Crows, Canning, and Collecting Antiques

After a weekend spent getting most of the windows in our home replaced (and moving everything in each room out of the way… and then back into place again… and then cleaning up the mess), I finally had time to get a new primitive crow doll that I finished making last week listed on Etsy today. She is 19″ tall including her witch hat, and was handmade by me using a Veena’s Mercantile pattern.

primitive crow doll in a witch hat

SOLD, thank you!

The canning of all those pickles in my last post has also begun! I’m boiling the salt water for jar number 3 already, which I will add to a jar stuffed with pickle cucumbers, fresh dill from our garden, garlic, and horseradish root to make Polish style cucumbers in brine.

canning cucumbers in brine

Once the lid is sealed, we ferment them for 1-2 weeks, and then open and eat! We’re already eating jar #1 – delicious! (Or shall I say, bickering over who gets to eat the last pickle from the jar… after which my husband drinks all of the brine.)

And finally, I went antiquing last Thursday at the Chester Antique Mall, and have some photos of my finds to share. I set out wanting to find a piece that could function as an end table for next to our living room couch, and that is exactly what I came home with. I also found a fabulous lopsided, slotted iron spoon to add to my collection.

antique pine trunk

antique pine trunk

primitive antique spoon collection

10 thoughts on “Crows, Canning, and Collecting Antiques”

  1. I just love your new crow..what a sweetie.

    WOW…LOVE the chest Steph…it’s fantastic…a great find and those spoons are wonderful!

    The pic of the pickles is great..i love it…sure hope I’m able to make some this year.

    Have a wonderful day
    :)Doreen

  2. Wow Steph you certainly have much to crow about!!!! ha!
    Love your crow and that trunk you found is to absolutely die for!
    Save me a pickle too please! And you do windows?
    You make me feel like a slacker!!
    🙂 Nan

  3. You have been busy Stephanie. Your new crow doll is gorgeous. Love her little bag of flowers. The new addition to your furniture looks great too. Plenty of storage by the looks of it. The pickles I can leave….ha ha.

  4. Hi Stephanie! Your crow doll is charming! Those pickles sound delicious ~ I am just about through with bread & butter pickles and freezer pickles. LOVE your antique finds!

  5. I love that crow so very very much – I have been trying to identify my daemon for years and now I know it should be a crow. A witchy one. Would you be willing to make another one?

    Rach, South Korea

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