Hi everyone!...I hope you had a good week...What happen to the past 2 weeks....I'm so sorry I haven't been on here in a week and a half...After meeting Dana on my birthday I was busy the rest of the week getting ready for a yard sale and my regular stuff with the kids...Mix in potty training with Luke that I'd been procrastinating on starting back....I had 10 orders to finish up and get mailed out....So everytime I thought about blogging it kind of got pushed back to later, but later never seemed to happen...I'm still cleaning out in the house and taking to Goodwill....Still clearing out in the garage and taking to Goodwill...I don't want to bother with another yard sale even though we did pretty good!!!...(I ordered myself 3 german twig trees)

But on my birthday I awoke to have 52 emails from facebook from well wishers from childhood classmates, family, blogging friends....It was such a treat and I continued to get them throught out the day and evening....

Then Dana, Taylor and I had a lunch from Panera Bread along with Luke here at my home after a tour of the house...Dana was so anxious to see the house and she kept telling Taylor I was famous!!ha!ha!...I was so flattered!!...We spent the afternoon chatting and getting to know each other...And Dana so graciously brouhgt me 3 bags of tarts , candles, and wax items...I was sooo appreciative!!!...THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH DANA!

I have pics of the pumpkin tarts in my dough bowls and trenchers mixed in with my items...She made them orange and black...They add the perfect touch!!!...Then she gave me the candle and unfortunately i notice that I didn't get a pic of my black Jack-o-latern with the tea light in the top of it..UGH!
Don't you love the pears!!!???!!!....I got two sets....One with crows and one with the weeping willows...

Wonderful smelling tarts!!!

A cute snowman!!!...I'm going to get some more of them to go on my twig tree that I got last year...It has been in my garage awaiting wax ornaments that I decided I was going to decorate it with.....










I've always wanted a lamb and am always looking at them, but have yet to order one...Well, I have one now!!!...I added it in front of the Taylor's plate...So now I think I have to get wax items to sit in front of each plate...I like how they blend in together and don't stand out....







The trencher on my gathering room table...The wax pumpkins are the perfect finishing touch!!!










Dana and I made plans to get together again really soon and we're going to take a trip to a primitive store in Aiken, SC that I didn't know was there...

Thank you for making my birthday so special Dana along with my family,facebook friends, and blogging friends that left me messages on my blog!!!...THANK YOU!!!!

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Then as soon as Tim got home we rushed off to dinner at Ruby Tuesday's....I love their salad bar!!!...And right after we sat down Tim asked me to order for him and excused himself....I ordered and went ahead to the salad bar and when I got back to the table I had a gift with a card on the table....I looked around and picked it up...One thought went through my head, but I brushed it aside because Tim doesn't like to buy me primitive things since I buy enough of them myself...But after tearing the simple brown paper off of it I almost SQUEALED!!!... The man sitting across from us at the next table smiled at me because he could see my pure JOY!!!..Tim had gotten me Jill Peterson's Homestead book!!!...When he got back to the table I asked him how he knew and he said he had read it on my blog that I wanted the first one....He called Jill and ordered it and she signed it with a message!!!...What a special birthday I had!!!!!











Then a few days later Taylor said I had a package and Luke carried it to me..He loves when I get packages, too...But I knew I hadn't ordered anything..So I look at the box and I first see A lil somethin...Then I see Audrey Hanna...I recognized the name and I knew Audrey was a facebook friend and she always leaves me messages on my blog...I immediately noticed how good the boxed smelled!!..heavenly!!!...Audrey sent me this beautiful doll!!!..She is perfect and fits right in with my other dolls and decor...I announced to the girls that a new friend had arrived!!.ha!ha!...She came with a pinkeep and a pumpkin...Audrey sent a beautiful card that made me cry...It was so sweet!!...Aren't the unexpected gifts the best??...THANK YOU SOOO MUCH AUDREY!!!...










So now I'm anxious to get started on new items since....I'm fixing to head over and post a few items on my selling blog, so if you get a chance come check them out in a little while...

Have a wonderful weekend!!~~hugs,Jen

Happy Halloween From the Gass Family!!!!!

CLICK FOR A SPECIAL TREAT!!!

THE WINNER!!!

Kim.........Cabin Creek Farm.........Thanks everyone for entering!!!

Hi Everyone!!!...I had to pop on here and show you a pic of my table setting I'm working on for tomorrow...Or should I say later today!!..HA!HA!...It's 3:36 am....

It's my birthday and today I get to meet a fellow prim lover...Dana and I belong to A Primitive Place...In fact she is the hospitality coordinator...So we are having lunch at my home today...

Wow!...MY 43 birthday!!!....I'm so blessed to be here..As I have shared with you before.... 7 years ago I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and my family was told I had 6 months to a year to live...I use to hate getting older, but now every birthday is a reminder of another year that God has given me that I could not have had...And if I wasn't here then my sweet boy, Luke, wouldn't be here..He will be 3 in a few weeks...

And then this past year I have been blessed with new friendships and creative opportunities that I never expected...I APPRECIATE EVERYONE that takes time out of their life to visit my little world....

Goonight my sweet friends~~hugs,Jen

My Giveaway!!

Hi Everyone!..I wanted to get pics of my giveaway on here...Time to get up for church will come soon, but I wanted you to see what you will be getting if I draw your name...I HOPE you LIKE it!!..I free handed without a pattern...Just LOTS of thought as I stitched...You will receive the "Christmas at the Olde Homestead" pinkeep and framed "Christmas 1762"sampler...The quilt piece and coverlet are NOT included...I took pics with flash and without...

I amaze myself sometimes...I free handed the "Christmas" in the frame...Praying the whole time it would fit inside the frame when I finished and not be a waste of my time...Can you see it fit perfectly??!...I just had to share that with you!!..Ha!Ha!...I was so thankful!!!

























ok...I'm going COMPLETELY out of my element, but I wanted to ask what your opinion is....I have been getting emails about my free-handed items asking if I sell them as patterns..I'm always VERY flattered...But as I continue to get them I wanted to ask your opinion if my VERY SIMPLE freehand is pattern worthy???...So all my "friends"(Followers) that are x-stitchers or admirers of x-stitch....What do you think???...Give me your honest opinion!!...


Ok.....Go down to the previous post if you would like to add a comment to be added for the drawing...

Until next time~~hugs,Jen

taylors*farmhouse*attic giveaway!!

Hi Everyone!!!...I hope everyone is having a great Saturday!!..We were out all afternoon on the river where Mr. taylors*farmhouse*attic works...His boss is leaving.... headed to Owensboro, Kentucky where their head office is...So I met the new boss and everyone had a steak dinner for the farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Honey....It was HOT and windy!!..Yes, we have been enduring the humidity the last several days...But before you know it it will be cool again....

OK, this is a quick post!!....I'm working on something special..I'm free handing it and then I will make a pattern from it...But this will be my first offering on this blog...This month is my 1 year anniversary and my birthday is Tuesday (October 27th), so I want to give something on my birthday to one of my faithful followers.... It only gives you a few days to sign up if you want to enter...

Don't put it on your blogs!..I'm offering it to my faithful followers or ones that visit...You MUST be a follower!!..I'm also offering it to my international followers!!....I think I'm going to be offering 2 items...I'm doing crows and a Christmas theme...I will post pictures of them when I finish them...

So go ahead and leave me a comment to be entered!!

Have a good Sunday!!!~~hugs, Jen

A SCARE, NEW HAIRCUT,AND SOME NEW GOODIES

I NEVER thought I'd be posting about this...But yesterday I had a bad scare...Luke and I were playing around in the house when we heard a knock on the door...Being home alone and not expecting Taylor and Tim (who have their own keys) I assumed it was a salesman and I ushered Luke to the back bedroom even though I knew the person had probably heard us....Then I went to Luke's room to look out the window...The young male kept ringing the doorbell and knocking on the door...Well, I thought he's just give up and go on...I then saw him duck down behind my vehicle and go between the vehicle and the garage....I checked on Luke and then I heard him banging on the front door again and ringing the doorbell...At this point he was banging as hard as he could....In the process I'm making my way for the phone and trying to see where he was when it got quiet again....I went to the front window beside the front door and opened the blinds really quickly so i could see out, but no one could see in...Just as i got the blinds opened so I could see out he popped up in front of the window...He had been crouching in the corner of the porch behind a bush....I have a curtain on the bottom of the window and I was looking out top of the blinds....I almost screamed....I saw him, but he didn't see me...Then he went down the sidewalk and kept ducking down like he was hiding from someone...Then back to the front door and more more pounding on the door...At this point I was infuriated!!!..I wanted to open the door and ask him what his PROBLEM was!!!!...There is a reason people don't answer doors!!!!....This went on for over 20 minutes...Then the cops showed up and he was arrested at the end of my driveway....(And if I hadn't been so rattled I would have grabbed my camera and taken a picture of him being searched and laying across the police car)....The scary part was I couldn't figure out why he didn't just go on and wondering where he was when he wasn't pounding on the door trying to get in!...At one point I was going to grab my cell and Luke and head out the back door, but I didn't know if he was the only one and I didn't know where he was when he wasn't pounding on the front door...When Tim came home he found the garbage cans pushed up next to the privacy fence and there were footprints where he was trying to climb on it to go over the fence...You can also see where he was pounding on the front door...And I DON'T think he was wanting a primitive decorating consultation!!!HA!HA!...I just couldn't and still can't figure out why he just wouldn't go on and run into the woods or something...Why was he so determined to get in our house?????....I will probably never know!..So today I have tried to just get back to normal activities...

So onto my new haircut!!...And since I don't like to show pics of myself I chose to show it this way!!...I had about 6 inches cut off...Taylor and I were shopping this weekend and she took a pic of my new hairdo!!...I think I'm going to go back and get it shorter...I really like it and I may not let it grow back out...I haven't had it this short since it was growing back from chemo treatments...It was time for a change!!!

This past weekend was spent at my sister's and parent's in Cartersville, GA....above Atlanta...All four of us kids were there since they all live in Cartersville except me....

And I always try to go to an antique store there called Liz's Antiques...Not alot of goodies this time, but I did bring home some..




A wooden box... $11.50...I love them!!..I keeping my eyes out for some more to keep Luke's toys in...I like this one with the lid...Since the lid hinges are a bit fragile I will not be using this for Luke's toys...It is pretty big, too...I will probably use it to hide my stitching supplies in..







along with some little shoes I like to collect for $3...a big basket for $6.50...some stationary to send notes in my simple goodes I have sold... and 2 taper candles...








I also went to Hobby Lobby for some more paper mache boxes..I came across something I'm going to work on for Valentines...I usually don't do valentine items, but this time I am!






Here are some more Fall pictures.....































I got this in the mail yesterday!!..It is my rose hip I won on ebay!!..Perfect to mix in with my greens for Christmas!!!


Until next time!!~~hugs,Jen