Spring is in bloom!

I am so glad that everyone is enjoying the free pattern. You are very welcome!! Just my way of giving back and saying thank you, to all of you!

It sure is beautiful and sunny here today. I was just outside and saw that some of my Spring flowers were blooming and had to take a couple pics of the daffodils and Hyacinth. Hope you enjoy your day!

New Ebay Listing & Free Pattern

Thanks everyone for the kind words about my unemployment! I am enjoying the time off and having fun creating. Next week I plan to get some Spring cleaning done....room by room!

I am also enjoying the warmer weather and working out in the garage on some more wooden creations. I just finished an Americana angel and listed her on Ebay. Here is a little glimpse of her and you can see her auction by clicking here.


I have also listed a new free pattern!!! It is my primitive old glory pattern. The pattern is in the right side column. Hope you enjoy making it!!

Flea Market Find & New Ebay Listing

Sorry I was not around to wish everyone a Happy Easter. I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!!!

I had so much going on....last Thursday, I got laid off from my job!!!! I knew things were slowing down but I did not see that one coming...just figures, right before a holiday! They may have an opening in a couple of months for a different position...so I will have to see what happens and keep my eyes open for a new job. Until then, I will have more time to do what I love....CREATE!!

Saturday we had our Easter dinner and we had all of our nieces and nephews and their significant others over...we had a blast and dinner turned out great. We all ate way too much.

Sunday morning we headed off to the flea market....yes, they were open! There were a few more sellers than last time but still not packed like usual. Hopefully with the warmer weather things will pick up! I managed to find this little treasure. It is a vintage chicken feeder with an antique barrel shaped pickle jar. I can bet you all can guess what I plan to do with it, right?


I know with the warmer weather just around the corner I love to decorate my front and back porch with primitive flea market finds and such so it got me thinking...... and I have come up with a new Primitive Porch Series. I used to dabble in making wooden items and thought about making some primitive wooden items to decorate your porches with. My first Primitive Porch creation is based on a TFC Folk art doll and is listed on Ebay along with my Americana black cat doll. Click here to view my auctions
Here is a sneak peak of her.



She is a one of a kind! I have a few other items to add to my series and can't wait to share them with you!

Primitive Americana Black Cat Doll

Well, the weather has just got worse...it is actually snowing snowballs here. I have never seen snow fall that large before! Hopefully it will stop soon and not stick too much! The only good thing is I finished another item, lol! This is Harold, he measures 12 1/2" tall and is my Americana black cat doll. He has a stitched on nose and eyes adorned with tiny rusty bells, rusty wire whiskers (say that five times fast, lol) and a rusty wire collar with bell. I stitched a grungy American flag on him and embroidered U S A towards the bottom of him. He would look great sitting on your prim shelf or tucked in between your other prims and antiques.




If you would like to purchase him, just give me a hollar at sweetpeasprimitives@comcast.net with your name and mailing address. I accept payapl, money orders and personal checks with a 7 day hold. Please let me know how you wish to pay for her when emailing. Harold will arrive signed and dated.
ON EBAY

Hand Sewn Early Primitive Vintage Quilt Prairie Doll

I am offering this sweet primitive quilt prairie doll ~ Sarah, for sale on my blog. Sarah measures 11" tall and is entirely made from a vintage quilt and is completely hand sewn. Sarah has a gusset head with removable bonnet and has penciled facial features. Her head is stuffed with pieces of the quilt for that old lumpy feeling of days gone by. Her body and arms are rolled and she can stand on her own. Her dress and bonnet are also made from the same vintage quilt. She has a twine tie around her dress with a couple sprigs of sweet annie and the year 1809 stitched on the bottom of her dress. You will just love how old she looks! Click on each picture for a larger view.






If you would like to purchase her, just email me at sweetpeasprimitives@comcast.net with your name and mailing address. I accept payapl, money orders and personal checks with a 7 day hold. Please let me know how you wish to pay for her when emailing. Sarah will arrive signed and dated.
SOLD ~ Thank You!!!

My Flea Market Find

Wow. I cannot believe I have not posted for so long. I am so sorry and promise to get better with that! I wanted to share my flea market find with you.


I found this treasure two weeks ago at one of our local flea markets. It was opening week and there were only about 10 sellers but I managed to come home with this terrific find! I knew, the minute I saw it, I just had to have it and was in love, lol! I did a search on the internet and found out it is an antique oak wooden water keg with a bail handle.


It is all original, including the wooden red handle!





I cannot wait to get back there to find more treasures. It was snowing last Sunday so I could not go back and they are calling for rain this Sunday. Hopefully the weather will break and I will be able to go back soon!