Blog Tour Day 2

Today is Day 2 of the Blog Tour celebrating the wonderful new wool applique book

by Rebekah L. Smith!

 

Please visit Doreen Frost of Vermont Harvest Folk Art.

You can find Doreen's blog here.

Doreen is an incredible folk artist herself and I really love her incredible punch needle designs. Since I don't do punch needle myself, I am thrilled to have one of her originals in my collection.

 

Doreen has also set up a wonderful Facebook group for those of us stitching our way through Rebekah's book. You can request membership here.

 

Be sure to stop by Doreen's blog right away -

she is having her drawing for a free copy at the end of the day!

 

I'll be back tomorrow for my turn :)

 

Blessings, Patti

From Our Hands & Hearts ~ Part 5

And so the Mercantile continues...

Next stop was the delightful booth of Primitives Past. So many beautiful items to choose from, again I agonized over having to make a decision. Their wooden wares are so beautiful and useful. Of course I couldn't make a decision on an item or a color. Thank goodness they have a website here for when I finally decide! I did purchase one item from Pam Gill that I couldn't pass up...

This beautiful hand painted velvet strawberry pinkeep.

I love it!

The next stop was the booth of Alice Fraizer of Folk Art Primitives.

Her booth was filled with gorgeous wools of so many unique textures. You can find her website here.

Do you see the large wooden bowl at the bottom of the photo? It was filled with something that I haven't seen before:

Antique wool paisleys! I've never seen anything like it before - so of course two pieces had to come home with me :) I've always been a fan of paisley...

I am so sorry to say that I didn't write down the name of this lovely booth.

Thanks to my new friend Linda from Ohio, I learned that this booth was The Brown Rabbit shop which you will read more about further down the post. Thanks Linda!

So many lovely antiques and handmades

I loved this display of sweet handmade birds.

My purchase here is such a treasure!

This stunning box covered in scherenschnitte silhouettes!

The paper used was from an antique German book. Just looking at it inspires me so!

Talk about inspiring! Next up is the always fabulous booth of Stacy Nash!

Her website is here.

Stacy has such a wonderful knack for display and presentation!

Can I get one of everything please!

My final purchase from the Mercantile was this lovely pillow by Doreen Frost of  Vermont Harvest Folk Art. Her website is here and her blog is here.

She has such a unique punchneedle technique and her use of colors is inspirational!

I'm so glad that this original has come to live with me!

I must apologize for not having any photos of Doreen's booth or the stunning both of Lori Ann Corelis :( 

I think I was just so overwhelmed by it all that I missed my photo taking opportunity :(

Click here to see Lori Ann's Spotted Hare Website and her blog here.

After we had finished at the Mercantile, Linda and I walked through the town of Peninsula.

It was a beautiful day and the historic homes were as beautiful as the flowers.

A lovely day for a walk.

We stopped in a few shops and my favorite was tucked behind Yellow Creek Trading Company.

Brown Rabbit was filled with vintage and handmade treasures.

I found some pretty vintage trims wrapped on wooden spools.

Well. I think that I have one more post of the rest of our final day and my journey home.

After that I will be ready to share a little giveaway.

Thanks for letting me relive my memories of this wonderful trip.

For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

~Galatians 5:13-14

Blessings, Patti

From Our Hands & Hearts ~ Part 3

Back to the "From Our Hands & Hearts" travelogue!

Day 2 of the event started off with the "Needle In" ~ a wonderful day of open stitching with kindred spirits. Perfect for working on our class projects with the teachers close at hand to answer questions. And time to visit with kindred spirits with similar passions.

Such fun to stitch in the well lit room 

Busy hands and happy hearts.

So neat to see progress on the classes that I didn't take.

Lori Ann Corelis of The Spotted Hare's teddy bear class.

(Lori Ann's blog is here and her Facebook page is here.)

And punch needle from the talented Doreen Frost of Vermont Harvest Folk Art.

(Her blog is here and her Facebook page is here.)

Another great thing about the "Needle In" is getting to see the lovely show and tell brought by other needle artists. 

Here is my dear friend Ella with her phenomenal Adam & Eve!

And her lovely bling :)

And a few of her hooked creations as well.

Such a sweet sheep!

I can't recall the woman's name that created this absolutely incredible pumpkin and teeny tiny indian corn!

Can you believe these perfect creations?!

This little needlebook is hers as well. WoW!!!

We even had a darling little visitor!

Meet Heddwin the African Pygmy Hedgehog!

Isn't he the cutest little fellow you ever met?

We all fell in love with the little cutie patootie :)

Smiles all around :)

Thank you so much to Heddwin's mom for bringing him in to visit!

I had so much fun at the Needle In, but wasn't my most productive :)

Others were much more productive:

Can you believe that there were many completed teddy bears? So sweet!

And there were also many door prizes at the end of the Needle In.

My new friend Susanne won a wonderful gift basket of treasures from the teachers.

Mid afternoon it was time to leave, not to go home, but to allow the vendors time to set up there lovely Mercantile. Linda and I were so lucky that dear Ella took us under her wing to see the sights. She took us to The Polka Dot Pincushion in Richfield, Ohio, The Crafty Ewe in Broadview Heights, Ohio and the lovely town of Hudson, Ohio which included The Grey Colt.

Before we knew it, the time had come to return to The Mercantile.

But that will have to wait until next time :)

"As you do not know the path of the wind,

    or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb,

so you cannot understand the work of God,

    the Maker of all things."

~Ecclesiastes 11:5

Blessings, Patti