Keep Calm & Garden On!

Last weekend was our annual

Garden Party Open House

and as promised...

we thought we'd share a few pictures....

 Lots of vintage gardening tools mixed in with 

whitewashed iron pieces and some of

Karrie's gorgeous floral arrangements....

 

Pretty floral antique plates mixed in with

lots of wire baskets

and our favorite find...

Vintage Card Seed Co. Bean & Corn seed boxes!

Glass Cloches, wire urns and lots of garden markers

were sprinkled here & there!

Wonderful old galvanized watering cans!!

{super swoon-worthy!}

 Of course we had lots of vintage stamped silverware

necklaces to choose from...

as well as our newest addition...

leather cuffs!

Hobnail lanterns in soft sea-breezy colors

along with BOLD bright wreaths

for your doors

Hope you enjoyed a little taste of what was

to be seen last week for our Open House!

This week we are busy filling the store back up...

and getting ready for our Traveling Lavender Class on Thursday

{oh heavens!  we can't wait to share that day with you!!}

Here's to a wonderful week!!

Karla & Karrie

The Summer Kitchen Girls

Jeepers Creepers!

Jeepers Creepers is right!

If you've wondered 

where 

oh

where

The Summer Kitchen Girls 

have been....

We've been busy decorating

indoors & outdoors

for Fall...

and getting ready for our 

Spooktacular Fall Open House

this past weekend!

We always have fun with our outdoor displays

and this year was no different!

 It's hard to believe that fall has once again come....

we'll be sharing our indoor pictures soon!

Happy Monday All!

Bit-O-Spring!

It may be St. Patty's Weekend.... 

however it is also our 

 Spring Fling Open House!! 

Thought you'd enjoy a peek....

If you are in the area....stop on in...

Mom's made 16 different cookies...mmmmmmm!

Friday, March 15th 10am-8pm

Saturday, March 16th 10am-5pm

Sunday, March 17th 1pm-5pm

Join Us...

We have been busy hauling out lots of new things

busy creating cheery arrangements & springy displays

So.... if your in the neighborhood,
stop on in to our

Spring Fling Open House

Friday 10-8

Saturday 10-5

Sunday 1-5

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!

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!

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.

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!

Chicks Wanted!

That's right!

If you are in the area

Hop on over for our annual

Spring Fling Open House

Friday, March 19th 10am-8pm

Saturday, March 20th 10am-5pm

Sunday, March 21st 1pm-5pm

Lot's of spring decorations, new vintage items, and let's not forget the refreshments, ladies!!

(we lost track of the number of cookies mom has made!)

A Taste of Ohio

Thursday is our Taste of Ohio from 4pm-9pm

We would love to have you come and join us to meet some of the Ohio artists that we feature in our stores. Each store will have two to four artisans and we will be giving away Ohio product!

Grab your friends and enjoy refreshments, while shopping around for unique, one-of-a-kind gifts. Come experience Ohio...the heart of it all!

Top "Little" Sellers at Open House

OH...we had such a good time this weekend at the Open House!

The cookie count....15 different types - in case you'd like to know...it's a record - Mom really outdid herself (and to think she didn't finish two of them.....!)

Anyway, we thought you'd like to see our list of Top 6 "little" sellers this weekend - things that flew out of the store....

#1 Our Bellsnickle Santas....every year these little....and big guys walk out the door. This year's new one has a tinsel tree he is holding...available in three different sizes!

#2 Our Summer Kitchen Exclusive Blend of tea...any why wouldn't it be a top seller...with macadamia nuts, toffee, caramel & maple - this tea even makes coffee drinkers swoon!





#3 Our scone mixes by Catherine's Healthy Bakes - they pair nicely with our tea...the Apple Pecan was the top seller this weekend!











#4 Garden Flags - always popular! Lots of new styles were in...and gone!












#5 The Jingle Christmas Tree Pens....only 5 left - by far the fastest moving item this weekend!

#6 The Santa Countdown......at this moment it's
38 Days
16 Hours
5 Minutes

But who's counting????