Re-do at Aunt Bee's

I had fun spending a couple of hours reworking my booth at Aunt Bee's. Patti and I have had fun making new goodies for the store. Hope you can stop by and take a peek.

Blackberry Junction

Just a quick note to let everyone know that Blackberry Junction begins this Friday in Albany. I'm on my way now to go and help with set up. I will be working today and tomorrow. I've already heard good things.  Click here to go to her blog. I'm sure she will be posting picks later on in the week with dates and times.
Gotta dash...

Fall pumpkin tips ?

It's almost time to get ready for fall. I wouldn't try it this way though. I just love the muppets - especially the swedish chef.

Fall is now at Aunt Bee's

Well I spent about 3 hours today changing my booth out to fall at Aunt Bee's. I know it's a little early, but I'll be going on vacation soon and I wanted to get it all taken care of before I leave.
Here are a couple of pictures...

You may notice a couple of "blank" spaces - I'm saving room because tomorrow my booth partner Patti will be moving some of her fab fall items into the store. I'm so lucky to be sharing a space with such a talented lady.

 And tomorrow afternoon I will be changing my space at Girl's Back Porch. Don't you just love this time of year?

What a hoot!

Well I just finished up these very grubby primitive owls. They are made from a great pattern by Chestnut  Junction. I made the tags from 100 year old ledger paper. These owls will be at Aunt Bee's tomorrow, The Girl's Back Porch on Friday and at Blackberry Junction of course. I am selling them for $12 each. I love the picture with all of them together. Of course I couldn't take the photos without proper management ....

Thanks Nadia....

Our Kitty Nadia

We adopted Nadia around Christmas time 2008 and we were going to be "good" owners and not let her outside. She has always been a curious little monkey and really wanted to go outside and have grand adventures. Well after about 6 months of living with us she mastered the art of opening the front door (even when it's locked - like in the video). We have to put the  umbrella stand in front of the door at night to keep her in. Now if only she would learn to close the door.....

Primitive Pumpkin Door Hanger

I just finished up this fun primitive pumpkin door hanger. His face is all hand stitched. He is made from stained and painted onasburg. I finished up 7 of these and they will be at Aunt Bee's, The Girl's Back Porch and at Blackberry Junction as well. This guy is made from a pattern by Prims by Kim.  Now on to my next project.....

Just a reminder....

Just a little reminder for all of you that live in Oregon - my sale at The Girl's Back Porch continues until Saturday and I will be restocking on Tuesday (if all goes according to plan that is). 
At Aunt Bee's I marked down more items and restocked today. I'm hoping to make more tarts this week (as soon as it cools down a little more), and sometime next week I will be beginning to bring in fall items to both stores. 

Cinnamon Pumpkins

I had fun this Saturday making these great lookin' cinnamon covered pumpkins. Let me tell you though I had glue, cinnamon, and sealer all over me - I can't remember the last time I was that sticky. I will be selling these pumpkins at Aunt Bee's House, and The Girl's Back Porch in about a week or so. And of course I will have oodles at Blackberry Junction. Each one is packaged in a clear cello bag with a cute tag to protect them and I'm selling them for $2.50 each.

Win this great doll from Tammy !

Tammy from a Primitive Place is having a drawing to win this great looking pumpkin doll. Click here to enter. I hope I win - isn't she darling!

Broom Rides

Its been so nice lately, I've really had some time to craft. I've begun making my fall items (a little late I know). Today I just finished these lovely ladies. They are all offering broom rides for $1. I made these sweet witches using a pattern from Homespun Hugs and Calico Kisses - I just love making her designs.  These girls will be flying off to Blackberry Junction in a couple of weeks and will be $24 each. I've also made some great pumpkin bowl fillers that will be at The Girl's Back Porch and Aunt Bee's in a couple of weeks. I will try to keep everyone posted of the goodies I finish up.

Who doesn't Love a sale?

It's almost the end of the summer season - so that means sale time!

At the Girl's Back Porch everything is 15% off (except for Mercantile Gatherings and Primitive Place magazines) including my new tarts & sachets - yippee! 

At Aunt Bee's I have selected items to be on sale and the are individually marked down. The items on sale range in discount from 15% to 50% off !

I will be restocking both booths next week with new product as well. The sale will last until August 21 and then I will begin to bring in my fall goodies.

New Product

I always think its fun to try new things and I love looking for new things to make. This year I will be selling yummy smelling soy tarts and what I'm calling primitive sachets. 

I'm not sure how long the soy tarts burn yet, but they seem to be taking hours and hours. I thought I would be all smart and scientific and weigh one and then burn it for 10 hours and then weigh it again when it cooled and do the math - well it didn't use any of the tart up, so I will just have to burn it longer so I figure out about how long one will last. One inexpensive way to burn these tarts is  to place a tart in a little canning jar and then place it the jar on a candle warmer - it works great! These tarts don't burn so well in the scentsy warmers, however - they just don't get warm enough.  

I took a couple of pictures at Aunt Bee's of my new products (they are also available at Girl's as well. The tarts are 2 to a package at Aunt Bee's and sold individually at Girl's.

The sachets come in 7 different scents for now, but I plan on making more. These work great in a car, closet or drawers. I'm going to put one with my sheets so they will give me sweet dreams when I make my bed.

 I have 8 different scents of tarts for now, but I plan on making more as time goes by. I can't decide on my favorite scent - it may be Harvest or is it pumpkin pie? It's too hard to choose!

New at Aunt Bee's

Not only did I move into a new and bigger space at Girl's Back Porch this week, I also have expanded at Aunt Bee's House as well. Beginning September 1st I will have a booth partner - Patti Campbell. Her dolls and cloth items are to die for! I am so excited to be sharing a booth with her. Here are some pictures from Wednesday. I will be bringing more goodies on Monday (I think) and Tuesday for The Girl's Back Porch.

I am also updating The Girl's Back Porch Blog when I'm done here so be sure to take a look at all of the great re- do's and moves.

New Space at Girl's

I worked really hard today and boy are my dogs barking....
Today I moved all of my treasures into Debi's space at The Girl's Back Porch and tomorrow she gets to work really hard and put her treasures in my old space. I took a couple of pictures to share - there is more than pictured - I really got a lot into that room. It is so much fun to work in a new space.

Garage Sale

I've been hard at work at my mom's pricing items for our upcoming garage sale. If you live in the Salem area and like a good sale, I hope you can stop by. It starts this Friday and goes through Sunday ( we have that much stuff). There will be vintage goodies, some furniture, fabric, crafts and craft supplies, and the usual toys and kids clothes. Plus a couple of TVs, DVD players, a VCR, DVDs & CDs and a bunch of other great stuff -all priced dirt cheap!

My mom lives at 540 22nd st NE Salem Oregon - just one block south of center street. The sale is from Friday & Satuday 9:30 am to 5pm and Sunday 9:30 am to 3pm with items half off on Sunday. The kiddos will be selling drinks and baked goods as well. 

A good day Junking

Mom and I had a good time junking this morning. I manage to spend all of my money by lunch time -which leaves the afternoon for crafting. Most of these items will end up at the Girl's Back Porch. The beginning of August 
Debi and I will be trading spaces. It will be fun to working with a new space. Well I better get to work.

NEED QUILTS ?

I wasn't sure if anyone out was desperate for cutter quilts, but I've started listing some on ebay. I got two lots up today and hope to get more up tomorrow. I'm trying to sell them cheaply since shipping is such a bear. At the bottom of the page is a link to my auctions and there is one in the previous post.

Now I have to get back to making pumpkins and away from the computer....

More goodies for ebay...

Here is a sampling of some of the great books, magazines and patterns I have listed on ebay with the hope it will pay for our trip to Disneyland (well some of it anyway). I have about 50 items listed right now and hope to finish up with the craft patterns books and magazines next week. I also have some more Longaberger to list and hopefully some handmades at rock bottom prices. I have about 5 weeks or so to get everything listed. You can see my auctions here - wish me luck

Ever have one of those months....

Our family is very very blessed - however we are having one of those months where we are getting a lot of extra bills (thevet, the dentist, and the dishwasher died a tragic death and now we will have to wash dishes by hand - horrors), and amongst all of this we still want to go to The Happiest Place on Earth (who wouldn't?) so I'll be putting as much stuff on ebay as I can in the next 5 to 6 weeks to pay for our hotel room. 

So if you get a chance please take a peek at my auction page ( I also have a widget at the bottom of this page with my auctions so you can check back often) Click here for my auction page  - thanks for taking a peek.

I promise not to mail our cat....