Getting ready for a Celebration

The Old Farmhouse Gathering Team will be having a New Beginnings Celebration starting next week!

It has felt great to paint and to be painting Spring related items.

Still feeling bad we did not get as much snow as we needed here.  Feeling worst for all the folks on the east coast that had more then their share and are still trying to dig out.

But here comes SPRING right?!

Here is a preview to what I came up with---and finished for the celebration!

Still have to finish up a couple of things and then let the celebration begin!

Let Spring Sprung!

While painting I am forever listing to e-books and the last book I listened too was not a WWII book--go figure.  

But I would highly recommend this book!

"Calling me Home" by Julie Kibler.

I am not a book review writer but it was a heart warming, heart jarring, stop and think about book.

If you get a chance to read or listen to it let me know what you think.

I am always up for good books to read or listen to so if you have any you would recommend let me know!

Now off to paint for a few minutes before the kids are home and I am bumped off the computer due to their homework!

Enjoy,

Barb

Do they come in THREES?

I was so excited to post my front room being finished with pictures on the wall and new carpet and we were now living there watching TV and enjoying it but...

My husband commented on the ice cream being soft a few days ago so I figured with all the house rehab the poor refrigerator needed a good cleaning. 

Friday night we clean the thing inside and out.

Needless to say the under carriage and cooling elements were well insulated with dust "Rabbits".  Not a bunny in sight.

Feeling happy with our hard work we stared moving furniture and cleaning the front room where I proceed to brake one of my husband's favorite blown glass vases, crushed my Ukrainian hand painted egg, and drop a piece of plastic shattering it into a million and five pieces.

OK, that was three and I can never work for Molly Maid's--Thank Heavens!

 

We wake up the next day to a mess---I an sure you know of what I speak!

DEAD refrigerator.

Clean up the mess.

Put all the food into a smaller apartment size refrigerator.

Off to go buy a new one.

Found one I liked.  We measured so that it would fit into our space but I had no idea this thing was HUGE!!  Sticks out of the wall about 8 inches.  It looks like we have no food in it.

Of course this morning my kids complained that the milk was sour...after no refrigeration, then frozen in the little fridge, now to something that works we have had to throw out a bit of food.

And that is not cheap to do.

(I drank sour milk as a kid--my kids are apparently spoiled-rotten, like the milk!)

In the mean time our Microwave caught on fire--# two if you are all keeping track.

I am not sure what #3 will be and I hate to voice this out loud but my camera has been acting up.

Well, I needed therapy in a big way so I painted something one of my customers suggested and it was way out of my league.

So in celebration of not having a number three yet (it is around the corner) I am having a quick giveaway for this Owl and Acorn magnet.

Please leave a comment on this post only letting me know if you like it or what improvements I could make in the future on a design like this.

I will pick a winner on Monday, October 1st.

Open to USA and Canadian friends.

If you would like to spread the word I would appreciate it.

I am hoping today goes a bit smoother and I can actually paint for the up coming OFG Team Christmas and Winter Celebration starting on October 5th.  More info to come.

Enjoy your day!!

Barb

Fall Into Thanksgiving Celebration

Happy Flag Day!!

'Happy Flag Day!!' by barbsheartstrokes

Celebrate Flag Day with the OFG Team.

Primitive Americana Flag Fra... TreasuredPrimi... $18.95	Birdhouse - Americana - Wood... kathleenmelvil... $19.00
Patriotic, Americana Hand St... valleyprimitiv... $9.95	Americana Flag Block PaintspotsnSpl... $6.95
Americana Drum farmersattic $69.99	Uncle Sam Patriotic American... raggedyjan $12.00
Patriotic Star Bowl Fillers QuiltAples $14.95	Prim Uncle Sam w/flag, wall ... loisling $9.50
Primitive Label Americana Fo... TheLilPrimCabi... $9.00	Primitive Grungy Star - Amer... CaneRiverCraft... $8.00
Patriotic Americana Primitiv... WickedlyCreati... $19.00	Primitive Americana Patrioti... MondaysChildPr... $8.00
Prim Flag ornies, bowl fille... ninnasattic $3.50	Liberty Angel Primly Stitche... ButtonsInTheAt... $15.00
Primitive Americana Uncle Sa... ZJJohnson $16.00	Patriotic Guardian Angel Pla... RedBudPrimitiv... $16.75

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Unique and Fabulous!

'Unique and Fabulous From the OFG Team' by barbsheartstrokes

Unique and Fabulous finds from the STCOFG Team Celebration! Type in STCOFG to see more wonderful creations! Type OFG Team to see many more treasures!

Infinity Scarf - Loop Scarf ... tinsandtreasur... $18.00	Birdhouse WHERE LOVE IS stco... PaintspotsnSpl... $11.95
Grungy Rustic Primitive Mat ... NoJumbledDucks $9.95	He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not... YorkiesPrimiti... $26.95
SUMMERTIME & WATER Set of Fo... JoyfullyYours $10.00	Shabby Cottage Chic Quilt Yo... KeepsakeKorner $39.95
Plush Gingerbread Doll for H... MyStitchesToTr... $8.25	A SUNBEAM --- 8 X 10 Antique... VintageVerses $12.00
Rag Rug Pot-Holders.... TIE... Ragz2Rugs $13.95	Primitive Doll and Toad MotherlodeToad $35.00
Punchneedle Crow and Birdhou... sjcountrycraft... $25.00	12 inch rag cloth doll anima... Mapleasragclot... $9.00
Grungy Primitive Raggedy Ann... NoJumbledDucks $35.00	Blue Whale Primitive Whale P... Handofbelapeck $29.50
Primitive Bouncing Americana... farmersattic $24.99	Floyd the Farmer Cat Primiti... RavenwoodWhimz... $16.95

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The OFG Team is at it Again!!

SUMMER TIME CELEBRATION 

is under way and you will need to check out all the creative items that members of the team have come up with to help you celebrate Summer.  Click here to take you right to the Etsy pages or type in STCOFG in the search bar.

I will be sharing some of the wonderful creations here.  But I will start out with what I created for this celebration.

Some patriotic!

Some just fun...this reminds me of all the hours my cousins and I would spend on my Grands' Swing!

All the fun parades we go to in the summer time.  Our little city, here in Utah, puts on a Fabulous July 4th Parade!!  Even though it is held on the 3rd!!  Tons of candy, t-shirts, coupons for local businesses, and even my favorite the Chick-Fil-A Cow!  What a hoot!

What are your favorite things about summer?

Enjoy!

Barb

Beautiful INDIGO Treasury

'"I" is for INDIGO' by barbsheartstrokes

A Beautiful Shade!!!

Glass Beads - Shades of Blue nataliesnotion... $1.50	Dog Bowl - Indigo Blue Pet B... sheilasart $35.00
Cross Body Mini Hip Bag in I... thesewingmachi... $29.50	Watercolor Painting orignina... rbwatercolors $50.00
SALE Tied Quilt Noahs Ark Pl... NoJumbledDucks $20.00	1915 Indigo Bunting and Blue... moosehornvinta... $9.00
Welcome To Our Pool - Hand P... Pipberrytree $15.00	Indigo Hand Painted Superwas... ZibelineKnits $13.00
Primitive Hearth Side Candle... FirecrackerKid $10.00	Caution.....Dog Cant Hold It... frommyheartpri... $7.99
O8 - Indigo Girl - 13 x 29 snugasabugrugc... $18.00	Lapis Lazuli Indigo Blue Sto... OVGilliesDesig... $20.00
Blue Bird Chick Dolls Wool B... Handofbelapeck $18.50	Scarf Hand Dyed Painted Blen... ADCD $38.00
Ecru on Indigo hmishke $15.00	Winter Blue Snow Word Blocks... PaintspotsnSpl... $10.95

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