I'M BACK :)

Hello again ! I am back after almost 3 years. I have still been making things and will soon again be posting pictures for you to enjoy. My camera's is on the fritz and took my keyboard with it so please excuse the gross misspellings and missing letters LOL . Also excuse the pictures taken with my phone, I have a new camera ordered , hopefully it gets here sooner rather than later. This is a very tall skinny sheep. he has twig legs a puckered tail and a willow tree painted on his body. My Bonanza account is no longer open but my Ebay link is still good . Feel free to message me if you see something you like :-)

OOAK Primitive Manger Scene / Nativity

Hello every one! I thought I'd give you a peek at the manger scene I finished yesterday. I really love these little guys. There are 8 seperate dolls in this set . I cinnamon baked each one and signed them on the bottom. They are up for auction on Ebay right now and will end this weekend . I have extra pics posted there so check it out if you get the chance! Thanks for reading!

OOAK primitive Santa w/ Baby Jesus and Snow Friends Walter and Marvin

Here's my snow friends that I couldn't post last time and a new Santa who's holding the Baby Jesus. The snow men are up for auction on Ebay right now and the Santa will be going there this Tuesday evening. Also make sure you check back here later this week because I should have a new manger scene finished in the next couple of days. Thanks for Checking them out!

Hello again everyone! Here's my new Belsnickle Santa. He's all decked out in his burlap robe and ready to bring treats to the children. If you have never heard the legend of the Belsnickle, then I will tell you who he is in short... He is the grand father of our modern day Santa , and a part of Appalachain history. Belsnickle would often travel from house to house dressed in burlap with his face blackened out by charcoal dust. He would either deliver treats to good children or spank bad children with a switch. Every year the children would strive to be well behaved so that the belsnickle would bring them a treat instead of a spanking. So that he got to meet all the children, the Belsnickle would begin his rounds just after dusk on Christmas eve and would have been finished with his rounds by midnight. The belsnickle didn't wait until everyone was sleeping, in fact he came into the house to have cookies or cake and hot apple cider with the family. My Belsnickle Santa doll will be making his way to ebay very soon, I sure hope that the children there have been good..lol. Belsnickle is carrying his bag of treats in his left hand and a tree and a small doll in his right hand. He is dressed in a hooded burlap robe that has homespun wool yarn stitched around the edges. His eyes are small rusty jingle bells and his beard and eyebrows are made from natural sheeps wool that I hand washed myself. He is approximately 18.5" tall and is signed on his bottom.
I also finished a pair of snowmen today but photobucket apparently hates me because it will not let me copy the code so that I can post the picture here. I suppose I will try again later. I am all out of muslin and fiber fill so I am sending my DH out for more , and hopefully I'll have some new things to show you tomorrow evening. Have a blessed evening everyone!

New Primitive Christmas Ornies

Well folks I am at it again! Christmas is coming and all of these new pretties are available in my bonanza booth ! I'll be adding Lots of new ornies and dolls over the next 2 weeks , They will be posted to Bonanzle until either Friday or Sunday and then sent to Ebay for auctions. I am offering 10% off of orders of $50 or more in my bonanza booth only . I also have my candles available on bonanza. To see my Booth or visit my Ebay auctions , click on the links below my banner and it should take you directly to them. Sorry to keep it so short but Christmas is fast approaching and I have so many things I want to make!! AGGGHHH! Times running out!

Win an OOAK primitive doll FREE!! In my doll give away!

Hello everyone!! I have finaly made it to post #50!! I will be giving away Helena with this post. Anyone is the continental U.S. can enter to win her. I am sorry to all of those international readers , but shipping out of the country is Extremely expensive. To enter all you have to do is leave me a comment on this post and tell me why you think Helena should come and live with you. I will draw the winner from a hat in early August and the winners name will be announced. Tell all you friends to enter too. I will also be continuing to post to this blog so make sure to check out my older posts. Thanks and good luck All!!


YOU MUST LEAVE A COMMENT TO BE ENTERED TO WIN
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN KEEP TRACK OF THE NAMES TO ADD INTO THE BAG.

Extreme Primitive Valentines day cat ~ Yolanda

This is "Yolanda" She is my newest creation. Yolanda is a grubby make -do Valentines day cat. She is about 19.5" tall and is perched on a wooden candle stick . She has two hearts on her torso and a tag that reads "Be Mine" . There is a rusty pin and bell on her collar and her tail is bent into a heart. YOLANDA $13

Later this week I am hoping to get some more Valentine's Day and spring prims posted so check back every couple of days to see my up coming creations. Also, Arnold the black cupid is on Ebay and his auction will end in about 2 days, Albert the white cupid is going on Ebay today and Yolanda will be listed along with him. I do appologize for not having her posted here for longer before she went to Ebay , but when holidays near I have to allow time for shipping too . Thanks for looking. I will try to allow more time for my next creations to be here to see before I list them on Ebay. God Bless.

Primitive Valentines bowl fillers "LOVE" in 16 different languages

Here is what I have been working on lately , Primitive heart bowl fillers and a crow and flowers "goody bag". The heart bowl fillers are definately OOAK there are 16 of them and each one has "love" written on it in a different language, the tags tell which language it is written in. The 16 languages are : Aribic, Dutch, Hindi , Bulgarian , Italian , Romanian, Chinese, French, Russian , German, Korean, Spanish, Czech , Greek, Hebrew , and Swedish. Heart Set does not come with the box . This set will be auctioned on Ebay between Dec. 30 and Jan. 7 . To start off my Valentines day sale, they will be followed shortly by the 2 cherubs and a Valentines cat that I am working on now...so keep an eye on Ebay if you're looking for Valentines prims !
The goody bag is made from osniburg muslin and contains 3 primitive flowers and a grubby crow , the tag reads "Blossom" . Goody bag - $10
Thanks for looking! I hope to have more done in the next few days so check back to see more of my prims !Also check out my newer posts. I may do a set of the hearts for 2011!

OOAK Primitive Spring Bunny -" Ophelia" and Primitive flowers

Hi everyone! This is Ophelia my primitive ,grubby spring bunny. She is holding a flower in one arm and a carrot in the other. She has a tag with a short poem on it about her garden. I did not put a hanger on her because I like her so well sitting. Ophelia does not come with the flower bowl fillers around her but she does come with the one she is holding. Ophelia is about 21" tall. Ophelia- $ 16

Also pictured with Ophelia are the flower bowl fillers that I have been working on , they are incredibly cute . I have the 6 shown that are finished and am working on several more. They vary in height but most are between 7 and 10" tall. They will be sold in groups of 3 . 3 flower bowl fillers $6

OOAK Primitive Folk art ballerina doll - Adelina

For those of you who are wondering what I have been working on....here she is ! This is Adelina the ballerina . For some reason she didn't photograph well though , she is darker than the pictures show her. To me primitives are about capturing a simpler time and state of mind , taking us back to our roots so to speak, and Adelina does just that , What little girl hasn't wanted to be a ballerina at some point in her life?
Adelina is about 17" tall and has a antiqued lace tu-tu. She has a pinched nose and tiny button eyes . Her leotard and ballet slippers are painted pink and her hair is homespun wool . Adelina's tag reads " Ballet Admit one " like a ticket . She has a rusty safety pin in the back for hanging , but she looks cute sitting too. Adelina $16

I am working on a crow now and will post her as soon as I finish her. I also have a farmer and his wife in the works. Keep checking in to see what they turn out like and have a MERRY CHRISTMAS !!

Custom bulbs on Ebay

I have to appologize for posting cropped versions of the same pictures I posted last time but my twins apparently decided that my card reader was a toy and they made off with it so I can't upload the pictures of my new stuff today. Not to worry though, I am going to go pick up a new reader tomorrow. For now all I have on Ebay are sets of three customized ornaments like these. You pick the name/word on the tag and the rust or dirty snowball finish. I have them listed as Buy It Now for $6.00 a set. (clicking "buy it now" will link you to the listing) I wanted to put my black Santa up for auction today too, but I want more detailed pics first, so he'll be on there later this week. I have gotten a couple of new things done (and will post pics in the next couple of days) One is a doll named Helga and her pet sheep Cotton (I am very aware that cotton does not come from sheep..lol.) and the other is a Christmas wreath that has a snowman and leaning Christmas tree. I don't want to give away to much...so I'll just save the rest of the discription for my next post. Oh, and I almost forgot ...I fixed the comment boxes! I had been told that some of you weren't being allowed to leave comments unless you had a google account..so I changed it to accept all comments. If it still doesn't work just Email me at upthecreekprimitives@yahoo.com. Untill next time ....

New Santa

I just finished this Santa today and I thought I would go ahead and post him tonight along with a Folk art Jesus and the prairie dolls . So here they are..:)

I pictured the santa and Jesus together for the sake of space but I have plenty of seperate pictures too , I can email them if you like.
Santa is about 27 " tall and is made from painted cinnamon brushed fabric. He has a rusty bell attached by a safety pin on the tip of his hat and a tiny jingle bell on each of his boots. He also has rusty bell buttons and a grubby tag that reads: " Fat & Jolly" He is a make do doll and is not weighted. Santa nor Jesus include the "vase" pictured . It is infact not even a vase, it was a gift from my husband to hold some flowers that I made this spring, it is an old tarnished vietnam era caseing from a 105mm howitzer cannon. SANTA $20

Jesus is about 29" tall and stands on his own. He is not weighted, he has dowel legs and a rough wooden base . His body and face are hand painted fabric . This Jesus leans a little more toward the folkart side than most of my work, his face is very detailed , down to even the eye lashes and blood vessels in his eyes. He is tea dyed but not nearly as much as my other items generaly are. He also has a hang tag that says " Amazing Grace"
JESUS $ 28



I actually made these prairie dolls about 2 mos ago and never put them on Ebay or tried to sell them, I was kind of fond of them so I just let them hang around a bit longer in a candle box on the top of one of my old trunks , but with Christmas fast approaching I thought that they might make a nice addition to someones tree so I have decided to go ahead and let them go. There are 6 of them. They are between 6" and 8 " tall. Their arms and legs are made from sticks and their bodys are made from fabric , one is painted and the rest are cinnamon brushed. Some have tags and some don't there are 3 indians ( one of whom we have named the medicine man ) and 3 settlers. At this point they do not have hooks for hanging but I will add hooks to them for free if you want them for your tree.
6 SETTLERS AND INDIANS ORNAMENTS : $ 15


Make sure to look at my other posts! And watch for new ones, I am going to try to add at least 2 new things a week, if not more.

Creepy Claus and the Tree

Here are my latest 2 creations "Creepy Claus" (named by my children) and the tree.

Creepy Claus is about 38" tall and has a fleece beard , twig Christmas tree (left), and star ornament (right). At the moment he is not completely finished , I ran out of rusty bells and pins and have ordered more, when finished he will have a rusty bell on the tip of his hat. I am expecting the bells to arrive some time this coming week. Creepy Claus $22,








The tree is about 30" tall and Does come with the ornaments shown It is weighted to stand on its own and is quite heavy. This one is strictly for local delivery, it weighs about 20 lb and would be easily broken in the mail , not to mention the shipping costs would be more than I am asking for the tree.
Tree and ornaments $20.

I am currently working on several sets of ornaments and a primitive manger scene as well as several other dolls so check back or subscribe. Make sure to check out my other posts to see my other work and contact me if you see anything you're interested in. I can post it on Ebay now and if I am very lucky I will have my online store finished soon. Thanks for looking!