Meet the Firecracker Kid!!

 

Meet one of my favorite people in blog land!  The Firecracker Kid (aka Carol)!

Her and her husband Tim do some of the most fabulous wood working that I have ever seen!

And they are the nicest people you could ever hope to met.  One day when we go back to Michigan I am hoping to take a drive to Ohio to visit them!!

So with out further ado please meet Carol and Tim!

1. Name of your business and how you got your name?

Hi ya folks! My name is Carol and I'm the Firecracker Kid of Firecracker Kid Primitives. Yep, you guessed it, I was born on the fourth of July and that's where our business name hails from! Married to my soul mate, Tim, for 33 years and counting. We produced two wonderful children. We love the Lord, our family, which includes all of our rescued kitty kats, and our humble abode built by Tim.

2. How long have you been in business?

We've been on Etsy since March 30, 2008, but have been making primitive country woodcrafts for over 25 years.  

 

 3. Who or what inspires you?

Some of my inspiration comes from the woodenware and furnitures of the olden days. Also, I inspire myself and try to create unique woodcrafts like our one of a kind rolling pin keeps, rolling pin/dough bowl keep, rolling pin/dough bowl/cubby keep and so on and so on. Oh, and the good Lord gives me inspiration. Plus the need to pay the mortgage.  

4. What is your creative style, primitive, country, folkart?

 Mostly country style I would say. Tim makes all of our woodcrafts without patterns, which makes them one of a kinds in a way, and puts his touch or signature, so to speak, to each of them. Occasionally I'll even try my hand at Folk Art, now Tim... no way! No Folk Art for you!

 5. What medium do you use in creating, clay, fabric, altered art, wood etc.?

 We use mostly wood and paints to make our one of a kind wood crafts, in different styles like primitive, country, shabby and cottage. We do our best to show that great attention is given to quality and detail of our woodcrafts, all handmade in our wood shop by our hands for good folk's homes. I also dabble in fabrics and altered art when the mood strikes me. I try, I really do.

 6. What are your links?

http://www.firecrackerkid.etsy.com/

 http://firecrackerkid.blogspot.com/

 http://fpwoodcrafts.blogspot.com/

 http://woodshopshanty.blogspot.com/

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1817572815&ref=tn_tnmn

 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Firecrackerkid-Primitives/106316589410283

Thanks for stopping by and go see all that Tim and Carol have to offer!

Enjoy,

Barb

Time to Celebrate!!

WOW, already toward the end of the month of January-amazing how time seems to slip away from me.

Well the reasons to celebrate:

1. Over 200 followers!  Need to pay more attention...I blame teenagers.
2. Have been featured on Screaming Sardine and Baskets by Rose.  Please stop by and read a bit more about my art.  Tracy at the Screaming Sardine has some fun questions that she asks!
3. Started a Facebook page-not sure what I am doing there yet!  Click on the link at my side bar.
4. It finally is snowing here!!  We need the moister come summer for our garden.  It really has been an odd year weather wise.  (Utah is the second driest state in the nation).

So on that note I am having a give away for the picture above.   Yes, I know it is closer to Valentine's and St. Pat's but who doesn't love a Snowman.  We have yet to have winter here so I am not so tired of it  yet.  Sorry to those who are longingly looking towards spring.  This picture is based on a Renee Mullin's pattern and measures 9x9 and has been painted on black screen with acrylic paint.  The snowflakes are metal and have been painted white with glittered applied.  It has been sealed and comes ready to hang.

RULES for this giveaway:

1. Be a follower of this blog and new folks are always welcome!
2. Must live in the USA or Canada-postal rates went up today. 
3. Please click the link to "like" my Facebook page on my side bar.  It should take you right to my business page because my profile page is so boring I don't want you to have to suffer through that.
4. Please post this give away to your sidebar and or actually blog about my giveaway.
5. Please leave your comments on this post.

You may do as many of these as you would like and just let me know what you did.  This give away will end February 2, 2012.  As usual I will draw a name out of a hat because I have kids that think that is awesome!

Thank you to all of my great blog friends and hopefully many more to meet.

Good Luck!

Barb



My Next Local Show

Simple Treasures is my next local show and there is a give away going on right now on Facebook for $50.00 to spend at the show!  Click here to go to the Facebook page!  It ends November 9 at midnight M ST.  Good luck to all.  Got to go load the grid work and all the hardware for the show set up.

Just a quick reminder to sign up for the OFG Trim your Tree Treasury Giveaway going on now.  Remember there are two Treasuries to sign up for!!

Enjoy your day,

Barb

Mountain Standard Timers

I belong to an Etsy team called the Mountain Standard Timers.  We all live on Mountain time.  There are some fabulous artist on this team with a great variety of creations.  Click here to go to their blog.  Jen of Lotus Jewels added one of my Halloween creations to their facebook page.  (Time to get a facebook page!)

Jen is a fabulous artist herself check out her shop Lotus Jewels.

One of my favorites in her shop is this beauty.

Take a moment and check out their Etsy team page or type in MSTTeam in the search bar for some wonderful creations.  There is something for everyone due to the great variety of artist that live on Mountain Standard Time!!

Enjoy,

Barb