Sending Love and Prayers and Angels to the people effected by the storms!!

Today as I was watching out my window and praying, this little sparrow kept coming up to the feeder to eat. It reminded me that GOD keeps His eyes on the sparrows and feeds them, so how much more will HE do for us? I have had a heavy heart for the people of the south and been praying alot. So many of you are from the south. I love all of you so much. And I will continue to pray and know God is there for you.

Thought I'd also give you a laugh for the day. I heard this noise outside by the window and when I looked, it was my squirrel! I had my camera and said through the window to him, "Hey baby it's me, your Momma"!! This is how he looked at me!! LOL He is so cute!! And I call him "Cutie-Pie"!!! God's world is so amazing!!! XO Love, Fran.
                                                                                                                                           

" ATC Swap" for our April Artful Bag Challenge!!

Our challenge for April was making an ATC . We could swap if we wanted to. So I was partnered up with Wendy. This is the ATC I made her. Our ATC had to have some sorta bag or purse on it. I loved this picture of Audrey Hepburn I found. She is at the airport so I put "come fly with me" on it. I also used rhinestones from the bridal department for her earrings, necklace, and on her purse. I used black netting for the bottom with a black flower in the corner. I stamped a black heart with wings up in the top corner. This was my first ATC card I made. And yes now I am hooked!!!

This is the ATC that Wendy sent me. It is so pretty. I love the little chain on the purse for the handle.

 She titled this card "The Lady's Purse. She has a really cool blog: http://www.blissangels.blogspot.com/. Thank you for swapping with me Wendy!!

I am thinking about making a Royal Wedding ATC this week! haha It's all that's on TV. I am on the couch for the week as I had my surgery for my bladder to have my medicine put in again on "Good Friday". I am getting bored! LOL But thank God for the TV, pain medication, and being creative!!

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. 

What I did for my birthday!!!

On Saturday it was my birthday and Sim took me out for the day. We went to Holly Michigan. This is an old town that still keeps it's history. It has alot of Antique shops. But one of my favorite shops was "Holly Hills Primitives". The shop owner is Dawn and she is a blogger too. http://www.hollyhillsprimitive.blogspot.com/ She took my picture while I was there and has it posted on her blog. You can see more of the inside of her adorable prim shop on her blog. This cute picture of her front window with the clothesline was one of the first things I noticed when we drove through town. So cute! It was pretty cool to meet my first blogger in person!! Dawn was so sweet!!

Sim and I have been looking for a garden gate for the longest time for me to use for my inspiration board in my new studio. Sim was so sweet he found one on Craiglist! and surprised me with a road trip on Friday night. This is the first time we have ever bought anything on Craigslist. He hooked up his trailer and we drove Friday night down to the town of Saline Michigan. The lady was also very sweet and she had the most awesome primitive house I've ever seen!! She took us inside to see a few things!! It was like walking into a prim shop!! Every room was prim. She even took us out back and showed us her guest house and greenhouse, and backyard. It all was very cool.

Sim and I have been very sick lately with this darn cold we keep passing back and forth. But we both sucked it up for my birthday and spent the weekend together. I love our dates!! I'll show pics of my gate soon, it's already up on the wall over my desk and is perfect!!  XO Fran.

Getting my March Artful Bag Challenge just in time!!!

Our challenge this month was to take any kind of bag we had around the house and embellish it. I remembered that we had gotten this canvas bag at a yard sale when we filled a bag. It actually had been in Sim's trunk since then. I am not a horse person but just kept thinking about it. I also knew we had a photo of Sim's Dad when he was a little boy on a pony in the front yard of his house. We are out of ink on the computer so I took the old photo up to Rite-Aid and had a copy made. It is alittle yellow but I think it gives it the old look still. I put it on one of my handmade coffee dyed tags I make. I also took the bag itself and grubbied it up with alot of coffee dye and cinnamon. The bag had been washed before. I had the burlap webbing for another project I never got around to. The gold star in the corner is covering up an ink stain. The black netting and pearl rosette was a bobby pin I bought from the store on clearance. I just cut off the bobby pin. I really like the way the bag turned out.

We saw Caylee Roxanne over my Mother-in-laws this weekend. Sim put her hat on Caylee and I took a picture of them!! I thought the hat goes really well with the bag!! And it is a picture of Caylee's great Grandpa on the pony. He died before Sim and I were married. So the bag means alot with the picture on it. 

I still can not wait til this yucky winter weather leaves!! I have been so sick the last few days with a sore throat and even a fever!! I just want to get some spring cleaning done and the house all cleaned so I can create more!! 

XO Fran.