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Across the Fence:  MERCANTILE GATHERINGS MAGAZINE - summer issue  |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
 Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 11:07:30 AM
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GURLZ .. I HAVE BEEN SO RE-MISS IN WRITING MUCH LATELY .. HA! EXCEPT FOR SENDING PHOTOS OF THOSE GRANDES OF OURS!
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL GET A LITTLE PEEK AT THE SUMMER ISSUE OF THE WONDERFUL 'MERCANTILE GATHERINGS' MAGAZINE.
AS ALWAYS . .IT IS FILLED FROM COVER TO COVER WITH FABULOUS PRIMITIVE PLACES AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE THIS NOSTALGIC LIFE-STYLE.
JUDITH WIGGINTON HAS WRITEN A DELIGHTFUL ARTICLE ABOUT 'SUMMERTIME FUN IN THE COUNTRY' .. I ALWAYS READ HER ARTICLE FIRST .. SHE CAN SPIN A COUNTRY YARN THAT HAS YOU FEELING LIKE YOU ARE THERE!
MY GAL-PAL, KATHY ANTHONEY (SUGARBUCKET) WHO RECENTLY JOINED THE WRITING STAFF .. HAS WRITTEN A WONDERFUL ARTICLE ABOUT "GREAT OLD PIE SAFES" ..
I LOVE PIE SAFES AND THEIR STORIES .. AND HAVE SEVERAL IN OUR CABINS.
KATHY IS SO KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT PRIMITIVE FURNITURE AND YOU WILL BE
GETTING A GLIMPSE OF HER INCREDIBLE OLDE LOG CABIN FILLED WITH PRIMITIVES
"FOR SALE" IN THE AUTUMN ISSUE!!!! COME VISIT HER AND TAKE HOME SOME TREASURES!
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I DISCOVERED A 'FARMGIRL' FRIEND ON MARYJANE'S FARMGIRL 'CONNECTION' .. AND WAS ENTRANCED WITH HER AND HER HUSBAND AND WHAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ON THEIR HUNDRED-ACRE FARM DOWN IN GEORGA. PAM AND BILLY BOWERS ARE AN AMAZING COUPLE WHO HAVE A LOVE FOR THE LAND .. AND I KNOW YOU WILL ENJOY GETTING TO KNOW THEM .. AND MIGHT JUST GET AN INCENTIVE TO BUILD YOUR OWN 'WATER-WHEEL'!
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SOME OF THE OTHER ARTICLES IN THE SUMMER ISSUE ARE: SWEET LIBERTY HOMESTEAD .. EARLY HOMESTEAD ORIGINALS .. THE OLDE HOMESTEAD .. A PATTERN FOR A WONDERFUL PATRIOTIC PAIR OF RAG DOLLS AND: SAM AND LIBBY! .. AND A PRIMITIVE CAT PIN CUSHION YOU WILL WANT FOR YOUR SEWIE ROOM! IF YOU LOVE WORKIN' WITH WOOD .. A DARLING ''FLOWER STAKE' PATTERN IS INCLUDED TOO. OH .. AND THERE IS ALSO A SWEET 'PRAIRIE BUST ORNAMENT' YOU WILL WANT TO MAKE A DOZEN OR MORE OF! AND .. HA! YOU THUNK I WUZ FINISHED DIDN'T YOU!!! A "TIDY GARDEN" PATTERN IS INCLUDED .. WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PAINT IT .. YOU COULD, OF COURSE, USE THIS FOR A STITCHERY OR APPLIQUE PATTERN TOO! (IT'S MY FAV SUMMERTIME FLOWER: SUNFLOWERS!)
AS ALWAYS, OUR OWN DARLING TWIGS HAS GIVEN US A PATTERN FOR HER 'MERCANTILE GATHERINGS 'COVER' TOO!!!
WOWZER! WHAT MORE COULD A PRIMITIVE-LOVIN' GURL WANT THAN A MAGAZINE FILLED WITH IDEAS, INSPIRATION, HOMES, SHOPPES, AND PATTERNS TOO! AND .. THE BEST 'PRIMITIVE RESOURCE GUIDE' IN THE COUNTRY!!!
IF YOU DON'T ALREADY SUBSCRIBE .. BE SURE TO CONTACT:
STEPHANIE RILEY AT: CSPRILEY@HOTMAIL.COM (BE SURE TO TELL HER "FRANNIE SENT ME"!
IF YOU DO SUBSCRIBE IN THE MONTH OF JULY, 2008 .. LET ME KNOW .. AND I'LL PUT YOUR NAME IN A BASKET TO GET A FREE 'BACK COPY' ISSUE OF MERCANTILE GATHERINGS MAGAZINE!!!
True Friends * Frannie
adopt a 'rag-chile'
http://sistermercysfoundlinhome.blogspot.com
treasures .. new and olde .. http://mudpiemanormercantile.blogspot.com
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
9094 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 11:13:18 AM
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THATS LOOKS LIKE SUCH A NICE MAGAZINE, I really should get it.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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downbranchroad
True Blue Farmgirl
374 Posts
Joy
Southern
KY
USA
374 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2008 : 7:52:36 PM
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I am sending Stephanie an email for info about subscribing. Pretty sure I am going to give it a try. :)
I will tell her Frannie sent me!
Appalachian Girl
Jem
*If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got.
My new blog!
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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Marcy
True Blue Farmgirl
2701 Posts
Marcy
Tiverton
Rhode Island
USA
2701 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2008 : 04:26:45 AM
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Frannie,
What a great magazine. Gonna have to get it! Thanks for telling us about it.
Farmgirl #170
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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