Primitive Handmades Mercantile update!

WOW!! What a great first week! Thanks to everyone who stopped by for a visit! Our group has grown so you may want to stop by for some last minute Valentine's Day shopping! My mom, Liberty Handmade Primitives, still has the wonderful old looking wood bowl with a great distressed finish and 3 hand made hearts available!

My Old Crow Primitives was late getting her items posted due to a power outage from a snow storm so stop by and check out her prim perfect hand mades!

Maureen from Sweet Meadow Farms was late getting her dolls listed due to the arrival of a beautiful new granddaughter! Congratulations Maureen! Her dolls are going fast!

Sherri at Primitive Homestead has added a sweet prim doll and a gourd snowman to her page!We will have 5 new artists with us next month to include Primitive Betty's, Widgets & Wool Primitives, My Glory Stars, Simple Thyme Prims and Red House Wool Studio!

If you haven't signed up for our newsletter yet please do! Every month along with the newsletter we will attach a free doodle by Robin at Bird In The Hand Primitives or one of the other fine artists! More give-aways too! Next update is February 17th so be sure to stop by for lots of Sheep, Presidents and a touch of Spring!

Hooked Pillow and Pouch!

Yesterday I finished up another batch of Easter and Valentine Ornaments that I had orders for! Should have taken a picture of the numbers before I packed them all up! Guess I just wanted them in the mail so I could move on to something else! And.... that I did. Last evening I was able to work on finishing a couple of small hooked pieces that I hooked along with the Valentine Mat for Primitive Handmades Mercantile. I love pouches and pillows so I did one of each! Not bad for a beginner! I wasn't sure how to finish the edges where the hooked part meets the wool backing so I whipped a wool strip in there! Need to check with my friend Kathy at Woolfinds to see what the right way to do it is! Didn't turn out half bad for a beginner! I hand stitched both of them together and made a lining for the pouch.

Don't forget to sign up for the newsletter at Primitive Handmades Mercantile for a chance to win the awesome prizes donated by 4 of the members and keep up to date on new items being offered. Our group is growing so be sure to check it out! The winner will be drawn tomorrow morning at 11:00am!

Happy Stitching!

Teresa

Grand Opening of Primitive Handmades Mercantile!

The day has finally arrived!!! A group of talented ladies have come together to offer you some of the best hand stitched creations around! Check out all the pages for hooked rugs, mats and hearts, needle punched pillows and hearts, cross stitched pinkeeps, pillows and hearts, heart ornaments and wool appliqued pillows and mats! Here is the link to the group at Primitive Handmades Mercantile!

While you are there be sure to sign up for our newsletter to keep you up to date on our happenings! Every month we will be offering new themed items! Just by signing up qualifies you for our giveaway of these primtive wares!!! One lucky winner will receive all these hand made items!

Thank You Marilyn from Harvest Moon Prims!

Right before Christmas I received this wonderful Tin Punched Angel and the best smelling Cranberry Chutney Scented Primitive Pudka Pods from Marilyn at Harvest Moon Primitives! I feel bad I didn't get this posted until today! It's been quite busy around here and then I pinched a nerve in my neck that put me down for several days! Not fun at all!!!! I think what did it was a day of rug hooking! We shall see what happens when I pick up the hook today! Anyway... back to Marilyn she has two Etsy shops loaded with some great primitives! You must check them out! First is her Harvest Moon Prims shop and she also has Fanciful Stitches shop which is loaded with wonderful hand work items! And.... don't forget her blog where I won the cute punched tin angel and scented pods! She has some free patterns on there too!
Thanks so much Marilyn!

Announcement & Christmas Displays!

Hello all my blogging friends!!! Hope you had a blessed Christmas and lots of time to spend with your family and friends!
First for my big announcement!!!!! I'm so excited about a new group I'm putting together, with the help of Robin from Bird in the hand Primitives, we are bringing together some of our favorite rug hookers, penny rug makers, cross stitchers, primitive doll makers and pattern designers! We will launch our new site on January 20Th.... so be ready! Each month we will have new listings with a theme for your viewing pleasure! Our first month offerings will be for Valentine's Day!
And .....When I went to see my mom I took some pictures of a couple of her Christmas displays. Wish I would have taken more time for other shots but you know how that goes! She has quite the touch with using her antique and prim pieces to create an eye pleasing picture!

I love this old chippy chair and the mohair bear was made by my sister! Her Christmas tree is a fraser fir.... my favorite! My dad picked these red berries!!! I need to find that bush next year real early so I can enjoy some of them in my home! They are so full! My favorite wall in the kitchen! Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas to all my blogging friends!!! Now that my shows are over I have listed some goodies on a picture trail and with that comes a 15% discount to all my blogging followers! All you need to do is mention "Blogger Discount" in the order! So stop on by "My Primitive Wares for Sale" and do some last minute shopping ! This sale will run through December 16th.

Be sure to check out my Etsy shop too! If you see something in there you would like to be included in the sale price.... I can do that too!

I will be getting these 3 mice in vintage dippers added to the picture trail or Etsy sometime today so if you are interested in any of them let me know! The price is $20.00 each plus shipping but with the 15% discount $17.00 each plus shipping! Everyone needs a mouse in the kitchen!

A trip to the Wool Shop!

Still winding down from last weeks home show!  Everything went real well and I was more than pleased with the turnout!  I took a couple of days off to do some much needed shopping and was more than pleased to meet up with Michele and Kathy at the wool shop, located at 240 Grant Street in Chambersburg, PA, to return their few items that did not sell.  Kathy works at this shop and every Thursday they have a hook-in where everyone is welcome and you can bring along anything you would like to work on!  They are open 10am to 10pm!  Just take a look at this inspiring place! As you enter the room there is a hospitality table with a beautiful rug hanging above it! Not sure who hooked it but it sure is a beauty! 

 

A wonderful Sheep rug hangs over a cute antique cupboard and lots of other goodies! Look at the wool nestled in there! 

You will find walls and walls of hand dyed wools in so many beautiful colors! 

A cute hooked mat that Kathy designed and I think she said she does sell the pattern! 

More wool and to the right.... a wall of needle punch patterns! I had to bring one of those home!

Here is Michele busy working on a new needle punch design! Two crows and a flower!  I'm sure she has it almost done by now! LOL  Right Michele!

This is Kathy working on her saltbox house rug!  Follow her blog to watch how quick she will finish this huge rug!  It is going to be soooooooooo pretty! 

This is Joann finishing off the edges of all these mats and chair pads!  Look how fast her hands are moving! LOL!!!   Love love love the primitive look of her work!  I need to find out if Joann has a blog!

And...........here is my chair pad that I finally got started! Now to keep working on it!  I do have some orders to finish up before that happens but at least it is started!