Getting Ready for Sweet Ila Mae's Barn Sale

Karen created this cute collage to showcase some of our goods

 

we will be selling at Sweet Ila Mae's Barn Sale.

 

Mark your calendars for June 7 - 9!

 

Ya'll come see us there!

SWEET ILA MAE'S BARN SALE

Sheer excitement!

Karen, Melissa and I are going to do a vendor booth

at the Sweet Ila Mae's Barn Sale!

If you have never been to a Barn Sale, you must check this one out!

Pray for good weather!

Be sure to make your calendar for this wonderful event!

There will be beautiful vintage things, repurposed items,

handmade goodness, jewelry, furniture,

and who knows what else.

Hurry over to Sweet Ila Mae's facebook page and give them a big LIKE!

(And tell them I sent ya!)

Keep checking their page every day because

there will be give aways between now and the event!

I will be giving something away on their page

(after I decide what that will be).

Any ideas on what I should give away?

Blessings,

Patty

 

Chevron pockets, initial wreath and a new porch pillow!

Monogrammed chevron print pockets

will be added to black tee shirts!

Our simple new initial wreath

which by the way,

I adore!

And our new porch pillow.

I'll be making up some of these for craft events!

Blessings,

Patty

Prayer Box, Vintage Keys, New Pillows and other goodies

My prayer box that a sweet friend gave me.

How is it that sometimes things happen at just the right moment?

Inside the prayer box is a tiny pencil and beautiful paper to write your prayers on.

There is one particular thing I pray about very often - these are the prayers

that go in this special box.

Oh, the keys. I found these vintage keys at a local junk store.

Love them.

Wrote something new on my chalk board today...



And finished some pillows for our Julie and Chris' porch...



Mr. and Mrs. jars for Shellie...

And a little something for baby Parker...



A hand-embroidered tea towel...

A new pillow for our porch...

Or does it look better in this chair?

Have a Blessed Easter everyone!

Hand embroidered tea towels and summer dreamin'

 

Been dreaming of going to the beach

 

so I decided to stich some tea towels to pacify me for now.

 

Towels are available for $15 each

 

 

 

The "life's a beach" photo is a little blurry. Sorry.

 

But at least you can get the general idea of how it looks.

 

 

I think this one is my favorite...

 

What could possibly be better than

 

"Toes in the Sand"?

 

Love the Seaside mermaid too!

 

OK, maybe I have two favorites. ;-)

 



 

 

I'll keep stitching and dreaming of the beach.

 

Blessings,
Patty

Jars and Vases Patiently Waiting

The daffodils have already started popping up around the yard. That means it is going to snow. Or at least that's how I see it. It always snows on the daffodils (or buttercups as we call them at my house)! So I have my jars and vases patiently waiting on beautiful bouquets, some I will keep around the house and some I will share. The arrival of daffodils gives me hope that spring is just around the corner. Oh, how I love spring!

Funky Christmas Stockings

Christmas stockings for our daughter's family!

Can't wait to get to Panama City Beach to spend a few days with them :-)

Christmas Blessings,

Patty

Getting in the Christmas Spirit

Last weekend was spent decorating the tree and the mantel

Linli was so sweet to decorate the chalkboard for the mantel.

She did such a great job! Thank you Linli! 

Rag Santa doll waits patiently near the tree.

I still have two of these left if you're interested.

They are $25 each (plus $6 shipping)
You can visit my etsy shop here

I'm behind

 

I need fall decorations in our home

 

So I made a few velvet (and wool) pumpkins for the mantle

 

 

 

The chalkboard is an old frame I painted with Annie Sloan paint

 

I love chalkboards. They are so versatile.

 

Happy Fall Ya'll!

 

~Patty

Autumn Street Fair Booth

Our small town has an "Autumn Street Fair" every year.

It has been a long time since I have participated as a vendor.

My friend Nancy asked me to share her booth this year .

It started out as a brisk, rainy day to say the least.

 Mid morning the rain stopped -- but the cold did not.

We were troopers and made it just fine

after Nancy traded her flip flops for some socks and shoes with toes!

(Shhhhh! Don't tell her I said that!)

It was fun to see all the folks that dropped in to shop and visit.

That's what I love the most about being a vendor -- you get to see so many people!

Nancy provided the beautiful quilts to use as table cloths and I added a few vintage table cloths.

We had a wide variety of merchandise. Nancy sold bags, skirts, aprons and headbands

made from beautiful Tanzanian wax batik fabrics by her

daughter-in-law Holly and Holly's Tanzanian friend Suzy.

They do beautiful work.

Nancy's son Carson and his wife Holly are missionaries in Geita. I love hearing about their journey.

Nancy made the cutest guitar pick earrings & beautiful necklacesfrom vintage beads.

My daughter-in-law Linli and I had a wide variety of items to sell.

Linli had beautiful jade jewelry and I had just a hodge podge of things.

Mostly tea towels, aprons and chalkboards.

Good times! Come visit us at the Warren County Arts & Crafts Fair

Nov. 16-17!

Blessings, Patty

Shirt for Livia & burps and onesie for Wyatt

I love this sign!

It is one of my favorite lines from "The Help"

You can buy this cute sign at

Southern Honey Workshop in Nashville

I just had to share.

Blessings,

Patty

Autumn Street Fair Preparations

Busy working on a few things for the upcoming Autumn Street Fair

in McMinnville, TN October 6

This colorful bunting will be available as well as some burlap buntings

Natural canvas table runner with white ruffle on each end

87" long x 13 1/2" wide

Lampshade covered with muslin ruffles

Burlap owl pillow

Canvas purse with owl applique

Natural color twill apron with muslin ruffles



Natural twill apron with ruffle trim and burlap owl applilque



Another shot of the banner

Cute headbands that are reversible and made from very colorful prints

Ruffled apron

Have you figured out that I love ruffles yet? 

Hope to see ya at the Autumn Street Fair Oct. 6

I'll be sharing the booth of Nancy McNeal and Joanna Carden