Summer Harvest

Gosh, it has been awhile since I have posted. So much going on this summer! Unseasonably cool weather for Kentucky with allot of rain. Garden did fair, had a large green pepper harvest and tomatos. Corn did not turn out, potatos did. Sorta a difficult year for the garden.
We have been working hard at the shop, reorganizing things and have had quite a bit of business. Still trying to get the cabin up and going.
Here is one of our fav recipies that is easy as pie! Tomato Pie that is.

Preheat oven to 400. One pie shell, not pricked, bake for 5 minutes. Lower oven temp to 350.
3 or 4 small to medium tomatos, peeled and sliced into rounds
1 small onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1 can small drained mushrooms, or can subsitute 4 slices of chopped baccon
salt & pepper to taste
Layer tomatos in pie shell, sprinkle on onions, peppers, and mushrooms untill pie shell is filled.
Next:
1 3/4 cup mayo
2 cups of shredded cheese your choice! Swiss, Mozz. Pepper Jack or mixture
Combine cheese and mayo throughly and spread evenly across the pie, seal around the edges so juice does not seep out.
Place on cookie sheet and bake for 45 minutes.
Let cool for at least 10 minutes before cutting into serving slices.

Love this recipie cause it is so versitale! You can do just about anything with it and it will be good. For those of us watching or weight you can use the lite mayo and light cheese.

Next time I may make a Pizza Pie using veggies and some pepporoni, pizza sauce and the topping. Yum.

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer, and will try to get back on track with my sites! Need to get some things on ebay too. Lately have been addicted to Face Book and find myself on there allot playing those "stupid" games that get you hung up on them.

Warm hugs and blessings to all!

Summer is for Family

We have had a great summer so far with family. My cousins came in from Corpus Christie TX. for a week and we had a nice family reunion last Sunday. More cousins came from Rhinneyville Ky. along with my Dad from Lancaster. We are a small family and do not get to see each other often. My son and his family got to meet relatives they had never seen before. Great company, Great Food and a Great Time.

This week our son from Jacksonville NC will be in with his family. He is in the Marines and will be headed for Japan (for 3 years) the fist of the year. So we are excited to see them. Another family reunion this Sunday!

The next week will be spent mostly in Lexington with Doctore appointments with specialiasts for my eyes, then my ENT Doc. I do not have anything listed on ebay at this time, but starting in August I will have time to post again! Plan on doing quite a bit as I now pay monthly to have my store front thru Auctiva.

Hope everyone is having a great summer! Stay Safe!!

Original 1960's Chatty Cathy's

Hello from Chatty Cathy Land!

These two darlings are up for sale on ebay. Follow my link to the online store.
I have collected so many dolls over the past 5 years that I need to downsize some. My husband says he is tired of looking at them! Not long ago I purchased an entire lot of Chatty Cathy Dolls (16 dolls in all) plus there was extra clothing and a couple of other cute old dolls. So, I have been going thru what I owned and what I purchased and found some I could part with.
I have Singing Chatty Cathys, Tiny Baby Chattys, Baby Chatty and Tiny Baby Brother Chatty as well as several Charmin Chatty's. For some reason the Charmin Chatty's are not selling like they used to! Still think they are a cute doll, the last one I sold very cheap so will probably hold on to the rest of them. I have found that just about everything goes up and down and back up again in allot of area's. Especially Doll's and Vintage Jewerly.
Hope everyone has a great weekend and come visit me in Chatty Cathy Land!

Blessed Easter Sunday

Every year at our small church we bring the cross to life with a mixtue of flowers.
The end result is quite beautiful and unique each year. After services the cross is delivered to the Nursing Home for the residents to enjoy for a few days. It is really nice that everyone brings some flowers (real & silk) to help bring the cross to life.
This year we had alot of fragrant Apple Blossoms!
Hope everyone enjoyed their Easter Sunday in whatever way makes them happy.

Blessings to you and yours.

Happy Easter!

Welcome! Happy Easter!

Well, it has been awhile since I've had the time to blog! So much has happened.
Have been working hard on our online shop (see sidebar) it takes allot of time to post for me! The Home and Garden Show was success! Had such a wonderful time meeting other vendors and guests to our booth. I will try to get some pictures up soon. A friend of mine, Barbara, helped me get the booth set up and we did a botique theme. There was a Derby Table, Angel Table, Pitcher & Wares Table, the front end of the booth housed all the concrete items I felt like taking. I pretty much sold out of Harley Davidson Concrete Wings and Bunnies! We had a wonderful time and look forward to participating next year.
My surgury went very well, will be going back for check up this Tuesday. I can breathe and sleep so much better it is amazing!
We took our grandkids for a short vacation for spring break this past week and enjoyed the time we had with them. So, allot going on but looking forward to things setteling down some.
Hope all of you enjoy your Easter and have a blessed day!

Hello to all my Frugal Friends!

This falls under the category of "I wish I had known sooner."
I just found out that January 17 to 24 was "National Thrift
Week." Originally started in 1916 and sponsored by the YMCA,
it fell out of favor and disappeared in 1966. The Templeton
Foundation (think John Templeton of mutual fund fame) is
trying to bring it back with a site called "Bring Back Thrift
Week" . Not only are they
trying to raise interest, but they also have some very good
policy proposals (i.e. matched savings accounts for the low
income and children, a product safety commission for financial
products, increased financial education, etc.) This looks like
something that you'll want to check out.
All the Best!

The Lords Prayer

This old Folk Art Print says it all! Came across this a while back at an Estate Sale. It is set in a very nice old wood frame. Very detailed print with some of the Ten Commandments around the prayer. This is a mint piece, if you collect folk art. (Will try to post another picture on the side bar this is a close up.)

I love it because it is "our" traditional prayer that everyone knows.

Posting this for everyone who is suffering in this terrrible winter storm. May God Bless Each and Everyone!

Feeling Very Blessed

Feeling very blessed so I tried to make this blackberry pie from what I salvaged from the freezer, it may not be beautiful; but it was tasty!
Thanks for your comments and a special thanks to Pamela at Beehind Thyme for posting for me while we were without power. We survived with minimal damage. Tree limbs and trees down but not on the house or shop. Our power lines an phone lines were all down in the front yard, so we were without power from Monday Morning till Saturday Afternoon. Stayed warm with a propane heater. It did get cold at night but was very thankful to be able to stay in our home with our dogs. They were all scared!
What I missed the most was the computer! Never would have thought that would be the case. Sure missed checking on the blogs and chatting with everyone!
Received alot of emails as well and it is so neat to have such special friends that I have made thru blogging! Truly missed your sites and feeling connected.
So that is my Humble Pie, not taking for granted the things we need the most in our lives. FRIENDS. We can get by without power and other things we think are so necessary, but we need our connection with others, people we relate to and care about. So, Blessings to All of You!

Frightful Time...

Good Evening...

Cathy ask if I would come on to inform you... that they are experiencing some REALLY BAD weather at this moment. ALL electricity is out with lots of damage in the area. They hope to be back up and running soon, but it doesn't look OR sound good.

Please, keep them & others in your thoughts & prayers.

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Try to check me out on Facebook! Lots of pictures of Family, Dogs, Business and Senic Marion County. If any of you are on Facebook, please ask to be my friend! If you are not already on Facebook, check it out, another good way to get your business and blogs seen! Networking always helps!

Have a Great Week!

Visit TribalWitch for her great giveaways!

Good Sunday Morning!

Just wanted everyone to know that my friend Lisa is having a great giveaway on her blogsite: http://www.tribalwitch.blogspot.com

She is having lots of fun over at her blog! Her contest giveaway's ends on Feburary 6 and there ar 4 different ways to enter and win! Lisa does beautiful hand-crafted jewelry that is made to perfection! You can connect to her from my fav's, she also has a bartering blog you can visit from her page!

I went to a huge Estate Sale yesterday, 9am- 8pm! What a day! Got a few neat finds that I will add to the shop, post and perhaps do some on eBay. I have a listing there for a folk art framed print on eBay now. I am under chattycathy500. Will take me awhile to get organized and take pic's and post, so check me out often as I progress in blogland and on the website!

By the way I am gonna copy my friends and do a little giveaway too! Chatty Cathy not only chats but copies ideas from her friends! Planning on starting my giveaway next week--February 1st. So check back with me.

Now, hurry on over to Lisa's (tribalwitch) and enter her giveaway's

Smiles and Blessings to All!

Valentine's Day at the Shop

Musical Bear, Red Hat Bear , Plush Bears, Kitty and Frog! Pretty Red Bulbs--looks real!

Getting Ready for Valentine's Day

Some Valentine's gifts from the shop. Been busy today with breavement gifts. Adding more new gifts for breavemeant. Have many items for Valentine Gift Baskets too!

Room Remodel!

New hardwood flooring and pretty faux paint as well as decorating! by Trena Corbin Building and Designs. Beautiful work at a reasonable price!

Angels Are My Blogger Friends

Simple Pleasures

Tonight I am posting a tried and true easy Banana Cake that is great for Weight Watchers! Yes, I am a lifetime member now, so am always on the hunt for easy to make sweets!

Banana Cake

1 box yellow cake mix (any brand)
1 diet clear soda (Sprite, or store brand)
1 egg white
2 ripe banana's, mashed
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

In large bowl combine cake mix, diet soda, egg white. Beat on low speed for 2 minutes.
Add mashed banana's, and chopped nuts. Stir well. Place in a 13 X 5 baking pan and
bake at 350 degrees for about 38 minutes. Remember, oven temps vary!
Just leave in the pan and slice into regular squares, 2 points per square.

As you can see I like to do things very easy! This is really delicious and SIMPLE and CHEAP!
Everything rolled into one easy dessert that keeps well for several days.


My friend Pamela (Beehind Thymes) has committed to a simpler life style. Her latest blog has inspired me, well, Pamela always inspires me! Please check out her link on this site and I bet she will inspire you too!
Good common sense which we all need to use during these tough times.

I was a little down not to long ago and was talking to my Dad who is 78 years young and he told me this:

I would rather try something great and fail,
then to have tried nothing and succeed.

I do not know where he obtained this quote, but he has used it often in his life.
So, I will keep trying to obtain my goals and perhaps I will succeed! I have met alot of very nice people thru these last weeks since I have been blogging--have felt their support even though they do not know me very well. I feel their spirit and goodness and pray for each and everyone to have a great and simple life and that you succeed in whatever your goals are!
(Tried to add a picture but it won't let me, guess I goofed)
Blessings

Mural

We have been having a small remodel job in our great room: Kitchen/Living Room for the last week. It will be completed today! Thought I would share a mural that was painted by Trenea Corbin of Campbellsville, Ky. She painted this over my sink and it is a lakeside view next to our house of our lake and an old small house, that is no longer usable. This picture does not do it justice! Trena and her crew have been working on laying new oak floors to our great room as well as painting the entire room in a beautiful faux finish for a much needed update! Later I will post before and after pictures.

Trena Corbin Designs can draw up blueprints for room additions, remodel/design rooms. They can do everything in home design. Trena is an artist who has done many murals in the Campbellsville and Greensburg Area. Not only can she do home murals she has done complete buildings in Greensburg Ky. for which the City won an award for her beautification work. She also does oil paintings on canvas and has a huge sellection of design picture frames!

She can also do window treatments, slipcovers, pillows etc... the list goes on and on! Trena and her crew are perfectionist, who will make sure the job is done to your liking. She has reasonable prices to fit your pocketbook in this tight economy! If you purchase your paint, flooring etc... you will be paying for labor only charge. This is great because I had my oak flooring since May. It was stored in a cabin on our property. They laid, sanded, stained and polyed it and did a wonderful job at a very reasonable price. We decided to add the mural and new paint for the room and now have a total make over, just like the design team would do on HGTV! They will finish up today and I will post more soon. If you would like to contact Trena her email is:

dtcorbin@comcast.net. She has a blog page under http://trenacorbindesigns.blogspot.com

Hope everyone has a great week, hope to get out later in the week and look for some more thrift finds! Also, we are having a huge Antique Auction this Saturday in Lebanon, Ky. at Center Square (downtown Lebanon) this is a double estate auction of many fine Antiques and more! Guess I will be spending the day there! Anyone interested and need more info. please contact me and I will be happy to assist you. This one is going to be a great one!

Great Finds in Lexington

Thursday, while in Lexington I came across

these needful things at thrift markets!

Above is a collection of really cute decor'

A ole' metal and glass small greenhouse,

2 wooden books, a vintage metal hanging

rack for keys and envelopes that has been hand painted with purple flowers. A wooden Angel w/little girl, a Screen Door decorated key rack.

This is really cute, it has kitty's on the top and bottom of door, very detailed w/ wood tree on side, picket fence with birdhouse, little milk jugs by the door and a mailbox on which says "Ally Katz Whiskerville Ohio" the little box flag actually goes up and down! The white pillow behind is a nice sampler stitched in front, clean and beautifully done.

Also found some nice vintage pillows in excellent condition! One beautiful green and white toile' with loop edging--mint. These will all be added to our shop, or if intrested in items just email me, have not had time to set up a online purchasing blog, but we are hooked up with Paypal! We also barter.

Hope everyone had a nice, enjoyable weekend!

Blessing to all

Our Newest Addition

Jenaya

4lbs 6ozs 19 inches 09-12-08

Newborn-Reborn Baby Girl an Original Creative Impressions Doll Kit, Sweet Heart Collection.

Sculpted by Cathy Rowland. Limited addition of 250. This is #123.

She was reborn by Doll Maker and Artist Mary J. Booker of CA. using the Genisus Heat System.

This beautiful baby girl arrived at our shop today! Her name is Jenaya and she came beautifully dressed along with other outfits.

She has cute little pierced ears (with a collection of faux earrings in different colors). She wears size 0-3 month clothing. This new baby is not a play doll and is a quality collectible and needs to be handled gently.

Her hair is hand rooted mohair which can be gently brushed. Her hair can be gently washed with baby detangler shampoo and then combed when lightly moisteded with leave-in hair conditioner. She has perfect little nails on her fingers and toes, her nose has been opened and new beautiful real style eyes have been added. She is filled with tiny glass beads for additional weight. She is also magnatized to hold her pacifer to her mouth and has hair bows that are magnets also. This doll should not be around anyone with a pacemaker or any electronic devises (ie. computers, microwaves) nor placed around a credit card!

Mary Booker is the artist behind this reborn. She has "Sugar Babies Nursery" and is truly a great artist. This is a true to life looking baby from skin down to her little eyelashes!

Have not really decided if she will be for sale yet. She would be a cute Valentine Gift for a special lady as her outfit she is wearing looks like a littel Valentine. Am considering as would like to purchase more newborn/reborn babies in the future. Let me know what you think of her!

We are delighted to have her as a "foster child" for awhile!

Lexington Trip Continued!

These are some of the beautiful necklaces by tribalwitch. Please check out her site thru my link. So very talented, quality workmanship, great beading and beautiful stones. The one to the far right is really unique. She used a postcard that says "Fortune Teller" mounted and decoupaged. Too cute!

Lexington Trip to U.K. Med

Thank You Dear Blogger Friends! I feel prayers were answered. The CT Scan showed multiple sisks in my sinus cavities as well as an "extreme deviated septum" which will require surgery ASAP. Good news is: sisks will not grow or become cancerous, they can fix my sinuses where I will be able to breath which will help the sleep apnea and possibly do away with CPAP Unit. They want to do it soon, but we will have to wait for Insurance to approve it. We are tentatively scheduled for March 12, but could be sooner. Not getting enough oxygen thru my nose is also causing these headaches as well as difficulty sleeping. So I can be fixed. Yea!!!
I stayed in Lexington overnight with my Mom and while there got to visit with a new blogger friend tribalwitch (Lisa) who happens to live within a mile of my mom! Lisa like to barter her hand made jewelry and as you will see below it is BEAUTIFUL! We had fun visiting and bartering our wares. Lisa gave me the cute hand-did tribal style dolly pin cushion! It is darling with her bright colors and crocheted hair. She holds pins and Jewelry Pins. Just love her! Thanks Lisa for inviting me over, I truly enjoyed our visit. Loved your cute Kitty's.

Blessings

Dear Friends,

Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers! It means so much to me! May God bless everyone of you.

I will probably not be able to do another blog until Friday evening. So much to do while in Lexington. I will be staying with my 83 year old mother. She no longer drives, so after my appointments will be taking her to the grocery and helping her get her errands done. Try to visit her and stay overnight every 4 to 6 weeks. More often in the spring and summer.

This is my favorite Bible, an old King James Version that I have had since I was 12 years old. It is a comfort to have this with me for so many years. Also my favorite little angel I received when my dear Grandmother passed away at 101 years of age.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotton Son, whosoever

beliveth in him shall not perish, but have ever lasting life"

John 3:16

Blessings to you and yours until meet again!

Sunday Afternoon Tea and a chat!

Welcome to our Tea Party!

Such a gloomy day and what better way to spend the afternoon than indoors with tea, cookies and friends and conversation.

Right now Iam pondering allot of different things that are on my mind. Business, health, helping others and the list goes on! Our world is changing so fast now, the economy, layoffs, shorter work weeks, high prices on just about everything. What else can we give? Long for the days I remember as a child when everyone knew their neighbors and helped each other! We have become a society of wanting everything and wanting it now. Life has truly changed for us baby boomers, and many more changes are coming. What can we do to help? Get involved! I agree with my friend Pamela Anthony, we have to be frugal in alot of ways, not just with hard earned $$$ but with our environment. Pamela and I have done a little bartering between our business, and I love that I can get those beautiful hand-did's that I do not have the talent to create!

Look around you, how much do you have that you really don't need or use? What could be put to good use or traded/bartered with someone else? Think how this can save those $$$! I have been looking into some bartering sites and have met a few people who have some neat ideas. I will be meeting with one of them in Lexington this week. So there will be more to come on this topic. And, yes I am definitely considering bartering thru my shop!

Enjoyed our visit, please let me know what you think!

More To Come... Stay Tuned...

Valentine Goodies Coming Soon...

Please, take the time to stop in & visit with me, let's Chat over some Hot Tea & Sconces.

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Weekend Blessings, Cathy

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

New things abound here at our shop. We have added new collectables from Estate Sale some of wich are very unique! Here are two water pitchers, one small and one large both are "nuova capodimonte" stamped with the crown and horse. Porcelin and ceramic. The small one has a vew nicks on the leaves and a small chip on the rim. Very detailed and very delicate! The large one is in excellent condition.
We are also adding more antique and vintage doilies, pillowcases and lady's hankerchiefs.
We have beautiful vintage costume heart jewerly for upcoming Valentines Day! Treat you beloved to a Valentine Gift Basket, custom made to your order.

We also have a wonderful line of Candleberry and Goose Creek Candles, Diffusers, and Warming Pots. WE would love to work for YOU! We enjoy finding treasures to fit your pocketbook. Stop by any ole' thyme!

All the best to you and yours in 2009!