Sneak Peeks from the Shop...

Wow .. Yesterday was a great first day for our Etsy shop re-opening ..

Thanks to all who came and supported us with Likes to our shops, products, and of course purchases we are so grateful !

For those of you that missed yesterday .. we still have some fabulous pieces for you to enjoy taking a gander at ... and there will be more to come in the days and weeks ahead ..

Here's a few sneak peeks of what the shop is filled with .. 

Happy Window Shopping You All !

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Exciting News !!!!

Hey Y'all .. I hope this post finds you all having an amazing beginning to your week !

Well we have exciting news .. and that is our Etsy shop is Re-opening this week !

To start off with we will have all our Farmhouse and Cottage Style One of a Kind handmade designs. 

We'll phase into our graphic design Home Goods a few more months off.  But they will without a doubt be coming back for your pleasure. In fact if you have any favorite sayings or scripture you would like to see on a towel, runner, pillow .. let us know and if it hits our fancy we'll get a design going for it. 

But starting this Thursday .. you'll have the pleasure of seeing some of our One of a Kind pieces fresh off the farm. And yep we'll have some vintage finds mixed in there too cause there's nothing like a good ol' vintagy antiquey piece of goodness to fill your home and heart with.

For now I'll leave you with a few sneak peeks ..

Enjoy !

A Fun Weekend and New Additions to the Shop ...

 

Good Monday Morning to you all !

 

It was a beautiful weekend here at the farmhouse . Cool Crisp Mornings, Warm Afternoons, and Sunny Skies ...

 

Yesterday I spent the day with 4 friends .. we enjoyed a fun day flea marketing and having lunch together ... We Traveled about 2 hours from home .. and shopped the morning away. Filling our carts with Vintage Quilts, Old Dresses, Vintage Hats covered in Millinery Roses, Garden Furniture and so much more... we all came home with some fun finds. Some of those finds were to keep and some of those finds will be making it to the next "Vintage Marketplace at the "Oaks" in March.

 

Well can you believe we are already at the 5th day of the New Year .. !  Time already seems to be flying by ! Which means ... that yes Valentines is right around the corner .. and Spring won't be far behind it ..

 

We've been filling the shop with many new items .. including new Valentine Designs .. Some, One of a Kind Hand Mades.. and Some fun Vintage Finds ..

 

Here's a sneek peek ...

 

 

All of our new additions to the shop can be found HERE

 

Wishing you all a Blessed and Beautiful Week !

 

 

 

 

Laundry Day Clothes Pin Bags ~ A Look Back

 

 

 

 

 

 This last week I was going through an old Farm Journal Magazine from the 1930's.

The Farm Journals have lots of great advertisements throughout the magazine .. from medicines for your sick animals .. or showing the latest brooders or farm tractors. I love looking back through these old magazines and seeing the equipment that was used then for different needs on the farm. As well I love reading the different remedies for dealing with sick animals on the farm and so on.

I was excited to see this charming ad as I skimmed the pages ..

 

 

 

 

 

 The Modern Clothespin Bag .. an article by Mrs. S. L. West.

 

She shares how to make your own "Modern" Clothespin bag.

 

 

I thought it was such a fun find .. since we make similiar clothespin bags with hangers in the top just as these.  However I didn't obtain my way of making them from any vintage article or source. It just goes to show that so much of what we create today was already done long ago. I notice that alot of the designs, creations and even decorating I see today was done in the 20's, 30's, and 40's. Watching old movies from that era and reading magazines from those era's will give you a whole new perspective on things we all think are new today and those gals of yesteryear our Great Great, and Great Grandmother's and Grandmother's were already quite ingenious and truth is we are just repeating their ideas today with out twist or color scheme etc. applied.

 

 

I found these charming Pin Bags .. that are fun and unique to share with you all ..

 

 

 

 

 

 

I know Crocheting is super popluar right now ... I love this Crochet pin bag .. It's so charming ! .. I would love to learn how to crochet .. if I did I'd be whipping me up a bunch of these cuties !

 

 

 

The Vintage V Neck Dress Clothes Pin Bag Probably from the 1960's .. wow is it ever cute I love the Yellow and Green .. !

 

 

 

 

This Cutie has the Metal frame that held the top of the bag open along with a long wire hook that hung on the clothesline and easily slid in front of you as you pinned your clothes and linens up. This bag is pretty iconic ..you see it quite often . I have a dozen or so of these frames ..I need to make some new bags for .. I'll have to put that on my long list of "To Dos"....

 

Seen here

 

 

Isn't this Dress Charming .. A true 1920's Flapper era style dress ... Love the Floral Garden Fabric ..

 

 

 

 

Available Here

 

This Oldie .. is so full of vintage charm ..you can tell it was well used over the years and has alot of authentic character ... I love the muted colors ..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available Here

 

 

This Cutie is so charming and modern .. Bright and Cheerful ..  I love it's simple clean Lines ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then there was the Clothepin Apron ... we have several of these oldies we have collected over the years .. Simple perfection...

 

 

 

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I always enjoy making clothespin bags .. I love taking their simple form and embellishing them with Vintage linens, trims and fabrics and creating one of a Kind Pieces ..for Other's Home Sweet Home's.

 

Lately I have been making and offering our own Sweet Magnolias Farm Version of the Vintage Dress Clothespin Bags .. here are a few of the new ones ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pin Bags Available Here

 

It's always fun to brighten your laundry room with a cheery Pin Bag .. be it new or vintage. We've even found other uses for them ..they hold plastic bags beautifully, Brides love them for card holders, and even double as a place to keep sentimental notes etc...

 

Have  A Lovely Remainder of the week ...