Hearthside Happenings

November Special and Giveaway!

2009-11-01T20:00:00.003-06:00

NOVEMBER GIVEAWAY
November is here and we have a new giveaway!! Our Mason Jar salt and pepper shakers have been very good seller for us and we've decided to give away a set to whoever wins our November contest! Just leave me a comment on this post or you can visit our online primitive country store and use the contact us page.

SHIPPING SPECIAL
During the month of November, we are offering FREE shipping to any order over $100.00! This special was very popular last month. We decided to extend for one more month! We hope you can use this time to organize your Christmas list and finds gifts for you loved ones at Hearthside Collection. You have until the end of November to take advantage of the savings.

Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions. We'll be happy to help you however we can.

New Crossroads Candle Scents!!

2009-10-23T17:51:00.001-05:00

We are excited to announce to you that we have two new Crossroads Candle scents available at Hearthside Collection! Hot Apple Pie and Cinnamon Bun! Both of these scents come in two designs. Hot Apple Pie comes with either Faith Hope Love or the words Celebrate the blessings of each new day.

The Cinnamon Bun candle comes in two designs also. One will be perfect for all of you snowman lovers. It has 5 adorable snowmen on it with the words Snowman Collector. The other one says Simplify.

We are having great candle burning weather around here. We hope our new candles can warm your home and help create cozy family memories.

Thanks for stopping by!
Jacki

Calling all Snowman Collectors!!

2009-10-22T07:46:00.007-05:00

It won't be long until we are hearing the word "snow" on a regular basis. Right now the trees are bursting with color and the air is crisp. Haystacks, cornstalks and pumpkins are adorning porches everywhere. But we all know, at least in northern Indiana, that beautiful white flurries are going to be headed our way sometime in the next several weeks. That's when snowman collectors start to get that gleam in their eyes and the excitement of adding to their collection is almost overpowering!

We have several snowmen choices for your home decorating at Hearthside Collection. My friend Marilyn, or "The flakey lady" as she is affectionately known, has several of her handmade Chenille Snowmen available through our online primitive country store.

We also carry the snowman designs of licensed artist Angela Anderson. We have several of her holiday and Christmas folk art signs available at Hearthside Collection.

We also have adorable snowmen pillows, samplers with snowmen and hand painted snowmen ornaments that can be personalized. Our personalized snowman family pillow has been very popular for gift giving this year! Visit our site and don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. We hope you can find a snowman for every room in your house!

Less than 2 weeks to take avantage of FREE shipping.

2009-10-19T15:19:00.004-05:00

Hurry on over to Hearthside Collection to take advantage of our FREE shipping offer. During the month of October we will pay the shipping on any order of 100.00 or more!! This would be a great time to think about your Christmas list! Hearthside Collection has many great handmade primitive country gift ideas.

New Products! - and - Save the Date!!

2009-10-13T13:58:00.004-05:00

As we prepare for the holiday season, it has been fun coming up with new products to share with you! We a couple of new ornaments, another new snowman pillow and the same design in a framed sampler. We also have made some of our Mason ball jars into primitive Christmas centerpieces! I just love to create and these have been a joy to work on. Hope you can find something that you might like to add to your country Christmas decorating!

SAVE THE DATE!!!

Our Christmas Open House is fast approaching. If you live in northern Indiana, I hope you'll contact us about details. The dates for this years show are November 19-21, 2009!!

The weekend before Thanksgiving is a festive time at our house! We open 7 rooms of our 1890 home for a holiday shopping experience! We invite 30 other crafters to bring us their specialties. We then take down our personal decorations and remove some of our furniture. In just a couple of days the house is transformed into a country craft store! We invite the community to visit, browse and shop while listening to Christmas music and sipping hot cider!

We are located in Argos, Indiana. Where is Argos...you might be asking? We are in northern Indiana, about 30 minutes south of South Bend, 1 hour or more west of Ft. Wayne, not quite 2 hours north of Indianapolis and about an hour east of Valparaiso. Contact us for more exact directions. Basically if you can make it to Argos, you`ll find us! We are on the main street of town and we are usually the only house with a lighted Christmas tree in the front window BEFORE Thanksgiving! Here is just a sampling of the types of items you`ll find at our Open House.

Baskets
Rugs
Samplers
Wood items
Jewelry
Snowmen
Ornaments
Potpourri
Clothing
Purses
Benches
Grapevine Trees
Santas
Felt items
Cards
Frames
Fudge
Cookies
Chips and Salsa
Bread
and SO much more!!

If you’re in our neck of the woods, plan to make a day of it or plan a ladies night out and come join us!

I'd love to meet you!
Jacki

My goodies arrived from Northern Ireland!!

2009-10-09T13:53:00.003-05:00

What a fun trip to the mailbox this week! My giveaway goodies arrived! Christine from Preferably Prim was having a giveaway in honor of her 40th birthday and I was the winner!

I was so excited as I saw the package in my mailbox!

She even wrapped everything in cute paper and tied it with jute.

Look at all the handmade treasures! I have already been using the star and crow coasters. I always have a glass of water at my work space and these coasters are so cute. I was using a folded piece of paper before! The seeds bag and fall blessings pillow have already found their spot in my kitchen.

Thanks so much Christine for your generous giveaway!

Jacki

New product!! Mason Ball Jar Lamp!!

2009-10-05T07:56:00.004-05:00

Ohhh!! I LOVE the way this lamp turned out! We started with an original blue green quart size Mason Ball Jar. The metal lamp shade has a punched tin star design in a rustic brown color.

This lamp has a four-way switch. There is a night light with a silicone bulb in the bottom and we've added cinnamon sticks and pip berries to the jar. The top part of the lamp uses a regular bulb. You can turn on just the night light, just the top bulb, both lights or turn them all off.

We have added a homespun tie and a rusty star around the neck of the jar for a great primitive look! These are available at our online primitive country store, Hearthside Collection. Just visit the Mason Jar Items page.
Jacki

October Special and Giveaway!!

2009-10-01T14:05:00.005-05:00

It's hard to believe another month has gone by! Wow!! During the month of October we would like to thank our customers by offering FREE SHIPPING on any order of $100.00 or more!! Use voucher code OCTFREE at checkout.

Each month we also have a giveaway. The giveaway for October is one you get to pick out!! We are giving away a $10.00 gift certificate to our winner!! You can sign up by leaving us comment on this post or by visiting Hearthside Collection and using the Contact us form. Just type October in the comments section and we will enter your name in the drawing.

Congratulations to Jeni from Pennsylvania for winning our Apples Sampler giveaway for September!

Use our Wish List Feature!!

2009-09-28T10:40:00.005-05:00

With the holidays fast approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to make you aware of the wish list feature we have available at Hearthside Collection. Any time you're shopping our online primitive country store look for the little words "Add to wish list" next to the Add to cart button as in this screen shot below.

When you click on Add to Wish List, each product you add will be put in your wish list cart. You can view your wish list by clicking on " My Wish List" in the upper right corner of our website. You'll need to add your customer information and then you can see your list. This list can be emailed to others! You may want to email this list to yourself for future reference or better yet email it to your hubby or a friend that may need some gift suggestions for you! You can even send along a personal message.

You could also use this list to keep track of products that you want to give to the loved ones on your Christmas list. We hope the Wish List feature can assist you as you prepare for the holiday gift giving season. If you have any questions feel free to contact us. We'll be happy to help you however we can.

Jacki

New Primitive Christmas Pillows!

2009-09-24T13:39:00.005-05:00

We have some new primitive chenille Christmas pillows at Hearthside Collection! Pillows can add so much warmth to your primitive country decorating. We have 5 new styles for you to choose from. One has a Christmas tree with a rusty star at the top. There are two pillows with snowmen. My personal favorite is the one with three rusty tin snowmen ready for winter in their homespun scarves. The primitive stocking pillow has greenery and burgundy pip berries with rusty bells for a great primitive look! I found some light green chenille with big nubs on it. The word "Noel" is stitched on burgundy fabric and looks great on the green chenille and we've even added a rusty star and pip berries.

Thanks for stopping and don't forget to check out Hearthside Collection if you are looking for primitive pillows this Christmas!

Jacki

New Primitive Country Folk Art Signs!!

2009-09-23T18:44:00.010-05:00

We are so excited to announce that we now carry primitive country folk art signs! Each of these signs are made from the original artwork of Angela Anderson. Angela is a well known local licensed artist. Her talents are obvious!! I love her attention to detail! We carry over 20 of her signs in 3 different categories. We have everyday country folk art signs with lots of salt box houses and country landscape scenes. For your harvest time decorating, we have Fall signs with pumpkins and crows and as the holidays approach, there are several C hristmas and Winter signs that showcase adorable snowmen and primitive Santa. No matter what the season, you are sure to find a folk art sign that will add the perfect touch to your primitive country decorating!

A few everyday folk art signs.

A folk art sign for Fall.

A couple Christmas folk art signs.

I just love being able to share Angela's artwork with you and make them available to the customers of our primitive country store at Hearthside Collection!

Thanks for stopping by!

Two NEW Buttered Maple Syrup Candle Designs!

2009-09-16T15:14:00.005-05:00

This is a great time of year to be thinking candles! Our buttered maple syrup jar candles are so delicious smelling. You'll probably get hungry! ;) These double wick 26 oz candles come with artwork on the outside. We offer several great art designs including our two new ones.

This one says "INDIANA" and has a great country scene with salt box houses and the state flag of Indiana.

This one with the rooster, has the word "FAMILY" all around the border.

If you would like to add this delicious candle scent to your home visit us at Hearthside Collection!

Ways to use our Pip Berry Garlands in your home.

2009-09-14T13:14:00.005-05:00

We love berry garlands at our house! They add color and a unique dimension to your primitive country decorating. Lighted garlands are so cozy especially at this time of year when the days are starting to get a little shorter. Their soft light makes the room seem very inviting and adds just enough light to the room if you're snuggled with the kids on the couch watching a movie.

At Hearthside Collection we offer several colors of pip berry garlands, some with lights and some without. We took a few snapshots of ways use our garlands in your home. Hope you'll be inspired to add some pip berry color to your decorating.

With lights in antique containers.

Spruce up an old fishing bucket.

Fill an old crock.

With lights vining up a ladder.

On top of your entertainment center.

Along the top of the mantle.

If you think you're in need of some garland coziness and color at your house, visit Hearthside Collection and check out our Berry Garland page.

New Products!! Kids Art Samplers and Pillows!

2009-09-11T14:36:00.004-05:00

We are so excited here at Hearthside Collection to add these new products to our primitive country store! Kids Art primitive samplers and pillows can be a great gift for parents, grandparents or as a surprise for your little artist! Just send us one of your child`s drawings. We will take their artwork and create a stitched primitive sampler or pillow using their picture! Since we will be using your child`s original artwork, each sampler and pillow will truly be one of a kind! One Mom said "never in my wildest dreams did I think you could make it look so much like her drawing! "

We hope these pillows and samplers can be a unique way to preserve your favorite little artist's masterpiece!

Thanks for stopping by!
Jacki

Personalized Gifts!! More New Products at Hearthside Collection

2009-09-05T08:19:00.007-05:00

The Christmas holiday season will soon be here and people love personalized gifts! Each fall we see a huge increase in the number of orders for our personalized products. We have added another option for your gift giving needs. Our stick family samplers have been one of our top sellers. We are now pleased to announce that our stick families are also available in a primitive pillow! You can tuck this primitive stick family pillow on a shelf or throw it on an old wooden rocker!

These stick family pillows will be personalized with the names of each member of your family. We will even include the family pet! Each of our stick family pillows come with rusty tin hearts attached with rusty curled wire in each corner. The size you order will depend on the number of people in your family. Visit Hearthside Collection's primitive pillows page to see your options.

We hope you'll consider giving a personalized gift this year! Keep in mind that as we make these pillows and samplers by hand it is important not to wait until the last minute to order. Unfortunately, last year we had to turn customers away that waited too long to order before Christmas.

September Special!! 10% off Fall Samplers!!

2009-09-02T07:27:00.005-05:00

Fall is on it's way! For you, that may mean bringing out some fall decorating and adding touches of golds, rust, browns and oranges to your primitive country decor. During the month of September all of our fall samplers are marked 10% off. If you've been thinking about adding some fall touches to your home, it might be a good time to check out our fall samplers page! We have a couple new primitive centerpieces for harvest time also. As you visit Hearthside Collection, keep in mind that we make most of our items by hand. If you ever need something made in a different size or with a different color, just contact us. We would love to help you create something special for your home!

September Giveaway at Hearthside Collection!!

2009-09-01T07:37:00.004-05:00

A new month means a new giveaway at Hearthside Collection! During September we are giving away this hand stitched primitive Apple sampler. Just leave us a comment and include your email address so we can contact you if you win. We do apologize to our international friends, however, due to high shipping costs, our giveaway winners are limited to US and Canadian residents.

Best Wishes and Happy Fall!
Jacki

Primitive Fall Centerpieces at Hearthside Collection!

2009-08-31T16:12:00.003-05:00

Fall colors are so beautiful! The nights are getting cooler and the leaves are just a few weeks away from changing. This is such a cozy time of year! If you are looking for something to brighten up your table this fall, check out our primitive fall centerpieces! We have combined foliage, berries, and flowers for a great show in these rust colored metal buckets. You can visit Hearthside Collection and stop by our primitive centerpieces page to check them out!

Thanks for stopping by!

New Primitive Fall Samplers at Hearthside Collection!

2009-08-28T08:01:00.007-05:00

Fall is just around the corner here in the midwest! The weather has been great...mild days and cool nights. OK, even COLD nights. Last night at the soccer game, I thought I was going to have to pull out my long underwear!! I truly love this time of year!

We have added some new fall samplers to our product line at Hearthside Collection. Use them to spruce up your home for fall or to remind you to be thankful all year long. The Lord is bountiful! Harvest time is a good time to remember His provision for each of us.

Textures of My Home

2009-08-25T07:56:00.007-05:00

Each one of your homes have that unique feel and cozy warmth that make it your own. Have you ever stopped to think about what it is about your home that makes it "feel" the way it does? I was inspired by fellow bloggers to find and capture some of the 'Textures in My Home". Linda from Behind My Red Door showcased some of her textures this weekend and I decided to give it a try too. It's really pretty easy, you can just grab your camera and go. The hard part is not taking too many pictures!!

Hope you enjoyed a little glimpse into the texture character of our home. Wish you could all come for a visit so we could sit around and chat.
Thanks for stopping by!

Jacki

New Primitive Samplers at Hearthside Collection!

2009-08-21T14:49:00.003-05:00

We've just added these two new designs to our primitive samplers! We love to use our samplers to express a favorite saying or thought. If you have a verse, saying or phrase you would like stitched into a wall hanging, please contact us and let us know. We would love to work with you and create a unique sampler to fit in with your primitive country decor.

Back To School Buys!! ~ Primitive Chalkboards~

2009-08-18T07:54:00.004-05:00

For most of us this is back to school week! The kids are excited, the parents have mixed feelings, and the teachers are ready to conquer another year! We started school last Friday. However, on Saturday our school had a fire in the computer lab. As a result we have been closed Monday and today. We have 2 daughters in high school, a senior and a freshman. They've managed to use their time off quite productively so far...shopping with friends...out to the movies...sleepover at the house with plenty of food and ice cream sundaes. It's as if we're having a little mini summer break.

Along with school starting, that means busy schedules too. We have a special for busy families. Now through the end of August, our primitive chalkboards are $3.00 off regular price! You can use these as your family message center! Use our primitive chalkboards for notes, grocery lists, laundry reminders and practice schedules.

We hope our primitive chalkboards can be a help to your family!
Thanks for stopping by!

Become a fan of Hearthside Collection on facebook.

2009-08-17T11:35:00.005-05:00

We just added a facebook page for Hearthside Collection. If you are one of the millions of people who enjoy using facebook, stop in and visit our page. We have posted a few product pictures already and we'll be adding more. Eventually we hope to include some decorating tips and videos. We would love the chance to connect with you. Stop by our page, become a fan, and leave a note on our wall.

Hearthside Collection on Facebook

3 MORE DAYS TO SAVE on Stick Family Samplers.

2009-08-13T08:30:00.004-05:00

August 16th is the last day to take advantage of our BUY 2 get one 50% off sale. When you order 2 of our stick family samplers you can get the 3rd one 50% off. ( the discount will not show up on your invoice but will be taken off before you payment is processed.)

This is a great time to think about Christmas gifts for your friends and family! Please don't wait until the last minute to order something personalized for Christmas. We are usually 2-4 weeks out on special orders. Last year we had to turn some customers away who waited too long to place an order.

They come in various sizes with various amount of stick people. Don't hesitate to ask if you have questions about how to best make your family fit. Our stick family samplers can be a great primitive family treasure for years to come.

My swap goodies!

2009-08-07T14:04:00.005-05:00

This was my first swap! Char at Pickled Pepper Patch was the host and I had a lot of fun with it. My partner was Sondra from Home & Garden Grace. WOW!! She was amazing! I am so pleased with my goodies. I took several pictures of the items she sent.

First of all, she made 3 towels for my kitchen. They say faith hope and charity.
Next, she stitched this country home sampler that I adore. The little pillow is made from several different wool fabrics and is probably my favorite piece!
She also sent me this great golden yellow table runner.

And last but not least, she made this apron from an old flour sack. I think it is adorable and I love the way it looks hanging from my cupboard!
It was a great experience for my first swap! I'm anxious to try another one! I sent her several handmade things as well. She had some suggestions for me of sayings she would like stitched to use in her home. I made her a personalized sampler with her name and the year her marriage was established, a pillow with "Rise and Shine, Give God the Glory", a framed "Simplify" sampler and a couple of homespun pillows with rusty stars and hearts.

It is always fun to meet so many great people in blog land! Thanks for visiting!!