Found a Friend Again Today Millhouse Primitives

So excited I ran into an old wed friend on the facebook and discovered her blog and website and wanted to share it with you too.
Sue and Rob on Millhouse Primitives based in Maine
Check out there blog at http://millhouseprimitives.blogspot.com/
while you are there check out the awesome prim giveaway they have going on. The picture is shown above! WOW some lucky winner will win the fall basket.
Sue and Rob also have a sale going on at their website...
Friday September 25 to Monday Septemember 28~ EVERYTHING IN Their WEB SHOP IS 50% OFF~THATS RIGHT 50% OFF~~ http://www.millhouseprimitives.com/

Go by both places and check out the prim goodness!

OH while we are talking about sales.....ALL MY EPATTERNS are on Sale for $5.00 each on etsy so come by our ETSY shoppe http://www.sassysoapsnsuch.etsy.com

Celebrating and Giving away a Free Ornie Pattern

Marty just texted me that my biposys this week are both NOT SKIN CANCER! I am so excited as you can imagine. One of them was very Suspicious and with my sister having Skin cancer ... What a relief.

So to celebrate I would love to give anyone who wants it a free Owl and Pussy Cat Folks Art Ornie ePattern.


You can click HERE for the ePattern


If you have any problems just email me at my new email address
shweetpotatodollsnpatterns@gmail.com

Wanna chance to win a 10" Shweet Potato Doll?

Hey There is a giveaway of a cute 10" Shweet Annie Tree Doll at Show Me the Crafts Blog

COME by the blog and follow and you will be in the drawing for Annie! While you are there check out the awesome Deal DJ is running on the Country Craft Show Online right now. A booth for $2o.00! Can't beat that and there are freebies with it too that you can find all about at the Show Me the Crafts Blog.

Sweet Smell of Burning Rubbermaid in the mornings

What a strange week this has been. Sunday was a day that my family just wants to forget.... AND Cowboy Fans Do TOO.



Monday I woke up to the fact that I could no longer see out of my left eye. Okay grab the info on the new med Plaquenil and read side effects before I begin to panic. Take a deep breathe it IS one of hte possible side effects so that means I have to deal with it til my body adjusts. Sewing will be tricky but I'll make it happen you know me. Besides when one works in primitive style what is a missed stitch here or there.
Last night was massive lightening and rain storm that brought in wonderful fall coolness....reminds me of September back home in Tennessee.


This morning started off great too at 5:30am BANG then another BANG.... sounded like a cannon ball falling onto the ceiling. Seems the new neighbors upstairs have a unique alarm clock. Let me just say it was loud enough to wake a Deaf lady up and not just wake me up I SHOT UP out of bed. Of course so did my wonderful husband of 20 years.

Okay we get up and start the day can't go back to sleep at this point. He starts ironing his shirt and I make some coffee to try to get some of the foggy out of my head and of course take those meds that allow me to walk into the living room each day. Daddy goes off to work and Momma decides she wants to make breakfast for her little girl cub Kassy. So first she has to empty the dishwasher and since she can't bend down to put away the rubbermaid container she places it on the stove top. Momma has fibro fog and short term memory issues so she forgot she placed the BIG PLASTIC Bowl on one of the burners. She gets out the skillet and turns on the burner to get the pan nice and hot for Kassy's bacon...you see where this is going don't ya. Momma bear turns around to get the bacon and smells this weird smell....... the kitchen fills up with smoke.... OKAY where is it coming from? Window is closed so neighbors aren't smoking us out again from their grill.... hand over skillet why is it not getting hot... look to the back burner smoke coming from THERE! YES I turned on the wrong burner and melted the rubbermaid container to the burner and catcher. OMG the worst smell but of course Momma Bear has to get the container off of the burner and it was HOT! got it off....... Put the burner and catcher thing underneath it into the sink and turned on the water. Put chico into Momma's bedroom, opened all the windows and doors and then looked at what is left of the container.


Okay what is the moral to this story? Heck I don't know other than I need Poppa Bear to make BIG FRONT---REAR NOTES FOR THE STOVE and MAN burnt plastic sure does STINK!

So Momma Bear is taking her one good eye over to the recliner and finish her Candy Corn Doll and fingers crossed her Shweet Skully too. Just depends on what gets done before all the new shows come on tonight. One can only DVR so much. OH I need to watch "House" so bye for now!

PIF Wednesday (Pay It Forward)

Well yesterday was WEDNESDAY so it was Pay it Forward Day. For those of you who don't know Oprah started the PIF phase and my family took this one on to heart. Every Wednesday we each try to do something special to others without expecting to get anything back. It just comes from our heart. When I have money on my RED Starbucks card (which gives back itself when I use it) I will swing by one of my 2 local Starbucks for my special headache reducing drink. The folks there know me and know on Wednesdays I usually pay for the car behind me. Yesterday was no different as I pulled up to the window by favorite Mohawk Starbucks Dude asked PIF today? "Why Yes of Course" as I handed him my red starbucks card..."the Car behind you has order $17.00 worth of drinks is that okay". Yep go right ahead I just will cut back on my own drinks this week. Well today as I drove up Mohawk Dude let me know that my simple act of PIF went on for 16 cars yesterday! FIRST time he saw a difference and PIF working. He in turn started telling others as they drove up that it was a PIF Wednesday and he had 10 other folks Pay It Forward as they picked up their order.

Warms the heart to know that one simple act of kindness can spread like a rock hitting the surface of a lake.

So I know it is not Wednesday but we can make an exception... PIF Thursday.... What have you done today to PIF?
It can be something as easy as a free pdf pattern,picking up the tab at the drivein window when you grab lunch, send out Hello and have a great day text to everyone on your phone list.

This week we celebrated the 22nd birthday of my oldest chick Keelee. Several online artists and ebayers did some extra special kindess to make sure she had a wonderful birthday. Of course I ordered late but they worked hard to make sure she has gifts for her birthday.

If you like to read books on your computer check out this ebayer.
payless4more She wanted to make sure Keelee had something to open so she emailed us not only the ebooks we won on ebay but 3 more sets of books for her.


Now I have to tell you about a very special artisian on Etsy, themiscellany or Dianna Walsh. Keelee was crusing on Etsy and she fell in love with this themiscellany work. She showed me and of course I ordered her favorite piece for her birthday hopeing it would get here for our birthday cause the artist lives a few little towns away. Well it DID make it for her birthday along with both a sweet note to me and an inspiring note to Keelee. Along with the necklace we ordered, she sent Keelee a beautiful hand drawn 8x11 original work of her art. If you want to see the print created from this masterpiece click HERE
Dianna is a school teacher in one of our local school districts and she teaches ESL or English is a Second Lauguage students. She is an angle in her own rights and I truely feel God has blessed her with her amazing artistic talent. (I thought surely she was an art teacher). I will be back for more of your original artwork for my home. I sure would love a Our Lady of Guadalupe Painting or Original Drawing... Believe me we will be by often and you are on my short list for the holidays.


Thanks to you both and your big hearts My baby had a wonderful 22nd Birthday! YOU both PIF in your own way and you will be rewarded!

SHAME ON YOU Kanye West!!

Last night this Raggedy Annie Momma was busy finishing up the touches on 16 Mini Raggedy Annies, 12 of which were sent out to new homes today. I watch Big Brother 11 with Keelee and then my level headed one comes running into the living room, grabbed the remote and turned on the VMA (Video Music Awards) where it was dvr'd. Now Kassy likes all kinds of music I guess that comes from having a dad who is a DJ on the weekends. From POP to Rock...Country to Techno she listens and likes it all.

Taylor Swift is a year older than Kassy and Kassy likes and respects her work. We were all appalled to see Kanye West jump up on stage and say the things he did. NOT only was he disrespectful to Taylor Swift, he was disrespectful to all the viewers. I am hearing from Kassy, Keelee and their friends that they will no longer be listening to Mr. Kanye West or buying his CDs. This is not his first drunken rage but it SHOULD be his last one.
Hats off and kudos to Beyonce for the way she handled it all. I have always thought she was one classy gal and this just shows HOW classy she is. What should have been a special night for Taylor Swift and her fans turned into a nightmare we all want to forget.

I know alot of you know that I am deaf but that does not stop me or my big sis from "listening" to music in our own way. Videos and TV has made it possible for the deaf and hearing imparied community to take part in what the hearing folks just take for granted. You can bet that this Raggedy Momma will be turning stations when Mr West has a video on or he is on a show. Maybe if a whole mess of us do this he will understand that he can't act the way he did and just issue a blanket "I'm sorry". It's time that WE as consumers let these out of hand artists know that we won't stand for the disrespect they show others.

Taylor Swift and Beyonce BOTH of you deserve your own special awards!
Classy Gals in Music!

This Raggedy Momma will show off the newest addition on our Shweet Potato Dolls Blog http://www.shweetpotatodolls.com in a bit.

Raggedy Loves her BOYS and a good Chocolate Margaritas

Well Raggedy is out celebrating her Birthday at the Dallas Cowboy Game!
They won YA! But she is not done yet.



She decided to celebrate by having a Chocolate Margaritas.. Soap that is and voting in the SafeTEAM Challenge Poll. The way to vote is to comment on your favorite of the soaps based on our theme BON BONS N BOOZE. Now Raggedy hopes you like her favorite but you can vote your own choice.
Here is a little hint so you remember which one Raggedy Ann endorses.


The SafeTeam Blog http://etsysafeteam.blogspot.com/
Hope you get your vote in!