The Funky Farm House Farmer's Market is Open for business!!

 

 

MISS VANESSA "FUNKY CROW DOLL"

made to order from my Etsy Shoppe!!

 

This lil Cutie Pie was a sweet Mother's Day Gift!!

 

click on the link below to get to my Etsy Shoppe to order one just for you!!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/214199486/crow-doll-ooak-made-to-order-handmade?ref=shop_home_active_3

 



 

 We Have our New "HAMM HOCKS" available!!

No Animals were hurt in this process!!
click on the link below!!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/529957397/pig-hamm-hocks-up-cycled-rustic-decor?ref=listing-shop-header-1
 

 

 

Also available are our new "PICKLED PIGGS FEET"

with no animals hurt in the process!!

click on the link below!!

 

 https://www.etsy.com/listing/516146870/pig-pig-feet-faux-pickled-piggs-feet-up?ref=listing-shop-header-2

 

 

You can see a lot of what I have been up to on my Instagram. Link on the side.

Stop by n see what else I have been up to!!

XOXO Love Fran.

AND I say to myself what a wonderful world!!!

 

CROW DOLL CROCK HOLDER

DESIGNED AS A "CHIMNEY SWEEPER"

WITH A FRIENDLY "PIGG SNOW DUDE"

DESIGNED AND HANDMADE

BY thebagglady76!!

Available in my Etsy Shoppe!!!

XOXO Love Fran.

 

 

Kicked Out Some New Funky Gigs!!!

 

KIN FOLK

 

I made these cute lil  Kin Folk dolls for someone special and I really am very happy with how they turned out. They have lil chickens on the dress and a bird and nest on the Mama and a sweet bow on the lil kin. I sure love makin these. Each one always turns out so different in their own way.

 

SWEET STRAWBERRY DOLL

This lil beauty also turned out so awesome. Just like I imagined in my head. lol  I love the lil necklas I also made for her. She's quite grubby and smells yummy. She's available in my etsy shoppe.

 https://www.etsy.com/listing/223709543/strawberry-doll-primitive-grubby?ref=tre-2727294606-16
 

CROW COFFEE COVER

I kicked out another CROW COFFEE COVER. I SOLD out of these at the show I was in actually the 2 shows I was in at Christmas time. I believe they are much better lookin in person.  I also realized that not only do these cover coffee mugs, and to go coffee cups, they fit a quart mason jar perfect. If you keep your coffee in a jar this would be so cool.

 

Been also kickin out kidney stones again so a lot of down time for sewing!! I tell ya I am so looking forward to  spring n summer time!! I like sewing but not like this!! lol Gonna be listing the coffee cover soon in my shoppe.

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/thebagglady76?ref=l2-shopheader-name
 

XOXO

Love Fran.

 



Nesting!!

Ok I have been kinda feeling like my new CROW DOLL "Wren in the Willow"!! She's sittin on my old vintage swing just coppin a lean. I have been workin and nesting around here at the Funky Farm House. I started with the outside and now I have been nesting in the diningroom/kitchen area and onto the livingroom. I also felt like I needed a blog update. I added a new pic to the top and I really like it a lot better.

 

 

 

Actually "WILLOW" is a pretty cool CROW. I designed her and put a lot of handsewing into her. She has a bird on her head with a nest. The bird and her arms are made from an old dresser scraf with hand emboirdery that I grubbied up real good it had seen better days!! I used some of my favorite black polyester and red and white polka dotted poly material also.

 

I  made one of my funky flowers from the calico and dresser scraf into a brooch and sewed a safety pin on the back so you can wear it if you want to.

 

 

I also made her a Pin Apron and stitched her name "WILLOW" onto it.

I learned about pin aprons from the Civil War re-enactments I have been to. I have used them before and they are so sweet.

 

 

"WILLOW" will be heading off to my shoppe real soon!!https://www.etsy.com/shop/thebagglady76?ref=em

 I have been creating a lot in between my nesting!! Clean sew clean sew!! Wheww!! LOL it has been so humid here it gets kinda uncomfortable sometimes lot's of showers!!

 

 

And I got to take some time off from nesting and watched Madeline Grace the other day!! WOO HOO this Grannie Frannie was a happy one!! Oh my goodness she is so adorable!! We had fun just me n her! I even sewed while she was sleeping! I read out of the Readers Digest to her about being happy and feeling rich without having to have money!! She's a good listener!!

 

And this pretty little mommy-to-be had the cutest shower ever!! DR SUESS one of my favorite books!! I still have all my books from when I was little. Shannon is such a pretty girl and I use to babysit her when she was growing up!! Her and Kaitlin were one year apart. Shannon lived right next door. But now she lives up in town. I love her so much!! She's havin a boy and the shower was such a hoot!! I felt like a kid again myself!! LOL

 



 

Part of my nesting!! The lil chick is going into my shoppe too.https://www.etsy.com/shop/thebagglady76?ref=em

 I had fun using my stuff for props!! I probably sound like I have been doing a lot and I have but believe me it has taken me a long time doing it! LOL

 

I LOVE nesting and creating and feel blessed to be able to do both!! I am working on Pumpkins it takes me awhile cuz I hand sew everything but that is what I LOVE to do!! I am trying to get everything done by the 15th as I am having my surgery again then and need my medicine pretty bad. But one thing after the surgery I get to sew for awhile!! as I rest!! Woo Hoo!!

Hope you are all doing good!!

Happy Fall Y'all!

XOXO

Love Fran.

 



Sticks and STONES may break your bones!!! BUT......(and a few other things)

 

 

 KIDNEY STONES WILL HURT YOU!!!!

 

 

So last Thursday I had a doc appt. and she sent me for a cat scan!! And yes I have not one but two kidney stones!! Why leave one out? LOL

I believe they are starting to move and I will be getting rid of them soon!! YAY!!

I am on a lot of pain meds and that is helping!! Good news was that I didn't need surgery to break them up!! Yay!!

 

This is a cool old chalkboard Sim and I found on the way home from my cat scan in the garbage along a side street!! Why not stop even if you are in pain!! You find cool things!! The "Relax" sign came from my Secret Sister from church !! Isn't it cool!!

 

 

This is my new swing Sim got for me for my birthday!! We were due for one and he found this one at Lowe's. He knew I would love the colors!! And I do and if you look you can see on the left side there my clothes line pole matches!! I had Sim paint them last year a barn red!! I am diggin it so much!! Excuse the mess of all of my rusty gigs there. Spring has just begun here in Michigan and we are just now getting rid of that blasted nasty sn-irt!! Oh my gosh we walked around the back fence line last night it looks like a battle zone out there from the ice storm back in December!! We have so much to clean up and trees to trim and cut. But what cha gonna do!! Main thing we are all ok and blessed.

 

And here is another gift from Sim. It's a cool basket that someone up cycled. I think I might put linens in it that I use to create with. It has wire around it. Not a very good pic but wanted to show it to you.

 

 

I just wanted to brag a bit!! Kaitlin goes to the University of Connecticut!! How cool is that they have been winning and playing in the final game!! YAY go Huskies!! This is a sticker she got me for Christmas. She got me and her Dad one. She's so sweet! But I really do miss her!!

 

Ok I am showing this to you to make myself make it!! LOL I tried to draw out a pretty sheep cuz it seems to me that all of my stuff turns out cutesy and whimsical which is ok cuz I guess that is my gig. But I had this pretty sheep in my head. Well after I drew it out and cut it out it looked liked a monkey. Brooke has been asking me to make a sock monkey cuz she loves them. But I don't want to!! LOL Anyways I was gonna make it but I was talking to Kaitlin and she said a monkey doesn't live on a farm. She was right I usually try to keep with Funky Farm House style!! LOL In this pic the black is a CROW!!! I have this ideal now going around in my head for a CROW!! So I am making myself make this!! LOL So no monkey but I must finish this CROW!! Kaitlin said I need to try to make a COW!! But the CROW came up in my head first!! LOL

 

I have been posting a lot on my face book page:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/TheBaggLady76/100181443400993?ref=br_rs

 

So if you wanna keep up with all my creations stop by and see me. I have three special orders I am working on. BUT I also will get that CROW done!! Soon!! LOL and soon I will pass these darn stones!!

Keep on Keepin on!!

XOXO Love ya Fran.





 



Can ya Digg it!!!

 

So I thought I'd share my Midwest Snow Storm with you!! LOL This is the pic I took around 9:00 am the first morning!! If you look at a couple post back you can see my car in the ice storm! In the same spot!! We ended up getting around 17.5 inches!! But here in Michigan we are use to it!! I think!! It has been awhile since we had that much. Kaitlin had to go back to Connecticut two days later than planned and she was kinda freaking out cuz she needed to get back to work!! Needless to say I was a nervous wreck til she was safely back!! Her Cleveland Ohio stop was completely cancelled and she went by way of Atlanta Georgia!! But she's back to work and back to her regular things now!!

 

I even went out and shoveled this much of the driveway. I don't do this that much anymore but I felt like I wanted to. Why I don't know cuz a few hours later when Sim came home from work he had to re-shovel it!! LOL

 

This was the view out my dining room window!! LOL

 

I wanted to share a pic of one of my favorite Christmas presents!! Kaitlin and Danny Via Kaitlin went to my Etsy Shoppe and took these pics and had a lil notepad and address labels made for me from pics of two of my items!! How sweet and really surprised me!! I LOVE them!! She also got me a UCONN MOM sticker for my car. And some good pics of her and Danny. Even though the weather sucked our Christmas turned out pretty good after all.

 

 

And here is the CROW item I told ya I was working on!! It is my design for a Coffee Cozie!! I decided to put two of my favorite things together and came up with this!! What do ya think? It fits a small or medium to go cup or a small coffee cup. I hand sewed all around it and added a rusty washer for the top and a grubby tag that says "Caw-fee Thyme". It turned out pretty cool and I have two more to make.

 

On Thursday we drove with my step son and fiance to pick up their new truck!! Can you tell how happy Nick is!! He was so cute he had a job interview that morning and stayed dressed up to pick up the truck! They are gonna bless us in July with another Grand child. We may know this Tues if it is a girl or boy!! Woo Hoo!! I am excited to have a shower for them. Nick won't be able to keep a secret so there will be no reveal party like everyone is having!! I just hope I don't have to find out on Facebook!! LOL

 One of my cool friends from out front!! Once the snow stopped coming down the Crow was walking around out front!! There is just something about Crows I dig. I am working on a couple of special orders right now and then I will be working on some new items. We have been keeping busy and I kinda layed low for the storm. Sim never ever misses work and he didn't even miss one minute with the storm. He left early and dressed warm. He gave rides, jumped a few cars and was just being the man he is. His Store Manager gave him a gift card for being so helpful!! LOL He wasn't trying for it. One day he said 15 people called in!! Funny thing Sim is one of the ones that lives the farthest away!! The first night he asked me to walk down to the main road at the corner with him to see if he was gonna make it off our road. It was so pretty.

 

Well Take Care and hopefully we won't have another storm soon!! I have had enough myself that's for sure!! LOL

XOXO Love ya Fran.



Hey I think I'm rockin n rollin now!!! Woo Hoo

Behind this disguise is me (on the left)!!! Oh my goodness I think I can blog now!! WOO HOO!! This is me n my cuzin Kathy at our annual Cuzin Cookie Exchange Party!! We had a photo shoot and made our own props!! We had so much fun. We eat and play Bingo. It was at my house this year.

 

 

This is a pic of my Sister in law Carmen on the right and my niece Nicole her daughter in law on the left. Nicole is so sweet and makes the most beautiful jewelry they were up at St. Mary's craft show in my hometown.

 

 

I am so proud of Nicole she has a lung disease and keeps on going making this beautiful jewelry and doing alot of shows!! We all get alot of her creations for gifts. Sim bought me a necklas and couldn't wait til Christmas to show me!! LOL But I have to wait til Christmas to get it!! He has just about given or showed me everything he's gotten me!! LOL

 

Here is another Crow Hanger I made and added to my Etsy Shoppe. These turned out so darn cute. I am workin on my Snowman but still need to get to the thrift store. The first one is gonna be in warm n natural. Time seems to be flyin by to fast!! Especially since I need to do so much!! EWW!! I will be sewing alot next week. And I am lookin forward to it.  Like I said I am so glad to be back bloggin!! It was rough there for awhile.

XOXO Love Fran.

 

 



 





And so it begins!!!! and what I am up to!! (hee hee)

 

THE FARMGIRLS and I have been busy this past week setting up and working at the craft show at my church!! I co-chair this one and WOW is it hard work doing both!! I have been a bit tired the last few days!! LOL I told Sim somehow my legs hurt really bad and he laughed and said Fran you've been going up n down steps alot and carrying things!! Guess you find out what muscles you don't use alot after you use them!! LOL So glad this one is over. I have three more I am doing but at least I am not in charge of them!! Now I can enjoy them a bit more. It was a good sale and I got to see quite a few people I have not seen  since we graduated from school quite a few years ago!! (will not mention how many!!) Facebook brought out alot of people. I still love my hometown after all these years.

 

 

I was trying a new pricing gig. My friend Nancy had her neighbor who was moving give her these heart photo clips that she used at her daughters wedding reception. There was about 80 of them. I have a bunch of old playing cards. So I used a black marker and wrote the price on the card. I think I really like it. What do you think?

 

Check it out!! This is my new "Wynter Thyme" CROW HANGER!! I am making 4 of them and this is the first one. I really do love the way they are turning out!! Took me a minute to figure out how I wanted to decorate them. I made the hat from the sleeve of an old sweater. The scraf is actually crochet (two by Kaitlin and two by me!!) or Crow Hooky-ed if you know my friend Trace'!! That is what she calls crocheting and how flippin cool is that!! Perfect for these dudes!! I am even  re-teaching myself to make the pom poms! LOL I am getting it and kinda diggin it! I actually forgot how easy they are!! LOL I grubbied this dude up real good and made one of my handmade tags that says "Wynter Thyme". I wanted them to be able to stay out longer than Christmas decorating. This one is listed in my Etsy Shoppe. Gotta finish the last three!!

 

 So this is what I have been up to. Now just gotta get rock n rollin for the next three shows!! WOO HOO I do love it!! We are having Thanksgiving at my SIL house again this year. I will be helping her tomorrow making pies and other goodies. And the best thing is Caylee Roxanne will be there too I can not wait!! We have not seen her in awhile and she is growing up so darn fast!!

 

TAKE CARE DUDETTES AND HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING!!

XOXO LOVE YA FRAN.

 

 



Been chillin on a Dirt Road!!

Hi there! I've sorta just been chillin with this heat wave going on!!

These are pics of me and Danny and Brooke at our favorite Veterans Park we go to when we spend our time together. I was chillin by the lavender and then I gathered some of the dried that was there. Danny and Brooke were my spotters !! LOL I'm sure no one cared. I am going to put it in to alittle ditty bag I have.

This is what I have been eating alot of!! As many fresh veges as I can get from my garden and sun-dried tomato basil wraps and chicken with Caesar dressing. I just keep the chicken cooked and ready to go in zip locks in the freezer!! And they are so good!!



Kaitlin and I have been making this pie we found on pinterest! It is so yummy and so easy to make!!

One graham cracker crust pre-made pie crust

One package of cool whip 8 ozs.

One can Sweetened Condensed Milk

Any flavor package Kool Aid!!

We used Pink Lemonade

Mix all together with a whisk and then use a spatula to put into the pie crust. Refrigerate until firm!!

That's it!! Does not last to long!! We really like the Pink Lemonade. That is the only kind we have been making so far. I want to try Lime to see if it taste like a Key Lime pie.



And here is the view from my window!! Don't cha just love the beauty of the animals and birds!! I can't believe I 've been having crows coming to eat!! I LOVE crows!! My most favorite bird. There has been 5 of them coming in by my pine trees! And the squirell was so cute down in my lillies eating the seeds the others were dropping. I talk to them all the time!! LOL Must be the heat!!!

Just wanted to share alittle of my corner of the world with you! Hope everyone is staying cool and got to have alittle break today as the weather was alot better!! Now if it would just rain!!! Oh and I live on a dirt road!!! LOL

XOXO Love ya, Fran.



I HAVE SOMETHING TO "CROW" ABOUT!!!

WOW!!!

I sure have missed blogging!! I started getting better from my surgery and then I got a really bad headache which actually made me lay low for a few days. And then I had to catch up!! LOL But in the mean time I wanted you to see what I have been working on for awhile!! This little beauty is going in my Etsy Shoppe today!! I have been designing this Crow Doll in my head for awhile. And I wanted to make a Raggedy Fran all sewed by hand! And here she is!! What do you think?

  This is her head and shoulders and you see the floss I used to sew her whole body. This is my own pattern. I grubbied everything up really good with my special coffee/spice mixture!! She smells yummy!!

I handmade her bagg out of a piece of white chenille bedspread that is really grubby. The rusty pop top is the only thing I used glue on. The strap and bagg part are all hand sewed in a blanket stitch.

I made her a grungey grubby Pin Apron. I pinned it on with big rusty safety pins. Her dress material I thrifted from a church sale. I love how she turned out. It was so funny when I was outside taking her pic there was a Crow in my Pine Tree Cawing!! I couldn't help but laugh!!!

I wanted to share with you a little Woolie Love gift I received from Trace at http://www.grannytracescrapsandsquares.com/. She is such a sweetheart and just so full of love and fun!! I feel so blessed to have received one of her love gifts!! She has the best personality! She loves to create. She posted on her blog about crocheting. BUT she calls it CROW-HOOKY! I love it!! Since I love Crows I picked right up on what she calls it!! LOL

So, I thought I would share with you what I am going to CROW-HOOKY!! I realized that I don't share what I get thrifting alot with you. On Friday Sim and I went to the Salvation Army store. I found this really cool hat in the picture. Brand new and all made for me!! Yay!! I remembered I had seen that color yarn at the store a few weeks ago. So I went and got it and I am going to CROW-HOOKY a scarf for me!! I'm not the best at crocheting but I can do scarves.

I also wanted to show you what you can do with upcycling!! This is the end of our porch and it is a weathered pallet Sim brought home from work. Pallets are so available and used so much. We have a pallet on each end of our porch.

And this is another pallet Sim got from shipping from the store. He cut it up to the lengths he needed and made this shelf unit for his garage. It was a bigger pallet and not as weathered as the one on the porch. Amazing isn't it for a little bit of time Sim has a new shelf for the garage with no money spent!! I thank God for the little things He provides us with. We are so blessed and live a good life. Watch out you may never look at a pallet the same again!! LOL I am so glad to be blogging and seeing what everyone has been up to. Happy New Year a week late!!

XO Fran.