Changing the "Look"

I'll be changing the focus of this blog to better incorporate my Holiday folk art...not necessarily just Hallowe'en and Witch-y stuff!

You'll see more of my Christmas, Easter, and Patriotic folk art soon!

Blessed be!

Lori

Food to Die for:

Living so close to Lynchburg, VA is really neat,
with all of it's history and beautiful architecture..

but amid the hustle-bustle of this old city,
sets green acres of beautiful gardens of antique plantings,
and um...people.

the Old City Cemetary
is a wonderful place to visit...
our family first happened upon it when we moved here some 6 years ago.
we had always been interested in the history of the Civil War and had done much reenacting while living in CT...so it was great to find out that the cemetary held an annual event on memorial day for the confederate soldiers killed during the battles...

Once we got to the cemetary, we realized that it was a city-within-a-city.
streets, buildings, a funerary museum, scheduled walks, and oh,...the gardens.

Some of the plantings in the gardens are as old as the graves themselves, brought it by mourning family members and friends, and the keepers & caretakers of the cemetary have worked hard to keep the plantings alive...
Humongouse rosemary bushes, lavender bushes and ancient roses line the stone walls and bring a park-like setting to the headstones planted among them...

it truly is a special place, an honor to be buried among such beauty...

the caretakers decided that by bringing in honeybees, they would help to propogate the plantings...boy were they ever right!
the committees then decided to sell the honey from said bees, to help raise funds for the maintenance of the buildings/museum...and thusly, "Honey to Die For" was created...

along with the honey, one smart cookie went even further to write a cookbook of sorts, which contains funeral-foods, customs, epitaphs etc...
this book is called "Food to Die For" and is available for sale to the publick.
I've recently been gifted with said book, and LOVE it!

so, here's the link to the Old City Cemetary,
for those that wish to look into it a bit further, plan a trip or just buy the book:

{ www.gravegarden.org }

If you're ever in my neck of the woods,
perhaps we can go visit the city...

and the Grave Garden.

Blessed be!

Lori

{ treats for you! }

I've just listed three of these spooky/sweet Treat Pockets on my ebay auction page...
(there's 3 different pockets, with 3 different faces)

Needle felted onto wool fabric using my own hand-dyed sheep's wool roving,
and backed & fully lined with cotton fabrics
(fabircs vary from pocket to pocket)

I love them hanging with a bit of bittersweet in them.
plain, simple & folky...

visit
{http://shop.ebay.com/notforgottenfarmprimitives}
to see the other two!

Blessed be~

Lori

{...a quintet of ghouls...}

Spooky Time Jingles!!

Please make sure you visit the newly updated
Spooky Time Jingles

website

(www.spookytimejingles.com)

just WAIT till you see all of the awesome TREATS the artists have for you!

(I apologize for not offering anything new this month,
i'm a little under-the-weather)

but I'll be back NEXT month
(November 13th)
with some
Yuletide
(Christmas/Holiday/Winter)
offerings for you...

Blessed be~ Friends
Lori

{ Velvet & Wool }

I love the look of old faded fabrics,
and especially love to use them in my displays and/or artwork...

so when I found these old velvet Victorian photo albums,

I had to purchase them for their worn & loved, dark look...
i just wish I could have found them with all of their antique photo's intact!
aren't they gorgeous?

and yes, I am a self-diagnosed Tactophile...
anything with texture of any kind will eventually find it's way into my hand...
that's why I love working with wool so much,
whether it has been processed,
or left raw,
carded
or
turned into roving...

I made these necklaces from hand-dyed needle felted wool:
they'll be available in my etsy shop:
http://www.notforgottenfarm.etsy.com/
they're perfect to wear with a sweater and jeans...

some are on a length of sheer black ribbon,
some are attached to tiny bottles
and hang around your neck from waxed black cord...
all are spooky sweet!

the little bottles are cool,
because you can slip in a spell or two!!

Blessed be, friends~
Lori

One More Thing...

Here's my last item that is finished for the Ghoultide Show~

It's a BIG needlefelted picture of a floating Witch...

housed in an antique frame with a Funerary Urn atop.

it measures approx. 20" x 16.5

one of thee biggest needlefelted pictures I've done to date,
and I'm thrilled at how it turned out...

I love working with wool...

it is so forgiving...

and the dimensions you can achieve are unbelieveable!

you really have to see it in person to appreciate it~

hours of work involved, regardless of hunting for just the 'right' antique frame!
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I'll be back on Sunday, but won't be on this 'puter till Monday...

so~

Here's hoping that you will all have a perfectly pleasant
October Weekend !

Blessed be~

Lori