Time For My 2nd Anniversary Giveaway!

Update on giveaway....I forgot
something!  My hubby reminded
me that I was going to give all 
the ones that commented on my
"Just Checking" post on the 18th
 2 extra chances in the giveaway! 
So, if you are one of the
34, you will get the 2 extra added 
to what you earn!  I am glad 
that he remembered, I bet you
are, too! 

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Hey Blogging Buddies, it's time

for my GIVEAWAY!!!  I know 

you all have been waiting on pins

and needles, just for this!...lol...

Here is what the lucky winner 

will receive.....

*An old grungy kitchen scale, for display

purposes only, it does not work.

*An old kitchen grater.

*A fruit jar in holder with handle.

*And a wooden bowl that I painted,

stained and gave my prim touch to, for 

Fall, filled with a candle that I 

grunged and some dried rose hips, 

cinnamon sticks and pudka pods!
(whew, that was a long sentence)

Now for the rules....

1. You must be a follower of my blog.

You get 1 chance!

New ones are welcome! Tell me if

you are a new follower and you get

2 chances for signing on!

2. You must live in the USA, sorry 

everyone, but the postage for this 

package, would be too much to mail

out of the country. No entry for this

one, you are already lucky for living

in the USA!

3. You must sign up on this post, only.

The last time I did a giveaway, I had

sign ups on more than one post and 

it was too much trouble.

You don't have to have a blog to
enter, if you don't, please leave me
your email address in your 
comment, or e-mail it to me, so I 
can contact you if you win.

These are simple rules, right?

Now ways to earn extra entries,

(for you that want to.) Please tell 

me in your comment, which ones

you did, so I can give you the 

extra chances.

 If you go over to my shop and

  come back and tell me what your 

favorite thing is, in the shop so far, 

that earns you

2 extra chances!

          

If you post this on your sidebar,

and link it back to this post, that's

2 extra chances!

If you write a post about this 

giveaway and mention my shop,

The Prim Bear's Cupboard and

link back to my shop, that

= 3 more chances!

So, it is possible that you can

have 9 chances to win!

Let's see, when do I want to have

the drawing? hmmmm....Let me

check my calendar....

I am going to leave this open for

entries until noon, August 16th and  

announce the winner on August 17th.

Good luck to you all!!!  I will remind

you all, from time to time, and I will 

post it on my sidebar, also.

I want to thank you all for making 

blogging so much fun!  It has been

great making friends, all over this

great country and meeting some in 

person!  

I appreciate you all

taking the time to let me know you

are reading my blog, thanks so 

much!  I don't expect you to 

comment, every time you come by,

I know it is hard to keep up with

reading so many and commenting

on all of them is impossible, but 

I know you are reading, so that 

makes me happy!

Until next time!

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

A Big Thanks and Anniversaries!

 Thank you, to all of you kind

ladies that took time to let know

you are reading my blog.  I was

thinking of closing my blog, but

I am going to keep with it! That

is why I asked if anyone was 

reading it...Also, my blogiversary

is coming up, I did my first post 

on the 27th of July, so I am going

to have a giveaway to celebrate!

All of you ladies, that left me a 

comment, before this post, will

get 2 extra entries when you enter 

the giveaway!  I want you all to 

know how much I appreciate you

all!  Stay tuned, the next post 

will have the giveaway goodies!

Not only is my blog having an

anniversary, but today is our 

wedding anniversary.  We got 

married 42 years ago, no wait, 

that can't be right, I can't be

old enough to be married this

long!!!  Happy Anniversary,

to my darlin'  and thanks for 

putting up with me all these 

years!  And here's to a lot 

more years together!

You all have a great day!

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

Just Checking

Hey everyone, I am just popping

in for a bit.  I was just wondering

who all's reading my blog.  If you

are reading my blog, please leave

me a comment. Some times I get

a few comments and other times

a lot more....I have been thinking

about something and I will tell 

you all, later.

Thanks for stopping by and 

leaving me a comment, I really 

do appreciate it!  I am 
thankful for all my followers
and all the friends I have made
the last 2 years. Bloggers are
the best!

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

Barns

Hey everyone, I know some of you

love old barns as much as I do, so

get you something to drink and 

settle in for a bit, because I have 

lots of pictures of barns on this 

post, so it is going to take awhile!

We flew to Louisville, KY and

rented a car, then we drove 

through  Indiana and met up with

my cousin and T. J. of Willow Bend

Primitives and then on to Michigan

to visit relatives.  Then we drove 

back and flew out of Louisville, so

I got to get lots of barn pictures,

some pictures of court houses and

some stone and brick houses. But,

today you only get to see barns.

The picture above, is the close up of 

the barn, below.....Which is my 

favorite of them all...

 

 The picture below, is the end of

the barn in the picture, above.

  

The barn, above is across the road 

from the barn in the first picture

on this post. 

These barns are all in the area where 

I grew up in Michigan. The first one

is just down the road from the little

town that I got married in.

I didn't get as many as I thought,

but I hope you enjoyed them!

Thanks for stopping by!  

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

Treasured Friend and Treasures From My Trip

Hey everyone, I went a little over

board on my buying on the trip, last

month to our granddaughter's 

wedding ......I had to mail back two

boxes of stuff!  I like shopping in

different states, you can find some

great stuff!  I wish I had my van, but

we flew, so that limits you on what 

you can buy, that is for sure.

You can see a mustard colored 

cookie jar in the picture, above. I 

didn't get that on the trip, I got it

at that little flea market, that we go

to some weekends.  I got it for $2!  

I saw one on the trip for $35!

Like most cats, Chum has to lay on 

what ever is brought into the house,

so he took a nap in my wooden bowl.

The old sock dryer has it's original

price tag on it! I got a great deal on 

the Warren Kimble plates.

I hadn't bought any Boyd's bears in 

years, except for an ornie, so I came 

home with two of them, plus two others,

that aren't Boyd's. There are molds,

cookie cutters and patterns and pattern

books....

I put the peeker bear, in the pear suit, 

in one of my big wooden bowls with 

some utensils on the hutch and I put

the two bears on the right up on the 

shelf, that we put up awhile back,

you can see that shelf, a couple posts

back.

You can see part of a willow tree with

patriotic stars on it, it's up on that 

shelf, also.  The blue and white 

material, that you see, are panels 

that you can cut out and make 

pillows, throws or what ever you 

want with them. There is a throw 

underneath them, that I am 

thinking of cutting up to make 

things with....Probably won't

happen, we'll see.

Well, I saved the best for last!  I got to 

meet up with a dear blogging friend,

T. J. of Willow Bend Prims and

from Prim Pals!  We got to shops a

little, but the time went by too fast!

I had gotten my hair cut and permed

and it rained on us a little and boy 

did it frizz up! We were having so 

much fun, we couldn't quit smirking

and laughing long enough to get a

good picture...This is the best of the

bunch...The girls taking the pictures

were trying to get us to behave, but

that was impossible!  I found a lot

of the goodies I bought on the trip

in the Traderbakers Flea Market,

which we had just come out of....

Such fun, we will have to do it, again!

I didn't have a whole lot of time at 

any place, but I had a lot of fun, got

lots of goodies (lot of it is still in a box)

and hope we can do it, again!

It was great meeting you, T.J!!!!

I will be posting my giveaway, soon,

so be watching for that and thanks

for stopping by!

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen

I'm Back With Wedding Pictures

Hey everyone, I'm finally back

with pictures from my 

granddaughter's wedding....I 

can't believe that she is old 

enough to be married, but she

sure is!  She has already finished

her 3rd year of college. I thought

I would share them with you all.

 This is Brittany and Adam at 

rehearsal.

Almost ready! That's her sister,

Mallory, with her.

 The back of her beautiful dress!

Just married!

This is Brittany with her Dad,

my son.....One thing I have noticed

from these pictures, is that they are

a little fuzzy on the background, I 

do think it was because I had the 

red eye set on the camera.  I think

the next time I want to take pics,

I will leave the red eye off and just

get rid of it in my photo program.

I now wish I had taken them with

it on and with it off....I will be 

getting some from the photographer,

but he didn't take any of just the 

two of them posing.

Be on the look out for a post in a

few days for my 2nd anniversary

on my blog.  I will be having a prim

giveaway that I think you all will

like, at least I hope so!

I want to thank all of you that 

hung in there with me!

Until next time~

Bear Hugs & Blessings~Karen