And the winner is......

..... BB! (aka Betsy ~ aka Foothill Primitives)

Betsy, I'll be emailing you.... and you can't see your prize till you get it in the mail! I will tell you this though, I will take something that you suggested and make a set of block print cards just for you! Give me till the weekend, and it'll be in the mail on it's way to you....

Thanks to everyone who entered. I printed, cut, and folded all the names (I STILL don't know how to do the generator thing)... put them in a star mold... and it was too full to stir the names around so I had to put them in a bigger bowl, lol!

I will be using many of the other ideas for my designs as well, so check back once in a while.

I know someone will ask about the beautiful hooked rug under the bowl. It was made by Sarah over at Hallowed Hill Primitives & The Paisley Studio. She, and her sister Barb, do wonders with wool!

And while I'm at it, I also want to share these whimsies with you ~ aren't they wonderful?!

They are originals by Suzanne Davis / Pear Tree Pritmitives / Portrait of the Past.

If you like them, you'd better snatch them up while they are still available (at a very good deal, I might add!)

Have a blessed day!

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A Charming Offer....

That isn't very imaginative, sorry, but I have worked non-stop today and that is all I could think of for a title to this post. I'd like to invite you to take a peek at several soldered glass charms that I have for sale. These will be available for only a few days and then what remains will be going to a shop with more handmade items. I've attached a couple of photos here, but you may see them all, with descriptions and prices and larger pics on the Jewelry page of my website: www.honeysucklelane.com/jewelry.htm.

Just email me if you see something you want.

I also have new block prints. If you like antique pincushions, you'll like these designs. You may see links to all my new items on my welcome page: www.honeysucklelane.com/welcome.htm.

And for the primitive lover, I have 2 more sets of my pumpkin block prints ~ done with lots of staining and distressing.

I have closed the GIVEAWAY post and will be drawing the winner's name later tonight. I'll post the winner and the prize tomorrow morning.

Today was such a beautiful day! I had all the windows and doors open, I turned the a/c off and the temp never got above 72 degrees.

The garden is almost gone, and when it is, I can turn the chickens out in the yard. Tweedle Dum will be so happy! On and off all day I could hear him calling to the cars and trucks as they passed by. The UPS truck usually honks as it goes past... I think he likes to hear him gobble, lol!

Thank you for stopping by!

Junk Sale @ Honeysuckle Lane

This will be a quickie post just to let you know about the Junk Sale. I'm slowly going through things that were boxed during the workroom remodel. It takes so long to sort, photograph, measure, write descriptions, upload pics, re-size pics, etc. ~ please be patient, and I will try to update that page at least once a week, twice if possible for a while. I added a little graphic in the sidebar so you can see when I last updated the page. Feel free to let your friends know....

http://www.honeysucklelane.com/junk%20sale.htm

A busy week ahead...

Seems like life is always busy. Does that happen as you get older? Life didn't seem to be so hectic when I was a little girl at home. Near the end of this post, I'll share how I start my busy day and how I try to take just a few minutes of peace and quiet before everything begins.

As for the busy week ahead... Let's see, I need to finish up and ship a few more orders, make / finish all of my folk art and primitive offerings for Simply Primitives, TDIPT Mercantile, The Primitive Gathering, and the next TEA webshow ~ ALL but the last is due by Wednesday night!

There'll be a new framed punch needle design, frosty pumpkins on an old tin stand, aged & distressed pumpkin block prints, some quaint little potted pumpkins (still working on the design), and for the antique sewing tools enthusiasts, I have made some block prints of antique make-do pincushions that are in my collection.

I also need to get some things from my workroom listed on ebay..... boxes of fabrics.... odds and ends that I saved thinking one day I'd use it and that particular one day has never arrived. I also have more vintage bark cloth, a shabby roses bedspread, crafts books... the list goes on and on. I may check into what I can list on etsy as well so we don't have to wait on an auction to end, just do a set price, wouldn't that be easier?

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Just for FUN! ~ Terri of Thistle House Primitives is having a giveaway, but hurry, it ends tomorrow! I love the little pinkeeps she made, especially the blue one!

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How I begin most mornings~ I'm usually busy in my workroom during the day. Before I start working, I open the door first thing in the mornings to let in the cool, fresh air and to watch the sun start to filter throught the trees. I close my eyes and listen and just breathe.... I can hear the birds, several kinds of them, the cardianal, the chickadee, and there's a woodpecker pecking. It's still hot here and I still hear the grasshoppers / cicadas, though they are not as deafening. I hear the train whistle off in the distance, it's a few miles down the road as the crow flies. I hear the squirrels chattering away in the trees. One of the hens is clucking, now two, now three or four, lol! Maybe we'll have some eggs today! I can hear that little chick chirping as it learns to scratch around in the dirt. I moved Buffy and her baby in the pen with the rest of the chickens on Saturday.

Sam sleeps on the porch just outside my door when he's not at the barn, and he's at the door waiting when I open it in the mornings. I think he likes having me near, and I like having him near. He answers me everytime I ask a question throughout the day. It may be the same meow or purr each time, but he still answers.

And no, I haven't forgotten to mention Tweedle Dum. He's out there too. Somehow he knows when I am in my workroom and he makes his way up to the back porch to stretch his long neck and peek in. One day I was singing, practicing a new song (my sister and I sing in church sometimes) and I heard clucking, not a gobble, but just soft clucking. I stopped and it stopped. Then I started singing again and I heard the clucking again.... as I sang I walked to the screen door and looked out and there was TD! Guess he wanted to provide a little music! There's nothing better than the music of nature.

"Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.

Praise ye the Lord."

Psalm 150:6

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What's New & How the critters are doing....

To go somewhere or to accomplish something, you have to go from POINT A:

to POINT B:

To reach POINT C:

My sisters always accused me of not being able to keep a secret. I beg to differ with them, but since I am the youngest, and my two sisters are OLDer (lol!), I will not argue with them on that matter at the moment.

I was going to wait until the giveaway on the 15th to show my new items that I've been working on, but I am having so much fun and have already put some up for sale, I just had to share with you! I recently learned something new, block (or relief) printing. If you want to read a little more about it and how I first got interested in it, please visit the Artwork page of my website. If you'd like to see my framed artwork that is currently for sale, visit my ebay page.

The pumpkin set is called Pumpkin Panache and is sold as framed sets (on ebay and later on my website) or you may find 3 styles of note cards on the Cards page of my website now.

I also made a few punch needle embroidery pincushion boxes that are currently on ebay.

I'm still taking entries for the giveaway... just scroll down a few posts till you see GIVEAWAY in the title and comment.

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Now for the babies.....

don't laugh, or gasp, or make weird faces..... she doesn't realize how ugly she is and we don't want to scar her for life by being unkind. By the way ~ I am HOPING it's a she, lol! I don't see the forming of a comb or rooster tail feathers, so maybe, just maybe, my only baby isn't a rooster! No name yet, I usually wait till something about their personality helps me decide. Who knows... I may have a contest later to give her a name!

And Smokey is growing like a weed! Bless his heart, that ear will always be like that, but I think it gives him a bit of rogue-ish charm, don't you think? When Roger and I get up in the morning, start stirring around, getting our coffee, looking out the back door..... Smokey is always ready and watching and calling for Roger to come feed him. He's such a baby!

And Sam, what can I say? He is one of the LAZIEST cats we have ever had! He lies on the porch (when he's not snuggled in the hay in the barn) and when he sees us he starts meowing, wanting to be petted (and wants milk in his bowl).

I'll sit down on the swing and Sam will come towards me and he drops to the porch and rolls over on his back to be scratched. But the thing is, he always drops about 2 feet away, just out of reach and I have to get up and go over to him! His fur is so soft, and his black paws are so sweet.... ok... I'm a sucker for animals.

I think I'll try a relief print of Sam when I've had a little more practice.

Well, that's it for now ~ I hope all of you had a safe and fun Labor Day!

Take Care & God Bless,

Lana

of

Honeysuckle Lane

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