Two new patterns!

THIS year I'm not going to be so busy with weddings, and my goal is to make at least 10 new patterns! On my way, with two new patterns this last week. Here they are:

Cinnamon Bunny

Cinnamon Bunny is all ready for spring!  You can check the pattern out on my website, or on Etsy, and also on Pattern Mart, below:

Cinnamon Bunny Pattern

Our new prim bunny is hopping your way for springtime! This 17" rabbit is quick to sew.....Price: US $5.50

Speaking of spring, it kinda looked like spring here today! It was in the 50's and my crocuses are blooming, and the daffodils are coming up! It's still just the middle of winter though, so I haven't packed up my snowmen and winter decorations.  That would just be asking for it!

Sadie Sue

My other new pattern is Sadie Sue.  She was fun little girl to make!  This little ragamuffin with the wild hair is just 9" tall, so she doesn't take much fabric to stitch her up! She's on my website, Pattern Mart, and here on Etsy too.

I've been having a great time with my other Etsy site; Lottie Elizabeth that I started last summer with my daughter Emily.  If you haven't checked it out, take a peek here!  It's fun working on things that aren't primitive.  Here are some cute Valentine's Day/Heart things that I created:

Wishing you Valentine's Day full of love and happiness!

Primitive blessings,

Laurie

New Puppy!

Right before Christmas we brought home a new 6 week old puppy! Abbie Rose is a Great Pyrenees; and half sister to our almost-five-year-old, Heidi.  We've found that Great Pyrs are a perfect addition to our farm, as they are great livestock protectors as well as family members!  They also grow extremely fast!  Here is Abbie at 6 weeks old the day we brought her home.

She grew and grew......

....and grew.....

....and now she looks like this at 13 weeks!

It will be a little while until she is a 140 lb. dog like her big sister, but she'll get there in the blink of an eye!

More on our Great Pyrenees can be found here.

I mentioned in my last blog post that I have an additional Etsy site besides Prindle Mountain Primitives; it is Lottie Elizabeth.  My daughter and I opened it in June and we are having a lot of fun! 

We have been working on some Valentine's Day things. 

The PDF pattern for these cute Faux Valentine's Day Cookies/Fillers are on my website and Etsy.  If you follow our blog and comment with your e-mail address, I will send you the PDF pattern FREE through Valentine's Day! I made the originals several years ago, and they still look like they were freshly baked! :)

My next project is a new Prindle Mountain Primitives Ann and Andy set. Watch for the pattern in the coming couple of weeks!

Primitive Winter Blessings,

Laurie

Happy Valentine's Day!

No new posts from Christmas to Valentine's Day!?  That's not right!  We're right in the middle of lambing season here on Prindle Mountain, and it's been an eventful almost-two months since my last post!  I've finished up my craft room (love!) and I'll post pictures next week!  Also, big stuff happening is our son proposed to his girlfriend a few days ago (YAY!), my husband turned 50, and our twins - the babies - turned 18!  Got caught up on a lot of January to-do things, so I'll be posting some new crafts and patterns soon!  Happy Valentine's Day!

Daughter, Kaitlyn, and our tiniest triplet lamb!

Primitive blessings!

~Laurie

Happy Valentine's Day!

Is it already the middle of February!? Must be Valentine's Day soon! Do you have plans with your sweetheart yet? As Valentine's Day falls in the middle of the week this year, we'll just be staying home. I thought I'd make homemade (heart shaped) pizzas, and of course there will have to be chocolate! Some years I make up a double-batch of chocolate chip cookie dough and bake giant cookies in my heart-shaped cake pan. Sometimes I use that same pan and fill it with Rice Krispie treats. It's fun to use my cake decorating stuff and decorate them with frosting.

This year I sent our son, who is away at college working on his Masters in Teaching degree, heart-shaped buttermilk biscuits, a couple packets of Country Gravy (just add boiling water!) and some real bacon bits. I also sent him a note to mix up the gravy, add some bacon bits (sausage would've been better, but I can't send sausage in the mail!), and serve it over the biscuits. His favorite: Biscuits and Gravy! Little sister also sent some of the cookies that he and she dreamed up a few years ago. A little love from home!

One of my favorite Valentine's Days was probably over twenty years ago. We were snowbound from a big snowstorm, and I didn't know how I was going to be able to get out and buy Valentine's Day treats for my husband and our (then) two children. I remembered that after Christmas I had bought a turkey when they were on sale. I'd never baked a turkey before, but I took it out and defrosted it in the bathroom sink downstairs where my husband wouldn't see it. My husband was able to get to work, by hiking over a mile through our fields to our 4 x 4 that he had parked. I surprised him when he came home from work on Valentine's Day with a turkey dinner, homemade pink peppermint taffy that I'd made and pulled, and my big heart cookies. Valentine's Day doesn't always have to be about spending gobs of money (contrary to what all the jewelry store and florist advertisements are telling us!). It's the thought (and the love!) that counts!

Hope your day is extra sweet and extra special (and involves CHOCOLATE!)

Primitive blessings,

Laurie

New Valentine's Day Stuff!

My, my, my, it's been some time since I've blogged! I guess the holidays came (and went!) and time got away from me! To my defense, I've been very busy crafting for Valentine's Day, and I've got some great new patterns and items for this sweetheart holiday on my website! Here's a sneak peak of a fun cupid raggedy pattern, as well as my newest venture: mohair bears! I wanted to make a mohair panda bear for my panda-loving daughter, Kaitlyn, so I gave it a shot, had a great time and it turned out better than I'd hoped, so now I'm hooked! I've also got a sweet little brown bear on my website, and plans to make many more. Watch for a whole den of bears coming this way soon!!!

Happy New Year, and my resolution was to eat healthier (yeah, yeah!) and blog at least weekly! Blessings!

Laurie