Missed you all and Thank you Leslie!

Wow!  I have been gone a long, long time!  I haven't posted in two weeks, but it seems like forever.  I will be spending the next month catching up on blogs!  Lol!  I will have to read every single post for I am the type of person that doesn't want to miss out on anything at all.  Especially from my prim friends!  I so enjoy all the make overs, good finds and lovely pictures of homes.

First of all, I was so excited when I came home from Mexico to find I had a package that had been patiently waiting for me for about a week from my prim friend Leslie over at Crafty Mom.  I won her first ever giveaway and my first ever blog giveaway win!  I was so excited and couldn't wait to receive it!!  Here is a picture of the Love jar.  I have it sitting on one of my garden window shelves above my kitchen sink.  Doesn't it look wonderful with my other jars?  I just love it!

This neat candleholder is sitting on my hutch in my dining room.  I love the grubby candle that is in it!

Thank you Leslie for such sweet treats!!  I will think of you as often as I look at these handmades and be reminded of how precious my blog friends are to me!

I picked up a few things in Mexico that aren't necessarily primitive, but handmade.

The metal pan is actually a cooking pan.  They use these everywhere down there but it won't work on my ceramic stove top so I bought it to use as a candleholder.  It has a prim look to it.  I paid 28.00 pesos (around $2.40) for it.  The carved wooden bowl was a steal at only 40 pesos (around $3.50)!  I'm debating on whether to leave it unfinished or paint it.  I'm not too fond of the unfinished wood look, but I really hate to alter it.  Inside the bowl are some little trinkets that I bought for my printer's box.  I love buying little miniatures for it.  They are just too cute.  My favorite thing I bought was the textile.  I'm not sure if it's home made.  The dear lady I bought it from didn't speak any English at all.  It was 50.00 pesos (around $4.35)!  She did speak the international language... a smile... when our transaction was completed.  The painting was completed in less than 5 minutes with nothing but cans of spray paint!  It was incredible to watch a woman and her young son take turns making these beautiful works of art!  They worked swiftly and precisely with their hands.  I was humbled to watch them work.  They used pieces of torn and crumbled up newspaper to form palm trees, waves and water from just a blob of paint on a piece of cardboard!  It was mesmerizing!!

Well, I guess it's time to close this post and start catching up on my prim friends!  Have a warm and wonderful weekend~