Here are a couple of new Colonial items I have added this year for Christmas.  The first is a paper Christmas stocking made from a copy of the Declaration of Independence.  I stuffed it with greens and berries and it would look great in your Colonial or primitive Christmas decor.  They are $5.00 ea. (greenery not included).  The second item is a flag pillow that I made.  An image of George Washington along with his signature are hand-sewn onto this pillow.  It is also available with Abraham Lincoln or Thomas Jefferson.  They are $15.00 ea.

These are some of my new pantry jars I've been working on.  They are hand-painted using durable glass paints and distressed.  They're great for storage or just for looks.  The large lard jar is $15.75, the Hog Jowls jar is $10.75, the whiskey jug is $10.75, the molasses jar is $12.50 and the canisters are $10.00 ea.  The canisters shown are sugar, flour and tea and I also have a coffee canister available to match the others.

This is a great parcheesi board in a Pennsylvania Dutch pinwheel design.  The colors are very warm and aged in Barn red, Mossy green, Mustard yellow, Union blue, ivory and black.  It comes complete with wooden playing pieces and dice.  It is approximately 18"X18" and is available on new pine aged for $55.00 plus S&H or $80.00 plus S&H on antique wood.  Please call first for availability of antique boards.

Here is a neat game called Fox and Geese.  This game was brought to American during the Revolutionary War by Hessian soldiers.  It comes complete with glass marbles and instructions.  You can also play solitaire by yourself on this board.  The object is to leave one marble in the middle.  Good Luck! So you get two games for the price of one!  This is a very challenging but fun game to play.  I can paint this on new pine and give it a wonderful aged look for $35.00 plus S&H or I can paint it on antique wood for $55.00 plus S&H.

I am very excited to show you all my newest creations!  I am making hand-sewn band boxes with reproductions of early fabrics circa 1800-1870's.  Most of the boxes are from the civil war period but I will be making some in earlier era fabrics as well.  This first box is my absolute favorite.  George Washington to me is the greatest man this side of heaven!  He has been my earthly hero since I was a very small child.  The fabric I have used on this box is circa 1810 and is called "Washington's Legacy".  It is rich browns and blues with his picture hand sewn on the lid.  All of my boxes are lined with reproductions of old newspapers such as Harper's Weekly or earlier papers.  This is an oval box and is approximately 9 inches across the long oval top and is 6 inches tall.  I can also make these boxes round or square.  The George Washington box is $55.00 plus shipping and handling.

These next two boxes are of General Lee and General Grant.  They are both 8 inches in diameter and 5 inches tall.  General Grant is lined on the inside with copies from Harper's Weekly newspaper and show scenes from Lincoln's inauguration.  General Lee is lined on the inside with maps of the south and a very nice picture of him on the inside of the lid.  Lee's material is civil war era fabric called "Harper's Ferry"  in gray.  Grant's fabric is also a civil war fabric called "Indigo Crossing".  Each box is $50.00 each plus shipping and handling.

Here is a larger round box that I made from Civil War era fabric with a blue leaf pattern.  The box is 81/2 inches in diameter and is 7 inches tall.  The inside is lined with a pretty bird looking motif in black and parchment colors.  The cost for this box is $55.00 plus shipping and handling.

This is an awesome new jug I painted to look like an old whiskey jug.  It is handpainted on an old wine jug with a neat George Washington label on the front.  The tag says 1776.  Many people don't know that Washington was the largest distiller of rye whiskey in the colonies!  This jug sells for $25.00.  It is 12 1/2 inches tall and originally held one gallon of liquid.