Goodies Goodies Goodies

WHOOPEE!

My favorite months of the year

are coming up!!!

Today I wanted to show you

more things I created for the  Fall season.

 

These happy faced pumpkins.

These were done in black, and orange.

I even did pink ones.

Last year one of the stores in the area

carried this color of  real Candy corn.

I decided to make these this year.

White, purple and black.

Do you like the new color?

Do you even like Candy Corn?

I personally do not like these candies.

Made more sock kitties.

Decided to crochet pumpkins

using two color shades this year.

Some I made a leaf, while others just have the stem.

What do you do when you 

have plaid fabric and beads in Autumn colors?

You make Indian Corn.

I finished them using real corn husks.

In other news,

Bob and I have been taking advantage

of the nice weather & eating outside

once again after Thursday's storms.

Sunday morning we even did bacon and eggs

on the new Blackstone grill.

It was Bob's birthday present from me. 

We love this new grill!

Last night ribs with a bean dip.

Today rain, so venison chili tonight inside.

August gift shop sales were better than last year.

Thank goodness as I was getting worried.

Folks love our Halloween room.

Thank you for all of the kind comments on this.

It really does take me many months to prepare.

Orders need to sent in by end of January.

I have an idea for next year's now,

hopefully it will be as good as this year.

Unless of course we find a buyer.

More stores are up for sale and customers

are wondering what is going on with our town.

I just reply that this generation wants to retire,

and its time for the next generation to take over.

Speaking of next generation,

I was flattered when a young lady asked me if

I could come to her house and decorate it.

It is not the first time someone has asked me.

It always makes me feel good.

Please pray for the folks in the path of

Hurricane Idalia.

I have many blogging friends who may be

in her path along with my SIL.

Oh one more thing,

awhile back someone asked me what the previous

paint color was of our guest bedroom.

Unfortunately I do not remember,

but we only get our paints from

Benjamin Moore and it was a tan color.

Well have to my butt to work.

Happy Tuesday all.

Goodie Blessings To All!

Janice

My Inspiration

Bob and I love the old horror movies.

We try to watch Svengoolie every Saturday night. 

We always tape the shows in case we miss it.

Last year we watched the original

Frankenstein movie starring Boris Karloff.

It was then last year as we watched this classic,

that I decided this would be my Halloween 

theme  for this year.

 

I drew up my own version of some Frankie's

Head and body.

I had purchased these heavy springs years ago.

I pulled them out and knew they would be perfect.

I only had 4 springs, so I made four Frankenstein's.

I then used the Boris Karloff image.

Printed on gray cardstock and framed.

These are selling quickly already.

I also had to make the Bride of Frankenstein.

These are selling fast too.

Finally I created this OOAK Frankie.

He had a candy corn necklace.

He sold the weekend opening of our

Mad Scientist room.

Now for a few sneak peek pics.

I took these with the overhead lights off

for a more creepy look just for you.

I used blue rope lights to make it look

like the blue blood was coming out of 

the skeleton into the glass bottle.

Hung this full size skeleton from the ceiling.

Also had more blue lights coming from 

his chest cavity into another glass bottle

on the other side of the room.

I also hung fabric bats underneath him.

I added blue Christmas lights inside

the ribs of another full size skeleton.

Bob duct taped him to the chair.

For the fireplace display,

I wanted it to look like 

blue electricity coming from these

two glass bottles.

Bob found me some blue heavy duty wire

so it looks like it is floating in air in the middle.

I had to twist the wire around the Christmas lights.

The white lights on the bottom are xray images.

Hard to see those in the dark though.

Will show the entire room again

with plenty of pics not seen here in

an upcoming post.

In other news,

Bob and I ate outside on our porch every night

until Wednesday when more storms came in.

Last night we had some doozies come in.

Lightning everywhere.

I thought for sure we would lose power.

Thankful we did not.

Speaking of storms.

Been crocheting up a storm some

stockings for the gift shop and for

my own Christmas tree.

Drew out a Santa pattern that I need to work on.

Then am going to make some different

Candy Canes.

Also been mulling over another rug would like to hook.

Just no time right now for that.

Well YAY its Friday!

What are your plans or the weekend?

Frankie Inspiration Blessings To All!

Janice

Antique Trail Finds

 

On our antique trail this year,

I did not find much for the antique store.

Just one item to resale,

however I pretty much scored

on the home front.

I am 98 percent sure this sampler is 

the real McCoy.

Two of my antique friends also concur.

If anyone thinks otherwise, please share.

I have been seeing antique rugs on tables lately

in displays on Pinterest and in antique stores.

When I saw this one,

 I knew it would fit my kitchen table.

Which is where it is now.

Will remove whenever I have company over.

This mustard piece is from the 1700's.

It is a clay pipe holder.

This would have been used in a tavern

near a fireplace.

Clay pipes would be stored inside for all to use.

Once a traveler was done smoking, 

the clay pipe would be broken off at the end,

and placed back inside for the next person.

I have my eyes on a used set of true 1700

small clay pipes that have been used.

Trying to find long ones is very hard and expensive.

Next I purchased these from an antique friend.

I know I could make these pumpkins myself,

but just opted to purchase from her as I loved

the color of these.

Can you believe I actually found this chair for $10?

Next up is an early red painted candle holder.

I love the  handle on this one.

The round part is metal which

 was grain painted to match the same red.

These beeswax candles were $1.00.

I could not pass them up.

I purchased the candles before

the candle holder,

however they fit perfectly.

Lately I have been seeing document boxes

on the You Tube primitive videos.

When I saw this one, I knew it had to come home.

It will stay on my fireplace mantel for now.

Already have a plan 

for my Autumn display on it.

Early Spanish Brown paint.

Even had a lock at one time.

Shhh...don't tell Bob I brought home another

yellowware bowl.

Again this was a steal for $10. 

Finally I purchased this tobacco.

I was told this was originally purchased in Connecticut,

however am sure the original owner must 

have purchased it in the South where

tobacco was and is grown.

I hung it here temporarily in front of my 

Child's dress hoop.

Will figure out soon where I intend to hang it.

In other news,

Bob and I decided to finally eat outside.

The weather was perfect Saturday night.

I made chicken nachos with mango salsa.

Made Tundra some cheese nachos.

Bob made the margaritas.

We watched the sun set and then went in 

when the mosquitoes were coming out.

The Autumn and Halloween goodies

have been selling good.

Don't want to jinx myself though,

so knocking on wood. LOL 

Please pray for those affected 

hurricane Hilary.

Never been in one and don't want to be.

Trail Find Blessings To All!

Janice

 

August CupboardScape

Whilst driving 400 miles in three days

for our annual mother daughter antique trail,

I noticed lots of red popping up.

Its that time of year where 

the red flowers shine while

 the trees and bushes start to turn red.

Following Nature's lead,

I decided to just add in some

of my reds for this month's cupboardscape. 

Faux red geraniums and stone fruit.

My red bowl, quilt pillow and more fruit.

Red Firkin (sugar bucket) with 

another red bowl on top.

Vintage tomato pincushions round this out.

The repro red coverlet runner wraps up the red.

Are you noticing the reds popping around you?

Summer is dwindling down it seems.

In other news,

while visiting a fellow shop owner on my mini trip,

she told me that she watched the tornado

from last month rip through her back property.

It toppled two of her oldest trees.

One was over 200 years old.

I was gasping that she was watching this.

She watched it cross the road North of her

and turn into a waterspout.

Her early farmhouse  and adjoining shop

is across the road from 

Lake Huron. 

The view of the lake is amazing there.

You can see water for miles.

If I saw this tornado,

I would have been hiding somewhere.

YOUZERS

Also this really bothers me.

Our president is touting to send $700 to each

household of the Maui fire.

What the heck can anyone buy with $700.

These folks lost everything and some their lives.

Yet he just authorized another $40 million

to Ukraine.

Dont get me wrong, Ukraine does need help,

however we should be taking care if US (Maui) first

dont you think?

Well have to get to work.

More severe storms possible this afternoon.

UGH

August Blessings To All!

Janice

 

 

Seeing Red

 Hello prim friends and all of my other blog friends.

Hope your weekend is going well for you.

Well we finally got our living room completed.

I am loving the color red lately.

Don't get me wrong, I still love my blues,

but red has been catching my eye lately. 

I traded in my blue throw curtains for these red ones.

The true color is in the previous pic.

I purchased two primitive throws for my curtains.

These are a darker red.

Previously I had these blue coverlet throws as curtains.

These were washed and put aside for the back room.

They will be re-used as throws.

We replaced the antique rag rug that was here.

I purchased this red one now.

We moved the white couch back to the other room,

and put this one here in the living room now.

This was a chore in itself.

We had to put the white one into the hall and carry this one

outside the back door and into the front door.

We could not carry it through the house without

moving more cabinets...so opted to do this.

Which meant we had to keep Tundra in the front

of the house while taking it outside,

then closing Tundra back up in the back room

while coming through the front door.

Same when we had to move the white couch back.

Tundra was confused.

This was our previous antique rug.

I really wanted this as a rug.

It was only sold as stair runners. UGH

Now it is on or table in the front of our couch.

Close up of the new rug with the sun coming through.

I decided to place my new table here in the middle.

The blanket chest we had used as a table

in front of the white couch is now in the front window here.

This will prevent Tundra from barking at everything. LOL

Having the table here now reminds me

of some of the houses we visited in the museums.

A lot of them had a table by the front door.

Also you can see our hickory floor 

with the floor rug gone.

We also swapped out tv's.

The small one is now here on the drysink,

while the bigger one is in the back.

I had to fold the coverlet from the guest bedroom

and place it here before my mom came.

She is allergic to wool.

I picked her up on Thursday and she spent

the night with us and then she and I went

on the antique trail.

So now that leaves the back room to redo.

This is going to take forever.....

I still have my Christmas tree, Christmas totes,

and Fall totes stacked up in there from last year.

Bob promised me this Spring those would go

into the garage.....still in the back room.

In other news,

the antique trail was a bust for trying to find

items for the store.

I did find some things for the house.

Will show in another post.

Torrential rains hurt Bob's parking lot sale.

Mom and I avoided the rain while we were out.

We were North of the storms.

Please say a wee prayer for those affected

in Maui. Such a tragedy.

So far the Mad Scientist theme is a hit with customers.

Hopefully store sales will increase.

Speaking of store, heading out to work

the gift shop now.

Seeing Red Blessings To All!

Janice

A Few Milestones

Hello friends.

Boy am I beat.

Spent 11 hours working on the

 mad scientist room.

Then another 8 on the Fall items.

Today the kitchen area and make sure everything's priced. 

As you know Bob celebrated a milestone

birthday last Friday.

SIL to the left.

Those who attended were my

BIL to the left, sister and brother to the right.

Left to right.

Daughter, grandkids and Bob's dad.

Left to right.

Bob's cousin and wife.

Bob's son in law and daughter.

Then Monday we celebrated my grandson's

20th birthday.

I cannot believe Michael is no longer a teen now.

I also teased him about his yellow hair.

Am not a fan of colored hair...

especially the green, purple and pink.

To each his own.

Yes Robin we went out to another restaurant.

We all shared wings and apps.

My daughter Michele in the middle,

Mikayala on the left.

In other news,

I neglected to answer the bedroom color

before we painted.

It was a tan from Benjamin Moore,

however I dont remember the color.

Well back to the store again.

I hope to be done today....

I did have my first sale already.

Grandpa Ed wanted to see the room

and he ended up purchasing a LED skull

for his daughter.

She loves Halloween and just bought a new house.

Summer stores sales were down almost

35% so lets hope Fall & Halloween pick up.

Not good for small business.

A few other gift shops in town already

opened their Fall and Halloween.

They usually wait until after I open,

so it must be bad all around.

Milestone Blessings To All!.

Janice