Prim and Proper

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Lots of pictures and lots of updates!

I've been MIA for a while. My family will be moving back to NC this summer so I have gotten a bigger booth closer to home and closed out my two booths in Fisher, LA. You can now find me at Big Stick Long Bow in DeRidder, LA and Junkin' on Main in Glenmora, LA. I just posted a bunch of pictures of my new booth in DeRidder. Primitive blessings~ Tandra

Pictures, pictures and more pictures!

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

Sunday, September 1, 2013

The last days of summer!

I have been busy the past two weeks working on projects that I have had in my garage. And running and rearranging my booths. Two of them

are an hour each in the opposite direction but, I really love that it gives me something to do. I have been blessed with a very profitable month and am planning a shopping trip this Friday with some girlfriends! I found two high backed benches or settles and painted one antique white and distressed and the other I plan on painting black and distressed. I also rough sanded and waxed a great 100(+) year old pie safe that someone painted a horrible brown, all I had to do is update the knobs and add the chicken wire. If I had another inch in my house, I might consider keeping it. Primitive blessings~ Tandra

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Some finished pieces!

I have been painting and getting some furniture finished that I have had for a while but, it was just too hot outside to work on all summer. I swear I've gotten more accomplished this past two weeks than I have all summer. I usually don't work in my garage, I usually drag everything to my screened porch but, I am thankful I had

been working in my garage because I had a few curious neighbors wondering what I was working on and ended up selling the mirrored one to my neighbor which makes delivery a snap! She ended up buying the mirrored buffet, and I brought my pot belly hoosier to DeRidder last week and will bring the hutch to Glenmora today. I hope y'all are enjoying the last few weeks of summer! Primitive blessings~ Tandra

Friday, August 9, 2013

Busy, busy week.

In one week I will have brought in furniture and rearranged all four of my booths and I am tuckered out. I am heading to Glenmora today to move my booth to a bigger spot and I am thrilled, I didn't get all the furniture painted I wanted to but I might head up again tomorrow to bring more stuff up! I will post pictures this weekend, once I have a chance to load them. Have a great weekend.

Primitive blessings~ Tandra

How to grubby paper or coffe stain

You can use any kinds of paper, candstock, printer paper.
I like printer paper, it's easier to use in the printer than cardstock.
1. Pre heat oven to 200 and line both racks with crinkled tinfoil
2.Take a rectangle cake pan and put a little bit of water, it doesn't have to cover the whole pan.
3. sprinkle instant coffee down, now spay the coffee with a water bottle to moisten the coffee, leaving some areas wetter then others.
4.Dip one side of the paper then the next and put into oven to dry. You can flip paper in the oven to make sure it has dryed.
5. if you will be printing on the paper you might have to iron it, set iron on the lowest setting and iron one side then the next.
6.Now you can print on the paper or stamp and not worry about coffee staining running the ink

Grubby candles

This project can be messy, when I do this i do a large amount at a time. I have read tutorials about this and have found the easiest way for me. I buy cheap candles, at the dollar store or walmart you can also grubby up other things I have done old fashioned clothes pins and made bowl fillers with and added old buttons.
1. You'll need wax, I use left over tarts or candles or i buy the cheap candles at AC Moore, I use the spicey ones like cinnabon or banana nut bread. When they are on sale you can get a large candle for a few bucks.
2. Create a double boiler with a small pot with water boiling and put glass canle in boiling water and once it melts, I also sometimes use and old coffee can.
3.Create a work area with parchement or wax paper close to stove. You'll need an area to put the candles to set up on paper or parchment.
4. Remove wax and dip candle into the melted wax a few times to get it soft.
5.Sprinkle cinnamon,(I do this on a paper plate so I can reuse the cinnamon) and dip it into the wax holding the wick or use a paint brush. Repeat until lumppy and bumpy.
6.Sprinkle with cinnamon and let dry.

Cinnamon bowl fillers

I love cinnamon bowl fillers or ornaments. They are cheap to do and people really love them.This can be a messy project and when I make this I make a lot( Like 3 cups of each.)
1.Mix equal parts cinnamon to equal parts apple sauce.
2.Roll dough out onto parch ment paper to desired thickness.
3.Cut out with cookie cutters.( I have a crow and a star that's really cute)
4. Lay out on parchment or wax paper and let dry, you can also speed up the process by baking at 200 but, this can take a while.
5.Optional you can sprinkle with cinnamon while wet.
6. If you are going to make ornaments you'll have to put a hole in them while they are wet, I use a straw and add twine once it has dried.
They are cute as bowl fillers or with potpouri or as ornaments. You can use any smell good spice like pumkin.

Coffee stain fabric

I really like my projects to look really prim or grubby so I like to use instant coffee for my projects.
1. Wet fabric.
2. Remove as much water as possible.
3. Lay flat, do this outside if possible, it's messy. and spinkle with instant coffee, do it heavier in areas you want darker, Spay water with a water bottle to moisten coffee.
4. Let dry in the sun.
5. Rinse out or leave it depending on prefrence.
6. you can also put in the dryer to try and heat set it, I usually only do this if by chance someone might wash it. But, most of my projects aren't to be washed.