Primitive Bread Box & Stackable Boxes Revisited

Happy Tuesday morning everyone! No new hand painted items to talk about today. I've been so busy with orders from the website, that I just haven't had the time to paint anything new yet. I do have a few things I'd like to get done though. This week I'm painting an order for a customer in Ohio. She's ordered my black primitive bread box & the primitive stackable boxes pictured below.

I hope your week is going good for you! Time for me to get back to painting! Have a fantastic week everyone! ~Jody~

Playing Catchup!

Hello my friends! How are you? I hope you all are safe and sound from the tornadoes, and flooding! I hope you all had a wonderful Mothers Day also! I know it's been a while since I posted, sorry about that it's been one hectic spring on the home front. I have lots to talk about today, have to play catch up! We've lived in our home for about 4 or 5 years without a pretty front yard. A couple of weekends ago we finally put one in. (I got tired of looking at it!) We had the grass but no flower beds or flowers at all. So we put one in and decorated the front of the house. I hated how it looked before it was so boring and awful looking. I LOVE how it looks now, but were not done yet!  I'll show you more of the front yard, once we get some more work done.

Mothers day weekend my husband and I put our upper kitchen cabinets up. We chose to buy them unfinished just like we did the lowers, so we could finish them ourselves. I haven't gotten to finishing the uppers yet, hopefully I can work on them this week. I've been wanting them done for a long, long time. The bottom cabinets have been in for about a year. When it came to getting the upper cabinets in there was always something holding us up. But, finally they are in, and no one is able to see my dishes or the food in my cupboards for the first time in years! :) And I am VERY excited about that!  I will show you some before and after once these are done. Next I think we're redoing our hardwood floors, and the whole house is hardwood. (That will be alot of work)! We will be sanding them down and staining them, then add the gloss. The color we chose is red mahogany. It's going to be beautiful. Right now the floors look awful! I can mop them, and they still look dirty. Yuck! Can't wait to get the floor done.
This last Saturday we spent the day with our grandson celebrating his 10th Birthday. We had so much fun with the grand kids. Momma went and purchased a trampoline for the kids. Have any of you played on one of those? They are a blast! I had never been on one until Saturday. I got on with our granddaughter Brailynn for her first time too, and we had so much fun. She instantly started jumping up and down like she knew exactly what to do, it was sooooooo cute. I took some pics of her jumping on it, and playing with Grandpa (my husband). Here's some photos. If you look closely you can see she has her fist doubled up and hunched over getting ready to make her first jump.

She's having fun! Look at that smile!

Grandpa pushing her in the Jeep.

Now for the business side of things. I have been very busy filling orders for my hand painted primitive decor. I never imagined that I would ever be this busy painting products for people to display in their home. Thank you everyone who has ordered from me, and for sending me lovely comments to my email! I am flattered! I've been painting Primitive Canisters, Bread Boxes, Utensil Holders, and Salt & Pepper Shakers.

Sunday I added some Baby Quilts in the country category. Stop by and take a peek, they're adorable! No I didn't make these, a friend of mine did. They ship from my place of business. I will be adding new products to the site soon! Tons of new stuff, so check back to see them!

Have a great week everyone! ~Jody~

Whatcha Working On Wednesday!

Good morning friends!  Ok, so I want to know whatcha workin on today?
Today I'm working on filling orders. I'm painting one of my Primitive Bread Boxes for a customer in PA. This is the Bread Box I'm making.  This one is so much fun to make, because I've designed this one myself.  If your interested in this Bread Box, you can find it here.  http://www.adorablecountryclassics.com/store/WsDefault.asp?One=701
I'd love to hear about what your working on!  Have a good day! ~Blessings~Jody

Whatcha Working On Wednesday?

I'm sure many of you are extremely busy this time of year, I know I am.  Most of you are gearing up for the holidays. I'm not there yet!  lol   So I'd love to hear what your working on today.  Are you working on everyday items or holiday stuff?  Fill me in!  :)

Today I'm working getting my last order of Primitive Canisters, and a Primitive Utensil Holder packaged up and ready for shipment.  I'm also working on filling another order of my Primitive Canisters, and my Primitive Roll Up Door Primitive Bread Box.

I received my first order of Ceramics today, the ones you've seen on my website under the Primitive Category & Hand Painted By Me.  I'm so excited about this because they are going to turn out really nice, and my customers will love them!  I'm going to be making complete kitchen sets.  Some will be designs by other artists, but I'm also going to be designing a few of my own complete sets!    I can't wait to start painting them!  :)

Have a good week everyone, and thanks for stopping by!
~Blessings~Jody

Primitive Bread Box #3 Hand Painted

Hello Blogging Friends! Here is my new Primitive Bread Box I've finished this week, and a description of how I've painted it. This Primitive Bread Box has been painted black in a distressed manner. The edges have been sanded for a time worn look. This has been sanded and is very soft and smooth. I've painted the insert on the front with a rustic red saltbox house nestled on a grassy hill with some sheep, two willow trees & and an American flag. I've painted the words "Simple Keepings" above the design. The door of the Bread Box has been designed with twiggy vines, leaves, red & white pip berries, & black primitive stars. I've attached a vintage looking knob that has an engraved leaf pattern on it. The sides have two sheep standing on a grassy hill with a willow tree at the bottom. The top has twiggy vines, leaves & red & white pip berries. The very top of the Bread Box has the words "Simple Keepings" and two Primitive Stars. The inside is painted black. The insert is interchangeable so you can display different paintings throughout the year. Rubber feet are attached to bottom to prevent sliding. This Primitive Bread Box will hold 2 long loaves of bread plus dinner rolls! It measures 12" Tall x 16" Wide x 10" Deep at the bottom. A little narrower at the top. It is made of wood. You can have this painted in any way you like for the same price-tell me what you would like in the (Customized By You ) box.  Here are some photos of the finished product & a direct link to the Primitive Bread Box.  http://www.adorablecountryclassics.com/store/WsDefault.asp?One=701

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This is a photo of the insert out. I wanted to show you this so you can see that it can come out and be turned over so you can display another painting on the other side.  This is so cool because you can have me paint a different painting, one for each season!  Wouldn't that be neat!  You wouldn't have to stare at the same old painting every day!  Have a good week everyone! ~Jody~

Americana Candle Holders

Well you know I got to searching the internet looking around for Americana items, specifically Americana Candle Holders, and I sure didn't find very much.  But boy did my brain go crazy with all kinds of ideas!  Ya know sometimes my brain takes a break and I can't think of things to make, and then all of a sudden it's like a tidle wave, it all comes flooding in!  lol
So any way I thought I'd mention these Americana Candle Holders I make.  They are a nice decorative way to dress up your kitchen table.  Just put a set of tapers in these and your all set.
They were first painted a tan color, then I painted some some twiggy vines & leaves on the front. (If you would like the vines & leaves on both sides I can do that for you for the same price).  One heart has red & white stripes on the sides.  The other heart has blue sides with white stars.  Each one measures 4" Tall x 4" Wide x 2" Thick.  A Jamie Mills-Price design.  You can find these on my site.  Here is the link.
http://www.adorablecountryclassics.com/store/WsDefault.asp?One=13

If you like Americana items, you may like my,  Americana Clock, Americana Wall Hanging, Americana Bank, that you can find on my website in the Country Category. http://www.adorablecountryclassics.com/store/WsDefault.asp?Cat=Country
This week I'm working on a custom order Bread Box.  I will be showing it on My Blog & adding it my Website when it's finished.  This weekend I will be adding more new products to the Website.  I hope you all are having a good week! ~Jody~