A SPECIAL GIFT FROM A SPECIAL FRIEND!!!!

Hi my Prims,

I wanted to thank a very special friend that touched my heart. You all know her well.
Tammy from A Primitive Place Blog. She sent me a gift that she is doing on her blog, a gift called " JUST BECAUSE"!

Tammy sent me this beautiful bonnet that she made and when I opened it I started to cry because it means the world to me.

Here is what she sent me.....

Here is the note she put in the package...

Here is a close up of the beautiful fabric and the print is fabulous...

Isn't it beautiful, I always take a picture when I buy something so everyone will see where I put my item.... but this was a gift from the heart and I was so excited that I forgot to take the picture of where I put my bonnet, Hubby said don't worry I am sure Tam will understand, so tomorrow I will post a picture of where I put my gift of love! Tam I did send you an email thanking you but I want to thank you on my blog as well and let everyone know that I am very blessed to have a friend like you!
I know I already said it but you have a HEART of GOLD and this made my whole week!!!

I will be posting a few other things tomorrow!

Prim Blessings,
Tricia

Making our Home warm and cozy!!!

Hi my Prims, as you know Mr. Hillcrest and I went out ALL day yesterday and had a ball. We bought alot for our home that we truly love, and we are also looking into land already for TN where we want to move, sooner than later!!!! It looks like we will need a larger moving truck if we keep shopping for antiques, LOL.

Here is my quilt that I bought yesterday and washed it last night.  It was made by an older lady and it was passed down from her to her daughter to her granddaughter and I was very lucky to buy it! I love the colors, they are all different color blues and some soft pale so here is a far away picture and a close up...

Now, here is a close up..

As you all know if you read my last post, I bought 5 blue jars and already had 4 here, so my Hubby and I went to the hardware store and he me made a shelf and I painted it black and it looks great with the blue jars. It shows up great. So here  it is during the process...

Here is the ALMOST finished...

How I love my blue jars, here is a full view...

One more view because I added a few things, like the black basket that I bought yesterday and the wooden spoons that I painted on your left.

I love it, I am sure I will be tweaking alot this week, but that is what we do. I want our homestead kitchen to be warm and inviting. We want our family and friends to come in and feel at home and NOT want to leave. I have been collecting crocks, scales( which I have 6 of them now), wooden bowls, I have some many I can't count, we have tin punch lighting, homespun curtains and tabacco curtains that we love.I have a stove board that I am ALWAYS changing , I also collect all yellow ware and now I am collecting redware. The last thing I love to do in my kitchen is bake and cook and you will always find me in there doing just that!!!


As you know from my post yesterday we found a firkin that has legs on it and I put it in the livingroom for my Hubby, check it out..

Here are two views...

We love it, also we bought a LARGE firkin that I showed a picture of in my last post and a small one as well, here is where I put them, in our kitchen....

The bottom one is the HUGE one, here is a another shot....

In the bottom is an off white and brown  crock, I put about 5 rolling pins in it but I forgot to take a picture of that, SORRY!!

I am very pleased how it all came together!!!!!
In the livingroom we bought 2 more cheese crocks, at least that is what I call them so now I have 4, here is what they look like in the farmhouse cabinet.

I sure do love old things and we will be adding on a screen porch this summer because we have an in ground pool and a wrap around deck so the top deck will be screened in and maybe we can make it into an all season porch with windows, after that we are going to do a face lift and hire some people to repaint our home and then I will be in my GARDENS!!!! I can't wait for that!!!!

Here are a few more things that I bought and put in our bedroom...

It is kind of dark but it is old blue, old green and old red and we love them!

Here is another makeover I did today, check it out..

 I put it in the hallway..

Another view..

Here is some tweaking I did today..

That is all for now, I am pooped and I am going to sit with my Hubby and have a HOT cup of tea and do a cross stitch that I bought!!!!!

Don't forget I have a BIG surprise to tell all my faithful followers when the time is right.
Til next time my Prims, I hope you enjoyed my post and if you have and ideas of things I can tweak please let me know because I am a very easy going person and that is how we learn from each other.

Please be kind to each other because there are alot of people out there that are MEAN and ROTTEN, and are not worth the time of day.

I know that I am very blessed for the true friends that I have but mostly my family, and sometimes I should have listened to them, even my 19 year old said something after a recent incident and I should have listened.  Can you believe a 19 year old made this statement, "people are not what you think they are", I always am kind and caring and wear my heart on my sleeve and I WILL not change. Een my Hubby was right about alot of people that use you and lie and turn things around, but my true friends here and family know it is BULL,  but enough of that. I know I can lay my head down and sleep with no problem, we ALL have to face our maker one day!!!!

I am here to enjoy colonial, prims and country and share special thoughts and ideas with you!!!

Until next time!!!

Prim Blessings,
Tricia

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