April CupboardScape

Hello friends!

I wanted to show you my Easter CupboardScape

display before Easter, so here goes.

 

Bunnies and eggs are here.

Some of my crocheted ones.

I have not dyed eggs in years since both

my kids and grands are older now.

These are perfect for now.

This basket is called a buttocks one.

As you can see the bottom looks like a butt profile,

hence where the name comes from.

I bring out these irises each and every year somewhere.

My bunny picture.

The way I have placed this, he looks like he is

hopping over the basket.

This prim bunny also always makes an appearance.

Well there you have it.

I will be hosting Easter as you know.

My daughter is sick,

so she and the grands will not be coming now.

My brother and SIL also cannot make it.

That leaves my son and his DSO,

my sis and her husband, mom, plus Bob and I.

I have plenty of food ready to be prepared.

I decided on 

Ham

handmade rolls (mom will bring)

sweet potato casserole

au gratin potatoes

asparagus

corn

green bean casserole

Homemade desserts will be

apple pie (mom's)

strawberry and cherry cheesecake

No one goes home starving from my house. LOL

Hope everyone has an awesome Easter,

For my Orthodox friends, I know you will be

celebrating Easter next week,

so Happy Easter to you as well. 

Happy Easter Blessings To All!

Janice

Spring Inside

 Today I wanted to show you some flowers

I sell at the gift shop.

Hello friends!

The wholesaler I purchase my flowers from

have the most realistic ones I have seen.

These are blue delphiniums

Puffy dandelions.

Irises.

(I also have these in purple)

Forgot to take a pic.

Blue peony.

White Narcissus in glass vase.

Had these in yellow as well.

All are sold.

Pink potted flowers. 

Onion Grass and Pink Hyacinth.

Apple Blossom orbs and Wandering Jew.

Cherry Blossoms.

Magnolia Bloom in a glass vase.

I think I have 2 left of these.

Herb spring wreaths are almost gone.

I know 2 of them went to Wisconsin.

I had 2 ladies visiting a friend who lives here.

Finally these white potted flowers.

I like how they look in these new 

striped vases that came in.

In other news, I am ashamed to say that 

Michigan State University is going woke.

They are now printing a guide of words that 

they are objecting to.

Frontier, pioneer, founder or any other colonial language.

Also on the list were the words bunnies,

eggs, Christmas tree and reindeer.

There are more, but I digress that I dont

even want to name any more.

I will NOT and I repeat I will NOT

remove these words from my vocabulary.

Me thinks parents should start sending

their children to trade school instead of colleges.

More colleges are just turning our children

into lemmings.

So how do these college kids order bacon & eggs

for breakfast now?

Guess they will not be helping out to put

up their family Christmas trees now either.

This is just ludicrous.

For my prim lovers out there.

Go to Youtube and watch

Bridgett's Primitive Passion.

You can subscribe for free and start watching

all of the wonderful primitive homes she has

taken videos of.

There are some homes I keep watching

over and over.....

Today after work, I will be headed to the 

gift shop to add in our Summer goodies.

More April showers are on tap though.

Hope you all have a marvelous start to your week!

Spring Inside Blessings To All!

Janice 

March CupboardScape

Can March almost be over already?

I will be glad when the March winds end.

Hopefully there will not be April winds.

We almost lost our gift shop awning during

the latest winds.

Bob had to strap the one end down by

wrapping it around one of our cement parking blocks

that are in our parking lot.

 

When I think of March, I do think of green though.

This is usually the month where the flowers

start popping out of the ground.

The trees start budding.

I thought it would be fitting to make this 

cupboardscape about green.

I added a green wreath under my pitcher.

Green grass inside a pantry box.

The green vine at the bottom is a Wandering Jew one.

(am I even allowed to say that anymore)

On the left is a make do candle holder made from

an early mallet.

I have been selling this onion grass at the shop.

They are almost gone.

Also sold these cute lil shamrocks.

Another item that reminds me of March.

All reside on and in my white apothecary cabinet. 

The throw is also green with tan leaves.

In other news.

My last dentist appt. was not a fun one.

I have a tooth that had a root canal done

on it which is now rotting from the inside. UGH

They also want me to get my teeth cleaned

now every 4 months.

My insurance will only pay for two times a year.

It seems I inherited my dad's gene

when it comes to bad teeth.

He had dentures.

I have a mouthful of silver.

Bob reminded me that Easter is just around the corner.

I have to get my butt in gear and decide my menu.

I always host Easter.

Ham will be served.

Just need to figure out my sides.

Did decide on a cherry cheesecake for dessert.

Well better also get my butt on my work computer.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

Bring On The Green Blessings To All!

Janice

On The Move

 Can Spring be here finally?

Well the March winds sure have arrived.

When I left my mom's yesterday morn,

the waves were at least 5 feet or more

crashing over the break wall on Lake Huron.

Thursday night I found out you could see

the Northern lights as far as 2 miles

south of my mom's.

Unfortunately Friday night the clouds

moved in so I could not see them.

A day late and a dollar short as they say.

The February winds

forced me to leave my back room for work.

I move my desk to the living room

and we closed off that room for now.

While sitting there during the day now,

I noticed the sun come out after many

cloudy and/or snowy days.

Now don't get me wrong.

I so love seeing the sun in the Winter.

It males me more happy,

however I digress it was shining right

 on my delicate early sampler.

Although I do not know how old this is,

it was stitched on a silky linen

which was often the linen choice of

early samplers from the 1800's.

Well after I saw this...

the sampler had to be moved.

Move it I did.

Since this is the sampler I use for most of

my stitching pillows, I needed to save it

from the scorching sun which was fading it out.

Will show you later where it was moved.

In other news,

Mary from 

Windy Meadows Farm blog

asked me if the wool for my rug was cut.

I purchase wool in various sizes.

While most rug hookers have a cutter

to cut their wool into strips,

I hand cut mine.

When Bob and I vended antique shows,

I always purchased my wool from a lady

who sold her wool at the show.

She was from Missouri and I wish I new her name.

You see here in Michigan where I live,

not many wool stores to be found.

Those that do only sell solids.

Am running out of my stash now.

Need to find some soon.

On my way up to my mom's,

I visited my two fav antique friends shops.

I bought something from each.

Will show you in another post. 

Tundra was so excited to see me back.

Bob said he did not even sleep in the bed

like he does when we are both here.

He is a bed hog. LOL

Well we are off to work the stores.

I also have to check in some Summer inventory

that arrived on Friday.

On The Move Blessings To All!

Janice

Are You Ready For An Update

Hello friends.

I am really loving hooking this rug!

Since I am only able to hook on weekends

when I am at the store...

not much was accomplished the first day after

my last update.

I had to do inventory and check in more inventory. 

I was only able to complete the Woman's head,

hat and collar.

The next day it was snowing,

so I was able to accomplish more

with hardly any customers coming in.

Started the dress in a tweed-like wool.

Blues, reds and white.

I also reverse hooked the collar.

I felt the gray I first had chosen

washed out and there was no definition.

I like the darker green I chose.

Yeah I know I dont like green, but in person

its hard to tell this is a green wool.

Here is the wool I chose for her dress.

 I used the same green for her riding gloves.

Saundra added lines in the bottom part

of the dress to show the direction to hook.

I took advantage of these lines to add in a darker

wool for an added rendition. Also hooked one row

to the left in the same darker wool.

Was going to redo the dress buttons

that I did as French knots...but heck this 

makes it more primitive.

Well this is my update of

Woman On Horseback.

My last post had her as a Lady.

I realized Saundra wrote the name on the linen. 

DUH

The green at the bottom was the shirt I was wearing.

I was bent over a bit at the store when taking this last pic.

You can also see my black shoes. 

In other news,

my mom's eye appt went well.

She usually spends a few days with us,

but this time wanted to get back as her

church was doing a soup and bread dinner.

Everyone brings a soup to try while others

bring homemade breads.

Sounds wonderful.

She was making cabbage soup.

(I love this veggie soup) 

Tomorrow I go back to the same eye doctor.

Bob is having another peripheral vision test.

Hopefully his left eye is getting better,

but my gut is telling me it is not.

Since my mom left early,

I will head to her house Friday after work

and spend the night with her this time.

Gives us more time together.

Well have to get to work now.

Update Blessings To All!

Janice

 

Sneak Peek Of Spring

Hello friends.

Today's post are pics

of some Spring decor up front

at our gift shop.

Bunnies have been hopping out

at a fast pace.

I purchased lots of greens and flowers

for this year's Spring decor.

These large cement girl heads 

have already been hit.

I only have 2 left.

I added some faux onion grass to this one.

A grass sphere to the smaller one.

I think there are only 2 or 3 dragonflies left.

White lilies in a galvanized vase.

The sign is metal and 2 are left.

It's bunny season!

The lil birds are hopping a ride on this bunny.

I only have one of these left.

Wish I could buy more, but Easter orders

are done 6 months in advance.

I actually took a pair of these bunnies home.

I loved how they look like they are made from wood.

Bunny bookends.

A bunny pic all written in French.

Took one of these home too!

In other news,

Bob and I had a quiet St Patty's Day at home.

Chicken noodle soup & grilled cheese sandwiches.

Crocheted a bit more for a Christmas item

my mom told me about.

She will be coming down on Monday,

so we will do dinner out.

Usually she spends a few days,

but this time she has something planned

for Tuesday night at her church,

so she will leave in the afternoon. 

Well Tundra. Bob and I are all headed

to Tim Hortons and then work the stores.

I have Summer inventory to check in

that arrived yesterday before I open.

What are your plans for the weekend?

Spring Sneak Peek Blessings To All!

Janice