the flower and dried.  They are long and they looked so prim perfect.  I thought it looked very neat.  Every single time I tried taking a picture….. there was someone checking out so that didn’t work to my advantage.  Here is the area off to the right as you walk in the door.

Here are more cement pumpkins, but these appeared to be dusted with spices of some sort.

Look at this amazing kitchen area.  It gives you an idea as to how wonderful it is, but you really should plan a trip.

I also found this other shop called Days Gone By.  It was a pretty nice shop as well, but it didn’t have as much.

My other favorite shop in Waynesville has to be Olde Glory Antiques.  I didn’t notice it until I was across the street.  I stopped to look around to see what other shops were close by and noticed this one right across the street.  I saw all of the cement pumpkins and then I saw the gourd garland in the window.  Yep, I started across the street waving good-bye to my family as they sat on some rocking chairs.  Talk about MAJOR drool factor.  If you like primitive, I mean real primitive then you would love this shop.  I loved everything about it except the prices.  There was no way I could afford anything, but it was fun to look at and dream.  Here are a few pictures.

I pulled these pictures from their website.  Yep, their website is equally as wonderful as walking through the shop.  You can check it out here, but if you can make a trip then I am sure you would enjoy it even more.

Hope you enjoyed the tour around Waynesville as much as I did.  I definitely think it is worth another trip just so you can really take your time and look around.  Maybe even make a few purchases.  Christmas is right around the corner….. can you imagine these shops decorated for Christmas?!?  Yep, I think I would need a bib if I went for another visit around that time (lol).

Thought I would leave you with these other pictures.  The past couple days have been “perfect” weather for sweatshirts, jeans, grilled cheese and tomato soup.  So, here is a picture of my grilled cheese/tomato soup buddy.  I am so glad he enjoys it as much as me.  Don’t you think he is enjoying it by the look on his face?!?

It was funny because he said he wanted to “slobber his soup”, but he meant to say “slurp his soup”.  I thought that was too cute!!  Goodness, I love that little man to pieces!!  Here are some other pictures of Cameron.

He was reluctantly smiling because I came around the corner in the kitchen only to find him on top of the counter.  Yep, he climbed up on top of the counter to eat the very last pumpkin cinnamon muffin.  Luckily, I already had mine for the day, but that muffin was suppose to be left for Daddy.  Uh Oh….. good thing he is cute because he got away with it.

Last, but not least I leave you with my new cut and color that I had done last week.  I thought the new color would be perfect for Fall/Winter.  It is close to my natural color, but with a few red highlights.  So, do you like it?

Well, I hope you enjoyed my post.  Hope you all have a blessed week.

Until Next Time ~ Blessings Always!!