Happy Memorial Day Weekend

Fun & Flowers...

Flowers, Fine Folk & Family

A depiction of an American flag we whipped up from a bundle of lathe Tim found.

What mischief is this?! We've got flowers! Yippee... some hydrangeas and grasses and hubby moved the box woods over as we're trying to save them. You see, the neighborhood cats just have to spray them when passing through. Still have some trimming and filling in to do and then the rest is up to time and Mother Nature.

Friends...

 Remember my Australian customer? She sent me some more photos and see the Victorian Mottos, well she's gonna make me one just like hers that reads "The Lord Provides". I'm so excited. Raelene has opened a store on Etsy, An Elegant Era, where she sells her mottos.

Celebration...

Come join a LadyBug Picnic! Our Old Farmhouse Gathering Summer Celebration ends Monday.

Family...

A wedding this Memorial Day weekend! Tim's niece, Kristen will be joined with Matt in holy matrimony. Congratulations and best wishes to the newlyweds!

Salute!

Rocking Chair Relaxation

I want to share what's new from the wood shop, a custom order for a repeat customer. The same customer who ordered the cubby unit. I love how they both turned out and wouldn't mind having them in my home. 

Here's our ole rocking chairs on the front porch. Look! We've got grass growing... lol.  The fur babies are loving they're new free graze too. Not in this pic, but Tim stuck those solar lights all along the sidewalk on both sides. We sat out in the rockin' chairs, together, watching the fireflies and the fur babies. It was sooo nice and I really enjoyed myself. Mind you, I haven't been out front of my home for years due to my agoraphobia. Putting things together, a little at a time... baby steps.

Ya just gotta have rockin' chairs. I'm gonna put a little table of some sort between them for our ice teas. Tim and son have already sat a spell and enjoyed the view. Now we seriously need to get some flowers out there!

We get deer who visit us quite frequently and we enjoy watching them as they grow and each have their own families. This one is due soon to have her first fawn. Hubby treats them with corn and a salt lick. It's really rewarding to be able to "stop and smell the roses", know what I mean :o)

SummerTime Celebration with OFG

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My etsy team The Old Farmhouse Gathering is having a Summer Celebration! We're all curating treasuries like crazy to present the handmade items the gals have made especially for the celebration, especially for you, our wonderful customers. Give us a visit on etsy by simply clicking on the Summertime graphic, and maybe you'll see a Summertime "must have" for your home.

Here's one of my treasuries. Just click on the title to visit :o)

Fresh Produce Time!

For those of us who don't have green thumbs and can't grow our own.

Ever since Tim and I became a married couple in 1978, we've been a constant customer of The Witten Farm Market & Greenhouse. Of course back then they were just Witten Farm, with their produce stacked up neatly on a couple little stands they had set up in front of their farm. Over the years we've watched them expand and now they have markets set up in central to southeast Ohio, and even in West Virginia. People would travel from all over to get their produce from Witten Farm.

Anyway, hubby came toting in our first batch of their fresh fruit... nice luscious strawberries, delicious cantaloupes, and  crisp sweet fresh watermelon. I'm thinking about the peaches and nectarines now... ahhh good eating. We also grill their fresh corn on the cob and big ole taters with our chicken. I'll be begging hubby for a few baskets of their beautiful flowers too. On my wish list!

I'll bet some of you gals have your favorite produce stands and farmer's markets in your hometown too.

Packages Away on A Sunny Day!

The windows are open, the breeze is flowing, got Brandy's "Country Sweet Muffin" candle burning... ahhhh, simple is good. Yeah, we've got great cool windy weather with lots of sunshine today, which makes for excellent photo taking. So away I went with my arms full of items, back and forth for this and that... lol. It's a job and works up a good sweat.

 I like to decorate our wood crafts, but I don't go all out for as you know how much work that is. I only hope that the customer uses their imagination and really decks them out with their wooden wares and primitives.

 There are so many ways to decorate our wood crafts. I like to try to include some textiles as well such as bonnets, towels, ditty bags, or even old cutter quilt stackers.

So you can imagine my mind going nuts when staging for these photos. I even stuck one of our redware plates on this double spice cubby cabinet for a change. I mean, I imagine you could use this piece for something other than just spices as well.  No supervisors today, can you believe it... lol. They were all busy running in and out, playing outside and sunning themselves. Ahh, the life of a cat. I've always called them eating, pooping, sleeping pillows. Anyways, without their help, hubby packaged up all these wood crafts and they're on their way to their new country homes. Hubby has yet to find time to start on my "new wood craft" idea I have rolling around in my head. There are a few, it's just having the time.

Now he's going to work on our landscaping in the front and side yard, so here's some before pics.

 Hubby "borrowed" some dirt here for up top... lol. He's got a vision, but I'm not seeing it yet. Are you one of those people that when someone is describing something to you, they're just gonna have to draw it out for you or you just can't see it? That's me!

 Although I'm sure it will be wonderful.

 Got some trimming to do and weeding... aargh.

This is Timmy's out building that I've been wanting to plant sunflowers in front of for years. Still got my fingers crossed. Since he had to work away from home for five years, kinda put things on hold ya know. But, he's back and says he's gonna spruce this place up!

Hope y'all are having a wonderful day!

Keep those creative juices flowing!

Wonderful Weekend and a Winner

Hello ladies! Well we had a wonderful Mother's day weekend even though it was a rainy one. I hope y'all had a wonderful weekend too.

Before the rain though hubby did get grass seed sown and straw strewn. We're working on getting some flowering bushes and I'd love to have a big beautiful butterfly bush too. You can see the before photos HERE. It's been slow going with only hubby splitting himself up between wood crafting, mowing lawns, and most importantly me :o) He couldn't slow down if he wanted to, it's not in his genes.
Know what I mean?

Also before the rainy day, I took advantage of the natural light and took photos of a customer's farmhouse cabinet.

Remember this... these photos were taken on the rainy day, but the customer is very happy with her knife display rack and I'm hoping she will send us some photos when she gets it up and has her collection displayed.

Now for the winner of our Mother's Day weekend giveaway.
#26 Trace of Granny Trace Scraps & Squares and on Etsy too! Congratulations Trace!
Trace is a sweet strawberry blonde living the life in Paradise with her wonderful family.
Stay crafty my friends!

What A Week of Wealth & Wonderment

Hi folks. Carol has felt a little worse for wear all week. It's been a struggle, but just when you think things are bad, in pours the good from everywhere, and I mean everywhere!

I won two giveaways, Sandi's of The Primitive Skate salt dough creations giveaway. An awesome assortment made prim perfect with muted colors just the way I like them. Sandi did an excellent job with them. I mean it is Mother's Day weekend and I am a mother, which is why my #1 son bought me white roses to show his respect for his momma.

I won Vicky's of PaintSpots and Splinters Mother's Day giveaway! Time for some serious pampering.

Brenda loves her new toaster cover, plus Katie and Kaden love their new clock. The positive feedback keeps coming (knock on wood), and we've got customers coming back for more and more.

I did manage to get my church on a pedestal sanded down and put on the new porch. Tim will be working on the landscaping this weekend... hooray!

Ann of A Hole In The Basket loves her new farmhouse cabinet she received from our swap. So you see, I'm surrounded by goodness and love and that makes this Firecracker Kid feel pretty darn good. So good that I wanna spread some wealth and wonderment, and have a little Mother's day giveaway.

Let's run this giveaway through the weekend.
*For the rolling pin peg rack only*
USA and Canada residents only please.
Just leave your comment and I'll pick a winner and announce on Monday. Good luck everybuddy!

Swapping with my Sweeties

They're here! My baskets from Ann of  A Hole in the Basket!

My grocery bag holder/dispenser. This is a must have for those reusable plastic bags from the grocery store. I told Ann I had loads of those bags so she made my basket a little taller. Thank you sweetie, we both love them both.
They are excellent :D

 Also from Ann, my beautiful long basket, which I borrowed Linda's idea of displaying the swans made by Angie of Lil Raggedy Angie. Cuddling beneath my basket is my willow tree runner made by Michelle of Granny's pantry.

I put my pip berry garland in there and now I'm waiting on another swan from Angie.I was also thinking about adding a white pip berry garland. What ya think?

 What's been going on in the wood shop is this custom order for a knife holder for a customer who will soon enough be a new mommy.

Still a work in progress, there will be a back on it. This is for the customer's collection of cheese spreader knives. So that's what has been going on in the wood shop in addition to filling regular orders and Tim mowing lawns in the heatwave we're having here.

I am truly thankful for my swap mates and all of you kind and wonderful ladies I've met while blogging. Your compassion and thoughtfulness is indelible.