Prim Scented Wax Bears

Introducing our Prim Aroma Bear- they are used as an air freshener!

Dipped in scented soy wax they provide scent without a flame! They are really great for bathrooms! Set them in a shallow bowl or on a small plate ( not on bare wood)- refresh the scent by heating with a blow dryer for 30-60 seconds. They are 6"tall sitting and comes with a black & tan check homespun bow.

Available in the following scents:

Blueberry Muffins

Cinnamon Buns

Cinnamon Praline Pecans

Cinnamon Stick

Cranberry Orange Spice

Pumpkin Spice

Vanilla Hazelnut Mocha

Stars & Berries Stitchery Bathroom Accessory

This is a prim star & berries qtip holder- ccould also be used in the kitchen for toothpicks. It is a small can painted prim black with the stitchery attached- there is a pioece od black & tan calico on the back side. Measures 3 1/4" in diamter and 3" high.

5.50 plus shipping

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The Fox is back again!

I did not see this fox yesterday- but while we were eating supper at 5 pm tonight here she come a nd started eating catfood. I know she must be very hungry but I am not sure how comfortable I am with her coming so close!!

A Fox At My House!!

A few months ago at night I heard a fox wailing at night. I could see it's sillouhette from my window. I worried about the stray cats that I feed. It has been a few weeks since I heard it and I thought it was gone. Tonight around 7 pm- I looked out my kitchen window around 7 pm and there was the fox eating the food I had put out for the stray cats!!

Vintage Blue/Green Mason Ball Jars with Prim Black Lids

These vintage blue/green quart size mason jars with black prim lids are the perfect storage solution for your primitive or country home.


They can be used to store pasta, cereal, sugar, flour, or other food items.


They can be filled with cotton balls, qtips, soap balls, melting tarts or rosehips. The possibilites are endless!
10.00 set of three plus traveling fee
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Just An Olde Brown Shoe

This olde shoe is painted ceramic- with a matte finish- ( not glazed). Some of it is painted lighter to give it that scuffed look. It can be displayed just like it is or with a small bunch of flowers inside or with a small pinkeep in the top opening.
6.50 plus 3.50 traveling fee
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Olde Burlap Bag with Spring Flowers and Sweet Annie

This is a great Spring/Summer decorating piece!

The bag is made from fabric lined burlap and measure 10" long x 6" wide.

It is filled with dried Sweet Annie and fabric flowers in pink, blue. and tan. The flowers have been coffee dyed and baked. The center of the flowers are buttons.

10.00 plus 4.00 traveling fee

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I made a Tutu!!

It's definitely not prim! But I had so much fun making it!

My Little Helper- Miss Molly Basset

I have not crafted much today opting instead to clean oit my flower beds. I tied Molly out next to me and of course she wanted to help. Her leash was just long enough she could get in the beds since the fence is down. I am sure you can imagine how much help she was!!

OLde Black Shoe Pinkeep

This is the latest shoe pinkeep- it was hard to photograph black and get good color- the red fabric is much more muted than it appears in this picture.

The shoe has been sanded after painting to give it that well worn and scuffed look.

The pinkeep measures 2" wide x 4" high.
14.50 plus traveling fee
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Lantern Lighters in Olde Prairie Sack

Sold- Thank You!!

These Early look lantern lighters look like they were poured in an old settlers cabin long ago. Long and skinny and somewhat lumpy like they would have been years ago when they were used to light the olde lanterns. They are cinnamon in color and have been rolled in ground cinnamon. They are scented in Olde Colonial Clove. There is 7 candles per set and will come in this olde prairie sack- it is made from coffee dyed osanaburg with coffee dyed string. The date is hand stitched in primitive numbers.
Use for decoration only.
9.50 per set plus traveling fee
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Blackwork Sampler- Sarah Ellen Jones

Sarah Ellen was born in 1838 and she was a true Pioneer woman! The sampler is dated 1848 like it was stitched when she was 10 years old- the age may young girls stitched samplers.
The sampler is stitched on 14 count coffee dyed aida cloth.
It was then stained with coffee spots to make it look like it truly is from 1838!
It is framed in a distressed black wood frame with the outside dimensions of the frame being 6 1/2" x 6 1/2"
14.50 plus shipping
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Black Wax Corn- Bowl Fillers

These are so early/prim looking!
They are made from blackened wax and grubbied with cinnamon.
Each one is 5 " long x 1 1/2 " wide.
They look great in an olde dough bowl or even on a shelf! If ordering as melters the scent will be Cinnamon Stick.

3.50 unscented or

4.50 scented for melting- plus 2.75 shipping

If using as a melter use 1/2 an ear at a time.
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Black Wax Grungy Mini Tapers

This a pair of hanging small tapers made from blackened wax. Measure 5 1/2 " long. They have been grubbied with cinnamon. They look great hanging from an old cupboard knob or from a peg rack or place in a wooden bowl with hips & sticks,

2.00/pr plus 2.75 shipping

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She's Grungy! She's Grubby! Meet Sarah Ellen!

Sarah Ellen is a grungy old prairie doll! She is 14" and is dressed in a brown cotton print.

23.00 plus traveling fee

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1915 Photo of Great Grandma Sarah

As you can see she is my new blog header- I wanted something authentic and I think this works perfectly!
I think that this was her home in Michigan as she also had a home in Illinois and this is not it.
I love the chickens in the yard!!
She was 77 years old when this was taken.

Corncob doll

I neede a small container for q tips as my hubby goes through a ton of them! I wanted something prim so I painted a tin can and made a mini corn cob doll and attached her to the front. I wanted to make a wire hanges so she could hang from a peg but could not find my wire!! So I used jute- may have more of a prairie look any way!!

Pioneer Pinkeep Drum W/ Strawberry

This pinkeep drum certainly does look like it was made by a pioneer woman out on the olde prairie! Definitely not a pretty refined pinkeep!

The body of this pinkeep is made from cream wool that has been coffee dyed, the top and bottom are coffee dyed red & tan ticking, the strawberry is a ruby red calico that has also been coffee dyed- the stem is coffee dyed green felt- as with real strawberries the stem is not symmetrical.

The base is filled with sand, the remainder with sawdust- the berry is filled with sand.

14.00 plus 3.00 flat rate shipping

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Grungy, Wrinkled, Antique Baby Shoes

These have been sold! Thank You

As I promised I did make another pair of baby shoes! This pair is for sale. They are 3 1/2 " high and 4 1/2" long- They are made from muslin that has been given a coffee bath and then baked into old, grubby looking baby shoes- they are made to look like a young pioneer mother on the prairie made them and the baby she made them for gave them plenty of wear.
They are 13.50 plus 3.25 traveling fee
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Reap What You Sow- Stitchery Seed Bag

THis Item has been SOLD! Thank You!!
I love the way this seed bag turned out! It is made from muslin and has been given a coffee bath and then baked to prim perfection. It has a hand stitched verse that reads " What soever a man soweth, that he shall also reap". It is stitched with three strands of black floss.
The bag is 5 1/2" wide x 5 1/2 " high. It will look great hanging from a peg, a cabinet knob, or in a trencher or old dough bowl filled with rosehips and sticks.
6.50 plus 2.75 flat rate shipping
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Grungy Olde Prairie Bonnet on Ebay

This Item has Been sold! Thank You!!
This grubby bonnet is currently on Ebay. Auction will end February 14.

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Antique Baby Shoes!!

I put off making these baby shoes for years! because I thought they looked to difficult to do. Then a very dear friend talked me in to making them. I am so glad that she did!

I first made one shoe & turned into a pinkeep.

I like mine darker like the pinkeep but the pair is for my friend and she wanted her's just coffee dyed. I am sure I will be making more of these in the future so stay tuned!!

OLde Brown Shoe Pinkeep

This Has been sold!! Thank You!!
I had so much fun making this pinkeep! The pattern is from Hazelruthe and Ilove it!
The entire pinkeep was made by hand with a mini sandbag in the toe to keep it weighted. I painted and sanded the shoe and then gave it a couple of coffee baths and then it was baked to give it authentic "scruffy" olde shoe look!. The pinkeep in the top- was made from reproduction brown calico.
The pinkeep measures 2" wide x 4" high.
14.50 plus traveling fee
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Olde Blue Annie!! For Blue Lovers!!

It has been so long since I made an Annie. It was so overcast again today I needed a change of pace!! I found an old pattern and off I went!

I love blue- if you do too she will be perfect for you!
She is 17" from head to toe. Her face is hand painted and her red wool hair is very sparse and her Olde Blue Dress is wrinkled & coffee dyed as if she has seen years of wear & tear. Olde navy blue ticking was used for her legs with painted and sanded shoes, the dress is made from a blue reproduction fabric.

She is perfect for sitting on a shelf, on top of an olde cupboard, or in a makedo chair that is so popular now. Her adoption fee is 24.00 plus traveling fee.
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OLde Pear Pinkeep With Strawberry Fobs

Sold! Thanky ou!!

This pinkeep is not only functional as a pinkeep it makes a great decorating piece too!

It is made from coffee dyed and baked muslin- the srawberry fobs are made from reproduction calico and a red checked hoespun.

The pear measures 3 1/2" in height and the two fobs are each 1 1/2 " long.

9.95 plus 5.95 shipping

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This pinkeep would work best in a grouping as the weight of the fobs makes it lean a little to the left.