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Postings of found treasures big and small. Please remember that I can ship reasonably sized items if interested in purchasing. Any questions feel free to contact me at www.yoretheresa@gmail.com

Sunday, October 16, 2011

CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE

Hi everyone, My god how time flies! Sorry its been so long since my last post. Have been extremely busy these past few months. Just thought Id update on whats been happening. For one the Retreat house is going very well. Meeting some wonderful talented women working on their projects here. We are just now starting to work on the mill. The roof is going to be on hopefully before winter. I will get some new pics to show when that starts happening. We are going to have our Christmas open house Saturday October 29th. Hope you can make it. Lots of nice items to choose from. I am almost done hooking my large rug! Yeah! It has taken 3 months to do. Just because so many other things going on. I will post it when done. I designed it also. Any one interested in having a rug hooking lesson taught on Deer hunters weekend let me know. I am considering it . It would be the weekend before Thanksgiving. Call me at the store if interested. Limited to 10 people. Well thats all the ramblings for now. Its almost 11 pm and its past my bedtime. Take care.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

OPENING AUGUST 5TH

Hi everyone. Hope that your enjoying the beautiful weather. I am still working on things at the retreat. We have set a date for opening the retreat for all you quilters, rughookers, scrapbookers, and crafters. We will be opening August 5th for the first weekend. We are now acepting reservations. You can call me at 608-583-2530 to book. More pics to come soon.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Check out new photos of Mill Creek Settlement retreat







Good day everyone. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Just letting you know that I posted some new pics of inside Mill Creek Settlement Retreat if you would like to take a peak. Making progress little by little. http://www.millcreeksettlement.blogspot.com/ and I have been working on the website comming soon it is http://www.millcreeksettlementretreat.com/ . So if you know of any rug hookers, quilters, scrapbookers, crafters that would love to come stay please pass the word. Take care.

Monday, April 25, 2011

RUG HOOKING/QUILTING/CRAFTERS RETREAT COMMING SOON!

Hi folks, Im soooooo excited to be letting you know that we are in the works preparing to open the doors to our Rug hooking/quilters/crafters retreat. I have so many ideas for decorating this place. We will start out housing 16 women. We are calling our retreat "Mill Creek Settlement". The setting will be like your stepping back into the 1800's. I hope anyways. Hoping to open by late summer. Still plucking away at the mill too. Also I am gearing up to start up my punch needle rug hooking classes. The shop was torn apart a few days ago as to make way for tables and more wool and supplies. It looks great. Had to wonderful friends help me out. Anyways just thought Id share some updates with you as to what the heck I had been doing here on the farm. Just went to The amish greenhouse today and bought many beautiful hanging baskets for the retreat. Hope I can keep them alive now. Stay tuned. If interested in or have any questions regarding the retreat or classes please feel free to contact me. Well thats all the ramblings I have for you today. I am in the works of doing a blog for my retreat also and as each room gets done I will post it. Ta ta for now.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

My original designed rug finally finished.




Hi folks, Wasn't it just a beautiful day today? I had the windows open, and heard nothing but peace and quiet. It was wonderful. I thought I would just hook for about a half hour of my rug, and before I knew it I had it finished. Well all hooked except for hemming. It is a 2x3. Now my next project is another design I came up with and needs to be completed by Sept. and turned in to Amy Oxford as part of teachers course. So I am about to get started on that . Oh I thought Id show you my new addition to my collection of spinning wheels. This one of course came out of Vermont. Love the colors and style dont you? Oh and the sugar bucket has a crossed stitched pc of material on top of lid. I plan to replace that with a rug hooked pc of mine. Well that is all the ramblings I have for you all today. Hope tommorrow brings smiles to everyones faces! Blessings to all.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Home Sweet Home








Hi folks, It feels so wonderful to be back home, sleep in my own bed, and to hear peace and quiet all night. This was the most time spent away from home. I did enjoy our time in Vermont. Met some wonderful people, seen breathtaking scenery. The one thing I thought was really cool was that you could smell the lingering aroma of wood mixed with a maple scent just about everywhere you went in Vermont, It was due to the fact that their making their maple syrup now. Just loved that.


I finished my course on punch needle rug hooking and am now certified as an instructor/teacher. Learned so much. So many techniques learned, and well anyways I cant wait to teach my first class. We drove straight home and even hit a rough patch of bad weather for about 10 minutes. So many areas were hit bad by severe weather and tornadoes in Wisconsin. I am almost finished hooking a 2x3 rug and can't wait to show everyone. Take care.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

An invite into an late 1700s home













Hello everyone, Just thought I'd tell you about one of our encounters with a wonderful gentleman artist names Edward Brown. We had met him when we went to this really wonderful old mill that had been redone into a restaurant. It was amazing! Just put this into your imagination.....upon opening the door to the restaurant being greeted with a wonderful log cabin smokey scent, then add dimmly lit candle lites all around and the wooden walls and floors as a backdrop....WOW! Anyways, we were admiring the mill and atmosphere of this place and my husband happened to get up and go to the end of the bar and introduced himself to this kind older man sitting by himself admiring the conversations unfolding by others. The man and Ross had exchanged very simular interests in old structures and of course the mill. I was introduced to him, he is a very colorful person. He invited us to his home to give us a tour. Wow, it had a walk in hearth fireplace that had a crackling fire. And anyways lots of interesting pcs to boot. One I took a picture of was this wall hanging pc which was a solid pewter rabbit upsidedown on a wooden plaque. I never seen anything of its kind. So enjoy a peek into his home which he generously let me take pics of our tour. And I took his picture also. Hope you enjoyed my ramblings.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

The Verdict is in on Vermont












Hello my friends, I and my husband are enjoying every minute in Ludlow Vermont. I think we covered the whole state (its not very big) . I cannot begin to tell you of all the wonderful people we have met. Many have invited us into their homes and not even knowing us. We have been antiquing the whole state. Found several treasures. But for the most part antique shops are far and few between. I did not find one primitive store here. There is no country register to check into. So that was a little disappointing. And there were several antique shops that were very very pricey. It makes my store prices seem like a Walmart bargain so to speak. That just goes to show it all depends on the demographics. The scenery is just beautiful. Lots of mountains.
Have been learning alot at the Fletcher farm school for arts taught by Amy Oxford. So many techniques I have learned and shading and working with lots of different textures. Just love it all. They have been long days but well worth it all. We had also visited early during weekend an old cemetary called holly hill cemetary in Vermont in an old town which quarrys marble. So all the Stones are done in marble and let me tell you what art work! This cemetary has so many different sculptures (headstones) I will try to post some. Hope to be back home next week. Missing my family, friends and store. Our Old mill has its foundation poured under it and should be ready to have building set down on it soon. Will keep you posted on this journey. Take care.

We had also met a colorful gentleman that invited Ross and I to his home today. He had redone a late 1700's house. Wow, I was so jealous! A house to dye for. Well enjoy the pics. I put a few of Niagra falls pics on here to. Will post later.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Travels in Vermont

Hi folks, Ross and I are in New York just about to Vermont which is our destination (Ludlow). I am here to take classes At Fletcher Farm school of Arts. Amy Oxford is my instructor. I hopefully will become certified as a teacher in rug hooking. Today we are hopefully going to find some awesome antique shops . We have been on interstates most of time. Time to get off the beaten path for a while. We did visit the Niagra falls. It was quite amazing. We have had sunshine the past few days on our travels. We still have a week and half to go before getting back home. Does anyone now of any cool shops or antique stores to visit in this area? Please let me know. Will play show and tell if I find any great finds. Tata for now. Have a wonderful day.

Monday, March 7, 2011

OUR 156 YR OLD DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH MADE IT


















WOW! What a journey. The mill was moved without anything falling off of it. There was a time or two that the truck pulling had gotten stuck. It is a 140 thousand lb baby they are pulling after all. It had reached its final destination. Ross and I are so excited to get started in renovations. Where do you begin you say? Well first a roof, foundation to set it onto, windows, flooring, insulation to start. We are hoping to retain the old cedar siding. Anyways I have tons of pics. I will post some of inside later. I did post a pic here of inside with some old grain thingamabobs. (dont know what you would call them). Have a great day everyone!























Tuesday, March 1, 2011

E3048 Marble Quarry, Bear Creek, Wisconsin 53577

E3048 Marble Quarry, Bear Creek, Wisconsin 53577 click on address here to tour our home.

Thought I would invite you to tour our home. This video was taken about 7 months ago by our realtor when we had it listed for sale. We decided that we did not want to sell it after all and hope that we will one day have our rug hooking/crafters retreat . Of course there would be many changes to the decor and some rooms to accomodate hookers/crafters down the road. Anyhoooo.....enjoy! Wish the weather was as nice as this day was.

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Progress update on the mill















Hi everyone, Sorry about not posting in a while. We have made headway on the old mill. Next week the guys moving the mill will begin putting it up on the equipment that is needed to move it. So I'm guessing in another week it will begin its journey to its new home about a mile and half down the road. I sure hope that it will make it! I will make sure to take pics of the move. Inside you will see a Huge wooden grain hopper...hmmmm what could we do with this, we will certainly come up with something. Its a keeper. You can see inside on the main floor what it looks like. The upstairs has taller ceiling. All I do is dream of how I am going to decorate 4 floors. Anyways, speaking of decorating, I did just that in our gathering room. The wool is selling like crazy! I am just loving this new venture in rug hooking. I cant wait to show you all my newest designed 2x3 rug. I dont know if I mentioned to you that I am going to Vermont the end of next month to have classes taught by Amy Oxford for a Teachers Certificate for punch needle hooking. You can use wool strips or wool yarn in the punch needle. And also end of March we will find out if our Rug hooking retreat is a go or not. So as you can see Ive been planning and sceaming for some big ventures. The rug hooking retreat plans are that we will be open year round to rug hookers, scrap booking, wool applique, needlepoint, or any other crafts you may want to do here. We will start by housing up to 16 beds and eventually hold up to 25 women. This is a big house. Sitting on 67 acres. Plans are to also have one of our sheds as the wool dying shed. Anyone can come to dye wool of their own here too. Anyways, I have my fingers crossed. Well thats enough ramblings today. Hope that you all have a wonderful day. Blessings to all.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

RUG HOOKING SUPPLIES AND PATTERNS COMMING IN NOW


Good morning to all, hope the sun decides to come out today. Im staying home trying to get caught up on much needed house work. Still have a little inventory to count in our back storage room. Off to trade shows next several days for more goodies for store. Ill try to make our store a bit more spring. I am tired of winter already. Looking forward to this years plans and adventures. Hope that you too have a great new year. I took this pic of the area inside my store that shows the rug hooking wool yarns and wool fabric for rug hooking. Meeting lots of wonderful rug hookers already. What an addicting art! Have a great day.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

GREAT NEWS! IT IS MEANT TO BE

YEAH!!!! ALL WENT WELL AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING TODAY. THE MILL CAN BE MOVED TO OUR PROPERTY JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION. IT WILL STILL BE ON OLD MILL ROAD. THIS IS OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE YET. WE ARE EXCITED AND CANT WAIT TO BRING IT BACK TO ITS GLORY. WILL KEEP POSTING EACH AND EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. BLESSINGS TO ALL.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED!

WELL TOMMORROW IS THE DAY AT 1PM THAT WE MEET WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD TO SEE IF WE GET THE GO AHEAD TO MOVE THE OLD MILL TO OUR PROPERTY. I JUST KNOW THAT I WILL NOT SLEEP AT ALL TONIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE BACKING US UP ON THIS ONE. JUST TRYING TO SAVE A PIECE OF HISTORY. OH, AND ONE MORE THING.....I HAVE BEEN DOING RUG HOOKING AND AM LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT. WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE ON THIS POLL......I AM CONSIDERING OPENING UP A RUG HOOKING RETREAT ON OUR FARM (YES, HUBBY SAYS GO AHEAD). IF WE GET THE MILL AND MAKE IT INTO OUR HOME, WE HAVE THE FARM TO MAKE INTO THE RETREAT. WE FIGURE ON HOUSING UP TO POSSIBLY 20 WOMEN EACH TIME. (BIG HOUSE). GREAT AREA, LAKE NEARBY, FOOD INCLUDED, SOLITUDE, ECT.... WHAT DO YOU THINK?