Primitive Folk Art by Old World Primitives

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.

Crows in the Attic is having a 100th blog post celebration! Check out her blog and enter by Tuesday, May 6th to win the set of 3 primitive pears pictured. The winner will be announced on May 7th. I just entered!

Here is my latest creation - a pair of primitive cupboard sheep.

Both sheep are made of muslin stuffed with natural fibers. The woolly sheep is covered in vintage cotton batting and the brown sheep is heavily coffee stained. Both sheep have painted black heads, vintage cotton batting tails, and stick legs. Each sheep also wears a poem printed on heavily stained, torn paper that has been attached with two pieces of twine. The brown sheep’s poem has some dried flowers tucked in as well, and he wears a piece of twine adorned with a rusty bell around his neck. Kentucky Primitives gets credit for the design for this primitive pair.

Each sheep is for sale separately now on Old World Primitives.