Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Been busy creating

Thank you to ALL the new followers!
We so welcome you!

We have been busy creating things for the ETSY shop.
Christmas will be here before you know it..YIKES!

Here are a couple of pics of MJ's dog.
His name is Tyson.

This was a few years ago when he was still a pup

MJ calls him Tyson Taco. :)

Here he is in action!

Hope everyone is having a great week.

Monday, October 1, 2012

A Winter Wonderland Giveaway

Good Morning everyone!!!
Are you ready for and exciting HUGE giveaway!
Brenda at The Rusty Thimble is hosting a huge bloggers giveaway.
23 blogs, 23 prizes, 23 winners!

Here is a peek at the wonderful prizes bloggers are giving away.




For all those that enter this giveaway, Brenda will throw everyone's name in a hat and ONE lucky winner will get a $20.00 gift certificate to any of these bloggers selling sites or ETSY shops.
How exciting is that.

For all the rules and goodness hop on over to Brendas blog at

MAKE sure you comment on this post and hop on over to Brendas site to sign up for the giveaway.

Friday, August 3, 2012

Here is the book

MaryJo and I had an order for a paper bag mini album for a friend of ours. Her Grand-daughter is turning 18 this month.  Oh we had so much fun making it.

Her colors were red, black, and purple. Which is soooo our of mine and MaryJo's comfort zone!

Here are some pics of the book. We DO take custom orders. SO ask!
I have blocked out her grand daughters face.

This is the front..its so much cuter in person..loved the colors

We STUFFED approx 50 pics in here LOL..way larger than we normally do! Or will do LOL

 This is when she was little..fun pics! Lots of pockets and places for journaling.

ahh the teen years. :) Lots of tags!

More pics and journaling.

Hope you enjoyed the pics.  We are having another giveaway soon! Come back and check it out!

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Giveaway Winner

Is it just me or is time flying by!
Time for our giveaway!!
Thank you to everyone who commented and stopped by. 
Welcome new followers!

I used random.org to pick the numbers. There were 17 comments...and the number picked is...




It chose lucky number seven who is...
Joanne from Vintage Dragonfly

If yall have not checked out Joannes blog you should! Ive even joined some swaps she has been in!
Joanne send me your address so I can get the Prim star out to you soon!

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Burning the midnight oil

MaryJo and I have an order from a friend who wants one of our paper bag mini albums.
These things are SO much fun to make!
We are doing it in purple, red, and black. It is for our friend's 18year old grand daughters birthday.

As you can see, things get very MESSY when creating!

BUT my space is a little bit cleaner LOL, sorry MaryJo.  :)
We will show the finished book soon.

Hope yall are having a great weekend!

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Where Bloggers Create 2012

Oh it's here, it's here!
Where Bloggers Create 2012 Hosted by Karen Valentine

If you are new to Our blog..we are so happy you are here.
The Olde Messy Bucket is a dream of 2 friends that share a passion for crafting and hoarding collecting ole vintage everything!

We are MaryJo and Cyn who reside in Arizona.
Enjoying this journey together.

We decided to show you around BOTH of our craftrooms. We do get to create in each others craftrooms and snoop look through each others treasures.

First up is MaryJo

 Baskets of vintage laces..oh what heaven!

Hand stitched crazy quilt pieces. MaryJo has these hanging on a beautiful green wall. Such beauty!

This is in front of MaryJo's workspace. Such goodness all at her finger tips.

The craft table. I LOVE that she uses a fishing tackle box to store goodies!! I'm going to have to go find me one at a yard sale. :)

More vintage lace and lots of books and scrapbook paper. MaryJo has ALOT of neat stuff that was her moms. Lots of goodies!

Now  for Cyn's Craftroom

I have my crafting and sewing machine on one table

I love storing stuff in metal buckets.

 I LOVE galvanized anything!! I also collect other peoples relatives LOL

MaryJo and I are SO glad you came to visit our blog we are just getting started on.
We will be posting more things as we create them. We also take custom orders!
So come back often!

We are having a GIVEAWAY!
To say THANKS for stopping by.

We are giving away a Prim Star Bowl Filler. You could also use as a shelf tuck.
Created by hand.

We'd LOVE for you to be a follower...
Just leave us a comment on this post to be entered.
We will pick a winner on August 1st.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

New item in ETSY

We are working HARD to get some new things in the ETSY shop. 
Go take a peek.

Here is a new wall hanging..MJ made this..it says SHINE.

would look so cute in a little girls room, or shabby chic home.
It is only $12.00 in our ETSY shop.