Another Brenda Sanker Doll

Meet Miss Gwendolyn!

If you havent made one of her patterns, head over to her Etsy and purchase yourself one.

She is an amazing designer and I have THE BEST time making her dolls. I can hardly wait to see her Christmas creations.

Gwen is available for adoption, email me for more info

She is made of painted and stained osnaburg. Her facial features are all hand painted. Her hair is sheeps wool.

The bottom of her dressed was sponged on and all of the trim has been hand sewn.

She is carrying around her little JOL that I hand carved out of a styrofoam ball.

She is full of detail, the pictures dont do her justice.

Americana Sale

Rather than bin all of these up for next yr I decided to mark them down and see if anyone wants them!

Im not going to describe each prim, as most are listed on my YRP anyhow and Im trying to save a bit of time. Housework calls..........

If you have any questions on a particular item or want to make a purchase feel free to email me, jenn_martino@yahoo.com

Uncle Sams - $8 ea plus travel all 3 Sams SOLD





Americana sheep - $10 ea plus travel



Old Glory Raggedy - $8 plus travel



Spring Folky Bun - $24 plus travel

(has green, cream and tan homespun dress and NOT the red check)



Liberty Angel Busts - $5 ea plus travel SOLD

Abbott Punkinman

Doesnt he just have a face to DIE FOR?

My gosh, when I saw this pattern from Brenda Sanker ( The Vintage Polka Dot) I totally fell in love!

Abbott was adopted a lil bit ago and he will go to his new home Tuesday morning:)

Weekend of camping and exploring!!

We went camping again this past weekend and decided to do a bit of exploring on Saturday since it was so hot and the ac was in the car. We camp down at Jason's parents land in Allen, NY. Its VERY pretty down there!!!! Takes us a little under 2 hours to get there so its quite a bit South from where we are.

We came across this very very old (1800's) cemetery so we pulled over and snapped a few pics.








I thought they made the neatest pictures!

Friday on our way down I spotted a tiny little kitten right on the side of the road. If someone hadn't been paying attention and went off of the side just a bit she would have been hit for sure! I told Jason to turn around and as we pulled up she ran a bit so I thought there was no way shes was going to come to me. When i got out and called her she just froze and let me pick her up! I figure shes about 8 weeks old, ALL skin and bones. She is just the sweetest little thing!

There was a house a few feet away so we thought wede pull in and see if "kitty" belonged to them. As we pulled in I felt like I was in a scene from Deliverance so I told Jason to get the hell out of there! NO THANKS!!!!

At first we weren't going to keep her but of course the kids are totally attached now!

I have to call the vet and get her in for her first shots, worm and have her stool tested.

So this is Lenny, as we call her:)





Isn't she precious?

A few more camping pics......



Swimming in the Genesee River


Playing in the creek (crick)


Jason and Domonic caught a fish!!!


In the canoe


Yeah - Gross!!!



And here is a sneak peek at what Ive been working on among tons and tons of Fall dolls!!



You wont see the pencil marks when I am finished


I just have to find the perfect fabric for their clothes and I can finish them up.
Will post pics!

Can you believe August is almost here? Wow.....I'm counting down the days til school starts.......:)

How can you stand it?

The HEAT that is? And humidity?
OMG, I am totally miserable today!!

We have an ac unit in our bedroom so Ive been coming in and out all day! Its actually a bit cooler outside with the lake breeze than it is in the house and wouldnt you know it ALL THREE of my kids are sitting in the house driving me NUTS!!

Ive been yelling ALL day!

I had Jas take out the entertainment center this morning and replace it with my prim cupboard my brother made me last yr and that led to a total rearrange of the living and diningroom. So as Im out there moving things around, cleaning and sweating like crazy ALL THREE kids are sitting in the bedroom IN the AC watching tv. SERIOUSLY?? I BLEW about 2 hours ago, ya hear me??

I love the heat but when the humidity is this high and we're under air quality warnings I am a complete bear!!

Im taking the rest of this week OFF from crafting. It is just too too hot to be baking dolls n such and I dont like the effect of sun drying. So Ill get back to crafting on Monday. I deserve a bit of a break anyhow!!

To my giveaway winners, Ill get to your winnings soon. Ive got an big order that I need to finish up (next week) and get shipped out. As soon as Im finished with that Ill start on yours, so it will be about 2 weeks.

SO how do you all cope with this heat?

Birthday Giveaway Winner

Well....I ended up having to pick 2 winners. I didnt realize I had 2 double comments in here and deleted them after I picked the 1st winner and posted. I then deleted the post and re-drew another number. BIG mess!!!!!

So there are 2 winners

I used Random.org which chose # 19 (Ronda of The Crafty Crow) and # 2 (Amy of At Home With Amy), Congrats girls!

Ronda & Amy, please email your choice at jenn_martino@yahoo.com and i will try to get started on your prim within the next week or so!

Happy 4th of July AND Birthday to me:)

We're home. Im dirty. Im sweaty. Im burnt to a crisp. Im tired. We had a fantastic time camping. It's my birthday and Im planning on doing NOTHING today. Well, maybe fireworks later and cake, of course. Pics coming soon:)

Happy 4th of July
Happy Birthday to me:)