A VERY UNIQUE GRADUATION GIFT

I received this very unique graduation gift from my friend Brenda. She is an avid chicken raiser, egg collector, and quilt pattern designer. She has a flock of Rhode Island red laying hens and I received a dozen fresh eggs from her flock in a basket with a chicken card and a chicken.
Thank you Brenda!

GIVEAWAY AT APP

Check out this awesome give away at A Primitive Place Magazine

SOME GOOD NEWS

Today I received my final results from my College course. I received an Honours Diploma in Graphic Design. It only took 54 years to achieve this! Needless to say, I am very pleased.

SINNAMON BUNS :)

SINNAMON BUNS
Sinfully Delicious!

I made this batch of cinnamon buns this morning for DH.

My first time making these, and boy were they good!
Of course, I made him share :) 
I found the recipe on this Blog http://countryblossom.blogspot.com/
Thanks for Sharing Katy!

A WONDERFUL PATTERN

This is a quilting pattern that a friend of mine designed. The pattern is called Angels Watching Over Me. I just got it and I am so looking forward to making it. The picture does not do it justice. It looks amazing in real life. The redwork in this quilt is amazing. My friend Brenda showed this at "Show and Tell" at our Quilters' Guild. Brenda is a pattern designer and has her own website. There is a link to her site on my sidebar to the left. Among Brenda's Quilts.

FOOD, FUN AND FRIENDS

Last night was one of our dinner and sewing gatherings. Michelle was the host and she cooked us a wonderful meal with appetizers, a great main course and delicious turtle brownies for desert and fresh strawberries. I don't think I have ever seen strawberries that big in all my life. We enjoyed our dinner, then did a little sewing afterwards. We are all quilters and have been getting together at each other's homes every couple of months, for dinner and sewing and have been doing this for about five years. Thanks Michelle, it was wonderful :)

Shirley, Brenda, Linda, Mary and Janet

Turtle brownies for desert.........darn it, there goes my diet!

Having a toast to good times, good friends!
Shirley, Michelle, Linda, Mary and I

Mary and I

Turtle brownies..............mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DH

The other day was DH's birthday so I had this cake made special for him. I took him out to dinner to Montana's Cookhouse and we had all you can eat ribs. Needless to say, we both overate and we didn't have a piece of cake until the 11 o'clock news. The ribs were really good, but we both agreed that they were not as good as Henry's ribs. They are the best! Lots of birthday cards too from our family members. It was a great day! Happy Birthday :)

A GREAT DAY

Yesterday was a great day. My QFF's (Quilting Friends Forever) took me out for a gourmet lunch to celebrate my graduation. Unfortunately, Mary and Shirley could not be with us, but they were in our thoughts. They missed a really good time. There is a group of six of us, who regularly get together and have dinner and sewing nights at each others houses. This has been a tradition now for about five years. I am really lucky to have friends like these ladies. We always have a great time when we get together. Lunch was served at the Little Inn in Bayfield, Ontario. We enjoyed wine, soup and a delicious entre' and dessert. We were all quite full when we left, so we had to take a walk around town and visit some of the shops in this quaint little town. I think we all made some great purchases. There were some good sales on this time of year. I also received some nice cards, chocolates, and a couple of gift certificates to the Marsh Store Quilt shop that our friend Shirley owns. Shirley was working hard yesterday at her shop, that is why she couldn't be with us. Mary was enjoying a day at the spa with her daughter...........lucky Mary, we were all envious :) Thank you ladies. You really made my day!

Me

mmmmmmmmmm Desert

Michelle

Linda

Brenda is deciding what to have for lunch.

Linda, Janet and Michelle outside of the Little Inn in Bayfield Ontario

Brenda and Janet (ME)

Cards

Flowers from DH on Valentines Day

Flowers from DH on Valentines Day

AN INTERESTING MORNING

This morning proved to be an interesting one. I went out to the barn to feed our horse and my dogs went crazy and ran under the stairs and started barking like mad. I ran over to see what the fuss was and I arrived right at the moment that a skunk was spraying them :(  I have had a long shower, but I am sitting here and I can still smell it. I have to go to my College today to write my final exam. I sure hope that what I can smell is just in my nose and not on me. I sure don't want to offend anyone in class. So today is the day. My final exam and the end of my College course. DH will be cleaning up the dogs. My QFF's are taking me out for lunch tomorrow to celebrate, my graduating :)

I am really looking forward to that. 

A HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

Wishing everyone a Happy Valentines Day!

I am hoping that spring will arrive soon. This has been a tough winter here in South Western Ontario. Another snow day from school today. We are in the midst of a wicked winter storm. I made sure I put extra bird seed out today for my birds, I could hear them all chattering in the trees. The winds are horrendous. The horse will stay in the barn today where it is nice and warm. Shorty and I will stay inside beside the woodstove keeping warm. If the groundhog's predictions are correct, spring will arrive early!

THE DOG DAYS OF WINTER

A couple of pictures of my Australian Shepherds, Sydney and Louis.
They just love the snow!

Louis the Aussie

Sydney and Louis

A couple of Aussies enjoying the snow

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Wishing everyone a very MERRY CHRISTMAS
from Olde Crow Primitives

SOME CHRISTMAS DECORATING

Just a few photos of some of my Christmas Decorating. I have not finished yet, but I am off school this week, so hopefully I will finish in a day or two. I have a few more orders to do up for Christmas and then I can relax. I attended a sewing gathering last night in Exeter and we had a really nice dinner and then another one tomorrow night at my friend Brenda's house in Strathroy. We are doing a Potluck dinner and it is always just wonderful. This has become a yearly Christmas tradition. The snow has finally slowed down a little in my area. We are just getting a few flurries today. Everyone has been so pre-occupied with it lately, there has been so much.

Snowman that I made for my door.

Crow Shaker Box

Christmas Log Cabin table topper. I just finished this up this morning.

Primitive Santa

Dough Bowl featuring one of Jen's stitcheries.

Another basket that is going on my sideboard

DINNER AT THE "HOLLOW CUPBOARD"

This has been one heck of a week in my area for snow. All the schools were closed for three days, including the College that I attend. In total when it was all over, we got 177 cm of snow. I mean it snowed all week and it is snowing again today. Another 20 cm expected. My DH and I had been invited to the "Hollow Cupboard" for dinner last night, and the way the weather was looking all week, I thought there may be a chance we would have to cancel. We had been looking forward to it, so a cancellation would have been a huge disappointment. It ended up that yesterday was the only day with no snow in the forecast, so yesterday afternoon we headed up to Shelburne which is a two hour drive north east of us. If you don't know about the "Hollow Cupboard", it is an online business owned by Henry and Sandie who sell the most gorgeous Primitive Smalls and Antiques on their website. We had never met Henry and Sandie until last night. Sandie hired me to manage her website a couple of months ago which is a real pleasure because I just love the things they offer up for sale. Take a peak and check it out for yourself. http://www.thehollowcupboard.com
We had an amazing time and the dinner was fabulous! Henry barbecued some ribs, which were the best we had ever tasted, and Sandie made an amazing Caesar salad and a rice dish. For desert there was a delicious homemade lemon/poppy seed cake.
There was so much to talk about, the time just flew by, but we had to leave and head for home. We had a two hour drive ahead of us and all of our critters were waiting. We had really enjoying meeting our new friends, Henry and Sandie and all of their critters too. Sandie sent me home with a bag of goodies which included some of her great smelling tart melts. Below are some pictures that Sandie took of our visit.

DH and I seated for dinner.

The dinner table was beautifully set.

Henry's delicious spare ribs.

Sandie's homemade lemon/poppy seed cake.

Caesar salad.

Mantle in the living room all decorated for Christmas.

Time to say Goodbye.

CHRISTMAS SHOW

Last weekend was our Christmas show at the Church. I had a great time as always. It was so nice seeing everyone again. Thanks to all who purchased my hand mades. This picture was sent to me by someone who purchased this sign to give as a gift, but thought it would look great on her front porch with her antique sleighs. I think she was right. She ended up keeping it for herself :)

THE HEN HOUSE

My friend Brenda sent me this picture this morning. She had me make a sign for her Hen House and I asked her for a picture. She is also holding one of her prize hens.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

This weekend is Thanksgiving in Canada, the weather is just gorgeous, just the right temperature (mid 70's) and sunny. The trees have turned a gorgeous color of reds, golds, and yellows. This is my favorite time of year. Harvest is in full swing in my area. You can hear combines and grain dryers going steady. DH has been out combining corn all weekend. The turkey is ready to go into the oven and the wine is chilling for our Thanksgiving dinner tonight with all of the fixins. I even went for a walk in the woods and picked a huge puff ball. I am going to include that in the menu for dinner tonight. I thought I would share some photos of some of my fall decorations.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Puff ball...this one is the size of a football

Pumpkin/Crow Harvest display

The Wicked Witch!

Primitive Scarecrow

Primitive Pumpkin Man

Fall Mums