Ruthie Rabbit--Freebie Easter Pattern

This is actually a repost of a freebie pattern that I offered a couple of years ago, but I thought for any new readers I'd repost her. Ruthie Rabbit was my first and so far only published project that appeared in the Jan/Feb 2004 Country Marketplace magazine. She makes a rather large, but simple and elegant Easter ornie. I hope you'll have fun making her up.

Feel free to make her up to sell if you'd like, just please give me (hazelruthe) designer credit please.

Click HERE for the free .pdf pattern. Enjoy!

For The Love of Sewing Baskets and Boxes!

I just don't know what it is about me and boxes. The sewing baskets, yes, I can understand those of course, but boxes of any kind seem to draw me in. Paper, wood, tin, fabric whatever it is--except for plain old ugly brown utility cardboard boxes--I don't have a thing for those. I mean we do need some boundries right.

So I thought I'd share a few finds of weeks past that I haven't gotten around to posting yet.......

Yippee! I found a little white wicker 1950's sewing basket. I LOVE these! This makes my 2nd one. I scored this one for 2.50! I have a yellow one, so now all I need to make my set complete is a pink one and a green one--at least that's all the other colors I've seen them in. If I find out they come in more colors I'll have to have those too of course!

And all on the same day at the same thrift store I found these four little gems. Somebody else must have had a box fettish too and foolishly parted with them. Lucky for me! See the little blue box in the background--that's the kind of box that has no rhyme or reason to collect, other than, well I thought it was pretty and I can store something in it--like fairy dust, wishes or dreams or something of the sort. The clear glass box I think I will find a collection that needs a home to put into it.

And this little dresser box tickled me pink to find. I've been searching for this type of dresser box and finally found one! Of course I'll need more, because well that's just the way it is! Don't ask questions, just accept it.

Now this one I wasn't so sure about, but I do love it and I'm glad I brought it home. It's actually a German candy tin and it's stamped West Germany on the bottom, so it has some neat history to it too.

Last, but not least is another sewing basket. Sort of a fan shape and the outside is all natural colored too and I envision it all gussied up with some ribbon and flowers at some point. It'll probably store some sewing treasures, now that it's retired from being a working basket.

So there now you know yet another one of my many weaknesses--boxes and sewing baskets.

Don't forget to visit the rest of Show & Tell Fridays over My Romantic Home.

Victorian Women & Children

Awhile back my friend Trudy gave me a book called "The Language of Flowers" and it is filled with the most beautiful Victorian images of women and children and yes flowers. I thought you might enjoy a few too, so these are for you to use as you please. Make sure to click on them to see and save them larger. Enjoy!

Folk Art Painting Now On Etsy

This is Lucinda and she's just beautiful! She's a big folk art painting (not by me) that I have just listed in my Etsy Shoppe if you'd like to take a peek.

SOLD!
THANK YOU!

Online Yard Sale

I'm having an Online Yard Sale! I have many, many things that I will be listing, so check back as the week goes by. Right now I have some Easter decor and ornaments listed. If you'd like to take a browse around just click on the big Yard Sale sign above. Thanks!

UPDATE: Just added Primitive Dolls and some Misc. like a vintage prim bonnet, some snowmen etc.

Have lots more to add.....

OWOH Giveaway Winners

Thank you to all who came and participated in my OWOH giveaway. It was a great success and I will be trying to visit everyone's blog sometime soon. Thank you!

And now for the winners......

The heart and hand wool applique goes to.... Joyce Gleason of Scrap for Joy

The Primitive Peacock cupboard tuck goes to.... Thespa McLaughlin of Vintiquities Workshop

The Dotee Doll goes to.... Marie Segal of Art From My Heart

I will be contacting you all here shortly. Congratulations and Thank You!

Vintage Valentine Party!

Welcome to the Vintage Valentines Party hosted by Anything Goes Here. I have a few vintage valentine's to share with you, so I hope you will enjoy your stay. Let's get started.......

Just a few pieces of my Vintage Valentine Collection. The big heart candy box in the center was my grandmother Juanita's. It's from the 1970's. The other little pieces and hearts are from my treasure hunts through the years.

Now I'd like to share a few Vintage Valentine Cards & Images with you that you are welcome to save and use as you'd like........(click on them to view them larger)....

Ok, we're not done yet. I have a few other things I'd like to share with you in case this is your first visit here. These are some earlier Valentine posts for the month on my blog that you might enjoy as well......

To see my Vintage Valentine Card Collection for even more cards that you are welcome to save to your computer please click HERE ♥

For a beautiful Vintage Valentine Collage that you can also save and use please click HERE ♥

To see my Valentine's tree decorated with handmade Valentine's made by my friends please click HERE ♥

Thank you for stopping by my blog and I hope you have enjoyed your stay here with me this day.

Wishing you a wonderful Valentine's Day filled with lots of Love, Laughter and Chocolate! ♥

To enjoy the other party participants please click on the badge below.......

Handmade Valentine Swap Cards

Here they are! The Valentine cards from my one on one Valentine Card swap and each card is just beautiful and handmade, which is even better! I am just tickled pink with each of these gorgeous creations. The pictures just don't do them justice. I have a new camera and I'm still trying to get it figured out. So let's see the pretty Valentine's......(make sure to click on the pictures so you can see them up close)....

This first one is created by M Babs of Tales From an OC Cottage and along with it came these beautiful pink roses, fun little tags and a most sparkly and prettiest star fish I've ever seen! Her sparkly starfish really are a treat!..........

And the inside of the card is just beautiful too!...........

Thank You M!

Two beautiful cards--a Valentine and birthday card both created by Kathy Link of Cottage Garden Quilter. The Valentine card paper is hand painted and oh so pretty!.....

Thank You Kathy!

Sweet, simple and classic by Samantha Pearson of Three Men and a Lady. Very pretty and I can hang it, which I think is cool.

Thank You Samantha!

Layers of loveliness in this beauty was created by Linda Freeman of Lambsworld and arrived with all kinds of fun little tuck ins. There were some I Love You cards that I used to tuck into the husbands shirt pockets while he was away on a business trip this week. ;)

Thank You Linda!

A beautiful card, music panel and wonderful wooly Valentine pocket envelope created by Margaret Bouwmeester of The French Bear. Lots of fun details and I love the little sewing machine charm.

...and the inside of Margaret's beautiful card......

Thank You Margaret!

And last but not least is this beautiful card from my creative sister Rhonda of Really Just Rhonda. The little envelope opens up with 4 little king of heart cards inside and then inside the card.......

...is even more fun! And the mailing envelope was even way cute!

Thank You Rhonda!


I just LOVE all of these gorgeous and creative cards! Thank you so much to each of you! This has been so fun and you've really made my birthday and Valentine's even more special! Thank you!

And I just realized that I sent out my cards and forgot to take any pictures! I'm very good at doing things like that!

Oodles of Vintage Valentines!

Oodles and oodles of vintage Valentines! This is a pile of my vintage Valentine collection and theres even a few new repros in there too. As you can see I sorta like vintage Valentines--any Valentines really.

And so I thought I'd share a few. It's my Valentine's gift to you. Click on the pictures and they will pop up much larger. Make sure to right click and save to your computer. They've been scanned in at 300dpi and should print out quite nicely. If you'll size them down they'll print out nice and vivid.


These darling little hearts which are only 3 inches tall are from the late 1920's, so that makes them 80+ years old.

There are a bunch here, so please enjoy!

Coming February 14th at Anything Goes Here there's going to be a Vintage Valentine Party, so if you have vintage Valentine's to share I hope you'll join in and if not then I hope you'll come and have fun seeing all the pretty Valentine's that are sure to be posted. Don't forget!