Out junking! Check out www.littleputtylittlepaint.blogspot.com to see what todays finds will be.

Hi friends, just a note to check out www.littleputtylittlepaint.blogspot.com .  There's a whole lot of junking, decorating, and renovating going on!

Check out newest blog!!!!

Hello folks, just wanted to let you know that if your interested in following our journey while we renovate an old 157 yr old flour mill into our home and an old railroad depot which we are renovating into our home til the mill is done (sigh)  Please check us out.  I have began decorating in the depot also, when I have the opportunity when a room is done.

It is called www.littleputtylittlepaint.blogspot.com

Another finished Hooked rug

Hello folks, Just finished another hooked rug this AM called Exotic Flower. It is 3'x3' in size. I just need to finish binding edges. It took about a month to complete. Had gotten the idea for my design from an old picture frame that had this design on each corner of frame, I just added a few more petals to my design. Turned out nice. Love the colors. I have a few ideas floating in my head for my next rug design. Of course they are larger ones too. Just can't get myself to hook smaller ones when my designs speak out Bigger, Bigger! Hope that we don't get the strong storms that have been forcast for this evening and tommorrow. Sun is shining here now. Very nice day. Hope that you have a wonderful day also.

Rug Hooking Classes beginning

Hi folks, Anyone interested in the area for a beginners rug hooking class that will be held at Mill Creek Settlement Retreat, March 11th from 12;30 TIL 4:30 PM (Sunday). Class size is limited to 10 so if interested please let me know. Can Email me here or www.yoretheresa@gmail.com . Will give more details when I talk with you. Im excited to get a class going. Its been a while.

Few Rugs finished hooking

Here are a few rugs I designed and hooked. They are about 3'x3' in size. The log cabin pattern is a little larger. Now I have to put my hooking aside and try to work on taxes. Yuck! But in the back of my mind Im still trying to imagine what I want my next rug to be. Thats half the fun of hooking! I love creating new patterns. Hope you like them. Be sure to check previous new posts on the Old Mill restorations below.

Inside of old Mill .

Here are some photos inside the old Mill. As you can see there is a little work ahead of us. Notice the picture of the huge square wooden hopper? We are planning to use this as a large light fixture over a harvest table. It will be attached to ceiling with a light inside. Anyways thats the plan..It is taller than I am. We are going to try to retain the whiteish looking interior walls. I love that look. Another photo is of the new basement that the mill was set onto. Still have the old beams in place. We will keep you posted as time goes by.

Update on the old mill restoration

Just thought I'd update you on progress of our Mill restoration. We finally have the roof and cupula finished. We went with a brownish slate metal roof which turned out nice. We went with metal because we do not want to ever go up there and put another roof on again. The cupula looks wonderful. We put cedar shingles on it that will gray with age. There are windows on all sides of it and we plan to put a large hanging electric lantern inside of it which will be lit all the time. Can't wait for that. Also I threw in a few pics of what we are up against inside the mill but these pics I noticed are older ones of before it was moved to our location. I will get the newer ones on.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!