Post a comment below or on my facebook page to be entered to win this autumn garden flag (flag only). Good Luck to you!
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September’s winner is
Joanne Blumberg
Congratulations!
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“Springtime Rabbits”
punchneedle design
©Teresa Kogut
I finished this design while working the Davisburg show. I know exactly what I want to do to finish it, but not sure if I know how. My plan is to make this into a door pillow with a primitive ribbon for the hanger. I am also going to sew 5-7 rusty jingle bells across the bottom. I have several new designs now that I need to make into patterns…….coming soon 🙂
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LOVED this large barn! They had appraisals going all weekend…..I didn’t think of it until Sunday but I have something I would love to have appraised. It is an antique paper mache mold of an amazing looking angel. I am curious what it is worth…. to me it is priceless because I love it so much! but still……just curious
There were four or more barns full of vendors plus the outside vendors. Thank you God for the beautiful weather. It was sunny and mid 60s Saturday and cloudy low 60s Sunday. Nice fall weather.
This is the poultry barn where Jann and I had our booth. We were down on the right side. Here to the left is Wren in the Willow and Holly Hills Primitives. Love them both!
Here is a picture of Holly Hills Primitives booth. Check out their blog…they own a store in Holly MI
Here is Jann and I 🙂 Havin’ fun on Sunday. (thank you Dawn from Holly Hills Primitives for the photo)
Jann makes amazing wool purses and totes. She knits them first (and they are taller than her when she is done knitting) then she wet felts them, needle felts images/words on them, sews on leather handles by hand and tops them off with a clay button and a felted 3-D pull. She puts 30-40 hours into each bag. Truly amazing work!
Our booth
Close up of Jann’s Got Wool tote……sold as we were packing up to leave!!!
If you missed the Davisburg show, I feel for you. It was really a great show! We will certainly be back there next year!
That’s it for now friends. By the way, Dawn from Holly Hills Primitives (HHP) has invited Jann and I to set up at her store during the Dickens Festival the weekend after Thanksgiving! So exctied! More info to come!
ALSO, Jann will be teaching needle felting and I will be teaching punchneedle at HHP in January! Sure to be a great time! Only 8 people per class so watch HHP blog to sign up 🙂
Blessings to you all for a wonderful week. This Friday, Jann and I will be in Findlay Ohio for a show! Tis the season………
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FRIGHT NIGHT
14 x 20 acrylic over collage papers
©Teresa Kogut
Collection of 5 x 7 framed silhouette
cut-outs that I adhered to antique Halloween
party book pages. They look super great!
Getting ready for the Handcrafters show in Davisburg Michigan this weekend and then the following weekend, October 6, I will be in Findlay Ohio at Early American Home store. Barb, the owner, is having some primitive folk artists set up booths in her store parking lot and yard! Sure to be a blast! Hope to see you at one or both!!
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CaT & JaCk
©Teresa Kogut
punchneedle pattern
Just finished this piece today!!! I was so inspired after going to Sauder Village this year that I decided to create some patterns that look more like hooked rugs….and this one does! I love how it turned out! I will be working on the directions soon so that I can offer this pattern to all of you Halloween punchneedle fans 🙂
Blessings!
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“Crow & Basket”
©Teresa Kogut, all rights reserved
12 x 12 acrylic on cradled board
I have shows coming up so I am feverishly painting some smaller folk art paintings. I will be posting a list of shows I am doing shortly (on the sidebar). Today I am working on a Halloween folk art painting…..stay tuned…..
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My friend, Peggy, and her husband, Bob, transformed their home into a Country Shoppe!! They spent days and days with much help from friends taking down all their own decorations to make room for all the goodies! They were gracious enough to ask me to display some of my work for their show and, of course, I said yes! Here are some photos of “A Place We Call Home Gathering”. (Sorry the photos are so blurry….I was using a very professional camera but lacked the knowledge of how to use it!)
They opened up their family room (entrance and check-out), the kitchen (supplied food & punch for all the guests), the bathroom, the kitchen, another family room and living room…..all stocked full of great Halloween and Christmas goodies! Oh, and let’s not forget the entertainment! All three days of the home show they had live entertainment to greet their guests!
Peggy took a tree branch that had fallen in her yard, painted it cream, put lights on it and hung Halloween ornaments on it……Fantastic idea! She gave me the another one to give to my Mom 🙂
I wanted to buy this but waited too long!
Peggy and Bob’s friends, Dawn & Dick were there helping all week. They own a primitive shoppe in Holly Michigan called “Holly Hill Primitives“. She makes wonderful primitive home decor accessories and Dick makes awesome wood funiture and accessories such as the make do chair they are standing behind. I enjoyed meeting them and getting to know Dawn while we “fluffed” a gazillion Christmas trees together!
Here is a shot of my display
Definitely making more of the silhouette framed pieces for future shows….they sold and I wish I had more of them!
Peggy & Me
I have to say the best part about the entire home show was the time I got to spend with such wonderful people! Meeting new friends (Dawn, Dick, Judy, Cindy & Mark, Nancy), seeing some that I haven’t seen in an age (Lauren, Alison, Christina, Gina, Virginia, Colleen, Teresa) and hangin’ out with good friends (Bob, Peggy, Linda)
A big THANK YOU to Bob and Peggy for being so welcoming and kind enough to open your beautiful home to all of us!
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“Halloween Parade”
8×10 print
©Teresa Kogut
Win this print in time to hang it for Halloween! All you have to do to enter is comment below or on my facebook page…..but this time please tell me your favorite thing about Halloween!! I will draw the name of the lucky winner the first week of October 🙂
btw….my favorite thing about Halloween is painting for it! I love designing and painting whimsical and/or primitive Halloween art!
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The winner of the 8×10 angel print August give away is……
Melinda Hipsher
Congratulations Melinda! Send me your mailing address and I will send your print right out 🙂
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These three images are closeups of the angel pictured below. I really love all the texture in this painting and thought you might like to see it too. Many layers go into a painting like this….collage papers, layers of acrylic paints, (then I sand the painting to let some of the color from the collage papers show through) a layer gloss varnish, crackle medium, a raw umber wash, then I seal it with two layers of matte varnish. All these steps are worth the end result 🙂
Wishing you all a happy and safe Labor Day weekend!!!
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Angelic Vision
acrylic over collage papers on birch plywood
©Teresa Kogut, all rights reserved
The color isn’t very accurate because I took this photo with my DroidX phone….the actual colors are more muted…..not so much pink around the head either….but I love this painting so much I had to share it with you as it will be a week or more before I get it professionally shot.
I have been wanting to paint with a minimum use of color and use more sanding to get a more grungy look for a while now……and now that I have done one this way, there definitely will be more to come!
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Enjoy the last few days of summer everyone!!
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