~ He's got me HOOKED!

… oh that man of mine ~

he never ceases to amaze me!

I wanted a nice display for his new hooks…

you know, something portable and unique

something that would catch your eye when I bring his hooks to my upcoming shows ~

{not that his hooks alone wouldn't catch your eye ;) }

so he came up with this :

he first made the tiered block to hold his hooks

all nicely in their respective rows….

awesome idea!

then we added to that.

we elaborated & combine our thoughts

to make a unique 'old time' store display!

a sign was needed for the top,

so he made one with a beautiful tulip crest ~

we needed to attach the sign to the base, 

so we rummaged through our 'found' treasures 

… and found two old stair spindles still with tracers of original blue paint.

that not being enough, Peter added two of his hand-turned spools to the tops of the spindles.

yep.

{I added my hand-spun sheeps' wool to the spools and did the painting on the sign}

how can you pick just one?

I can't wait to bring this with me now to display at the shows 

AND have it here in the farm shop for all to see…

so very proud of my Woodsmith-farmer!

the sheep that I drew onto the sign is our logo ~

you may have seen it before, on our tote bags, aprons & tape measures :)

the sheep motif is inspired by my sweet momma-ewe, Esther ~ 

who is a dear old gal who lives with us here at the farm still.

of course I had to add a rug hook, spool of thread & needle to her motif

just for fun and to represent our love of her & what we do here.

Peter is working on another, larger sign for me for the shows, 

~ so I'll share that one with you soon as well.

who knew? now we are sign makers!

ha!

I am working away on the last of the pattern models for our Spring release…

& should be finished with the Lamb in the Clover design by this evening.

If all goes as planned, we will be releasing:

~ "Rabbit Warren" cross stitch design

~ "Bunny Folk" punch needle design

~ "Lamb in the Clover" wool applique/embroidery design

~ "Lamb" thread winder

~ "Rabbit" thread winder

~ "Clover" thread winder

~ a NEW Sewing Box design

~ Our Organic Lavender {for stuffing your projects/sachets}

and 

~ those most-beautiful Hooks!

Have a Happy & Creative Tuesday my Friends!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori