This blog is now closed but please drop by at.... MY OTHER BLOG... THE BLESSED HEARTH...

YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEE WHAT IS HERE, THOUGH.. I WILL KEEP IT OPEN FOR AWHILE, ANYWAY...

AND THE SHOP IS CLOSED UNTIL NEXT SPRING..
THANKS FOR DROPPING BY...
FAYE..

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Good Afternoon..

Just a very short post to let you know that  I have found it too difficult to write two blogs... I really enjoy The Blessed Hearth one more as it is just everyday living and doing..

I want to thank you all for being a part of this blog but please come and visit at the other one..

I have done a few postings on it about the shop which this blog is basically about anyway.. So come on over whenever you can as I will be posting over the summer about primitive crafting..

I will leave this blog as is as you may find something useful or interesting in it for now, anyway..

Today I posted some pics I took in the HOUSE OF HENRY last week..

It is ready to go... I was only open a few hours as the weather has been downpouring rain and my back acted up ... Much better now, thank you Lord..

Drop on over to THIS POSTING  and check out the pics..

I plan on being open again on Wednesday through the rest of the week.. It will take a bit of time to get organized with the hours but my phone numbers will be posted outside ...

Ok? 

Thanks so much...

My email address is also on the sidebar of both blogs if you want to contact me..

May God bless and keep you all..

Faye ....

Here is another link for pics of HOUSE OF HENRY

THANKS..

House of Henry....

Just a picture for today....

Blessings...

A lovely gift and pics of the shop....

Good Evening, prim friends...

I wanted to post tonight and thank my sweet friend,Christine for the lovely gift she sent to me all the way from Florida.. 

Christine takes the most glorious photos on her blog and I have followed it for quite a while and am always amazed at her beautiful photos.. 

The other day this parcel came in the mail and when I opened it I was so thrilled. 

She had crocheted these dear little sachet bags for my herbs..

I can just imagine placing them in my dresser or linen closet full of lavender or rosemary or roses... smile...

She  was so kind and I appreciate it...

Thank you, dear... 

I am also posting a few pics of my shop from last summer.  

We are getting ready to open again soon.. 

Just looking at the pics help me to realize what I need to replace the product that sold...  

As you can see we have a mishmash of prims, antiques,  and homemade salves, jams, jellies, pickles and such..

Alas, I am just working away here and there between going and doing other things..

We hope to open the first of June so hope to see some of you soon...

Thanks so much for visiting and I love your comments..

God bless...

SWAP GIFT !!!

Hello all....

Today when we went to pick up our post Terry brought out a  parcel:-). It was my swap gift from Lori at

 Make Prim Happen . 

We were both part of a SO YOU AND SO ME SWAP over at

Tammy's Primitive Place

I was so excited when I opened it as she had made me these wonderful quilted balls..

Arn't they lovely? 

I have seen these before but have not tried my hand at making them.. It looks kind of complicated..

Then she included a wonderful wood bowl which she said she had  bought at an Antique Barn near her in Ontario...

I love everything and they will look so prim on a table ...

I'm not sure yet where they will go as we have just got home after being away all day and I wanted to be sure to post it...

Lori said that the balls were SO ME and the bowl was SO HER.. 

But I think the bowl is also so me.. smile..

Thanks, Lori and thank you to Tammy for being such a sweet hostess in this swap... 

Thank you so much for visiting.  

I am slowly working towards getting the shop ready for opening.  

Time is flying and I have so much half finished stuff.  

I need to start finishing each piece but oh well...

Aren't I such a passive person.. Right"-)

Have a great week and God Bless... 

Hugs..

PRIMITIVE CRAFTING...

Good Morning my prim friends...

A perfectly beautfiul Spring day here in Eastern Canada... I noticed that the chives and Scottish heather are up ... We also have some other plants starting to poke up through the ground...

Gotta love Spring and all of it's blessings..

As I mentioned last time my cousin came and we crafted..

Just thought I would share a few things that we did...

The morning she came a dear lad came and hooked up my new wireless printer... What a blessing that will be...

Valerie showed me how to print a picture...

This crow...

I had a page from a very old book....

And then to have it transferred to fabric....

This will be turned into a drawstring bag...

I think these will sell in the shop...

THE HOUSE OF HENRY...

Plus you can make pillows and mats and whatever with this method..

The fabric is ironed onto heat and bond and put through the printer. 

Just such an easy thing to do once you know...

With crows in mind, Val made this cloth .... It is the size of a pizza pan...

She used stencils and then the blanket stitch and vanilla spray....

On the back she used part of an old antique coverlid which had been her Grandmothers...

She said there was not much to salvage but isn't it a lovely fabric?

Here Val is showing me how to turn a print made on the printer into an oil painting.... (smile)

Spray it when it comes off the printer with a spray sealer...

Let it dry well....

Then with a stiff brush place a coat of glue...

Let it dry and crackle...

She says you can iron these if you like....

Then with a soft cloth put a coat of gel stain or some type of antiquing on them ...

Can you see the crackle... The gel just makes them look so old....

I mentioned to Val that I wondered what they would look like with a couple of coats of sealer and then framed....???

Val framed hers with glass....

She just emailed these to me as I had forgotten to take a pic of her finished product...

I have to get some gel stain before I can finish mine.

Have any of you done this... Perhaps you have a different technique..

I would love to hear from you...

Last but not least Valerie brought me a sweet gift.

Her Gram made a few of these and she gave me one..

Isn't it lovely?  You can make a nice nightie with this and use it for the top...

Or I can just admire it and add it to my lace cupboard... smile...

Thanks, Val for a lovely time and all the gifts and loans...

You can visit my other blog... The Blessed Hearth

and see the other things we did...

Thank you so much for visiting and leaving a little note if you have time ...

Have a blessed weekend...

Peace to you all....

Some Crafting Company

Hello all.... just a short posting tonight.. I am having some wonderful company tomorrow...My cousin Val.... 

We are going to be making some crafts as I have already posted over on The Blessed Hearth..

Just added a couple of close-ups of the guest room.. 

I will try and post some pics of the crafts we manage to do after Val goes home...

Thanks for stopping by...

God Bless....

Still getting stuff ready...

Good Evening...

Posting a picture or two of my doings as far as getting ready to open the House of Henry again this summer. 

As you can see in the above picture of the shoppe from last year we have a mixture of prim and antiques.  Last year I began making some homemade salves, balms and such ...

I have herb beds here and at the cottage so it was kind of an experimental fun thing to do. 

I did not do a lot but I did do sold very well. 

So this past week I have been making some ...

There are homemade salves, lip and gardeners salve, also homemade deodorants, salt scrubs, and even homemade laudry soaps...

These are a few and they need to have some little prim packaging done to them...

I know that I have several readers who are checking on here to see what I am making to put in the shop..

So, here are some piles of lace that some of the girls love to dig through..

I love old stitcheries and have been trying my best not to pick up any as there are several stacked up in the shoppe already..

But I did get this one....

I also need to make up some nice smelly mixtures..

Sweet Annie...

Old bottles that are almost ready...

Just need some teadye and more brown ink...

Well, that is all for tonight .... We have had a lovely Spring day here today... It feels so nice... I went out and dug a hen with her chickens to plant in a pot... It is hard to believe that they are right there under the snow growing away....

Thanks for dropping by and welcome to the new followers... It is good to meet you all. 
Leave a comment, please if you have the time...

God bless and love to you all..    Faye  ...