Sunburnt Cow Ezine is hot off the press!!!!!

My shoo fly tutorial was recently featured in the new Sunburnt Cow Ezine. And let me tell you, this new ezine is just wonderful. Though it is in the infancy stage it is full of interesting articles and how to's.  Plus, you too can be featured in the ezine if you have something to contribute.
Or, do you have a question about an item or how to make something?  Just write your query to iluvffmn at yahoo d0t com with the subject line of "Ezine article." And you can have your question answered in the next edition or even your article! How cool is that?!
But make sure you head on over to read the very first addition.  Just click on the link above and enjoy!

Hugs,

A little look see around my home....

Ok, first I must warn you. There may be some random mess and boxes in the below pictures. And there may be quite a few of pictures. But I really wanted to share with you all some inside pictures of my home. :) 

I hope soon to have it all in order.......fingers crossed. Tee..hee...

Left side corner of kitchen

Missed my lil' red cupboard

Right side of cupboard

Kitchen enterance

Top of cabinets

This hutch my mother bought from the woman we bought the home from. It was a gift for the house. I love it! I can actually now put out my pewter collection

Uno sunbathing.......spoiled furball.

Fireplace. It is in a funny corner in my living room and it is always dark. I need to figure out a way to lighten up the corner.

Family room

Messy family room. Still trying to find homes for everything.

Door to garage in family room.

Beautiful french doors that lead from the family room to the dining room. Love them!!

My dry sink in the dining room. I missed that too!

More mess and the peak through to the dining room

And there you have it. I hope you enjoyed a little peak inside the Lugo family home. I will try to post some more when I get rid of this mess. LOL...but stay tuned for my swapaway and my feature in a new ezine that I will share the link with all of you! Oh, and have a wonderful, safe, and joyous 4th of July!

Big hugs,

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Quick Question......

I have a living room that needs some furniture. I have a style of couches and chairs in mind but I don't know where to find them. The stores around here do not carry this type of furniture. So, I was thinking I may have to look in the Pennsylvania, Delaware, or Connecticut areas. Or heck, if anyone knows of a furniture store in New Jersey who sells this style let me know.
 If any bloggers from these areas knows of such stores could you tell lil ol' me where I should go?

Thanks Bunches!!!!

I am so Thankful!!!

I am a bad, bad blogger. I am sorry I have not posted as much as I should be. It seems that at my house boxes are like rabbits; they multiple like crazy!!! As soon as I finish one set of boxes, I find more!!!!! Ugh.....but oh well.
I did want to post about the most wonderful surprise I recieved in the mail. Tam from A Primitive Place Tammy sent me the most amazing goodies! I was spoiled rotten. She sent me some goodies out of the goodness of her heart. She wanted to give me some house warming gifts. And let me tell you.....they warm my house right up. I wanted to post this a little earlier but I didn't have a clean room to show you where they would be going. So, for some of the pictures I must warn you of the mess. Be careful though, it bites.....lol.

Love this little plate!!!

This little pillow fits in perfectly with my pewter collection!!

My doll finally has a comfy pillow for her aching back :)

Thank you so much Tam!!! I truely love everything. You are such a sweet person!!! Big Hugs to you my prim friend! :)


And I  also have been working on a swapaway prize for the swapaway. When I finish it up I will start the swapaway.  So, keep posted for that. I promise it will be tons of fun and everyone will go home with something. :) Also, I have to add that one of my tutorials is going to be featured in a new online magazine! When it is ready I will post you all the link so you can read this wonderful new online magazine.

Hope you all have a wonderful Thursday!

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Trying to settle in...

Well folks, it is official. I am moved in. It feels really weird to have my own place that I can do with whatever I please.  I have always been used to military housing where you can't do much. You can't paint, you can't take down walls. You can't choose the style of your house. You get what you get and deal with it. So, this home owner thing is really very new to me. As soon as we moved in we began to paint. I mean we had too. The choice of colors were not my own and we wanted to feel like it was "our" house. And plus, I didn't want to wait until the furniture came only to have to move things around.
 As I am putting things away and placing things on the newly painted walls I notice something; my decorating style. I never really noticed it before but it is a blend of modern and country with a splash of colonial. LOL. I really want to be more colonial/prim but the old man won't let me. He says I decorate like an old lady. Uggggh! Men. But I am hoping once this mess is cleaned up I can take some pictures of my progress. And hopefully I can find my sewing machine. It is MIA right now and it's driving me nuts. I want to get back to making some things I have swirling around in my head.  That reminds me. I am going to be having a giveaway of sorts to celebrate my new house and new beginning in life.  I was thinking more of a "swapaway". I just have no luck at winning at giveaways and I know how frustrating it can be. So, my idea was to have one special person win my hand made item for the giveaway plus there will be a swap with the people who sign up in my giveaway. I know it sounds confusing but it is really simple. When I post my giveaway I will put a deadline for the swap. Once I have everyone I will give out swap partners and from those listed in the swap one lucky person will win my giveaway prize. So, in the end everyone will go home with something. :)  And for the swap it will be one handmade item of your choice. So, what do you think? Good idea? Let me know. And as soon as I find my sewing machine I will get started on the Swapaway. Hehe...



Have a great Monday everyone!

My new home!

Well folks, this is my new home. After me talking about it so much I thought I would finally share a picture with you. It's not the greatest pic because I am using my phone to blog at the moment. But I am hoping after the move and I finally get internet I will be back to normal blogging.


Thanks for taking a peek!

Gen

Just some thoughts from my mind.....

I know this post has nothing to do with prims. But I just wanted to write what was in my mind. I am actually writing to you from my phone because I still have no internet or house. Lol. I have been going stir crazy with not being able to create. I miss my sewing machine so much! Lol. But it has also given me so much time to reflect on myself and on others. I find with myself I need to challenge myself more artistically. I need to push myself more and not be afraid of what others may think or say. I need to stop being naive in believing everyone wants to be my friend. As I have learned quite the hard way. And that disappointments are a way of life. I may not be the most popular or the best artist there is. But hey, I know I am to me. And for now, that is good enough for me. Life is way to short to sweat the small stuff. So, I am not gonna sweat a thing.

On a brighter note..... We are looking to get into our house by the end of this month. I am really hoping to get things nice and decorated for my new picture trail. My goal for this year is to get into country sampler or a primitive place magazine. I am really hoping I can get my house featured this year. I can dream big, right?

~*hugs and blessings*~

Genevieve

Thank you!

I just wanted to pop in to tell you all "Thank you!". All your prayers and blessings sure helped me during this difficult time. I truly want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I can say I am doing much better now and am looking forward to the future. I am keeping myself busy with the closing on our first new home! I can't wait to post pictures of it. And I can't wait to have my stuff back so I can get started on some new projects. I have been finding some prim stores around here and they have inspired me to create again. It was so new to me to be able to walk into a prim store and pick up the items. They did not have any prim stores in Texas where I was. So, I almost fainted when I saw all the prim items in a store in person. Lol. I know that probably sounds really silly to most of you. But to me it was like I died and went to prim heaven. Lol!
But I just want to say thank you all again! And don't forget about me yet! I will be back to posting regularly again soon.


~*Hugs*~
Gen

A Truely Sad Day...

Sorry I have not been posting as often as I should be. But last night I lost one of the greatest grandmother anyone could ever have. It was very unexpected. I had just talked to her and visited her with the kiddos. And at midnight she passed away. I am at a loss for words right now. I was so happy to finally be home and to rejoin my family. I was so glad that my kids would be able to spend more time with her because that is what she always wanted. And we even finally found a house that was close to her. So, if she ever needed anything I could help her out. But now things have changed. Dreams are broken. And my heart is broken. So, I may need a little time to heal before I can start things again. I don't mean to disappoint anyone by not writing. But I am going to need a little more time. Thanks for all your understanding.

~*Hugs*~

Out with the old and in with the new....

That is my new motto for this year. I am clearing out a lot of negativity in my life. I recently read a post from my friend Tracy over at her blog The Prairie Patch. It was a very poignant post which opened my eyes to the other side of the prim community. You can read it HERE.  It is very disheartening to know that there are a lot of you who are so catty and mean.  And I hate to admit it but I too have felt the shunning from others in the prim community. Why? Aren't we all grown women. Doesn't the high school dramatics stop after you leave high school? I guess for most people they can not get past being bullies or "mean girls".  While your antics will not stop me from doing what I love, it will hinder me from participating in forums. I have removed myself from a few. I feel they are no longer a place of enjoyment.  I will just be doing my blogging and Etsy. I just can not surround myself with such negative people. I just want positive creativity and people to surround me in my life. I just wanted to get this off my chest and I thank you for taking the time to read. I hope you too can find peace and positive creativity in your life.



~*Big Hugs*~

Trying to get back into the loop.

Well, it has been a pretty slow process of finding a home. I can't do any of the things I want to do like make some easter themed items. I really want to get back into selling my items. But sigh....all my supplies and materials are packed up in storage.  All I can do is dream up some things and hope I don't forget what inspired me.  :(  But before we moved I made something up real quick. And I just had to take it with me. I couldn't bear to see it go into storage. I wanted a free standing bunny. I improvised a pattern by using a pattern I already had. It was the snowman pattern from The Wooden Nail. I just free handed a rabbit head and "Ta Da"! A bunny.

I think he turned out alright. He He.....

I want to upload more pictures of him but this internet is giving me problems. So, I will try again a little later. I also want to thank all of you for your wonderful comments about my finally making a post and on finding a home. Your thoughts and prayers are so needed right now and I thank you all so much!! If I could hug you all I would!

Have a great weekend everyone!

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I am back!!!!

Hello dear friends!!! I made it with all my hair still on my scalp to New Jersey. And yes, the animals did great. So much better then I thought they would do.  But we are all still trying to settle in. It is going to be so much different now that my husband is out of the military. I can't wait to start living in ONE place. And I love knowing that my husband will no longer have to go overseas for months. I love having him home :).   For now, we are house hunting and haven't found anything as of yet. We did put an offer in on one house that I absoultely adore. I hope we get it. It is so perfect for us. But for now, we are still looking around to find our forever home.
And as for crafting....well I can't do anything and it's driving me crazy! I feel so behind on all the crafting blogs and forums. I don't have a very good internet connection and sometimes I can never get on. So, please bear with me. I hope to share as much as I can with you all. And once I get a house I am planning on a giveaway. A really big one. So, stay tuned. Thanks for all your wonder comments! I always love to read them. They make my day.

~*Prim Blessings*~

An update to my Topiary tutorial

I have another example of a super easy way to create a prim topiary. I actually came across this way on accident. I was going through my floral stash to see if I could get rid of some things and I had a lot of stems with a few flowers or berries on them. I looked at the stem and thought to myself, this would be great for a topiary. So, with my scraps I created this little gem.

I used a stem from a faux berry branch that I had stripped of berries. A few stray sprigs of greenary. And some brown floral tape.

 I first cut the stem to the size I needed. Next I took the stray floral sprigs and floral tape and taped them to the top of the stem. Stuck it in a pot I already had and added some grass to the top.

And there you have it. A cute little prim topiary that was SUPER EASY to make. And all you need is some scraps you may have laying around like I did. So, save those floral stems!!!!

~*Hugs*~

 
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One year anniversary celebration giveaway going on over at Prim Pals!!!

Good morning fellow bloggers! This may be one of my last posts until the move. We have already gone through most of our stuff and purged whatever was not needed. Now I am starting to put things away in boxes. My house is starting to look strangely empty. :( But it is on to bigger and better things.(I hope)  So, I wanted to make a last post with you. Who knows, I might make one one before we leave if I am able too. So, on to the good stuff.......



The forum I belong to Prim Pals is having an anniversary giveaway. And this one is a really good one ladies!!! And I am not just saying that either. It really is. Here is what it includes:

*****Please feel free to share this button on your blogs, facebook and even tweet it if you have twitter ! These are the rules to enter Prim Pals 1 year anniversary celebration giveaway....*****

YOU MUST be a forum member

YOU MUST post or posted an introduction in the NEW MEMBERS SECTION ( we will be checking )

YOU MUST have at least 20 POSTS

YOU MUST comment over in the giveaway section at Prim Pals that you would like to be entered

YOU WILL get an extra entry for the prizes by Posting this on your blogs or facebook pages. PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT OVER AT PRIM PALS THAT YOU DID SO WE CAN CHECK and give you credit.

Winners will be announced March 8th

One GRAND PRIZE winner of a 25 dollar gift card and 5 mystery gifts will be awarded for a total of 6 prizes !




So, what are you waiting for!!!!Head on over and join in this wonderful giveaway. This is truly too good to miss!!! And tell them I sent ya!


Have a great rest of the week!

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