The New Year brings even more New Gatherings!!

A Big Hello to all my Prim Blogg Friends... Hope that you are off to a good start to a great year ahead.

I've been keeping busy in the shop as you may have noticed... Feeling pretty good about all the New Creations.. Looked this morning and guess what? The Laundry Room Gathering that was my fav so far has a bid on it... Big Smile!!
With any luck all of them will have bids by the end of the week and find there way to there new home come shipping Day..

So without further ado... here's another Sneak Peek... I think you are gona really love the last three gatherings...I love all three of them...

 ~Primitive Open Faced Panrty Spice Cupboard Gathering~

~Primitive Pantry Shelf Gathering~

~Primitive Library Shelf Keep Clock Gathering~

 There you have it... the latest From My Primitive Creations!!
LOL.. I had to laugh when I looked at the Clock it reads 5 after 5...Yep I was up till after 5 last night finishing this gathering and getting the pics.. It was a great night in the shop...my creative mind was working over time...and it paid off these gatherings are beautiful if I do say so myself...
Looking forward to reading everyone's comments on this weeks Sneak Peeks.....Love to hear which gatherings you all like the best and any suggestions you might have!!

May your day be blessed with sunshine in your heart!!

Blessings
Tonya



6 New Gatherings YeeHa~Happy New Year!!

Happy New Wishes sent to one and all .... May Blessings come your way as you send off 2010 and bring in 2011!! Have a safe and fun new years eve filled with lots of good memories!!

What's everyone doing for New years Eve... My plans were canceled ...I was looking forward to going to hear a friends Band...All seats were sold out...gurrrr stomping feet..
Maybe I should go watch the drunkin Puzzling going on...LOL...

Well I did it... The creative mind was truly in the mood to create this week!! So I created some aswesome new Prim gatherings and last night was even better then the first of the week.
I thought the Laundry Room gathering was great but I think I may have gone a step further and created another gathering that I like even more... Its so much fun when you love your work and you get all tickled and excited when you create something you truly love.... Of course not everyone is of the same mind as I am but that's ok .
Are you ready here are the latest gatherings..
It will be fun to see how many of you agree with me this time around...

                                            Have fun taking a sneak Peek!!

                                                Here it is my new fav!!
                                             ~An Enamelware~Spice Jar~
                                            ~Pantry Cupboard~Gathering~ 

Then we have a beautiful  

~Keeping Rack~Dress~Basket~Candle Lamp Gathering~

Next is an adorable

~Sheep~Shelf~Pips~Rusty Star~Peace Gathering~

Back to the Kitchen with a

~Sink Side Pantry~

~Crate~Apothercary Jars~Dry Beans~

~Dough Board~Wood Bowl~Gathering~

Staying in the Prim Kitchen another

~Sink Side~Tray~Pitcher~Apothecary Spice Jar~

~Towels~Candle~Wares~Gathering

Now we are off to the Necessary Room with an adorable

~Tray~Pitcher~Apothercary Jar~Bath Salts~Soap~Towel~Gathering~

And there you have it 12 gatherings created in the last 3 days... I love them all ..
Now to get these  six listed on Ebay!! 
I'm praying for a good sales week but ya never know with it being the end of year or shall we say the first of the year...at any rate that time when everyones purse strings have already been  stretched and maxed out ....much like mine... 

Who knows I may just go back out to the shop and Bring in the New Year creating six more new gatherings. 

New year Blessings to one and all
Tonya

Busy Lady Check out the new Gatherings

A fine afternoon to one and all... Tonya made it to the shop last night and she was in the right frame of mind to create and create she did.
I managed to finish up 6 new gatherings and have 6 more ready to finish tonight...I work best at night...it seem my mind is relaxed and pulls things together with ease... I guess you could say I work third shift usually get rolling into the shop around  7 after dinner and if I'm on a roll I work until 4 or 5 in the morning...
Spend my days working on pictures, ebay or now it seems on here talking to all of you... What fun it all is....  :>)

So here goes ......your sneak peek at this weeks first Prim Creations. Enjoy!!
Here we have a darling little Necessary Wash room Gathering.

Here is my favorite gathering for the week.
A Laundry Room Gathering..

My second favorite. A Vanity Gathering.
Wouldn't this be so adorable sittin on a Wash Stand or Comode?

This Beautiful Necessary Room Quilt on Chair Gathering is so pretty.

Here we have a wonderful  Stoneware themed Open faced Pantry Cupboard Gathering.

The last one for today is a dalring little Sink Side Necessary room Gathering!

And there you have it all my newest Creations. I only need to find a moment to well make that a couple hours to write up the listing pages and get them listed on Ebay. I should have them listed within the next 24 hours.

Hope you all have a wonderful day and enjoy the sneak peek. If the force is with me tonight I should have 5 or 6 more to share with you tomorrow....

YeeHa I love it when I am on a roll...

Blessings

Tonya

What fun Reading eveyones Christmas Memories

Good Afternoon everyone.... I hope this day finds you all winding down from all the Christmas Celebrating. It has been such a joy reading everyones post about surprise visits, weddings, special gifts, baking and you name it...so many fun pictures....shared.... I've truly enjoyed it..Thank you all for sharing!!.

I've finely wound down and gotten my little trailer all cleaned up .. it was a mess from all the creating I was going for all the kids. Its not very big so when I do anything  I manage to make a total mess.. I left my tree up so I can sit back and actually enjoy it... if I had more room I would leave it up all the time it is so cute.

My goal now is to get busy and start creating gatherings and get them listed on Ebay this week... Since Ebay is my sole income when ya take a week off it's not so good on the ole purse...as I'm sure many of you know who create and sell.
I was ready to get back to the shop... I got lots of things for Christmas to use in my creations so I couldn't wait to get busy creating...its so cool to actually love the work you do ..even when I start to draw a blank mind and I'm forced to get out of the shop and go do something else I find myself creating things in my mind..maybe that's a part of getting out of the shop it sets my mind to working again... Anyway my week off made for some great mind creating so when I headed back tot he shop Monday I was ready to to sit down and start putting all those thoughts to work and it paid off too. I managed to create 5 gatherings yesterday and I have 5 more ready to put together so hopefully by tomorrow I will actually have 10 or more new gatherings ready to list on Ebay.... Now all I have to do is pray that all the prim Santa brought all my buyers  money for Christmas and they are totally ready to shop...Smile...
I think everyone will be surprised with all the new gatherings they are really nice...!!
I will be listings pictures on here for all of you to preview before I list them...so you can take a peek...and pass the word or who knows I might have something that sparks your wants and needs...

The shop should be warmed up by now so I will bid you all a wonderful day!!

Blessings
Tonya

Sharing Christmas Eve at Carmen's AKA Primcats

Merry Christmas to all.... December 25th has come and with it came one of the happiest Christmas celebrations our family has shared together... Chuck full of laughter and many great memories!!
Christmas Eve our whole family got together at Carmen and Shane's. The house was just beautiful with all the Trees lit and all of her other Decorations made the perfect setting for a perfect Christmas Eve together.  Carmen fixed all kinds of yummy dips....and big ham...
There were gifts Gifts everywhere.

Iain my greadson is now 4 and full of energy so Carmen put him to work passing out the gifts... He was so funny..he had proud writtn all over his face as he handed each gift to right person.

For all of you who are wondering Carmen and Tammy both got a big box of year Round Tree ornaments.

 And YES......Carmen got a huge box of Rag Balls she ask Santa for. Oops so much excitement for got to get a pic....Not sure how many I ended up making for her but I'm sure she will share them with you.

I also created Carmen and Shane a New necessary Room Gathering. I hung it up for them and then added all of her things to the shelf..but forgot to take a pic so she will have to share it with you!! It looks great.

I created Laura and John a year round Tree full of Ornaments.

They both were delighted with it.

Doesn't Iain look dorable in his new Dinosor Sleeping Bag!

After we were all done opening gifts everyone just hung out and visited.

Iain was having a ball with all the Grand Kitty's.

Carmen, Shane and I celebrated our Christmas together Christmas morning. I ask Santa for a Bird Feeder. Carmen and Shane got me the coolest Birdfeeder with a sheppards Hook pole plus they got me all kinds of Birdseed. I can't wait to put it out tomorrow.  They also gave me all kinds of suppies to create my gatherings. You know what that means.. I've got new things to create.

And Create I need to do...

It was a very Merry Christmas for all of us and I know that everyone will fall alseep tonight with many warm memories of Chrismas 2010!!

I pray that each of you were blessed with a wonderful Christmas with family and friends and you to will fall asleep tonight with many warm memories.

God Bless you all.....Tonya

Cherish your Christmas memories!!

A fine good Morning to all my Prim friends....only four days till Santa comes ...where did this year go?
As I sat reading everyones Bloggs this morning as I woke up to face my day... I felt all of the stress coming out in getting ready for all the celebrating we all do at Christmas...
I must have read "I hope I can find the time to get everything done and ready in time....20 times myself included.
Funny isn't it how much we all put on our plate inorder to celebrate the Birth of Christ. We decorate our homes in the perfect splender to suit us, we create Gifts to share and shop, bake and wrap...all the while rushing to make sure we have everything in order come the big day...
It made me think about all the things we take for granite and all the blessings we forget or simply don't notice. What a wonderful time to take a moment to refect on those things as we make ready for all the Christmas celebrating!!
As many of you know Carmen is my daughter..My only child. My only natural Child.. I was a foster parent for all of Carmen's Childhood. Some 23 years and 121 children came and went. Christmas was especially important because many of those kids had never had a real Christmas so I would always find myself going way overboard for them especially for Carmen. I'm sure I found myself stressing too... but I was blessed with so many warm memories of those Christmas past...I don't remember all the stress and kaos.. Thank God.

I no longer have the space to decorate like I used to so I help Carmen decorate her house and get ready for our family get togethers. It's probably the most special time of year for me....spending time with Carmen and her Hubby helping to set the stage for yet another Christmas filled with memories.

I miss decorating like I used to, I miss hearing the kids running around the house and all of the excitement that Chrismas brings... maybe I even miss the stress of those long ago days.

Last year our family was divided and although we did all get together on Christmas Eve, there was no decorating the house and storing that memory together. There was no laughter, no warm fuzzy moments to store away..it was just a painful moment in time that I wish wasn't in my memory bank...

As Carmen, Shane, Tammy and I decorated Carmen's house this year I was reminded that  it isn't all of the decorations, it isn't all of the baking, it isn't all of the gift giving, or that big Christmas dinner we worked hours to serve when everyone arrives..it is being together as a family, loving each other, seeing the sparkle in there eyes when they open a gift they really wanted,it's the laughter and the tears and all of the warm fuzzy memories that you think about when you fall asleep after the big day and somehow you find that all that worry about being ready, or buying the right gift, or wrapping a package just right, or baking enough cookies or serving a perfect dinner or decorating your house was useless because in the end it was all about being with those you love and remembering the reason you got together ...to celebrate Christ Birthday. 

So to all of my Prim friends out there I can't wrap a gift and tuck it under your tree but I can remind you to enjoy all the decorating, even leave it up an extra week as gift to your self to sit back and enjoy, enjoy the baking and while your at it make a box up for yourself to enjoy while you sit back after Christmas and admire your beautiful home and all your decorations, enjoy the shopping and especially the crafting of that special gift..knowing that you are spending time thinking of the people you are buying or creating for and how happy they will be when they open that special package, and while you're at it buy yourself something you deserve it, enjoy cooking that Christmas dinner for family and friends knowing that you will soon sit down as a family together.
You never know when your loved ones might not be there to leave memories in your heart.....so most of all remember to cherish every single moment with those you love this Christmas !!

Christmas Blessings from my house to yours!!
Tonya

Gift Wrapping~Applesauce Ornies~gifts~Rice Bags

Good Morning all my Prim Friends....wow what a long but productive weekend.. I pretty much locked myself away all weekend trying to finish up my Special order, creating Christmas gifts, making Rice Bags and wrapping gifts...I set up my table in front of the sofa along with my totes filled with supplies and parked myself ready to tackle the last of my christmas gifts, a special order I needed to get done...and the rice bags I told you about last week...
Friday night I packed up all my gear and supplies for making the Applesauce Ornies and headed over to Carmen's to wrap Christmas gifts..and make Applesauce Ornies...... Yea it is done... This Santa is ready for the big day.
Carmen and I were going to make the Applesauce Ornies together but the Cinnamon was so strong Carmen had a reaction to all the Cinnamon, so I had to make them myself. Her house smelled so yummy to me...

Making these Ornaments was a new experience and I like them.... but it took some adjustments during the process to figure out how best to make them. I found out that they are much nicer if you don't bake them rather air dry them they don't crack. If you air dry them it takes about 48 hours to totally dry them.
I also found that it is better to make them a little thicker then called for in the Recipe...
Now I feel I can actually make them to sell on ebay...I made around 100 of them this trip around.. I hope to find time to make more before Christmas we shall see how my time goes...hehe

My Grand Kittys helped me wrap gifts...hehe

 Saturday and Sunday I worked on finishing up my Special order~ She wants to keep her Tree up year round so she ordered Bag ornies with the names of Herbs on them, some darling little dresses, more Brown Paper Box Ornies and more Rag Ball Ornaments...
The little dresses turned out so cute... I stitched each one by hand...
Thinking I might start making these to sell on Ebay Too...

Once I got her order finished I started working on my Christmas gifts..hehe~Sorry I can't show you all of them well cause some were for Carmen and I want them to be a surprise, but here are a few of the others along with some of the Applesauce Ornies. I created some Brown Box ornies, Some Rag balls, some wood lightbulbs, and some Mini wrapped Rolling Pins wrapped with homespun... They all turned out so cute.

By Sunday night I had watched 19 movies and was stir crazy tieing so many ornaments with string for hanging...hehe..it is time for me to get back out in the shop and create some gatherings... hehe...as you can see I still need to tie strings on many of the Applesauce ornies, make a few more Rag Ball Ornaments and some Rag Garland and I will be done creating my Christmas gifts....

Sunday afternoon I went back over to Carmen's house so her hubby could do a little work on my van. While I was there I tied strings on her Applesauce Ornies and she hung them on her Feather Tree...It looks so adorable!!

Sunday night I worked on creating, stitching and filling my Rice Bags for Dr . Ziender.. they turned out fantastic I think he will be pleased. I will stop by his office today and take in the ones I've gotten finished and see what he thinks... I tried one out and it was great... !!
I still need to sew the ends shut on some of them... I had to give up last night my hands hurt and I was Exhausted.

I think the first thing I'm going to do is clean up my living room it is a tee total mess ..LOL..scraps of fabric, twine and threads everywhere..and I mean everywhere...

Time to get busy much to do today so I will bid you all a wonderful Monday!!

Until next time...... Many Christmas Blessings from my house to yours......Tonya

Dear Santa "I want more hours in a day,Please"

I don't know about the rest of you out there but I just mailed my Dear Santa Letter I sure hope he gets it in time... I didn't ask for much this year..just a new Bird feeder, Bird food, shop supplies and most of all I ask for more hours in a Day... LOL...I've been good so maybe!!
How are all of you doing today? Counting hours too..hehe
Packed the last of my ebay sales last night, shipped them this afternoon so that is doen till after Christmas..Thank Goodness!!

Last night I parked myself on the sofa with all my stitching materials and Rag Ball box and went to work creating gifts while I watched Old Christmas movies... It was great to curl my feet under me and work...really it wasn't work it was cozy and fun.... Almost done creating Christmas gifts..

This morning I finally got my little Christmas Tree Decorated the only Prim Decor in my little Home. It is so cute. I was beginning to think it was going end up sitting there bare but finally took time to dress it all up for the Holidays!!

Tonight I'm off to Primcats house to tease all the Grand Kittys with wrapping paper again...and spend some time with Carmen Finishing up our gift wrapping.

We are going to make a go at making the Applesauce Gingerbreads while we make her house smell yummy with Cinnamon..I'll share them with you sometime this weekend...

Yikes it's after 5 already... Yes Santa please bring me more hours in a day for Christmas...Time just seems to keep slipping away...and I must pack it up and move it out much to do tonight...

May you all be blessed with more hours in the day this weekend so you can get all those last minute Christmas things done...Until we meet again have a wonderful Friday evening!!

Christmas Blessings
Tonya

Christmas gifts & Super Surprise!!

Good Morning~Good Morning everyone... and fine morning it is. My Red Brid showed up this morning oustide my office window letting me know in no uncertian terms the feeder was empty and I best be filling it ASAP.....Red Birds are such talkers and so are my Cats Tasha and Mama. When the Red Bird starts yelling they are glued to the window talking away..Oh how I wish I knew cat language...I know those tails going swish swish 20 mph is one happy kitty...LOL...in kitty language..oh how they love that Red Bird!!

Well I had to force myself from the creation of things to sell on ebay and start to focus on creating all my Christmas gifts last night.... 10 days to go and I have a list a mile long of gifts I want to create for them.
Lets see Carmen and Tammy want Rag Balls, Tammy wants anything with Crows in it and Ornies, Peg wants a corner shelf gathering, Laura wants anything Prim she says, you know what I like and the list goes on and on. I'm creating Laura  & John a Prim Christmas tree with all of my little Ornies on it....I can't wait!!
Actually this is the best part of creating is to create for your friends and family and then watching them open there gifts come Christmas...

It all works out nicely since Ebay sales slow down from now until New years so it gives me time to spend time pouring all my energy into my gifts...and really sets the mood for the Season. 

I had a super surprise yesterday that I'm really excited about. Had and eye doctor's appointment. I have extreme Dry Eyes caused from Sojrene's disease. Aside from meds to releive not cure the problem the only other releif is to apply warm compresses to the eyes.
My first surprise actually wrapped in Red Christmas paper was a years supply of Restatis. My eye doctor applied for assistance for me and it was approved and he wrapped it in Christmas paper and surprised me with it yesterday. Now why do I tell you all of that other then it was really sweet and a wonderful surprise.....well as I am opening the package he says."Tonya you make things right....?...Yes why? Well I have a business proposition for you. lol... I'm listening I say. He says do you think you could design and  make some sort of eye compress for people like you with dry eye, that they can warm and apply to there eyes anytime they need releif.
I giggled and said I sure can... I've already created something for myself. He says awesome bring me a sample and if I like it I will pay you to make them for me.
Now that is what I call two really great Christmas gifts...

You ask what is it that I created...well I made small rice bags 3" tall x 7" wide that can be put in the microwave and heated then applied to the eyes to help releive the swelling and pain caused from the dry eye. They can also be frozen for cold compresses.
So Tonya will be creating his sample this week and who knows by next week I may have a new little side line business...yeppee!

I guess I best get out of here and get busy...sounds like I have my work cut out for me for the next few days above and beyond all the regular things I need to be doing...so with that said I will wish you a happy day!!

Christmas Blessings from my house to yours
Tonya

Does anyone Have Applesauce Gingerbread Recipe?

Afternoon everyone.... done gone and found myself at a loss... I printed out my recipe for those Gingerbread cut outs made from Applesauce but seems I have misplaced it..hehe knowing me I threw it in the shredding pile and shredded it...for packing material....

SOOOOOOO..... I was wondering if anyone out there has the recipe. I was going to take a break from the shop and create a few for a Christmas gifts this evening. But a little hard without the recipe so if any one can rescue me I sure would appreciate it...

Big thanks in advance....

Christmas Blessings
Tonya