~Growth~

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~The Home of Henry & Jane Bartlet~
#02 In The CaTcHpEnNy Village Collection
love..love..love this one....Available on Early Work Mercantile

~SOLD, Thank you~
~Taking a very limited number of orders ~

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Good evening. This week has been absolutely crazy....wonderful...fantastic.. surprising, amazing..........exhausting..... but nonetheless.......CRAZY! There have been many fantastic things happening here at Vermont Harvest Folk Art..things I thought I would only ever dream of! I'm on cloud nine and won't be coming down for a while! All these wonderful things that have been happening have really made me think of how things have changed for me just in the last two years..how much my work has changed and how I've grown as an artist. My interests have changed and my work has changed along with it. These thoughts were confirmed for me last week when...while looking for an old photo, I came across this picture;

Meet Aggy...A Colonial Era doll I made in July of 2007

& now please meet my newest Aggy who is currently available on Early Work Mercantile
Now..not to take away from my first Aggy..I loved her dearly as I do all my dear ladye's and she was purchased by the sweetest woman who has since bought several of my dolls...BUT.. I think the difference is quite significant...don't you?

I'm proud of the artist I have become..... i've grown....I set a goal when I started....and I'm getting there and for that I'm very thankful!

Have a wonderful evening everyone and do be sure and stop by Simply Primitives & Early Work Mercantile :)Doreen

~Some Exciting News~

~Miss Aggy~
~this picture was taken before she was finished....as you can see..her hands are missing..........she's now finished and awaiting her photo session :)~
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Good morning. I'm So excited, I just had to share the news. My dear ladye's have been invited to participate in a gallery showing of local artists during "Old Home Days" in Rupert Vermont! Let me tell you, they are most excited..and just a wee bit nervous. The showing is on August 8th from 10am to 2pm! I shall be away on vacation during the showing..by my dear mother in law has offered to take them down and set them up for me..as well as pick them back up later in the afternoon. :). Thank you Mimi!!!! I am pretty nervous about sending my dear ladye's off to such a grande adventure without my being there.......but I am leaving them in good hands and I'm sure they will do just fine :).

I'm off now to put the finishing touches on the newest CatchPenny Home and start another order..I've so much to do these next few days..it's just crazy!!!

Have a wonderful day everyone! :)Doreen

~Summer Work & Thank you dear Flora~

Good afternoon. This is exactly how I dress when I'm outside doing my Summer Work; gardening, laundry, canning and such......I had mark snap this while I was hard at work.

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Meet Jane..she is one of the residents of the new CaTcHpEnNy HoMe I am working on....it's coming along very nicely and will be offered on Early Work Mercantile on August 1st..gosh..I can not believe it's almost August 1st already! I'm scrambling to get my orders finished and get my new offerings completed for Simply Primitives and Early Work Mercantile as we have a party this weekend..on Friday and Saturday nights (same party both night :)Woohoo) and then on August 3rd we leave for vacation :)..I can not wait to go on vacation!

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Okay.......I want to say A HUGE thank you to Flora of Bone Head Studios for the amazing creation she sent me.....I was SO lucky to have Flora as a swap partner in our PWGL Ornie swap...just look at the wonderful Mr. Coolie she sent me;
~Look at that face!!!~
Flora is an AMAZING artist..I have always LOVED her work...she is so talented and such a sweet and wonderful person! Thank you Flora!!!! I love him..he's hanging right above my desk!!!!
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Now..here is a shot of my summer work area.......that is.... when it's not raining...seated at the table on the deck!!!


(Enjoying my Sunday afternoon~ working on an order for one of my framed pieces while Mark trimmed the lawn)


It's so relaxing to sit out here and work.... And the view's not bad either!

Have a great day everyone!

Doreen

OH...I almost forgot...I'm going to be having a little contest and giveaway when I return from vacation...so do be sure & check back soon!

~Simply Primitives & Early Work Mercantile Updates~

~A Walk At Midnight~

Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven~

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Good evening...gosh it's after 9pm...I'm usually tucked cozily into my favorite chair by now reading or watching television with my husband....he's out there all by himself tonight while I'm in here still working....well, as Mark would say...."Oh well, you'll have that"......he says that all the time....always has..it's actually a really great way to look at things if you think about it. :) He's so laid back..I love it! Anyway, I got behind with my uploads and blog post because of my newsletter. I was determined to get my newsletter sent out BEFORE everything else this time around..usually I end up doing it after everything .....well... I told myself..no more..it's getting sent first..and that's what I DID... I sent it out around 6pm AND within an hour I had sold three of my new offerings!!!!Yeah :)!!!I was so pleased. SO, I got busy sending invoices and such, and that is the reason I'm just now getting to this blog post but oh.......those sales make it all worth it!

Okay...now I'm going to TRY & make the rest of this post fairly short as I'm SO tired. One of the items that sold is the framed print above, "A Walk At Midnight" I just LOVE it. The picture does not do it justice. I'm really loving using these CatchPenny Prints, I sit and browse for hours over the pages in this book......trying to decide which one best fits the idea that has popped into my head. Definitely one of my wiser purchases....although I do seem to be going through an enormous amount of ink in my printer these days but ....."Oh well, you'll have that! :)

This next one I also love...it also has sold. It's called "The Truth"
I have always been drawn to the history of The Salem Witch trials. I have enjoyed reading historic accounts of the day & books that reflect that time period and situation since I was a young girl. I guess I am just taken with the unfathomable insanity of it all. It was a horribly tragic and unnecessary time when madness & suspicions ruled, common sense was washed away by the rains and the truth was tucked neatly away & tightly corked.

~Maid Of The Mill Beeswax Cone~
~Sold~
These last two items are still available and were actually last minute things I made today.... frantically wracking my brain trying to think of what to list...AS..... I was not able to finish my dear doll as quickly as I had hoped... her paper dress did not come out the color I had wanted so I put her on hold..she'll be done in a day or two and perhaps I'll list her on ebay. Anyway...these last two are listed on Early Work Mercantile.

~Maid Of The Mill Paper Packet~
(I LOVE this paper packet, I'm definitely going to be making more of these)



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~Maid Of The Mill Candle Set~WELL, SO much for keeping this blog post short! "Oh Well, You'll Have That!" I'm off to give Early Work Mercantile one last look and then I'm off to bed. Have a wonderful evening :)

Doreen

~CatchPenny Village Collection & Sneak Peeks~

Good morning. It is another amazing morning here....sunny, breezy and warm.. PERFECT! I will be heading out in just a bit to our annual town wide yard sales......:)oh how I love a good yard sale...you just never know the treasure you may find!!!

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I had an order request for Mother Midnight's Dwelling".....AND.....I realized that I did not say in my description that YES....., I will be taking a limited number of orders for the homes in the "CatchPenny Village Collection"...I just hate it when I forget to add important information like that..argh..drives me nuts!
These dwellings are so much fun to make..I'm working on another one that I will be offering on the 1st of the month...I would like to have this one open up...with a scene inside......we shall see if that works out for me :)...you just never know!!!

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And..here are a couple of sneak peeks of what I'm working on right now...for the 15th of the month offerings;
This piece I actually finished yesterday and I just LOVE it.


And here is a new doll.....she's not revealed herself to me just yet...so I'm not exactly sure who she's going to be.....I'm going to work on her a little later...so I'm hoping she let's me know!

Alright..must run now and get to those yard sales before all the good stuff is snatched up. Have a fantastic day everyone :)

Doreen

~Just a little something fun~

~Be sure to scroll down a little so the music will come on :)~

~Realizations~

"Let the world, that heap of vermin as ridiculous as they are feeble-minded believe the most absurd tales about the mighty. You must know that for those destined to dominate others, the ordinary rules of life are turned upside down and duty acquires an entirely new meaning. Good and evil are carried off to a higher, different plane.....Remember this...walk straight ahead! (quoted from; Mirror~Mirror" by Gregory Maquire)

Yesterday afternoon I decided to take a book outside and relax for a bit before we headed off to Mom & Dad's for Sunday Dinner....I got my chair all situated under one of the huge old maples...my tall glass of tea by my side and opened "Mirror~Mirror" by Gregory Maquire and the words above were the first I read......OH MY....how they spoke to me.......they made me realize......Life is life...and people are people and all you can do is be yourself.....and make sure it is your best self!!! Part of being myself....includes this blog...it is a part of me..not just as an artist ...but as a person too....I enjoy sharing our life here in Vermont and my work with all of you...... and I'm not going to let that be taken away from me....

So......here I am...back to being myself...albeit..a bit more careful...but myself nonetheless!

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......Good Monday morning to you :)...I wanted to share one of my birthday presents with you...My poor old camera..which I've had for years and LOVE...(I'm not one for buying new unless you have to...I'm especially like this with electronics & cars ...I like to "KNOW" my things........and the only way to do that....is too keep it around long enough to develop a relationship with it)........but.......alas..my poor old camera has been having fits lately...not workng more often than working.......and taking odd pictures....She was telling me..... she needs to rest....poor gal!!! So..for my birthday...we went and purchased a new one...it's fantastic....I wanted a camera with a really good zoom ...and this one has it....i'm still fiddling around with it...learning the ins and outs.. I took the top photo....of the hydrangeas.... with the new camera....I love how it's focused on just one spot...but I actually don't know how I did that.....so...there is still a lot I need to learn about this new camera....we are definitely still in the getting to know you stage.... :).

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Alrighty.....I must get busy with my day...I told myself that if I opened up this blog again..I was going to get just as much work done as I did when it was closed...So...I'm headed outside on this beautiful Vermont morning to do a bit of work in my vegetable garden and then go for a bike ride..then I need to get to the post office and mail a couple packages and then it's back home and into the studio I go!

Have a fantastic day everyone
:)D