My "FREE" Junk.....

I hit the "Jackpot"

in Junk  (Treasures).....

(old hose reel, roll of wire, old shovels, a sickle??)

My Sister Carolyn brought over

 a truck load of Treasures for me!

She was helping her 

Mother-In-Law clean out some buildings

around her Homestead.

(old tea kettle, wooden baseball bats, oil cans, pulleys, wood crates)

Her In-Laws were going to throw these

treasures away!

But my Sister stopped them and

loaded up her truck.

She knew these are the kind of treasures 

that I Love...and will put to good use!!!

All these cigar boxes are labeled and full of 

hinges, nails, brass door pieces,

 door plates, etc....

More rolls of wire, funnels, oil cans,

wood crates, glass jars,

pieces of wood...and it goes on.

I still didn't get to go through it all yet...

And she called this morning to tell me she

had another load for me!

Oh my!!  I better get creating!!

Have a wonderful Friday Everyone!

Ramblings....

Finally the RAIN has come!!

On Tuesday we had RAIN and

Thunderstorms.

This was my view driving into work.

 Wednesday  night we had more rain.

And today, cloudy skies, cool temps

and more rain!

The boys and I put on our jeans 

and sweatshirts.

There was certainly a chill in the air...

& a bit cool in the house.

But we didn't mind.

I picked my very first tomatoes 

from the Garden on Wednesday.

Very Small ones...

but oh so yummy!!!

As I was going through some photo's

that I had stored on my computer...

I came across a couple projects that I did

and forgot to post about...

Back in June...My son Dawson's

 Grandpa came to visit.

He brought me an empty Stroh's Beer can,

& told me to make something crafty with it...

(but he said Don't make it look primitive, Lol!)

Well, Grandpa likes his Stroh's Beer

& he loves to Garden...

So I put the 2 together & came up

with this for his Garden.

I don't have pictures of the detailed

steps in this project, but what I did was....

I took a piece of scrap wood, painted it,

painted on the letters, Beer Garden.

Then I took one of my garden stakes,

stained it & then I screwed the sign to

the stake.

Next I took the beer can, screwed that to the 

middle of the stake, then added some 

artificial daisies.

I must say...Grandpa loved it!

This next project is my finished 

Clothespin bag.

This idea I got from Trace.

www.grannytracescrapsandsquares.blogspot.com

I picked up this little girls dress

from the Goodwill on a 

clearance rack for 99 cents.

All I did was turn it inside out

& sew across the bottom.

Turn it back the right way & I 

have a new clothespin bag!

These last pictures are from a Giveaway

I won back in June from Darlene at

"Three- D" Style....

I won these cute little stork scissors

& this wool scissor case.

(NOTE....I am late posting this...

but I did e-mail Darlene right away

after I received these in the mail

to Thank her.)

I am so excited to have my own

little pair of scissors that's mine

and the Boy's can't touch!

This wool case is sooo beautiful!

Darlene also included a notepad

and a pen!

Thank You again Darlene!!!

So Sorry for the late post!

You can visit Darlene at

http://threedstyleinflorida.blogspot.com

Darlene has frequent Giveaways

and she does some Awesome work.

Her creations are Beautiful!

By the way...Does anyone know

why Blogger highlights some of

the Post in white???

This drives me crazy!!!!

Swap Items from Kendra.....

Yesterday I received a Package in the mail

from my Swap Partner Kendra.

http://thestonehouseprims.blogspot.com

We were Swap Partners in Wendy's

Christmas in July Swap.

These are the wonderful goodies I received...

This Beautiful  Hand stitched Snowman table runner.

I Love this...and Snowmen are my favorite.

A pillow that reads...

Hang up your stocking

'cause Santa's on his way!

Adorable snowman on a Bobbin

and some cinnamon covered lights 

that smell awesome....

A Snowman frame with a stitchery

It reads...

Sled rides

Snowball fights

little children

bundled tight

my it is

A snowy night

An  Awesome Handmade card

A Prim Stocking

full of goodies....

2 tarts, a Packer candy cane Ornament,

A small bar of chocolate & cream soap,

A bag of chocolate covered Sunflower seeds,

and a snowman pail

A notepad and

2 fabric covered, wax dipped candy canes

And this ADORABLE

painted skate

That Kendra painted

The Primitive Skate... on it

This was Kendra's Uncle's skate

from when he was growing up.

How special is that???

"THANK YOU"

so much Kendra.

I LOVE all the goodies you sent

and I will cherish them always!!!!

Giveaways....

I have two wonderful Giveaways 

to tell you about.....

The first one is Steph's

Christmas in July Blogiversary Giveaway...over at

http://frontporchprimitives.blogspot.com

Look at all these wonderful creations

that Steph made!

Click on the Front Porch Primitives Link above

and get yourself signed up.

Drawing is July 25th.

The next Giveaway is from Christina at

http://www.pendletonprimitives.blogspot.com

for this Sweet Pantry Bag!

Christina is new to Blogging 

and makes some wonderful creations.

Click on the Pendleton Primitives Link

above to take you over to her Blog

so you can see for your self.

Giveaway ends Aug. 5th.

Carol is having a Giveaway......

Carol is having an  

"AWESOME"

 Christmas in July Giveaway!

Head on over to

Carol's  Blog

http://buttermilkcreekfarm.blogspot.com

and get signed up.