That Darn Elf

Thank You Thank You
For all of your wonderful comments about our new bath.
Bob and I both appreciate it.
I always knew I had the BEST blogging friends!

I thought about starting to decorate for Christmas.
Will create a few things for sale when time permits.
Then this darn elf came out of the bin.

It is his fault I made these.

It's all his fault.

He made me do it.

Just like that elf on the shelf.

He made me do it.

This time of year it is always his fault.

So I created this fun little pillow tuck.

Printed the saying on a tan fabric with tiny hearts and dots.

The background and back of pillow is a red check fabric.

Back of the pillow.
I made 12 of these lil pillow tucks for the show this weekend.
They are approx. 6  1/2 x  3  1/4.
I am selling these for $8.00 at the show.
If anyone is interested in purchasing one 
before Saturday, then please email before than at
primsbythewater@yahoo.com 
and based on your address will let you know shipping cost.

Well off to work.
It's almost Friday.
Last night decorated two Christmas trees at the store.
It is looking so festive over there now.
Need to take pics and show you.

Darn Cute Elf Blessings To All!
{Pssst...he...the elf...just told me he will be making
appearances in most of my posts from now on}

It is the imp in him I guess. LOL
Janice   

Bath Peek N Boo

Oh My Goodness

Can you believe Thanksgiving in next week?

We will be spending our turkey day 
with my sister and her family,

 my kids and grands,

 my brother and SIL and my mom.

Good food and good times will be had.

Cold temps for today with rain later.
The deer will be moving more than ever now.
Before I head off to work,

 I would like to share some pics of our new bath.

I saved this antique mirror for years.

Kept it safe in the spare room.

Bob painted it black to match the antique dresser

turned into sink.

The marble top from Home Depot fit perfectly.

This dresser was originally an olive green color.

The black goes well with our tile.

{Tile looks yellow here...it is black and grayish white}.

The stone shower floor and tile in the shower.

Black granite sill.
{Again color a bit yellow}

The bench seat.

We had to order the glass door,

so we put up a shower curtain for now.

This black granite niche holds our shampoo/ conditioner.

While this one holds our bath gels and loofahs.

Two shower heads.

Bob says the big one is for him,

the little one for me. 

{I use the big one too}

Don't let Bob fool you.

The toilet.

{not sure why that line is in this pic}

Another view.

Antique door leading to our hall.

Still need to hang a few things.

Also need to find a small prim cabinet to go over the toilet.
{Bob may be making one}

Need to accessorize the rest, so more to come. 

I so love having a fresh new clean look!

Bob is the bestest....so is cousin Jimmy!

Even though it took longer than expected...

it is what we wanted.

We are both very pleased.

Bath Peek N Boo Blessings To All!

Janice

Show Stopper

It's a dreary day here in Michigan,

but the temps are COLD!

Staying inside to price goodies for this weekend's show.

Then sewing up a batch of Christmas pillows.

It snowed like a banchee Friday when we left

for the prim show.

Then we encountered this deer 

who decided to run alongside our van for a bit.

He was a bit off the road, but kept running at our pace.

Bob finally slowed down more and he went into the woods.

Thank goodness he did not run into the road

when we first came upon him.

Here are some pics of our booth.

Now for some show stoppers.

This is a 1700 settle bench table.

This early horse.

A wonderful early sampler.

Loved this quilt.

Loved this make do chair and red corner shelf.

Vintage huge santas.

Find your favorite here.

This dealer made awesome waxed goodies...

that smelled amazing!

Bob and I had a great time visiting

 with our fellow vendor friends.

I  purchased another red/ white quilt.

A vintage bottle brush tree for one of my displays.

A prim sieve and some rose hips...again for displays.

Well of to work.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.

Show Stopper Blessings To All!

Janice 

Throwback Thursday

Well since our house is still a mess,

I have been unable to take any recent pics

of anything.

Since I have no energy to tackle any cleaning after work,

and with shows the next two Saturdays....

that just leaves Sunday in between laundry to clean.

If you saw our house right now...

There are prim goodies 

in both the living room and back room.

Then there are the vintage items for next Saturdays show.

Once they get outta here,

I can begin to take down the Fall decor,

and start the Christmas Season.

In the meantime, here are some pics of the museum

in Port Sanilac, MI.

Mourning dress laid out on the bed.

Check out that high headboard.

Early fabric rocker with a yo yo pillow.

I would like to make one of these one day.

Loved this blue wainscoting and door.

The home was owned by a doctor.

Collection of old medicine bottles.

Their daughter's room.

It is a known fact that if you move items

in this room, they will be put back in place the next day.

She does not like things moved.

Finally this 1950's police car.

I love the simplicity of this car.

This was parked outside the police station

in Savannah GA when we visited a few years ago.

Do you like visiting museums?

Bob and I love going to any that we can find.

We learn so much from our past.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

Will be back soon with new pics.

Old Picture Blessings To All!

Janice

Our Autumn Bedroom

Does everyone feel like I do about this
moving the clocks back???
It sure does take a toll on this ole body of mine.
Not sure whether I am coming or going.

The bottle show was what Bob had expected in sales.
Very different folks from our prim shows...
but we learned things about bottles
 that we never knew before.

Most bottle collectors are divers,
and they sure do have the stories to tell.
A lot of them dive right in the rivertown our store is located.
Back in the day,
Marine City was a shipbuilding community.
Lots of bottles were dumped over the sides of ships.
In fact during prohibition,
one cargo of liquor was tossed overboard,
so as to escape the police.
These divers dig anywhere from 2 to 4 feet in the silt,
to find treasures. 
Most keep what they find...and other sell them.
Very interesting indeed.

Before I was interrupted by the bath reno,
I had taken these pics of our bedroom.
Now I have been slowly taking my Autumn down,
and bringing in the Christmas. 

It usually takes me a month to put everything up.
Since I like to enjoy it,
I usually start right after Halloween.

Currently I have one small tree up and started another one.
I only work on weekends, so that's why it takes me so long. 

I have spreadsheets of what I like to do each season.
Sometimes my plans work...sometimes they get tweaked.

Sometimes they even get scratched off the list.

I enjoy showing different ideas you can do.

Plus with my Sagittarian personality,

I get bored doing the same thing over and over.

Maybe that's the artist in me to. LOL

So while today you are viewing our bedroom,

I am already planning on Christmas.

I also have un-completed prim projects

that were not completed for the show.

These will eventually go into the store,

and I will offer them on my blog.

Not many as with my head swirling with Valentine's now,

I probably will become bored with Christmas.

Its a disease I tell ya.

If you noticed, I even had Bob move the furniture

around for Autumn and Winter.

The bed has been moved from under the windows.

The kids like it.

They decided to either snuggle for warmth...

or were trying to tell me something.

Like leave us alone mom...we are trying to nap.

Hope everyone adjust to the time change.

Have a great evening!

Autumn Bedroom Blessings To All!

Janice

Mantle Memories

It's the weekend!
Bob and I are off shortly to vend
at an antique bottle show.
Next weekend is our primitive show,
and the following Saturday is our 
Vintage Marketplace show.
We will be busy little beavers these next 3 weekends. 

Before I have to leave,
I wanted to share with you our fireplace mantle.

All decked out for Autumn.

Also, before I leave you,
I need to answer a few questions, 
since I do not have time to reply back via email.

Winnie, there was a prim candle on the white firkin.
There is nothing special about it at all...just white.

Earlene, the candy store has been put on hold.
We found out there is a federal lien on the building,
and we are not moving forward until that is taken care of.
Hopefully the owner can pay that off before the building
goes into tax foreclosure with the county too.
It's a big mess...so we are at a standstill right now.

Well Bob is calling me, so I must leave.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Mantle Memory Blessings To All!
Janice

Corner Set Up

Happy Hump Day everyone.

Another Halloween in the books.

I had lots of kiddos 

trick or treating at the store last night.

A few of my favorites were

Santa riding a small bike.

A boy dressed as Where's Waldo

A little tyke in a green dragon costume complete with tail.

A royal knight with headpiece, breastplate and sword.

There also was a young cowgirl riding her very own horse.

(dad was the pooper scooper...just in case)

The weather was not too bad...so it went well.

If you passed out candy, did you have any favorite costumes?

If you did not pass out candy, did you do anything special?

Bob and I went out for a late dinner afterwards.
He had this big burger with onion rings on it.
I decided on cajun chicken pasta.

My hands and toes were cold from being outside for hours,
so not only did I have hot chocolate at the restaurant,
but took a hot shower in our new bath when we got home.
It sure was nice sitting on that bench.

Then I proceeded to watch Hocus Pocus.
I so love that movie...
and it was on all day and night yesterday.

Yesterday morning we had snow for about a half hour,

so I was not so sure what the night was going to bring.

It did clear up though by the evening,

and all went well.

I must say the kiddos were very polite,

and most of them told me 

Happy Halloween.

The father of one boy told him to say 

Trick or Treat.

He had the biggest smile on him...

and immediately said.

"Smell my feet"

I laughed as he was such a cutie pie.

That was our Halloween.

Hope you enjoyed the pics of my corner in the living room.

I only decorated for Autumn this year...

No Halloween this year except for the Cupboardscape.

I had every intention of adding a few things,

but the bathroom came first...and so glad it is done.

Still need the shower door, but will show pics soon.

Until the next time.

Post Halloween Blessings To All!

Janice