Barn Stars

As many of you will come to see I absolutely love stars. My primitive farmhouse is full of them. When I moved here and started decorating, I did not know just now many stars that I had, but let me tell you there are bunches of them. One of the things that I love about primitive decorating is the fact that there is so much history behind the items that I collect and display. As I was looking at the web site called Create A Prim that Lisa over at Prims From Above posted about, I found a really interesting article that I wanted to share with you about barn stars. I did not know that the different colors that barns stars come in actually meant something different! Plus you will also find a little history lesson about barn stars too in this article. Enjoy!

BARN STAR:
n: A large metal decoration in the shape of a star; which you would usually see on the face of a barn. On early American barns they were sometimes just for aesthetics, but sometimes they represented the trademark of a specific barn builder. Although they go back to at least the 1820's in Pennsylvania, they were most popular after the American Civil War. Today, we use barn stars to decorate our walls and they have come to be known as signs of good fortune and luck. Each color has a different meaning:

· Black: Protection, also used to blend or bind together.

· Blue: Protection, peace, calmness and spirituality.

· Brown: Mother earth, also can mean friendship and strength.

· Green: Growth, fertility, success in things and ideas that grow.

· Orange: Abundance in career, projects and matters needing an added push.

· Red: Emotions, passion, charisma, lust and creativity.

· Purple: Things that are sacred.· White: Purity, power of the moon, allows energy to flow freely.

· Yellow: Health in body and mind, love of man and sun, connection to God.

· Yellow/Red: Passion for a healthy mind and body.

· White/Red: Purity of emotion.

· Red/White/Blue: Creativity, energy and peace.

Here is a picture of my barn star that is on an old corn barn on our farm. Sorry the picture is so far away, but the star in this one is red. I will have to take a better picture of this barn star and some more pictures of the bounty of stars that are displayed around my home, so stay tuned!

Hugs, blessings and perfect prims,
Stacey