AMERICAN TRADITIONS

Well looky what news I have for my 100th post! My good friend, Donna Smith is having a new show in November http://www.picturetrail.com/americantraditions

How exciting for us to get back there to Ohio. We're hoping to see ya'll there on Friday or Saturday. Keep checking back for any updates or news on this great show.

P.S. Guess I need to start looking for a special give-away gift to celebrate this 100th post, so if you're following my blog and want to enter the drawing, please leave a comment to this post and we'll enter your name. The deadline is June 10th. Blessings! Oh yeah..forgot to ask you to please post on your blog (if you wish) that we're having a give-away. The more the merrier! : )

Sad loss...

So sad to see so many years of hard work gone in a flash. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Sharon in the loss of her shop, Saltbox Farm. http://saltboxfarm.blogspot.com/ We hope the days ahead are filled with strength and courage while facing the decisions she must make.

Blessings, Sharon, from your primitive friends!

Heirloom Fishnet Canopies

I know...I'm hopeless! Each day, I think I'm going to post and have pictures and do all these grand things with my blog... I used to be so organized! I'm just as tired of my excuses as you must be...LOL

I do have something good to blog about, though. Through a series of events, I have had the opportunity to meet Miss Eula Osborne and see her wonderful fishnet bed canopies. I have one from about 30 years ago and love it. For all you Colonial Country decorators out there, you know what I'm talking about. These canopies are handmade to fit your tall pencil post beds and can be made to fit any size.


Miss Eula is such a sweet lady and has been making canopies for over 30 years, here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina...actually just a few miles down the road from us. Who woulda thunk such a talented and sweet person was so close. : ) Anyway, Miss Eula has a lot of spunk and determination, as she deals with diabetes on a daily basis. She's limited in other things she would like to do, but each day, she gathers her supplies of string/twine and weaves the most wonderful fishnet canopies. They're called 'fishnet' because the weaving resembles a fishnet...

Her brother makes the frames for the canopies as well as other items and they have a website... http://www.heirloomcanopies.com/heirloomcanopies.html


You can check the website to see the various designs and sizes Miss Eula makes, and I can tell you that she can make a wonderful, white canopy or my favorite, antique white.

The best part is, if you call Miss Eula directly (not through the website), you just might get a bit better price for a canopy. If you're interested, give her a call at (336) 385-2744.

FOLLOWERS?

After several requests, I finally added FOLLOWERS to my blog. (check the sidebar) Thanks to all of you who visit often and to those who are visiting for the first time. Hopefully, I will do a better job of posting more frequently. Besides, I'm approaching that 'magic' 100th post...someone should surely get a reward for being around for that! LOL We're trying to come up with something really special..perhaps something Giles has created? Or something I've stitched together? Just keep FOLLOWING to find out... : )

What a great show!

WOW! What a great show! I finally got caught up with chores and errands and wanted to post a few pics of our booth at the WINTER IN THE VALLEY show this past weekend. So many great vendors and wonderful goodes! Donna Smith and Linda Miller put on an outstanding event...Thanks to them (as well as Don & Ralph : ), to all the other fine vendors, and especially all the great customers who came through. I think many had 'cabin fever' and were happy to get out and do some antiquing...Can't wait until the SUMMER IN THE VALLEY in July! Oh! Go on over to Donna's site and check out pictures of other vendor's goods... http://picturetrail.com/southernstarantiques

Simply Country Gardens

Judy Condon's newest book has arrived... Let us know if you wish to purchase. $28.95 (includes shipping)

Check out Selling Blog

Hey folks...have been putting a few simple goodes on my Selling Blog, so go on over and check them out. http://plainfolkssimplegoodes.blogspot.com/

Also, I recently noticed that I've got almost 100 posts, so I think I should have a give-away. Keep watching...it will be soon. Hmmm...now to think of something really special to give... : )

There should be a better way..

There should be a better way! Got a call early this morning that we wouldn't need to venture out to help put the 'meals on wheels' food together because school was cancelled...because of the weather...again. The program goes by the school schedule. No school? No meals delivered. Hmm...don't people still need food? Especially because of the weather? I know it's dangerous for many of us to get out on the treacherous roads when there is snow and ice, but we were willing to try. Instead, we snuggled down and went back to sleep. How can we do that so easily when many folks had no means of 'snuggling'...very little source of heat and now, no food.

We live in the Blue Ridge Mountains...it gets really cold and it snows...and lately, that happens a lot! But what do the recipients of these food deliveries do when we can't get the food to them? Many of them aren't able to cook...many don't have the food items to cook...And what about the children who don't get to school because of the weather? Last year, they never were able to 'make up' the missed days "because of weather". Many of these children don't get a meal if they don't get to school. And if they don't have school on Fridays, they miss out on the food sent home for the weekend (The Backpack Program) What about them? There should be a better way!

So frustrating... Now it's about 10AM and looks like the sun may shine...so later, the temps will warm up (to a sultry 38*) Maybe some of the snow might melt and access to some remote places will be better...but we didn't go in to prepare the food, so these folks will miss that 'meal on wheels' today...I guess they can enjoy the sunshine as they listen to the rumble of their tummies...hungry for food and hungry for a friendly face...hungry for warmth...and maybe they can explain to the children why they don't have food today either. There should be a better way!

Yes, I do blog...

Yes, I do blog...

Yes, I do blog...just not as much as I should or could. LOL I have some friends who want to see & hear more blogging and some who don't care if they ever read mine or anyone elses.

Ok..this is for the ones who care... : ) The pic above is one of my favorites...first of all, I love Giles' workshop/barn. I can look out from the cabin and invision him working away at some wonderful creation. Sometimes, we'll go for hours and not communicate, but all either of us has to do is push a button on the intercom and hear the other one answer.

This time of year, it's hard to get too many simple goodes completed because of the weather...after all, that heater will only heat so much and feet do get cold. I don't venture out there too often in the winter...you'll laugh, but one reason I don't is my legs are so short, if there is much snow on the ground, I need 'hip boots' on just to plow through and down the hill.

I just leave him to his work and I try to do some stitchin' or some hand-work up here in the cabin. Around lunch time, he'll trudge up here for something warm to eat and then off he goes, back to his work. The man cannot sit still, so it's good that he has such a welcoming place to create...and I'm sure he spends a good amount of time day-dreaming too...about SPRING! A long time off, but a man can dream!