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Posted - Jun 26 2007 : 1:40:49 PM
i can send you the pics that go with this "e-mail" if you e-mail me .. but hope you will hop in and join the fun!
BE SURE TO READ ALL THE WAY THROUGH FOR THE 'PRIZE' PART!!!
HAVE YOU GURLZ SEEN THE SPRING/SUMMER 2007
ISSUE OF MERCANTILE GATHERINGS MAGAZINE YET?
IT IS FULL OF WONDERFUL THINGS FOR ALL OF US WHO LOVE
FOLK ART/PRIMITIVE
AND TO PEEK INSIDE THE SHOPPES AND HOMES OF 'SISTERS'
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY!!
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO BETTER RESOURCE THAN THIS
MAGAZINE TO FIND DELIGHTFUL TREASURES FOR YOUR COLLECTIONS
AND FOR YOUR OWN HOME!
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THERE ARE WONDERFUL NOSTALGIC MEMORIES BY
JUDY WIGGINTON IN EACH ISSUE .. YOU WILL BE CARRIED BACK IN
TIME TO YOUR CHILDHOOD (OR THAT OF YOUR MOM'S) AS YOU
TRAVEL ALONG WITH JUDY ON THESE TRIPS!
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AND OH MY YESSSS .. EACH ISSUE HAS ME 'RAMBLING' ON
ABOUT SOME SUBJECT THAT IS DEAR TO OUR PRIMITIVE HEARTS!
(CABIN CREEK FARM)
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PINE GROVE PRIMITIVES
.. remembrances of Amy Eshelman and how she came to love things of olde!
We are treated to vignettes of her collections in her wonderful 1898 log home!
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CROWS IN THE CREEK
Vicki Sadler tells us how her life as a primitive antiques dealer started and grew.
It all began by jus' hunting through the barns on her newly acQuired 80-acre farm in the country.
Vicki got quite an eduction when realizing what olde things that she had been giving away were worth!
You'll love how she came across the name of her shoppe: Cows in the Creek.
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As always, Mercantile Gatherings overflows with 'eye-candy' .. ideas .. inspiration
in each article! I especially love hearing about the 'lives' of women (oh yes, and sometimes men) who are just like us!
Maxine and Candy Morrison .. two sisters who have always been close in time, space and heart share with us their life of growing up in a small town in central Ohio.
Sweet childhood memories have carried them into a happy adulthood too!
they share their homes (and their honey's) with you .. AND ..
they tell us all about their SIMPLE GOODS SHOW .. with lots of information and photos!
The show is held annually and will be in November of this year .. be watching for more information telling all about it .. or you can go to their website for more info:
www.simplegoods.net
(i plan on being there along with the rest of the Mercantile Gatherings gang!!!)
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Kim Argenzio has written a wonderfully informative article on
Early Dough Bowls!
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HUMBLE CROW
i 'swanee' .. i do believe i read this article a 'hunnerd' times or more!
Tammy Speicher has an awesome way with making dolls and critters that will steal your heart! She tells how her 'spirit to design' was inspired .. (these are among the many 'gems' you, as a creator or collector will love!!)
jus' had to share a coupla' tammy's dear 'critters'
now don't these little ones jus' grab your heart outta' your chest
and shake it all about!!!
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now all above wuz' jus' 'icing on the cake'
the patterns alone offered in the magazine
are well worth the price!!!!!
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we hear a fun story from folk artist, nettie la croix in this spring/summer issue!
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'nuther pattern .. you can paint or stitch this one!
TWIGS offers a pattern each issue .. often being an adaptation of
the 'cover' of the magazine!
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you will spend many delightful hours runnin' all around the web hitting
these wonderful sites!!!!!!! and they are all RIGHT HERE!!!!
and .. one wonderful site always leads to another!!!
ARTICLES ARE WRITTEN BY AND ABOUT FRIENDS
WE HAVE MET EITHER IN PERSON, VIA CYBERSPACE
OR HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO US .. AND IF 'YOU' HAVE
A PRIMITIVE PLACE TO SHARE WITH US .. BE SURE TO CONTACT
MERCANTLE GATHERINGS MAGAZINE.
(I'LL GIVE CONTACT INFO BELOW)
o.k. now here's the PRIZE part i promised!
IF, from reading this e-mail .. you are inspired to subscribe to Mercantile Gatherings Magazine ...
let them know that FRANNIE sent you ... and then e-mail me and let me know that you subscribed
(from June 26 through July 26)
and i'll put your name in a basket to receive
NINETEEN 'dolly dollars' .. to be spent from my e-mail listings
of 'TREASURES' that i post from time to time for 'adoption'.
A one-year subscription costs $19. .. sooo .. in essence, one of you who subscribe
will be getting your magazine subscription money back in 'treasures' from Cabin Creek Farm!
NOW .. here's that subscription info:
contact: Stephanie Riley at: 419-933-6638
or e-mail her at: cspriley@hotmail.com
I PROMISE YOU WILL READ THIS INCREDIBLE MAGAZINE
FROM COVER TO COVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN!
(KEEP THEM .. CUZ' I JUS' KNOW THEY WILL BECOME HIGHLY
COLLECTIBLE SOMEDAY!!!!!)
XO, FRANNIE
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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