Handmade Sampler Giveaway ---Firecracker Kid ---DONE----

Welcome to another handmade sampler giveaway.   This giveaway is sponsored by Firecracker Kid.
www.etsy.com/shop/firecrackerkid

                         Primitive Farmhouse Soap Stand

Carol says, "This is what Tim and I do with our small leftover wood pieces. We make small woodcrafts. I'm after him all the time to make me small woodcrafts with our leftovers. It's on his "Honey Do List".

This Primitive stand for your old homemade farmhouse soaps is topped with punched copper that has been nailed on. The legs are held in place by dowels and nails. Handmade by hubby and finished by me in Ohio Cupboard Rust milk paint. Measures 5 inch x 5 inch x 1 3/4 inch.   A simple little piece that would add a lot of Primitive charm in your home."

The giveaway is for the soap stand only.  The other items in the pictures are for demonstration purposes only.

You can earn up to four entries by doing the following...

1. Visit www.etsy.com/shop/firecrackerkid and come back here and post a comment with your favorite item on the website. Be sure and leave your email address so we can contact you if you win.


2. Earn one extra entry by becoming a follower of this blog. Already a follower? Just let us know so we can give you credit.

3.  and  4. Earn TWO extra entries by posting this giveaway on your blog along with a link to this blog. Be sure and let us know you have done this.

(USA and Canada entries only, please)

The giveaway will start today, Saturday, June 5, and the winner will be announced on Friday, June 18. We will announce it here and contact you by the email address you have left. Final day to enter is Thursday, June 17, 2010.


Have fun and good luck!

Today's Featured Artists -- Firecracker Kid Primitives

Today’s featured artists are a husband and wife team,   Carol and Tim Anderson of the Firecracker Kid Primitives.

They started making primitive furniture for themselves in the 1990’s after seeing the wonderful reproduction primitives in The Country Sampler magazine and began their business four years ago.     Tim is retired from building homes and is a master carpenter and Carol is a work at home crafter and manages their business.
With Tim’s skill at crafting the furniture and Carol’s finishing artistry,  they make a great team.

A lot of thought and planning goes into their designs so that it is pleasing to the primitive eye, user friendly, and functional.  A woodcraft that if the customer wanted to, they could actually use for a purpose.      Their rolling pin racks can actually be used to hold old or new rolling pins, therefore, it's not just for display.   Their  Rolling pin Cubby Rack, the same principle... yes, it's a neat primitive piece of furniture and is visually pleasing, but is also functional.

At the present time Tim makes the orders on the weekends, and occasionally when he has days off during the week, depending on the weather. He's a construction worker at this time.    Eventually they would like for Tim to retire and work the business full time with Carol.
 They  take great pride in their woodcrafts and working with their hands to make something using manual skill, one at a time,  in their home  to the best of their abilities.

They love to afford other lovers of all things primitive the opportunity to purchase their handmades at reasonable prices and enjoy them, and the most important thing is the pleasure they  give their customers when they open their package and just love what they find inside. Also knowing and appreciating that a part of them  is in hearts and homes throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia.

 You can see a selection of their fine reproduction early American primitives in their Firecracker Kid Primitives Etsy shop,  http://www.firecrackerkid.etsy.com.

And for information on custom order check out their blog at  http://fpwoodcrafts.blogspot.com

Some of the things they make are:
Primitive Early American Dough Bowl Racks
Primitive Cabinets, Book Cabinets, Shelves
Primitive One-of-a-kind Rolling Pin Dough Bowl Keeps
Primitive One-of-a-kind Rolling Pin Keeps in 2, 3, and 4 pin
Primitive One-of-a-kind 3-pin Rolling Pin Cubby Keep
Blanket Cranes
Small Primitive Woodcrafts