My great find and a thank you ...

We had a stormy Saturday, but today is beautiful, not a cloud in the sky and mid 80's.  Yesterday, hubby and I went shopping, we went to Circle K, in Jacksonville, one of my favorite stores, if you are buying furniture or decor items.  I  have been looking for a standing chalkboard to use at my shows and what did I see as I walked in the doors--- my chalkboard.  Now I need to find chalk, checked a couple of stores and no chalk, who sells chalk now?

 This is a view of some of their decorative items ---- I could spend 100's of dollars in this store..

 A view from the second floor, it is like an old barn that is filled to the brim with stuff.

 I actually made a few things that weren't dolls, this week, I had this mouse left from last year, added a cap and painted a book and wooden oval black then surfed the internet for an old patriontic song image and this is what I came up with, I thought she turned out pretty good.

My sister-in-law asked me the other day why I didn't have many cat items, so I found this pattern that I had from Olde Homestead Barn and made up a couple of barn cats.

I used an Raggedy Old Annies pattern for another one of these dolls, added a vintage Raggedy Ann and Andy vintage image of a pattern and put in a little ziplock bag and an old spool of thread in the other (the cost on the top of the spool is .15 cents, unbelieveable)

 This was a custom order for one of my customers--using my favorite pattern-Sweet Meadows Farm.

 A mini patriotic Annie-I have a box full of scraps and I am trying to use some of them on the smaller projects.

 Finally, started some Christmas dolls, these are tagged and being put back for the shows.

 And a big thank you to Jean @ Prim Crafts, she sent me a box of toys to use with my dolls, my favorites are the Mickey mouses and the Disney toys.  Thank you, Jean, they are just what I wanted.

I am watching American Pickers right now, I thought that show was about pickers who picked on the farms, and someone told me the other day what it really was--do I feel dumb!  I guess when I go junking that is considered "picking" now.    I am already missing my favorite show "Walking Dead", we will have to wait until the fall season to see what happens.  But another favorite of mine starts next Sunday, "Game of Thrones", it is almost as good as Walking Dead.

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