Snowman Snow Globe ~ "Catch A Falling Snowflake Put It In Your Pocket" ~ Terrye French

This is my newest creation, that I finished today. I've painted a Terrye French snowman catching falling snowflakes and putting them in his pocket, on this wooden snow globe that we've designed. He has a rabbit below him, and a blue bird sitting on a handle of a shovel with a branch full of berries in his mouth. The wording reads "Catch A Falling Snowflake" "Put It In Your Pocket". The back of the snow globe is painted in the same manner as the front, but without the snowman. Over all dimensions are 10 3/4 inches tall x 7 inches in diameter. The rectangular base measures 6 1/4 inches long x 3 1/2 inches wide x 3 1/4 inches thick. The globe is attached to the base with a screw. He comes fully assembled. He's $38.95 + 12.99 Shipping.

You can find it on my site here. Hand Painted Primitive Decor
What I like about painting the most is taking a design and making my own little creation with it. I also love creating something that no one else has created.  I'm already working on another painting it's another Terrye French design.
I did some blog hopping last night, and visited a bunch of blogs to see what everyone has been up too. I must say everyone has been so busy creating all types of items for either craft shows, their stores, or to give as gifts for Christmas.You wouldn't believe all the wonderful items everyone is making.
I hope to see you soon with another new painting! Have a great week everyone!
~Jody~

Annabelle - Butterchurn Cookie Jar ~ Primitive~Terrye French~

I can't believe it's been almost a month since I posted last. Time sure does fly when your busy! This is my newest hand painted piece. I painted this design on a ceramic butter churn that I made myself. The design is by Terrye French. It was painted Slate Gray over dark chocolate, which looks more like light blue. I've sanded this piece to give it that time worn look. I've attached a tea dyed homespun to the handle, and painted a grubby tag with the words "Primitive Blessings". It's attached by rusty wire. This piece is glazed on the inside and is food safe. Annabelle is $38.95 +$12.99 shipping.

You can find it on my site here. Hand Painted Primitive Decor.
I've been so busy! It's a crazy time of year for us here. I'm attending a craft show in November and am working on painting lots of new items for the show. I will be adding them here and to the site as I finish them. I have another new painting which I hope will be finished tomorrow. Another Terrye French design, this one is for winter time.

We also redesigned the website to give it a much more stylish look, and to make it easier to find the products our customers are looking for. I love the new design, and we hope you like it too! And I also did the redesigning of our blog so it matches the website. So, now you can see why I've been so busy. I haven't been able to do any blog hopping in a long time, :( . I hope to do some this weekend so I can catch up with all my friends!
Take Care ~Jody~

Hand Painted, Two Sided, Fireplace Screen

Hello Friends! Most of you have already seen this on Facebook, but when I posted it, I realized I left something off of it, and it wasn't assembled, so that's why I'm re posting it. Yesterday on my blog I promised to show you the painting that I've been working on in between hand painted orders off of my website. This is a custom order that I did for a sweet lady in Canada. Thank you Traci for having me paint this for you! I hope you enjoy displaying this in your home! Traci isn't going to use this as a Fireplace Screen. She is putting it under a sofa table to hide cords behind it. Clever lady! This took quite a while to design and paint mostly because of the colors that were used. I didn't have a pattern to use just a photo. The first side can be used everyday, and was based off a Kim Klassen design.

The second side will be used during the winter months, and was based off of a Lynn Andrews design.

I'm not going to be offering this Fireplace Screen on my website, due to the time it takes to complete it. If your really interested in having it, you can contact me.  Today I started painting a Sewing Basket lid. It should only take me a day or two to complete it. I will show you that when I get it done as well. I hope you all are having a wonderful day! ~Jody~

Our New Grand Baby - Madilynn Ann Suzuki

Hello Friends! I know I've been missing in action for a while, but I have a really good excuse, I promise! We have a new addition to our family! Madilynn Ann Suzuki was born on August 13th! She is a healthy adorable little girl. She came early, but we all are very happy she is here. I've been gone for a bit staying with my daughter, helping her around the house with the new baby and our other granddaughter Brailynn. My daughter had to have an emergency C section which was unexpected. But, everything went fine, both momma and baby are ok. We are so blessed, and are so happy that both my daughter and baby came out of the situation well! Naomie, you have the cutest, sweetest little girls! Cherish every moment with them! Time goes by so fast!  Here are some photos of Maddy, our newest grand baby.

Tomorrow I will have a new painted item for you to see! It's my biggest project so far! See ya tomorrow! ~Jody~

Website Restructure

Hello everyone! I hope you all are doing well, and staying busy! I know I am. I just wanted to pop in here and let you know that we have restructured our website to make browsing and shopping with us easier!  Instead of entering into a category like primitives or country, you can now select the decor your looking for on the left like Barn Stars or Rugs. All of my hand painted items are under (Hand Painted By Me). We want your shopping experience with us, to be a pleasurable one. We hope that you enjoy the changes we've made. We are open to any comments or suggestions you have.
We've added some new products as well. New Rugs in Applique Star in Burgundy & Tan
 or Black & Tan in Oval & Rectangle Shapes in various sizes.
We also added the Country Star Braided Rugs in Wine & Tan or Black & Tan. You can view all these rugs here Rugs & Doormats
And we've also added a couple new Bedding Collections-Vintage Star Wine & Tan or Black & Tan. You can view them here Vintage Star Bedding Collection.
I have a girlfriend that makes beautiful Baby Quilts. They are on my site with the Quilts. You have to see these, they are adorable! They are sewing machine stitched. Made with 100% premium pre-washed cotton fabrics. We have 7 available, all in different designs and colors. These make a great gift! Visit them here Quilts, Throws, & Pillows.
I hope you all are having a wonderful creative week! ~Jody~

My First Set of Fired Ceramics

Hello everyone, how are you all? I did some blog hopping the other night and many of you are creating some very wonderful items, and are very busy! Don't a just love crafting! It's so much fun! I know I promised a photo of my ceramics a couple days ago, and I forgot to post it. For those of you that didn't know, I fired my first set of ceramics last weekend, and I'm so excited that everything turned out great, and that I didn't blow up our house! lol I'm so looking forward to painting these and making more. Here's the photo of my new Bisque! It includes 3 Grease Pots, 2 Butter Churns, 1 Utensil Holder, 2 Salt & Pepper Sets, and 2 Spoon Rests.

Now on to more exciting news! I received a phone call this week from a lovely lady in Pennsylvania who had seen some of my work from a friend of hers, and she has asked me to make her a set of dishes (service for 6) and the design she would like me to paint on them is Birdhouses. She will be giving this set to a friend for Christmas. It was a big surprise, and I'm very excited, and can't wait to get busy making the ceramics, and painting them. But first I have to finish the custom orders in front of hers.
I'm going to be adding more products to our website this weekend. I hope you'll stop by for a visit. The weather here hasn't been too bad here (mid 70's- mid 80's), compared to whats going on back east. I feel for all of you that are having to put up with hot temperatures. I hope you have air conditioners!
Take Care ~Jody~

New Paintings Coming Soon!

I've been so busy painting custom orders and orders from my website that I haven't been able to create anything new in a very long time.  I'm not complaining by any means. As a matter of fact I appreciate the work, very much so. So inlight of that, I decided that I'm going to start painting on weekends for a while so I can produce some new paintings. (I have tons of ideas). I know many of you follow my blog just to see what new paintings I create. And, I know many of you have requested to see more Terrye French stuff, so that's what I worked on yesterday. I also have a three day show I'm attending in November, and I have to create stuff for that too so looks like weekend work for a while. Yesterday I finally fired my first set of greenware which included 2 Butter Churns, 2 Grease Pots, 2 Spoon Rests, 2 Salt & Pepper Shaker Sets, and 1 Utensil Holder. Everything turned out great! I will show a pic tomorrow! I hope you had a wonderful weekend how ever you spent it! ~Jody~

Lancaster Product Line Just Added!

We now carry the full line of Lancaster products from the Victorian Heart Company. The Lancaster product line includes; Quilts, Pillows, Shams, Kitchen Accessories, Braided Tabletop Accessories, Braided Baskets, Braided Rugs, Window Treatments, Throws, and a Shower Curtain. Lancaster features stunning colors of burgundy, mauve, gray, black, and cream tones, some items have an appliqued black Amish Carriage on them, as shown in the photos. All of our Victorian Heart products are made from 100% premium cotton fabrics, and are machine washable. FREE SHIPPING on ALL QUILTS! Visit the full Lancaster Product Line here;
http://www.adorablecountryclassics.com/victorian-heart-collection-vhc/ 

I've also added some other new products as well. You can see all of them here. http://www.adorablecountryclassics.com/recently-added/ If you have any questions please contact me at adorablecountryclassics@hughes.net

Our website http://www.adorablecountryclassics.com/

I've been super busy painting. Working on orders from the website, and custom orders as well. As soon as I get all caught up I will have new paintings to show you! Have a wonderful day!  ~Jody~

Getting Old Is For The Birds!

And eating all this fiber is too! For the last 6 years I've had troubles with my stomach. There are days when I was just plain miserable. Tired of all the problems I went to see a digestive Dr. he gave me a upper and lower GI, and a colonoscopy, and they found nothing. He prescribed 1 tall glass of prune juice every day. (YEAH)! Have you ever drank that stuff? Yuck! Well all that did was make it worse, it caused my tummy to swell so much I looked 9 months pregnant! It was also very painful. I also gained weight 44 Lbs to be exact from all the damn sugar in the prune juice!  I also was very tired. So because I didn't get any help from the GI Dr. I made a trip into my regular Dr. and she prescribed exercise and to change my diet. Tired of feeling like crap for the last 6 years I decided it was time to do what she requested. First I changed our diet. I liked sweets and very little fruit and veggies. We no longer eat any processed foods at all. I eat lots of fruit and veggies. I've cut down on the sweets I eat to a bare minimum. The dinners I cook are all the recipes in Bob Greenes "Best Life Diet" book. Nothing but healthy dishes, and they taste good too! I always thought eating healthy was expensive. It's not. If you quit buying all the goodies you can afford the fruit and veggies! I also started walking. Every morning I get up at 5am and walk 1 1/2 miles, and at a pretty steady pace with my dog groomer/friend Francis and 6 Westie pups! I've been walking every morning now for almost 2 months. I had my first weigh in on the 9th of July and I lost 7 Lbs! I'm pretty excited about that. I'm usually a small person about a size 7.  Now, I'm not a morning person at all! I hate mornings!!! My mornings; I get up and have a cup of coffee watch the news and have no one talk to me for at least an hour so I can wake up, otherwise I'm a grump! lol. So, the 5am thing was very hard for me to do at first. I had to make myself get up! It took alot to get me out of that bed so early! I also started doing some research on the internet for the problem I was having. I made a trip to GNC to try testing some different things that would make me feel better. Well I should of known better, to take anything pill form, would make the problem worse. So I quit the natural pills, did more research and decided to try one more thing, Flaxseed Oil and ground Flaxseed. I've been taking the Flaxseed Oil for about 3 weeks now, but noticed a difference in my stomach the first day I took it. I introduced the Flaxseed two weeks after the oil and in little amounts and am working my way up to the requested dosage. I'm finally starting to feel better, have alot more energy, and my stomach doesn't hurt anymore! Now, if I could stop the gray hair, and fix my memory that would be great!  Did you know when you get older it takes twice as long to look half as good? I just had to throw that in there!
~Jody~

Online Special!

I'm running an Online Special $5.00 off an order of $25.00 or more. Enter code Sale711 in voucher box at checkout! Sale Expires July 22! VHC (Victorian Heart Company) items not included. http://www.adorablecountryclassics.com/  I've added tons of new products to our website the last few weeks, and there's more to come. Stop on by for a visit to see the new items! http://www.adorablecountryclassics.com/recently-added/
This week I'm working on two projects a Primitive Canister Set and a Basket. Hope you all have a wonderful week!
~Jody~