Back to Work and a little Red, White and Blue

 

Hey Y'all .. Hope everyone is having a wonderful Spring. It feels more like an early Summer here ... we are set to hit the triple digits tomorrow and from a gal who greatly dislikes the heat ..I'm so thankful for our new Window AC in the living area ..!

 

Last time I posted I was ready to roll on blogging again .. well that changed in a heartbeat and now it's been a month since my last post. About that time the family member I had mentioned that had been terminally ill, passed away .. and I think that was just the last straw for me. My mind and body just quit one day and I had a complete meltdown mixed with total exhaustion and decided the best course of action was to shut the shop down and take some time off to get my mind and energy back.

 

In all the goings and comings and ups and downs of the last year I had stopped taking my supplements, my diet had waned greatly, and my weight went up .. so I took control back and I must say after 3 weeks of staying on target I am feeling better. I wouldn't say top notch just yet ..but on my way. So Monday we re-opened the shop again and we'll see how things go from here.

 

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It seems like the year is already flying by ... seriously the older one gets it seems like the day's just fly by ... or maybe it's just me ? ? ?  I can't believe Mother's Day is already come and gone .. BTW ... "Happy Mother's Day" to all you moms of Little Kids, Big Kids, and Fur Kids !

 

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Memorial Day is just ahead ... along with lot's of Graduations starting and then we'll be just a short ..Hop, Skip and Jump away from 4th of July .. !

Wow Ziggity ...!!!

 

And speaking of 4th Of July ... we just listed our Patriotic Towels in the shop today .. and I had to share them all with you but especially our New one for this year...

 

 

New for 2014 is our "God Bless America" towel ..

I purchased the ruffle fabric 6 months ago excitedly waiting to add it to the new 4th of July Towel ...

 

 

Each towel we sweetly embellished with a Red Crochet Flower which really adds the perfect touch..

 

And in white it's just Simply Beautiful ..

 

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We Gave our "American As Apple Pie" towel a new look this year with new fabric and double ruffles along with a cute White Crochet Flower and I think it's just charming ...

 

 

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And our "Sweet Liberty" Towel is looking as beautiful as ever ..

 

 

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I Love when the Red, White and Blue Season rolls around each year .. I can go back many years and I have always loved Patriotic colors .. Working with them is always such a joy !

 

Here are a few Favorite items I created from Years Past when prims were the Hot thing !  ..

 

 

An Old Fashioned Flag Ditty Bag

 

 

This Hand Painted and Hand Dressed Flag Band Box

And this Fun Galvenized Pail ~ I Hand Painted and dressed in Glass Glitter

 

The Patriotic Colors always inspire me .. and I love how Cheery and Fun they make me feel inside and out ...

 

How about you all... do you love Red, White and Blue ?

 

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And if you need some fun Patriotic Free Printables ... Checkout Last Years Patriotic Free Printables Post HERE 

 

 

 

 

 

Many Thanks To Rita And Christie of The Vintage Marketplace at the Oaks

 

 

Well it's been a whirlwind of a last month .. but it's been a good whirlwind !

 

Last month about 3 weeks before the Market we had to call Rita and Christie and graciously cancel being there ..which was really hard to do. I'm one of those people that once I make a commitment I don't like to break it. But this was a situation that just couldn't be helped.

 

Well a few days later Rita came up with an idea for us to be able to come and sell at the market ..

They have a vintage truck at the entrance for a cute display ..and she thought that us selling out of the truck would make it easier on us so we didn't have the huge 2 tent setup we normally do. I immediately took her up on it .. they were trying to meet us halfway to get us there and I most definitely wanted to meet them halfway to get there.

 

So it all worked out .. I ended up going on my own .. and setting up  and selling which worked out beautifully.

 

Oh my heavens was it ever a hot hot weekend in the high 90's and 100's and being near that black asphalt was no dream ..but hey I was just thankful to be there. So on Friday in the afternoon when it got way too hot ..Should I say Sweltering ! ... I got a bag of Ice and plopped it into the plastic tub my merchandise bags were in ."yes I took the bags out" .. and put my feet down in all that ice ... and  within minutes I was feeling so much better. Saturday Proved to be another day of icing the feet ..and my mini foot pool caught on with some of the other sellers ..galvanized pans were being bought and sold from seller to seller for mini foot pools .. LOL !

 

Thank You To Rita and Christie for offering up a way to sell at the Market ! ...I had the best time and really enjoyed setting up in the Vintage Truck !

 

Thanks to Dean and Sylvia and Rita and Christie and everyone else who came and checked on me periodically for food and water .. you were all such a blessing !

 

And A big Thanks to everyone who came out in the "Sweltering" heat and once again shopped and supported all the small business that makes up "The Vintage Marketplace" ... I cannot tell you all how much it means not only to myself but each seller out there to have you all come !

 

So for those of you who live to far off or who couldn't make it to this market .. Here's picts of our setup in the Vintage Truck  next to the entrance of the Market ..

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Picts of the Entire Market be sure to visit "The Vintage Marketplace" FB page HERE

 

 

And Look for new offerings being Listed in our ETSY shop .. Starting this Saturday Sept 14th 2013.

 

 

Have a Great Weekend ..

 

 

 

Mother's Day Already ??? ... How time Flies !

This Morning as I was getting up .. a lot of things were running through my head what was on my schedule for work today .. what errands needed to be run that I didn't get done yesterday, and so on .. all of a sudden out of No where Mother's Day Popped into my head ...and I wondered what the date was for it this year ...

 

Sunday May 12th, 2013

 

Which means we really are just about 3 weeks away from Mother's Day...

 

How time flies .. before we all know it Spring will be behind us and summer already will have arrived. Which I'm sure the kids will be thrilled at.

 

So what's on the agenda this year for your Mother's Day ?

 

I remember when I was a girl ..I made up tickets for my mom and put them in her card. One would be for a week of vaccuming, another for doing the dishes (by hand no dishwasher and yep still do them that way LOL) , or a week of making her and dad's bed.. etc. I'm sure many of you had your children do the same and those of you who have young ones now have had them do it or will have them do it as they get older.

 

 

So as I found this morning that Mother's Day was literally just around the corner ..I thought I would give a sweet little reminder that Our Sweet Magnolias Farm Goods Make really lovely gifts. Not only are they a reasonable price to spend on a gift but they are useful gifts too. From our Farmhouse Flour Sack Towels .. to our Sweet Cloth Napkin Sets or our Lovely Rose Pens ... there's such a variety to choose from... 

 

We Make all of our Farm Good Offerings as orders are placed. So Be Sure and Place your order as soon as you can ..so we can complete them and get them shipped on time. We'll be working hard the next few weeks to be sure everyone gets their orders on time.

 

We have several new designs that have arrived ... and I thought I would take this time to share them with you ...

 

Our Strictly Farm Fresh Eggs towel we have offered at markets before but never in our Etsy shop ..so this one is new to the shop. HERE

 

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Sugar Pie Honey Bunch Flour Sack Towel ... New design for 2013 .. Just listed.... HERE

 

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And just listed today is Our  ~ NEW ~ "Southern Sayings" Typography Towel ... This one has 3 choices for ruffles ... so check out the other designs HERE

 

 

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And Stay tuned ...

 

Our Surprise Free Giveaway will be Starting in the next 24 hours !

 

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Until then Wishing you ....

 

 

Marketplace Monday ~ For the Love of Burlap

 

It's that time again ... time for Marketplace Monday hosted by Debra over at Common Ground.

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Nifty Thrifty Tuesday hosted by Linda at Coastal Charm

If you have an Etsy Shop or Website Debra at Common Ground has a link party every Monday Morning to share the Goods you are offering.

And Lind of Coastal Charm has a wonderful link Party for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday that looks like a lot of fun ..this will be my first time joining in there.

 

 

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This week ... I'm featuring one of our Sweet Magnolias Farm Original Burlap Runners.

This Charming Runner is a new design that I had wanted to make for a long time and just didn't have the extra time to do it ..until one of our Clients requested it and that was a great way to allow me to make the time to design it and create it.

It has the beautiful lines from the Old Hymn ..I sing because I'm Happy ~ I Sing Because I'm Free ~ For his eye is on the Sparrow ~ And I know he watches Me

Our Runners are made of a tight weave hard washed burlap. The burlap has a nice aged look to it perfect for our Farmhouse Style we offer.

 

 

 

Our runners have tattered burlap edges...

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You can choose from 3 styles of side trims and ruffles ..the first of which is our aged ribbon which goes well with our Vintage Lace and Natural Cotton ruffles on the ends ...

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We offer our runners with all white triple or all natural triple ruffles. Which come with White cotton or Natural Cotton trimmed edges ...

 

The Runners that we offer in the shop come in one standard size .. However we do offer custom order runners too ..where you can choose the size and even customize the graphics to your liking. We have a lot of gals that have special sentiments or want their family name on their runner.. and we even have those that just want the center simply plain ..which we love too ..Just e-mail us or convo. us through our Etsy shop for Custom Design Work and we would love to work with you.

 

The "I Sing" Runner can be found for purchase HERE

 

 

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In the meantime ... Be sure to check back later this week !!! We have a fun surprise Giveaway that we will be starting ... and you won't want to miss it !

 

Until then ..