~tdipt mercantile update~

The Mercantile updated tonight. Click on my TDIPT link to the right to see more pictures and a description of Harvest Time Santa.

~Diane

~here she is~

...Halloween Witch Bunny...


..all decked out for a night of trick or treating, in fact she's already made one stop, see her black and orange candy canes?

You can go to my Ebay link to the right and see more pictures and read her description. I plan to have her listed by 9:30 or so (eastern time), ending next Sunday evening at the same time. Hope you enjoy her.

~Diane

~too hot and way too busy~

Just when I think I'm going to get better about blogging things get crazy around here. The past two weeks have been spent canning stringbeans, freezing squash and working on two crocks of pickle. I'm really amazed I have this much to work on because our weather has been extremely hot and dry. The temps have hovered around 100 several days and even though we had rain showers two evenings this week you really can't tell it. The grass crackles when you walk across the yard. Most days I've had to water my few flowers I put out in the morning and the evening.

Even though I've been staying in and working on the vegetables, I have finally finished a doll. I hope to be able to list her tonight. I'll try to post a picture of her here on the blog. By the way, she's a Halloween Bunny wearing a Witch's hat.

I've been reading on some of the blogs I follow that some of you have received the new issue of Early American Life that features the Directory of American Craftsmen. I'm looking forward to getting my copy and spending some quiet time with a cold drink and looking at the magazine. This and the Christmas issue are my two favorite issues of the year.

I need to get busy and get my pictures done of the doll, hopefully I'll post one here later this evening.

Wishing you all a good Sunday evening...
~Diane

~reminder~

Tonight is the start of the TDIPT Ebay Group Launch, Best in Show. Look for lots of great pieces offered for your bidding pleasure thoughout the upcoming week. I'll be listing my doll probably Tuesday evening. Below is a peek at part of the set.
So I hope you'll be able to check out all the wonderful pieces that will be showing up. Simply type TDIPT in your Ebay search bar to find them.

My Uncle Sam I thought I would have finished by now and listed on Ebay just didn't work out, so I'm not sure what I'll be sewing on next but I'll keep you updated.

This week I'll start freezing squash, they promise to be very prolific again this year...I'd be glad to share!

~Diane

~hot and busy~

I've been a very lax blogger for the last couple of weeks. This time of year there is so much going on and things that need doing, so I find it difficult to take the time to sit down and write about what's going on. I finished an order and got that mailed out, got some cleaning done, finished up getting my flowers in the planters, have frozen some bags of green peas from the garden and done a few other things.
Last Thursday was spent in Charlottesville. I picked up some nice fabrics for upcoming dolls. I'm slowly working on a doll. I decided to try an Uncle Sam. I don't make many of them and this will probably be the only one for this year. I hope to have him finished up and listed on Ebay later this week.
My next sewing project will be for the TDIPT launch starting next Sunday. I probably won't be ready to list until the middle of that week though. I can't wait to see what the different members will be listing.

The picture is of some of my old tins I collect. I just love the colors. I tend to collect reds, greens and mustard colored tins. I love the tin ones that have paper labels, like the two big square ones in the picture. They held cayenne pepper and nutmeg. The lids are hinged so the store owner could scoop out whatever amount the customer wanted. There's still some nutmeg in the tan one that says "Banquet".

Well I'm off to work on Sam, check back later, I'll try to post a picture of him when he's finished.

till next time,
~Diane