Perfect Purchases

My post begins with these wonderful
cotton spun ornaments that
I purchased from my friend Marsha.

These will be added to my others for 
my Christmas tree this year.

I also spotted this Santa to add to my collection.

Then I went gaga for this wool.
The grays and red of the Santa
 look so good together.
I was thinking of hooking a bunny.
Hmmm...maybe a hooked Santa is in the future,
with the grays as the background

Then there were these blues and blacks.
Wool is hard to come by here in Michigan...
or at least were I live.
So I pick it up wherever I can find it.

Next the piece de resistance.

My friend Robin
AKA
The Parson's Wife
had this in her booth.
So glad I also spotted this red Beauty!
Thank you Robin for giving me a deal on this!

It has some wear....but.....

for 122 years old....
it is in pretty good shape if I say so myself!
It is safe under glass and I even 
love the old frame.

I so believe these were perfect purchases
for me.

Tuesday night a tornado warning
was posted for my mom's town.
I called her up to see if she knew,
and fortunately I woke her up.
She said she did not want to go to her shelter,
but would lay down in the tub of her interior bath.
I thought she should go underground,
but it was her decision. 
I called her back this morning and she was fine.
Thank goodness.

Leaving work yesterday the sky to the South;
the direction I was heading to go home,
was all green.
Lightning everywhere with rain
coming down faster than the sewer drains 
could take it.
Roads were flooded and I had to drive slow.
For half an hour it was like that.
Horrible weather.

Last night Bob and I also started our
store Halloween window.
This year's theme is an indoor funeral home.
Wait til you see what we do!

Do you decorate for Autumn, Fall or both?

Perfect Purchases Blessings To All!
Janice

Holly Show Pics

Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!

Bob and I vended at the Holly, MI.

primitive show.

What a fantastic show it was again!

I will let the pictures tell the story.

A few pics from one of my friends Earlene.

Bobbie's booth.

The following pictures were of our booth.

We did not take much this year.

Prims are getting hard for us to find lately.

Plus Bob's had a bad case of vertigo

 just as we were

loading up for the show.

We still had a good show though!

Sold two pieces of furniture.

I also brought some goodies home with me.

Will show in another post.

One is a real beauty!

Fall Show Pic Blessings To All!

Janice

Night Time Carriage Ride

TGIF my friends!

While we were in Marshall, MI for

our 10th wedding anniversary,

we decided to go on a horse drawn carriage ride.

Our driver picked us up from the restaurant

and once the tour was done brought us back

to the inn we stayed at.

The evening was a nice one!

I forgot to take a picture of said horse and driver.

What was I thinking????

It was a 2 1/2 hour ride.

He took us around the old section of town.

This house reminded me of the Addams Family house.

This magnificent home once housed

 the town jail in the basement.

Was told the current owner just replaced the pillars.

Each costing $25,000.00.

YIKES! 

The jail cells are still in the basement too.

I do not remember the history of this one.

So sorry.

This one the original owners practiced

black magic and killed their groundskeeper.

They say his ghost still is seen on the grounds

on certain evenings.  

Our first capital building was in Detroit 

when Michigan was admitted to the US.

After one of the wars with the French,

they decided to move the capital more inland.

Marshall, Michigan and Lansing, Michigan

were the two contenders for the spot.

A local congressman who lived in Marshall

had this home built for the future governor,

as he was sure the capital would be moved

to his town.

As luck would have it, the voters chose Lansing,

because the land was more cheaper than Marshall.

So here sits a governor's mansion which was never used.

It is currently just used for tours now.

Our tour took us into the local cemetery

just before dark.

We were told these monuments were those

men who belonged to the Mason's.

{the tall one in the middle}

We saw them everywhere in this cemetery.

Even at home now 

I see these monuments in our local cemetery.

Now this is a sad story.

Sometime in the 1800's a witch was hung in this

cemetery plot.

Before they hung her though,

they built the entire exterior 

of this burial plot out of stone 

to look like wood logs.

They even built a tree trunk

 out of stone in the middle.

A stone chair was also built in the back.

A real tree was in the middle of this plot,

and once they hung the woman,

the townsfolk cut the tree down,

 buried her and placed the stone tree trunk

on top of her grave.

At the time they felt if she was amongst wood,

 she would be able to escape.

So sad.

I thought the carving on this headstone

was amazing, so I took this pic.

Finally we came to this site.

The fireflies were just starting to come out

and it was a bit magical.

Bob asked if this area was for more graves

in the future.

Our tour guide said it was Potter's Field,

and it was full of graves.

Marshall was both a stagecoach stop as

well as a railroad stop.

Sometimes folks passed away on a trip.

If they did not know who they were,

they were buried here in their Potter's Field.

Lots of history in this town

and we loved our visit!

Again so sorry for not taking pics

of our horse, carriage and tour guide.

It was an open carriage.

This was a ghost tour carriage ride.

It was interesting hearing the ghost stories....

and we saw no ghosts.

They do carriage Christmas rides

that visit all of the mansions 

all decked out for Christmas too!

Carriage Ride Blessings To All!

Subtle Hues Of Fall

Good morning friends!
Over the long weekend
this ole gal decided to get some
Autumn decor down from the attic...
with the help of Bob.

In between hooking,
I started with the kitchen.

I will let you enjoy the pictures.

Yesterday I had to go to the dentist.

My dentist finished up my deep cleaning,

then put my temporary crown in. 

It was hard to eat last night....

now I woke up really early being hungry.

Off to eat some breakfast and go to work.

Hope you enjoy your Wednesday.

New Store Pics

Hello my friends!

Hello September!
Now I know there are some of you that probably
don't want Summer to end.
I am one of them....but I sure do love
the cooler evenings that September brings.
Being able to keep the windows open is great.
You see this past Spring it rained so much here,
the windows had to stay closed.
Now I welcome September and its breezes.

Bob and I change up our antique store windows
as often as we can.
For August and September we decided
to do an industrial/ prim window.

We think it turned out great!

The younger customers love it too!

Well I have always said prims make
a home more cozy and welcoming.

Bringing in the industrial gives a whole new look.

Bob created this beer sign from black pipe.
Good for someone's bar.

This wood cabinet is huge.
Missing a few drawers, but a good piece 
to add your whatnots to it.

This brown cabinet use to be in our home.
I sold it many years ago.
The customer we sold it to gave it back to us.
They are changing to a more vintage look,
so they brought it by and Bob bought it back.

More goodies!

Thanks Sandy for purchasing this beauty!
It is an old early cream cabinet.
I know you will enjoy it!

Well folks,
will be spending the rest of my weekend
hooking some final items for our Holly, MI
show which is this Saturday.
Looking forward to it and visiting with friends!

What will you be doing the rest of your weekend?

Industrial Prim Blessings To All!
Janice