Primitive Mountain Quilts and Crafts

A crafters journey through retirement in her own personal paradise.

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How To Add Sparkle to a Tree with Sun Catchers

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How to Add Sparkle to a Tree with Sun Catchers

How to Add Sparkle to a Tree with Sun Catchers

How to Add Sparkle to a Tree with Sun Catchers

How to Add Sparkle to a Tree with Sun Catchers
How to Add Sparkle to a Tree with Sun Catchers

Sparkle in The Limbs

Beautiful day to hang my prized possessions. I’ll show you how to add sparkle to a tree with sun catchers. My husband says it’s too much but then conceded they are pretty cool. A few years back, I started crafting these glittery darlings. Bought tons of glass and acrylic beads and began making them to sell. Well, long story short, I tried at one craft fair to sell them and didn’t have any luck, so I kept them! It was going to be hard to part with them anyway if someone would have bought one!
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How to Make a Flat Marble Framed Sun Catcher

How to Make a Flat Marble Framed Sun Catcher
How to Make a Flat Marble Framed Sun Catcher
How to Make a Flat Marble Framed Sun Catcher

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Colorful Flat Marbles

Beautiful sun catchers have been my thing this year! Happily, I’m going to show you how to make a flat marble framed sun catcher. I’ve used all kinds of glinty objects in several different ways to make sun catchers. Sunny days around here sparkle! My latest creations are made with flat marbles glued in a frame and are very versatile . I use them in the house and in the yard to add color and sparkle in places. I also love the way the glass bead sun catchers shimmer in the sun!

The size difference of the marbles sometimes puts you in a place you have to use it!

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Primitive Decoration in the Bathroom

Primitive Decoration in the Bathroom
Primitive Decoration in the Bathroom
Primitive Decoration in the Bathroom
Primitive Decoration in the Bathroom

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A Dream Come True!

How fortunate am I to get to build my dream addition?! I love the primitive decoration in the bathroom.

Our little home was cozy and compact. Our bedroom was upstairs, small and cramped. Knowing that we aren’t getting any younger, the stairs became a concern. Trips to the bathroom were becoming more frequent. That bathroom wasn’t much bigger than a closet! We decided it was time to move downstairs. We are getting another bathroom and a bigger bedroom in the first floor!

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Spring Tour of the Grounds

Spring Tour of the Grounds
Spring Tour of the Grounds
Spring Tour of the Grounds
Spring tour of the grounds

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Free tutorial How To Make A Sun Catcher

      Springtime!

Spring tour of the grounds

spring tour of the grounds

 

Welcome to our mountain home! I’m happy to take you on a Spring tour of the grounds. Always exciting to see the first crocuses and daffodils poke their little heads up out of the ground. Can’t wait to behold the sea of colors. On a good day, the sun warms your skin and visions of flowers dance in my head! What can I add to the collection this year? I imagine so many possibilities! My mind is filled with ideas. It’s so satisfying to create something beautiful to display!

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Quilt Ruler Holder

FMQ Quilt Ruler Holder
FMQ Quilt Ruler Holder
FMQ Quilt Ruler Holder
quilt ruler holder

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My FMQ Quilt Ruler Holder

As I begin to teach myself to fmq, I wondered what I could make as I practiced? So I came up with the idea for a fmq (free motion quilting) quilt ruler holder. I could practice quilting on all the pieces and still end up with something usable! No wasted fabric and a useful addition to my craft room.
quilt ruler holder

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How To Decorate Your Yard and Porch

How to Decorate Your Yard and Porch
How to Decorate Your Yard and Porch
How to Decorate Your Yard and Porch

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Springtime! Let’s See How to Decorate Your Yard and Porch

Pull things out of storage! I get to see all my cute summer yard, porch and planter decorations. Time to see how to decorate your yard.
how to decorate your yard
how to decorate your yard
I just love birdhouses! I recently added another fine feathered friend home to the collection this year. In How To Repair Your Yard Decorations I dealt with winter tole on my yard decoration. Now I get to have fun placing everything around on the pots and in the yard. I do think it’s cool that I have made most of them and you can too! Use your imagination and you’ll be surprised what you can create.

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How to Make Glass Bead Sun Catchers

How to Make a Glass Bead Sun Catcher
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Today is the day to show you how to make glass bead sun catchers.  My good friend’s birthday is coming up and she loves my sun catchers. She got one for Christmas, but wants another one, so b-day present it is! Gives me a great opportunity to show you how to make a gorgeous, sparkly sun catcher!
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How to Repair Your Yard Decorations

How to Repair Your Yard Decorations
How to Repair Your Yard Decorations
How to Repair Your Yard Decorations
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 Spring is upon us, finally.  Mother Nature is taking her own sweet time, but we’ve been blessed with 70’s. Coming out of hibernation, I took a survey stroll around the yard and surveyed the gardens. Do you have precious thing that need repair from winter damage? I sure do! Time to do some yard decoration repair!
how to decorate your yard

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