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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*GARDEN*BUNNY*&*BABY*Pea*Pod*Pearl
Welcome Prim Friends and thank you for stopping by to visit my new Spring offerings. Here we have a Primitive Grubby Garden Bunny holding her Baby Bunny in a Pea Pod cradle that I have fondly named "Pea Pod Pearl". She measures 30" long, from the tip of her ears to her toes and 10" wide. She is just the sweetest and sure to be a Spring Garden favorite!I have created this piece in a primitive fashion to give it that time-worn look. I have sewn her soft sculptured body from muslin , stuffed tightly with bent arms, floss sculpted paws and those wonderful separate stitched-on eyelids. Her long ears are wired which makes them poseable, and she was aged with my coffee-vanilla stain and baked in the oven. Her big brown eyes and stuffed three dimensional rusty bunny nose are both painted and shaded with artist pigma pencils, then sealed. I have prim-stitched her mouth and eye brows with black floss and blushed her cheeks and ears. Sewn-on whiskers are made from strands of sisal rope and a matching plaid homespun bow adorns one of her ears. I have dipped her clothing in a strong coffee-vanilla ageing solution for an olde appearance. Her farm dress is torn and sewn from a high quality Debbie Mumm calico print featuring a muted green checkerboard. Her apron was torn from a rusty red and green homespun plaid, gathered and secured to the front of her dress. The collar is made from stained antique cluny lace topped with an antique creamy shanked button . Her pantaloons were torn and sewn from a coordinating Debby Mumm rusty red and gold stripe cotton. Her Mary Jane shoes are painted on her feet, baked and sanded. I have used tiny Mother of Pearl buttons for the buckles. Her antique white socks are painted on her legs and trimmed with ivory French lace.Her baby bunny is sewn from tea-dyed muslin, stuffed tightly with wired poseable ears. I have prim stitched the facial feautures with black floss for the eyes and mouth and dusty rose floss for the tiny nose, then shaded with artist pencils. The baby bunny's cheeks and centers of the ears are blushed teaberry.The baby bunny is nestled into a pea pod that is sewn from muslin in the shape of a pea pod shell with a pointed and stuffed stem, paint-washed in various shades of pea green, stained with coffee-vanilla-cinnamon, and baked. The remnant of an olde antique patchwork quilt was used for the baby's blanket, stained and tucked around his sleeping body.I have given this piece a Prim hang tag that I soaked in the coffee-vanilla-cinnamon stain, baked and adhered a nostalgic vintage image of a bunny rabbit holding a basket of Easter Eggs. I have bordered the image with crystal clear German Glass Glitter for a bit of sparkle.Pearl would make the perfect gift for the Bunny Collector for year round display or to brighten up your Easter and Spring Garden decor. This doll was lovingly handmade by me from a pattern created by Sweet Meadows Farm.This design will come to you dated, signed and tagged with my own label "Collectibles by Joan" which states "The Handcrafting and Time Invested in this Piece are its Own Mark of Quality".
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PRIM*GARDEN*DAFFODILS*FLORAL*BOUQUET
Welcome Prim Friends, and thank you for stopping by to view my new Spring Offerings. Here we have 5 Primitive Folk Art Grungy Daffodils. This arrangement would display nicely as a centerpiece, shelf sitter, or placed on a bureau, table or halltree. Each bloom measures approximately 9-12" tall and 4-5"wide. They would look great in your country farmhouse and would also make a wonderful house-warming gift that is everlasting. I have created this floral piece in the primitive fashion to give it that time-worn look. Each daffodil is cut from muslin and hand-stitched with a gathered circle center surrounded by blooming pointed petals. They have been paint-washed in buttercup yellow paint and aged with my grubby solution of coffee-vanilla-cinnamon, baked and sprinkled with dry cinnamon. Each long stem is formed with twisted rusty tin wire and the tightly curled end sprouts from the center of the daffodil. The glass vase is not included in the auction. I can imagine these blooms arranged in your rusty tin, green glass or quilted container.This piece has been lovingly made by me using a pattern designed by Tennesee Ridge Primitives.This design will come to you dated, signed and tagged with my own label "Collectibles by Joan" which states "The Handcrafting and Time Invested in this Piece are its Own Mark of Quality".
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PRIM*GARDEN*BUNNY*with*BOUQUET*Priscillas Posies
Welcome Prim Friends and thank you for stopping by to visit my new Spring offerings. Here we have a Primitive Grubby Garden Bunny holding her Bouquet of Posies that I have fondly named "Prim Priscilla". She measures 30" long, from the tip of her ears to her toes and 10" wide. She is just the sweetest and sure to be a Spring Garden favorite!I have created this piece in a primitive fashion to give it that time-worn look. I have sewn her soft sculptured body from aged osnaburg with long wired ears, bent arms, needle sculpted paws and those wonderful separate stitched-on eyelids. She was then aged with my coffee-vanilla stain and baked in the oven. Her big eyes and 3-dimensional bunny nose are both painted and shaded with artist pigma pencils, then sealed. I have prim-stitched her mouth with black floss and blushed her cheeks and ears. Sewn-on whiskers are made from strands of sisal rope and a single blue posey bloom adorns one of her ears. I have dipped her clothing in a strong coffee-vanilla ageing solution for an olde appearance. Her farm dress is torn and sewn from a high quality Debbie Mumm calico print featuring tiny daisies sprinkled on a blue mottled background. Her apron was torn from a coordinating deep gold 30's reproduction print, gathered and secured to the front of her dress. The collar is made from aged antique cluny lace topped with a blue button. Her pantaloons were torn and sewn from a complimentary Debby Mumm gold stripe cotton. Her Mary Jane shoes are painted on her feet, baked and sanded. I have used tiny Mother of Pearl buttons for the buckles. Her antique white socks are painted on her legs and trimmed with ecru French lace.The bouquet of posies are each sewn from muslin, aged in a coffee-vanilla-cinnamon stain, baked and painted wedgewood blue with rose centers and antique white with gold centers. The tulips are needle sculpted, painted a dusty rose and grubbied. Each one has a wired, poseable stem wrapped in hunter green cotton strips. The bouquet is wrapped with rusty wire sewn to her dress and her paw.I have given this piece a Prim hang tag that I soaked in the coffee-vanilla-cinnamon stain, baked and adhered a nostalgic vintage greeting card image of a little vintage girl with her Easter Basket and bunny rabbits bouncing around her that says "Easter Greetings".Priscilla would make the perfect gift for the Bunny Collector for year round display or to brighten up your Easter and Spring Garden decor. This doll was lovingly handmade by me from a pattern created by Sweet Meadows Farm.This design will come to you dated, signed and tagged with my own label "Collectibles by Joan" which states "The Handcrafting and Time Invested in this Piece are its Own Mark of Quality".
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PRIM*GARDEN*BUNNY*MAMA*&*KIDDOS*All My Children
Welcome Prim Friends and thank you for stopping by to visit my new Spring offerings. Here we have a Primitive Folk Art Garden Bunny holding her two Baby Bunny Rabbits that I have fondly named "All My Children". She measures 36" long, from the tip of her ears to her toes and 12" wide. They are just the sweetest and sure to be a Year Round favorite!I have created this piece in a primitive fashion to give it that time-worn look. I have sewn Mom's soft sculptured body from warm camel brown Wool Felt accented with Dk Brown Wool Felt for the contrasting eye spot and ear. The ear inserts are sewn from coffee-stained muslin, and her body is stuffed tightly with sculpted paws using dark brown embroidery floss. Her long ears are wired which makes them poseable and her eyes are stitched on with shiney black beads. I have prim-stitched her nose and mouth with dark brown floss and blushed her cheeks and ears. The children were constructed in the same materials as the Mom, but their spotted markings are alternating patterns using the camel and brown felt. They have jointed arms and legs and are pinned to Mom's body with rusty safety pins. The darker child bunny has a scarf torn from green and cream gingham homespun and tied in a bow around the neck. The lighter child bunny has a scarf torn from rusty red fabric and tied around the neck.Mom's farm dress is sewn from a high quality 1930's reproduction keepsake calico featuring a muted celery green vine print with puffed sleeves and a gathered empire waste. I have used a keepsake calico print in rusty red roses printed on a camel background for the contrasting band around the hem and the sleeves. The collar is shaped from camel wool felt and prim stitched with a rusty red floss border. The sleeves are cinched with rusty red pearl cording. Her pinafore apron with ruffled sleeves was sewn from a rusty red and cream calico floral print, gathered and secured to the front of her dress with two big black buttons. Her pantaloons were sewn from this same fabric. I have given this set a prim hang tag soaked in my coffee-vanilla-cinnamon aging solution and baked. A nostalgic vintage image is adhered to the rustic tag showing two bunnies courting inside an Easter Egg that says "Easter Greeting". I have bordered the image with clear coarse German Glass Glitter for a bit of sparkle.This set would make the perfect gift for the Bunny Collector for Year Round display or to brighten up your Easter and Spring Garden decor. This piece was lovingly handmade by me from a pattern created by Sweet Meadows Farm.This design will come to you dated, signed and tagged with my own label "Collectibles by Joan" which states "The Handcrafting and Time Invested in this Piece are its Own Mark of Quality".
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PRIM FOLK ART SHABBY CHIC ART DOLL
Welcome Prim Friends, and thank you for stopping by to view my new Prim Offerings. Here we have a Primitive Folk Art Doll with a Victorian, Shabby Cottage style that I have fondly named "Vanessa". This piece would display nicely hanging on the wall or sitting in a chair. She measures approximately 30" tall and 10"wide. I have created Miss Vanessa in the primitive fashion to give her that time-worn look. Her multi-sectional round head body is sewn from coffee-vanilla stained muslin with wired poseable arms, needle-sculpted fingers, pinch-stitched nose and brows. Her eyes are painted and drawn with artist pencils and her mouth is painted rose. Chocolate brown dyed sheeps wool is needle-felted in place for her hair. I have painted on her cream shoes, sanded them and adorned them with tiny vintage Mother of Pearl buttons.Her dress is sewn from rose and cream vintage rose bud ticking print with a coordinating underskirt made of coffee-dyed gypsy rose cotton. The fabric has a Victorian feel and I have trimmed the neckline and sleeves with a wide ecru creamy French lace edging. I have created a handmade rose with varigated rose silk embroidery ribbon at the waist center. A large vintage pearl button embellishes the dropped neckline.Her matching hair bow is sewn from the same vintage-style fabric. She carries a heart that I have sewn from muslin, paint-washed in rose acrylic, sanded, grubbied with a coffee-vanilla-cinnamon solution and sprinkled with the finest ground pink German Glass Glitter for bit of sparkle. An eyelet heart cut out is stitched to the center of the heart and a rusty olde skeleton key is held in place with pink organdy ribbon tied into a bow. Rusty twisted thick wire forms the handle for the heart and her poseable fingers hold the heart. I have given this piece a primitive tag, aged with coffee-vanilla-cinnamon stain, and topped it with a nostalgic image of a vintage greeting card showing a little vintage girl holding a bouquet of flowers framed with tiny pink valentine hearts that says "Valentine Greetings". I have bordered the image with clear German Glass Glitter and it is secured to her sleeve with a rusty safety pin. A year round hang tag is also included to change out when the holiday is over and you want to display her year round.I have lovingly made this piece using adaptations of a pattern designed by Karen Walker of Prim & Proper Folks. This design will come to you dated, signed and tagged with my own label Collectibles by Joan which states The Handcrafting and Time Invested in this Piece are its Own Mark of Quality.
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