Primitive Valentine Patterns
Are you ready for Valentine's Day? Are you ready to treat your sweetheart with something sweet?
While your mind is on Valentines, don't forget about these adorable Primitive Valentine Patterns.
Valentine's Day is the day of love. The day when you should be sharing sweet things with your loved ones. Why not decorate your home with something sweet as well? Not only for decorating, Primitive Valentines will make a very sweet gift for this upcoming Valentine's Day. Read more
Primitive Scarecrows
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Scarecrows have many uses other than just scaring crows from your seeds or crops, they are a signature part of autumn/fall and decorating with primitive scarecrows is a great idea for the changing season. As you can tell from the recent weather and the marking of the end of fall, the autumn/fall season is upon us.
It is time to bring all of the summer decorations indoors and in most locations to break down the pools and begin thinking of decorating for fall/autumn. Primitive scarecrows are a traditional decoration for kids and adults alike to enjoy. They are easy decorations for indoors or outdoors. Read more
Don’t be Scared. It’s Just a Primitive Ghost!
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What a wonderful time of the year. The leaves are changing colors once again and that means it’s time to take down the old decorations and put up fall and Halloween decorations once again.
How do you tie both of the seasons together without being too over the top? Well, give primitive ghosts a try. They will give the Halloween feel with the country feel of fall. Primitive ghosts are a wonderful way of decorating your yard and not being too over the top with decorations or they can tone down other Halloween directions and give your yard a different feel.
It is a wonderful way for you, your guests and your neighbors to enjoy the season and the beauty of your yard. Your little ghouls and goblins will look great haunting up your hard on interior of your home. Read more
Primitive Halloween Patterns
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This autumn season why not make Halloween decorations with Primitive Halloween patterns. You will be the envy of your neighbors with these unique decorations. Ebay has a large selection of these types of patterns. You can find everything from witches to bats and even a book of spooky spells on Ebay.
There are many unique offering among the 186 listings on Ebay at the time of this writing. You can find for example a pumpkin head clown doll. He really is darling. His costume is a clown outfit that is very beautiful and eerie and he holds a cat-head bag for his treats. This pattern comes as a printed pattern with detailed instructions and a photograph of the finished piece. The photographs that come with some of the patterns on Ebay are a big help to guide you. Also, a lot of the listings have photographs of the finished pieces so you will be able to choose exactly what you want to make.
Primitive Candle Holders
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Primitive candle holders can add rustic charm to any setting, whether placed on a mantel, counter-top, bookshelf or dinner table. Dark, patterned colors can truly enhance authenticity and subtlety, whereas pastels and lighter colors seem to flood the room with too much light. A genuine primitive look gives warmth and coziness, whereas pastels tend to awaken and enliven a particular setting.
For our purposes, let's suppose the idea is to turn a home into a primitive setting, thereby finding the perfect primitive candle holder to compliment the decor. Now there are many styles that fall under the primitive candle umbrella, so let's tale a look at some of the different types.
Primitive Pumpkins
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Fall is coming with all of the beautiful crisp colors of red, yellow and orange. If you are curious on how to draw those beautiful colors indoors, you have come to the right place. By only decorating your yard to reflect your love of the season, you are limiting yourself, your guest and family.
Incorporating primitive pumpkins into your home is a wonderful, subtle, but interesting way to welcome fall and not overdo the decorating indoors. These items can also be made from the home, a wonderful project for you and a young loved one who can appreciate making crafts with you or you may give to a special friend, who also enjoys the season. Primitive pumpkins can be enjoyed by the young and young at heart for years to come.
Primitive Magazine Racks
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Primitive magazine racks are not usually as big as modern magazine racks because household magazines were not as abundant a century ago as they are now. Some antique magazine racks even doubled as letter holders, they were so small.
Nevertheless, a primitive magazine rack is a perfect accessory to the country home. There are basically two styles: a wall mount magazine rack and the more common floor rack.
A wall mount magazine rack is convenient, but smaller than floor racks if you want to really use it. If you're looking for a primitive wall mount magazine rack, be aware that you may not get many magazines in it. Use it instead for a display of your most recent favorite country decorating magazines and books.
Halloween Primitives – Primitive Witch Dolls
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Everyone loves to decorate their homes throughout the entire year. For most people, Halloween is one of the most exciting times of the year to decorate. There are many ways to decorate your home for Halloween. This year, why not try a primitive style of decor? For Halloween, everyone's favorite is the witch. People love to dress up as witches and some folks even display those talking witches to spook people who come trick-or-treating. Keeping right along with that theme, why not use a primitive witch doll to decorate your home this Halloween?
All year long, having the home decorated brings a good feeling to all of us. When it is time to decorate for Halloween, be unique! Stray from the normal items you see in department stores, and decorate with something that goes right along with the decor of your home!
Halloween Primitives as a Home Decoration
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The use of Halloween primitives as home decoration has been a yearly tradition in our family. Halloween is our favorite time of year, with it being harvest time and the leaves on the trees changing color and the slight hint of coolness in the evening air. We love all the little ghosts and goblins and princesses and pirates that come to our door for a sweet treat! We love to treat their eyes, too, and it starts us all thinking about how we will decorate our home for Halloween this year.
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After much spirited debate, we have decided on a witch theme. We have a really long front porch that has a rail the whole length of it and is about six feet deep. We think that it looks like the perfect shape to make into a general store for witches! A homespun gnarly witch doll, with the obligatory wart on her nose, will welcome our little guests at the entrance to her store. The first area will be reserved for assorted flying broomsticks. A stuffed black cat, its back arched, will be the next thing they see, just as all the noise from the rattling bones in the magic cauldron area start making loud noises. Next, bats made of cloth will fly past their heads in the magic potion area. They'll see shelves back lit with a black light with all kinds and sizes of jars and bottles with unidentifiable contents floating in them and glowing in the dark. Next will be the magic spell book area and they will be startled by the pages that seem to turn by themselves. The final page tells them to go see the witch for their treat.
Finally, they will reach our front door where a real live witch in pointed black hat and robes will be giving out candy treats from out of a bowl that looks like a smoking cauldron. Hopefully the children will make it that far before running away! If they do, they will have a whole year to recover and look forward to what our next year's decorations will be.
How will you be decorating your home with Halloween Primitives?
Decorating with Primitive Samplers
Samplers were first made starting in the 15th century. As there was no way to print designs and patterns directly on fabric, if a needle worker saw a stitch or design they liked, they would sew it onto a small piece of fabric. At the time, fabric was expensive, so samplers would often be filled with patterns and stitches. The oldest surviving sample was stitched by Jane Bostocke. The sampler has her name and the date 1598 stitched into it. Samplers evolved over time and became more organized rather than just a jumble patterns that the embroiderer wanted to remember.
Around the 17th century, sewers began adding borders to samplers and the alphabet. By the 18th century, samplers were made to show skill and knowledge of the form rather than to simply preserve the stitches. The ability to stitch samplers became a social grace and women were taught to sew samplers from a young age.
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 Primitive Prayer Sampler Wall Hanging w HANGER ~ NEW  US $19.50
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 pRiM FrAmEd UniQuE SaMpLeR ~ WiLLoW TrEE ~ PriMiTiVeS ~ AbC'S~ 123's ~ US $16.99
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 Primitive Sampler Alphabet Tuckaway Peg Ornie US $9.50
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 Primitive My Mittens Sampler Country Home Decor US $16.99
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 Primitive Sampler Log Cabin Spring Tuckaway Mini Stitchery US $7.00
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 Primitive Sampler ABC Redwork Ohio 1825 Tuckaway Peg Ornie US $9.00
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Primitive samplers feature a variety of stitches, not just the cross stitch often associated with them. The stitches may be slightly imperfect, adding to the rustic feel of the work. They often feature religious thoughts and sentiments such as Bible verses or moral quotations. Primitive samplers are commonly stitched on linen or other open weave fabrics. Primitive sampler reproductions and primitive samplers by contemporary designers are available to purchase for home decoration. Antique samplers are also available.
Primitive samplers can add a rustic, country feel to your home decor. They are still made by hand and give your decor a unique feel that is so often lacking from mass produced prints and decorations. Samplers vary in size and usually come pre-framed, ready to be hung on the wall or propped up on a table. Primitive samplers can be personalized to your tastes and thoughts and stitched with a quotation or pattern that expresses who you are. Reproduction primitive samplers can be combined with family heirlooms and antiques to give your home a personal, down-home, country feel.