I have been loving working on this 32 count linen...It plays havoc on my eyes sometimes, but the end result is lovely...These are the items i offered last week on the PHM group I sell in once a month...I'm really enjoying working on some patriotic items and have quiet a few orders that I've been working on...I plan on doing some more patriotic items to offer in the coming weeks...And if time permits, I want to get to a big patriotc sampler as a continuation of my Autumn in Grundy County and Cloverdale Road samplers...I want to do one for each season from places in my childhood...So many ideas and so little time...My baby boy (ok, he's 7, but always my baby...lol) will only be young for so long, so he gets so much of momma's time...There is a season for everything...

Have a Blessed day!

From the Farmhouse~~hugs, Jen 

The 1st two pics are designs form Falling Star primitives


The liberty bowl sampler is mine...

The last one is a Stacy Nash design...

Our new faux carriage house door.....

 Only 1 more day of school and marking off another "to do" on our list...We have wanted to do this for several years and I'm so glad we have finally accomplished it....Tim made the hardware at work and the faux windows...My heart just sings as i pull up to our little carriage house in our cul-de-sac...Our little house now has much needed curb appeal...We are working at getting all the front done this summer...New shutters with colonial hardware, a colonial lamp post where the sidewalk and driveway meets, accent lighting and a few spotlights, the 3' x 5' flag Tim has made from tin, a brick porch, etc....I will share as we go along...Lots to get done before Upward soccer starts in August and then weekend projects will be harder to get to...I will share, so you can follow along with us!

From the Farmhouse~~~~ (hmmmm!! Or maybe the little carriage house)~~ hugs, Jen

Yes! Yes! Yes! I'm still here! And I can't believe that it has been as long as it has since I last posted...Since Upward basketball ended we have had endless projects going on around here...Our wall that Tim started last Spring is finally finished...We bought bricks as extra money allowed and slowly it was finished...I love the faux stacked rock look...Now, when it rains, our mulch won't wash away...Next, to trim the bushes except for my butterfly bushes...They just grow wild...They are now starting to bloom this week...This pic was taken two weeks ago...

I have been fussing at Tim to dig up those 3 bushes behind my butterfly bushes...I don't like how crowded they have gotten...They had white blooms all over them a couple weeks ago, but they only bloom once a year...

The clay pot on the porch stoop is nurturing Luke's little plant he brought home from school that they started from a seed...I'm hoping it is a sunflower...A big one!

 My frog houses from broken pottery...They crawl in and shield themselves from the brutal Georgia heat!

Many more projects in the works....

From the Farmhouse~~ hugs, Jen

The Fence Is Down & Masters Week Is Ready To Begin!

 One of our big projects started a couple weeks ago...The old privacy fence started coming down and within a couple hours it was completely down...Tim had been talking about taking it down for several years since we own a chunk of the property behind it...I will miss the old fence and the honeysuckle vines especially during the summer, but I love the open space we have now and then Tim is going to put a fence up along the property line...Green weeds and little purple flowers are growing long the ground...It's so much fun to explore...There is still alot of clean-up from the ice storm and now that Upward basketball is over things can finally be beginning...We are planning on doing a carriage door to our garage door along with new shutters for the front and possibly some lanterns on either side of the garage if possible...We have been looking at accent lighting and we have been planting butterly bushes, hydrangea bushes, day lilies, irises, hosteas, etc. the past couple years...I want to go out back on the property and sprinkle wildflowers in areas and see what comes up this summer...And even though we live in a cul-de-sac we finally feel not so boxed in...

Everything is starting to green and the trees have little green leaves on them it seems like overnight...Dogwoods are in full bloom and azalea bushes as the Masters course signature bush that you see everywhere...

I will post some pics soon...Tim cleaned alot of the wire fence up yesterday and cleared and burned alot of the tree branches yesterday...The wire fence will come down when he gets the fence built on the property line...

And I love that Tim allowed me some really good photo shots of him...Usually he isn't into posing for pics, but this time he indulged me...

Such a transformation from when we moved in 5 years ago...You literally couldn't see through the trees and vines it was so thick back there..It was like a jungle...But each year Tim worked at getting it cleared out to what it is now...

 I took a quick trip to Michael's for some stitching supplies and used my 50% off coupon...The cashier asked if i wanted to keep my flier...I laughed and said "No Ma'am, I'm not heading back over this way the rest of the week."...She laughed and said she understood perfectly...I was already seeing alot of Masters visitors all decked out in their Masters shirts and hats..And we ran into friends yesterday while out that were getting the last items for their trips because they rent their homes out every year during this week...I love the excitement of the week and all the activities planned...It seems to be coming more and more into our area with alot of houses rented out in this area and the new outdoor Lady Antebellum Ampitheater that was built a couple miles down the road...Concerts and activities are planned this week with I know Darius Rucker being here along with others...And Lady Antebellum will be back in a few weeks to perform...The boys are from here..I love the excitement in the air during spring break!!

I have added my Spring patterns for you x-stitchers in my side bar if anyone is looking for a new Spring design to add to their collection...Just email me if you're interested in anything...

From The Farmhouse~~hugs, Jen

I'm BACK!!! Sort of!! I'm trying to work my way through this new set up I have on this computer...My computer was sent off to Kentucky over 3 weeks ago to be worked on by a friend that works at Tim's corporate office...So, I have been struggling with a not cooperative tablet...We had a love/hate relationship during that time...It would knock me off the internet continuously and I would fuss and rant...So, when Tim called yesterday and said my computer had arrived I was doing the happy dance...But now I'm kind of lost trying to find things and getting familiar with the new set up...

Spring break has officially begun as of this afternoon...Ten days of vacation....Aww!! And as Augusta prepares for the world to descend upon us for the Masters...I will stay home and away from the traffic as much as I possibly can, but I will be drinking in all the goings on on the course on the television...I have been a couple times and it is as beautiful as it looks on tv...But now I'm content to stay on this end of Washington Road away from the course on the other end of Washington Road and all the ridiculous traffic...

I hope to be back soon with some new pictures...Upward basketball season ended last Saturday and we have some projects planned...One big one has already begun...I will try to find the pictures...lol

From the Farmhouse~~hugs, Jen