pine hollow prims

2009-04-07T12:59:00.000-07:00

This is what april is supposed to look like here. But what we have is much, much different.....and so not fair. Today it has actually been snowing and I just can't believe it!! it is cold and gray and windy, yuck for sure!!
But, I am managing to keep a sunny outlook, for in 12 days I will travel to sunny orlando, to warm myself and sun my buns! :)
I did also pop in to say Thank God for friends!! Challenges in life are unavoidable and the last 2 weeks I have certainly seen my share!! And Yet I have been blessed with just soo many great friends and family that I feel lucky!! Not particularly happy for the challenges, but definately grateful for all the wonderful people God has placed near me!!

I have also just updated my wsoapp shoppe, be sure to check it out!
have a great day!
mindy

My next project

2009-03-01T10:21:00.000-08:00

ok check out this little vintage purse!! I bought it yesterday at my upscale consignment shop's bag sale! it is more of a box really, with a black velvet inside. I am going to make it into a sewing kit! and Sorry, it won't be going up for sale! but I will be sure to show you the finished product!! Hope you are all warm and spring is peeking its head out of your winter, we are due to get another dose of snow tomorrow and it is supposed to snow all day! oh well, just another chance to get some work done!
well, I am off, got a lot of things to finish before I can start on my little project! Have a great day!
mindy

new spring creations

2009-02-19T16:26:00.000-08:00

Let me introduce you to annabella bunny! my newest creation. Made with a veena's mercantile pattern. Just so sweet and springy !! she is up for sale on Ebay but only for a few days! So hurry over and check her and all my newest creations out! Click here for all my ebay offerings

Happy Valentines day and make over!

2009-02-14T06:13:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines day friends!
certainly a day that all should enjoy blessings and Joy! Here it is full of all the little things that make each day special, like pan toasted bagels with cream cheese, your favorite soup cooking all day, warm and yummy chocolate chip cookies and little tokens of love. Usually the kids and I spend the day making a little make believe restaurant, with a printed out menu, children being waitresses and waiters, cooks and maitre'd. A salad, a favorite meal, and a scrumptious dessert make it enjoyable for everyone!! This year, my 8yr old (who has spent many years in his older brother's shadow, ) has a basketball game, so we will not get to have our restaurant this year. a little sad for me, but so important to support Seth in his endeavor!

And after looking at all my favorite blogs, which I will try to list on the side one day soon, I decided that my blog needed an extreme makeover! so here it is, tell me what you all think?
Have a great day, however you decide to spend it!
mindy

My very first award!!

2009-02-09T16:03:00.000-08:00

Oh my goodness!! I can hardly believe it! I have received my very first award, and what a fitting one it is!! It is called the making lemonade out of lemons award! I am so honored to receive an award!! thank you so much to Miss Donna of Daizydonna! Check out her blog here!
Ok so here are the rules!
1.Put the logo award on your page.
2.Link the person or persons as I did from your blog that gave you the award.
3.Link ten blogs that you are awarding. and then let them know you are giving them this award.

ok let's see...I am not a very good blogger so I am gonna have to think about this one....
1. Phillane at whimsical endeavors cause she is one of my Bestest buddies!
2. Kelly at Once in a Blue Moon Primitives
3. Britt at The Olde Prim House
4. Leigh at Leigh's Stone House
5. Linda of Linda Pinda Designs
6. Linda of GramasGourds and primitives

That is all I can think of for now as some of my most favorite people have chosen to keep their blogs award free and I respect their decisions.
Thanks again Donna, It is soo humbling to know that my few words of kindness and love, made such a difference in your life! Big hugs and prayers to you all!
mindy

new creations

2009-02-06T18:13:00.000-08:00

Ok it has come to my attention that I am VERY bad about updating my blog! what's a girl to do?? Life up here gets away from me alot of times, with 4 kids I never know what will happen next! But I am hard at work busy making things, and I am gonna make a better effort at getting in here to keep this blog up to snuff! Here are some pics of my newest creations! spring sheep and lamb are available in my wsoapp shoppe February 7th.

I am still working on a few things and will be posting more soon!
Have a great night, and come back by for my updates...I promise they will be here!
Have a good Night!

Merry Christmas

2008-12-16T18:10:00.000-08:00

This is just about what it looks like here in new england these days! This picture is from last year, outside of my dining room window. A beautiful and grand blue spruce weathers each winter and one spring was home to a nest with baby robins. I love to sit and watch the seasons change thru that window. Christmas is almost here and for us still so much to be done! Housecleaning for a holiday party where we will enjoy the company of friends to just pass a little joy around! I can hardly wait! I know that all too soon 2008 will be a thing of the past as we ring in 2009, I can only hope you are all well, and send to you blessings of a wonderful and prosperous new year! Myself I hope to better attend to this and my selling blog and ebay.....and better use every minute! I am working out all the details now! stay tuned!
Blessings and Merry Christmas!
mindy

autumn in new england

2008-09-05T18:05:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of the village that I live in it all is Autumn splendor! New England certainly is a
a special place to live especially in the fall! But with fall also comes school again, and I have lost my babies back to the school for 6 hours a day! This year little faith gets to go to kindergarten, and she is soo excited. I have never been more lonely, or felt more alone, but I knew this day would come, and so with a heavy heart but smiles and hugs for her, I send her on her way!
I miss them soo much when they are not here, and I realize that the time is ticking away to enjoy them as children, for all to soon will they be grown! Being a mother truly is bittersweet! Faith and Seth, Zack and Gabby too, I love you more than words can say! Know that I look forward each and every school day to the time when you will be back home! and my heart will be happy again!
so happy school days!
mindy

where did it go?

2008-08-31T17:12:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! where did the summer go?? we are enjoying a stretch of just wonderful weather it is a shame that the kids all have to go back to school on thursday! I will miss them all so much! Been sewing like mad these days, but nothing quite finished yet! Hope to have more to show you soon!
Football/Cheerleading season is underway here and here is a picture of my newest team member: Faith Flag Football Cheerleader! this is her first season, and she just loves it! She cheers for her 7 year old brother's team (more pictures of him to follow, forgot my camera at the game) The bigger kids have games starting soon, so lots of fun and cheering and pictures for you all!
So just a few more days and I will have some new items! Oh and Watch for the Grand Opening of WSOAPP! A fantastic collection of wonderful primitive and whimsical artists each with their own page to showcase their creations! So stay tuned for more information!

sneak peek at halloween!

2008-07-19T18:40:00.000-07:00

Hi again,
well here is a sneak peek at Halloween. My friends at wsoapp are having a launch tomorrow titled, A Halloween parade! My offering is a witch hat. I had lots of fun makin it, and hope you like it too!

Just an update, the boys team lost their first game this morning.....so they get to play another team tomorrow, if they lose, they are done! So let's play they win a few so they can keep playin!

have a great sunday!
mindy

for family harmony

2008-07-18T05:18:00.000-07:00

well, it has come to my attention that in the interest of family harmony, and so I don't find any dead little brother and sister bodies, I will have to sacrifice my studio/workroom/shop room to my oldest son for a bedroom of his own. It is sad for me, but exciting for him.....and in my heart my kids come first so, now I get to move all my furnishings and tables back up a flight of 14 stairs. Doesn't that sound fun. So, I am a little late on my give away, but it will be ready next week!
Until then, keep creating! Oh, and cheer for Zack's ball team, tomorrow starts our last tournament. Let's Go Green!
mindy

2008-06-17T10:26:00.000-07:00

well, I can believe how quickly time is flying these days! The kids are almost done with school, and getting wiggly!! I too, am getting anxious for them to be done! it will be nice to be able to sleep in after late nights! Let's see, what else is going on around here......the regular baseball season is winding down, and the All-Star season will be under way. I am expecting my oldest some to be nominated for the All-star team. It is his last year in little league, and he has been on the All-Star team every year he has been eligible. Not having been an athelete growning up, Zack has been exciting to watch!

Here is a picture of my youngest child, Faith in the catcher's gear for her t-ball team at last weekend's game!

Just a tiny little girl, but all about the game! It is so fun to have kids! I can't imagine life without them! Got a lot of new things listed on ebay this week, if you have a minute check them out! http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZpineQ2ahollowQ2aprimsQQfrppZ50QQfsopZ32QQfsooZ2QQrdZ0

Next week I will be having a giveaway here on the blog, so be sure to check it out!

until then, warm summer wishes!

mindy

where did I go?

2008-04-11T17:38:00.000-07:00

Howdy all!

sorry I have been so absent, but things here are moving at lightening speed! Baseball season is upon us here, and that has eaten up a lot of my "free" time! Orders to fill, creations to finish, so much to do.

This is one of the items that has kept me busy! A barn raising log cabin I call Grandma's treasure. Just as my Grandmother began to become ill she traveled to my house and fell in love with a large, twin size barn raising log cabin that I made and use as a table cloth. She talked about it for the whole time she was there, and continued to talk about it for several days. I immediately went to work and made her one of her own. As her health declined, she took her quilt everywhere with her even to the hospital. When the good Lord decided that it was her time to go home, the decision was made to tuck her into her eternal rest with her beloved throw! So this quilt for sure will be one creation that although I have recreated it a few times, will always be special to me! Stay tuned for a big announcement coming next week!

mindy

Moving right along

2008-03-09T11:43:00.001-07:00

Well things are moving right along here! I have been so busy with orders, and quilts, and finally starting to pull together the long awaited shop room! A room in my house that will be open to the public on certain dates to sell my creations, and double as my studio! I am so excited, but it is a lot of work! the room itself has been the Junk room, where everything else that did not have a home has been thrown for YEARS! so here I am cleaning and cleaning and cleaning! My husband is even buying great display furniture already!! yikes, I guess I better get moving. Hopefully pictures will be coming soon!
have a great day!
mindy

A Super Saturday

2008-01-26T18:40:00.000-08:00

Happy saturday!
what a day today was! My husband is just completely wonderful!
He is willing to support my business in whatever ways I need! Boy am I
one lucky lady. With his full support I am just brimming with new ideas!
Keep watching there is a lot more to come!

And a little ~shout~ out to my little 7 year old Seth!
Great job in your pinewood derby today, win or lose, you
are one awesome kid!

so off to make more creations,
mindy

2008-01-25T13:48:00.000-08:00

Hello and welcome to Pine Hollow Prims blog.
I am so very glad to be back creating and I thought
that it was time to start a blog, giving voice to the
creative spirit God has given me. This blog will contain some
of the day to day ups and downs of juggling creating with
family life, sneak peaks of new and upcoming creations, and
special offers. I am so excited about this new venture and I
hope you are too! So be sure to stop by and catch up on all the
news at ~Pine Hollow Prims~