Primitive Folk Art by Old World Primitives

Mrs. Baker is an extreme primitive folk art doll made of muslin stuffed with sawdust. She wears a tea-stained muslin skirt with an adjustable drawstring and a very prim carrot. She has bits of coffee-stained string for hair and vintage buttons for eyes. I made her using a Netty LaCroix design. Click the links under Where to Find My Work in the upper right corner of this blog (a list that I am excited to say will be expanding very soon) to find where she is available for sale.

Here are my newest creations - a set of Halloween ornaments that I designed. I created them with chenille and some of my favorite vintage Halloween images printed on card stock. I think they will be right at home on one of my feather trees or perhaps hanging from a pegboard.

I will be posting these folk art ornies for sale on Old World Primitives soon as a set of six - two of each of the three designs in the set.

I found the most delightful 1800s infant cradle while antiquing yesterday. It has square nails and original paint that is in remarkably good condition. I plan to use it to display a grouping of my primitive dolls.

Here is the second of the pair of extreme primitive black cats I have been working on.

She was also created using a Netty LaCroix design, and is for sale in my Old World Primitives Etsy shop now.

This week I am creating a pair of extreme primitive black cats.  Making them is getting me excited for Halloween already - it’s never too early!  Here is the first cat:

I just added her to my Old World Primitives Etsy shop.  Many thanks to Netty LaCroix for the design!

I just added a new doll to the Old World Primitives Etsy shop.
Meet Emma:

Emma is an extreme primitive early American style doll that I created using a Netty LaCroix design. She is made of tea-stained muslin stuffed with eco-friendly natural fibers. She has a needle sculpted nose, black pins for eyes, and her remaining features are hand drawn. Emma has patchy black hair and wears a brown calico dress and a black shawl pinned in place with a vintage button. This primitive doll measures 26″ tall from head to toe, and 16″ tall when sitting.

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Excited side note: my primitive bunnies and my primitive pumpkin are each featured in two new Etsy treasuries, for a total of 4 today! I am so excited. Three are in the Treasury West and one is my first main Treasury feature. Check them out:

• OFG Prim Treasures
• Critters at OFG
• A Gathering of finds and friends
• OFG Favorites

Two of the OFG Team girls stayed up until 3am to snag a pair of Etsy Treasuries, and this morning I discovered that my primitive sheep is featured in one of them!

I just joined an Etsy team called Old Farmhouse Gathering and I am very excited to be a part of the group. The members are very enthusiastic and welcoming! I am sure we will have a lot of fun supporting one another. Click the banner below to see what the group has to offer.

I will have a new doll to add to my Etsy shop on Sunday too.

I just opened my Etsy shop!

Old World Primitives on Etsy

It is so easy to use - I absolutely love the format.   Now I feel inspired to create more dolls to fill my shop with!

I have been quiet for awhile because I recently got back from my annual vacation to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, which was amazing and inspiring. Now I just need to get back to working on new primitive dolls again. In the meantime, I have a few pictures of highlights from my trip to share. The photos were taken by my husband and I with our new Canon 30D and new super zoom & wide angle lenses.

A frolicking bison calf (who was having a bit of a snit because Mommy wasn’t ready to wake up just yet that morning to nurse him)

A yearling grizzly bear who was marauding around the Old Faithful Inn area

Part of a bison herd slowly migrating south

The gorgeous Emerald Spring in Norris Geyser Basin

The brilliantly colored Economic Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin

A rare treat: Grand Geyser erupting

Coyote carrying a ground squirrel

An elusive North American Pronghorn in the sagebrush

Hiking trail along the rim of the 800-foot-deep Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Mother black bear with two cubs

The nicest man let us use his 800mm+ lens to take some extreme closeups

I already can’t wait to go back again next year.