Thursday Humor

We thought these would cause a big chuckle...

Have a laugh with us today!

Clever Little Pumpkins

An adorable idea we had to share...

We took some mini pumkins (the real thing!)

& took a nail and made a little hole through the top

Pushed a bamboo skewer into the hole

Made a cute sign and made punch holes at the top & bottom, then put the sign on the skewer

Then we attached a glittered crow ornament at the bottom of the sign.

These work great in the store as signage...

but think how fabulous for:

A fall or Halloween buffet

Put these pumpkin signs beside the food to let your guests know what everything is!

Picture holders

Instead of signs, put pictures on the skewer

Decorations....

forget the sign & add an ornament of your choice.

Clever pumpkins indeed!

A Hunch...

We made a mad dash to a Michigan estate sale over the weekend... on the way up there we were thinking about the million other things that we should be doing instead of taking this little trip.

Things like laundry, cleaning house and decorating our homes for fall were high on our list.  But sometimes you just get that feeling that you should take that trip anyways...

 

Let's just say that we are very glad we went!

Good Things Come in Little Packages

This is how our package came...isn't it adorable?

Little....these packages are downright tiny....but we didn't mind ~

A couple of weeks ago we won a necklace from Rachel at Two Dog Pond

Look at this fun picture...Rachel finds the craziest  images sometimes!

Did you know that every week Rachel gives a necklace away?

She posts a picture that she will make into a necklace for the winner....

Come & Get it.....she picked our saying & we were so excited...
We always love reading all of the other comments from the
other readers...which is always good for a chuckle!!

All you have to do is come up with the best saying on the back.

Sassy, Silly, Serious.....

it's up to you

The winner is announced on Friday....what are you waiting for?

Play today!

Cup full of Shadows

Happy Shadow Shot Sunday everyone! 

This week we have a shadow in one of our silver mint julep cups.  We loved the shadows coming from one of our book marks sitting in the cup, as well as the bittersweet!

To have your cup overfloweth... visit Hey Harriet for fabulous shadows from all over the world!

Lovin' That Bling!!

It's Friday!

And...we are in LOVE with B-L-I-N-G

That comes in the form of these rings....

What are YOU in LOVE with today?!!

ONE pitcher, TWO pitcher...

THREE pitcher, FOUR!

We fell in love with these reproduction transferware pitchers the moment our eyes laid on them.  But we soon realized that each one of us (Karla, Karrie & Mom Becky) were especially drawn to different ones.

It was funny to realize how our personalities come across in different styles of pitchers, and even more humorous that without telling each other, we knew which pitcher belonged to who.

Can you guess which pitcher pitcher is Karla, which is Karrie and which is Mom Becky?

Then tell us which pitcher is your favorite??

Fall is at Our Door



one of our fall wreaths at the store



Wishing you a Happy First Day of Fall today!

Killer Cobbler

Are you scared???

You should be...this crock pot recipe is something that people who came to our Open House are dying for...

and you lucky ducks will have it:

KILLER COBBLER

1 cup brown sugar, packed

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 stick of butter

2 cans fruit pie filling

(apple is yummy, can use sugar free, it really doesn't matter...we also did one with cherry and blueberry - shown here.  This mixture seemed to cut the sweetness down a bit..kind of!)

1 yellow cake mix

1 can of cream soda

1 14oz bag of caramels, opened up

Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon. Melt butter.  Put 1/3 of the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture on the bottom of your crock pot.  drizzle 1/3 of the butter over this. 

Open up the pie filling and dump the two cans on top of the sugar mixture & butter.

Put another 1/3 of the sugar mixture and the butter over this.

Add 1/2 of the caramels.

Mix the cake mix with the can of cream soda, then put it over top of the caramels in the crock pot.

Put the last of the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture and butter over top of the cake mix.

Put lid on the crock pot at cook.

4 hours on low, 3 hours on high.

Add remaining caramels on top of cobbler when done.

Enjoy with some ice cream or milk (helps cut the sweetness)

mmmmmm....you'll be in Heaven....it is that good!

Enjoy!

All Hail Queen Carol

What a fantastic Spooktacular Open House we had this weekend!

The one thing we couldn't wait to do, was to announce the winner of our Porch & Patio Contest on Sunday....

Congratulations go out to Carol Phillips of Gibsonburg!

Carol's back porch received the most votes from our judges...

thank you judges for your input!

They loved how Carol's porch made you feel at home, really comfortable!

Do enlarge the photos to really have a good look at all of the goodies that Carol used to decorate her porch with!

who wouldn't want to spend some time outside with a porch like this?!!

Look how cozy this eating area is....

Congratulations Queen Carol...

2010 Porch & Patio Winner!

A special thank you to all of our judges and all of the ladies that entered!

Eek! It's a Shadow

Eeek!

It's Shadow Shot Sunday and we are in the midst of our Spooktacular Open House and one of our Halloween votive holders provided some booo-tiful shadows for us today!

For a frightfully fun time,

visit Hey Harriet for shadows any ghoul would love!

It's Friday and We're in Love...

What could we possibly be in love with this week?

How 'bout some slimey, glow in the dark goo... Boo Goo, in fact!

Yesterday we were putting the finishing touches on our displays for our Spook-tacular Fall Open House this weekend.  We may have had a little too much fun adding Boo Goo to some of our apothecary Jars and dishes!

All work and no play= play at work;0)

Now for some window peepin'...

Come on in if you're in the area this weekend!

Spook-tackular Fall Open House

Friday 10a.m.-7p.m.

Saturday 10a.m.-5p.m.

Sunday 1p.m.-5p.m.

Wednesday Words

hee hee hee!!

It's time for Wednesday Words...and this is a doozy!

We've been yawning a bit more than usual this week, but not because we are bored...no, no, because we've been burning the wick at both ends!  But, it's been worth it - the store is looking "just so" for the Open House this weekend!

Wednesday Words are brought to you by our Wall Enhancer Vinyl Lettering and our Alphabet Images....Got Words?  Get them up on your wall!!

Need a Snack?

You might think again....and get a chuckle

"Vampire Kisses" has been the most popular.....

But we think Finger Foods wins hands down!

Instant Relative

Do you have any instant relatives?

Meet Uncle August

We acquired him at an Estate Sale a few years back....we couldn't bear to see him thrown away, so we took him home....and he's been sitting in our back room all of that time....

Well, guess what? 

Uncle August gets to come out of hiding and

join us as guest of honor for our Open House this weekend.

Do you have any "instant relatives" that you can't seem to part with?

Or maybe it's real relatives you'd like to part with - ha!!

Happy Monday Everyone!

Spook-tacular Shadows

It's Shadow Shot Sunday Weekend!

We are in the midst of transforming the store into a Halloween & Fall Spectacular - so naturally, when we saw this picture, we took time out to get the shot!

For more Shadow Shots...head over to Hey Harriet...

there's NO BONES about it...it's the best place on Earth for Shadows!

and...if you're in the area next weekend...

consider yourself invited to our Open House...we'd love to entertain you!

It's Friday....and We're in Love

It's Friday....and we are so in love...

In love with the "junk" we brought home.

In love that it is done being cleaned & priced

In love with the customers that will take it home & love it back!

It's Friday....what are you in love with today?