Fall Decorating For Your Dining Room Chandelier

It’s that time of year to get the fall decorating going. It takes me a while, doing one room at a time. Today, I worked on the Dining Room.  I don’t do much Fall decorating in here except for my table and my chandelier.  I changed it up a little this year because of some…

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Pumpkin Spice Syrup

Hello friends, You know it’s fall when you see all the pumpkin recipes and I’m not going to disappoint you. I love anything with pumpkin.  Reminds me of the movie, Forest Gump, when Bubba started naming off all the ways you can cook shrimp.  You know, there is pumpkin pie, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin roll, pumpkin…

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Wax Scarecrow Bowl Fillers

We have had a heat wave for the month of September with temperatures in the 90’s. That’s just not right, where were those temperatures this summer??? lol I don’t care how hot it is, it’s time to get some fall decorating done…well, time to start it anyway!  I’m really enjoy making wax pantry cakes, ( you…

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Homemade Sauerkraut

Early this summer I bought a one gallon crock with lid and an old fashioned slaw cutter from a lady who used them for years. She said it was her second husbands and it came from Austria. It even has his last name printed on the side. On the first of August, our local grocery…

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Primitive Blanket Crane

I have been wanting a Primitive Blanket Crane for some time now.  The other day when I was in Valant, PA, I found one in one of the Prim shops there…it was $38!! Now, if I hadn’t already spent my allowance for the day, I probably would have bought it. When I got home that…

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Primitive Sink Cover

This is primitive sink cover I made over the weekend.  I’ve been wanting one of these, but to cheap, not willing to pay the $98 price tag I’ve seen for one of these. I made a trip to Home Depot just to see if they had anything that would be wide enough to make one.  I…

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Primitive Wood Towel Holder

Yesterday, I went to this little town called Valant in Western Pennsylvania. It has several prim shops, an historic Mill that no longer operates, a nice restaurant and a Cidery and Winery with 6 hard ciders on tap! This huge water wheel is in the center of the town. One shop is built around the…

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Crafting A Wax Pantry Cake

I know many of you see these wax pantry cakes and they can be pricey if you are buying them from someone. So I decided to try my hand at it.  I didn’t want to try anything bundt size, so I kept my eye out for a small mold at Goodwill and yesterday I found…

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Prim Candle Holder

The other day, I was at Home Depot to pick up my 5 gallon jug of water and of course I had to take a browse around the store.  I’m sure I am not the only woman who likes Home Depot!  I was looking for some lathe wood and that’s when I saw the garbage…

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Chalk Painting and Waxing Equals Transformation!

After days and days of pouring rain, it finally cleared up enough for me to get outside and do some painting!  I was beginning to feel like Mrs. Noah and wondering if I needed to build and ark!! The other day, I bought this tall, shelf/cupboard at Goodwill. I liked how it was narrow and…

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