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Primitive Sunflowers Tutorial

As I was doing some blog hopping the other day, I landed on a blog I’ve been to many times, but hadn’t visited for awhile. It’s the Krazy Kraft Lady’s blog, and she has some wonderful primitive and folk art crafts to share there.

The blog belongs to Denise Bailey, also known as Neenee. One of her creations that caught my eye is her Primitive Sunflowers, and she has created a  wonderful tutorial for how to create them.

Primitive Sunflowers

As you can see in the photo. the sunflowers can be quite varied and would make a beautiful display in your country primitive home. If you would like to see Neenee’s full tutorial, please follow the link below to her blog.

Krazy Kraft Lady’s Prim Sunflowers Tutorial

And a big thank you to Neenee for allowing me to feature her awesome  primitive craft tutorial here at the Art Chick Studio!

Tina

Rusty Bucket Lights

This project is really easy to do. They add a great country primitive touch to any shelf, table, or little nook in your home. And best of all there is no flame; just a battery operated tealight. Great sellers in my online store!

Just take a small rusty bucket that you can find at many online craft stores. Add a homespun accent, some pip berries, and a rusty star or heart, etc. Add a little filling to the bottom of the bucket, and top it off with the tealight. You could use these for table accents at a small dinner party with friends, or even outdoors on your picnic table at night.

Rusty Bucket Light

Grungy Tapers

Just another fun way to add the country primitive touch to your home decor: Grungy Tapers! You can take pretty much any wax candle, dip it in melted wax, roll it in spices, then dip it in the melted wax again to seal it. These are great sellers in my online store, Pip Berry Place.

Grungy Tapers

Grungy Clothespins

Grungy goods are very popular in country primitive decor, and I sell a lot of them in my online store, including these grungy clothespins. I just take wooden clothespins, dip them in melted wax, roll them in spices, and then dip them in the wax again to seal them. They make great bowl fillers.

Grungy Clothespins

Prim Flickers

I call these country primitive flameless candles Prim Flickers. They are made with real wax candles, which my husband drills out for me. I dip the candles in scented wax, roll them in spices, and then dip them in wax again to seal them. Then I add a homespun tie and a rusty star for an accent, and include a battery operated tealight in the center of the hollowed candle. I sell these in my online store, Pip Berry Place. What I like about my flameless candles is that the tealight is recessed down into the candle, making it look more real when it’s flickering. A lot of crafters only drill out enough of the candle so that the base of the tealight fits inside, leaving the plastic flame tip exposed. To me, that just makes it look fake! I like my Prim Flickers to look as much like candles as possible, so by hiding the plastic flame down in the candle, I am able to do just that.

Prim Flickers Flameless Candles

Prim Flickers Flameless Candle Top

Believe Ornie

This ornie is another country primitive ornie I made for a swap this past Christmas. I made 26 of these for the swap. First I used my special “grungy juice” to grungy up a muslin bag and stenciled on the word, “Believe.” I also made a grungy candy cane out of chenille stems, and added some greenery , some pip berries, and a rusty star too.

Believe Ornie