Latest version of an old standard....

I call this design my "botanical" and I've been doing variations on

this theme for several years. It always turns out a little different,

depending on the character of the prairie smoke, etc, I use. I was

pleased with this one.

Enameled frames

I have enjoyed these enameled frames. This first one has

a swirly green finish. The opening is 4 x 6.

This little frame is a 3 x 3 square.
I like the bright orange cosmos with the dark green frame.

Prairie Smoke, yet again!

Another uniquely formed praire smoke!

Pansies and Violas

My friend reminded me it's been a while since I've had anything new on here!

The above frames have a 4 x 6 opening. The frame is bergundy.


This was a 2 x 3 frame, it sold at the last craft fair. One lady had been looking at it, then another lady came by and picked it up and purchased it.
(oh, dear!)

New Frames!

These frames are made from recycled barnwood. This one still has the orange red faded paint from the barn. I was trying to decide how I would use this frame, and decided I could use a picture of a nice orange/red barn.

And, on a recent jaunt, this is what I found. I think it will work

pretty well....now to get the pictures printed somewhere!

Touchables

We have noticed that certain frames tempt shoppers to touch

them! At the last craft fair, these were the "most touched"!

This bergundy frame has super wide grosgrain ribbon fabric.
This frame has brown fabric with stitched embroidery.

This is a wood frame with grooves. We weren't quite
sure why it was one of the touchables....

This frame was sold last season, but it was often touched before

it sold. It is white ceramic, and the blue flowers are painted on.

(Can you tell one of the things we enjoy about craft fairs is observing the people?!)

Rose in oval frame

First Fall Craft Show 2008

We are off to a good start on the fall craft shows! We enjoy this one, partly because it is pretty close to home. The weekend went well for us, and we enjoyed it.

Here is my main PR lady, my sister. She does a great job of arranging and restocking the notecards and bookmarks.
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In the background of this picture, there is a white covered cart

and some red/white enamel ware. They were on the table

of our neighbor, the "Pantry Peddler....a taste of the prairie"

We really enjoyed getting acquainted with Bekki,

and bought her cookbook, along with

mixes for borscht, and a few other things...

here is the site for Bekki and her sister.

p.s . another of our craft fair friends, Sonja of "Sonja's Old-

Fashioned Delicacies" will be featured in the Dec/Jan issue

of Country Woman. She told us they have a circulation of

2 million, so is trying to get all the bugs worked out of her

website before the crowds hit it. Here is her site.

a sampling from our table

and the sunset on our way home...

blue/white frame

the flowers: wild rose and chokecherry blossom

collages

a few more of the collages that will be for sale at the next craft bazaar

sepia collage

My sister suggested some sepia tone photos.

Here's the first collage using these photos.

pansies in purse frame

I couldn't resist this frame...

Falling Leaves

A few pressed leaves ...the background music

is titled "Falling Leaves"

Weather Report

We interrupt these pressed flower pictures to give you

a weather update! Yes, here it is on October 12! I just

stuck the camera out the window of the vehicle on the

way home this morning! Here's one from the home place...

and another one...

The forecast is for 50 degrees again in a few days, so this won't last long. It was in the 30's today.

Here's the Monday a.m. update, still lightly snowing...

Framed prairie roses

Here's a prairie rose collage. The white/cream

flowers in the top pane are chokecherry blossoms.

This frame has embossed rose leaves, so it

wasn't hard to decide what should go

in this frame!

Autumn

We've had some beautiful Indian summer days recently.

I am proving the truth of the statement: "the ultimate motivation

is a deadline"!! Craft fairs are coming up quickly, the first one on

our schedule is October 17-18. I had a busy weekend working on

flower projects. I'll try to post a few completed projects soon.

Orange Cosmos!

I grew a few orange cosmos again this year. Here

are a few simple designs. I like them on a

black background.

Collage with Prairie Flower saying

I had fun doing a few framed designs with my new

"Windswept..." prairie flowers saying.

The frame is a larger version of the

barnwood frames I've been using for a few

years. The man who makes them is

very willing to make any size.

new stamp

What fun to get a new rubber stamp in the mail!

I've had fun trying it in several ways.

Here are a few notecards:

Many thanks for the stamp, Sue.

It will be used.

late blooming liatrus

these liatrus are blooming like everything!
a few more by my dad's old cement mixer

Where have all the roses gone?!

I picked a large quantitiy of roses from this bush along the highway, and

there were plenty left to form these rosehips.

another view


and a closer look at some rosehips out in the pasture



These rosehips are on a bush that is growing in an old tractor scoop!
They turn a beutiful bright red.