Countryfolk Keepsakes
Friday, February 28, 2014

TONIGHT on Early Work Mercantile...

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I have two new pieces to offer. I had so much fun creating them! Folk Art Porker Folk Art Hare They will be listed after 6pm ...
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Sunday, February 23, 2014

We're in the home stretch, (I think...)

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Well, the crown molding is up and the john and sink are in. Hurray!!! God bless my sweet hubs! For someone who never does this kind of stu...
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Friday, February 21, 2014

I learned a very important lesson today...

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I do not know how to cut crown molding. Nope. Haven't a clue. I thought I would surprise my sweet hubs and have it all done when he g...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

The bathroom still isn't finished...

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But I couldn't take it anymore. It was driving me crazy! I had to throw something together to give it a little character. But nothing ...
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Saturday, February 15, 2014

14 hours later...

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The beadboard in the bathroom is complete! Man, what a job. Nothing but crooked, wavy walls. This is the one time I am grateful to have a...
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Friday, February 14, 2014

Old man winter got the best of me yesterday...

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You can say I am yet another casualty of the snowstorm that hit the northeast yesterday. On my way home from the grocery store, I lost con...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Happy Birthday, Mr. President.

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He was born on February 12th 1809 in Hardin County Kentucky and died April 15th 1865 at the age of fifty six. His home state is Illinois...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

In a nutshell...

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Still working on the bathroom remodel. A 150 year old farmhouse comes with 150 year old problems. When we removed the old tub, we found e...
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Thursday, February 6, 2014

"There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you....

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In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other; only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer, quie...
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

On to the next project...

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They finished up the windows yesterday! I could not be happier with how they turned out! As they finished the windows, I decided to paint my...
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Sunday, February 2, 2014

Good riddance!

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Yesterday was the big day! We had all the windows replaced and finally got rid of those horrible crank windows above my kitchen sink! I...
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Friday, January 31, 2014

By Jove, I think I've got it!!!

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Man, I've been racking my brain to come up with an accent color to go in my our soon-to-be new bathroom. I thought about every color u...
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Well, the tub was delivered...

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But with these below zero temps we've been having, it couldn't stay on the porch. So what do you do with a new tub that isn't r...
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Monday, January 27, 2014

Word of advice...

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Never refinish old pine floorboards in the dead of winter. Unless you're crazy like me. The bathroom floor is done. It took much longe...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

It's Nine Degrees Below Zero...

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So does anyone else have their window wide open with a fan in it? Or is it just me?? No, I'm not having hot flashes. I'm sanding t...
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Monday, January 20, 2014

Punctuation humor.

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Chicken humor. (I know some humans like this too.) This is why you can't trust a unicorn. A happy little tree painting Bob Ross...
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It's getting there,

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slowly but surely. We're at a bit of a standstill. I got word the tub I ordered won't be delivered until the end of the month. Ac...
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Is in a tiny hamlet, in rural Central New York, United States
I am a primitive folk artist who is living happily ever after with my sweet husband in the beautiful rural countryside of Central New York. I have a love for nature and American history. I literally walk out my door and get inspired by the beauty around us. I have been creating for as long as I can remember and will continue until these tired ol’ hands won’t allow me to. This is my passion. If my creations and silly humor brings a smile to your face then I've accomplished what I set out to do. It’s that simple...
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