Happy Tuesday

Wow it is almost TURKEY DAY~~ cant believe how fast things are moving these days! Today will be all about making cookies and lots of chocolate treats

peanut brittle, more chocolate almond tofee, a couple kinds of barks,

chocolate turtles, fudge, truffles, more pretzels and then cakes for on orders for the holiday.

I probably wont be on too much til after this weekend pretty busy gettin thing ready so I want to wish all my bloggin friends and their families a most Blessed Thanksgiving Day!!

~~HUGS~~

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Primitive EYE CANDY

Here are some pics from last years show my friends and I put on.

NEWTONS WOODS old town hall was the home to our

CHRISTMAS AT NEWTONS WOODS primitive/country show and guess what??? IT IS THE COMING WEEKEND~~ we had such a great turn out we are doing it FRIDAY SAT SUN

Friday November 26 will be for early buying from 3pm to 7pm Sat open 9-4 and sunday from 10-3. I will be hosting a homemade luncheon featuring homemade soups, hot dogs, polish sausage and lots of deserts~~ ALONG with plenty of goodies to take home and yes SAMPLES of some of my goodies.

My friends have garden accessories, candles, potpourri, homemade soaps and body lotions, essential oils, outdoor stone accents, and the list goes on. STOP ON BY!!

Just minutes from Decatur which has their big school show this sat also!!

Any questions please either leave a comment here or call me 269-543-4658

So the show was really nice yesterday LOTS of people stopped by and it was almost 60 degrees outside PERFECT for the festival!! I sold all my painted signs so have 7 more basecoated outside and I will cut more out for this weekend.

I did sell alot of pretzels and if anyone wants to order some please contact me!! they will arrive packaged individually and also I will wrap them up pretty if they are for a gift. Which they make perfect gifts!! who doesnt love chocolate dressed up!!??LOL

I have the following toppings:

choc covered cherry (pretzel dipped in choc then rolled in chopped andes cherry candies)

german choc (pretzel dipped in choc then rolled in coconut and toasted pecan pieces)

asst sprinkles, honey roasted chopped peanuts, homemade toffee pieces, crushed oreo cookies, and also hershey mint kisses.

Also I have some listed on my etsy shoppe too.

Have a blessed sunday I am off to paint more!!

~~HUGS~~

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Lowell Craft Show MI

White chocolate pistachio raspberry bark !! YUMMY

Getting ready for the Christmas thru Lowell show tomorrow. There are over 200 booths of treasures for yall!! IT should be a very pleasant day outside too!! YEAH!!

Another snowman and crow sign done!! Love it!!

Some of the pretzels I did up for show. Love the red with the white choc.

SO IF YALL ARE NEAR LOWELL MI STOP ON BY THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON MAIN STREET!! That's where I will be !!

HAVE A GREAT EVENING!!

**HUGS**

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Pics now

Here's the front of the cat book I had to make for 2 special kitties~

These are the yummo cranberry sandwich cookies I told yall about last night.

So today I have baking to do for orders to take to Allegan and then finish up a few signs for the show this weekend.

Christmas Thru Lowell sounds like a great time!!

Have a great day !

~~HUGS~~

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Cranberry Lemon Sandwich COOKIES

Today was a great day for cookie recipe experimentation at the kitchen. I used some locally grown dried cranberries and altered an already great "taste of home" recipe to come up with some cranberry sandwich cookies!! A great combo of tart lemon and sweet cranberries!! WOW I do think they might just be a new favo of mine! I did list them in my etsy shop
http://mysweetserendipity.etsy.com


Also after taking my wonderful mom out to breakfast this am I worked on a paper bag album order. A cat book for 2 special kitties!! Max and Maddie.
OK well CANT download any pics as something is happening with blogger so I will try to add them later or tomorrow.
Hope yall have a great evening!
HUGS
Biggest loser tonight at 8.30 pm!!
Sad not to see SHAY or DANIEL tonight though but they are looking great !!! GOOD GOIN GUYS!!
Darlene
~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

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PIE RECIPE for Tidymom blog

PEACHY BLUEBERRY CRUMBLE PIE

I use a homemade pie crust for the bottom but you can most certainly use pillsbury already made shells.

4 cups of fresh/frozen/sliced peaches
1 cup fresh/frozen blueberries

Mix 3 tablespoons cornstarch, `1/2 tsp lemon juice, 3/4 cup granular sugar, 1/2 tsp salt add fruit to coat.

Now mix the crumble:
1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/3 cup old fashioned rolled oats, 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional), 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, 4 tablespoons soft butter, 1 tsp almond extract.
mix together til crumbly.
Place fruit mix in pie shell, top with crumble. Bake for 15 min @ 425 degrees then lower oven to 350 degrees and contine baking until fruit is bubbly and top is golden brown. approx 30 min.

Serve warm with ice cream, fresh dairy cream or whip cream
Sorry I cannot find my pic of this pie!!



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