Spring,Easter displays and New books by Tasha Tudor

Hi my Prims,
I wanted to share some displays of Spring and Easter. Also Mr. Hillcrest ordered me some awesome books from amazon and a Christmas video and it is all by Tasha Tudor. I took some pictures inside one of her books so you can see.
Well here are some displays that I was able to do. I do get very tired very quickly but I was able to get some things done.

Here is some pictures, WARNING, it is a very heavy picture post.
I hope you all enjoy the pictures.

My stove board, I put prim eggs and carrots in my yellow ware bowl,the tea pot was a Christmas gift from Mr. Hillcrest.

A close up shot.

Some more prim eggs and I put this bowl on top of my firkins.

Again some really prim eggs in another yellow ware bowl. This hutch this summer will be filled with our canned goods that we will be canning. We are going to can blueberry jam, tomatoes, relish, green beans, strawberry jam, peaches and pickles made with cucumbers! I am very excited to do this. I am very blessed that my hubby loves everything that I love, like antique shopping together, canning together and watching our favorite shows together. I am one lucky gal.

Here is my bunny and small lamb that my friend Dana sent me last year when we did a swap together and in my last post she also sent me the bigger one and the lamb is in a basket! LOVE THEM!

Here is a prim tuck that I got from a friend years ago, "Think Spring"  I am!

Here is my chocolate prim bunny and I put an egg next to him.

This screams SPRING!

Here is a picture of my prim chick...

I love this prim doll that says welcome, it was a swap gift years ago by Lady Morgan. She is very talented. I always remember when I win a giveaway or do a swap with a friend I always remember who sent them to me because it means a lot.

Here is my prim bunny and my yellow ware egg.

My little tree with some tiny eggs.
Here is what is under this table..

Our mantle and do you see the bunny rabbit, I received him years ago from a very talented lady.
He is very special so he is in a special spot. Here is a close up shot of him...

A beautiful tuck pillow.

This fabulous mouse is on our Grandfather clock. A lot of detail and we just love him. About 3 years ago Mr. Hillcrest and I were trying to find just the perfect mouse for our Grandfather clock and when I told a friend about our search she said she makes them and we ordered one from her. She really out did herself!!

My collection of the old blue jars and my coffee grinder.

Now I want to let of you gals now about this wonderful woman Tasha Tudor. I know a few of you know her work. She has a lot of books out including children's books and video's of her homestead in Vermont that her son built for her. Tasha was born in Boston, Mass.
Tasha also has a few cook books out as well.
Mr. Hillcrest ordered me "The Private World of Tasha Tudor" and ordered me "Forever Christmas"
and "Tasha Tudor Heirloom Crafts", I have this book already and took a few pictures from the book so you all could see how wonderful it is. Then he ordered me "Tasha Tudor Garden" and then a video called
"Take Joy The Magical World of Tasha Tudor", the next video I want to get is "Take Peace A Corgi Cottage Christmas with Tasha Tudor" and you all know I LOVE, LOVE Christmas. So I have a lot of books coming my way. I am so excited.
My hubby also ordered me a book that a lot of gals on the blog have been talking about it is called
"One Thousands Gifts" I didn't get it yet but I can't wait!!!!!!
Also this book called 'A Vermont Christmas" by Richard Brown. It sounds wonderful.
So I will have A LOT of reading to do,and with all these doctor appts. it will be nice to take one of the books with me.
THANK YOU MY LOVE for ordering me these books for me and the video of Tasha that I really want and I can't wait to GET IT!

So here is some pictures of the one book I did get today of Tasha Tudor.

ENJOY, and remember if you want to order any of these go to amazon.

This is one of her granddaughter.

You can she her in her long red coat walking through the snow in Vermont with her doggies.In her homestead she had 2 open fireplaces!!!!

Tasha loved to quilt, knit, cook and bake!

Here is another one of her open fireplaces!

I told Mr.Hillcrest when we build our dream home in Tennessee I want one open fireplace in our kitchen and then a fireplace in the great room with glass. We have 8 more years to go and we are breaking ground and I CAN"T wait!!!!! Right in the mountains!!WOOOHOOO!!!!

Just so beautiful, I hope you really enjoyed the pictures. Tasha passed away in 2008 at the age of 92, she lived the simply life to the fullest!

Now I want to show you a giveaway that I won from Janice and you can see her blog here at http://primsbythewater.blogspot.com/  it is 3 peppermint sticks for Valentine's Day! I am going to have Mr. Hillcrest make a prim label and I will glue it to a mason jar and put them in the jar. Here they are..

Here is a close up shot so you can read the cute saying on them...

"The candy you fall in love with"  Thank you Janice for my giveaway!

So there you go my Prims, I warned you it was a heavy picture post. I hope you all enjoyed it.

Till next time love your love ones,
Give them extra hugs and kisses,
and extra I LOVE YOU's. Life is
short and live it to the FULLEST!
Don't let the little stuff bother you!
Laugh and smile it is the best medication
you will ever have!!

Prim Blessings,
Tricia XO

Hi Prims!

Hi my Prims, Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. Been busy with doctor's appts. and then two Saturday's ago I woke up in a lot of pain and bleeding, I knew it wasn't a miscarriage or anything like that because in Nov.1st,2010 I had a hysterectomy. So, I woke up Mr. Hillcrest and we called the doctor and he said get to the hospital and off we went. When we got there I was in so much pain, they took blood and they did a cat scan and I was passing kidney stones. Then they saw something on my right kidney, a cyst on my right kidney and then I had to go the next day to a kidney doctor and he did some tests and called us that night with the results and it is a cyst that covers my whole right kidney. I almost dropped the phone., but I will be fine.
My Grandmother would always say God doesn't give us something that we can't handle, boy isn't that true.
So, I have been in SLOW motion and I have been tweaking here and there so here are some pictures. I hope you enjoy them.

Here is my office. This chair is so comfortable. I curl up and read a book and have a hot cup of tea to try to settle my stomach. My hubby ordered me a book that a lot of gals on the blogs have been talking about, it is called One Thousands Gifts, he ordered it on Amazon and I can't wait for it to come in.Then there is another book called The Private World of Tasha Tudor, look it up on Amazon, it is going to be a wonderful book. So when I am almost done the first book Mr. Hillcrest bought me he will be ordering me this one. There are beautiful pictures in this book. You can click on the book where it says look inside and I know you all are going to want to order it when you see inside the book. I am excited about getting it.

Another view....

I love my spinning wheel.

Some more pictures of me tweaking.....

In the hallway, sorry it didn't come out that great.

In the bathroom.

The next few pictures are from our living room.

This pillow is very special. It was made by Linda Parker. I LOVE it because she is right Family is Forever!
Every time I walk by this display I think of her.

This is one of my yellow ware bowls and my cute Valentine mouse.

My theme tree in the kitchen.

Another yellow ware bowl and this one is very old, it is my favorite.

I LOVE my lamb, all snuggled in his hay and basket.

Another one of my yellow ware bowls.

My bowl rack, with wooden bowls,bread boards, and below wooden spoons, mashers, and rolling pins.

So more of my yellow ware bowls..

My yellow ware coffee  mugs I have 4 total!

Above is another yellow ware bowl, I have about 8 of them and all different sizes. I REALLY love them because it reminds me of the GOOD OLD DAYS!!!!!!!

Also my very good friend Angie sent me to molds that I have started to collect, I just haven't posted them. Thanks Angie for thinking of me when you saw them!!!Here they are.....

I hope you all enjoyed my pictures.
Have a wonderful Monday night.
Till next time,
Prim Blessings,
Tricia