"Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted sisters......."

Well, here it is! It's December, and we hope you all enjoyed "Shop Till You Drop" We heard many positive comments from customers this weekend! Even though the weather didn't cooperate as much as we would have liked it to, we enjoyed seeing many new faces as they traveled from store to store!!
We're gearing up - Sister Sale week is on it's way! You know how Karrie and I LOVE to celebrate sisterhood for this once-a-year "party"!! Just check out all the fun things going on next week!! Oh - Look - - I'm so excited to have figured out how to post clips on from YouTube for you guys!! Check it out below - I had it in my mind to have the "Sisters" clip from White Christmas with Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen for you all (always a great lead in for the Sister Sale), however, when I saw that they had the clip with Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby, I couldn't resist!!!
**Before playing this YouTube clip - turn off the music on the left-hand side!**



Sister Sale Week
Sunday, December 9th 2pm
A Christmas Tea
****POSTPONED DUE TO ICY WEATHER****
MAKE-UP DATE IS SUNDAY, JANUARY 20th at 2PM
Your donation of $15 for the tea will be given to the Liberty Center in Fremont. Enjoy our wonderful four course tea and try 5-6 of our Tea S'il Vous Plait teas, including two of our exclusive blends! Please RSVP by Friday, December 7th.

Monday, December 10th 5pm-8pm
Triple BAP points
One night only!! Come on in and see how much you can save!

Tuesday, December 11th - Saturday, December 15th
Sister Sale begins with 10-30% specials throughout the store! Don't forget to enter to win a $100 gift certificate with your sister or best buddy!!
Take 30% off Christmas items
Take 20% off Lamps, Pictures,Florals, and Purses
Take 10% off Everything else!!!

Friday, December 14th 6:30pm
A Victorian Tea
Join us for a Victorian Tea in the 1904 Queen Anne home in front of the shop. Your donation of $30 will be given to the Golden Bridge Alzheimer's Unit at Bethesda Care Center in Fremont. Seating is limited - so make reservations soon!

Saturday, December 15th 10am-2pm
Join us, as Terri Jahna from Vibrant Solutions in Gibsonburg will be giving all of our shoppers chair massage to relieve that holiday stress!! Terri will be giving your donations to the American Cancer Society.

Some people have been asking to give donations for some of the charities above. If you find that you can't make it to some of the benefit teas, or the massage day, and you would like to make a donation, just drop us off a check to whichever charity you'd like, and we will get it to them!

Thanks everyone!! Looking forward to a great sisterly sale!!! Enjoy the clip!

We're Sisters & We're Having a Sale!

It's that time of year - The Sister Sale. This is the third year that we have had "The Sister Sale," yet every year we get those that just don't get it! Well, here I am to explain this little mystery! Karrie and I first got the idea when we were trying to come up with fun December things for you all. The first year we decided to play "White Christmas" on the DVD player and we thought we'd call it the "White Christmas Sale" however, being that we loved the performance of Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen singing "Sisters," we decided that this sale HAD to be called the "Sister Sale". So, we thought we'd have fun, and ask all of you to bring yourself, and your sister, or your "soul sister" shopping, that way we could have fun specials, and a chance to win a $100 gift certificate (that you HAVE to share with that sister you bring!) So there you have it - any questions? This will be the first Sister Sale that we will have the specials all week long. The sale will be December 12th-16th and, although they are listed below in "December Specials" I will share them with you again:

30% off all Christmas ornaments
20% off all Carruth and Maggie B purses and accessories
10% off anything else in the store!

Come on in and be a Summer Kitchen Sister for the day! We'd love to have you! We even will have some of our delicious tea to try all week - be sure to try the new Noel Blanc for a festive flair to your afternoon (or morning) tea!
Speaking of tea, the Christmas Tea went really well!
I have some pictures of all of the lovely ladies that attended! We had quite a meal!! I thought I'd share the menu with you and the ladies asked me to post the recipe for the soup - try it out yourself!

The Menu

Cream of Sweet Potato Soup


Festive Chicken Salad Croissants
Cucumber Sandwiches
Asparagus Roll-ups
Merry Cheese Kabobs

Gingerbread Scones
Twelfth Night Scones
with Lemon Curd
Grape Clusters

Meringue Clouds

Old St. Nick Peppermint Stick Brownies
Pecan and Pumpkin Tarts

Lindor Chocolate

We had a nice time and we also sent a check off to Liberty Center for all the ladies donation to come to the tea, and for a percentage of their purchases - Thank you ladies! We were asked if we would be doing this again, and yes, we will! We will have our 2nd annual Tea for our customers in February, and then we will have another benefit tea in April or May for Heartbeat. If it something you are interested in, let us know!
Before I go, I'll get you that recipe:

Cream of Sweet Potato Soup

Makes 3 1/2 cups

2 tablespoons butter
3 green onions, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 (14.5 oz) can chicken broth
2 1/2 cups cooked, pureed sweet potatoes (about 2 medium)
2 cups half-and-half
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon yellow curry powder

Garnishes: chopped peanuts, sliced green onion

1. In heavy saucepan over medium heat, melt butter.
Add green onions, and cook 2 minutes.
2. Stir in flour, and cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add Chicken broth and stir in sweet potatoes.
3. Process sweet potato mixture, in batches , in blender
or food processor until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides.
Return mixture to saucepan.
4. Add half-and-half, salt, and yellow curry powder,
cook over low heat until thoroughly heated. Garnish if desired.

Just to let you know that I made 4 batches of this soup for the tea. I only doubled the half and half, salt and curry powder though, and it still was delicious!