Oh Spring - hurry on up!!!

I sure wish the nice weather would just get here and STAY!!!

We get a nice day then a really cold day. I hope that's not how Spring and Summer will actually be this year.

I did see my Daffodils and Tulips have sprung up though - that's only one of the peeks of Spring so far, except for the sweet sound of birds - I love hearing them....and speaking of birds,

my husband made a fantastic birdhouse over the winter - it turned out beautiful.

He put it out on a post we got from an Amish farmer 2 weeks ago when we were in Lancaster, PA.  It's a water pump post and still has some of the metal attachments on it.  We wanted a white turned post which we bought as well but I like the red one.

Now I'm thinking the birdhouse needs to be painted a different color.

It is going to take many years for the copper to age.  I think he did a wonderful job!!!

Last Tuesday was the second part of my Punch Needle class here and they finished up their projects.

I think they did a wonderful job. 

Four of the ladies couldn't make it so they will come at another date to finish up.

We had a little luncheon with the class and I found the sweetest paper products at the $$ store.

Very Springy - I loved the little bees on them!

They had little cups I thought would be great for the fruit salad,

I put their napkins in the cups for ease of picking up to carry

And then this past Saturday I started another class with 3 ladies.

They had fun learning and we'll have the second part at a later date.

My big excitement though for the week was a book signing at our library with

BEVERLY LEWIS my all time favorite Amish Fiction author.

She was just as sweet and soft spoken as her picture - and very gracious.

Most of her books are set in the Lancaster, PA Amish country side.
She was born in Lancaster and her maternal grandparents were Mennonite. 

Well, that's about it for this time around....

Except to say I have been making my gourd carrots again this year.

I have 9 sets still available if you want any just email me.

They are 3/$14 plus shipping

Have a wonderful week everyone and thanks for stopping by!

Karen

The snowball effect!!!

There is truth to this phrase!!

We started our bathroom cabinet re-do a month ago and since then it has escalated.

I had a feeling this would happen but didn't want to say it out loud!

Doug finished the doors and drawers a week ago and since then it has been lots of decision making....we decided to do the counters afterall. And that lead to new sinks and faucets.

And because the 1 inch tiles were on the counters and half walls we decided to try and get it off the walls and replace it with wainscot. Fortunately the tiles came off easier than we thought they would - which was a blessing. It could have been a bear otherwise.

This past week he started removing those horrible 1 inch tiles on the counters and walls...we needed to remove it before the counter company came today to measure and see where the sinks would be.  They said they could install in 2 or 3 weeks from today so we have a bit of work to do in between.

Hard to see but there is very little veining in this quartz -
and I think that's why we liked it, it wasn't real busy.

Doug's progress on the counter removal

And to keep with the 'snowball effect' - we are having ceramic tile floor installed....I've always loved the vintage look of the Octogan & dot tiles....we're going with the all white.

This weekend I will start painting the inside
of the cupboard before the counters get installed.

Bought the paint today called 'Thin Ice'
We weren't sure if we wanted an extremely light gray or a faint aqua - as it turned out the Thin Ice is a cross of the two. Wainscot/trim/door will be an off white.

And I fell in love with these faucets the minute I saw them!

And the sinks

I know...not very Colonial for any of it but that's perfectly okay...we went classic vintage.

Well if you stuck with me this long I will continue with thanking my wonderful
KM Primitive customers.

I can not tell you how appreciative I am for all of you.

I offered my gourd carrots and hand painted designed eggs over the past 3 weeks
and the response was overwhelming.

I had 4 different painting sessions for the eggs and will mail the last batch out on Monday.

Saltglaze

Redware

  Yellowware

Robin's Egg Blue

Gourd Carrots

I have two finished punch needle for sale on my website
Bunny and Bell Flower
You can find them here:
http://kmprimitives.blogspot.com/p/prim-needs.html

Thank you for stopping by - come back soon!
Karen