Some Homemade Items at Hillcrest Home and other Prim Goodies

Hi, my prims, I promised a recipe, but I really wanted to do another post of a few things that Mr. Hillcrest has made me in the past but the picture below I did all by myself. I painted it and then I glued two primitive stars on there, and put a star primitive plate inside with some straw filler and I just love it!! What do you girls think?



This picture I love because Mr. Hillcrest made this for me and he doesn't have alot of time to build things. I wanted to buy one, but SURPRISE, he made this great carrier and I painted it. Just igonre the border on my kitchen wall that is my NEXT project!!! I wanted to show you how it looked empty and the next picture you will see what I put in it.



I put my bread boards and sometimes I put my primitive wooden bowls it it too.



Now, here it the bathroom carrier Mr. Hillcrest made for me, of course I LOVE it. I am always changing it up with the different seasons of the year. I think Mr. Hillcrest ROCKS!!!!!
 


Here is another view of the bathroom, I put up that primitive star boarder which I just love.
Then one day I was out shopping not really thinking of getting anything and saw this and said Woo Hoo that would look great in the bathroom, it's a small ironing board and I thought it was so darn cute that I had to get it.
We have another bathroom and I am in the process of redoing the whole bathroom from top to bottom. When it is done you will be the first to see it!!!!!



Here is a bowl rack that AGAIN Mr. Hillcrest made for me. I put my wooden bowls and bread boards in it and everyone that comes over loves it!!



This he also made me about two years ago and I painted it and made it primitive. I love the look of it.
I change it with the different seasons. Thanks Honey for making this for me!!



This crow plate and my very FIRST piece of real redware was given to me from a dear friend.
I thank her so much for these two pieces and the small penny round rug also. It has pineapples on it. This friend doesn't know how much it means to me, thank you my dear sweet friend!



The yelloware, the big bowl was a gift from a friend and the little one I bought for myself.
I just love the look of yelloware and redware!!!



Here is a bigger view of my redware and crow plate~!



Now, this is a story for the books, One day about 6 or 7 years ago Mr. Hillcrest came up to me and said , I think I am going to put a window in the hallway looking into your 1800 room. I looked at him thinking he had lost his mind. I said WHAT!!!!!! I thought he was kidding until I saw the old window come up from the basement and all the tools and said Holy Moly, you are serious. I have to say after it was done I fell in love with it. Then Mr. Hillcrest had another brainstrom and said I am going to find someone to make shutters, with cut out stars and a shelf on each, and by golly he sure did.  I just love the way it looks into my 1800 room. I have my old desk and a very old spinning wheel and a "Standard" (brand name) sewing machine that was made in 1895 with the treadle that is cast iron with a leather drive belt. It still works!



Here is some things in the hallway that I painted one is the shelf and there are some primitive boxes that a friend gave to me and I collect gameboards and just love the look. The old lantern is one of two that Mr. Hillcrest installed in our hallway with flickering bulbs.  It feels like walking down an old street in the 1800's on the way to the living room.



Also, in the hallaway I bought this picture because of the saying. I just love it.



Now, you will see a small pottery bowl with some blue on it and i had to buy it, it was only $3.00. This girl LOVES a bargain!!!!!!! Behind this corner piece there was white lattice and Mr. Hillcrest took it down this past weekend but I forgot to post it. Now it is all brick which I love!!!!! I hope all of my Prims enjoyed this post.



Okay, my prims you all wanted to know what I did with that beautiful old bowl I bought at the mill and here it is, with a small light and next to my antique off white and brown crock. I am thinking of putting some prim Valentine hearts in there and soon it will be Easter and I will be putting primitve Easter eggs in my bowl.. After St. Patrick's Day of course...




Till next time and God Bless and Big Hugs,
Tricia

A day at an old New England mill

The Bernat Mill, also known as Capron Mill, was a yarn mill in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA, that was destroyed by fire on July 21, 2007.
This mill complex at Uxbridge had been a hub of manufacturing for Bernat, once based in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. The town of Uxbridge was the site of Bernat's main manufacturing unit in the later 20th century. This was the third largest yarn mill in the U.S. The Bernat mill and the town of Uxbridge have a role in U.S. history, and the history of the American Textile manufacturing.  In the early morning of July 21, 2007, a fire erupted at the historic mill, devastating the complex on Mendon and Depot Street. 600 firefighters, from 66 communities, battled the blaze, but the complex was nearly totally destroyed. At the time of the fire, the 400,000 square feet structure, had ceased operating as a mill and had been converted into space containing 65 small businesses. The business losses following the fire were estimated in the millions of dollars and between 300-500 people lost their jobs.
My mother introduced me to this mill in 2006 on a prim shopping trip, I was devastated when it burned down.  The prim businesses have now moved to another historic mill . The Linwood Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district in Northbridge, Massachusetts. It is the site of the Linwood Cotton Mill
Here is a picture of the mill



Here is a picture of the entrance



I really love this place so much. When I walk into this mill I stand and think of all the hard workers that worked here,it is just an amazing place. When God closes a door he opens a window.

Here is a picture of the business owner Corinna Taylor and I.

 

Next to her is an antique cash register that tallies up our order and still works after all these years.

 

Corinna is so kind, friendly,gracious and helpful. She goes out of her way to help everyone. When I go in there she knows you right away and ALWAYS has a big smile on her face!!! They make you feel like you are a friend, not a customer. Thanks Corinna for letting me take pictures of your beautiful mill and posting this on my blog. I have spent hours in there, many, many times.

Here are some pictures I took of bread boards, spoons,signs, pictures, old hutches and yellow ware

















I have been collecting yellow ware and Mr. Hillcrest said , Hey, Honey come see what I found and here is a picture of what he found.



I said Woo Hoo, I bet that is about $65.00 or more and then he showed me the price, okay prims hold on to your seat, drum roll please~~~~~~$15.00. Yes, you read it right I had to look twice at the price because I couldn't believe my eyes as it is a really large piece. I told Mr. Hillcrest he needs to come with me more often because he has the eye for antiques and he ALWAYS finds the BARGAINS!!!!!!
Here is some more pictures of some yellow ware I saw there





Gorgeous, don't you think???

This is one of the many fantastic places we go to find our prim items in historic New England. As we explore more places, we will share them with you.  I have a list a mile long as I do alot of shopping with Mr. Hillcrest from Rhode Island to Vermont, New Hampshire and throughout Massachusetts.  The thrill of the hunt is one of our favorite activities, especially when we find a good deal.
Well prims, I had a ball. I told you prims I was going to have a recipe for you but Mr. Hillcrest took me out to the mill and I got sidetracked but I will be posting a recipe next week and a dessert to make it up to you prims.
I hope you all had a great time reading my post this week. I hope you all have a blessed week, stay safe and warm, my friends!!

Until next time Prims,
~Blessings~
Tricia

Our Town Of Hopkinton

Hi Prims, I was thinking I wanted to share with you our qaint town of Hopkinton. There is alot of history, in the 1800's it had a shoe factory with a train coming through. It was a small hard working town and everyone knew each other and watched out for each other, just like today. We all know each other and look out for one another!!Back then, the men would go to work and the women stayed at home doing the daily chores and taking care of the children, have supper on the table for their husbands after working 12 hours. The children would do their share as well for chores. They would leave school and go home and work on the farm, milking cows, feeding the animals, collecting the eggs for the next day, cleaning out the animal's cages. They all did their share, which today I find so different in family values, but I think it is the way you raise your children. Our son's get firewood everyday, we don't pay them as they are part of our family and we are a team. They shovel when it snows. Mr. Hillcrest snowblows with the machine but one boy cleans all the stairs and a path to the mail box and the other boy makes a path to the firewood and a path to put the trash cans out for trash day.  I always have hot chocolate when they all come in and warm up near the fire. In the summer they have chores also. Things have changed but it is the parents that need to give their children good morals and values, and I feel that we as parents have done this and are still doing it.
Below are some pictures of our town and things about it for you to enjoy.



Here is a sign Welcome to Hopkinton(1715).



Across the street is a great pond for kids and families to come and skate.

 The buiding you see me standing at used to be the old train station were you would get your tickets and wait for the train the building is old (1872) but the town moved it down to the pond and renovated it.
This is were the kids put their skates on and then hit the ice and have a ball, pictures of the building and here is one picture of some kids on the on ice skating and having fun.









Here is a picture of the old High School on the front it says High 1894 School all grades were there and look how small it is.



Here is our fire station
 

 and when we were there they had a call , and picture of the ambulance going out to a call.



Here is our police station, they just built this about 7yrs ago and it is beautiful.



The next picture you see is they carried the torch all the way from Greece to the  Boston Marathon that starts here in Hopkinton and this picture is the latern of the flame from Greece that NEVER goes out, it is special to all of our residents here in our little town.



 

and here is a plaque of the Flame of the Marathon



The next stop is the statue of the man that shoots off the gun that starts the Marathon.

 

  Across the street is a house I just love it was built in (1745). Here are some pictures of the home





Then our Town Hall built in(1715) and there are two pictures of the Town Hall





Of course we had to stop by  Hopkinton's own Country Plus, Judy was happy to see us and we took some pictures outside and inside.









We said bye to Judy and took off down the street to our small drug store( Hopkinton Drug),



 it is like family. A family run drug store and they have seen our children grow up and it is the same women and two men that still work there and we aren't a number they know us by name and some have become friends. I truly love living in a small town, we all look out for each other and I think that our founding fathers would be proud that we have kept it small and quaint!!!! I feel blessed to live in Hopkinton!!!

I hope you enjoyed our tour of the town, it was just something different.

Until next time prims,
~ Blessings and God Bless~
Tricia