Poultry Collectables...

Years ago, I collected roosters and chickens, from wood ones to ceramic ones. Eventually my taste changed and the vast majority of them have left my house. But somewhere along the way, I started picking up eggs and egg related things...egg cartons, wood eggs, signs, etc. Then my dad spotted a wood egg crate at a junk shop in Ohio(that's where my parents live) that had "Maine" on it. He bought it for me and has since bought me 3 more crates, all in different sizes. So I owe that part of my collection to him. And I still have some chickens, a tin one and her babies.

Have an eggcellent day!!

Tiff

Tiny pumpkin and a Collection...

I thought I would share one of my favorite and inexpensive collections with you. It's my cookie cutters :) I'm not sure why I collect them, something just draws me to them. For most of the year, they just sit in jars, bowls, and dish baskets, but at Christmas, I decorate a whole tree with them. It started with the vintage solid tin ones, then grew to include the clear red plastic HRM ones, and I also will pick up the thin metal ones too. I won't pay a lot for a cookie cutter, in fact I rarely by them one at a time, usually I picked them up in bags at GW or yard sales for 50cents or a dollar a bag. Of course along with the good ones come the rejects or should I say the ones that I don't really care for. But I even started to keep some of those, the solid red ones, some are vintage(the deep dark red) and some are more recent(say from my childhood)(the brighter red ones). HRM also sells new sets, but I have yet to buy any, I like the thrill of the hunt too much :)

So here is my collection, starting with some wood handle ones mixed in with the thin metal cutters.


And here are the "rejects", I can't bare to part with, so they reside on top my cupboards in mixing bowls. I figure one day, when my kids start their own households, I can send them off with their own start to cookie cutter collections.

Close up of the solid tin ones.

Close up of the HRM ones.

Jars on the counter of cookie cutters.

And last but not least is the cutest thing that came out of our garden this year. It was the sole jack be little pumpkin that grew. And little it is, I have never seen such a perfect tiny pumpkin. I don't think the pic does it justice of how little it is, but that is a standard votive candle next to it. My youngest son calls it his baby and just loves it.

Have a delightful day!!

Tiff

House pics...

Here is the continuation of my post from www.foldedgingham.typepad.com of my home. Again, I'm sorry for the poor quality of the pics, I don't know what is wrong with my camera, other than the batteries were dying. I have since changed them, but I'm feeling too lazy to retake all the pics :( And I'm still trying to figure out the whole blogger layout and putting pics in posts.
The first one is of the eating area in my kitchen.

Here is a side cupboard area in my kitchen.

Then we move on to the front hallway. These gals I bought years ago off of ebay from smiling goat primitives.

The dog kennel by the front door, my dad made it to fit over the metal crate.

Side table in the hall.

The opposite corner of the dog kennel, my collection of American flags. They used to reside in my kitchen but I recently moved them here.

On to the family room. We have a long narrow family room, so it is split up by the fireplace at one end and the tv and couch on the other. I didn't bother to take a pic of my massive leather sofa or the matching recliners because I don't think they look prim, but they are functional for us at this point in our lives. Here is my fireplace. I gathered my crows from around the room and placed them on the mantel for Halloween.

Another view of this end of the room.

This vintage baby bed is slowly turning into a napping bed for the new baby. It started off with white chippy paint which we power washed and sanded away. Then addd a new coat of green paint which was way too bright, we then repainted it is a much calmer green which you see now. I'm going to make a bed skirt for it and patchwork bedding. The toys that are in it right now I recently made.

This is a "married" hutch on the wall by my tv in the family room. The bottom dresser was given to me by my mom and the top was found at a junk store for $10. Sorry for the crooked pic.

This wall is opposite the baby bed side, by the fireplace. Below this is my treddle sewing maching that my real machine sits on for now, until I get my sewing room back. And yes, the picture frames are empty, I haven't found the right pics for them yet.

Another view, you can see my hoosier in the background.

Closer view of the hoosier.

This is the opposite end of the room from the fireplace, it faces the front of my house.

This is the same wall, a small wash stand that sits next to the sofa. Eek, bad blurry pic.

This is back by the fireplace. You can't see the whole thing, but it is a tin front pie safe.

This shelf hangs above the tv.

And last pic, this wood doll house sits on the other side of the Tv for now. I bought this summer at a new junk shop for $10. It's all handmade and really neat inside. I plan on repainting it and doind the whole interior in very authentic colonial primitive. It will be my "dream house" :)

That's all for now.

Have a lovely day,

Tiff

Need some help Please...

Before I can continue showing pictures of my home, I need some help. Everytime I go to post more than one picture, it puts them all at the top of the post. How do you post script and then a pic and then script and a pic and so on?

Thanks!!

Tiff

Making a switch...

I'm tired of typepad. I spent hours last night trying to change things around and I felt like I was going in circles and still didn't get what I wanted. And to pay for something that doesn't work the way you want it is just stupid. So I'm going to switch to blogger. I'll leave the typepad one up for awhile, but will be posting here from now on, so mark the page.

Here is a pic of a pincushion I made this weekend. The base is from a cake stand that got broken but the
glass bottom was still intact.

Have a great day,

Tiff