Monday, May 3, 2010

Meet a Bear Monday

Meet A Bear Monday

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Hello, Bear Lovers, it is time to meet
another bear....This one is a Boyd's bear
and she is 16" I believe, and her name is
Delta.  She is an older bear from the 90's.
That was back when the dealers were
supposed to write their name and number
on their tags....Her name and number aren't
on her tag, but I am sure of her name.
She is wearing a red/cream gingham
checked dress with a muslin collar and
trim on her dress....Under her dress, she
is wearing muslin pantaloons and on her
head, she is sporting a straw hat with a
red carnation.  She is all dressed to meet
her BFF for tea, but she has been waiting
and waiting....




Her tag is tucked in the front of
her dress.


She looks kinda sad, doesn't she?

Come on back soon, I will be posting
the great stuff I got at some garage sales
over the weekend!  I got a huge butcher
block cutting board, copper collander,
wooden boxes, rolling pins and more.

Until next time...


Bear Hugs~Karen

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Treasures I Found

Hello, Prim Friends....
I would like to thank you all for the
nice compliments on my bathroom make
over......I really do appreciate them all!

I have been getting things, here and there
and I haven't posted them, so here are
some of the things I have gotten in the
last couple months at antiques malls,
garage sales, or at an auction.  I got this
old kitchen scale at an auction, last
weekend...A lot of the paint fell off
when I cleaned it up, oh well, it makes
it more prim!





I also got this basket, below with material
and sewing supplies in it. I think I am going
to paint it black and rub some stain on it.


I got this material and lamp in a GW store
in Texas, the last time I was down there. I
think there is 5 yards of material. I only got
the lamp for the top, to put on a fruit jar...
I don't really need it, but it was cheap, so I
couldn't pass it up.....



I bought this old box at a fleamarket and
the wooden tray, I got in an antique mall,
along with the rooster....Why I bought him,
I don't know for sure, since I don't collect
them.....I think it was because he looks like
a great piece of folkart.....I need to find a
place to put him....We went to some sales,
today and got several items, so I will share
them with you another time.  I just missed
a huge wooden bowl today, dang...

Well, that is it for tonight, I hope you all
are safe, from the storms, they sure went
through here, last night!

Thanks for stopping by, my friends...

Bear Hugs~Karen

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Bathroom Make Over


Hello everyone, I hope you are having
a great week!  I thought I would show
you all my bathroom make over.  I really
like all the wood, but it was
blah, blah, blah!
So, I decided it needed some something
done to it, so I got to work on it.  I made a
shower curtain to cover the ugly chrome
 shower doors and I got out the black paint!

Before, looking in from the door.




The little cabinet just blends in 
with the wall....


Now, the cabinet, just stands out!


Before...

I didn't like the brushed nickel towel
bar and ring, so we took them out and
we are going to replace the light above
the mirror....I found one I like, I just
haven't gotten it, yet.  I did get shaggy
tan colored rugs for in front of the sink
and toilet. Real thick ones, that feel good
on your toes!   I painted the toilet tissue
cover on the back of the toilet and the
red chest on the counter.


After...


New towel ring....The shelf above the
 toilet, I had for quite awhile with the
intention of putting it to the left of the
door, but decided it would look good
where it is....It was white....I made the
little scarf on the toilet and hanging
on the peg rack out of material left over
from making the shower curtain.  The
crow is from Pam, from Prims in a small
town....I have a little hanging sign, that I
won from Willow Bend Prims, that I put
between the the crow and scarf, since I
took the pictures. It says "crows" on it.

Towel ring...



I painted the inside of the shelf, so I
could take out the drawer to display more
prims, later on....
The shower curtain looks blue and white in
this picture, but it is actually black and tan...
I have a granite soap dish with a cup holder
around here, some place that I am going to
put in there, just need to find out which box
I put it in, first......I hope you all enjoyed the
tour of the bathroom!  I had fun changing
it....Let's see, what can I do, next?  I want
to do the kitchen, but that might have to wait
awhile, we'll see :)

Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

Until next time....

Bear Hugs~Karen


Monday, April 26, 2010

Meet a Bear Monday


Hello Blogging Buddies, it's Monday
again and time to meet another bear.
Today you get to meet Mrs. Dixon,
the last of the Civil War bears that
I have......She is the mate to Dixon
the Confederate Soldier...

Here she is wearing her cute plaid
dress with cream colored trim and
her red checked apron, which matches
Dixon's shirt....She has pantaloons
and an underskirt, made of muslin
like Mrs. Mason is wearing.




Picture from behind, showing her shawl.



A close up of her cute face....



Her and Dixon, together...What a
cute couple!


Here are all four of them together...
I hope you enjoyed seeing my Civil War
bears this month, I will have to go around
the house and choose which one I will
be posting next...

Thanks for stopping by and a big
"thank you"
to those who have recently signed on to
follow my blog!  I have lots of things to
post, I am getting behind, so I will be
posting more often!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Gardenia

Hello Prim Friends!  
I was doing tips on Thursdays but
I don't know if anybody was
really that interested in them, so
I thought I might still
post them once in awhile, and do
pictures that I have taken,
here and there....This one is of a
Gardenia blossom that I took,
on a plant, that I got from my Mom's
place.....I have had it for several years
and it just bloomed, last summer.....
I hope it does better this year, last
year it only had 3 blossoms...It almost
died one winter, so I am lucky to
still have it!


I have lots of pictures that I can share
with you all, from sky pictures, to
barns and flowers.....

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

My Bingo Winnings



Hello Prim Pals....

I thought I would show y'all what
I got from Willow Bend Prims
for winning Bingo
awhile back...
TJ sent me all this neat stuff
sitting on the little table
cover!  I know where some of it
is going....The crow sign is going in
the bathroom, that I have been
working on, (beside a stuffed one
that I got from Pam)
 the framed flag is going in my
patriotic room, and the plate on
the stand is going on my little
hutch.  I am sure I will find a place
for the rest of it!  Thanks, TJ, I
really do love it all!

If you haven't been, check out TJ's
blog,  Willow Bend Prims and
while you are there,
check out the Prim Pal's Forum...



The weather has been great, so I need
to get outside and plant some more
flowers, do some sewing and get
something else done around here.

I hope y'all are having a great week!

Until next time~

Bear Hugs~Karen

Monday, April 19, 2010

Meet a Bear Monday


Hello, bear lovers, it is time for
"Meet a Bear Monday"
Tonight you get to meet "Dixon"
in his Confederate Civil War uniform...
His uniform was designed by an expert
in Civil War clothing and is made to look
like what they actually wore...He has a
red checked shirt on where as Mason's
shirt was muslin....These bears are from
Gettysburg, PA, where the big ol' Boyd's
bear barn is....If you love bears, you will
have to make a trip there, the barn is
huge, and full of bears!





A close up so you can see the top
of his hat...


And one with his jacket open more so
you can see his suspenders....
These bears were for sale at the barn,
then after a year, dealers could sell
them....I was lucky enough to get all
four of them, Mason, Dixon and their
mates....
Next Monday, I will show you Mrs.
Dixon and then the pair, together.

Thanks for stopping by for "Meet
A Bear Monday"......

Until next time....

Bear Hugs~Karen







Thursday, April 15, 2010

Give Away Reveal And The Winner Is????


This is what is in the surprise give away.
And the winner is Michelle Fincham!
Congrats to you, Michelle!



I will need your mailing address, Michelle
and I will get this in the mail to you
soon.....
Thanks to you all, who were
brave enough to enter, without knowing
what you would be getting...

When I have another give away, I
will post what I am giving away,
so you all will know...

Until next time....

Bear Hugs~

Karen


Drawing Tonight For My Give Away!

If you haven't signed up for my
surprise give away,
you still have a little time....
Scroll down and sign up on
Saturday's post.
I will draw the name tonight,
sometime...
I will show you what you what it is,
just before
I draw the name...Hurry!

Bear Hugs~Karen

Monday, April 12, 2010

Meet a Bear Monday


Hello bear lovers, it's time to
meet another bear....Tonight it
is Mrs. Mason, she is the wife to
the Union soldier from last week.
She has beautiful blue eyes and is
wearing a dress made from a
Civil War print and a blue apron.
Under her dress, she is wearing an
underskirt and pair of pantaloons.
She has a brown shawl to ward off
the chill and on top of her head,
she is wearing black and white lace.

These outfits are authentic to what
the women of the 1860's would be
wearing.





A close up of her cute little face....




Her underskirt and pantaloons...




And a picture of her and Mason...

Next Monday, I will show you Dixon
in his Confederate uniform...

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you
enjoyed my bears....

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen