Date for Country Sampler shoot~~Faux Redware

Hi everyone...I hope you're having a good week!!!...Things are busy around here as usual...And even more so since Bill called two days ago and the photo shoot for Country Sampler will be on July 22...Still don't know the season yet..I will know what rooms on maybe the 15th....It's sooooooooo exciting!!!!!...But also a little stressful!!!

I forgot to tell you all about my eye appt...I do need some glasses, but he feels that just the store bought reading glasses will be fine for now since I just need them for reading and x-stitching....So I was relieved!!...Sure didn't want to have to spend the money on expensive glasses...We have been doing that for years for Taylor...So now I can get me some cute little designer spectacles..Don't they have different colors and designs?....I haven't really looked at them before, so I need to do that since it's been a week and a half since my eye appt already...Speaking of eye appt. it was interesting to say the least...Thank goodness Tim came from work to help with Luke...Taylor and I both had our eyes dilated...

Well, my cabinets are finished and 3 out of the 4 are in their places...I was going to take pics, but the bedsheets are in the washer and I didn't wat to take a pic showing the bed with only the mattress...So maybe I'll do that tomorrow along with the one in the family room...

But I do want to share what I have been working on...Yep!...Faux redware!...I love pottery!...In fact I've bought some new pieces this week..But I bought these dinner size plates in Myrtle Beach back in April at Old Time pottery...I didn't say anything because if they didn't end up looking good then no one ever needed to know...LOL...I've always wanted some with our names on them and then the others were just random designs I liked or adapted to my own design...So don't look tooooo closely!!!...I did these freehand...I'm not sure where I'm going to put them!!!....Here they are still drying on the kitchen cabinet awaiting some coats of satin varnish....What'cha think?????

Well, off to finish a late supper..Tim has been mowing grass since he got home!!...Have a great weekend!!!...hugs, Jen

Shaker cabinets~Tweaking~MY secret File

Hi everyone!...I hope you had a good week!...This post is going to be short, but full of pics...Dang, I bet you hate that!..HA!HA!....I know how we all like our pictures!!..So I'm jumping on here while Tim and Luke went to the store and to get us something to eat...

First off I've been working on my shaker cabinets this week..Had the first coat of black on them on Tuesday...Then on Wednesday when Tim went to sand them for me the sander dismantle itself right in his hand...Fell completely apart...UGH!!!! And double UGH!!!..So he ordered another one and I'm not sure when it will get here...Not soon enough I know...So we may be borrowing one...I want to get them finished and put in their new home...

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I re-tweaked the fireplace because I wasn't happy with the way the fireplace was photographing with the sweet annie...So it will be loved somewhere else and I've gone back to this...Looks better ya think??!!???

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Ok!...I want to share with you my secret file!!!...If I lost it I KNOW I would cry!!!...It is full of my favorite houses and articles...I have been collecting these for the 19 years I've loved country and then primitive decorating....This home is one of my all time favorites...It is shaker inspired and I inspire to have my home more like it someday...I have shaker elements here and there in my home and have always love the simple clean lines and simplicity of the style...And I LOVE LOVE LOVE the shaker baskets!!..I always have!...I will be sharing some more pics of my favorite houses from time to time with you..

Beautiful!!

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And then I wanted to share some pics ...One with flash...One without...Of my freedom pinkeep that I made for myself....I have it in the dough bowl/trencher on my coffee table....

Oh, finished before they got home...So I will run and get to working on my laundry and Tim won't think I've been on the computer..HA!...At least until he reads my blog on Monday at work....Does your hubby read your blog???...Mine does!:]...

Until next time....hugs,Jen

What a busy Sunday afternoon!!!....I made my trip to Michael's to get some more shaker cabinets...They only had 3 and I came home with 3...I also got some small children's chairs on clearance for $9.99 each...I've been wanting a child size table and chairs set for Luke to eat snack and play at...And since the price was right I grabbed them up..So this week I will be getting them painted up while I do the cabinets...

So tomorrow unless it changes I will be going to get my eyes checked....Yes, the eyes are having trouble seeing the lines on the linen and evenweave when I'm x-stitching...I'm told at this age 40 to 42 that this will happen....Like overnight it happens...Well, mine did...It was like one day I had no problems and the next I did...And after about 8 months of it I've decided to go get them checked....So I have an appt at 1:00 and Taylor's is at 1:30...Actually it was her normal appt, so i decided as long as I was going to be there I should go ahead and get mine looked at...

I've been tweaking again on the fireplace mantel...You will either love it or hate it...I put a set of my boxes in place of the clock and I hung a bunch of sweet annie that I got from my friend Karen (KM Primitives blog) a while back...Actually I got two bunches and I've since cut the other one up and added around the house...I will share that one day with you...But in the meantime here is my new mantel...FOR NOW anyway!!!...LOL





And the Mercantile Gatherings!!!..Do you have a subscription???






























Until next time!!..hugs, Jen

p.s....You're going to have to bare with me on all these spaces between my pics...Since switching to mozilla firefox it seems no matter what I do I have them.....And I don't know what to do about them!!!!UGH!!!

the MERCANTILE GATHERINGS!!!!

Is in my hands as I type!!!!!!!!....It is finally here!!!!!.....8 pages of my home....22 pics....with article!!!....YEAH!!...I got to share the moment with Luke, then I called Tim, my mom, and sister!!!...Have a good weekend everyone!!...hugs, Jen

A NEW SAMPLER / PINKEEP......

SOLD!!!Hi everyone!...I just added a new offering on my selling blog...Just click on the pic on the right hand side...Simple Goodes Stitched By Jennifer...SOLD!!!...THANK YOU!!!

Have a great day!!!...hugs, Jen