An Autumn Affair

Posted by Farmgirl on August 31, 2010  |  1 Comment

Join us September 3 & 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Farmgirl Finds Fall Open House

Discover a bewitching mix of rustic antiques, time-worn primitives and
rough and ready items for a welcoming country house.

Spicy candles and decorative seasonal items will add country coziness to your home.

Join us for an Autumn Affair!

Open Fridays & Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Primitive delights

Posted by Farmgirl on April 30, 2010  |  No Comments

Head on over to Farmgirl Finds and see what’s in store!

New primitives and rustic treasures arrive each week. And you don’t want to miss NEXT WEEK … our Anniversary Celebration & Tag Sale. Lots of goodies at reduced prices in the parking lot and beautiful treasures within the store.

We’re open Fridays & Saturdays, 10-4.

Come on in!

Sweeten the deal

Posted by Farmgirl on April 12, 2010  |  1 Comment

Photo from designspongeonline.com

It’s Monday.

I thought you’d enjoy a little boost for your spirits (and possibly your waistline if you eat half of these in one sitting. But don’t do that, even though they’re really good!) I found this recipe over at the TastyKitchen Web site. It’s a keeper!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins

2 cups Quick Cooking Oats
1-⅔ cup Low-fat Buttermilk
¾ cups Brown Sugar
¼ cups Sugar
2 whole Eggs, Lightly Beaten
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
½ cups Butter, Melted And Cooled
1 cup Flour
1-½ teaspoon Baking Powder
½ teaspoons Baking Soda
¼ teaspoons Salt
1-½ cup Chocolate Chips, Preferably Semi-sweet
½ cups Chocolate-covered Toffee Bits, Plus More For Sprinkling

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a large bowl, combine oats and sugars. Pour buttermilk over mixture, stir to combine, and let sit 5 minutes. In a small bowl, combine eggs and vanilla. Poor cooled butter into egg mixture and combine. Pour butter and egg mixture into oat mixture, and stir to combine.

In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Pour flour mixture into oat mixture. Stir until just combined. Add chocolate chips and toffee bits, stirring gently.

Place muffin liners in muffin tins, and fill about ¾ full. Sprinkle with additional toffee. Bake about 20 minutes, or until golden. Let cool 5 minutes before removing from pans, then let cool on racks.

P.S.

And now that I’ve sweetened you up a bit …
Don’t forget Farmgirl Finds will re-open Friday, April 16.
Come see our curious mix of old and new rustic treasures, antiques and primitives!

We’re open Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

New primitives arrive weekly!

Color me happy

Posted by Farmgirl on December 17, 2009  |  1 Comment

A few of my favorite things.
These are a few of my favorite things … but also my favorite colors. Rich browns, antique whites and creams, bronzy golds and old red.

Both of these collections speak to me … I love to decorate with this warm, cozy and comforting colors. Caramels and rust and black and brown and silvery white.

Yummy!

And who can resist a collection of old books … or old door knobs!

I love it.

I spy …

Posted by Farmgirl on November 13, 2009  |  1 Comment

Christmas on display. Come see what’s in store this weekend!

Fabulous primitives. Join us for the Tour of Homes. Three houses. Exciting antiques.

You won’t be disappointed.

You will be inspired.

You may fall in love with worn and aged items all over again!

Gorgeous color. The very best new “old items” can’t compete with time-worn color.

Secrets revealed. We’ll show you our dirty laundry.

Buddy system. We all love primitives and rustic antiques. And we love to share that passion with you.

Come on over to Farmgirl Finds! It’s going to be a great weekend in Augusta!

Five Days …

Posted by Farmgirl on November 10, 2009  |  1 Comment

It’s going to be a busy week around here. The Primitive Christmas TOUR OF HOMES is Saturday, from 10-4. Saturday is also the official opening day of the Farmgirl Finds’ Christmas Open House. Every Friday and Saturday through December 19, we’ll open our doors for you.

Come on in and enjoy the sounds of a primitive country Christmas … the smells of cinnamon, spice and everything nice. We have ornaments and wreaths, twig trees, and rustic Santas and snowmen. Our selection of rustic antiques continues to grow each week. Whether you’re hoping for ladderback chairs, farm tables, a grand old cupboard or crocks under the tree, we can help you out!

Come see us! And if you’re free this Saturday, be sure to stop off for tickets and a map for the home tour. You won’t be disappointed. Three fabulous farmhouses filled with unique antiques and primitive treasures. These ladies have gone to great lengths to deck their halls. Trust me when I say …

You don’t want to miss it!

Group project

Posted by Farmgirl on November 7, 2009  |  2 Comments

Silence is golden … until you’ve been away and come home to an empty house. I dropped my bags and called up the stairs, “Yoooohooooooo!” No answer.

So I did what I normally do … walked outside and listened. It doesn’t take nine years of motherhood to learn it’s impossible for children to be quiet outside.

And I heard them …

They were in heaven. If there’s one thing my kids love — besides Saturdays,  spending time with Daddy and being outside — it’s painting. I rarely let them participate in my painting projects. Then again, I don’t usually have a set-up like this.

Daddies are brave. Daddies don’t worry about paint on clothing or paint blobs and runs that no one will ever see. I admire daddies. They are missing the worry gene. They think simply:

job needs done

put kids to work to keep them busy

make Mommy happy.

And I was. Very, very happy. The kind of pleased as punch feeling you get when there’s a job to do and someone does it for you, simply because they love you.

They are painting the signs for the Tour of Homes. All I have to do is add arrows and numbers.

When I was in school I hated group projects. Not any more. Maybe it’s age … growing patience … softening of the worry gene … I love help these days. Group projects make life worth living. Group projects help the helpers as much as the one accepting the help.

Pay it forward. The painters are painting. I’m alone in the house. I think I’ll go make them something scrumptious for supper … to reward their hard work on our group project.

We’re decking the halls

Posted by Farmgirl on October 29, 2009  |  No Comments

Farmgirl Finds will be closed Oct. 30-31.

We’re getting ready for Christmas!

Come see what’s in store for the holidays Nov. 6-7. And don’t forget the

Tour of Homes

Saturday, Nov. 14, 10-4. Get tickets and maps at the shop the day of the event.
Cost: $3 per person. You’ll visit three primitive homes, decorated for Christmas. Travel back in time to an 1800s farmhouse; a new, historically accurate home; and an 1890s farmhouse. All feature fabulous primitive antiques and rustic accents. Bring a friend!

Claim your cozy corner

Posted by Farmgirl on October 24, 2009  |  No Comments

After you’ve cleaned the house, raked the leaves, filled the crockpot with a savory roast for supper, finished the barn chores if you have ‘em, and folded that last load of laundry …

How about curling up with a good book?

Do you have a reading nook in your home? A comfortable old chair … a cozy corner … someplace that offers warmth and relaxation? Sometimes a book is even better if you feel cuddled, and maybe coddled, while reading.

These photos from Country Living make me want to search my shelves for the perfect novel, pull on my fuzzy socks and sink in for a few hours of quiet bliss. I hope you find a few moments to cuddle into a corner this weekend!

Happy weekend!

Hens and emergency rooms don’t mix

Posted by Farmgirl on October 19, 2009  |  3 Comments

Wow. You won’t believe the stories I have to tell you! First of all, I came across this darling curtain rod while searching online for … curtain rods. It’s perfect for you primitive addicts. If you can’t find enough cruddy old and charming shutters to cover your windows, how about some hand-hewn brackets, a limb rod (not a nimrod) … and perhaps some tea-stained cheesecloth? Give it a try. Send me a photo if it works out. I’d love to see!

I also came across this photo. I save it as a reminder to myself that I need some shadow boxes. I’m not sure where to buy them … maybe I could make them. My grandpa’s old Mount Union College basketball uniform is crying out for a shadow box of its own. So are some of the darling garments from my Great-Great-Grandmother’s treasure box.

But that’s a project for another day …

First I have to finish the mess project I started in my girls’ bedroom. I spent the weekend painting the floor chocolate brown, supervising the hanging of the cute little chandelier that had 10,000 stupid little glass hangy-downy-things that took me forever to attach, and transforming two very large curtain panels purchased on ebay for $12 into four, slightly smaller curtain panels.

Oh, I also supervised the hanging of two curtain rods. Did you know it’s difficult to get curtain rods level when the ceiling is not level, and neither are the windows? Using a level does not help because when the curtains are perfectly precise, the ceiling looks perfectly ridiculous.

But we made it work.

I love old houses.

I still need to paint the closet doors a creamy antique white and reattach the baseboard. Did I mention how nice the chocolate floors look with the princess pink walls?

I want to move in and be eight years-old again.

Really. I do. Because being thirty … something … is very  hard. And it’s exhausting.

And speaking of living without sleep for days, I have to explain why I have not posted photos of the mess project in my girls’ room. This weekend … before I painted the floor and made curtains and attached 10,000 hangy-downy-things to a small chandelier, I spent all night in the emergency room.

Wait. Stop. Don’t panic. Everyone is fine. After running 25,000 tests that all came back negative, they determined that FarmGuy is as fit as a slightly out-of-tune fiddle. Here’s what I learned …

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  • If you go to the ER with chest pains and irregular heartbeats you can bypass sitting in the waiting room for four hours like the poor people with flu-like symptoms. Hard to believe, but it’s true.
    
  • After they determine you ARE NOT having another heart attack, they will run as many other ridiculous tests as your insurance company can handle. Shocker, I know.
     
  • If you answer affirmatively that you’ve been on an airplane within the last month they will run a test to see if there’s a blood clot in your lung … even if you’re NOT having difficulty breathing.

And finally …

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  • When the kindly nurse asks if you’ve been on or near a poultry farm recently, DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT! utter without thinking first due to lack of sleep … “Well we have our own hens.” First of all, the poor woman will stare at you in disbelief and exclaim, “Really?!” And then she’ll get all concerned about avian flu. And you’ll roll your eyes and assure her that they are completely FREE of avian flu. And you will swear to it on the lives of all 286 of your closest friends and family.

SIGH.

Here’s what I’ve decided. Apparently, there is just so much dog-goned love in this family that we’ve broken FarmGuy’s heart. It’s just too much to handle. Too many hugs, kisses and laughs. So I’ve determined that every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:02 p.m. we’re all going to stand around and scream at one another, hurl insults and pout for 30 minutes. That should do the trick. Don’t you think?

Here’s one more photo for your viewing pleasure … since the Farmgirl who runs this blog is apparently too busy with mundane matters to post new stuff from her messes projects. (Don’t worry … I’ll get on it ASAP!)

This is about the cutest, cheeriest little dining room I’ve ever seen. And I love dogs … and big checkered prints. I do want to know, though …

How on earth do they keep that glossy white floor so clean?