<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742693163936480611</id><updated>2011-09-26T11:47:13.180-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Homestead Primitives</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Homestead Primitives</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00493193174838269462</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742693163936480611.post-3966990502168316696</id><published>2011-03-03T19:02:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-03T19:29:45.765-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A Nice Surprise</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;Back in September we began carrying Antiques and Vintage because we thought it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; would be a nice addition to the quality reproductions we offer. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;We mentioned the idea to some of our customers and the next thing we knew &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;we had 5 consigners.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Roger and I started "picking" and I have to tell you ~ I LOVE IT!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Well, one of our local papers had a contest called "The Best of North Central Mass"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Readers filled out forms voting in different catagories.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;What a nice surprise ~~~ We were voted #1 for Antiques and Vintage store.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Here's a little peak at some of our offerings ....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And if you're local and you voted .... Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I love these measures&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AVUs5qRRbu8/TXAuiAP00KI/AAAAAAAAAF8/KtwMZGiOM3g/s1600/IMG_1485.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580011100028850338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AVUs5qRRbu8/TXAuiAP00KI/AAAAAAAAAF8/KtwMZGiOM3g/s400/IMG_1485.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Who doesn't like pottery?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EG6hdRuwLX4/TXAuLnEWivI/AAAAAAAAAF0/eNIHUQCf5-g/s1600/antiques+003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580010715312720626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EG6hdRuwLX4/TXAuLnEWivI/AAAAAAAAAF0/eNIHUQCf5-g/s400/antiques%2B003.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or tables and chairs?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yukCK9IHeDE/TXAt7AwXNNI/AAAAAAAAAFs/uT0RjKg49nI/s1600/antiques+005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580010430150423762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yukCK9IHeDE/TXAt7AwXNNI/AAAAAAAAAFs/uT0RjKg49nI/s400/antiques%2B005.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ipBKZN52ijk/TXAtqOjrnAI/AAAAAAAAAFk/2wSESNnj15k/s1600/antiques+004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580010141797555202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ipBKZN52ijk/TXAtqOjrnAI/AAAAAAAAAFk/2wSESNnj15k/s400/antiques%2B004.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;more pottery&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tfstalHCUUo/TXAtRtCtfkI/AAAAAAAAAFc/skfKh3rXF2I/s1600/antiques+002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580009720484036162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tfstalHCUUo/TXAtRtCtfkI/AAAAAAAAAFc/skfKh3rXF2I/s400/antiques%2B002.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Remember, your house is your haven, and always surround yourself with the things you love! Until next time, Charleen&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742693163936480611-3966990502168316696?l=insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/3966990502168316696'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/3966990502168316696'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com/2011/03/nice-surprise.html' title='A Nice Surprise'/><author><name>Homestead Primitives</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00493193174838269462</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AVUs5qRRbu8/TXAuiAP00KI/AAAAAAAAAF8/KtwMZGiOM3g/s72-c/IMG_1485.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742693163936480611.post-1660487358762876485</id><published>2010-12-26T20:10:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-26T20:47:49.007-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wonderful Season</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;It was a wonderful season at Homestead Primitives. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Thank you to everyone that visited the shop.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I enjoy creating an atmosphere of peace and tranquility &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;~ a little escape from the stress of the season ~&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Here are a couple of pictures from the shop.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Roger's annual village&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/TRfp6wvmhCI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/jpdSpO9NDDc/s1600/IMG_1582.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555165861111039010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/TRfp6wvmhCI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/jpdSpO9NDDc/s400/IMG_1582.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; woolen mittens by a local artist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/TRfp6sSoApI/AAAAAAAAAFI/WwRt3mXNlaU/s1600/IMG_1574.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555165859915760274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/TRfp6sSoApI/AAAAAAAAAFI/WwRt3mXNlaU/s400/IMG_1574.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I hope your Christmas was filled with family and friendship&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; and may the New Year bring all of you peace, love, health and prosperity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;We're taking a little break from Dec 25th thru Jan 7th&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Remember, your house is your haven, and always surround yourself with the things you love! Until next time, Charleen&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742693163936480611-1660487358762876485?l=insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/1660487358762876485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/1660487358762876485'/><author><name>Homestead Primitives</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00493193174838269462</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/TRfp6wvmhCI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/jpdSpO9NDDc/s72-c/IMG_1582.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742693163936480611.post-5835657551130366922</id><published>2010-08-31T20:12:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-13T20:58:20.025-04:00</updated><title type='text'>FALL IS IN THE AIR!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;The shop has had a facelift and accessories are arriving daily!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;I think you'll be pleased with the changes we've made. Here are a few pictures...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;The new bedroom &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/TI7FRFESdMI/AAAAAAAAAE0/YM5Y6lKz-TU/s1600/IMG_1466.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516563490784048322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/TI7FRFESdMI/AAAAAAAAAE0/YM5Y6lKz-TU/s400/IMG_1466.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The garden area&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/TI7FQjUO1bI/AAAAAAAAAEs/lRvdAPNoENc/s1600/IMG_1465.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516563481724114354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/TI7FQjUO1bI/AAAAAAAAAEs/lRvdAPNoENc/s400/IMG_1465.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A fall vignette&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/TI7DzMa4VvI/AAAAAAAAAEk/ggHupztCtBg/s1600/IMG_1469.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516561877850150642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/TI7DzMa4VvI/AAAAAAAAAEk/ggHupztCtBg/s400/IMG_1469.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Just a reminder~~ We are pleased to be hosting Linda and Bonnie from &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A PRIMITIVE PLACE magazine this Saturday, September 18th&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;between 11 and 3&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Don't forget to bring pictures of your primitive homes!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;~~I can't wait to see them~~&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Enjoy the wonderful days of fall!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Remember, your house is your haven, and always surround yourself with the things you love! Until next time, Charleen&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742693163936480611-5835657551130366922?l=insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/5835657551130366922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/5835657551130366922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com/2010/08/fall-is-in-air.html' title='FALL IS IN THE AIR!'/><author><name>Homestead Primitives</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00493193174838269462</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/TI7FRFESdMI/AAAAAAAAAE0/YM5Y6lKz-TU/s72-c/IMG_1466.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742693163936480611.post-7620093507950602100</id><published>2010-08-17T19:32:00.016-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-18T20:14:25.885-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It's Been A Long Time!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;My plan to blog didn't pan out the way I thought it would, but my niece is here and she assures me I can do this! So, here we go again~~~&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;As you probably know by now the shop is closed for the month of August. We're busy revamping, restocking and bringing in antiques, vintage items and good olde stuff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Here's a little peak&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506903814162242018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/TGxz15diWeI/AAAAAAAAAEU/Ax9u82DDmCU/s400/IMG_0717.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;***UPCOMING EVENTS***&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;A PRIMITIVE PLACE at Homestead Primitives&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;You are cordially invited to join us on Saturday, September 18th, from 11am ~ 3pm &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Bonnie Lucente and Linda Rudman from A PRIMITIVE PLACE will preview the premier issue of the magazine. If you have ever dreamed of having your primitive home featured in a magazine, bring your photos and just maybe your dream will come true! They are now looking for homes in New England to feature in future issues.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Also on September 18th, from 1pm ~ 3pm we'll be having our monthly demonstration featuring Caromal Colours paints. No reservations required. Come and see what you can do with this amazing product!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Enjoy the rest of your summer and be sure to drop by for all your fall accents when we reopen Sept 1st.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Remember, your house is your haven, and always surround yourself with the things you love! Until next time, Charleen&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742693163936480611-7620093507950602100?l=insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/7620093507950602100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/7620093507950602100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com/2010/08/its-been-long-time.html' title='It&apos;s Been A Long Time!'/><author><name>Homestead Primitives</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00493193174838269462</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/TGxz15diWeI/AAAAAAAAAEU/Ax9u82DDmCU/s72-c/IMG_0717.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742693163936480611.post-6440118506075628689</id><published>2010-01-19T18:57:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T19:23:01.348-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A New Year's Promise</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;I made a promise to myself that this would be the year I conquer my fear of technology!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Bear with me ~ this is my 1st solo post.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Homestead Primitives has been in business for 11 yrs and we would like to thank everyone that has helped to make that a reality! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;May you all be blessed with health, happiness and prosperity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;AND&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Hopefully I'm not the only one reading this!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, your house is your haven, and always surround yourself with the things you love!&lt;br /&gt;Until next time, Charleen&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742693163936480611-6440118506075628689?l=insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/6440118506075628689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/6440118506075628689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-years-promise.html' title='A New Year&apos;s Promise'/><author><name>Homestead Primitives</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00493193174838269462</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742693163936480611.post-1359906285779889855</id><published>2009-11-16T10:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T11:46:19.572-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas inside Homestead Primitives</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Thank you to everyone that came out for our annual Winter Gathering. We sampled goodies from Halliday's, sipped on mulled cider, and celebrated the start of the holiday season at Homestead Primitives. Four lucky customers won $25 gift certificates and three won Scentsible Scents candles. It was a great success and fun was had by all!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404743069548956802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SwGBL6q4TII/AAAAAAAAADQ/mdVwjPpBPZI/s400/IMG_0899.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Here's a little peek inside the shop!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Roger's annual village...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SwF3-PTZxYI/AAAAAAAAADA/jqD1cUQ-q78/s1600/IMG_0968.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404732938964813186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SwF3-PTZxYI/AAAAAAAAADA/jqD1cUQ-q78/s400/IMG_0968.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ornaments ready for the picking...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SwF3LRIqE3I/AAAAAAAAAC4/r9aJc0XG50Q/s1600/IMG_0976.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404732063283286898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SwF3LRIqE3I/AAAAAAAAAC4/r9aJc0XG50Q/s400/IMG_0976.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A little bit of Williamsburg...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SwF2JVDaO9I/AAAAAAAAACo/0C9qRHk94zw/s1600/IMG_0981.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404730930463652818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SwF2JVDaO9I/AAAAAAAAACo/0C9qRHk94zw/s400/IMG_0981.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;New Offering ~~~ TWIG LIGHTS...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SwF2JoqLn-I/AAAAAAAAACw/ejlqN6aZQf4/s1600/IMG_0983.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404730935726546914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SwF2JoqLn-I/AAAAAAAAACw/ejlqN6aZQf4/s400/IMG_0983.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our Christmas Goose!...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SwF2I7yJFmI/AAAAAAAAACY/_rQVLkDYUcM/s1600/IMG_0965.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404730923680339554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SwF2I7yJFmI/AAAAAAAAACY/_rQVLkDYUcM/s400/IMG_0965.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Frosty the Snowman...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SwF2Id1W2KI/AAAAAAAAACQ/HzSCFPRoses/s1600/IMG_0963.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404730915640760482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SwF2Id1W2KI/AAAAAAAAACQ/HzSCFPRoses/s400/IMG_0963.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; We know how busy you are at this time of the year, so we have many "Gifts To Go" from $4.50 to $20.00 in festive snowflake giftbags, tied with a touch of homespun. They are perfect for hostess gifts, your favorite teacher, a secret santa or stocking stuffers~~the possibilities are endless!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you are hosting Thanksgiving, our front porch room is still filled with Harvest Offerings. So stop in for your last minute touches!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404743061022955922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SwGBLa6H2ZI/AAAAAAAAADI/jp1sL9C70E8/s400/IMG_0887.JPG" border="0" /&gt;Remember, your house is your haven, and always surround yourself with the things you love!&lt;br /&gt;Until next time, Charleen &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742693163936480611-1359906285779889855?l=insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/1359906285779889855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/1359906285779889855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com/2009/11/christmas-inside-homestead-primitives.html' title='Christmas inside Homestead Primitives'/><author><name>Homestead Primitives</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00493193174838269462</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SwGBL6q4TII/AAAAAAAAADQ/mdVwjPpBPZI/s72-c/IMG_0899.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742693163936480611.post-1491734456988073571</id><published>2009-10-29T13:30:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-29T13:44:06.914-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Winter Gathering</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 177px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 230px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398074188018592866" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SunP37ANrGI/AAAAAAAAAB4/WvV4MflGPI8/s400/primitive+xmas+house.bmp" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As October's end nears, we have been busy preparing for &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;our &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;annual Winter Gathering. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The trees have been decorated.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Snowmen and santas are ready and awaiting your arrival.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please join us for some holiday cheer!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SunP4E_3heI/AAAAAAAAACA/lmFFlZnrjq8/s1600-h/primitive+santa+with+tree.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 151px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 210px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398074190701495778" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SunP4E_3heI/AAAAAAAAACA/lmFFlZnrjq8/s400/primitive+santa+with+tree.bmp" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Winter Gathering&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"&gt;Friday November 6th 4 - 7 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"&gt;Saturday November 7th 10 - 5&lt;br /&gt;Sunday November 8th 12-4&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"&gt;Closed November 2nd until 4pm November 4th as we add the finishing touches.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remember - your house is your haven, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;and always surround yourself with the things you love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Until next time, Charleen&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742693163936480611-1491734456988073571?l=insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/1491734456988073571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/1491734456988073571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com/2009/10/winter-gathering.html' title='Winter Gathering'/><author><name>Homestead Primitives</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00493193174838269462</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SunP37ANrGI/AAAAAAAAAB4/WvV4MflGPI8/s72-c/primitive+xmas+house.bmp' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742693163936480611.post-7497026914434762067</id><published>2009-09-16T11:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T11:19:21.553-04:00</updated><title type='text'>September in the shop!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;Fall has arrived at Homestead Primitives! Ever since Roger and I returned from our buying trip to PA in August, we have been busy redesigning and decorating with all the new fall offerings. Come in to see the new room settings, and how we've used the fall harvest accents we found just for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Harvest wreaths and swags....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SrEAsN3XnLI/AAAAAAAAABw/tK8ELCioGeo/s1600-h/swags"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382083789320592562" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SrEAsN3XnLI/AAAAAAAAABw/tK8ELCioGeo/s400/swags" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New room settings...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SrEAr_TEkqI/AAAAAAAAABo/Fc9tqt4KtsE/s1600-h/room+settings"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382083785410253474" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SrEAr_TEkqI/AAAAAAAAABo/Fc9tqt4KtsE/s400/room+settings" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New drieds...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SrEArQWOqFI/AAAAAAAAABg/XLy60tbsdn4/s1600-h/new+drieds"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382083772807030866" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SrEArQWOqFI/AAAAAAAAABg/XLy60tbsdn4/s400/new+drieds" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The witch's corner where she sits and writes her spells...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SrEArHoGI0I/AAAAAAAAABY/Noj8UtsA_lk/s1600-h/witch"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382083770466050882" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SrEArHoGI0I/AAAAAAAAABY/Noj8UtsA_lk/s400/witch" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our front porch ~ come sit a spell!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SrEAqkWDWBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/rB17Nbi_HNs/s1600-h/porch"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382083760995129362" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SrEAqkWDWBI/AAAAAAAAABQ/rB17Nbi_HNs/s400/porch" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, your house is your haven, and always surround yourself with the things you love!&lt;br /&gt;Until next time, Charleen &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/742693163936480611-7497026914434762067?l=insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/7497026914434762067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/742693163936480611/posts/default/7497026914434762067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://insidehomesteadprimitives.blogspot.com/2009/09/september-in-shop.html' title='September in the shop!'/><author><name>Homestead Primitives</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00493193174838269462</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_K2ApVVsoLMg/SrEAsN3XnLI/AAAAAAAAABw/tK8ELCioGeo/s72-c/swags' height='72' width='72'/></entry></feed>
