Can you say M E S S?!!!!!

So back in March we noticed a good sized sink hole in our front yard!



It doesn't look that big here in the picture but when Jas stood in it all you could see of him was his waist up!


Back 20 years ago our front yards were lined with HUGE ditches. "Apparently" there was a pig farmer who was dumping the pig waste which was running into the ditches so the town came out and laid pipe and filled them in.

Well our pipe had rotted and caused the sink hole. Of course, it could only happen to US! Seems my streak of bad luck is never ending.

So I called the town super out who informed me they perform the work, dig up the pipe, replace it and fill back in at their cost. BUT, we must pay for the pipe which is $6 PER FOOT and its 175 foot across! Yeah - do the math!! And that price fluctuates with the price of oil - GOTTA LOVE NY eh!!?

AND seeding and grading is left up to us, HUH? Luckily, our neighbor "Slim" is running the equipment and said hed make sure they grade it,seed and leave it looking nice! Damn skippy! Thanks Slim!!

Day 1 -




Work started Wed and we were hoping that they were just going to remove the rotted pipe and patch in a new piece, saving us hundreds of $$$. Here's my luck again.....as they were cutting out the old pipe it just kept breaking off so they have to do the whole front yard! JOY!!

Can I just vent for a minute how much of a mess this is? Not to mention how my house fills up with dirt dust EVERY time a car drives by!

Day 2 -
Right across the driveway!






So thats where we stand with that. Rain headed in this morning, outta make for quite a LOVELY front yard muddy mess!!

Well that was a bummer of a post wasnt it!??

Its ok, we'll live:)

Havent been crafting all that much, booth is stocked so Ive been slacking a bit. I do have 7 naked dolls sitting on my table waiting on clothes and I did make up these Prairie sweeties this morning.

One is a makedo and one can either hang or sit.



Both available for purchase:)


Happy Memorial Day, big plans this weekend?

Im not doing a SINGLE thing, gonna relax and enjoy the weather:)

Swap goodies...n goodies...n goodies...n goodies....

n goodies....n goodies!

OMGOSH, wait til you see my goodies! You can be jealous:) Its ok, Ill letcha:) j/k!

My BFF Dani and I decided on a swap back in March, well it just grew and grew! I wanted a few of her signs and some more room sprays. She wanted an annie doll and a couple of bonnets. So we've been kinda swapping ever since, but one BIG swap!!

I got my box today and she will get hers in a few more days.

Please keep her in your thoughts and she underwent surgery yesterday morning. I talked to her DIL Jen yesterday afternoon and she said Danielle was in recovery just starting to feel discomfort and pain. I sure hope shes not feeling that anymore!!

This is going to be a picture heavy post

Signs...and lots of em:)










Wooden bowls


Room sprays, Dani's rooms sprays are just unbelievable!! ONE pump and the room smells yummy for a long long time.


Beeswax ornie...smells SO good!


Americana candle

Swap Goodies from Patti

Isn't funny just how small of a world it really is?

A few months back I crossed paths with Patti from Raspberry Lane Treasures. We emailed back n forth a bit, come to find out I grew up with her brother who lived down the rd a couple of houses from me! Still makes shake my head when I think about it. Weird!

Anyhow, she wanted my address to send me some goodies so I thought, why not have a little swap!? I LOVE swapping!!!

She sent me one of her paint stick candle holders, how cute is this?





She also sent buttons, tarts, her firecracker ornies and an awesome candle wrap!
I'm going to have to get myself some seasonal candle wraps as they are just the neatest accessory!

I hope youre all doing well and fairing the weather! WOW, we went from one extreme to the next. I seriously did have the furnace on last week and today its 88!!

Stay tuned tomorrow as I will be posting pics of another swap I did!

Also, please keep Dani from Olde Homestead Peddler in your thoughts this week as she underwent surgery yesterday. I did talk to her DIL yesterday afternoon and she said the surgery went well, Dani was in recovery and starting to feel a bit of discomfort and pain....poor thing!

Pilgrim and Indian Patterns?

Justa REAL quick post today!

Im looking for pilgrim and indian patterns and am not having much luck.
I think I have all of Jackie's but looking for others. I suppose I could make up my own but they just arent as good!

Can anyone point me to a designer?

Be back later in the week with a few new dolls available to adoption.

We have a WINNER!!!!!

Random number picker picked number 51,

Congrats Sherry of countrywingsinphoenix.blogspot.com

YAY! YAY! YAY!

Sherry, please email me @ jenn_martino@yahoo.com your choices of 2 prims and I will get started on them Monday.

I also decided while getting my butt kicked by Bowser in the last castle in world 8 in Super Mario Bros that I was going to pick TWO numbers and have 2 winners. Gosh, I wish I could pick all 71 of you!

The 2nd winner was number 29 and that is Susannah:)

Susannah, please email me your choice of 2 prims.

This was fun fun fun, gonna have another giveaway for my birthday in a month.

Stay tuned and have a HECKOVA weekend eh!!!

P is for Prairie, D is for Doll and the rest is......

YAY! Its Friday! You know what that means eh?

ITS GIVEAWAY TIME, well PICKING A WINNER TIME! And its the weekend, YAY! You know I love me some weekend!!

Tonite at 7pm Im going to be picking a winner with a random number generator. MUCH easier than writing all of the names out and Im too cheap to use my printer ink, ha!!!

Need that for my patterns:)

Got some new prims finished this week and as always these are all available by custom order









OMG, look at the hair on this thing! HA, she has got to be my favorite of all my dolls.


Custom wall cupboard made for a customer





On the medical front, had my follow up with the back Dr yesterday! He is sending me for PT which I start next Tues and also for a nerve conduction study on June 2nd.

I have major muscle loss in my right calf and zero strength in my leg. Thats all caused from my ankle injury obviously and I almost wanna say he got a little confused as he was performing the tests on my legs and feet but thats ok because I think the PT will do me good, back wise and foot wise. I somehow HAVE to get some muscle back in that leg, I have an indent now from where the muscle once was and will not wear shorts in pulblic because of it!

Just remember, drunk drivers SUCK!!

Patriotic Cuties

Hey Guys!!

Only 4 days left til I pick my giveaway winner so make sure you enter before Friday at 7pm!

Ive been working like crazy to finish up these dolls. I like to trace and cut out a bunch of different ones on Sunday nights and sew on Monday mornings so I have the week to complete them. I hardly EVER make 2 of the same doll at the same time as I hate repetition and just cant put my all into them. So I make one and if she sells Ill make up another one. Probably harder doing it that way!















Had my test on Thursday, wasnt AS bad as I thought it was going to be!! The cyst is actually obstructing my kidney which explains some of my symptoms I have had but didnt realize I had until now and will have to be removed. Again, NOT looking forward to that! I go back on the 19th to discuss my options with the Dr. I hope its not an invasive surgery.


As always, everything I list on here is for sale by custom order.

Have a great week! And STAY WARM! WOW, 28 degrees this morning and SNOW!