Easter Prims Overstock, really cheap sale

I just dont have the room to store my Easter overstocks. Im offering them today for really good prices.

Folky Pastel bunny hangers, 2 available. Pink and blue.
$8 ea plus shipping

Folky Hare make do, smaller one on wooden base
$8 plus shipping


Winged Heart Hangers, 2 available
$4 plus shipping



Grungy bunny sitter




Check back with me as I will be listing tons more after I go to my shop this weekend!

Email me at jenn_martino@yahoo.com

2 yr Blogiversary Giveaway!

YEP! Coming up on my 2 year anniversary! When I first started I didnt think it would last this long. Ive met some of THE nicest people through blogging! This is such a wonderful outlet of networking filled with amazing woman AND men and EXTREMELY talented artists who I take great inspiration from. Ive really connected with a few gals and have come to learn how much we have in common. Thank you for all of your visits, wonderful comments, advice but most of all, your friendship!

I started this blog on April 28, 2008, Kindles birthday:) Shell be 17 this yr, LHM!!!

So in honor of my 2 years I decided to have a giveaway.

Rules are pretty simple,
Just leave me a comment on THIS POST ONLY!

Im going to leave this open until Friday May 14 at 7pm.

What am I giving away? Good question! Ha!

Lets do this....

The winner can pick 2 prims, dolls, or other prim FABRIC item, it can be Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Americana. Ive got tons listed on here, my selling blog and my YRP Facebook so there is ALOT to choose from.

Sound good?

SWEET!!!!

New Offerings and an update

So, Jason came home from work Thurs night and fixed the phone! YAY!
The construction guys knocked the line loose somewhere. I get SO mad when my phone is out! Happens quite often since we have digital but its usually on within minutes unless the power goes out.

I talked to my Dr Friday morning, he scheduled me for a Retrograde Cystogram (something or other) Xray on May 6th. Sounds made up, doesnt it? UGH, I wish! They will put me out for this one and Im dreading it. This test gives them a better look at the cyst and its placement by using a scope hooked up to a xray.

I gotta tell ya how fed up I am! Why couldnt they just start with the Ctscan? Why go through ALL of those tests when I was just going to end up with a ct anyhow?

Heres the rundown,

April 1st xray on my back and thats when they found the cyst
April 14th MRI
April 22 ultrasound and Ctscan

In between 3 Dr visits, who said its serious and then its not cancer so not to worry! . YEAH - Im done, fork me baby...Im done!

My poor husband is walking on eggshells and I feel awful!

Its like either take the darn thing out or leave it! I probably GLOW at night with the amount of radiation thats in my body, between my foot, knee, neck, back and now this, HA! Could that really happen? OMG - wouldnt that be something!?

Ive been trying to keep busy and I have been. Ive put out some major doll action this last week, I even made up 2 colonial spool dolls this morning while waiting for Jason to get up! Keeps my mind off of things.



These are all available by custom order, just send me an email,






















Keep your eyes open, Ill be listing a few new wooden shelves and smalls in the next week or so:) Ill also be listing a few Easter prims that I took out of my shop for SUPER cheap!! I gotta move em and not store them!

Still dont know much, but know a little more than I did yesterday!

That make sense?


So, I had my ultrasound this morning at 9:15am. This was a long one, very long. She checked both kidneys, as she was focusing on the right one I could actually see the cyst. The radiologist wasnt happy with the size of the cyst because of my age so he ordered an immediate CTscan. Of course we had to wait for approval from the insurance, TWO hours later! UGH, I hate waiting!

I had the contrast dye, what a weird feeling that is! After the test we went into the radiologists office and he went over the films with us. Not only is there a good sized gall stone that will hopefully just stay put and not cause me any trouble. The cyst is attached the bottom of my kidney. This thing is SO big that ya cant even see the kidney.

He thinks it may be an obstruction of some type and said the Urologist will probably want to go in with a scope! JOY!!

I think I know how thats done and the ONLY way Im doing it is if Im out or heavily sedated! No, no and no!!

For some reason my phone is out today and I see the Dr called early this afternoon, unfortunetly I cant get into my voice mail to get his message or call him to see what he thinks. We had new windows and the house weatherized yesterday and today and I think when they were foaming the basement they hit the phone line because I still have the internet.

So Im a little irritated that I cant hear the msg from the Dr right now!

On the way home we stopped at that yard sale again and I picked up 4 crates, a gameboard and 2 more dolls for $13 total. So that was a good thing to a really crummy day!

Thank you again for all of your t's, p's and comments:)

Yard Sale Goodes

Hi Peeps!

First I want to thank you all who stopped by yesterday and commented on my post. You re a GREAT bunch of girls and I thank you for keeping me in your thoughts!

I have my ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow morning so hopefully Ill know more by Monday at the latest!

My MIL called me yesterday afternoon to tell me about a primitive yard sale. She picked me up a few mins later and off we went. This girl had MEGA prim dolls, all for $3-$5. AWESOME AWESOME dolls for every season. I only picked up one as I fell in love with her. The weirdest thing happened when I got home, not only was there a HUGE black hairy spider crawling in her hair but I noticed a tag on her arm that read, Rose Curtis - Bittersweet Prims. HOW WEIRD IS THAT????



I tried to email her but it came back to me.

If anyone knows who the designer of this pattern is please please PLEASE let me know as I would love to make a few of my own.

I also picked up 2 cutters for $2 ea! YAY!!! Told ya I'de get one soon enough:)
A quilted pillow for $1, 2 stitchery stockings - $2 ea and big chenille candy canes for $2 a bundle. Oh and an old rectangle mirror with a wooden frame that I'm planning on painting.





BB soon with more news!

New Offerings

Hey Peeps!!

Ive been busy working on orders and trying to get some americana prims made for my booth. I finally finished up a few dolls today and I'm so glad I did! Felt like it took forever!!!

Libby, round head raggedy made from a sweet meadows prims pattern





Large Uncle Sam, made from a Jackie Schmidt pattern



Old Glory raggedy, made from a Threadbare Prims pattern




Americana folk doll (Star Spangle), made from a Threadbare Prims pattern



Americana Star Hanger, made from a TRP pattern,



Fat Uncle Sam, made from a Chestnut Junction pattern,






And in other news.....I finally broke down and made an apt with a Spine Surgeon on April 1st. They took xrays, blah blah blah.....my L5 area is missing a disc, caused from the car accident so they sent me on for an MRI. Which I had done the morning of April 14th. The next day I got a call from my back Dr, apparently there is a good sized cyst on my right kidney and I was to follow up with my primary the following day. So, I called my primary on Friday and he told me this cyst is huge and I need to see a Urologist. Within an hour he called back with my apt to see the specialist, whom I saw yesterday!

Of course I was a basketcase ALL weekend! I was so worried I pretty much made myself sick and even get butterflies just typing about it now. The Urologist went over medical history with me and explained about the TWO different types of kidney cysts and said he needed to see the report from the MRI. So I went home feeling ALOT better because I got the feeling that this was no big deal, until this morning.

His secretary called me, said he read the MRI report and I need to immediatly have a bilateral renal ultrasound done and she is mailing out my script in todays mail. Cant tell ya how nervous I am......quite scared in fact!

No real history of kindey disease in my family, thankfully so we gotta find out what this is and how we're going to get rid of it because there is NO WAY that I want to walk around with an orange sized cyst on my kidney - uh, no thanks!

So, if ya could say and extra prayer for me Ide be grateful!

Ill be back when I know more and as always, everything you see on this blog is available, just email me for prices. Sometimes Ill add to my selling blog and sometimes I wont, depends on my mood!

Primitive Colonial "make-do" Hanging Cupboard

Why "make-do"?

Well, because I used big rusty flat head nails instead of a towel bar:)

This piece turned out amazing!! Jason did a fantastic job. Quite large, measures 31' high and 26" across. Available in red over black, custom order as they take a bit of time to complete! Inside is painted black and has one shelf. Can be made with a towel bar instead of the nails.

Email for more info and pricing









I also have a few prims for sale really cheap as I have NO place to store them!

Winged heart hanger (2 available)
$4 plus $4.95 shipping





Round head bunny doll (brown with green homespun dress) holding a prim egg
$12 plus $7 ship SOLD

Another hutch to make-over

A before shot!

Im so excited for this one. Got this from CL this afternoon. I imagined it painted black with maybe red over the black? Not sure yet! Ill work on it this week in hopes of putting in my booth on Saturday.

After a quick take of the doors shot,


see the potential here?

Im not sure if Ill have Jas make me new doors or frame around the outside to show very little shelves, or maybe Ill just leave it as a stepback type!

Also wanted to post a pic of the hanging colonial cupboard he made me last weekend. I got as far as painting it black. It rained here all week so the paint wouldnt dry for me. This is his FIRST cupboard piece and he did an amazing job. Hes out in the shop making another one right now for my booth:)



Ive got quite a bit to share in the upcoming weeks so please check back......

She Seeketh Wool And Flax

Wow! LOOK at this sign!



Dani did an amazing job on this. Dont you agree?

Go see her and order yourself one of these babies.....

Links arent working for me, darn it!

oldehomesteadpeddler.com

So it was either a cheesecake or..... lemon square delights!

I chose the lemon square delights. This is such an awesome springy dessert.
If ya have time and the stuff on hand I suggest whipping up some for Easter tomorrow. I know Im a little late in posting, my bad! Ive been LOVIN this weather....just cant get over it in fact. We usually still have snow around these parts this time of year. In fact, I remember the last 3 Easters it was bone chilling cold!

Lemon Square Delights

CRUST: 1 STICK MARGARINE
2 TSP. POWDERED SUGAR
1 CUP FLOUR
1/2 CUP CHOPPED NUTS

MIX TOGETHER AND BAKE AT 350' FOR 15 MINUTES.
(LET COOL 1 HR.)

FIRST LAYER: 1 1/2 CUPS OF COOLWHIP
1 CUP POWDERED SUGAR
1 8oz. CREAM CHEESE BEAT AND SPREAD ON CRUST


SECOND LAYER: 2 PKG. INSTANT LEMON PUDDING
3 CUPS COLD MILK BEAT AND SPREAD ON 1st LAYER


THIRD LAYER: SPREAD PLAIN COOLWHIP OVER TOP LEAVING 1/2 BORDER, THEN SPRINKLE WITH CHOPPED WALNUTS.


REFRIGERATE.

LOVIN this weather!!

Lovin the sounds of the birds early in the am. Lovin this weather. Lovin having the windows open!!!! Lovin that ALL the kids are outside. Lovin that I hit my first estate sale today. Lovin that I am still on a crafting break. Lovin that my booth is STILL fully stocked. Lovin that its the weekend....finally!



'Nuff said!



Happy Easter my friends! Enjoy the weather, enjoy your family!