Arent friends great?

I have for several year sold my doll and prims at a local antique and craft mall located in historic down town Cameron Mo. The building was part of the old railroad station and the owner Sally has worked so hard to convert it into a wonderful prim shoppe!Over the years Sally and I have become such great friends. She is a wonderful Christian woman and has been an inspiration to me countless times.Sally knew how much I had been running lately with the kids and house and online obligations and she called me to tell me she had re-done my entire booth! I was so excited!!! I ran down today to see what she had done....

The first pic is of the outside of my booth. She used vintage doors , windows and porch posts, and even added a tin roof awning! I am going to come back and stencil in my company name on the glass.

I always keep a Christmas tree up year round. Sally placed into this wonderful old box and filled it with dolls and gingers and placed some of my smaller dolls and ornies on the tree.

She wanted it to look like a doll shop she said so she pulled out this fabulous old cabinet of hers. Can you believe no one wants to buy this??? Its AMAAAAAAZING! She added an old rusty cage door behind it so I can hang my signs and vintage items and covered the top with all my dolls. The cabinet is filled with a few odds and ends, and she strung the lights in and out of it for and extra effect.

I was amazed at how she took elements that I had and rearranged them so well. Doors that had covered an old table now line the walls and frame the big window. She added all kinds of misc. goodies to this cabinet and look how great the fern stand looks with the vintage lamp!

I am truly blessed to have such a great and understanding friend! This was a great Christmas present to me! Of course while I was there we visted and she showed me the rest of the shop.

Friends~ if you are ever in northwest Missouri, you NEED to stop by this shop! Open Tues-Sat. from 10-5 during the summer and 11-5 in the winter. You can find all kinds of antiques and primitives from hand made furniture to retro kitchen ware. There are candles, soaps, sprays and lotions. Stop by for pillows, signs or even some hand stitched samplers. They are lovingly and artistically displayed and more than reasonably priced.

You can google the Iron Horse or find it on Craig's list! You will not be disappointed!

Thanks again Sally! You so R-O-C-K- in the USA! I had a wonderful morning with you!!!!

huggggggs~

angie

Singing puppet elves!!!!!

Type in any Christmas song and see what the little puppets do. Also, type in any non-Christmas song (I typed in Happy Birthday) and you'll get a kick out of the response.

One of the funniest I typed in was Jingle Bell Rock... they forget the words half way through.

HOW DO THEY COME UP WITH THIS STUFF?
http://www.sundog.net/carolofthechins/flash/card.swf

I've fallen and I cant get up!

With all the snow we were blessed with, the 10 year old had to build a snowman...

but she was a little over ambitious and made the sections too big!

No worries, though~ her creative lil mind made frosty look like he had fallen... or maybe that she had pushed him over lol

all I could think was "oh no Mr. Bill!"

Baby it cold outside!

Thought I'd share a few winter pics with ya...

our one and only tree left... and I have to fight the father in law to keep it! He doesnt like farming around it lol!

These hay bales made it ok, up the road we have some that have drifts to the tops of them!

Our dog Stitch has just loved playing in the snow!

We live on a 4 way intersection. These roads while out of town by at least 2 miles, still have heavy traffic. I know that several people got stuck on this corner in the past few days!

The road was almsot completly drifted shut here!

Our back yard...

Out by the machine shed...

Out by the trucks...

We managed to survive the snow storm that hit us this week, and we were better off than those north of us!

We got about 13 inches of snow and temps anywhere from 3 and 4 degrees above 0 with wind chills about 10 below.

To make matters worse we had wind speeds about 35-40 mph! I could see the snow sweeping across the feilds and into the air to the tree tops!

Needless to say school was cancelled for 3 days.... yes the kids did go crazy!!!! They had to cancel the Christmas concert, so as they have ball games the rest of the nights until Christmas break, they have moved it to 1:30 today!

Thank God I am able to be a stay at home Mom!

I hope all of you are nice and warm and toasty!

Christ O Ween swap!

Yet again, I have been blessed with an amazing swap buddy! I am on a roll I'll tell ya!
I took part in the Christ O Ween swap sponsored by Rabitt Hollow Prims. Sue thought it would be fun to combine both Christmas and Halloween... and it WAS!

My buddy this time was Chris from Prim Country Farms. She sent me this adorbale gingerbread witch. She is so cute! I just love her and she smells soooooooooooo good! I have her in my kitchen and my entire kitchen smells just like this dolly!
I also got a wonderful bar of soap in one of my all time favorite scents... grapefruit! Kids, this smells just like the real thing. Its wonderful!

Thank you so much Chris for spoiling me!!!
Thanks Sue for hosting this fun swap!

I'll post what I sent Chris later on... I dont want to spoil it for her....

I am such a lucky girl!

I took part in the ornie swap hosted by Thimbleprims Studio,,,, and would you just look at what Cindy sent me?????

This is the most amazing ornie! I am so in love with her! Wonderfully made and the little garland.... and she has bells ......and.......

well I am just tickled to death!!!! Cant you tell????

Thank you so much Cindy! I love her and you tooooooo!

Out of the Box Sampler is on sale today!!!

The Out of the Box Sampler is now on sale!!!! You can follow the title on over to purchase...

I have sent 200 items~ from chenille candy canes to gift certificates to snow balls and each one comes with a 25% off code!

Head on over there today!!!

alsooooooooooooooo~ Lemon Poppy Seeds is celebrating Christmas! You can join the newsletter and be entered to win one of 12 ornies in their 12 Ornies of Christmas giveaway. The link is http://www.lemonpoppyseeds.com

12 ornies in 12 days from some of the best primitive artists!!!!

Cyber Monday~etsy 50% off!~

***just a quick note, to let you all know that I have just lowered ALL my prices on etsy
http://www.angiesraggedypatch.esty.com Every raggedy doll is 50% off with FREE shipping!!!!
There are dolls starting at $5!
I have taken prices down from a couple of bucks to$35 off! Sale ends tomorrow night...***

Tis the night before Thanksgiving...

Why did they let the turkey join the band?Because he had the drumsticks

Asked to write a composition entitled, "What I'm thankful for on Thanksgiving," a student wrote, "I am thankful that I'm not a turkey."

'Twas the night of Thanksgiving, but I just couldn't sleep...

I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep.

The leftovers beckoned...the dark meat and white, but I fought the temptation with all of my might.

Tossing and turning with anticipation, the thought of a snack became infatuation.

So, I raced to the kitchen, flung open the door and gazed at the fridge, full of goodies galore.

I gobbled up turkey and buttered potatoes, stuffing with gravy, green beans and tomatoes.

I felt myself swelling so plump and so round, till all of a sudden, I rose off the ground.

I crashed through the ceiling, floating into the sky with a mouthful of pudding and a handful of pie

But, I managed to yell as I soared past the trees... Happy eating to all

-- pass the cranberries, please.

***Happy Thanskgiving friends!!!! May your day be filled with great food, family and fun!****

hugs~

angie

samples and swaps

I finally got all 200 samples done for Out of the Box. This fabulous site

http://www.outoftheboxsampler.com/ has samples from all over the country and boxes go on sale Dec. I have gift certifcates, cinnamon rolls, snowballs and candy canes and even some of my new sugar cones inlcuded in my samples. Make sure that you dont miss out on this box! Each and every item I made has a code for a 25% off discount!

I also have been in a few more swaps... you know how I love them. The first was through my etsy /ebay group AB4B . This was an ornie swap...

I sent a snowman ornie and some chenille candy canes

My swap buddy Marilyn from Harvest Moon Primitives

sent me......>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

arent they adorable???? I just love them and they smell so good! They are so well made.They will be featured on my Christmas tree in our guest bathroom for alllllllllll to see. I am just in love with both of them!!! Such talent!

Thank you thank you thank you!

I was also blessed with another swap today! Am I having a good day or what????

I signed up for the Frog Doll Swap from Thimble Prims. This was a fun one, as I have never made a frog doll before. My swap buddy is the incredible Kia. I had to take pics of the box as she stuck lil frogs on the top look......

I took them all off and think I may add magnets to the back.

Kia sews everything BY HAND, and bless her heart she doesnt have feeling in one hand, so I just cant imagine how hard it was for her to create.

Look at this adorable froggie she made me . EVERYTHING IS HAND STSITCHED!!!

also, Kia and I have really gotten to know each other well. I mentioned that I read the Little House books every year, and as it turns out she is a HUGE Little House fan too.

She even wrote and episode for the show!!!!!

anywayyyyyyyyyyyy as an extra goodie she included

and I still cant believe it...

the FIRST SEASON OF LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRARIE ON DVD!!!!

Did I make out like a fat rat today or what????

Talk about having luck when it comes to getting talented, fun and fabulous swap partners! I am soooooooooo blessed! and soooooooooooooooo thankful at having gotten to meet these two as well as my past swap buddies(Hey Cathy!)