Better late than never and a few new hearts for Valentine's Day

I meant to post photos of my Christmas decor - I really did -  but life was busy and hectic and now it's all put away until next year.....sorry!

Here are a few photos of Christmas and our winter wonderland. No photos of New Years as we were all in bed before midnight. You can tell that you're getting older when you could care less about New Year's parties or even watching the festivities on TV :)

Christmas morning.

Hailie asked Santa for a violin and was so excited to find out he brought her one! 

Hailie and Grandpa standing by the snowman we made.

This is our neighbour's tree - it's hard to tell from this photo, but it's about 75 feet tall. New neighbours moved into the house next door this past Fall and I was so happy to see them light up this tree for Christmas...I LOVE it :)

And here are a few of the heart ornies I have for offer on Ebay. You can see them here if you'd like.

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I was having a hard time emotionally to get into the Christmas spirit after what happened at Sandy Hook - it hit me harder than anything I've ever watched on the news. God Bless all those families and help them in the new year ahead.

Happy Easter!

Hope you enjoy the day with family and friends! Off to cook Easter Dinner.

More items for Christmas Craft Show

Item #8  Noel Cross Stitch Ornament

Stitched on  adia cloth using Valdani Floss is Noel. I’ve added a red and white grosgrain ribbon hanger that reads Season’s Greetings. Backed with red corduroy.  Approximately 5 x 3.5 inches.

$20.00 + $7.50 shipping

order by emailing connie@countrycabin.ca Please include Item #

 Item #9  Stitchery Pillow

 

Hand stitched pillow on soft beige flannel and used fabric markers for his scarf and shading. The side borders are made from a cute snowman print and the back is flannel too. Approximately 11 x 10 inches.

$12.00 + $ 8.00 shipping

order by emailing connie@countrycabin.ca Please include Item #

 

Item # 10  Gingerbread Rag Doll

She is made from new fabric rag strips of tan, beige, and gold homespun. I've hand painted the icing around her head and painted her eyes black. She measures 11 inches tall when laying flat and 6 inches tall when sitting. She would look wonderful propped on a pillow or tucked in a prim cupboard.

$14.00 + $7.50 shipping

order by emailing connie@countrycabin.ca Please include Item #

 

Item # 11  Snowman Heart Ornament

Stitched on wool felt is this cute snowman scene with feather tree and snowman appliqué.   The words Let it Snow are on it and I’ve added a blue silk ribbon for a hanger. Approximately 6 x 4 inches not including the hanger. 

$ 10.00 + $5.00 shipping

order by emailing connie@countrycabin.ca Please include Item #

 

Item # 12  Snowman Ornament

This little guy has been made from stained muslin. I've hand stitched his face, added glass bead eyes, and hand stitched the word Brrr to his belly in red cotton string. He has a rusty snowflake attached to his belly. He has a hand dyed Berry Wine and Green ribbon for a scarf tied around his neck. I've added a red cotton string tie but if you prefer to use him as a cupboard tuck or bowl filler, you could easily cut it off.

He is approximately 5 inches tall.

These look absolutely beautiful on a prim Christmas tree! They also look great hanging on a peg, tucked in a cupboard or just sitting on a shelf! 

$6.00 + $5.00 shipping

order by emailing connie@countrycabin.ca Please include Item #

 

Item # 13 Frosty Snowman Ornament

This is one of my Rag Snowmen that have been so popular over the years. They're one of my best sellers!

This little guy has been made from stained muslin. I've hand stitched his face and I've hand stitched the word Frosty to his belly in blue floss. He has a hand dyed blue ribbon scarf tied around his neck. I've added a red cotton string tie but if you prefer to use him as a cupboard tuck or bowl filler, you could easily cut it off.

He is approximately 5 inches tall.

No patterns were used in it's creation making each one a true one of a kind item.

These look absolutely beautiful on a prim Christmas tree! They also look great hanging on a peg, tucked in a cupboard or just sitting on a shelf!

This would also be a nice touch tied to a present or gift bag for that special loved one. 

$6.00 + $5.00 shipping

order by emailing connie@countrycabin.ca Please include Item #

Hope you're all enjoying our Online Christmas Craft Show!

Old Fashioned Online Christmas Craft Show Coming Soon!

Hi, Ladies!

Please "Save the Date" for the weekend of November 11th, 12th & 13th for ORP's

"Old Fashioned Online Christmas Craft Show"! Please join us for this very Unique & Special Event!

Meet some very talented artists!

You will have the opportunity to purchase

some unique, handmade, one-of-a-kind items!

The "Best" part of all is you don't even have to leave your home!

Shop online from home!

Below you will find a list of all of our 

"Christmas Craft Show" Participants...

The Bear's Blog 

Crafts by Jodi

Countryside Cottage

Laura's Little House

Salmon Falls Prims

The Barn Hollow
Happy Valley Primitives

Cat Nap Inn Primitives

Buttermilk Creek Farm

Designs by Guka
  Old Road Primitives
  Sweet Bear Creek Whims 
  Grandma Kringle's Country Crafts
The Farmer's Attic
Santa & the Mrs. 
Olde Crow Mercantile
Huckleberry Lady

Cynzplace

Primitive Country Cabin
Yorkies Primitives
  Olde Annie Primitives 
Mel's Designs from the Cabin
Country Cents 
Colleen's Craft Shed
Paula's Primitives

Ellie's Country Accents
The Cottage Works
Beyond the Attic Door
All Cooped Up
Sew Many Raggedies 
CounterCrafts Primitive Treasures 
Nellie's Nest 
Shell's Vintage Charm
Hickory Ridge Primitives  

Looking forward to seeing you then!!!

Happy Halloween!

 

Our Little Hobo :)

New Penny Rug Items

I figure I better post this now as there's a tornado watch in effect for our area and with even the smallest thunderstorm or winds we loose our power. We have been out of power anywhere from 1 hour to 3 days before....I sure hope we miss it this time!

I've just listed a couple of new items on Ebay. The first is a Primitive Pumpkin Penny Rug which you can see by clicking here 

And the second is a Halloween Penny Rug Pocket that is a Penny Lane Primitives design. I made a Pumpkin Man to slide inside that was my own original design. You can see it here.

Primitive Halloween Banner with Spider

Just a quick post to let you all know I've just listed the first of my Halloween banners on Ebay. You can see it here

This was a first attempt at making a spider and I'm so happy with the results!

The temps have finally cooled off and it's actually cool enough for a sweater up here....I LOVE IT! Come on FALL!

New Offering on Ebay

Just a quick post to let you know that I've just added a new Primitive Halloween Pumpkin Hanger to my Ebay store. You can see it here.

Have a great night!

Primitive Halloween Candy Bin

Just listed this Primitive Candy Bin that I hand painted for Halloween in my Etsy shop. You can see more photos and info on it here

Happy Easter!

Wishing everyone a Happy and Blessed Easter!

Road Trip to St. Jacobs and a new Primitive Black Cat bread board

We went on a little road trip for a few days to the beautiful village of St. Jacobs. It's located in south west Ontario and one of my favorite places to visit. The surrounding Mennonite farms are incredible and we always take a trip out on the back roads to take in all their beauty.

Of course, no trip to St. Jacobs would be complete without visiting their famous Farmer's Market. Considering the time of year and how cold and windy it was, the place was packed. A lot of vendors inside but sadly not too many Mennonite ones this time of year. I like going in late summer - early fall when they're all there selling fresh produce from their buggies. I think another trip in the Fall will be in order :)

Miss Pearl having a hard time deciding what to have at the Market.

Ahh, a huge homemade oatmeal raisin cookie was the choice!

I have a lot more photos to share and will do that soon but I also wanted to show you the Primitive Black Cat bread board I just finished this morning. I think it turned out pretty good if I do say so myself *smile* You can find it in my Ebay store here if you're interested.

Easter Bunny Cupboard Tuck Pillow

Easter bunny pillow that I made using a Terrye French design listed on Ebay last night. I just love her designs! Such a talented artist!

It's COLD here this morning! -21 C 

 

Happy Valentines Day!

Prim Valentine Hearts

I've added a couple of hand stitched Valentine Hearts and a couple of new Snowman pillows to ebay.

Vintage Valentines on CD

Do you love vintage cards?  Me too! Over the past 10 years I've collected vintage cards and scrapbooks containing cards. I've carefully removed the cards from the books and I've scanned them and put them on CD to be able to use for years to come. They're perfect for all your craft needs and of course, making your own cards. I've added 2 of my Vintage Valentine card CDs to my sidebar on the right. I have several more CDs on my website at www.countrycabin.ca

Samples from Valentine CD vol 1

Samples from Valentine CD vol 2

Welcome 2011

Happy New Year!

Blast of Winter

Old Man Winter decided to come callin' today and is supposed to continue his visit for another day. I went outside and took a quick picture of the 2 small trees I have decorated in the yard. There's a lot more snow now than when I took the photo. In fact, I think we have more snow on the ground now than we did all last winter. 

Notice the perfect snowflake at the top middle of the picture...pretty cool!

~It's beginning to look a LOT like Christmas~

Fun Facts about Christmas Trees

- It’s estimated that two million Christmas trees are sold across Canada every year.

- Canada harvests around 5.5 million trees annually. Of those, B.C. produces 300,000.

- In 2008, Canada exported most of its trees to the United States. The breakdown of sales per province was as follows: 860,900 from Quebec, 540,000 from Nova Scotia, 307,100 from New Brunswick, 11,400 from Ontario, 3,300 from B.C. and 51,600 from Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan combined.

- Canada exports to other countries, including Mexico, Japan, the Cayman Islands, Panama, Venezuela, the Bahamas, Aruba, Barbados, Guatemala, the Netherlands, Honduras, British Virgin Islands, Colombia, Jamaica, El Salvador, Antigua and Barbuda, Turks and Caicos Islands, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Singapore, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda, Nicaragua, St. Vincent and Grenada.

- The species that sell the most are the balsam fir and the Fraser fir.

- It takes six to 15 years for a tree to mature and bring to market.

- For every tree harvested, two to three seedlings are planted in its place

- A newer Christmas tree option is the "rental" idea. One company offering this service is Burnaby’s Evergrow Christmas Trees, which will deliver a potted tree to you and pick it up after Christmas.

The facts about artificial trees:

- Most are produced abroad — in China, Taiwan and South Korea.

- On average, an artificial tree lasts between seven and 10 years.

Source: The Canadian Christmas Tree Growers’ Association and the Recycling Council of B.C.

Keeping it simple outside too

I'm keeping true to a simpler Christmas outside too. In past years I've been so stressed out trying to 'do it all'  so this year less fuss + less stress = more enjoyment time and I'm already noticing a difference. I'm actually enjoying every bit of preparing for Christmas this year.

 Here are a couple of gatherings outside my back door (the one visitors come to).

An old milkcan holds a bunch of silk poinsettias. An old rusty bucket and tool caddy await fresh greens that I still have to go cut in our backyard. The vine reindeer was purchased for me by my oldest daughter a few years ago :)

I got this wooden toboggan at a garage sale this summer for $5 - can't beat that! It will be put to good use this winter when we take Grand-baby for rides. And Santa is there to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.

I hope to get out and do some shopping today but they're calling for a major storm so we'll have to wait and see. 

Decorating Fun

I thought I would share a few photos of what we've been up to the past week. We've been busy baking and decorating and will be doing more baking up until the big day.

 I'm  trying to keep things simpler this year and I've noticed I'm not alone in that area. A lot of the blogs I visit have the same idea. I think it's time for our family to tone down Christmas and get back to the main reason for the season - Love of Christ and spending time with family.

Just being together and spending time together preparing for Christmas is a blessing in itself and the only gift I need!

Here's a photo of Grandbaby Hailie picking out her very first ornament to hang on the tree and I LOVE the fact that she chose one of my old rusty jingle bells! She's got primitive in her blood :)

Shelby and Hailie starting to decorate the tree.

Shelby making Sugar Cookies. I forgot to take a picture of the cookies and they're all tucked away in the freezer now. We made chocolate chip cookies too but they're all gone now...LOL

Here is the finished tree. It's an artificial tree that my parents purchased the year I was born and I only use the top half of it due to lack of floor space. 

This display is on top of our entertainment unit. 

I'll be posting more as time permits. I hope you all take time to relax and enjoy the blessings of the season.