Spring or Not?

This was the picture I

showed last week, this

is a bush that was in

full bloom and still

has some blooms.

Now this is yesterday

 Snow on the mountain

in Wears Valley.  Yes the calendar

says March, daylight savings time

says March, I want it to be March!!!

but God had other ideals.  It is 22

here today and with a wind chill

it feels much colder.  Are we ever

happy with the weather? I may

have whipped out the flip flops

to soon.  If it’s 80 and humid

by Friday I am sure I will find

something to say about that also.

But maybe not much, my feet will

be to happy to whine a lot.

Spring Beauty

I love spring in the Smoky Mountains!!

I will let these beauties speak for

themselves,  I just wanted to share. 

ENJOY

SPRING IS COMING!

Spring is getting close here in the Smoky Mountains and

I can hardly wait!!!!, I am not a winter person. New things are

coming for CAM Cabin Crafts. A web page for the craft shop

http://www.camcabincrafts.com/

I hope you will check it out.

Enjoy this picture of Daffodils in bloom in Cades Cove. 2017 seems 

to be moving fast already to me, I hope that you will visit our craft

shop if you are ever in the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg, TN area.   Just

give me a call 865 448 5940 or email at thericabcam@aol.com I will be

happy to give you directions to the shop. I love my Smoky Mountains.

HICKORY NUT DOLL: COMPANY’S COMING

COMPANY’S COMING: She’s sweepin’ out and polishin’ up to make

the home place nice for company.  (Her broom is made from broom

straws or twigs, with a broom-straw-stalk, grapevine or twig handle.)

This Hickory Nut Doll reminds me of days long gone but not forgotten.

When I was a kid growing up in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee

company was a big deal.  For you young folks this was before cell phones,

and most houses did not even have a home phone (mine didn’t) and if you

were lucky to have a home phone in some cases they were what we used

to call “party lines”, so most folks didn’t see or even talked to each other

all that often.  Sunday’s after church was the big visiting day, every week

we were at one of grandparents or the other and there was ALWAYS family

and friends visiting.  Both of my mamaw’s would cook and bake on

Saturday in preparation for everyone that would drop by on Sunday.

You were always welcome to sit down and have a bite to eat, something

was always on the wood cook stove at mamaw Ogle’s (by the by she used

her wood cook stove until she passed away, even after the family got her

an “electric stove”). We would be out in the yard playing and the adults

would be on the porch sitting in rockers or on the porch swing just talking

and enjoying each other’s company. Company was a blessing and always

enjoyed and I miss those days so much, these days a text, a tweet or a

message on Facebook is what we consider “visiting”. Don’t you miss being

face to face, sitting on the porch and just enjoying each other’s company.

As you check out this little, one of a kind, Hickory Nut Doll I hope she brings

back fond memories for you or better yet, inspires you to start some new

memories of Company Coming.

Hickory Nut Doll: Company Coming is available to be purchased

Her price is $32.99 excluding tax and shipping.

CAM Cabin Crafts

1329 Wears Valley Rd.

Townsend, TN 37882

thericabcam@aol.com

865 448 5940 

HICKORY NUT DOLLS:THE HEALER

The Healer: She has hiked many, many miles over the hills,

bringing comfort and healing to mountain people.

(Her pouch of mysterious herbs is an immature acorn or a

tree bud.  Her staff is date palm frond or grapevine.) 

The Healer

 

Presenting Miss Elly’s Collection of Hickory Nut Dolls. Miss Elly lives in

North Carolina and has been making her dolls for years.  She only has her

dolls in a few shops in North Carolina and here at CAM Cabin Crafts.

Each month a different doll in Miss Elly’s collection will be featured.

There will be a limited number that will be available for purchase

each month.  I know you doll collectors will want to add this cute

and unique doll to your collection.  Each doll will come with a story

sheet so that you can keep up with the ones you have and each doll

has her own story to tell.

These Folk Figures are meant to portray Mountain Women of

100 – 150 years ago. The portraits are of hard working and

resourceful women, keepers of their families, and contributing

members of their communities.  Each figure is Titled, Signed and

Dated.  They are approximately 5 inches tall,  the heads are Hickory Nuts,

(the pointed “nose” is natural to the nut) She uses things from nature to

dress out her dolls. Each doll is a one of a kind and there will never be two

that are exactly alike, Miss Elly changes their dresses each time she makes

one so the doll you receive will not always match the doll in the picture.

But if you order one I will take a picture of the one I have available and

email to you before shipping.  You will notice also that the

face and expression of each doll is different, each one is her own little

person.

 

The Healer is $32.99 plus shipping and handling and tax where

necessary.

CAM Cabin Crafts

865 448 5940

thericabcam@aol.com

Townsend, TN