MY BROTHERS PLACE

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Last weekend while we were at my brothers I took a few picture of the interior - notice all the snow? Well, there wasn't that much when we were there but they certainly did have more on the ground than we do here - they live north of us by 3 hours in the area all of us call 'up north'!

Thier all brick home sits on 5 absolutely gorgeous acres. Gene has worked so hard clearing the land , replanting trees and making it the most peaceful place I've ever seen....while Gail makes the inside just as comfortable.

I thought I'd share a few pictures of their place
The first two speak for themselves

One day a couple years ago we all went shopping and Gail saw this great wall shelf but the price was way over the top so Gene came home and built her one - it looks just like the store one (but better). Hard to judge size in the picture but it is approx. 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 and it hangs on the open stairway wall leading down to the basement.

Sofa in living room - we have the same one

Loveseat in same room

Basket on French doors leading to entry


Top of cupboard in dining room

Neat bucket with pretties!


Corner cupboard in dining room

Their family room

Thanks for visiting

Karen

PICTURES...FINALLY

Today was a day of taking photos, working on my website, as well as finishing up a set of Mug Mats for a customer, mailing 5 orders and even time left over for my Blog. I’m bushed! Some days just work smoothly while others you just spin your wheels, flap your arms and spin in place.

I was mentioning in my last post that I purchased some very special items at this Crafter’s Mall in the Wisconsin Dells so I finally got the pictures taken of them.

Jeanne makes these wonderful Primitive items but doesn’t have a website, just her great little space at the mall and I drool every time I’m there - it’s called Farmhouse Gatherings

I told her if anyone saw something they liked that I showed here, I’d send them her e-mail and possibly she would have more.

And PRIMITIVE is the word for her products and ALL MADE BY HER.

So on with the show….

Is this Aqua mini check Prairie Apron and Bonnet just too cute - click on it to see it up close

This darling fabric covered pantry box holds 6 of the most wonderful scented cakes - cinnamon and vanilla. I also purchased the round pantry cake and the grungy pantry cloth awhile back from her booth.

I couldn’t resist this darling soap bag - the colors she has been using has lots of Aqua…can you tell? Most everything I bought from her lately has the color in it and I LOVE IT.

The candles on the wire were bought prior to this trip as well - I fell in love with them immediately.
And this time I bought two taper candles. Each one is slipped inside a cute fabric sleeve with a rusty pin and old button.

We also shopped at this great little shop in Tomah, WI called The Market Place http://www.marketplacetomah.com/index.html
I bought this bundle of wool….well, it’s actually the innards of cotton batting and wrapped in grungy cheesecloth and all tied up with some Aqua ticking fabric….cute huh?

I also purchase a grungy bag with Cornmeal printed on it - not sure what’s in the bag but it smells pretty good.

I also found this wonderful cotton 46 x 46 Table Square made by Family Heirloom Weavers….got it for $25.00.…HUH???? Yep, $25.00

When we all went for lunch the day we shopped we saw this darling store next to the restaurant called Gatherings and well worth the wait while we had lunch…I didn’t buy much but what I did get I love and will go back.

One thing was this round braided table mat and also a YUMMY Lavender scented soap. Here’s the link to the brand….OMGosh it’s just wonderful.
http://www.lepideprovence.com/soap.html

And last but not least we hit a thrift shop and for $3.56 I got this little bunch of crafting goodies. 2 pieces of muslin, a yard of printed fabric, a piece of blue ticking and a pkg of bells I can rust.

So that's my Show N Tell ... Enjoy!

Karen

A WONDERFUL GET A-WAY

There are times we get away that are fun and there are times that are memorable and this was a great memorable time away visiting my brother and his wife Gail along with our sister. We did this because it was our sister Shirley’s birthday.

I had mentioned earlier that we were going to their place for 3 days and taking in a dinner/theater show that was absolutely terrific. If you ever get a chance to see FOREVER PLAID do so! And the dinner was just delicious.

After the show we went to the Crafter's Mall at the Dells and I can’t say enough how great this mall is - not sure how many booths are there but enough to tire you out before you are done looking.

I have a favorite booth I like to visit and I WAS NOT disappointed as usual. I’ll post pictures later this week when I get them out.

None of us were real hungry for dinner that night so Gail had made homemade Vegetable Beef Soup with that thought in mind and it was the best choice. I don’t think we would have done justice to anything bigger.

Friday was a full day of going to the little town of Tomah shopping and Antiquing.
I found a few old bottles that I will put the old labels on and a few things in one of the little shops. We were going to go to a very nice dinner club that night near where we were shopping but we finished up around 2:00 pm and couldn’t find anything to keep us busy for 3 more hours so headed back to their place (about an hour away) and headed for an out of the way bar and had the most wonderful bar hamburgers. A far cry from the planned dinner club! LOL

Then we headed back home on Saturday afternoon in time for my sister to enjoy her birthday with her family.

Then today Doug and I went to our sons place because our granddaughter Emily turned 11 - so more celebrating for us! We had lots of wonderful snacks and a great confetti cake. HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMILY!

Me, Gene and Shirley

Me and my brother Gene

My husband Doug and Gene's wife Gail

Oh, and the Hickory Nut Cake….we never ate it! Who had time! And….Doug and I tried it before we left and I must say the flavor was wonderful and it looked great but it was very dry - a huge disappointment for sure!

So that’s my weekend and I will take tonight relaxing and reading a book. I received orders this week and one is finished and the others I will start tomorrow but right now I need to just chill!
Photos of my great purchases will be posted later this week.

Karen