HAPPY MOTHER's DAY My Groovey Friends!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

 



I hope you guys have a groovey day!!

Love ya, XOXO

Fran.

PS My Grandma is in the pic behind the cool frog!!

My Rusty Muse!! and a special birthday!!!

 

This is my new cool little sign I made for my Rusty Junque Creations!! It is made from a pop top I found in the parking lot at the grocery store. And then I typed with my old vintage typewriter "FRAN'S JUNQUE" I have it sitting in a litte rusty spring I found. 

 I had been thinking for quite awhile that I wanted to make things from my rusty little finds. So I just went for it!!!

 

 

And this is what I came up with!! It is small and is on 2 inch wooden spool. The sheep is up cycled from an old coat and I used a rusty car part and rusty larger washer. I grubbied it up real good and dryed it in the sun!! This turned out so awesome and I LOVED it!! It SOLD in like 15 minutes after I put it on my facebook page!! Woo Hoo!! It lives in Virginia now!! I have another one almost ready to be finished!! And I am diggin it!! I am designing more too. I always see things in the junque I pick up. It feels real good to know that other people love what I make also. I guess I am officially an up cycled artist now!! LOL

 

 

On Friday we went down and celebrated Caylee's 3rd birthday!! She is so cute. We got her gardening stuff so she can be like Papa Sim and Grannie Frannie. We found a Little Princess greenhouse that was so cool. And got her some gloves and things to go with it.

 



 

I LOVE this picture of Caylee and her Daddy. Ryan and Christine got her a bike. Daddy is telling her how to ride it!! Precious moments!! That is her Mommy's legs in the pic!! I just captured this moment and I was so glad I did. She is  such a blessing!!

I am just working around the house and enjoying the sunshine and nice weather. To soon to go outside to work. But in a week or so I will feel more like it. I always have a lot of things I can work on inside!! LOL I want to make more things with my rusty goodies. I have been waiting along time to get my mojo going on it. And now it is here!! LOL I want to be able to go find more rusty goodies too. That part is a lot of fun!! Hope you are all doing great!!

Peace Out Love ya

XOXO Fran.

This little piggy is going to Market!!!!

Here she is my newest creation!!! I had to name her "Mud Pie" after I put her out in the sun to grubby up!! She baked real good in our Mich sun!!! She is 6 inches tall when she is sitting. I upcycled her from the same old blanket I have been using for quite a few of my things I've been creating lately!! I took her outside for a photo shoot!!

 I will be listing "Mud Pie" in my etsy shoppe www.thebagglady76.etsy .com. I'll be rockin out another one for sure!!

And this is my harvest I got today for our dinner from our garden!! Can ya dig it!! I just loved going outside and pickin the fresh veges!! All of the hard work is starting to pay off!! I put some chicken breast in the oven and we had salad from all of this!! YUMMO!!!

Besides cleaning the house and trying to stay cool this is what I have been doing. We are going to be having a driveway sale this week so I'm gathering things to sell. I'm making a mess in my livingroom and it's driving me crazy!! LOL But hopefully we'll do good.

Peace out, XOXO Love, 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. 

Raggedy Fran's "RABBITS FOR SALE"!!

        HAPPY SPRING!!!! I AM HAVING A PRE- SALE OF MY RAGGEDY FRAN PRIMITIVE RABBITS FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF MY ETSY SHOPPE!!

THIS IS MARIGOLD!!!!

MARIGOLD IS MADE FROM TWO MEN'S SHIRTS I THRIFTED AND GRUBBIED UP WITH MY SPECIAL COFFEE DYE AND BAKED. SHE HAS A PRIM TAG WITH HER NAME ON IT, AND BUTTON EYES FROM MY AUNT MARY'S BUTTON TIN, AND A BIG VINTAGE BUTTON ON HER DRESS. SHE HAS A POUCH THAT SHE CAN CARRY HER GARDEN TOOLS IN OR PUT THE FLOWERS SHE PICKS FROM THE GARDEN. MARIGOLD LOVES TO SPEND THYME IN THE GARDEN!

  ($24.95 includes s/h)

THIS IS MRS O'HARA!!!!

MRS O'HARA IS MADE FROM VERY GRUBBY FLANNEL FROM MY SPECIAL COFFEE DYE AND BAKED. HER DRESS IS MADE FROM VINTAGE MATERIAL, AND BUTTONS FROM MY AUNT MARY'S BUTTON TIN. SHE HAS A PRIM TAG WITH HER NAME ON IT. MRS O'HARA IS LOOKING FOR A LOVING HOME!

($24.95 includes s/h)

My Raggedy Fran's measure 17 1/2 inches long. They do have a small loop on the back for hanging or they can just sit. I will be having my Grand Opening soon for my Etsy Shoppe! I am so excited! Wish you could come over for a cup of coffee and some of my homemade banana bread for it. If you are interested in my Primitive Raggedy Fran Rabbits just email me.(thebagglady@comcast.net) Thanks so much!!!

 XO Fran.