~ Powerless ~

Well!

~ finally our power is back on…

hellacious storms rolling through here just about every afternoon

 is playing havoc with our little rural power co. 

On & off, flickering & then off. popping back on & the power surges!

weird.

So needless to say, I have had no access to my emails or FB since yesterday.

oh, and our phone lines are down too. yep.

*sigh*

Update on shipping for the Punch Needle Stations:

we are shipping as fast as we can!

~ kindly remember that we are a small business... 

a true Mom & Pop, American Based Entrepreneurship! 

we strive to bring you quality & fast shipping 

and love to offer you our very own original and unique wooden products 

that you just won't find anywhere else. 

Each one of our wooden products is made one at a time, by hand, with lots of care ~

We ship 2x weekly and all of our orders ship in the order they were received…

and I can provide tracking numbers for you as I get them shipped.

If your order {via Etsy} is marked 'not shipped', 

~ that simply means that I didn't check the box yet.

:)

between dyeing linens, designing, processing orders, packaging & shipping…

I do find a little time to create, of course...

{because I will lose my mind if I don't make time for that!!!}

so I'm working items for the August 1st   Early Work Mercantile  update:

Hoping the power stay on long enough now so I can catch up on emails & messages,

we have another evening of storms ahead….

Thanks so much for your patience my friends!!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori

~ "Antique" Cat ~

}}} Happy 4th of July {{{

Friends & Folk

I finished another little punch last night ~

I'm calling it

"Antique" Cat

because it kinda-sorta reminds me of an antique hooked rug…

I punched the ball of 'yarn' using my favorite dimensional technique 

for added depth & character, and of course had to add my primsical look to the cat himself…

I like the diagonal 'tongues' along the top & side borders too.

do you?

think I'll add more of them to my work ;)

… this will be heading to the 

Summer in the Valley show this Saturday, July 9th

We're hoping you can come out for a visit to see all of the great dealers of antiques, 

prims & folk art that will be there again this year!

{{{Peter is working on something Extra Special for us 

"Punch-needlers"

 and I cannot wait to show you!!!}}}

&

*IMPORTANT* PLEASE READ**

As a Top-Seller on Etsy,

 I received an email from them saying that they are working out some kinks

 having to do with deterred payment notification from buyers to sellers/shops….

 ~ some of my customers may have received notice also, 

that their payments for purchases haven't gone through, thusly delaying shipping.

 IF you purchased/placed an order with my Etsy shop between June 6th & June 30th 

your shipping may have been delayed due to that. 

I have also received notice that shipping to Canada is delayed {not sure why} 

AND 

that the recent flooding in West Virginia has been causing lost/damaged/delayed/returned packages.

If this is the case and you think you are missing an order, please email me asap so I can resend/reship.

Thank you humbly for your kind patience in the meantime my sweet friends!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori