Giveaway Winner!!

I had so much fun doing this giveaway, reading your entries and meeting so many new people!

After I wrote all of the entries down Jason helped me cut and fold them. He said he should have entered and if he won he would have given me my bunnies for Christmas - ha! What a dork!

I had Bella stir up the bowl of entries and pick a winner. I have some cute pictures of her doing so, unfortunetly I can NOT find my memory card to upload them to my pc. My camera cord has been long gone so right now I have no way to post pics:(

Anyhow, Congrats to SUE from Country Pleasures, shes such a sweet lady:)


I am planning a 4th of July giveaway in honor of my Birthday:)

Thank you for all of your entries and sweet comments!

1 More Day & A NEW Blog Friend!

Hi guys!

There is ONE more day to enter my giveaway if you have not yet done so:)

Also wanted to let you know about a new blog friend. Her name is Rebecca and she is a SUPER talented primitive artist. Her dolls are amazing! Stop in and welcome her to blogland:)

Country Hill Primitives

I hope everyone is staying warm and having a nice weekend. We just got back from shopping and my foot is killing me. I had a followup apt on Tues with my Ortho Dr and will post about that early this coming week!

If anyone knows where to get a few yards of different colored homespun Ide be ever so grateful if you could let me know. My Walmarts, the few that are still selling fabric have the red/white checked and blue/cream ONLY!

Have you signed up for my Giveaway yet?

NO? How come?
Get on ova there and sign yourself up!!

Click on the picture to the left to enter:)

I also joined Janae & Pam and opened a selling blog:)
Its called Yankee Ridge Primitives! You can also find that by clicking the picture to the left. Why Yankee Ridge Primitives you ask?
Well..........I am a Yankee after all, and Ridge came to mind because if you're from my area you're familiar with Route 104, also known as Ridge Rd. Its a pretty long stretch of rd passing through numerous towns and counties and people around here refer to it as "over the Ridge" if your over Rt 104 or "before the Ridge" if you're before it! Thus, Yankee Ridge Primitives was born:)

Ive been pretty busy with a few of my own patterns
I just love these lil guys with the tails, ha!







This is a Sweatpeas Primitives make do pattern. I actually made him a few weeks back but didn't have the make do part, while out thrifting 2 weekends ago I found some candle sticks. I made another Herbert with his stitchery egg:)



Ill be drawing a winner the night of Feb 22nd and posting the winner Monday morning, so get your entry in:)

Flight 3407

Please keep the victims, victims families, authorities, health officials and the Buffalo NY and surrounding communities in extra prayer today!

To read full stories see websites listed below. There are SO MANY speculations at this point it is ridiculous.

Clarence is about 20 miles south of me, but this still affects so many!


Resources:


Courtesy of Time Warner
http://www.rr.com/news/news/article/9000/6858161/Fiery_plane_crash_in_upstate_NY_kills_50


WGRZ.com - Channel 2
http://www.wgrz.com/

Thrift store finds and new bunnies

Its VERY rare when I walk into a thrift shop and out with something in my hands!
Im serious - its different in NY, there is usually NOTHING! And I look closely!

Saturday I took my handmades into the shop where I am on consigment and we decided to hit a few shops.

I ended up with a breadboard, a wooden tray, a little shelf and a recipe box all for $12.60 (pay no attention to my craft table)






We also hit an antique/junk shop and I picked up this great bowl for $17.90 (a little high I think) candle sticks and a magazine rack.





Then on Sunday Jas asked if I wanted to go to the flea market! I didnt find too much as it was too cold for the vendors to set up outside but I did find 2 sets of round paper mache boxes, large ones for $3 total! Now I get to paint everything:)

After the flea market we stopped at a camera shop so I could learn a little about these DSLR cameras I SO BADLY want! Ive got it narrowed down to a Canon Rebel XSi. Now I just have to shop around and see pricing because I also want to get a Macro lens for it:)

I can tell you one thing, if youre on the market for a DSLR and you like LIVE VIEW, make sure your new camera has this feature. NOT ALL DSLR cameras are equipped with this. If I had not researched yesterday and just went out to buy I would have had NO IDEA about that!!

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I also finished up a few bunnies.

This first one is a Chestnut Junction pattern, I think she turned out so cute!



This is Beckys (TRP) free pattern shes offering this month. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this guy. His ears are bendable and hes actually pretty big:)



And this is another freebie pattern from Sweetpeas Primitives. He is supposed to be a makedo but I didnt have anything to use for a base so I just made him into a sitter.




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We're in for some warmer temps this week. Im so happy about that! I cant wait to open some windows for fresh air!!

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If you havent signed up for my giveaway PLEASE do. Ill be adding a few things:)

New Prim Bunny

Hi Friends!!

Just wanted to send Cheryl (Tidymom) a quick shout of thanks for helping me with my camera dilema/decision! Thanks girlie:)

And also show you what Ive been working on! OMG, I am SO addicted to patterns. Holy cow - never thought Ide purchase a pattern in my whole life! But once I got one, it was all downhill from there. I still like to draw up my own patterns. Believe it or not, I get MOST if not ALL of my inspiration from Noggin, you know that pre-school on tv for kids? Im serious!! Its ON ALL DAY LONG, if I walk by and see something I like I quick grab my pencil and paper and draw it up:) Ha, how funny is that?

Now, this is Chipper! I had SO much fun watching this guy come to life! Even Jas likes him, he says hes the best one Ive done so far!

This is an Olde Homestead Barn pattern = check her out - shes got AWESOME patterns.







HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

"W"hat I love!

Linda's post about 10 things you love that start with a certain letter was so fun to read so I asked her if I could join in! She assigned me the letter "W", ha - this should be interesting!!

1. My (W)onderful kids, Kindle, Isabella and Domonic - At times its tough with a teenage and 2 toddlers but they keep my on my toes!

2. (W) is for West, my last name! I call my hubby West, whom I love VERY much!
(yes, he has his ears gauged)



3. (W)inter - well, just the sights of it eh! Im not a very friendly fan of the cold:)



4. (W)isteria - such a beautiful flower and smells amazing. Its too bad the bloom time is so short.



5. (W)alnut Horn Cookies - ooooh my gosh, these are SO GOOD! I made a batch for Christmas and pretty much ate them all myself. I have had a craving for them ever since!



6. (W)ood furnace (heat) - This is our 1st year using a wood furnace. I dont know how we got along without it! It keeps us nice and (W)arm!



7. (W)ild Birds - I LOVE watching my backyard birds and trying to attract ones I havent seen.


8. All of my (W)onderful blog friends and readers. Sorry, no pics but just know that I cherish each and every one of you and love reading your comments:)

9. (W)ooden ware - bowls, boards, shelves, cubbies, covers ect. ANYthing wooden! Altho, my collection of wooden ware is just starting I have a deep love for anything wooden!

10. (W)orking on Prims (Ha, I couldnt think of anything else) I love to sit at night and stuff but my favorite part is painting them and working with different mediums to get a OOAK look:)

Please join me, this was ALOT of fun and it took me a while to come up with things that I love that start with a W. Let me know if you want a letter:)

MY 100th post giveaway!!

SIGNUPS ARE CLOSED - FEB 22 - 8:30PM
I go to bed super early so I wrote all the entries down and I have have bella pick a name before I hit the sheets. Will post in the morning:)


100 posts? Wow - that was some time ago! Ha

I got some AWESOME news this morning. A local prim shop owner wants to sell my handmades in her shop! OMG, how awesome is that???
I havent "met" her yet, will do that this coming Saturday! We have been talking thru email tho!

So.........since that is the best news we've had around here in months Im having a GIVEAWAY!

I wanted to do this around Christmas but after being as sick as I was for as long as I was, then running right into decorating for Christmas and presents and crafting...blah, blah, blah I just didnt have the time to have my giveaway!

So I am doing it now, even tho Im almost at 150 posts!

Im going to do this simply, just leave me a comment HERE on this post to be entered. Just one entry as its too hard to track multiple entries if you post on your blog and I really dont have the extra time at this point! *YOU DO NOT NEED A BLOG TO ENTER* Just make sure to send me your email address:)
US, CANADA and Overseas are welcome to join!!!
Shipping overseas is actually not that much more:)

Im keeping this open til Sunday night the 22nd of Feb. I will have Bella draw a winner and will post here Monday morning!

This is what my giveaway is, so far! I may make a few extra things to throw in:)

This is my own pattern that I drew up the other night, he is 14" tall and his holding onto his grungy carrot "bucket".




And this is another one of my own patterns, he measures aprox 14" and is holding onto his carrots and drieds!


I hope everyones weekend was a great one! We're not really Superbowl folk so today will be craft day for me:)

Yesterday I made apple turnovers and a rustic tart. My 1st time EVER making pie crust and it came out SO AWESOME!