Prims By The Water 100 Followers Giveaway

I found this giveaway while on Hungry Hook Primitives this morning. It's for this adorable "Homestead" pillow and Santa doll:

The pillow is stuffed the prim way with cloth for stuffing and the Santa is made from wool
with a faux pine sprig. He's very prim and adorable.
You can click HERE and at the right-hand sidebar to enter Janice's giveaway.
Good Luck, Primmies,
Susan

Drum Roll: Winner!

The winner of the sweet little Cupboard Tuck Rag Doll from The Red Cupboard Post is Vicky from Green Creek Primitives. Congratulations, Vicky.
Goodnight, Primmies
Susan

Woo-Hoo! Another Giveaway!

Hi, Primmies...
Tammy of A Primitive Place blog has 750 followers and 300 posts. She also has a birthday in August. In honor of all 3 things, she is having the following giveaway for this fabulous Patriotic Flag Pillow:

This large burlap pillow with solid white cotton back measures 18.5 inches x 11.5 inches.
She handpainted the stripes and used vintage and antique buttons to represent the stars
on the flag. Isn't it great? Here are the rules:
1. You need be a follower of her blog and new followers are certainly welcome
2. You need live in the U.S. or Canada (APO addresses are eligible)
3. You need leave your email address in your comment if you do not have a blog
or have an email linked to your blog (to win Tammy must be able to contact you)
4. You need to leave your comment on her post about the Giveaway   CLICK HERE
Meeting these 4 requirements will earn you 1 entry in her Giveaway. Here's what you can do to earn Bonus entries:
Posting about the Giveaway to your Blog Sidebar with a link back to her Blog gives you
one (1) Bonus Entry
Posting about the Giveaway in an Actual Blog Post with a link back to her Blog gives you
two (2) Bonus Entries!
Let her know if you do these extra things. List them all in ONE COMMENT
The last day for Entries is Tammy's Birthday, August 16, 2011. Tammy will draw the Winner on August 17, 2011. You can use this photo if you like:

Good Luck to everyone who enters!

The Red Cupboard Post Giveaway

Hi, Primmies...
Kimberly of The Red Cupboard Post has reached 100 followers on her blog. Congratulations, Kimberly. That means that it's Giveaway time for this adorable Cupboard Tuck
Rag Doll

Kimberly will be drawing the winner of this giveaway on Wednesday, July 20, 2011.
Good Luck to everyone. I will post the winner here.
Stay Cool,
Susan

We Have More Winners!

The winner of the surprise giveaway from Bittersweet and Prim is
Karen of My Colonial Home. Congratulations, Karen!

The winner of the "Boo"tiful grim witch from The Rusty Thimble is Natalie of Tins and Treasures. Brenda says the witch will be flying off to Natalie's home!
Congratulations, Natalie!

Brenda is teasing about her upcoming giveaway in August. There's another witch in the
giveaway plus 4 more great prizes. Wow! Stay "posted" for info as I receive it.
And finally, Tamera of Country At Heart is the winner of the Scarecrow Nodder from
Crafty Stitchers. Cyndy also chose another name for a Scarecrow Head Ornie and the
winner is Annie of Old Annie Primitives. Congratulations to Annie!

Scarecrow Nodder

Scarecrow Ornie

See you next time, Primmies...
Warm Regards,
Susan

This Week's Free Patterns

Hi, Primmies...
Today at midnight is the deadline for sign-ups at The Olde Country Cupboard and Samantha's Accessories Christmas in July Giveaways. See my post below for photos and details. Here is Sandy's free pattern for this week:

Her Prim Santa Head finishes up to 15 inches. She says he's simple to make.
Click Here to go to her blog to download this and more free patterns, and to join her blog and giveaway.

Samantha's free pattern is for these adorable Snowman Mini Pillows:

Click Here to go to her blog to download this and more of her free patterns, and to join her blog and giveaway.
She has a quick tutorial on how to make these sweet Santa Cans, they would be great to
use as a gift tin for cookies, coloring books and crayons or whatever you can think of:

Aren't they adorable? She's very clever like her mom, Sandy! Sign up if you already haven't for their blogs and giveaways and MORE free patterns from these talented ladies.
Stay cool, primmies.
Warm Regards,
Susan

Isn't It Hot All Of A Sudden!

Some prim eye candy for you! More photos after my post below.

All Shaker Box photos in this post: Property of Traditional Home Magazine

Photos: Property of Traditional Home Magazine
Isn't it also funny how we want Winter to be over when it's upon us, and now that Summer is here with the awful humidity we get here in our valley, I don't remember Winter being all that terrible?!? Well, I'm in the AC today. Mr. Glen Oaks is sanding floors again. The week before last weekend, he started (after much painful prodding from Nana Glen Oaks) and being by himself and the perfectionist he is, of course it didn't get finished in time for his mom and son's visit last weekend. He really only had 3 working days out of the week anyway. So back everything went, furniture, curtains, pictures, rugs so that everyone had a place to sit down and relax, and a table to eat at. Last night, out again everything went (I really don't know where he puts it all and don't want to look anyway). He's sanding like a madman possessed right now, sister Rose and husband Danny are due
here from Indiana on Tuesday morning. They wisely decided to stay in a motel with doggie day care no less. Leave it to my sister to find a motel with special areas for pets to be pampered if she has to be away from him. Bogie lives the good life for sure. With two cats here and an especially unreceptive-to-guests and dogs kitty, I think she would have had to be committed if Puffy attacked Bogie. We will be keeping Puffy "sequestered" while they are here during the day and evening. Sister plans on doing lots of sightseeing and shopping while she's here so there shouldn't be any cat attacks (my homeowners is paid up-to-date). Since I'm trying to get the house together in the other rooms that aren't being sanded, I don't have too much time to showcase any artists and their wares but I have some eye candy for us Primmies. I was reading my digital copy of Traditional Home and here's what I liked for today:

Maple Shaker Box With Copper Tacks, C.1835

Shaker Box With Yellow Paint and Copper Nails

Yellows, Prussian Blue and Green are considered the most valuable Boxes

Here's a green painted box with the original paper label still visible (see right side) that they would write the contents on:

My favorite, the pumpkin color

Hope you enjoyed this post. Back on Monday with a featured artist's work that I crave.
Stay cool,Primmies!
Warm Regards,
Susan