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Welcome Prim Friends! to the home of Vintage Keepsake Trunk. My name is Joan Minervini, and I would like to invite you to take a step back in time by visiting my shoppe. My handmade offerings consist of many types of time worn treasures. Some of my primitive, folk art creations are one-of-a-kind designs that are I consider my own, and other creations are lovingly made from adaptations of my favorite pattern designers. I am a lover of all things Prim, including art dolls, home decor, holiday decorations, and other collectibles.
I am happy to accept Layaway Payments and I also accept Special Custom Orders.
I would prefer payment electronically via Paypal and I am a Verified Member. I will accept mail-in orders with payment by US Money Order or US Cashier's Check.
I will ship to you the most economical way via USPS or UPS and there is No extra charge for packaging materials. I determine the shipping cost based on the weight and size of the package to your zipcode. Because of this, the shopping cart will not automatically enter the shipping amount. When you are finished shopping, just send me an email with your address and I will get an exact shipping amount for you when checking out.
International Buyers please send me an email (click on Contact Me) for your shipping quote.
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PRIM RAGGEDY ANN DOLL ~ VINTAGE FABRICS
Welcome Prim Friends, and thank you for stopping by to view my new Prim Offerings. Here we have A Primitive Folk Art Raggedy Ann Doll. This piece would be the perfect display for your sitting on a bench or chair or on a bed. She measures 21" tall and 12" wide and 5" deep.I have created this piece in the primitive fashion to give it a time-worn look. Annie's round sectional head and body is sewn from muslin, stuffed tightly and stained with a coffee-vanilla solution. Her hands are needle-sculpted with separated fingers and her arms are wired and poseable. I have hand-stitched her smile with prim stitches in black and red floss for her lips. Satin stitch was used to form her traditional triangle nose with red floss. Her eyes feature those wonderful uplifted eye lids with painted eyes and shading with artist pencils. I have used black floss to stitch on her eye lashes and I have blushed her cheeks. For her hair, I have hand-stitched each piece of Raggedy Red thick craft yarn and untwisted each curl for fullness.Annie's empire waist dress is sewn from a olde vintage cotton fabric printed with Raggedy Ann, Raggedy Andy, apple trees and red wagons that I have aged in a coffee-vanilla stain. I have used a coordinating red and cream homespun gingham check for her hair bow and for her bloomers. Jumbo red rick rack is top-stitched trimming her bloomers, sleeves and dress hem. Her Raggedy red striped socks were painted on, along with her black Mary Jane shoes. I used tiny antique mother of pearl buttons for her shoe buckles.She holds a little spool doll made with miniature wooden spools and beads with red hair and straw hat. She is dressed in green & red heart fabric and she is holding a wooden red heart that says "#1 Mom....perfect for a Mother's Day gift. This piece has been lovingly hand-made by me from a basic doll pattern created by Sweet Meadows Farm while adding my own embellishments.She will come to you signed, dated and tagged with my own label.
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PRIM GARDEN ANGEL DOLL
Welcome Prim Friends, and thank you for stopping by to view my new Spring Garden Offerings. Here we have a Primitive Folk Art Garden Angel sitting in her Grapevine Twig Chair that I have fondly named "Twiggy". This piece would display nicely as a centerpiece, shelf sitter, or placed on a bureau, table or halltree. It measures approximately 26" tall and 15"wide and 8" deep. She is perfect for display in your country farmhouse all year round and quite a conversation piece. I have created Twiggy in the primitive fashion to give her that time-worn look. Her body is sewn from a combination of tea-dyed muslin, golden Debbie Mumm checked fabric for her torso, golden gingham for her arms, gold and cream stripe for her legs, and brown tiny print for her high-top shoes that I have laced with natural jute thread. Her face is both painted and drawn with pigma pen and blushed. A rusty tin star is used for a decorative button at her neckline with a tiny tied bow. Natural spanish moss was used for her hair-do. Her hat is an inverted wooden pot for plants that I have painted terra cotta and printed "Herbs" on its brim. Her full skirt is sewn from a coordinating Debbie Mumm gold and cream floral print and is tied in the back with natural jute twine into a big bow. I have stitched a torn strip of muslin along the hemline and Prim printed all the names of garden herbs around the skirt. Her wings were made from a bunch of grapevine twigs held together with twisted rusty wire and sewn to her back. She holds a garden rake that I have constructed from a tree branch wrapped with rusty tin wire bent to form the fanned rake section. I have included a natural grapevine twig chair for her to sit in and positioned her with her legs crossed. Also shown is a photo of her hanging on the wall from a rusty tin loop on her wings. She can be displayed as a door greeter, wall hanging, or a seated doll in her rustic chair. I have given this piece a primitive tag, aged with coffee-vanilla-cinnamon stain that I have carefully burnt the edges with a flame and Prim-printed her name "Twiggy" in black. This piece was lovingly made by me from a pattern designed by "Sew Country". She will come to you signed, dated and tagged with my own label.
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PRIM VALENTINE DOVE DUO NODDERS & HEARTS
Welcome Prim Friends, and thank you for stopping by to view my new Valentine Offerings. Here we have a set of two Primitive Folk Art Nodder Valentine Doves. This gathering would display nicely as a centerpiece on a table, halltree or bureau or as a shelf sitter. The smaller dove measures 9" tall and 13"wide and the larger dove measures 11" tall and 15" wide. I have created this set in the primitive fashion to give it that time-worn look. Both doves are sewn from muslin and tightly stuffed, with needle-sculpted wings and tails. The separate wings are stitched onto their bodies and then stained them with an aging solution of dark coffee and vanilla and baked them in the oven. Several layers of crackle medium were applied before the last coat of antique white paint. The crackled finish reveals the staining underneath and provides a wonderful aged appearance of peeling paint. Cinnamon was rubbed into the paint for a grungy look. To complete the nodders, each dove is sewn onto his own rusty olde bedspring. Two intersecting hearts are sewn from muslin with exterior seams and paint-washed red, baked, sanded and coated with a grungy mixture of coffee-vanilla-cinnamon and baked again. The hearts dangle from the doves beaks by way of rusty twisted wire. I have given this Dove Duo a primitive tag aged with the coffee-vanilla-cinnamon stain, topped with a nostalgic print of a vintage Greeting Card showing a vintage lady posing by a large heart that says "To My Love". I have bordered it with Red Glass Glitter for a bit of sparkle.The doves have been lovingly made by me from a pattern created by Simple Country Blessings with the intersecting hearts as my own design.This piece will come to you signed, dated and tagged with my own label.
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PRIM GARDEN BUNNY RABBIT DOLL TRIO
Welcome Prim Friends and thank you for stopping by to visit my new Spring offerings. Here we have a Primitive Garden Bunny Trio. This piece measures 13" tall and 12" wide and 5" deep and is sure to be a Spring Garden favorite!I have created this piece in a primitive fashion to give it that time-worn look with an aging process. I have sewn the three attached soft-sculptured bodies from muslin, dyed them with a coffee-vanilla stain, stuffed them tightly with a weighted base, and separate arms and floppy ears sewn to their bodies. Their faces were each hand stitched with embroidery floss and I have blushed their cheeks and ears. Along the bottom I have embroidered the saying "Joy in the Harvest of Friendships" with brown floss. Each bunny is dressed differently. The left bunny has a jacket sewn from mint green flannel and sports a straw gardening hat. She is carrying a terra cotta wooden flower pot blooming with colorful dried florals and holds a grapevine twig heart in her hands. The middle bunny is wearing a ruffled dress sewn from an orange calico leaf print with a matching gingham bow on her head. She is carrying a brown wicker basket filled with colorful garden vegetables. The right bunny is wearing a jacket sewn from golden wool felt with a green homespun bow at the neckline and she also sports a straw gardening hat. In her arms, she is holding a little boy bunny dressed in a green checkered shirt and gold gingham pants. His face is embroidered with floss and his ears and cheeks are blushed. I have given this piece a Prim hang tag that I stained in the coffee-vanilla-cinnamon stain, baked and adhered a nostalgic vintage image of three bunnies in a row carrying a turnip, a carrot and a bunch of carrots hanging from a stick. It is pinned to her sleeve with a rusty safety pin. This piece was lovingly handmade by me from a pattern created by Bunny Hugs Primitives. It will come to you signed, dated and tagged with my own label.
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PRIM WOOLY CUPBOARD SHEEP DOLL
Welcome Prim Friends and thank you for stopping by to visit my new Prim offerings. Here we have a Primitive Wooly Cupboard Sheep Art Doll. She measures 7" tall and 10" wide and 5" deep. She is sure to be a favorite cupboard tuck or shelf sitter in your farmhouse kitchen. I have created this piece in a primitive fashion to give it that time-worn look. I have sewn the sheep's soft sculptured body from muslin with separate stitched on ears, and legs. I have paint-washed the face ears and hooves with black acrylic and painted on the eyes with artist pencil shading for the heavy eyelids. Ivory Raw sheeps wool was needle felted in place over her body. A small tail was made with a strand of sheeps wool and needle felted in place. I always use a thin layer of glue to adhere the wool in addition to the needle felting for added strength. The harness is made from rusty tin star garland circled around her neck. I have given this piece a Prim Tag that has been stained in a Coffee-vanilla-cinnamon solution and baked. I have adhered a nostalgic image of a vintage postcard showing three vintage girls all dressed up with their three lambs also decorated for Easter. I have bordered the image with clear coarse German Glass Glitter for a bit of sparkle. It is attached to the sheep with a rusty safety pin. This piece was lovingly handmade by me using a pattern designed by R&K Creations. It will come to you signed, dated, and tagged with my own label.
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