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This is a great issue full of fun articles. Be sure and get into the Christmas spirit with the “Putz” House article. Then read up on some great decorating tips for those who are working with a budget. Our feature crafter this month is Grans Attic Annies she makes some really creative crafts.
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I have really been on a roll lately with the not so pretty items I’ve found in thrift stores. This is a fabric cat that I purchased at the thrift store for a little bit of nuthin. I have been seeing grubby kitties on various blogs and sites and thought why not.
So first of all I removed every sign of frilly froo froo I could from this cat, which turns out to only be around his neck. The original crafter had lace and blue ribbon on him. Gosh I remember when frilly froo froo was popular and at one time I actully decorated with this look. And just for the record I’m NOT that old. Of course I do lie about my age on a regular basis, so don’t even bother to ask me that question you absolutely will NOT get an honest answer from me.
Sorry I did dirgress for just a moment. After the frilly froo froo (I like typing that) was removed I stitched a new nose onto his face for character. Painted the cat black, rubbed good ole cinnamon on him and baked him in the oven. When dry tied a berry spring with a bell to his neck for a new collar and then sewing on wire for some whiskers. I think he is just primalicious now. What do you think?
Fabric Cat Before his makeover
Makeover Cat After
I have declared Fridays to be Finish it up Friday’s. I decided to do this because I have so many unfinished projects around my office I’m starting to be overwhelmed so to hold myself accountable I am going to finish one craft a week and then post what it is I did for all the world to see.
This week I finished up this raggedy doll. This is a Sweetmeadows Farm pattern that I bought at the Lititz craft show here in Pa. I really admire her work and really wanted to make an eyelid on something so I went for it. Well I soon put the doll down because, well, I’m a perfectionist and the eyelids weren’t working for me. I decided to finish her anyway and call her primitive. I really like her dress it has a great stain to it. I love when the stain has a sort of verigated look to it with dark and lighter spots all over.
I’m not sure if I will attempt the eyelid anytime soon but it sure was a challenge. Well now that I think about it, it wasn’t so much the eyelid as it was the coloring of the eyeball???? lol.
Check back next week as I have an unfinished snowman from the same pattern that needs to be finished eyelids and all.
This is the latest book by author Judy Condon. This book is wonderful if you haven’t seen it yet, you may just need to get it for your collection. There is a full 144 pages of full color photos that are truly inspiring. Thanks for another great book Judy.
Go to http://briarpatchprim.com to order your copy today.
I love coming up with new ideas and this one is so clever and simple. Don’t we all just feel like we need to simplify our lives? I’m going to walk you through some very basic steps on how to make these prim little wonders.
First off you will need some plastic fruit, I prefer using apples and pears, but hey its your project you can use whatever you want. You may have some old fruit hanging around your home you can use these. You can also buy your fuit at a dollar store for you guessed it $1. With yard sale season starting up why not go for the big bargains and see how many you can find while you’re out.
You will also need some brown paint, doesn’t matter the exact shade whatever you have is fine. Modge podge (water this down a tad) and in a baggie mix in spices of your choice like cinnamon, cloves, pumpkin spice, nutmeg. You can even use coffee grounds if you want, or just plain cinnamon. And a mat sealer to finish it off.
Now that every thing is gathered start by painting your fruit with brown paint. Let this dry. Now brush on your watered down modge podge (or any glue) and toss into your baggie of spices and coat the fruit well. If you want to make it more grungy just keep layering the spices. Let this dry over night or at least several hours to make sure its set. Then seal it with two light coats of mat sealer and let dry. While these are drying you can come up with some cute decorating ideas for them. Lets brainstorm a few.
Place them in a cute basket with a prim tag. Place them in your big treenware bowl or antique dough bowl with some pip berries and a few seed lights. You could even put a hole through the fruit before gunging and string them on a piece of twine to make a very nice and lightweight fruit garland to hang over your mantle or old window sill.
You can alway contact me through my site to get your seed lights and to find directions on making the prim tags. Go to www. briarpatchprim.com
And I would like you to share your prim fruit ideas.
Hello, Michele here from www.briarpatchprim.com . I’m so glad that it is officially spring. I already have flowers popping through the ground and it’s so nice to see a touch of green. So to celebrate I’ve decided to share directions to make a dryer sachet. These dryer sachets are great to give a nice natural scent to your laundry.
What you need is some fabric. This is a great time to use up your leftover fabric. For one sachet you will need (2) 5” x 5” squares. And sewing supplies, I use my machine but you can handstitch if you prefer. And you’ll need some dried lavender buds.
Now just place the 2 squares right sides together and sew up three sides. Let the fourth side open to turn and stuff. Now turn the fabric and stuff with about 1 cup of lavender. Sew the fourth side closed.
These are great to give as gifts you can make a set of three and bundle them together with a pretty coordinating ribbon. I sell these on my site for $9.99 for a set of three. http://www.briarpatchprim.com/catalog.php
The sachets are good for about 10 to 15 loads of laundry and they will scent your laundry with a light lavender scent and it’s a great way to go “green”. You could also get creative and fill the bags with other natural, pleasingly scented botanicals like rose petals or even try lilacs. Make sure to toss them in with your bed linens the lavender will help you to drift off into lalaland with plenty of sweet dreams.
Have fun blessing your laundry.
Spring is just around the corner and I know many of you are getting ready to get your gardens ready. I know here in PA its still a little early to do anything outside but, I still find this is a good time to do some planning.
Last year I learned about this really neat garden décor craft that is called “tipsy pot”. I was so impressed with these when I did a search last summer for directions on how to make them. And that is the main thing I am going to do in my flower bed this year. Be sure to check out my blog for updates as I get mine finished.
Here are some directions on how to make these tipsy pots and also go to my blog at www.briarpatchprim.wordpress.com and I will post some pictures of them to give you a better feel of what exactly they are. I know sometimes it’s hard to visualize over the radio.
So first off you will need a piece of rebar and you can get this at home stores. Get one that is about 5 feet long. You will also need 5 flower pots of varied sizes make sure they have a hole in the bottom. And you will need potting soil and plants or flowers of your choice.
Find a nice place in your yard to create your tipsy pot. And hammer the rebar into the ground about 12 inches to make sure its stable. Now take your biggest pot and slide it down over the rebar through the drainage hole and then fill it with potting soil. Take the next pot about a size or two smaller and slide over rebar same way then tilt it so it looks like its tipped over and ready to spill out and fill with soil and you’ll keep doing this until you have as many pots as you want. I personally like odd numbers so I would go with either 3 or 5. Make sure that the pots are tilted in different directions. When they are stacked you can put in your plants.
You can also make the tipsy pots out of trash treasures you may have hanging around your home or that you find while out at yard sales. You could make one using old wash tubs and old buckets, try using old watering cans for a unique look. Be creative and let me know how your tipsy pot turned out for you.
Until next time have fun decorating.
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