Wildoberry Farms

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Time to catch up...

Hello everyone!
I am so embarrassed! I have not been in touch for quite some time. Lots has happened since I wrote you last.
Our kitty Wiley did in fact pass away last month in June. He went peacefully here at home and we buried him with all his favorites in our back yard. Then not more that 3 weeks later our little girl kitty Lolly Pop disappeared, we searched for her for 4 days until I was getting in my truck on Friday, when I noticed blood on our driveway. I knew that wasn't a good sign especially since she never leaves the yard. We still have posters up, but know she is gone. We don't have too many coyotes here in the track, but I guess it only took one.

Once we got over the initial hurt of loosing both our kitties within a month of each other, my family was so sad to not have furry faces to snuggle. So I broke down and we brought home a little girl kitty. She is darling and full of spunk. We have named her Olive, one reason is she has Olive green eyes, and the other is she is All Love...when we brought her home she didn't stop making bread or purring for an hour.

My friend Nicole adopted one also from the pound on the same day. She kept the little boy kitty for a week trying to see if her other kitties would be ok with him, they weren't they were peeing in places that are not ok and other stuff..And so again I broke down and now we have him too. His name is Jack. They are so funny together. Last week was wrestling, this week they are into running, running ever where and over anything...crazy! Our baby boy Rocket, who is now the oldest kitty, has taken to them very nicely and its so cute to see him care for the babies...We miss our kitties so much, but its so nice to have furry faces to love again! It takes the sting out of loosing them. Now we just have to introduce them to our dogs...that should be fun! Only after they are fixed and have the rest of their shots though!

I won't over whelm you with so much to read, but I do have some things to catch you up on! Our shop, upcoming shows, new patterns and beyond...

Right now I need cake! I hope you all have a wonderful evening, I will post again tomorrow...I hope!
Take good care,

Huggs and Stitches, Deb

Monday, March 18, 2013

A Space of our own

Greetings to you all!

Well we have some good-no Great news! We finally have rented space in a store!!! We have been looking for a very long time. It was harder that it use to be, a spot would open up and the rent was crazy high for a tiny space or the store was in a not-so-good location. I needed to be somewhere as I could no longer do the flea markets due to my knee. So finally after a long grueling search, the most darling of all spots opened up, so we jumped at the chance. Anyway, I am sharing this space with my two friends, Sue and her hubbs Guy of Chilton's Wood Nest, and Rosalie of My Country Cottage Signs. Together we are a great blend of Country and vintage goods! We have created a name that will be used instead of all of our own names, too confusing. We are calling our shop Farmgirls Cottage and we have a cute sheep as our logo. We owe all this to the power of Prayer! God is, as always, Amazing!! With out Him I could do nothing! Its just awesome how it all came together...Just like it was meant to be...all the people involved and how the store came about. Just perfect. But Gods gifts are always perfect!

The Store is called The Rusty Arbor Antique and Garden Shop and is located at

24980 Washington Ave, Murrieta Ca 92562 and they are open Tuesday-Saturday 10-5

Here are a few pics of the store, we are a work in progress. It happened so fast, none of us were really prepared. Sue and Guy had a huge show they were doing and Rosalie is getting ready for her Sugar Plum show, and I just made a huge wholesale order and was whipped out of product...so we had to just put what we could in there and get busy making up some more goods! These pics are just after we set up, we will have more in shortly I'm sure, as the shows are ending and I have new goodies put together! But this will give you a general idea of what it looks like! I hope you have a chance to stop by and see whats new in the shop. We also have a Facebook page for just our shop, so please come follow us Farmgirls and see whats new! We have the back room, that I guess would have been the service porch or kitchen back in the day. The Store is an old cottage style house converted into a shop many years ago...Either way, I just love this store! Darling in every way, lots of other great vendors too. Plus a fresh flower shop with hand made soaps and lotions! The Back Yard will be filled with unique fountains and ponds, with garden plants to purchase!

We are a collective blend of Country Primitive Handmade's and Vintage Farmhouse Goods, we also have a few treasures in there, like the jewelry and a few others things, but it all works together for the shop and makes a great place to find a gift, or decorate your home!

I hope you get a chance to come by!

Thanks so much for reading my blog, it means alot!

Have a most Blessed Day and May God keep you close to Him always!!

Huggs to you from me, Deb

Friday, January 18, 2013

Blogging is an Art...

I have seen so many beautiful blogs, and they are truly works of art! Unfortunately I am not very good at this blogging thing...I just can't figure out how to make my page look as pretty as some of the other pages I have found...I know eventually I will, but the trial and error is daunting...I hope you will all bare with me during my discovery.

The Picture above is one from the store I have my patterns in, Pieced With Love Quilt shop in Murrieta, CA, she is located on Murrieta Hot Springs and Alta Murrieta. Great Lady and a great shop too. Lots of classes and Sandier knows her quilt stuff!!! Stop in if you are a Local here! Or if you are on a little Vacation, its worth a trip!
Thanks so much, Deb
xoox!

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Thread Cubbie

Hi Everyone,

I have a little project to share with you. I know you have been in my shoes at one time or another, when you are looking for that one thing and can't find it. I was there 2 weeks ago. I wanted a cute cubbie for my DMC Floss. It needed to be big enough to hold the different colors, not individually, category wise, greens, dk greens, lt greens. etc...I looked everywhere. On line, my favorite haunts, thought about making one. No luck...Well I did have one thing, but it was too industrial for me. Plus it was plastic and not the cute cubbie I was hoping for. Then it dawned on me...You are creative, figure this out...so I did and this is what I came up with.

I took this plastic Home Depot case, used for nuts n boltz, and made it work perfectly for me. I dusted it off

and gave it a quick spray of grey primer so the paint would hold. I used Rust-oleum spray paint, Red of course. The American Accents were going to be for the Drawers...But I changed my mind.

these are the plastic drawers

then before I sprayed painted the cabinet, I glued feet to the bottom. The Bird feeders I make leave these perfectly round pegs when I drill the hole in the bird feeder. I found 4 that were perfect in height, and thickness. You can use anything for feet on your project. The drawer pull handles are perfect if you are making something fancy, or just use the wood kind, or random things around the house/yard. 4 rocks would have been great too...something to make it perfect just for you...be creative as possible!

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I used the E6000 glue.( I think that is the name of it) Its in a grey tube with red packing. Use Gorilla glue, or some other strong glue to make sure it holds in place.

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Now its finished. I spray painted it and allowed it to dry. To the plastic drawers I added some scrap booking paper, I love the blue and red together and thought it would be a good fit in my sewing room. Then I added a little strip to each drawer telling me what colors are in each drawer.

This case came out so cute, it looks like it is an old metal drawer system...Now I have a cute cubbie for my threads, plus it looks vintage and the cubbie's are clean and free from weird smells...some of the things I found before had some strange smells...

Tell me what you think...

For an update on Wiley. He is on some medicine that has seemed to help him with the pain and his appetite. He is still acting like his regular ole self...It has been so cold here lately that we have had to put the heater up more, but that is ok, whatever makes him more comfortable.

Beginning last Friday, we, one by one, came down with the Bronchitis. We are feeling better now, on the mend you would say. But talking and laughing are not something I am doing much of. Lungs hurt too much! I have finally taken down Christmas, it does feel like I just put it up...I also went through the decorations and decided to get rid of some things. My motto for this year is going to be "if it doesn't have a home, it goes"...

I hope this post finds you all well and enjoying this wonderful winter we are having...We have loved every frozen minute of it...we don't usually get this chilly of weather for this long...so its been a real treat!

Talk to you all soon, and thanks so much for stopping by, I hope to have some new patterns for you soon...I will post them on my Etsy page, I have 3 new towel designs coming out plus some little treats too...

Be Well and Be Blessed Always!

xoxo Debbie

Tell me what you think...Love to hear your posts...

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Wiley Catatoty

This is Our Wiley Catatoty, He has been with us for 13 wonderful years. He is the best cat, never scratched the furniture or potty'ed outside of the cat box He is the care taker for all of the household. Wiley is a love. He loves everyone and I do mean everyone!

The day Wiley found us, I was picking up some dog food at the pet store. They had some rescued cats and dogs from the shelter. I was thinking about my Brother in law who had just recently lost his kitty of several years "Roof Walker" or Roofy for short. Any way, I looked and saw this beautiful kitty. "Cloudy" was an orange and white short hair, he was 3 years old, and had a big boned frame. I thought my Sister n law and Brother n law would love this guy. He looked similar to what Wiley's picture is above, only much larger in size. They could have been related So, after a few phone calls, I decided to get him for my Brother in law as a birthday gift. Well, while waiting for the ladies to finish the paper work for "Cloudy", I wandered around looking at the cages of kitty's Wiley, who was "Sonny" at the time was huddled in the corner of the cage scared to death. I asked to see him, they took him out of the cage and he buried his head in my neck. I just didn't have the heart to put him back in that cage, he needed to come home with us! I called my husband to talk to him about it. I knew I already loved him. I knew my Husband would fall in love with him too! He has been the best kitty ever. He just fit right in. We now have 5 pets, 2 dogs both rescues, and 3 kitty's, 2 rescue's and one from a friends litter of kittens. Happily there is harmony here among all 5 pets, and Wiley cares for each of them. He makes sure he sees everyone everyday. That is why they are here. To love us and show us how to love, unconditionally.

Well maybe you have guessed what I'm about to tell you. Our wonderful Wiley is sick. We took Wiley in to have his dew claw removed from his paw, it had just grown in a little but it was looking puffy and sore. The Dr then noticed he has lost a lot of weight for his size. So she did what every Vet would do is give him a good once over. That's when she found it, a growth in his abdomen area. Even as I am writhing this, I still can't believe it. He has lymphoma, and it is in his intestines We are all just heart sick over it. I wish he could tell us how he feels, so we could help him. We have weighed all the options and we have decided to just let this run its course since it seems to be in the later stage. We are not ok with him suffering at all, and a surgery will take a major tole on him especially where the cancer is. Dr Black said we have anywhere from moments to a year. I hope and pray he will be with us for a long while.

For now he seems comfortable and kind of following his routine like normal. Eating and drinking, playing with a string a bit. He has changed some things, like he really doesn't seem to meow as much as before, but is still affectionate and purrs when you are petting him and talking with him. We are hopeful he will be around with us for a while, but we are prepared for the worst.

We are ever hopeful,
Thanks so much for listening
Love, The Lee Family

Today was Christmas, and Wiley had a very good day, he got his favorite thing in the whole world...a scratching box with catnip! He was on cloud 9!!
Wiley had a good day today...Thank God for the little things.
Merry Christmas everyone!

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Christmas Time...

Merry Christmas to all~

I am writing early because as Christmas gets closer, the more crazy I get! Right now, Dec 19th I have yet to even start my Christmas Shopping! My babies are not so much babies anymore...22 & 19 now. So they are much easier to shop for...Money, wrapped with Money, inside Money= Money! Although if my Daughters stocking isn't right, it won't be a good day! I remember when she was 9, I forgot the stockings...boy did I hear about that, and she reminded me again this year, to not forget...she is truly her fathers daughter...he never forgets anything either!

Well last we left off, I was getting ready for the Christmas Boutique. It was a good success for sure. In spite of the weather and the bombardment of lots of other gift shows and boutiques going on that day, we didn't do that bad. Everyone sold something, which is the whole reason we were sitting out there! **(Our show was held under my business name of The Salvage Chicks n Co. Wildoberry Farms is my Pattern n Country Gift Company. Salvage Chicks n Co is for my Promoting of boutiques and such. You can visit Salvage Chicks on Facebook.) Here are a few pics of the day!

This is Vitalia's Cheer...Vitalia, creates wreaths, this pic doesn't do them justice, they are lovely in person~

This is Ruby of the West, they pride themselves on authentic vintage clothing, refurbishing and restoring as they go...Linda and Gina are wonderful at what they do~!

Friday, November 23, 2012

Christmas Boutique Dec 1st

Happy Day after Thanksgiving,
As I am writing this, I am thinking of all the leftovers we will have for dinner tonight! We had 24 members of our family here yesterday to celebrate this perfect holiday...No gifts to exchange, just time with the ones you love and loads of great yummy food to eat! My Niece made some homemade Hard Apple Cider, wowzers was it delicious it was defiantly a sipping cider not a cider shooter! We spent time with family we haven't seen in 4 years! Just timing and location kept us apart for the holidays. But it was just like we saw them yesterday, not a moment passed, I love how some relationships just are like that. My Best friend lives on the other side of the United States and we see each other maybe once a year at best! Her family lives here on the West Coast, so I get her at least 1 week of her 2 week vacation! There is no time gap, from the last visit or conversation. We do talk on the phone every other week or so, but when you are together its different, and thankfully when we do get together, there isn't that awkward silence, we just pick up where we last left off! We have been doing it this way for over 26 years! Something is working!

Ok I rambled a little off subject there...but I am missing her a little bit today...she has been through a lot this year...maybe when you say your prayers tonight, maybe keep her in mind...Thanks

Ok...Now for what I started this new blog post for...
On Dec 1st we are having a Christmas Boutique at my Sisters house. We are on the corner of Woshka and Kolo Ct, in Wildomar. We have a Bake Sale planned, and we are collecting new unwrapped toys and non perishable food. Vendors of talented artist and vintage collectors, hand made goods and tons more! Grab your best friend and come spend the morning shopping, snacking and enjoying a moment of this wonderful time of year...the flyer is below with all the details, I hope to see you there!

Take good care and I hope to post again soon, its hard to be the butcher, the baker AND the candle stick maker! but its also very rewarding!

Blessings to you all, and thanks for reading my blog, please tell your friends, Talk to you again soon!
xoxo Deb

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