Some new journals to add to my collection of men's journals.  I've added Young George Washington (he's not just some old dead dude on the dollar bill!), a beautiful Indian painting by George Catlin, Daniel Boone and Lewis & Clark.  I've also made some journals for the ladies covered in vintage fabrics with some of my favorite heroines: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Molly Pitcher, and some cute colonial folk art paintings of little girls.  I've added a white feather quill ink pen to go with the ladies journals.  They are also $9.00 ea. plus S&H.  Fabric colors may vary.

These are some cute new pin keeps I hand-stitched.  I got the patterns from the Blue Attic.  I've also covered some antique books with vintages fabrics and gave them hand-sewn or copies of old paper covers.  I just love the "Sinners in the hands of an angry God" sermon preached by Edwards during the Colonial period.  It caused the Great Awakening in America.  I think we need to hear that sermon again!

It's been awhile since I added to my blogspot, so I thought I would catch everyone up.  I have been very busy through the Christmas season and it is now February and I'm not slowing down.  Last month I opened a booth in St. Mary's Antique Mall near Ste. Genevieve, MO and it is doing really well.  I call it a store within a store.  I offer a lot of hand-made items made by myself plus some from other talented craftsmen in the U.S.  I have hand-made furniture, primitives, colonial and a few antiques.

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.