and be by the campfire......
Howdy farmgirls!
I was inspired after hearing all of the BUZZ about all of the vinatage trailers on the Farmgirl Connection and then seeing Mary Janes's new Outpost book....a real delilght to the eyes! I also have been enjoying recently, the many blog parties/gatherings where people share great stories and pictures as if they were right there. So what is an inspired Farmgirl to do???? I decided to organize an online campout where we would get together and share pictures of our vintage trailers that we own or ones that we would like to own and just dream about them.
I just had to share....Miz Frannie is gifting me this lovely, little piece of stitchery. In honor of me and my "honey man". I think it is sooooo sweet...I love stitchery stuff. Looking forward to placing it on my small wrought iron easel in our bedroom. Thanks a bunch :-)
I hope that everyone has a grande and safe holiday!
I have lived in the country while growing up. My paternal grandfather was a cow farmer and loved his tractor, while my paternal grandmother did her sewing and canning. She was also at one time a 4-H leader and taught sewing to my aunts and all of the girls in their group. I have lots of fond memories of my sister and I going up the hill to their house and picking apples and raspberries and helping my dad in his auto shed that was up there too. People sometimes look at me funny when I refer to daffodils as jonquils...these golden beauties were everywhere along our road.This week's Theme!-4/7/08-4/11/08
" TIE ONE ON!"--------------------
Show us your favorite apron or even an apron collection!
Let us know why this particular apron is special to you.
What do your apron pockets hold?
Strut your stuff in your aprons. We want to see pictures!-------------------------------------
I just LOVE aprons; the new and the old! I love all of the colors and patterns of them...so kitchy, so timeless and so fun. Their uses are just endless and they have been used throughout our past as well as our present. They also have precious memories behind them, kinda like a scrapbook that ties on along the waistline.
My apron pockets hold whatever I may be doing that day...mostly anything that has to do with the small materials that I use for my artwork....primarily paper scraps and little embellishments. On a more soulful note, my apron pockets tend to be empty so I can willingly receive many opportunities and blessings that would come my way.
Over at the Mary Jane Farmgirl "ranch" we have been working on a mystery swap by creating a pinkeep. Here is mine that I worked on this weekend. I was inspired by project that was included in a new magazine by the publishers of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine, called Studios - A Spa for the Creative Soul.
Head on over to Old Red Barn Co. for the opportunity to own a lovely handmade quilt!
While at my little farmgirl "Cabin Fever" retreat, Miz Frannie gave us a little dolly makin' class. Being new to this new creative venture I am very happy to present, Theresa B. Beeze (named after my co-worker Theresa Brooke who died last year from prolonged complications from breast cancer (the Beeze part of the name comes from the bumblebee pattern sewn on her pocket).
Dear Pamela...thanks so much for the 'goode' treasures that graced my doorstep today. A much needed package after a long week! You are a such a sweetie :-)
Being a part of the Farmgirl Sisterhood on Mary Jane's farm, I also have the opportunity to be a member of one of it's cyber chapters, called Bees without Borders (that focuses on all types of needlework). Well, I am also a part of another cyber group that is a part of this Farmgirl world...it is a new creative group called the Artful Sisters, you can read up more about the group from my Farmgirl friend, Stephanie here....
Pinkeeper by Mary Jane ButtersWell, I am finally doing it....I am organizing and hosting my first swap! For this swap on the Farmgirl Connection board will be done as a "mystery"....where no one else in the swap group will know who is swapping with who until the pinkeep is received by the recipient [each person e-mails the host to get their swap person and their address as they are ready to send out their creation).
The really fun part of the mystery is that each participant will be keeping a swap "diary" of sorts on their blog or on the Farmgirl Connection.....so the reveal of who has who will happen once everyone receives their little work of Farmgirl art.....thanks to Stephanie (queenofdreamsz4u) for the wonderful idea!
What are pinkeeps you ask? They are a different version of a pincushion, even tho they perform the same duty, neat huh!?!?! A creative spin on the "ordinary" sewing accessory.
Stay tuned to this blog for the whimsy and fun happenings of this artful mystery swap.
