Monday, January 16, 2012

My Valentine's Tree, A Sneek Peek at Two New Gatherings & some grumbling..LOL..

Howdy everyone... Yep I still have my Tree up only it's covered in Love... As I mentioned in my last post I spent an afternoon just playing around in the shop creating hearts and garland for my Valentine Tree... Nothing fancy just a few Red & white stripped Flannel Hearts stitched with bright red floss... I love um they turned out really cute.. I made the garland out of the same Flannel..
I hung them all over the tree along with my collection of Vintage and new Valentine Heart Cookie cutters. My Fav is the Heart cookie cutter on the top with the red handle.. It was my mom's and I've had it in my cookie cutter Jar for years... I found it in my packed boxes at my house and brought it back withme on my last trip to the house... Perfect little tree topper. I'm thinking I might stitch a few Dark Red little hearts to hang on there... I wish you could see all the cookie cutters a little better but they just don't seem to show up in the pictues to well...
See the cute little White Kitty sitting under the tree.. Hehe...another fake Kitty to tease Tasha and Mama Kitty with...It has batteries and it meows and neads bread with its paws... Tasha bats at it when I turn it on...I've had more fun teasing them with the fake kitty's.. I know they like the silly things or they would just ignore them.... I think I'm going to dip this little white one down in the bag of Cat Nip over night and then give it to them to see what they do with it... I'll let ya know maybe even get some cute pictures...

Oh for those of you who are wondering how the Kitty dusting went yesterday... Hummm...Shall we say the Vaccum brush wasn't a big hit... they hated me for the rest of the day but they have less hair to shed this week which saves my allergies... They forgave me this morning with lots of hugs and head butts!!!
Aren't Cats wonderful, they don't stay mad at you to long they need all those hugs and head butts as much as we do!!
Now tomorrow Puddles gets a bath... not that it will help much with all the mud outside... but he's lookin pretty bad..so it's time...!

I worked out in the shop the last couple of nights and turned out another beautiful Old Crow Gathering.
The last Crow gathering sold last week and will be making its way to its forever home in the morning..
This new one has lots of Vintage Wares in it ..On old Sifter, an Old Grater & an old Meat Fork.
I'm really pleased with the way this one turned out!!

~Primitive Old Crow Kitchen Shelf Gathering~

28" wide x 13" tall x6" deep

$74.95 Free Travel fare in the US.

~Primitive Wood Scoop Candle Gathering~

10" long x3 1/2" wide x 3 1/2" tall
$24.95 Free Travel fare in the US.

I managed to get everything done to create a third Gathering but the old body said your done for tonight so didn't gt it hung and pictures taken .. that's on the agenda for tonight...

My sales this week were pretty good..nothing like last January when I was turning out 10 to 20 gatherings a week but I figure at least I'm able to create a few things to keep me going and pay the bills...

I was bragging yesterday how good I was feeling...well I should learn not to brag.. I had a horrible night last night..with those danged muscle cramps and jerks again.. It wore me out totally and getting up this morning was delayed till mid afternoon...I was exhausted!
I've just plain & simple had enough of this.
I've also decided I'm not at all happy with the Endocrinologist that I seen. I wasn't really happy with the over all visit and the delay in having the nodule biopsy for 6 weeks. As well as getting the feeling that she didn't want to address the major issues of my being sent to see her such as: the extreme swelling of my whole body, the muscle jerks, spasms & extreme pain in my muscles and the physical exhaustion.
I was especially concerned when she kept telling me to see other doctors, those very doctors who sent me to her in the first place. Then a week after I seen her I had extreme pain in my neck right where the large thyroid nodule is, it was making it hard to swallow. When she called me back to talk about it she told me to see my primary physican for a sore throat. When I told her it wasn't a sore throat it was my neck she said. Oh its probably the Nodule pushing against a nerve. Don't worry about it... Wow lady worry is just one issue here, it hurts & its making swalloing dang near impossible..Her only comment to that was we will figure it out when we do the biopsy. Is this where one says: What the He!!? 
Then I received a letter from her yesterday that she stated she sent to my Primary physican, only the physican she supposedly sent it to is a Doctor I don't even know and certianly not my Primary physican.
Then to top it off she never addressed 4 of the primary issues I was sent to her for in her summary to this doctor. Is there something wrong with this picture?
Do I feel as if this Doctor doesn't know what she is doing or should I feel that because I don't have insurance I'm not worth the best of care. I don't know which is the case or if either are, but I do know I feel as if things aren't right and I'm getting the run around from all of these doctors at my expense both physically & monotarily. Aggervated, frustrated & angry are three very good words to describe my emotional state of mind right now...Ok enough of that depressing information..it is only making me angry...
Thanks for letting me vent... :<$

Now I refuse to let this get me down... I'm going to the shop and finish my creation, watch a good movie or listen to it at least as I work...and find some peace for the rest of the day...

So until we meet again may your day be filled with happy moments!! Have a great evening!!

Blessings
Tonya

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Happy Sunday..A Little Sneak Peek & Sunshine brightening my Day!

A wonderful Sunday Afternoon to everyone! I just want to say thank you to all of you who have prayed for my health... There's something very good to be said about all the prayers sent our way when things aren't going well be it health or life in general... "THANK YOU" from the bottom of my heart.. All those prayers have certainly helped...Although I'm not 100% I can say I am better emotionally and physically. The pain in my muscles has finally gotten to a workable level..& ..no more muscle spasams... Happy Dance Here!!
So you know what that means.. I'm back in the shop daily.. not able to work like last year but still being productive... That in itself heals the mental state of ones being at least it does mine..
Then I woke up this morning to the Sun shinning in the window warming my face... The kitty's were sitting on the window ledge enjoying it too...It was really emotionally lifting to wake up with out uncontrollable pain and sunshine on my face...I do believe I was Smiling ear to ear!!!
Much to do today.. I sold several of the Gatherings I shared with you in my last post... Another Smile on my face...so today is packing day...!
I think my Kitty's can make as much mess in the house as two kids make.. they are shedding everywhere so today I must put the dusting attachment on vaccum and do some major hair removal around here...I'm probably gona make the Kitty's mad at me but they are going to get brushed which they love but then they are gona get the dusting tool run over them to catch some of the shedding hair before it goes all over the place.. Sometimes they are cool with it and others they get spit fire ticked off at me... we'll see how it goes today...Then I think I will cut there nails..if they are gona be mad at me may as well make it worth it ..get it all done at once.....then of course I need to clean the kitty box.
Once I get finished with the kids its off to the shop.. I started another Crow gathering last night and I can't wait to finish it... It looks so pretty already & I'm only half done with it...

I decided to take one night this week and work on my Valentine Decorations.. I finished them up and have decorated my little tree for Valentine's day!! OOps the camera is in the shop so I'll have to share the tree with you in my next post... it was fun to work on something for myself.. I don't find the time to do that very often... the tree is adorable.. Now all I need to do is create a few things to sit on my shelves for Valentine's Day!

Now what did I create this week..

~Primitive Angel "Bless this Home & all Who Enter" Key Rack~

 $14.95 Free shipping in the US

~Primitive Keeping Rack Necessary Room Gathering~

$29.95 Free Shipping in the US

~Primitive Keeping Shelf Gathering~

$34.95 Fress Shipping in the US

~Primitive Necessary Room Gathering~

$29.95 Free Shipping in the US
   
~Primitive Necessary Room Gathering~

$29.95 Free Shipping in the US

Don't Forget Easter is April 8th, just around the corner.

~Primitive Chocolate Scented Wax Dipped Spice Rolled Easter Eggs~
10 large~ 2-2 1/2" Eggs

$21.95 Free shipping in the US

~Primitive Chocolate Scented Wax Dipped Spice Rolled Easter Eggs~
10 Small~ 1-11/2" Eggs

$19.95 Free shipping in the US
 
~Primitive Rag Wrapped & Cinnamon Rubbed Scented EGGS~
14- 2-2 1/2"
$21.95 Free shipping in the US
 
If you're interested in ordering a set of the Eggs email me using the Special order Email found at the top of my Blog page.
 
Everything is listed on Ebay so go on over and check out My Ebay Store...!
 
Untill we meet again may your days be filled with wonderful moments and warm memories no matter how small!!
 
Blessings
Tonya
 

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

An Easter Sneak Peek-If ya like what ya see & want to to place an order email me!

Hello everyone out there in Blogland... Ms. Tonya has been playing in the Wax the past few days...I needed to make candles so out came the crock pot filled with wax.. the container of Spices, the cookie sheet, wax paper and Candles...I hand dipped & spice rolled about 150 Candle Nubbys & 50 tapers. My shop smells so good right now... 

6 Hand Dipped Spice Rolled Candle Nubby's
$16.95 Free shipping in the US
6 Hand Dipped Spice Rolled Candle Tapers
$18.95 Free shipping in the US

When I got done making candles I decided it would be fun to make some hand dipped spice rolled Chocolate Easter Eggs...It takes a while to make the eggs because I had to put a string in each one before I dipped & rolled them. EAch egg is dipped and spice rolled three times. They have to hang & dry between each dipping...when they are done they look & Smell good enough to eat...Yes Chocolate Scented!!

3 sets of 10 Eggs  Available for Sale
10-Large 2-2 1/2" Chocolate Scented Wax Dipped Spice Rolled  EGGS
$21.95 Free shipping in the US 

3 sets of 10 Eggs  Available for Sale
10-Small 1-1 1/2" Chocolate Scented Wax Dipped Spice Rolled  EGGS
$19.95 Free shipping in the US

When I finished making the Wax dipped Eggs I decided to make some Homespun covered Eggs.
These too take time to make since I glue them as I wrap them so they stay nicely wrapped.
Once they were wrapped I rubbed them with Cinnamon...to age them and give them a fresh Cinnamon scent...They turned out so pretty...

3 sets of 14 available done in these colors.
14- 2-2 1/2" Homespun Wrapped & Cinnamon rubbed Scented EGGS
$21.95 Free shipping in the US

If you're interested in ordering any of the Egg Bowl fillers email me at the Order Email address on tio right corner of my blog.

Thanks for stopping by...I hope you enjoyed the sneak peek!

have a Great Week!

Blessings
Tonya

An Afternoon with Taco the Fainting Goat, the Barn Kitty.& two kids.To Cute!

A fine day to all my prim Friends... Yesterday it was near 65 degrees here in central Ohio. Perfect day for the kids & I to be outside playing in the barn with th critters. My neice Savana is an animal lover like me and if she had her way she would move into the barn..lol. I was working in the shop & decided to take a break & enjoy the wonderful sunshine yesterday.. When I walked out and looked over in the barn Savana was paying with Tippy her barn kitty.. this kitty followers her everywhere..Best of buds they are...I missed the really cute picture where she was holding up a piece of straw & Tippy was batting it...then in a split second Tippy took off running, turned around came back and jumped on Savana's head then flopped down on the straw to play with her again...and I caught this picture..
When she got done playing with Tippy she decided she wanted to show me how Taco the fainting Goat and her play.
She starts out rubbing Taco's ears...That's Coco the 10 yr old Sheep that we thought we were going to have to put down due to arthritis in his knees.. Much to everyone's surprise Taco coming here to live gave Coco a new lease on life & he is doing much better gettingup & down.. Why you ask? Taco has gotten old Coco to getup and play daily...
Savana is now asking Taco he wants to the play butting game...
 By now I am laughing at these two preparing for there game..Savana moves to the other side of the pen & Taco follows her..she stops and puts down her hand..Taco touches her hand for starters. Then the fun begins.. I haven never figured out my video part of my new camera so I had to go for stills.. but I'm sure you can imagine how this game goes from the pics.
After Taco touches her hand he turns around runs across the pin turns back towards Savana and comes running straigh to her and head buts her...Just look at the Smile on Savana's face she is having the time of her life playing with Taco...

As soon as Taco makes contact Savana grabs his horns and pushes him backwards...and he turns around and repeats the whole thing over and over again...Even Coco got in on the game but I wasn't fast enough to catch the picture..but he head butts Savana in the leg...

Savana is now telling Taco she has had enough head butting and she pushes Taco away with her knee.
Savana is giggling the whole time she is playing with Taco..it was one of those special moments you just kinda store for future reference...Then I decided to share some of the good old fashioned wholesome kids play...
About this time Hailey showed up in the barn and started playing with Tippy...

Tippy see's a bird in the rafters...you can jsut see him wishing he could get up there and get it...
Thanks for stopping by the barn while we played ... Hope you shared in the giggles!!
It all reminded me of when I was a kid and would take my escape to the barn to play with all of our farm critters...I was a little luckier then Savana...my parents let me sleep in the barn if I wanted too in the summer...We had a Hay loft in our old barn and I had myself a little hide-a-way built out of hay bales up there, so whenever I wanted to hid away I'd go hang out with the barn kitty's in my little hide-a-way.....

Have a Great Day!!

Hugs
Tonya

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

2012 * My Creative Hands are Back *Sneak Peek at my New Prim Gatherings*



Welcome to 2012 all my Prim Friends
~A New Year~New Beginnings~New Creations~
I hope everyone had a great time bringing in the New Year and everyone's ready for a fresh start!
I for one am happy that 2011 is gone. It wasn't one of my best years. I or shall I say my body decided to battle me one last time before the year ended with another Eye & Sinus infection this time with an Ear ache..which promply put an end to my plans for New Years Eve...Yep back on antibiotics.

I didn't want to expose Baby Eathen so I had a shot of Tequila with my brother, then spent the rest of New Years Eve in the shop, with my little Kerosence heater cranked up, several good movies playing through out the night, while I let my mind wonder and my hands create..
I decided that shot did the trick cause it took the edge off the pain in my hands & arms because I actually  created several new gatherings..Now I'm not one to tip the bottle but I decided that a shot wouldn't hurt me so I can not tell a lie.. Sunday & Monday I had a shot and went back out to the shop to work. Both nights proved to be pretty productive.. Nothing like in the past but at least I was able to work more then 10 minutes with out muscle cramps and pain...
As I was sitting there creating I had to laugh as it came to mind that a bottle of Tequila is inexpensive compared to the bottle of meds they gave me to stop the cramps and jerking...which did little to stop the pain..After $1000's spent at the hospital and then doctors, I think to myself... So which one works better?
The Shot of Tequila or the pill? I gotta tell ya the shot scored 100% better...with little or no side affects..I may have to go steal my brothers Bottle of Tequila....LOL...

So without further delay sit back relax and enjoy a Sneak Peek at all my New Creations!
I've had several inquirey's into the purchase of several of the new gatherings and actually sold one.
If anyone is interested in any of the Gatherings shown below please contact me ASAP/TODAY
before I list them on Ebay via the SPECIAL ORDER EMAIL shown on my Blog page.
Include your Name, address with zip & paypal address in the email.

~Primitive Gathering Bench with Baby Shoes~Quilt Sampler~Candle Stick~
14 1/2" wide x 6" deep x 9" tall
$29.95 Free Shipping in the Continental US

 
~Primitive Gathering~Bench~Quilt Sampler~Mirror~Apothecary Bottle~Oil Lamp~
12 1/2" wide x 5 1/2" deep x 16" tall.
$34.95 already listed on Ebay Please go make a Bid

Primitive Gathering~Breadbox with Cutting board~Candle Lamp~Bread Loaf~ Basket~Crock~
16" wide x 11" deep x 10' tall
$34.95 plus shipping & handling

 
~Primitive Gathering Mini Child Sz Dressing Table~Mini Candle Stick~Mini Towels~
  SOLD THIS MORNING FROM BLOG

~Primitive Vintage Match Stick Keep~
7 1/2" tall x 3 1/4" deep x 3 1/2" wide
$14.95 Free Shipping in the Continental US

 
~Primitive Gathering~Raggedy Ann Sewing Room Gathering~
$49.95 plus Shipping & handling


~Primitive Pantry Gathering~Crocks~Basket~Candle Stick~Towels~
20" tall x 10" wide x 5" deep
$34.95 plus shipping & handling

~Primitive Kitchen Gathering~Crocks~Candle Stick~Basket~Wood Wares~Herbs~
24" wide x 6" tall x 4 1/2" deep
$49.95 plus shipping & handling


~Primitive Gathering~Spice Bottle Cupboard~Home grown Herbs~Candle Stick~Stoneware~
15" tall x4" deep x9 1/2" deep
$39.95 plus shipping & handling


These last few below are gatherings I created a couple weeks ago
Primitive Gathering~Crow Shelf~Candle Lamp~Bowl~Pears~Beater, Rolling Pin~Skillet~Wood Wares~
26" wide x 9" tall x 6" deep.
$69.95 already listed on Ebay Please go make a Bid


~Primitive Gathering~Bench~Candle Stick~Towels~Pitcher~Pip Berry's~
9" wide x 3 1/2" deep x 7 1/2" tall.
$24.95 already listed on Ebay Please go make a Bid


~Primitive Necessary Room Gathering~
SOLD THIS MORNING FROM BLOG


~Primitive Necessary Room Gathering~
7 1/2" wide x 4 1/2" deep x 1 1/2" tall.
$21.95 already listed on Ebay Please go make a Bid


Primitive Necessary Room Gathering~
10" wide x 6" deep x 1 1/2" tall.
$29.95 already listed on Ebay Please go make a Bid


~Primitive Gathering Trunk/Chest Necessary Room Gathering~
11" wide x 7" deep x 4 1/2" tall
$34.95 already listed on Ebay Please go make a Bid


~Primitive Cupboard Side Pantry Gathering~
10" wide x 5" deep x 3" tall.
$29.95 already listed on Ebay Please go make a Bid


~Primitive Gathering~Keeping Rack~Dress~Baby shes~Basket~Soap~Towels~
18" wide x 4"Tall x 4 1/2"Deep
$29.95 already listed on Ebay Please go make a Bid


It was good to get back out in the shop and do a little creating...I'm hoping to get back in the shop daily..
 I hope you enjoyed the Sneak Peek. I'll be listing these on Ebay sometime this week if you're interested stop on over at Ebay and check out all of my listing at My Primitive Creations By Tonya.
You might find that perfect Prim Gathering.
Don't forget I have Rag Garland and Rag Balls. If you're interested in either email me for a special order.

Have a Wonderful week!!

Blessings
Tonya