Rusty Creek Primitives Blog

Updates

2009-04-18T09:08:00.001-05:00

Be sure to visit my new blog under my new name The Vintage Polka Dot at www.thevintagepolkadot.blogspot.com !!

Blog Giveaway on my New Blog!

2009-04-06T23:40:00.003-05:00

Take a little tour over to my new blog for my new name The Vintage Polka Dot and register to win this set of two wall pockets! All you have to do is leave me a comment on the post in my new blog!

The Vintage Polka Dot

2009-03-25T19:32:00.005-05:00

Well it's official. I received my tax forms in the mail and I have officially changed my business name to The Vintage Polka Dot !! Thanks to my good friend Cindy of Pywackit Primitives :) She's good with words and in one of our late night phone calls we were tossing words around. As soon as this came out of her mouth I knew this was it. Thank you Cindy!

I'm working on my new blog so be patient with me :) www.thevintagepolkadot.blogspot.com

You can stay tuned on my new blog updates by "following" my new blog. I plan to have a grand opening soon ;)

Prims by Pam

2009-03-18T21:24:00.004-05:00

The winner of the Banner in my Blog Giveaway is Prims by Pam!

Congratulations Pam! Your banner is on it's way!

Thanks to Everyone for putting our WSOAPP banner on your blog. I truly appreciate it :)

Newest Creations :)

2009-03-13T12:29:00.003-05:00

WSOAPP Spring Fling Auction going on NOW!

2009-03-10T13:49:00.003-05:00

Auction began March 10th!

Ebay ID: wsoappgroup
View our Auction!

Primitive Folk Art Dolls, Rabbits, Bunnies, Makedos, Painting, Easter and Lots more!

Rusty Creek Primitives Spring Giveaway!

2009-03-09T11:30:00.000-05:00

Register to Win this Banner I designed for Spring! FREE!

All you have to do is add our WSOAPP Spring Fling Auction banner to your site or blog.
(Right Click on the image below and click "save as" then upload it to your blog/site.)

Next....Click Here to Register to Win and provide me the link of your site where you put our WSOAPP Spring Fling Auction Banner!

It's that easy! Registration ends March 18, 2009.
Giveaway is for one banner for one lucky winner!
The winner will receive a copy of the banner via email.
The banner will have the winner's name and short phrase on it. One entry per Site.

Thank you and Good Luck! Please contact me if you have any questions :)

Raven Faes Creations

2009-03-06T17:29:00.004-06:00

Click on Image to enlarge

I won this delightful trio from Brialee of Raven Fae's Creations Blog giveaway! I LOVE them! So cute and so well made! You have to check out her blog. There you will find lots of cool stuff and where she sells her super cool items!
Click Here to visit her Blog!

Thank you Brialee!

Vintage style tinsel and garlands

2009-02-24T09:59:00.003-06:00

Renee of BirchBerry Farms has a new store and it is chocked full of Bethany Lowe Tinsel and paper garlands. She also has fragrance oils, wool felt, wool doll hair and lots more coming! I can't wait! I have bought from her and she's quick to ship.

Oh and if you've never seen Bethany Lowe tinsel in person....oh my...it's beautiful. I have both the spool tinsel and sleeve tinsel. One is thicker than the other but love both for different applications on my dolls. I also ordered the paper garland....BEAUTIFUL! I bought the ivory. I used it on my bunny in pink I did a couple of weeks ago.

Click Here to visit BirchBerry Farms

Photo Collage I made on Picnik

2009-02-20T10:48:00.004-06:00

If you haven't tried Picnik's collage feature....you need to! This was too much fun! (Click on image to enlarge)
Visit Picnik's website

Primitive Folk Art Dolls and Such

2009-02-18T13:49:00.003-06:00

New items in my Wsoapp Shoppe :) Click here to visit my store.

Cre8or's Touch Giveaway

2009-02-08T13:21:00.003-06:00

Cre8or's Touch is giving away this adorable bunny rabbit! Click here for more details on how to win this cutie :)

and it's the perfect shade of blue :)

New items in my WSOAPP Shoppe

2009-02-07T16:25:00.007-06:00

(Click on Images to Enlarge)

I have new items in my WSOAPP shoppe. If you remember the bunny in pink is Cora Bunny who I believe I still have a photo below BEFORE her grunging. This is Miss Cora Bunny after being stained with walnut ink. All three pieces were stained with the walnut ink. The solution I used was stronger than I usually use but I was in the mood for super grunge this week :)

Oh and if you get a chance fill out my POLL over there----------------->in the side bar :)

I have to share!

2009-02-03T14:46:00.005-06:00

This BEAUTIFUL piece is by my dear friend Lynnie of Addie Hattie Prims.

Too sassy Lynnie!

Click Here to visit her Wsoapp shoppe.

You can also click on the image to enlarge it.

Chaos

2009-02-02T21:05:00.002-06:00

well.....to my surprise we decide to finish the outside walls of my laundry room/work space. Insulation does wonders! LoL It's so much warmer in there. When hubs gets another long weekend we'll do the ceilings and paint. Then another long weekend and the floor. WOOHOO! But for now...I am extremely happy with the walls, unpainted and all. We used wood beadboard paneling so it's not so bad and when we get the time to paint it will feel so nice and cottagy.

So.....that's where I've been. I finally got my work space back in order and hope to work tomorrow.
Oh and I'm pulling the pink bunny. The more I look at her the more I think she might be too bright so to the grunging station she goes :)

Oh and when I get my work space completely finished I'll post a picture ;)

Pie Cake Primitives GIVEAWAY!

2009-02-01T10:21:00.003-06:00

Pie Cake Primitives is having a giveaway in her WSOAPP shoppe! I love her work!

Click Here to go to her blog and see how you can enter to win!

Miss Cora Bunny

2009-01-28T22:22:00.004-06:00

Introducing Miss Cora Bunny! I just listed her in my WSOAPP Market Street Shoppe. The daisies are a vintage corsage. I love finding cool vintage pieces.

Click here to visit my shoppe.

I have been busy this week cleaning up my studio. It was a horrible mess. I got a good start on the doll I am doing from Patrick (Cre8tor's Touch) tutorial. So far so good! Will post it here when I'm finished :)

where o' where is my Comments tab....

2009-01-22T14:28:00.003-06:00

o' where o' where could it be?

I picked a new template. I found an element in the html that should have said "yes" so I did that. Now what?! ack. Please ignore my mess while I figure this thing out.

Keeper of the Snow Painting

2009-01-19T19:33:00.005-06:00

Well......I painted this to sell but after I finished it I couldn't part with it. It's rare I keep anything I create but the colors of this painting work so well with my new ROBINS EGG BLUE ;) that I had to hang it in my white bookshelves. It's perfect. It pulls the color over where I need it. Sigh..... I will leave it up year round. I may do another one to sell. We'll see.

Oh and what is cool I used the some of the 3M multipurpose transparency film with Liquidtex Matte Medium to do the lettering. Didn't turn out perfect but it looks aged so that, in my opinion, made it perfect :)

You can click on the image to enlarge.

Stow away Collapsible Porch Greeter Doll TUTORIAL

2009-01-17T17:55:00.005-06:00

Patrick of The Cre8or's Touch is offering a Tutorial on how to make a Stow away Collapsible Porch Greeter Doll. I'm signed up and hope to start making one this weekend. Excellent photographs and he explains each step. Very cool and I am learning new things! Very cool how this piece will collapse for easy storage.

Click here for more information if you are interested in his tutorial!

Oh I love Robins Egg Blue

2009-01-15T12:00:00.004-06:00

New items in my WSOAPP Shoppe. I had fun this week creating these. I so love the new robin's egg blue color.

I painted two accent walls in my living room and am getting the husband to make me a bench in the same color to pull the color across the room. LOVE that color. I'm pulling it together with a touch of Red Tomato and a beach Sand color, whites and creams. We also decided we needed to hang the flat screen on the wall so we did and I love it! I have all this room now. It's unbelievable. And another big surprise is how much better the picture and sound of the tv is up on the wall. I still have to paint the cord hiding stripes (I don't know what you call these) the same color as the wall so they blend into the background. Easy breezy. Just need to get my bottom up and do it :P

I hope everyone is staying warm! It's suppose to hit ZERO here tomorrow night and last for a couple of days. I'm in the south and we have cold temperatures but nothing like this. The air is so dry. I turned on my cool mist vaporizer to keep some moisture in the air. The sinuses really appreciated it :)

Confessions of an Etsy Stalker

2009-01-08T07:43:00.002-06:00

What an honor! Beatrice the curator of blog "Confessions of an Etsy Stalker" has my Crow in Moon featured in her post titled "The Moon and its Phases (Exhibit 4) .

It's a beautiful blog and makes for pleasurable reading. Take a peek when you get a chance :)

Breastfeeding....is not shameful

2009-01-03T18:44:00.007-06:00

ABC News ran a story about Facebook's ban of breastfeeding photos. Go here to view video.

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! Is all I could think when I first started listening. Facebook apparently had people complain because of the photos. People listen....a woman has mammary glands for the purpose of breastfeeding babies. That is there sole purpose. They were not put there for entertainment but society has deemed them as such. I don't hear people screaming OMG! There is a man showing his nipples! The Sin of it all! Then putting a ban on all bare-chested photos of men.

There are You Tube videos and forums wanting to ban breastfeeding because they find it offensive. Just what little I surfed the web on the subject there are places who have banned breastfeeding.

When in society did we lose our sense of God-given nurturing and turn something so natural into "offensive". Perhaps people need to get their heads out of the gutter and see the beauty of things rather than seeing everything as being sinful or wrong.

Time to grow up and realize that "boobies" were not created to please the eye but to nurture a life.

Breastfeeding mothers.....I applaud you!
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I have a feeling this New Year will be me expressing myself more about subjects I feel passionate about. Brace yourselves LoL

I will also be working on my dolls and keeping you posted on my business goings-ons'.

I welcome your comments. Please be sure to click on the titles and you will then see an area to leave comments. Again, for some reason I cannot get my comments to work on the main page. Ack! I've checked everything. I think I have an error in the HTML code but I can't seem to find it.

JD Wolfe Pottery

2008-12-18T10:09:00.003-06:00

I'm featured on an Etsy Treasury List by JDWolfePottery. THANK YOU for the Feature! I went to JDWolfePottery shop in Etsy and you all have to see the beautiful pottery she makes. I have added her to my favorites. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the place settings.

Click here to visit JDWolfePottery's Etsy Shoppe.
Click here to see my feature :)

Kimberly of The Winking Cat

2008-12-16T16:24:00.004-06:00

I received my WSOAPP Ornie Swap surprise yesterday from Kimberly of The Winking Cat. It's absolutely beautiful! He is soooo charming and excellent craftsmanship. Thank you Kimberly! I love him!!

Visit The Winking Cat's Shoppe