BUSY AS BEES....

The last few days have been so busy...but in a fun way!  On Wednesday, the 6th of August, we decided to take a little road trip to Lancaster Ohio...I needed to do a little picking for the upcoming Holly show in September...and we had so much fun!  But...I did more than pick for the show..we stopped at  Buggy Seat antique shop in Canal Winchester OH....what a gorgeous shop!!!  So many early, early primitives!  Freda and Ed are just about the nicest people you would ever want to meet...and they have a shop full of furniture!  So.....I just had to buy something...didn't I?    My husband spotted this hanging cupboard and I fell in love with it....after all...I needed something to hang over my dry sink...

So needless to say....it followed came home with us!  I can't wait to go back!  I saw so many wonderful things!

So....moving that into the living room, meant I had to change some other things around...this big boy went into our kitchen, but will be moving into my sewing room to hold wool:

These are some of my finds that will be going to Holly in September...We must have shopped at 7 or 8 antique shops...some had really good buys, and some had really nice things to either buy for yourself or drool over....

On Thursday, I met my good buddy Melissa in Archbold OH for the annual Rug Hooking Week event at Sauder Village.  It was another amazing year with so many artists being featured.  

This artist is Sarah Bechler that is from my area.  Sarah was the gal who first sparked my interest in rug hooking and applique.  She is amazing!

This display was from another rug hooker, & I thought I had taken a picture of her name & where she was from, but sadly, I did not...but her pieces were amazing as well....as you can see, she won the highest honor at Sauder.

This was an antique rug, that I fell in love with....actually...I fell in love with ALL the antique rugs...

I love this one..I can just imagine a young wife sprucing up her early home with a welcoming rug such as this:

Take a gander at this garment...all made from wool with the most beautiful purse to match!

My one big splurge....I love Rebekah Smith's folk art...she is such a wonderful artist! She was teaching and vending at Sauder this year...in addition to selling her patterns and all kinds of stitching accessories...she had a few finished items and this was one of them....I loved it the minute I saw it!!

Well....after all my goings and comings...this week will probably seem a little dull....but I am busy getting things in order for the Early Homestead Show on Sept 7 in Holly.  I have stitched 9 samplers...all freehand and my own designs...it was fun but I'm ready to get back to stitching some of my usual things...I did manage to stitch this sampler for our little grand daughter who turned one yesterday:

That's is for now....have a great week...only a few more weeks till summer ends... I'm certainly looking forward to fall!!