Check out the "Painting With Friends" site! Great SALE going on in July!
Tons of wonderful designs to choose from!
Time to get painting for Fall and, yes, Christmas!!
Have fun!
julie
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
1/02/2014
New Year's SALE at Oakleaf Hollow!
I can hardly believe that 2014 is here!
It was a wonderful 2013. I had so much FUN painting
and
painting up designs with Terrye French's
"Painting With Friends" group.
So-o-oo....
It's time for a SALE!
Head on over to my Etsy shop to receive 25% off
ALL my HANDpainted items!
Just use COUPON CODE: oak2014 at checkout.
The E-patterns are NOT included,
as they are part of Painting With Friends.
Thanks for all your support and friendship!
Will see you here in 2014!
Have a great week!
julie
11/20/2013
Thanksgiving is next week!
Oh my, oh my, how time doth fly!!
It's almost Thanksgiving!
What are your plans for next week?
Who's doing the cooking?
My sweet chef/hubby does pretty much
ALL the cooking.
Thank you, dear.
One of my very favorite sites,
has a yummy recipe for sweet potatoes.
Check out all the other goodness when you visit their site.
Now, my specialty is Cookie baking and Candy making!
Toll House Cookies, & Kraft Microwave Fudge
are a must at every get together my family has!
I like to keep it simple & follow the recipe
on the bag of Nestles Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips,
or just click on the link above
to go directly to their online recipe.
The only change that I make is that I use
Crisco Sticks instead of butter.
I think they taste better!
It also helps to preheat the cookie sheets.
The first batch turns out better that way.
Ok, on to the Fantasy Fudge!
It's super-easy if you make it in the Microwave!
Microwaves vary, so make sure
that you don't overcook it.
I stop the Microwave and give the mixture
a good stir about every 3 minutes,
no more than 11 minutes total.
Then I use the old-fashioned
cold water test to see if it's done.
Just drop about a teaspoonful of the mixture
in a cup of COLD water, if it makes
a soft ball, then it's done!
Then toss in the rest of the ingredients!
I can still see my Mom making "Karo" Fudge at her stove.
Back then, it was a lot hotter
standing over the stove and stirring forever!
Thanks for stopping by!
Here's a little Bing & Rosemary!
Remember to "Count Your Blessings"
on Thanksgiving and every day.
Have a great week!
julie
8/16/2013
Painting With Friends new Etsy shop!
Hello All! Happy Friday!
There's a new cool Etsy shop in town!
If you enjoy painting, or Primitive style painted creations, check it out!
Painting Patterns designed by Terrye French and painted by
.. who else .. but her friends!
.. who else .. but her friends!
There are tons of great e-patterns from Terrye French's Painting With Friends!
There will also be some hand crafted items.
Happy Fall!
Have fun painting!
julie
7/06/2013
Christmas In July!
Hello All!
Here's a reminder for all the painters out there!
Terrye French Designs
There are lots of wonderful new e-patterns for Christmas, Halloween, and some FUN extras!
This is PWF's 3rd Anniversary!
Go check it out!
Thanks
julie
11/25/2012
Giveaway for Christmas!
There's a great giveaway going on over at
the Old Cupboard Door!
You might be the proud owner of this sweet breadboard
hand painted by Willa Croft!
Just click on the photo to go to her site.
While you're there check out some of the
her other wonderful items!
They'd make terrific Christmas presents!
Thanks for stopping by!
julie
7/07/2012
Painting With Friends July Celebration!
Hello all!
It's too hot outside to do anything. So the plan here is, to *paint!* The perfect place to pick up a few great e-patterns to paint up is at Terrye French's *Painting With Friends* site!! It's our 2nd Anniversary Celebration! While you're there enter the giveaway, and grab a freebie or two.
There are lots of new Santas, Snowmen, Angels, and more!
This Folk Art Santa, beautifully painted by Deb Antonick, is one of my favorites. Click here to go directly to this pattern.
This is part of the Christmas Cat design
that I painted for PWF.
Everyone needs a mischievous kitty cat
to liven things up under the tree! ;)
See more of him...
Stay cool indoors, and get ready for Fall and Christmas!
It's never too early to start painting a nice gift for your relatives or friends.
Have fun and be careful if you go out in this heat!
~julie~
9/19/2011
Warm Winter Wishes from OFG!
We are tired of the hot weather!
Now that cooler temps are finally here, it's time to celebrate!
The folks at OFG_The Old Farmhouse Gathering Team on Etsy
are creating some of the "coolest" snowiest items for the upcoming season!!
Just click on the above banner to see it all!
This is my snowy item for the party!
It's a wood plaque that I painted in antique maroon.
The sweet Prim "Cranberry Winter" Angel design is
from Terrye French's "Painting With Friends" site.
Click the banner for hundreds of great e-patterns to choose from;
all designed by Terrye, and painted by, her friends!
Thanks for stopping by!
Have a wonderful week!
julie
6/29/2011
PAFA Christmas In July on Etsy
Starting Friday, July 1st, cool off with the Primitive and Folk Artists Team on Etsy! It's our Christmas In July Celebration! Just click on the banner below to see some super nice creations for Christmas!
Thanks for stopping by!
12/25/2009
A White Christmas!
Merry Christmas to all!We have our 1st White Christmas in over 25 years! The sun is shining, and it's in the 20s, so no melt off. I don't want it to melt anyway! :)
That does slow down our plans to go to the gathering at my dads's home. It's usually quite a large group! There are 6 of us kids and spouses, grandkids and their spouses, and great grandkids, too. We will all visit on Sunday instead.
I guess I will bundle up and take a few pics of the snow.
Maybe I'll post them later on.
I hope everyone has a wonderful day. Stay safe.
***julie***
12/27/2008
Vintage Ornies
I hope everyone had a nice Christmas.
We had our annual get together at my childhood home. I have 5 siblings, so with spouses, their kids and spouses, grandkids and some spouses, and great-grandkids....well, that's a buncha family!! We try to keep it to a dull roar so as not to disturb the neighbors! LoL!
The food is the best! Everybody brings their favorite items. My mom passed almost 8 years ago, so I've taken over making the family favorites that she used to make. I must fix her potato salad, can't vary in the recipe! Fudge is a big deal, too. She made the Karo syrup fudge, but I fix the Kraft Microwave kind. Just never could get the hang of the Karo recipe. My kids would end up eating it with a spoon! My brothers said that we used to use a spoon when Mom made fudge, too! LoL!
Here's some photos of the tree and ornies at my Dad's on Thursday. I remember these from when I was little.
This glass ornament is from around the 50's.
My Dad thinks that this Santa was on my Mom's Parent's tree ! That would make this Jolly Santa at least 70+ years old!
This tree is pretty old too! Growing up we had one of those Silver Aluminum Trees. I was allergic to the real stuff! LoL! The silver tree is still in the attic, almost mint condition, box and all! My dad still has the old Color Wheel that went under it! Remember those?
I found this link that tells about those "Space Age" trees!
This link has Vintage Ornaments up to the 1950's
Christmas Lights and Ornaments Museum
This teardrop shaped glass ornament is so pretty in person! It's very old, too!
I plan to go back and take more photos before the tree is down. My camera battery went out, before I could get any more.
Hope that y'all enjoyed the pics! Thanks for looking!
12/24/2008
Track Santa's Journey!
I found this great link on another blog, and just had to pass it along! Track Santa's trip around the world via Norad Satellite!
Click on the Santa Tag to go to the Norad site!
Merry Christmas to everyone!
12/15/2008
Holiday Lights
Gotta have a great big beautiful light display for the Pretty Little Christmas Blog Party! These are the lights displayed on the square in Fayetteville, AR They used all led lights this year to save on energy. It's a spectacular sight to behold! The full moon was the most georgeous of ALL!! Also note the Arkansas Razorback in the photo before last! Go Hogs! :)
The full moon was wonderful!
Vintage Santas
Happy "Pretty Little Christmas "Blog Party!
Here's a couple of my Christmas collectibles!
Here's a couple of my Christmas collectibles!
I will be adding more all day...when the grandbaby is asleep! :)
I love these ceramic pieces...the adorable Santa on the right is my favorite! The label on the bottom has "Parma by AAI" made in Japan.
If anyone has info on these, I'd love to know more!
This is a roly poly Santa. He jingles when he rolls around! :)
Hope you enjoy these!
Remember to look around at the other Christmas Blog Party participants!
Christmas Blog Party Starts Today!
Today's the day for the Christmas Blog Party!
Heather over at Pretty Petals is the hostess of this get-together!To have a peek at all the participating blogs or join in....just click on the logo.
I'm starting off the celebration here at Oakleaf Hollow by showing you a few photos. These are ornaments that I made 30 years ago when my oldest was a mere toddler! She will be 32 her next birthday!
The idea of course was to sew up some safe ornaments that wouldn't break! She was almost 2 and loved to check out the tree. These were sew n stuff ornaments. So easy to do! I still have some unsewn ones from way back then!
12/09/2008
Christmas CD Favors
Y'all gotta go check out the latest tutorial from Char at The Pickled Pepper Patch!
A great gift idea for family, friends, etc. I love to make photo and music cd's, so these cd covers will be perfect for Christmas! You can even download the Vintage Christmas images to use for the covers.
Have Fun!
11/16/2008
Christmas Desktop Wallpaper
This site has probably been around for a while, but I *just* discovered it. They have the NICEST desktop wallpapers for your pc! I like the fact that its a trusted source for downloads, msn, and american greetings! Check it out!
I am heading back to my painting desk. The Christmas music and movies will be on in my craft room all day !!
Enjoy!!
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