For Your Valentine...

3 Hearts Hooked Mat ~ 12" x 15" ~ 100% Wool ~ Over-dyed with Natural Plant Dyes from my backyard...Madder Root and Black Walnut

Love Hooked Mat ~ 11" round~ 100% Wool ~ hand-dyed wool...Schoolhouse Red...Mixed Greens...Maple Sugar

Now available in my ETSY shop...FREE Shipping

November 1st...

Hope you all had a BOO-filled Halloween!
In between the trick-or-treaters I was busy finishing up on this month's offerings at Early Work Mercantile
It's the start of our Log Cabin Christmas...

I hope you will take a look at all the handmade goodies...
and consider giving the gift of handmade this holiday season!

..."and would you know how oak trees grow,
the secret may be told,
you do but need to plant the seed,
one acorn in the mould"

...The Story of Mistletoe The story goes that Mistletoe was the sacred plant of Frigga, goddess of love and the mother of Balder, the god of the summer sun. Balder had a dream of death, which greatly alarmed his mother, for should he die, all life on earth would end. Balder could not be hurt by anything on earth or under the earth. But Balder had one enemy, Loki, god of evil and he knew of one plant that grew neither on the earth nor under the earth, but on apple and oak trees. It was lowly mistletoe. So Loki made an arrow tip of the mistletoe, gave to the blind god of winter, Hoder, who shot it, striking Balder dead. For three days each element of universe tried to bring Balder back to life. Frigga, the goddess and his mother finally restored him. It is said the tears she shed for her son turned into the pearly white berries on the mistletoe plant and in her joy Frigga kissed everyone who passed beneath the tree on which it grew. The story ends with a decree that who should ever stand under the humble mistletoe, no harm should befall them, only a kiss, a token of love...
~L

Harvesting Pumpkins...

...I'm stitching pumpkins...
lots and lots of wooly pumpkins

Early Work Mercantile's
Harvest Celebration is almost here...

Hope you will stop by our bountiful harvest ~L

Merrie * Merrie

Wishing you Peace
and
Many Blessings this Yuletide
and
in the New Year.

Whatever Your Traditions...May They Be Merrie and Bright!

* Tuesday, December 11th is the LAST DAY to place an order for holiday delivery * www.woolyredrug.com

Mid November Days...

Christmas Update at the 1800 House...Wednesday, November 14th at Noon EST! and...this Friday, November 16th is 3rd Friday Open Studio...can't wait to see what everyone is hooking or stitching! If you're in the neighborhood...please stop in ~L

Simple Gifts...

Kicking off the Holiday Season...

November 1st...you will find my humble candle keepers on Early Work Mercantile...

If you are in the Minneapolis area...you won't want to miss this annual event...

there you will find a great selection on my needle punched brooches...

and a some of my Hooked Mats...

~Laurie

Escape the shopping madness...

The studio is open today and tomorrow from
10 am to 4 pm!
4630 Wentworth Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota
and anytime by appointment!
Happy Holidays ~L