A Special Day With Mr.Hillcrest!!!!

Hi my Prims, I had a great day with my Hubby. We went all over. We are doing alot of research for something very special that I think you are all going to love! It is a passion of ours. You will all find out soon enough, we have a lot of backing on this project that we are doing alot of work but so worth it!!!!!

Here is what we did today!

Our first stop is a few antique shops and you won't beleive what we got...

We collect all blue manson jars and they have air bubbles and we also bought the lids with  box and they are very old. My Hubby is going to make me a shelve to show off my jars, I already have 4 big ones and I will show you...

Those are the ones I already had. So, now I have 9 all together!!!!

Here are a few other things I bought today...

A huge firkin with legs and we love it..... here is another firkin and hold on to your seat it is the biggest firkin that we have seen......

Here is inside of the firkin...

It is amazing, we a tickled pink!!!

I already have two beautiful firkins already and I will show you again and then I will show you the small one the we bought todayas well.

Here is the small one that we bought and LOVE!!!

Here is the 2 that I already have...Now they have company with the small firkin that I have been looking for. I also bought a KING size homemad quilt and it is in the wash right now because I couldn't wait to get it on my bed. I have many quilts and this one is all different blues and it is beautiful. I will take a picture of it when it is on our bed. We have alot of rearranging to do around the house this weekend , you move one thing and then you ahve to move five more things and it goes on and on!

This past week I also went to the thrift shop and I have alot of MAKEOVERS to do and I will be very busy!!!!

Here is what I did get a cheap prices!!!

Remember they are going to be MADEOVER!!!!!!

here is a pic of the draw that opens...

Here is more things I bought...

More wooden spoons and alittle shelve that I will of course stain or paint and the spoons the same thing.

Hers is more...

I love this and the tin punch that is on it and I don't know if I am going to paint it over or leave it, here is the inside..

VERY COOL!!!!!

Here is more...

A bee skep and a different shape basket and here is more...

I will be sanding this and painting it...Here is more, boy I have alot to keep myself very busy!!!

These stackables are old blue, old green and old red.I will not be doing anything to them.

The last 2 were 3.99 and the last one was 2.99 PERFECT!!

They also have storage which is pefect for candles, small light bulbs, card to friends etc.!!

After a great day with Mr.Hillcrest he took me out to Cracker Barrel and it was YUMMO!!

Then I took a few pictures of the fireplace and the gift shop full of candy.Of course we bought some for the boys...

Every picture you see back then they NEVER smiled, I think because they have a

hard life.

I had to take this picture because we will be moving there in about 9 years, AMEN!!!!

We bought the boys soda that we haven't seen in long time.It just wasn't Coca Cola, there was lime and cream popicle soda etc. It brought back alot of memories for us.LOOK at all the candy, YUMMY!!

A few more goodies that only cost 1.00,

Again $1.00 and one more thing...

Yes, you guessed it $1.00!!!!!!

We really had a great time and we did get alot of treasures and I will, post my quilt when I have it on my bed!!!!

The best time I had today was to be with my Husband that is ALWAYS there for me and loves me dearly and I LOVE him more than words can say, he is my rock , my everything.. I am very lucky.

Til next time my Prims and PLEASE be kind to one another, there is enough hate in this world we just don't need to be hateful to one another.

Prim Blessings,

Tricia

Wooden Bowls and Prairie Dolls

Hi my Prims!!!

Today I am going to post on two of my favorite items I love to collect in our home, Prairie Dolls and wooden bowls. They are so fun to find and collect, and throughout the years I have created quite a collection.  I thought I would add a little history on each, so here goes!

For many years, children have played with an assortment of "dolls". They were made from every imaginable substance including wood, clay, corn cobs, plaster, and an array of other materials including cloth. The subject here will be on the dolls that are made from various types of cloth, fabric or fiber. Many of the dolls designed and manufactured in Europe in the 1800's were not intended for children to play with. Their wax, china, or glass heads and bodies were not intended for a child to play with them on a daily basis. These elegant dolls were carefully preserved and treasured by their owners. Many of them remain in collections or museums to this date. However, little girls in colonial America would play with the cloth dolls, drag them around with them by the legs, and sleep nightly with them.


A cloth doll consists of stuffing and a fabric skin. Facial features were painted on with ink or embroidered or stained with dyes available at the time, or in some cases, in primitive cloth dolls there may be no facial features at all. Early dolls were made from cotton fabric, corn shucks, animal skin and other soft materials. Stuffing may have been feathers, straw, leaves, left-over thread and yarn, or cotton from around the homestead.

The design or pattern of the early cloth doll was very primitive and crude, usually consisting of two identically shaped pieces that formed the body. The front and the back were exactly alike before facial features, hair, and clothing were affixed to the doll. Today this crude type of doll is called a Prairie Doll or “Pancake Doll”, which describes the flat construction method. Sometimes, arms and legs were added to a head and body torso. This is still considered a "prairie doll" as it describes the head and face.

Clothing was made from fabric scraps left over from clothing made for the family. These early dolls might also have been dressed in leaves or other materials available outside. Most dolls were made for little girls, and resembled members of the immediate family. Boy dolls were rarely made. The doll's clothes, in early American times, would have been similar to what was worn by women and little girls in those days including under garments, a long dress an apron and a bonnet. Doll stockings and shoes might have been painted or sewn on.

A doll was a precious possession to many small girls in early America. It probably was with her wherever she went, especially at bedtime. Little girls may have had just one doll during her childhood and it was often her only companion besides family until she went to school. Cloth dolls were best friends, good listeners, and guests at a tea party for many children in the not too distant past.

Below are some pictures of some of my prairie dolls!

Another subject I would love to touch upon are wooden bowls.
 
Wooden bowls were made by the early settlers. Most of these wooden bowls were whittled by the pioneers and they made many different sizes. Some wooden bowls were made with a machine called a pole lathe. The larger wooden bowls were made for mixing ingredients to make homemade bread, muffins, and biscuits. The smaller wooden bowls that the pioneers made were for stews and soups.


Today people collect these beautiful pieces and use them as lovely decorative pieces in their homes.

Here are a few samples of what I have in my collection.


                   

 I hope you enjoyed my little history lesson and pics that I posted today.

Mr.Hillcrest and I love the History of all different things, which include antiques, old homes, and our New England heritage. We are excited about this new adventure that we are going to undertake together.

It is going to be alot of work but we are so passinate about it. You won't be disappointed.

Have a great night and remember to love each other and be kind to everyone.

Prim Blessings,

Tricia

BEEN TWEAKING AROUND..CAN'T WAIT FOR SPRING!!

HI my Prims, I can't for Spring. I have been tweaking around our Homestead and enjoying every minute of it! I am adding some of my Spring things here and there. It just makes you feel that Spring is inside our home!

Here are a few things I have done so far....

I really love the look of this corner, my stackables and my bunnies in our antique chair. Our Grandfather clock that we love it has been in Mr. Hillcrest's family from his Great, Grandfather to his Grandfather to Mr. Hillcrest. There is another clock also that was brought down to him. Each of our sons will have one to bring into their families and I have my Grandmother's baking bowls that I will be passing on and old quilts that have been brought down from the family on my side. Then of course all the antiques that we collected that will be brought down to our sons and on and on and there will be stories to everything single piece.

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Here is another spinning wheel I have in our livingroom and a wooden barrel and I put my saltbox on top of that but of course I forgot to light it when I took this picture. The old farmhouse cabinet you see, Mr.Hillcrest bought for me years and years ago at a farmhouse. It was in the person's kitchen and they stored can goods for the winter months, I love it so much so I put some bowls and jugs ect.
Here is a close up.

Another thing I have been tweaking but I am not to happy with it, so I will be changing it soon,

I wanted to show you what I have been working on.

It is not done yet, but I am enjoying doing it .

It is very relaxing and I am going to be making alot more. I am also going to do a pinkeep and I am excited about that and also I am going to do a rag quilt my very first rag quilt and I am VERY EXCITED about that!!!!!

Here is another redware plate, it looks brown or black but it is RED!

I have a few more peices now and I will be putting them together somewhere and then I ordered a RED WARE sign that I will be hanging up over my collection.

There are alot of great things happening behind Hillcrest Homestead.

I have my gardens  mapped out and ready to go. We will be opening our in ground pool and painting our wrap around deck and our home need a face lift after this very HARSH winter weather. We are going to hire someone and a team to come and paint the whole house. The gardens are for me to do I have 4 big gardens and I will be adding more flowers again this year. I can't wait to feel the sun on my face and smell the dirt and start digging and planting in my new flowers.

Mr. Hillcrest always takes me to Weston flower shop which is right here in Hopkinton for Mother's Day and I pick out all my perrinals. I add about 6 new one's each year. I love them because they come back EVERY YEAR!

Here is the night of Valentine's Day.

I made those Valentine cupcakes and the whole family enjoyed our Valentine dinner and just being together. If you see on your left I got Mr. Hillcrest a BIG Chocolate Kiss XOXOX...Of course the boys each got something...

This is what the boys got, I do it every year. Just to let them know how much we love them!!!!

When I cook and bake that is my gift to them everyday because I cook and bake with alot of love for my family and when I see them all enjoying everything I cooked and baked that to me fills my heart.

Til next time my Prims,

Remember to be kind and caring for the ones you love!!!!

Prim Blessings,

Tricia

A SWAP THAT I DID!!!! FUN!!!!

Hi my Prims,
Did you all dig out yet.... I told you all what a HARSH winter this has been! It is NOT over yet! H-E-L-P!!!!

Well, I wanted to show you all what I got from my swap partner "OLDE LADY MORGAN". First I want to thank Tammy The Primitve Place for hosting this awesome swap! Thanks Tammy. You ROCK! Please go and check out Tammy's blog you you LOVE it!!!I really enjoy her blog and the bears she is making now are to die for. They are Primitive Bears and I am thinking of ordering one for myself!!

Here is what I got.....

WOOOHOOO I saw this and I knew right away!!!!!!!!

LOOK WHAT I GOT INSIDE........................

What great goodies! Marie made most of everything she said.She has alot of talent.
Look where I put my goodies......

Here is a close up. I LOVE the saying on it.......

Here is the rest of my goodies.....

Here is my bunny she made me. I think Mr.Bunny looks great near my little Easter egg tree.

I love my prim doll that says Welcome!!!!

Here is a wonderful candle that smells the whole kitchen...LOVE IT!!!

Here is a close up of the candle, it says Farmhouse!

Here is my candle with the star and she even out battries in it.What a sweetie!

Thank you so much for my swap. I really enjoyed doing this. I LOVE all my goodies, please go check out her blog you will enjoy it. OLDE LADY MORGAN.

Here is a few things I did. I put up my new quilt on my apple ladder.

Here is a close up of the quilt...

I love it because I love the colors. They are warm and inviting!!!

I put this display together near our Grandfather clock. The rocking chair is old and is a true antique so NO ONE sits in it. It is just for a diplay!The bunny you see is made by a Dear friend.thank you again Jan. See my bunny is out and not hopping away, not yet anyway! LOL!!
Here is a close up...

The little latern we picked up at an antique shop. I love it, and it does still work!

Well, I just wanted to get my swap up and a few pictures. I promise there be alot more but Hubby and I have been sick with a chest cold and sinus cold..I CAN'T wait til SPRING has SPRUNG!

Take time to be kind to each other.
Prim Blessings,
Tricia

GIVEAWAY & BLIZZARD!!

Hi my Prims, I wanted to let you all know who won my giveaway. First I want to say THANK YOU ALL who are my regular follower's and the beautiful comments and for the newer follower's that joined my blog a BIG THANK YOU. I almost made my goal to 350. I have 340 follower's and I love having all of you!!

We are getting hit in our little town of Hopkinton, Mass. with the 1st round of snow...they say 5to 9 inches today and school is getting out early today, then it stops snowing for alwhile I guess to catch our breath and we start with you GUESSED IT round 2. The weather people are saying 18 to 20 inches YUCK!

The wood in piled up in our livingroom for the wood stove and we did alot around the house over the weekend just to get ready for this WHITE STUFF called S-N-O-W! Please stay safe and warm if you are getting hit by this BLIZZARD.Okay enough of that. I want to let you all know that I WISH everyone could win but there is only one winner, but I am having another giveaway SOON, so keep your eyes open.

DRUMROLL..................................PLEASE............................
The winner of my giveaway is ..................................................

                             ANGIE BERRY FROM
                BERRY HOMESPUM PRIMITIVES!!!

Congrats Angie just email me and let me know where to send your package off too.
Due to the weather I won't be able to send it out until Thursday!!!!!


Okay my Prims, I love each and everyone of you and your comments are AWESOME! Having this blog has opened alot of doors for me and alot of GREAT friendships as well.
Till next time hug each other and be kind.


Prim Blessings,
Tricia