Changing Tables

Good evening to my blogging friends...

I have been pretty busy, this past 

week, getting ready for company. We 

really enjoyed having them here, for

the weekend!  My family is spread 

out, all over the USA, so it is so good

to get together, when some of us can.

I have to tell ya that I have the best

brother in the world! He took an old

table, that I had and made it bigger

and put a new top on it!  It turned out

fantastic!

This is my dining room table, that I

had been using....We moved it into the

living room and I put a throw on it, 

because Chum thinks it is his, to sleep on.

Here are the old legs, from the table,

that I had in Texas, with the new top!

It is about the same size, as the round 

one, with two leaves in it, but it is so

sturdy!  I am going to paint the frame 

and the legs, black....

He put edges on it, like an old cutting

 board, just like I wanted and he even 

put pegs through them, into the

table top...I love this table, so much and

he did a fantastic job on it, just for his 

baby sister.  He is the best brother, that

any gal, could ask for!  He probably 

won't see this, but thank you, big 

brother, you are the best!

I hope you all are safe, I know there were

tornadoes, last night....We were under a 

watch, during the night...I have a noaa

weather radio, now I can go to bed, when

there is bad weather, knowing that it will

warn me if a watch changes to a warning.

It about scares it out of ya, when it goes 

off, while you are sleeping, but it's worth

the peace of mind.  I used to stay up, half

the night, when there were storms...Now

I don't have to....Check into them, I have

one that has a battery back up.

Well, that is all for tonight....Thanks

for stopping by!

Bear Hugs~Karen

Tuesday's Display Chain

 Hey everyone, I thought I would

join in on the display chain over

1890 Gable House Musings..Today's

theme is bowls...I have more, but 

this is all I am showing, today...

                                                                         

  

    

One of the pictures, turned out fuzzy,

so, I didn't post it....I hope you like

my old bowl collection....I have some

from the 50's, that I will show another

time....I have company coming, for the 

so I need to get back to cleaning!

Click here to go to Misi's blog

to check out the others that have joined

the chain...

Have a great day!

Bear Hugs~Karen 

Come Join The Prim Link Party

Hey everyone, I just wanted to let

you all know about a blog link 

party going on over at

The Prairie Patch!

 

Come join in on the fun and

add your link, to show some of

your prims!  

Bear Hugs~Karen

Come Join Our Celebration!

Hey everyone, we are celebrating our 

1st Anniversary, over at the forum!

So, come on over and become a member,

and sign up for some wonderful prizes!

Check out the rules, for the giveaway,

below....



Please feel free to share this button on your blogs, facebook and even tweet it if you have twitter ! These are the rules to enter Prim Pals 1 year anniversary celebration giveaway....

YOU MUST be a forum member
YOU MUST post or posted an introduction in the NEW MEMBERS SECTION ( we will be checking )
YOU MUST have at least 20 POSTS
YOU MUST comment here that you would like to be entered
YOU WILL get an extra entry for the prizes by Posting this on your blogs or facebook pages. PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT THAT YOU DID SO WE CAN CHECK and give you credit.
Winners will be announced March 8th
One GRAND PRIZE winner of a 25 dollar gift card and 5 mystery gifts will be awarded for a total of 6 prizes !

 

Hope to see you there!

 

Bear Hugs~Karen

A Surprise Give Away

Hey everyone, I just wanted to 

tell y'all about a surprise give away

over at Prim Crafts....

Jean's 

birthday is soon, so click  here

to go to her blog, scroll down

until you get to "give away" to

enter.  Please tell her I sent ya,

for extra chances.  The drawing 

is Feb. 20th, so hurry!

Bear Hugs~Karen

I Won A Stencil!

Hey everyone, I just want to tell

you all, about the monthly give away,

over at Folkart From The Harbor.

I won the one given away on the 1st

of February, and here it is!

 It's for a Parcheesi game board!

She has a wonderful patriotic stencil,

to give away on March 1st, so go on 

over and sign up for it!  While you are

there, go check out her stencils, she 

so many, that I couldn't make up my 

mind on what to order!   So, I will have

to decide, a little later. Tell Becca,

that Karen, sent ya.

Have a great day!

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you all have 

 Happy Valentine's Day!

with those you love... 

My hubby's Mom, kept his Valentines

from Kindergarten and 1st grade!  This

isn't all of them. There is even a birthday

card, for when he turned seven years old...

I don't have any from my childhood, so 

this is awesome!  Do any of you have your 

cards from your favorite Valentine's?

Bear Hugs~Karen

Treasures In The Mail

Hey everyone, I hope you all are

having a great weekend and that

it has warmed up, where you are.

It is supposed to be in the low 60's

today and get warmer as the week

goes on!  Yippeeeee, the last of the 

snow, just melted off, yesterday...

I thought I would show you all 

what I bought from Jody of Primgal's 

Primitive Pallette.....

I bought the tissue box cover and 

she sent me this cute bar of

soap, that she painted, as a freebie!

Thanks, Jody! Click here to go on 

over and check out all her wonderful

painted and prim  items.

Well, I have some things to work on,

it is taking me a lot longer to get

the things done for my selling blog,

than planned.....So, off to work, I go!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

New Treasures

Hey everyone, I thought I would

show you all the prairie doll and 

a wooden treasure I got, last week,

on the way to Texas.

She is huge! I measured her, after I

got home and she is about 28" from 

head to foot and about 38" from the 

top of her bonnet to the bottom of her

dress.  There is a smudge on her dress,

that looks like it might be paint, but 

I'm planning on making her an apron, to 

cover it up and I will be taking off a 

lot of the lace, on her dress....

I found this long scoop to hang on the

wall, but I don't know if I will put a 

candle in it, or paint it and put it on 

my selling blog, when I get it started

up....

Well, I need to get to work on some

thing, I haven gotten much done, 

since I got home.

I hope you all are staying safe and 

warm...Thanks for stopping by

Until next time... 

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

Blues Around The House

Hey everyone, I didn't get time 

to post more of the blues around

the house, before I left for Texas,

so here they are....

 All the pitchers, above are sitting on a

shelf, above the French doors, that needs

to be painted. I haven't decided what 

color I want to paint the trim, so it is

has to wait until I paint the trim. The 

guy who put the trim up, put some kind

of filler over the nail heads, but didn't

paint over them, so they show as 

smudges in the pictures...GGGRRR!

I cropped the picture, above and it

cut off an aqua colored cup, on the right.

These are arranged like this, normally,

I put some from the lower shelves on top

for the picture.

 

My Mom gave me the Pepsi 

thermometer about 15 yrs ago,

she had it hanging outside, on a tree.

 

The large crock was shipped to me,

all the way from Germany, it's a 

Westerward.

 

I bought this little pie plate in Kansas,

when we went up to my brother's for

Thanksgiving.

 I am more of a "red" person, than a 

"blue" but those blue treasures, just keep 

sneaking in! So, if you haven't shown 

your "blues"...

What ya waiting for? 

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

Treasures From Lorna

Hey everyone, I just have to share with

you all the goodies that Lorna gave me!

She is such a sweetie, and so much fun 

to be with!

She made me the cutest prairie doll,

this jar, with material around it and

a label, for my kitchen, and the most

awesome smelling pantry cakes!  I 

love it all, Lorna!  I consider these

"treasures from a treasured friend"

I am going to put the pantry

cakes on the big cutting board

on the stove top....I need to paint and 

finish my shoo fly screen, so I can put 

it over top of them....Can't wait....I had

so much fun with Lorna, I wish the 

weather hadn't turned so bad, because

we could have had a few days of fun!

I would like to thank everyone that

have left me comments, I appreciate

every one of them!

Well, that is it, for tonight.....I will

post more of the "blues" on my next

post.....Until then, take care and stay

warm!

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

Fun Times!

Hello everyone, I just got back from

Texas, last night....I went down on 

Monday with plans on meeting with

Melissa of "MsPrimNCountry" and

Lorna of "Live Oak Primitive 

Peddler"......Well, let me tell ya that

I think there was a conspiracy going 

on to keep me from being able to meet

them!  It was about  73 degrees on 

Monday that night, it rained and then

we had freezing rain and sleet. I stayed

in the house on Tuesday and Wednesday

I ventured out to visit some neighbors,

plus go to town.....Lorna and I were going

to meet on Tuesday, well we postponed 

it until Wednesday and then it was so cold,

we decided to meet on Friday.....Then we

found out it was going to snow!  It was in 

the teens at night and 20's during the day.

I talked to Melissa, to meet with her on 

Thursday and her family still had the flu!

So, I called Lorna and I headed out on 

Thursday....I was an hour later, than I was

going to be, because something came up,

but I was determined to get there, even if

I had to put skis on the van!  Well, I made

it and we only got to shop at one antique

place, but we both got some great stuff!

Here are all the goodies, that we got and

we had so much fun!  We laughed and 

laughed and laughed!  I got the things

on the left and Lorna got the things on 

the right side....These little cuties are

Lorna's granddaughters, prim decoraters

in the making!  They love how grandma

decorates her home, so I am sure they will

be collecting prims when they grow up.

Go on over to Lorna's to read more about

our short adventure!  I will have to make

another trip to Texas, as soon as it warms

up, so Melissa and I can meet up and have

some fun!  It may sound like nothing to be

in the teens and twenties, but for TX, that

is cold, in fact, they say it is the coldest it

has been for 15 or 16 years!  Brrrrr....I 

can't wait until it warms up!  It snowed 

last night, and we have several inches, so 

it is a good thing I came on home...I don't

like being out on the road at night, but I 

got home a little past 7:30, so it wasn't too

bad and there wasn't much traffic......

Well, I didn't get time to post before I 

left.....I had a little disaster!  I bumped

the cutting board on the counter, it in turn

knocked off a big storage jar full of flour,

a jar of popcorn and a cookie jar, full of

cookie cutters off the back of the counter!

They hit my two big crocks and one of them

broke, along with the jar of flour and the

cookie jar!  The flour jar fell into the big

crock, it broke out a hunk from the side 

of it and also put a hole in the bottom...

It just made me sick!  I just got that big

crock, this Fall.....I guess I will glue the

big hunk back in it and just keep it....Well,

I better get to crafting, since I haven't been

able to do any, all week.  I didn't take any

thing to work on, because I figured I would

be gone all the time, having fun!

Lorna gave me some wonderful things,

so I will post them, soon!  She is such a

sweetie, I just love her and I am looking

forward to having more visits, with her.

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen