I'm Back!

I spent the first couple of weeks of July with family in Eastern Washington. While there, I got in lots of good visiting with family, as well as found the deal of the century at a rummage sale! Check out this vintage quilt I got for A QUARTER! It is entirely hand-stitched of flour sack fabrics, I believe.


They were selling other bedding (not vintage) for $2, and the gal told me that this old thing was in bad shape, so she just wanted a quarter for it! I brought it home and stitched some loose spots, gave it a cleaning, and while it isn't my ideal colors, I can't believe how cheap I got it! My youngest daughter thinks that when she has her own room eventually, she wants to have it on her bed. (She is sharing her room with her twin sister right now while all four girls still live at home).

I also got to spend a lot of time with my Grandma. This is the Grandma that I blogged about back in June and had their wedding photo on here. She is 87 and is still going strong, and is as cute as ever! Such a treat to see my Grandma!!!


At the end of our stay, our twin daughters, Kari and Kaitlyn, were in the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics in Spokane. They had qualified earlier this summer in Seattle. Kari placed 9th in the 100 meter hurdles, and Kaitlyn placed 5th in the triple jump and qualified for Nationals in Kansas! Unfortunately, a trip to Kansas wasn't in the budget, so we've ordered the t-shirt, and she's just happy to have qualified and also set a new personal record.


I've noticed a problem with my website this evening, and hope I can get it straightened out ASAP! I can't seem to connect, and have an e-mail in to see if we can get this settled! In the meantime, don't forget my patterns can be ordered on Pattern Mart. Just click on "Prindle Mountain Primitives" under "designers".

Is it summer in your neck of the woods? It was yesterday, sort of. 75-80 isn't really as warm as we expect this time of the year, but this year we'll take anything over 65! Today, however, was rainy, wet, and I'd swear it was mid September or even early March! I think our summer may have amounted to the week of it I had in Eastern Washington! I guess I shouldn't complain, though, when I hear about the temperatures some of the country is dealing with!

Hope your summer is going splendidly!

Prim Blessings,

Laurie

Thrift Store Finds

I love haunting thrift stores, estate sales, and any place I can get good stuff cheap! Today it was a beautiful Friday afternoon, and after getting groceries, I thought I'd swing by a local thrift store. Here's what I bought for just $1.30! A great shirt that I was going to use for some raggedy doll clothes until I noticed it was my husband's size and was in perfect condition! Also, a tin tea container, for my daughter Ashley, the tea drinker. But my best find was a 10 cent red toile plate. I just love the crackling on it!


I looked at one online, found out it is vintage and worth lots more than 10 cents! I am trying to decide if I am going to make it into a cupcake/cookie server by adhering a glass candlestick to the underside with E6000 glue (here's a photo of what I mean, with it just temporarily perched on a candlestick).


Or maybe I will make it into a mirror that would go perfect in my bathroom. Here is a mirror made from old plates that a gal I know made.


I've made a couple of them before as gifts, and they are really fun to make! Just find two or three vintage plates that blend well, layer them until you get a pattern you like, adhere them together, and top with a round glass mirror in the middle. I just picked up a mirror at the dollar store, removed it from it's plastic frame, and used that. Once again, E6000 glue is my adhesive of choice.



Funny how $1.30 spent can brighten my day! :)

Prim Blessings and a great weekend,
~Laurie

Great Craft Show!

Wow! What a great show Crafts Unlimited was this year! Very busy, lots of customers, awesome craftsmen, and great deals! Next, on to Mountain View High School!

I spent the next day browsing at an excellent estate sale, our local antique store, and getting some good ideas for Christmas gift-making! My one find I was especially happy about was an old vintage composition doll. She's pretty sad, but I love her just the way she is! I bought some old vintage linens at the sale and made her a dress, since she was just wearing some too-big baby clothes. I think she's perfect! :) I also picked up some antique Christmas bulbs.

I added a few things to Etsy today. Please check it out:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/PrindleMountainPrims

Summer time!

Been busy, busy working on a new look to my website! You won't see it yet, but I'm in the designing stages. If you noticed that my website was down a couple of days ago....well, apparently my server is having problems and then decided to close up shop! I was given 2 days to move to another server and re-build my website! Yikes! Someone stepped up and bought the server so the threat of my website disappearing again tomorrow is now gone, but I'm not taking any chances and have already signed up with a new server. Should be a nice new look for my website when it's done, and I'm excited about the graphics I'm making! If you noticed a new look to the logo above...you're right! This is my grandparent's barn. No, not on Prindle Mountain....in fact, on the opposite side of the state, but I really wanted to use this picture! I spent a lot of time as a little kid playing in that barn, and somehow I didn't break any bones when a friend and I used to jump out of the window on the left hand side!

We're getting ready for our county fair here! Those little lambs a few posts down are now big and ready to go be market lambs! (See photo above!) Our girls are each showing two lambs, as well as taking five black Angus cows between them. Always a fun time!

I've been working on some new Santa and snowman patterns I hope to get on my website soon! I'm also looking ahead to the Christmas shows that are really right around the corner, and crafting like crazy!

My daughter and I found a wonderful estate sale last weekend! She was thrilled to find Fiestaware to add to her collection, while I packed the car with some great craft finds: Pendleton wool, old flour sacks, and some wonderful old canning jars that I couldn't pass up! Great prices and lots of fun!

Hope your summer is going well, and watch for some new patterns from Prindle Mountain Primitives soon!

Prim blessings,
~Laurie