The Winner of The Mad Hatter's Hat is.....

Lindsey from Two Crazy Crafters.   YEAHHH.  Thanks to the Divine Miss V for hosting such a fun event.   This was my first year and everyone made me feel so welcome.  Thanks to all.  I would love to come back next year if you will all have me!!!

Welcome to the Tea Party!

KEEP READING FOR A GIVE-AWAY!!!!!

This July 1st, I will have the following items for sale on Simply Primitives.  If you see something you like, just visit my artist page and email me.  This Tea Party allowed me to venture into the girly-girl side of art and I had a blast.

The first item is the Lobster Quadrille hat Box.  Each item is hand sculpted and placed on a paper box.  The sand is from my personal collection from Waikiki  Beach.  It will sell for $20.00 plus shipping.

Next we have a sweet treat... Cupcake checkers.  YUM.  The board is distressed and all the squares are hand painted..no stencils.   The cupcakes are hand sculpted from polymer clay and come in a matching distressed wooden box.  The price is $45.00 plus shipping.

Finally, We have Alice.  She is my first seated corn husk doll.  Isn't she sweet, dreaming under a tree?  Her price will be $25.00 plus travel fare.

OK NOW FOR THE FUN PART!!!!!

Today's give-away is a mad hatter hat.  This hat is made from paper clay, is around 4 inches tall and and is trimmed with a hat pin from Angelica Franssen's etsy shop. How cute is that teapot???  All you have to do to enter is leave a comment below.  I want to know who's your favorite character from Alice In Wonderland.  You only have until 11:59 pm Saturday the 25th to enter, so don't be late for your very important date.  I will draw a name First Thing SUNDAY morning.  I will announce the winner Sunday by noon CST.  If you don't want to leave your email, just check back then and if you see your name, please contact me.  

“Here lies Teresa and Turtle Pete”

The official first day of summer is approaching, but ask anybody here in Arkansas and they will tell you we have been in summer for the past few weeks.  Mid to high 90’s EVERYDAY.   Summer always makes me a little sad.   I spend most of this season inside my head in a Country Time Lemonade commercial.   For those of you who think that was just Hollywood, well it’s not.  

My childhood summers were filled with ponds, gardens, frogs, poly pool, popsicles, and yes, Country Time Lemonade.   I couldn’t tell you what was on TV because I didn’t care.  I had several jars for fireflies stored at each of my regular stomping grounds (grandparents).   I had a vast collection of cicada shells which Pop and I proudly displayed in my Grandmother’s living room. 

I was the constant, if only temporary, care giver for any turtle that happened to cross my path.   To this day, I still love turtles and will stop traffic to rescue one.  If you see me running down the highway, you best be looking for a turtle…. or a turkey, but that’s another story.   My mother says she will have to write on my tombstone that I died trying to save a turtle.  I figure there are far worse things to die doing.  Besides, it has to help you out with the “Big Guy”.   

Sometimes people question the sanity behind my quest for a hand-crank ice cream freezer.  To me, it represents a time when people were willing to work for a little reward.   I think the fall of the hand crank ice cream freezer symbolizes the passing of a bygone era when things weren’t quite as easy, but it didn’t stop people from doing them.  I try to hold on to such things because they are important.  I think too many times today we would just skip the ice cream because it’s too much work. 

To sum up my ramblings, let’s turn off the TV, get off the computer, put down the Purell, pick up a turtle, lose the shoes, and start to work cranking that ice cream.  If you find a cicada shell, pick it up, put it in your living room (please make sure its empty).   It’s summer.   I hope you all have a Country Time Lemonade one.   

Join the Tea Party

Join a ton of artists, whimsicals, and wonderful people June 25th for the Tea Pary.   Check us out for all your tea party needs, crazy characters etc.  Because while we are all entirely bonkers here, " I'll tell you a secret, all the best people are".

Frederick

I just couldn’t wait to share my latest piece.   His name is Frederick.  He is an ice elf.  The heat here has been tough, so I figured we could use a little help.   Apparently our seasons here in Arkansas are changing.   I have taken the liberty to rename them.  We now have “freeze your bejesus off” (formerly Winter), “Tornado” (used to be Spring) and “hot as heck” (you guessed it, Summer).  If you notice, I did not rename Fall.  It’s gone…it is just the last week of “hot as heck” and the first week of “freeze your bejesus off”.  No transition.  Anyway, Hopefully we will see more of Frederick in the future, but for now, I fear he will be going into his summer hibernation until around December.      

And the winner is..........

Denise.    She was one of our email subscribers.... Thanks to everybody who signed up to win Alice.   For those of you who left comments about vacation, I LOVED to read your stories.   Look for more give-aways in the future.   Thanks for your support.

GIVE-AWAY!!!!!!

In appreciation of my first sale on Simply Primitives, I am offering a give-away.  Meet Alice.  And no, she is not named after the dreadful child who plays croquet with flamingos.   She is named for a friend of mine who has a special fondness toward these well-poised birds.  Alice comes on a painted papier mache box.  She is made from paperclay and sports pink feathers.   Due to her extremely delicate nature, (she is balancing on 1 leg after all), she is not intended for children…. Or croquet. 

I am practically out of vacation at my “real” job, so I am going to live vicariously through you.   All you have to do to enter for your chance to will Alice is to leave a comment describing your favorite vacation activity or destination.   Maybe you travel, maybe you like to spend your time off in your garden…maybe, if you are like me, you spend your vacation waiting for various “service” people to show up during a predetermined yet undisclosed window of time.  Whatever you do on your time off, let me know.  

If you don’t know how to leave a comment, do not fear… You can email me your comment and I will post it for you.   Also…. If you sign up for my e-newsletter, you will get a second entry.   We will draw a name on the 6^th of June and announce the winner.  You can enter your email in the comment and I will contact you… or if you are the mysterious type who prefers nobody knows how to contact them ( I totally understand),  I will post the winner's name and if that name belongs to you, you can email me back and claim your prize.