Another Wedding!

Ha! Didn't I just say in my last post that I wasn't going to be so busy this year with weddings?! Well, oldest daughter, Ashley just got engaged, and we're planning another wedding for August! LOVE wedding planning, however, so this makes me very pleased! As this will be a Victorian wedding at an 1850's historic Victorian house, we are having a super time coming up with decorating ideas!

Just two weeks until Easter.  Here are some adorable Vintage Victorian Easter graphics I'd like to share.

Hope you're enjoying the last few days of winter and ready for springtime! Primitive blessings,

Laurie

Home of the Free....Land of the Brave....

On this  Memorial Day, make sure you thank a veteran! Remembering my Great Uncles who served in WWII. Thank you Ernie and Anton!

I've gotten entirely too addicted to Ancestry.com lately!  Family history has always been so interesting to me, and  I've been able to trace our family back farther than I could ever have imagined!  I have found veterans from the Revolutionary War, some Indian wars, and that I am even related to the early explorer, William Clark!

I've been so busy with gardening, farm chores, a month full of birthdays (including my own "Big 50!"), I've neglected to post for two months!  I'll be back soon with some craft ideas and new patterns. Stay tuned!

Primitive blessings,

~Laurie

President's Day

Loved these cool vintage graphics for President's Day!  Hope you're having a great extended weekend!  We've had our son and his new fiancee home for the weekend, and have just loved having some family time!  Lukas asked Casey to be his wife just a week ago, and we are so thrilled!  They will have a rather long engagement, as they have decided to wait until she graduates from vet school in 3 years, but we love her and know that she's worth the wait!  They live an hour apart from each other, on the opposite side of the state, so we don't get to see them nearly enough!  We had a fun engagement party over the weekend.

Primitive blessings to you and yours!
~Laurie

Merry Christmas!

The clock says it's now officially Christmas!  All five kids are home, we have a chance of snow overnight, and we're all set for a wonderful Christmas!  Wishing you all a blessed Christmas, and much happiness and health in 2013!

Prim Christmas blessings,

Laurie

Happy Fall, Y'all!

It doesn't seem like fall here...infact, we've been having some unseasonably warm and dry weather here in the Northwest, but it was time to put away summer and decorate for fall!  I love Autumn decorating almost as much as I like decorating for Christmas!  Last week I took some burlap I had lying around, and I made a "Harvest" banner.  It was so quick and easy to make!

First I cut my burlap into triangles.  Then I printed my letters out, extra big.  I used "Priory" font.  I traced my letters onto the burlap, by putting my printed letters under the burlap, and held it up to the window to trace using a big sharpie pen.  Then I painted in the letters.  Next I strung up my banner with a large needle and some jute.  Easy!  I made a few more for my upcoming shows.

I also made an owl picture printed on vintage linen.  (Did you notice it in the upper left corner of the first picture?)  I found a cute owl graphic on Graphic Fairy (click here to see it).  I added the word "Boo" and then printed onto the fabric using the method I described in my blog here).  Fun!  Below is the graphic I used.

In the bottom right of the first photo is my "Halloween Baby" pattern. If you need a quick, Halloween project, this pattern is for you! You can order the e-pattern here:

Halloween Baby

 

 

I've been having a great time lately with the website "PicMonkey" that I recently discovered! This website does anything you want with your photos!  In the photos above I added the dark edges, the spiderweb, and the crow.  I love this website, and plan to use it lots when I take senior pictures soon of my twin daughters!  You've got to check it out here!

Autumn Blessings,

Laurie

A special day!

Twenty eight years ago today my Mister and I were married!  Time sure flies when you're having fun!

Prim blessings,

Laurie

Wow! It's July!?!

You sure wouldn't know it from the weather on my end of the country!  While the majority of the country is roasting in sweltering temperatures, we here in the northwest are having a wet, cool start to summer!  Yesterday it was 65 and raining....again!  We usually joke around here that summer doesn't get started until July 5th....the day after Independence Day, and it appears that is the plan again this year!  Oh well!  I'll take our extended spring over 100 temperatures any day!

I've been using these stay-inside days for working on the recycled clothing quilts I am making for my friend, and they will be done in a couple of days.  I'll post some pictures when they are.

Friday I took my twin daughters down to Monmouth, Oregon to Western Oregon University.  They think that is where they want to go to college in about 15 short months, so we met with advising in both of the majors that they are interested in.  On the way back we went through Independence, Oregon.  What a cool town!  It's small, but has so many vintage homes, a great antique store, and even my daughters loved this awesome fabric/quilt store.

Ladies of Liberty Mercantile was decorated so charmingly, the owner was so friendly, and they had lots of fabrics that you don't find at your average fabric store!  I love Civil War prints, and they had tons of them, and even better yet for those who can't, unfortunately, visit their store in person,  you can place an order on their website!  Be sure to check it out!  It was a perfect time to visit Independence, Oregon, and this very Americana fabric store so close to the 4th of July!

Happy Independence Day!

Primitive blessings,

 ~Laurie

Happy Memorial Day!

Freedom isn't free.  Thank you Veterans!

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

Merry Christmas!

Holiday greetings!

Here is is just a few days before Christmas! It sure snuck up on me this year! Maybe it's because I had Christmas shows up until just 10 days ago, and it seems like I should still have at least 3 weeks left before Christmas! Somehow I've got the house all decorated, all the shopping and baking done, and it's all wrapped and ready to go! Life has definitely slowed down a little, especially with the hectic pace of Christmas shows and shopping for gifts behind me! I've even had an opportunity to take a few cat naps with my kitty! My sweet Lexie is such a snuggler! Here she is dreaming of sugarplums underneath one of my miniature trees!



I love vintage artwork, and found some great vintage Christmas Kitty graphics I'm going to share! Enjoy!







Have a blessed Christmas, and health and happiness in 2012!

Primitive blessings,

Laurie

Sale! Sale! Sale!

We're running a sale for the remainder of the month of June on our e-patterns. Our e-patterns usually sell for $5 each, but just until June 30th at midnight, you can get TWO e-patterns for $5.00! Send PayPal payment to: prindlemountainprimitives@msn.com, and make sure to list which two patterns you would like to receive!

It's been very busy around here, with lots of Santas and Snowmen being stitched and prepared for the holiday bazaar season! My hubby spent the weekend shearing all the sheep, so I have lots of wool for Santa beards!

We also had two little bull calves born the last few days around here! Twin daughter's Kari and Kaitlyn's cows, Clarabelle and Lizzie gave birth to Clarence and Lenny! They are so cute! Here's a photo of Kari with her calf Clarence.

I've put my Daughter's Yesteryear Pattern on my website, now that it has been published on Create and Decorate. The next two issues of this magazine will have patterns I've created, so be sure to watch for this great magazine!

With the 4th of July just around the corner, I'm adding a couple of neat vintage cliparts that I just love! Hope you have a wonderful Independence Day!





Primitive blessings,

Laurie

Remember our Heroes

Memorial Day is tomorrow. Please take a moment to remember our veteran's and service members who have paid the price for our freedom.

This has been a month of busy, but fun times with all my kids at home. My last post was all about my son graduating from college. He's been home for 3 weeks and will be leaving soon to head back to school to begin his master's degree. Lukas is such a fun guy to have around, and I have thoroughly enjoyed spending time with him these past few weeks. We've spent time together preparing our garden (he's definitely got the green thumb in our family, and I don't know how I'm going to keep my garden going this summer without him!) We've had a couple of road trips while he's been home, and lots of music with him here. Lukas plays the banjo, mandolin, guitar, and the bari saxophone. He has a bluegrass band back in his college town, and our evenings are spent more with my husband and son playing music than with the television on! Yes, I am going to miss him lots when he's gone, but I've had a great month with him home!!! I suppose that is the reason I have no new patterns this month!



I did receive my August issues of Create and Decorate magazine yesterday. (Seems kind of early, when our weather here has been like February/March!) Anyway, my "Yesteryear Raggedy" is a featured pattern. I made this doll for my daughter. She holds Ashley's babyhood bear, and has a tag that says "So fast you grew, sweet daughter dear, my little girl of yesteryear." I have also put a small locket around the doll's neck with Ashley's photo. I'll have the pattern available on my website soon, once Create and Decorate has released it back to me. I have two of these magazines, and the first person who leaves a message "please send me the magazine!" will get my extra! (Just be sure to e-mail me your address).

Just a few more days to become a follower on my blog to be entered into a drawing to receive a gift certificate for a free e-pattern on Pattern Mart! I'll post the winners on May 31st!!!

Enjoy your Memorial Day! Send your sunshine to the Pacific Northwest, please!!!! :)

Prim blessings,

Laurie

Photo Cube

Today is my dear friend Nancy's birthday! Have you ever had a friend keeps you laughing until tears run down your face, would do anything for you, and knows you inside and out? That's Nancy! We've been friends for many years, and time spent with her is sure to be a good day!

For Nancy's birthday I made her a birthday cube. I've made these for Christmas presents before as well, and they are easy to make, fun, and quick! First I got a 3-7/8" square Styrofoam block at the Dollar Store. (See...cheap!) Next I covered all six sides with coordinating scrapbook paper. I love to scrapbook, but doggone it, I'm over a year behind! Anyway, I had trouble getting the scrapbook paper to stick to the Styrofoam with the tacky glue I was using, so I went around the edges of the bare Styrofoam first with some masking tape and the glue and scrapbook paper stuck well to this. Get all six sides covered, and then start adding poems, pictures, stickers, etc. Once everything is how you like it, then comes the messy, fun part: Glitter!!! :) I ran a line of glitter around all the edges and freely sprinkled with silver glitter. Shake off the excess, and let dry. A cup or glass that the cube can sit on to dry is a good idea, so it doesn't stick to your surface.

Here are some photos of my Nancy Birthday Photo Cube!

Prim blessings,
Laurie





P.S. Hope you're enjoying your President's Day!