Sale! Sale! Sale!

To help her husband in their wood shop where together they make beautiful furniture pieces, a creative and  crafty  friend of mine is giving up selling her unique handiwork at our shows that we have been doing together for several years.


She generously let me have her "leftovers" which I am now offering for sale at very reasonable prices ....and....ALL THE PROFIT  FROM THE SALE OF THESE ITEMS WILL GO TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY!!! 

To purchase, visit my website, http://www.wood-n-stitches.com/ and contact to let me know what piece/pieces you are interested in purchases and I will send you an invoice.  Then you may make your tax deductible check to The American Cancer Society and mail it to me.  After I receive your check, I will ship your package to you ASAP.


You may also just purchase using the shopping cart on the website, but won't get the tax deduction.


Here are some of the items.

SOLD & THANK YOU

Both sets of Santa's Boots & Hats
SOLD & THANK YOU

"Twas the Week After Christmas and All the Orders Were Filled...

All the grandchildren were here

With brushes in hand

And the little ones

Had one demand.

"B", PLEASE

Let US paint cypress knees!!!

Waiting patiently!

Pardon the messy house!

Showing off their talents!

The oldest one had previously painted both a snowman and a Santa so she wanted to try her hand at painting a Grinch.

She can hardly wait for me to let her start

helping me paint for my shows.

It Will Be Here Before We Know It...

Yes, once again it is almost time for our annual HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE in Oak Grove, LA.   It will be held Fri., Dec. 3rd , 9:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M. and Sat., Dec. 4th 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. at the Jason Thomas Lingo Community Center on Hwy. 17 just south of Wal-Mart.  This will be our 23rd year to host this craft show that features the handmade creations of 40 talented exhititors.  We'll have jewelry, Santas, snowmen, crosses, wreaths, windchimes, picture frames, ornaments, signs, yard decorations, shabby chic furniture, American Girl doll clothes, western decor, painted windows, bottle cap necklaces, homemade breads, cakes, cookies, cupcakes, pumpkin rolls, baby items, and much more!

Also, lunch and supper will be sold to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

There will also be a small town Christmas parade in town on Saturday.  Come join the fun. 

These are some of the latest Santas I've finished to take to the show.

Can you guess the colors of the local football team?  I can add the  team's name or player's number to the pennant.

Website Seems to Working Properly Now

The customers that were having trouble have since emailed me to let me know that they finally got the site to come up properly!  I don't what  was wrong or how it got corrected, but the "bugs" are out of it now.  I had put in a call for help to my website designer.  Maybe she fixed it for me.

Anyway, thanks to all of you who checked it out for me.  It was weird that it was working for some and not others across the country.  I would be on the phone with the customers and we would be doing the same things online.  It would go through for me, but not for them. 

Up and running with yet something else to be thankful for during this holiday season.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

Look What a Creative Customer Put Together!

I recently received an order for one of my cypresss knees on which I had painted two snowmen.  The customer was a former New Yorker who now lives in Flordia.  She called  the piece a "wooden sculpture".  Thinking that since she wasn't raised in the south she might not be familiar with the cypress trees that grow around all the lakes and bayous down here, I sent her an email with some information about cypress trees and their "knees".  I also  attached photos of them growing along the edge of a lake.

She, in turn, took the info and pics along with some snap shots of her purchase and created this great scrapbook page.  Now wasn't that cleaver?  Thank you Mary for sharing this with me and your friends on your forum.

The Ole Paint Brushes Are Flying

I've been painting every minute I can lately.  It's just 2 weeks until my next show which is the Broadmoor High School Arts and Crafts show in Baton Rouge, LA.

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Like the snowbirds, this one is moving to Florida.

Like the one above, this lady is headed to FL for the winter.

Moving to a new home in AR.

Moving to Arkansas

Moving to Arkansas also.

Here are the new cypress knee snowmen and Santas that I added to my website, http://www.wood-n-stitches.com/ today.  You can see more by clicking on the title of this post or the link above.  Business has really picked up online the last few days. 

New Santas and Snowmen Added to Website



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  These guys are on their way to a  new home in MN.  They'll love the winter there.
I hope you enjoy your piece of Louisiana!

These guys have found a new home....just up the road!

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Found a new home in AR.

Also going up to AR.

Tagging along with his buddies to AR.

This guy will be moving just up the road with some of his friends.

These guys will be moving up the road with their friends to a new home.

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  These two  are on their way to their new home in FL.  I hope they don't melt in that heat.
My heart almost did when I heard from their new "mom". 

Yet another one going to AR.

Me, too.  AR bound.

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Sold in Baton Rouge.

Sold in Baton Rouge.