I Won!!!!

I won Barb's Heartstrokes giveaway. Barb gave away this handpainted Joy Reindeer. I love him and he has made a home with our Christmas decorations. He will move to my craft room after Christmas and will hang year round to bring Joy all year long.   Barb's work can be found on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/barbsheartstrokes?ref=search_shop_redirect   The painting is done on fiberglass screen and she does a beautiful job.  Thanks so much Barb!

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!

WINNER!!!

Miss Annie Primitives is the winner of the reindeer...please contact me by email with your address.
Thanks to all that entered here and on FB.  Merry Christmas!!

Barb's Heartstrokes giveaway

Barb's Heartstrokes 

 

 

I'm having a give away on my Prims and Annies

Facebook page

 

I'm having a give away on my Prims and Annies FB page. Pattern by Old Road Primitives. You can earn up to 4 chances to win:
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Drawing will be 12/12/2013 Good Luck!!
Sorry..open to US residents only

 

 

 

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

 

Fall

Ornamental Pear Tree 

This is the biggest burst of color we have

in the Fall in South GA and a few

yellow leaves here and there.

 

Plastic Bag Holders I am shipping today.

Halloween Decorations at my house

We made this old bench from an old window.

I made the bats, and put wire in the wings

so they would look more realistic.

I made the pumpkin with dots from

an old piece of plywood.. just rounded the top

and bottom corners and painted a stem, then

glued on a raffia bow.

The pumpkin patch.. made these several years ago.

Back door scarecrow

I made this scarecrow many years ago. This

is one of two things I made in that class and decided

very early that I did not want to pursue as a craft.

 

Birdhouses my husband made for the show.

Corn in cast iron skillet that Sandy @ The Olde

Country Cupboard made... we miss you Sandy.

McIntosh show will not be the same without you.

 

 

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Hope everyone has a great week!

View from my back yard

 

View from my back yard today. The temp is actually

in the 70's this morning in south GA. The cotton is waiting to be

harvested...the plant is sprayed with a defoliate so the

leaves will die. We live in the country with cotton on three

sides of our house. Normally the cotton is sprayed by a

crop duster plane, but last year the farmers sprayed  it..

probably is getting so expensive to use the plane. I am really

glad..when the plane sprays it the spray drifts if the wind is

blowing, even just a little wind will carry it.

 

 

 

This guy is barely clearing the trees and power lines,

not to mention that he flying directly over the house.

 

 

Pumpkins

 

Pumpkins in June...these seeds germinated from the

pumpkins I bought at Walmart last Fall.

After a few months we threw them in the compost

pile.  If you will scroll down to the 4th and 5th

picture after the pic with the dog, you will

see the vine in the center and a picture when they

were very small.

 

Have a great week!

Time to get busy for craft shows..only a

few months away...for us (including me) that don't

have nearly enough inventory to have a show.

Yesterday I decided to pull out the glass paint from

way back in the cabinet, wipe the dust off and

paint glasses. My thing is daisies this summer..can't

get enough of them..so

I decided to paint daisies on these two glasses.

It has probably been 3 years since I painted on

glass. Some of the paint was dry but lucky for me

the yellow, white and brown was still good.

Wipe the glasses with vinegar to remove oils and

whatever may be on them...do not have lotion on

your hands..I hold the glass by the top and sometimes

put my hand in it to hold in place.

It took about 20 minutes to paint these two glasses.

Into a COLD oven for 30 minutes..set temp @ 325..

at the end of time turn off oven, I open the door because

I don't want to wait for the oven to get cold with the door closed 

before I can get them out.  I usually let them age for a

couple days before I clean up whatever spots are on

them...with vinegar.

A quick and easy project.  If you have never painted on

glass, give it a try...it is very forgiving..just keep

the vinegar and cotton swab close by.

I used Delta Perm Enamel and Apple Barrel Indoor-

Outdoor gloss acrylic enamel. I prefer the gloss

paint over the satin finish. Do Not use water base

acrylic paint. Soap and water or brush cleaner can

be used to clean brushes but clean them immediately

after you finish painting.

I always wash my painted glassware by hand.

 

Total cost $2.00 @ at Dollar Tree.

I think I will go back and get a few more glasses.

That was fun!!

Easter flowers

 

 

I took this picture yesterday.

I bought two lilies last year at Lowes in their

"critical care section"...maybe they will

bloom at Easter next year.

 

and this one was taken May 5 2013..it

is an Easter Cactus

This one bloomed just after Easter.

 

 

Pics of our garden

 

We had a thunderstorm come thru our area late yesterday

afternoon. Tree fell on the power line and was without power

almost 2 hours

 These pics were taken after the rain..

seems like everything doubled in size.

We are eating a lot of broccoli...seems like it is all ready

to pick at the same time.

The cabbage has started forming in the center...we could

not find the plants until late in the season, so if the

temperature rises into the 90's, it will not make it..they

prefer cooler weather. They were planted the first week in April.

 

There are 21 tomato plants and most have tomatoes about

1 inch in diameter. We planted these by the phase of the moon...

April 12 and 13...will let you know how that goes...the yeild is

suppose to be greater.

In case you would like to compare your growing seasons

with our  pictures...we are located in SW GA.

 

Broccoli..we planted 8 plants.

 

 

In the center of pic below is a vine that we did not plant,

started growing from seeds thrown in the compost bed.

Not sure what it is yet but it is growing like crazy..see

pic below.

 

 

Happy Mother's Day

Mothers are a promise from God that

you will have a friend forever.

My mom when she was 16 years old.

We miss you but take comfort in our memories

and that we will see you one day.

1919 - 2006

On my way to the post office

Pictures of our garden.

This morning glory is at the post office..it thrives

on neglect...it's a cloudy day but look how the light

is shining through the center...it's like there is a clear

bulb in it.....absoultely beautiful.

 

Honeysuckle growing along the old dirt road that

is by my house. The smell in intoxicating.

 

This cactus grows at the edge of our property

and down the old dirt road.

This picture is in the fall..I'm told the maroon

bulbs on the top are edible...haven't worked up

enough courage to try.

You should see the dog in the strawberries finding the

perfect one to eat...and she knows to choose the

red ones...her limit is 4.

Belle

I call it a bottle brush plant...beautiful

Garden pictures...still have a few things to plant.

 

cabbage and broccoli

kudzu bugs have invaded south Georgia...but this

is not kudzu....it's my wisteria.

I will be mixing up a special cocktail for them

today when the dew dries. They feed by sucking

the nutrients from the plant...glad we noticed them

before the plant was destroyed.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/stinky-kudzu-bugs-invading-north-georgia/nFJWb/