PICTURES TO SHARE ON THIS SUNDAY!!!

I hope everyone is having a good weekend!!!...It has been pouring buckets here with some thunder and lightning....I love rainy days when I don't have to go out!!...Not so much when I do!!

So I snapped some pics of my new coverlet on my bed...I absolutely love it!!!...It is my gift from Tim for our 21st wedding anniversary that was on Thursday...It is reversible so I can have two different looks...I tried it different ways and I like it turned down with both sides showing and my pillows stacked in plain sight....It makes it very easy to make up also...I got it here http://www.finecountrylivingprimitives.com/store/Default.asp......

And I wanted to share a sweet little gift my friend Robby sent me from Scotland....She called me one day to see if I had received my gift and I hadn't, so I knew something was coming...When I got home from spending the night at the hospital after Tim's surgery it was waiting for me...I was so excited when I opened it...She had sent it to cheer me up after my car being totaled in the car crash...What a sweet friend!!!...I haven't found a home for her yet, but she sits by my chair alot when I'm x-stitching, so she may stay there...I just love looking at her!!...Thank you so much Robby!!!...You can have one or two or three or five, too.LOL..She sells them on her picturetrail that I listed several post ago...Go down my post til you get to her picturetrail...

And back in October when my parents came to visit my mom brought a bunch of old x-stitch magazines.... She had gotten them from a friend that was getting rid of them....I enjoyed going through them!!...She then handed me a box that had this beauty in it...She had first offered it to my sister, but she didn't want it...Well, lucky for me!!!!!...It has been sitting for some time with no pic in it...I wanted a simple G to put in it...Just plain and simple...So the other night I stitched one up on linen and then coffee dyed it....Until I get a grubby candle I stuck a nubbie in it...Don't you just love the simple simplicity of it????

I hope you have a restful Sunday!!!...Until next time!!...hugs, Jen

Whatcha Working On Wednesday!!!

How was everyone's day???....I must say that my days have been challenging!!!...There is a reason they call it the TERRIBLE TWOS!!!!!

Wow! I haven't done a Whatcha Working On Wednesday in a while...So mine is going through pictures of stuff I've received and sent while I was painting and not posting much...I got an email from Jazy that she had received my swap from the Primitive to Extreme forum that Robby started several months ago...Our first swap was to send a fat quarter size of our favorite fabric and see what it comes back as...My swap partner was Jazy {Dry Creek Primitives blog} from Australia...I sent her a brown mustard colored piece of fabric...She made me this primitve doll and seedbag out of it and sent other goodies, too...I have the star in my dough bowl that I have as my new header on my selling blog...Thank you Jazy!!!

And in return I sent her a schoolgirl sampler I just stitched up free hand...

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Here's a candle I received back when I was doing all my painting and not blogging much...It is from Heather of "The Olde Summer Kitchen"....She just emailed me one day and wanted my email address and wanted to know what fragrances I liked that she wanted to send me a candle..I quickly told her I like fruit fragrances especially this time of the year...I received "Hot Apple Dumplins" and it is heavenly!!!...And doesn't it match my kitchen perfectly???!!!???..I haven't burned it yet because it's too pretty, but I leave the lid off....So go check her out at her ebay store!!....I call her the tree lady because she is the one I email when I see an unusual Christmas tree I want her to keep an eye out for...I bought my German Twig Christmas tree from her and plan on getting more this year......

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These are some goodies I received from my friend, Robby, from Glory River Primitives that lives in Scotland....I must not have taken pics of the Halloween samplers I sent her because she wanted Halloween....She sent me chocolates, a Jackie Schmidt doll that I've shared before, an amish card, a little Amish doll, long amish socks, a primitve flower {that my dd has taken ownership of}, a pantry cake, a sweet snowman face and a gingerbread man...It was mailed while she was over in the US on a trip to Intercourse,PA this past January....I absolutely love my goodies!!!

Well, that is all for now...I still have more pics to share of new goodies!!...Until Next time!!!.....hugs, Jen

A NEW "SIMPLE GOODES STITCHED BY JENNIFER" BLOG HEADER

Happy Monday everyone!!...The weather was perfect today...I had windows and doors open and Taylor was home all day with us....Tim however went back to work for his first day since his surgery...I missed him, but bills have to be paid...Like a new vehicle..Still looking!!...Just checking out all that is out there....

I stitched a little sampler to use for my header on my new selling blog....SIMPLE GOODES STITCHED BY JENNIFER....That is the little saying I have on my auction templates that I use on ebay, so I thought it fit perfectly...I thought I'd share it with you if you hadn't clicked on the picture yet to see the other blog...It's a work in progress!!

Does it look primitve enough???....I absolutely love grundging up my samplers...They never come out the same!!

Until next time...Hugs, Jen

I DESIGNED A SAMPLER AND NEW HOUSE PICS!!!

Hi everyone!...I hope you're having a good week!!...Tim has been home since having his surgery last Friday...He ended up staying in the hospital overnight because he was just slow in waking up...I was getting worried!!..Thank goodness my parents came in from Atlanta and stayed with the kids overnight...I couldn't have left Luke with Taylor overnight and would have been soooo torn between being with Tim at the hospital and home with the kids..But once again thank goodness for my parents!!!....Love ya, Mama and Daddy!!!

And I'm thinking that this week Tim has seen what I go through to keep the house straight and dealing with a teenager and toddler on a daily basis..LOL....It has been nice having all of us home this week other then Taylor's coming and going...I just got Luke to sleep and Tim and Tayor are watching a movie...I will miss the togetherness next week!!!

I have been thinking about starting a selling blog...Have you noticed my picture at the top on the sidebar???...If you click on it it will take you to my new blog...I have nothing on there yet to sell, but hopefully in the next few weeks I will be adding items...The sampler I just completed and designed myself...It reads "The Gass Homestead...est 1988...Timothy...Jennifer...Taylor...Luke"....I made it to lay on a table or put in a frame I purchased...I haven't decided....I stitched it in drabby browns and a blue....I'm now working on one to photograph for my selling blog....I'm in no means a designer, but I've had a few ideas lately....So what do you think about it???

Next week I hope to start getting pictures on here of items that I've ordered or gifts I've received from friends since I started painting and haven't been posting as much....I also need to finish up my painting..The master bath and bedroom need a final coat on the doors and then all will be finished and hopefully I can get some stenciling done...

Here is a pic of my hall bath...Notice the non-prim mirror!!..It came with the house....It will have to do til I find the perfect one I'm looking for..

Now WHO didn't put the towel back right???

A new candle holder I purchased after Christmas...

The hallway with my blue and white quilts and samplers... I'm constantly changing it because I'm not satisfied with it yet...A work in progress!!!

The view from the bathroom....

I will go back and take pics of my bedroom...Tim bought me a coverlet for our bed as an anniversary gift for our 21st...I absolutely love it!!!..Our anniversary is in a week....But the coverlet has been on the bed for at least 3 weeks already....

Until next time...Have a great weekend!!!...hugs, Jen

A FEW PICS TO SHARE!!!!

Wow! It's been really warm here the past 5 days...The last several we have had temps in the mid 80's....Yes!... 85 degrees!!...The house was sooo warm in the evenings...We get all the afternoon sun coming in the front of the house..I'm so not ready for the summer and HOT temps!!!!.....How long is it til Fall????...HA!

Tim has surgery on Friday...He has been hurting since last October...He has gallstones...He's nervous, so say a little prayer for him please!!

And we still haven't decided on a new vehicle...I never saw the car except in pictures that Tim brought home....In the meantime we have been trying out different vehicles...The last one was a Pathfinder...Oh!...after a while they all seem to be the same!!...I miss my Buick Regal.....And no car payment!!!!!

And the countdown begins!!!....In less than a month we will be invaded by the golfing world like we are every year...The MASTER'S will begin!!...But we will be leaving town this year if all goes as planned...We already have our reservations at Myrtle Beach several hours away...More about it later....

Nothing much going on here just trying to get over a bad cold that hung around for 2 weeks....I finished up a swap item and it will be headed to Australia soon....I will post pics later and give the details....Actually I'm sooooo behind on my posting pics of goodies I've received and purchased since I was painting the house...

Tonight I thought I'd share my master bathroom pics....

No more white doors,trim, or cabinet!!!...YEAH!!...We were still in the process of finishing up the trim in these pics....

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Just want to wish Linda {Behind My Red Door} a Very Happy Birthday!!!!.....I hope you had the best day!!!....Thank you for leaving me the sweetest comments!!

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Until next time!!.....hugs, Jen

WHAT A WEEKEND!!.....CAN WE DO IT OVER??...TEXTURE PICS PART 9

Hi Everyone!...Luke and I have been sick this week...Colds, aches, and chills,etc....UGH!!!!....It has been cold and rainy today and they say that MAYBE!!!...JUST MAYBE!!!....We may see some spitting of snow tonight!!...YEAH!!!....So we will keep looking out the windows to see if we see any!!!....

Yesterday Tim walks in and says he's been in an accident....I knew he was really late and was prepared to fuss at him for not telling me that he was going anywhere else when I was starting lunch when he left....We live off of this BUSY Washington Road....The speed limit is 45...Yeah, right...Only if they are caught by the light before they get to our subdivision...More like 60 to 80....With no turning lane!!...EVERY TIME I look in my mirror and pray they are going to slow down....And I'm always hearing ambulances going down Washington Road and I pray when Taylor and Tim are gone....Well, yesterday I heard no ambulances for some reason...I did have the washer and dryer going....

Tim had left to take Taylor to work and would have taken Luke if he hadn't been sick...Thank you LORD!!!

And as usual we turn our blinker on at least one subdivision before we get to ours and start slowing down...Tim watched in his mirror and kept thinking..HE'S NOT SLOWING DOWN!!!...HE'S NOT GOING TO STOP!!!...HE'S NOT GOING TO STOP!!!...Then he tried to pull over in the other lane some before he was hit...If he hadn't pulled over in the other lane a little bit it would have been much worse...Thank goodness there wasn't anyone in that lane...

Needless to say MY car is probably totaled...After I made sure he was ok then I got teary eyed for my car..HA!...We've had it for 12 years with no car payment for 7...It has been a great car other than just general maintenance....And Tim's truck has been paid off...So no car payments!!..Well, so much for that...Now we are probably back to a car payment and a new car....UGH!!..I hate change!!...I hate car payments!!!...I'm MAD!!!...IDIOT DRIVERS!!

And guess who hit him!?!?!?!?...An off duty deputy!!!...But Praise God he held a hand of protection to keep them safe...Tim is just stiff and sore today....But needless to say I haven't been to see my car..HA!...It may sound silly, but I just don't want to see it in that shape...I mourn my car!!!

Thanks for letting me vent!!!...So here are some more texture pics...

The mantle over my fireplace...

A faceless doll I made.....

A piece of my Bennington pottery collection..HA!....I have 2 pieces!!..Got to start somewhere!!!

An arrangement in my Bennington pottery bowl....

Everyone have a blessed week....Until next time!!...hugs,Jen