PRIM BUNNY MOM and PEA POD BABY Welcome Prim Friends and thank you for stopping by to visit my new Spring offerings. Here we have a Primitive Grubby Garden Bunny holding her Baby Bunny in a Pea Pod cradle that I have fondly named "Pea Pod Pearl". She measures 30" long, from the tip of her ears to her toes and 10" wide. She is just the sweetest and sure to be a Spring Garden favorite!I have created this piece in a primitive fashion to give it that time-worn look. I have sewn her soft sculptured body from muslin , stuffed tightly with bent arms, floss sculpted paws and those wonderful separate stitched-on eyelids. Her long ears are wired which makes them poseable, and she was aged with my coffee-vanilla stain and baked in the oven. Her big brown eyes and stuffed three dimensional rusty bunny nose are both painted and shaded with artist pigma pencils, then sealed. I have prim-stitched her mouth and eye brows with black floss and blushed her cheeks and ears. Sewn-on whiskers are made from strands of sisal rope and a matching plaid homespun bow adorns one of her ears. I have dipped her clothing in a strong coffee-vanilla ageing solution for an olde appearance. Her farm dress is torn and sewn from a high quality Debbie Mumm calico print featuring a muted green checkerboard. Her apron was torn from a rusty red and green homespun plaid, gathered and secured to the front of her dress. The collar is made from stained antique cluny lace topped with an antique creamy shanked button . Her pantaloons were torn and sewn from a coordinating Debby Mumm rusty red and gold stripe cotton. Her Mary Jane shoes are painted on her feet, baked and sanded. I have used tiny Mother of Pearl buttons for the buckles. Her antique white socks are painted on her legs and trimmed with ivory French lace.Her baby bunny is sewn from tea-dyed muslin, stuffed tightly with wired poseable ears. I have prim stitched the facial feautures with black floss for the eyes and mouth and dusty rose floss for the tiny nose, then shaded with artist pencils. The baby bunny's cheeks and centers of the ears are blushed teaberry.The baby bunny is nestled into a pea pod that is sewn from muslin in the shape of a pea pod shell with a pointed and stuffed stem, paint-washed in various shades of pea green, stained with coffee-vanilla-cinnamon, and baked. The remnant of an olde antique patchwork quilt was used for the baby's blanket, stained and tucked around his sleeping body.I have given this piece a Prim hang tag that I soaked in the coffee-vanilla-cinnamon stain, baked and adhered a nostalgic vintage image of a bunny rabbit holding a basket of Easter Eggs. I have bordered the image with crystal clear German Glass Glitter for a bit of sparkle.Pearl would make the perfect gift for the Bunny Collector for year round display or to brighten up your Easter and Spring Garden decor. This doll was lovingly handmade by me from a pattern created by Sweet Meadows Farm.This design will come to you dated, signed and tagged with my own label "Collectibles by Joan" which states "The Handcrafting and Time Invested in this Piece are its Own Mark of Quality". Price - $45.00
PRIM ST.PATRICK SHAMROCK HORSE SHOE BOWL FILLERS Welcome Prim Friends, and thank you for stopping by to view my new St Patricks Day Offerings. Here we have a set of five Primitive Grungy Olde Shamrocks and Horse Shoes Bowl Fillers. They would display nicely as a gathering in a basket, tureen, or wooden bowl as shown. Each one measures approximately 5" tall and 5"wide and 1.5" deep.I have created this gathering in the primitive fashion to give them that time-worn look. The each ornie is sewn from muslin, stuffed with fiberfill, painted and baked. I then sanded them, stained them with a grungy solution of coffee-vanilla-cinnamon, baked again and dusted with cinnamon. For the two Horse Shoes, I have paint-washed each in burnt umber brown, and wrapped them with rusty star garland for a Western look. For the three Shamrocks, I have paint-washed them in Kelly green, aged them and wrapped them with jute twine and added a rusty bell secured with a rusty safety pin. I have given this gathering a primitive tag aged with the coffee-vanilla-cinnamon stain topped with a nostalgic print of a vintage greeting card showing a vintage boy holding a large Shamrock that says "Greetings on St Patrick's Day". I have bordered the image with green German Glass Glitter for a big of sparkle.This piece has been lovingly made by me from a pattern created by Old Annie Primitives. Price - $12.00
	PRIM GARDEN MOMMA BUNNY and BABY RABBITS Welcome Prim Friends and thank you for stopping by to visit my new Spring offerings. Here we have a Primitive Folk Art Garden Bunny holding her two Baby Bunny Rabbits that I have fondly named "All My Children". She measures 36" long, from the tip of her ears to her toes and 12" wide. They are just the sweetest and sure to be a Year Round favorite!I have created this piece in a primitive fashion to give it that time-worn look. I have sewn Mom's soft sculptured body from warm camel brown Wool Felt accented with Dk Brown Wool Felt for the contrasting eye spot and ear. The ear inserts are sewn from coffee-stained muslin, and her body is stuffed tightly with sculpted paws using dark brown embroidery floss. Her long ears are wired which makes them poseable and her eyes are stitched on with shiney black beads. I have prim-stitched her nose and mouth with dark brown floss and blushed her cheeks and ears. The children were constructed in the same materials as the Mom, but their spotted markings are alternating patterns using the camel and brown felt. They have jointed arms and legs and are pinned to Mom's body with rusty safety pins. The darker child bunny has a scarf torn from green and cream gingham homespun and tied in a bow around the neck. The lighter child bunny has a scarf torn from rusty red fabric and tied around the neck.Mom's farm dress is sewn from a high quality 1930's reproduction keepsake calico featuring a muted celery green vine print with puffed sleeves and a gathered empire waste. I have used a keepsake calico print in rusty red roses printed on a camel background for the contrasting band around the hem and the sleeves. The collar is shaped from camel wool felt and prim stitched with a rusty red floss border. The sleeves are cinched with rusty red pearl cording. Her pinafore apron with ruffled sleeves was sewn from a rusty red and cream calico floral print, gathered and secured to the front of her dress with two big black buttons. Her pantaloons were sewn from this same fabric. I have given this set a prim hang tag soaked in my coffee-vanilla-cinnamon aging solution and baked. A nostalgic vintage image is adhered to the rustic tag showing two bunnies courting inside an Easter Egg that says "Easter Greeting". I have bordered the image with clear coarse German Glass Glitter for a bit of sparkle.This set would make the perfect gift for the Bunny Collector for Year Round display or to brighten up your Easter and Spring Garden decor. This piece was lovingly handmade by me from a pattern created by Sweet Meadows Farm.This design will come to you dated, signed and tagged with my own label "Collectibles by Joan" which states "The Handcrafting and Time Invested in this Piece are its Own Mark of Quality". Price - $65.00