Raige Creations

A statement I uttered while on the phone with my cousin last weekend, while I was trying to find out my maternal grandfather's parents name: "It is questions like this that we really should have asked when the people who knew the answers were still with us." My daughter was finishing up a Genealogy project she was doing for school.  I called 3 different family members, and no one knew my grandfather's parent's names. My great grandparents names were lost.  How quickly our lives are forgotten, how quickly our names are no longer important.  My maternal grandparents both passed away before I was born, and for some reason they were not talked about much. They both passed away by the time they were in their early 60's, and each one experienced a difficult health issue before their death. What we heard most about them is their suffering at the end of their lives.  There were some great accomplishments my grandfather achieved, we know a fe...

The principle use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a holder for removing hot pans from the oven; it was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was eve used for cleaning out dirty ears. Old Time Kitchen Vintage Waist Apron From the chicken-coop the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven. Vintage Christmas Smock Apron When company came those old aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids; and when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms. Brown Checked Smock Apron Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove. Chips and kindling-wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron. Cottage Country Vintage Waist Apron From the garden it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled it carried out the hulls. Bright Blue Vintage Smock Apron In the ...

This is the best walk to witness. When you can enjoy the unplanned aimless  wanderings of adorable children. Marveling at the simple ,  but ever so touching gesture  of a handful of dandelions . And it is even better to see the smiling , and inquisitive  glances of one who has yet to walk . Not to mention  they are wearing  my all time favorite   Toekini's. Thanks to Norma of Texas Eagle Gallery for the request to create these one of a kind Toekini's and for sharing her beautiful grand daughters wearing them.

WOW - the week has completely snuck by me, and it's Friday already! Kinda like how the first year of a small business can fly by..... Happy Birtday Bib In my article, Celebrating One Year  (part 2 link), on IndieSmiles.com , I interviewed shop owners who passed the one year milestone and we learned some great things from them. Grandma Carolyn Grandmother Carolyn, proud owner of Grandmother's House , is a wonderful, energenic supporter of all of us who frequent the Zibbet Community, and Facebook chaos.   I am proud that she has adopted me as her new, so far virtual, grandaughter. Here is her full response to my Celebrating One Year questions. ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY - One year older and one year wiser, right? Well, maybe so....... Sports Fans Everywhere pillow cases Grandmother’s House was happy to “jump on the Zibbet wagon” - it seemed to be a good fit for a small home-based business, whose proprieter had limited (very limited!) computer-understand...