Holiday Lighted Centerpiece with tiny twinkies

Great for a Holiday Table decoration. Glass globe is filled with dried goodies and the glass is drilled for the large lite inside. Also included is a tri-colored pipberry swag, tin star and tin flag swag, & 50 light tiny bulb twinky lights, with wood box included. Cost: $95.00 + postage. Last one available.

Brand New Designed Santa In Old Quilt!

Here's my newly designed Santa dressed in old red & white cutter quilt which is made to look older. He is carrying an aged sholder bag with a candycame, diamond dusted star in a tin circullar painted cornicopia ornie. His wool beard is needle punched on and there's a neat brass antiqued bell with a big loop on his hat. Cost: $75.00. SOLD, THANKYOU!

Freebie Idea & How-To, for you! Lima & String Bean Swag:-)

Here is all that you will need to make this cute little Lima Bean Swag. When you make a trip to your favorite outdoor market, pick up some large marbled string beans and flat Lima bean in the hull. Dry both in a box top or any dry place, make sure none of them touch and they are not wet. After a week or two, get a punch, & rusty wire. Cut a piece of wire in the length you would like, punch each bean in the middle and thread a swag. If you can't find Lima beans, okra will do nicely, too. Add home spun strip or whatever else you can come up with! Have fun!

These swags are available for purchase $9.00 +postage, contact me at kathiegivens@msn.com

This last one is available.

What's New - Take a Peek!

Civil War Sign - $18 - Sorry, Sold

These two little pinkeep Annie's would love to grace your wall or sit inside an olde basket. They are both made of old quilt and have a stunning smile with old lace and buttons:-) $48 each + pony express. Visit my site.

Here's a cutey. She is available for adoption, she is quiet, inventive, loves old stuff, and will make your primitive spirit soar. $68. plus travel. Email me! kathiegivens@roadrunner.com

Free Gift Fridays!

All through the month of October we are offering you a free Old print 2010 Victorian Calendar, with a $20.00 or more purchase, on Fridays!

Come on in and see all our primitive Halloween & Fall decorations. We are locating in the old 8 room Farmhouse, right on Copley Circle, in Copley Ohio, Rt. 162. 40 minutes from Cleveland, 30 minutes from Canton, Ohio. Give me a call at the shop and I will help. 330-665-9696. Great finds to see! Lots of hand-mades to smooth your primitive spirits.

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Time to get out those Fall Decorations!

Come and see our just in, pottery pumpkins, they are great to lite with candles and last for many years!

New Ad for the Ohio Country Register!

Here is Faith, posing for her 1st debut.

One of her favorite Bible quotes is:

"The truth shall make you free"

If you want to enjoy a free and very interesting little newspaper, with Primitive shops & ads, look for the Country Register! It is awesome!

Here is our ad for the fall issue that recently was published.

The prim doll in the ad, posed for this event and is wearing her favorite dress and a vintage pin with a tiny mustard seed inbedded in it. Her name is Faith, and she was recently sold, (thank you!) but you can view her little antique dress, below. She is one of a kind and was recently designed by My Country Heart.

Fall Sunflowers to Hang!

Primitive Sunflowers done in the large size and below in a smaller rendition. They are handmade and handstitched with a dry-brush painting.

Fresh off the drawing board are these new sunflower hangers! They are turning into a best seller & I may offer them in my pattern for sale. Let me know if any of you are interested. kathiegivens@roadrunner.com If you visit us in Copley, Ohio, at the shop, you can check out our sunflower and old crow harvest tree, done up in gold twinky lights!

I like to hang them on a window or porch, too! &, They fit nicely in an envelope to mail! They are great to sew up while watch TV!

Don't forget to visit my site for a peek, I just added 15 new items, along with the above! www.mycountryheart.com !

Freebie!!!! My Own Personal Grubbing Recipe!

Here's for all you primitive crafters out there that have that passion to antique and grub up all your handmade items. I have tried many written recipies & this one that I use, works the best. You may copy and use, all I ask is that you ad me to your website or blog! My email is KathieGivens@msn.com, and my site is http://www.mycountryheart.com/

Grubbing Up Recipe with Tips: Instant Coffee or Instant Tea (without lemon added), Coffee is darker and makes a nice patina I think. Use the least expensive Coffee you can find, Big Lots or Walmart. The Dollar Stores may have some too. I save my instant empty coffee jars to do the mixing in.....I use about 1/8 of a jar of coffee. Then I add Cinnamon "powder", a few teaspoons, do not buy the ground cinnamon, the powder mixed better, unless you want the "grounds" of the cinnamon to show on your finished product because they will. My next item is vanilla, which along with the cinnamon can be purchased at the Dollar Tree ~ get least expensive brands. I also add a few drops of any scented oil, in this project, I have used Spice Cake and Cookie Doe, and it is heavenly to smell the mixture!!! :-) Next into the pot goes "Distress Ink" which is a walnut ink bought at Pat Catan's or any crafts store. A few drops with do. However dark you want your items in color will be fine with the amount of ink you use! Then shake up the jar and I use hot water to disolve the coffee & let it set for a few minutes. I use one rubber glove so my hand does not turn color and alway apply with a sponge brush & rinse it when I am done & reuse. When I am done I put the jar in the refrig, so it does not mold up~ it stays for weeks! I always save my fiberfill bags and cut them open & they make good staining mats. When done with the grubbing, I lay items on cardboard, it does not absorb too much of my mixture and item dry very well ~ I don't like to put items in my oven. Air drying gives the nice dark tint to the ends of the material. If you want darker items, give a second coat ~ but using the ink does it very well much better than acrylic paint! Look at the dramatic difference with just one application!!!!

I always do my painting and antiquing in my laundry room on my washer & dryer!!! I also have this vintage baby dress that is getting aged, great for a bear I am finishing! Check out this great old wood shoe rack that houses all my paints. Works great, I almost thru it out.

Old 1840's Coverlet Sew Keep

Thought I would share this new design pin-keep, that's at the shop! It's made of vintage coverlet and wool with long paint processes on the sewing box, finished inside and out & with a satin sealer. Sorry, it has been sold. Thank you!

Make-Do Heart & Hand Pin Keep! New!

This is a best-seller, and, yes I used my hand as a pattern:-) The best part of this newer item is the 1830-40, Vintage Old Coverlet heart and old bone buttons used for the heart and hand motif. I have two available. $45.00 each + postage. Visit my site to see the vintage doll bed & bedding.

Fresh Off the Drawing Board!

Clair, the Arc Angel, is up for a new home! Boy is she prim and beautiful, with her flax hair and old feed sack dress she made for herself! Lots of detail and paint and sanding went into her personality. Email me if you have interest.....$52.00 plus postage! Did you see her embroidered primitive heart? All my OOAK creations have their trademark...can't get away from the dream, my country heart, that's what it's about:-)

New items also include a basket of lovable cats. Grubbed up cats, that come with a brass bell, so ya can find 'em quick. And the old blue civil war print quilt fabric tie, on each one, is vintage & hard to find these days. $22.00, + postage, and they purr real loud, too.

An Invitation to Visit Historic Copley, Circle Area

Here is an extented personal invitation to come and visit our Shop! My Country Heart, is located in Copley, Ohio 44321 , 3564 Copley Rd. We are located on Route 162, right on Copley Circle!

There are many new shops that have opened in the area, you can make an afternoon of fun shopping and browsing! Here are a few of the other shops located right next to us. Copley Antique Mall has many Antique Dealers and many quality Antiques. Just That Twist, is located within walking distance and is a newly opened retail shop with lots of neat things to see. The Red Door, just down a few steps, is another large antique shop! Contact me for any questions you may have! Come take a little road trip & visit us:-)

Here's All the Beautiful Signs of Spring!

Here's a peek of the bulbs I planted last fall, what a surprise they render in the Spring! Who says you can't make a Blue Spruce and Egg Tree:-)

Here's A Freebie For you! Award Winning Chili Recipe

Aunt Kathie's
Award Winning Chili

Ingredients:

1 lb.Extra-Lean Ground Round
1/2 Pkg. McCormick's Mild Chili Seasoning Mix.
2 or 3 handfuls of Ditalini Macaroni (Uncooked).
1 14oz. Can of Beef Broth (College Inn or Gia Russa).
1 reg. size can of Pinto Beans (use juice).
1 reg. size can of whole Potatoes (cut in little pieces & rinsed, discard water in can).
1 reg. size can of Dark Red Kidney Beans.
1 6oz. can Contadina Tomato Past (with Roasted Garlic listed on the label).
1 28oz. Can (Progresso or Giant Eagle) Crushed Tomatoes in Puree.
1 reg. size can Lima beans, or large flat Italian Green Beans (Select Brand or DelMonte).
2-3 T. Extra Light Olive Oil (Bertolli).
2 flat round Cipolline onions, chopped up fine.
(optional: fresh Green pepper, tastes great without it!)
2 T. brown sugar
1 or 2 pats of real butter
Parsley Flakes, Onion Powder, Basil, Garlic-Pepper & water as needed.

Directions: In a large deep soup pan, brown hamburg in olive oil, onions, (green pepper cut up small if you like it) & add seasonings. (Cook well.) Add McCormick's Chile Mix, Tomato Paste, Crushed Tomato Sause, Beef Broth, Brown Sugar, stir well. Then add all beans, potatoes, butter & Macaroni, cover,then after coming to a boil,simmer on your lowest burner setting for 45 minutes. I like it to kinda' forment covered, for 15-20 minutes before serving. Yum! Serve with bagels, or cornbread, shredded cheddar, or sour cream. Depends how the diet goes. (I like it just with stone ground whole wheat flour bread, toasted!) Sorry, No awards were won with this Chile recipe :-), but it does not last long at home!