Post LAVENDER FESTIVAL Sale

Tonight at 6pm central, I will have all the remaining pieces from the Lavender Festival for sale on my website ~ Honeysuckle Lane. The silk ribbon pillows and the ribbon flowers will be on the Needlework page. I also made little lavender baskets with vials of lavender oil, similar to my May Dew Gathering Baskets, and these will be listed on the Whimsies page. Several of you had asked me to let you know what was left since you lived too far away to attend ~ and tonight's the night! I'll take orders in the order received, phone calls and emails are welcome.

I'd better get busy getting things ready...

Have a beautiful day!

Take Care & God Bless,

Lana

p.s check back in a few days to hear how the festival & Suzanne's visit went and to see photos...

Lavender Festival ~ update

I will be working non-stop on items for the Lavender Festival ~ see a sneak peek at the left of this page. I'm attaching a scan of the flyer with all the festival info for those of you that may want to attend. If for some reason it doesn't enlarge for you, visit my website to view it. If time permits, I'll be back to post again this month. If not, please check back sometime between June 28th and July 1st ~ I hope to have new things to share and hope to update the look of my blog for the summer.

update ~ How could I forget to tell you??? My dear friend, Suzanne of Painter of the Past & Pear Tree Primitives, is coming from Idaho to stay with me during the festival! Little does she know, I am putting her to work since my daughter won't be here to help me that weekend, lol! A few more ladies that we know through online markets (The Eclectic Artisans, Simply Primitives, and TDIPT/To Dwell in Primitive Thymes) will be dropping by to visit us at the festival. I'm more excited about seeing everyone than I am about selling there!

Look around you today and see how many Simple Joys you have been blessed with...

Take Care & God Bless,

Lana

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Memorial Day

Officially a day early, but never too early for remembering our loved ones.

Fellow bloggers are welcome to use this image for a memorial photo.

Take Care & God Bless,

Lana

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Vintage Textiles Anyone?

In the midst of moving into my new workroom and trying to make everything fit in neatly (an impossible job!), I am beginning to list a few things once in a while on ebay that I think I can live without. Maybe, lol! There are lots of things I bought over the years that were just too cheap to pass up, things that were given to me by people who know I love to use old and vintage items in my creations, and things that I really, really had every intention of making something out of, but never found the time. Sound familiar? When you look at my auctions, some will make mention that particular items were my Mom's and Dad's. I am finally getting around to listing some things from their home. Even though we (their children) kept all the family pieces and then some, it is still hard to be getting rid of the rest, no matter how small. Most of it is of no value to most, but might be interesting or collected by someone. After all ~ one man's junk is another man's treasure. The things from my parents' home will be listed over the course of several weeks. Just mark me as a favorite seller on ebay or check back here once in a while to see what I have in the side bar. Here's the link to view all my auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZhoneysucklelane. There's chenille pieces to use as is, or repurpose and make some wonderful crafty things; there's antique quilts, vintage quilt tops, very sweet shabby ruffled bedspreads; there's at least 50 neck ties (mostly silk) that would be perfect for a crazy quilt or doll clothing; and there are many more items to be added in the days to come.

I hope all of you have a safe and blessed Memorial weekend.

Take Care & God Bless,

Lana

Suggestions for an INSPIRATIONS board???

So many of you here in blogland have shared the most wonderful ideas in decorating. I can remember seeing several bliss / bulletin / inspiration boards and for the life of me, can't remember where I saw them. If someone has posted about decorative bulletin boards or if you know of a blog or site with examples, I'l love to see them!

Here's the basic idea of what I'm making for my workroom. I have an antique frame that I will paint. It will be attached to a hinged frame and placed on the wall to cover the breaker box. When we need in the breaker box, all we do is swing the frame open! As you can see in the photo, I started to paint the breaker box and then remembered the large old frame I had and it is a perfect fit! I am probably going to cover a thin board with a bit of batting and fabric, with criss-crossed ribbon to insert in the frame; but before I do that, I thought I'd like to see my other options. So... if anyone has a suggestion instead of my batting and fabric idea, feel free to comment or email me the links or photos. Thank you!

Update: Look what I found! Though I am still going with my antique frame idea, I thought some of you might want to use something more colonial / primitive looking to hide your breaker box. Just visit this blog to see: Farmhouse Primitives.