Foundry Hall market

HAPPY THURSDAY!!   Last night was our little market in South Haven at the Foundry Hall I thought I would share a few photos of last weeks offerings.  The guy with the guitar is our entertainment!! HE IS AWESOME TOO!! he sings and plays all kinds of great music and also does it at our summer market on sat.  What a nice addition he makes too!! it just welcomes you into the hall.

This pic is a bit dark, sorry, it is of my dear friend Ruth. 

She makes and sells herbal products and her balms are the best of the best!!  I use them and also used them on all my dogs for itches, scratches, scrapes, irritations and so on u get the idea. 

This is Fleming Farms table and let me just say one word.........YUMMO MAPLE SYRUP! ok ok 3 words to be correct!!  really........... they make the best I use it all the time. 

This is Joann who is from Summer Sun farm and they are awesome, she and her daughter are gonna be offering lots of veggies this winter in their heated hoop houses. 

This is Ray and his son Kenneth.  They have some great choices for apples and will bring them most of the winter.    I didnt take any pics of my stuff, u see that enough on here huh!!~LOL

So a new idea popped into this country gals blonde head last night!!  For 2 nights in december we are gonna be combined with some local artisans for unique gifts and shopping along with live music and refreshments.   I have 5 of my friends signed up already for booths and a few more to let me know.  I am trying to have one of each kind of booth so we offer a good variety.    December 7th and 14th will be the days from 3-6pm.  So far we have all our market people offering produce, baked goods, cookie gifts, maple syrup,  herbal teas and soaps, my painted signs and snowmen crafts, my mom is making some floral centerpieces, Joe's herbs bird treats, unique jams/jellies and recycled remade clocks, handmade cards and lots more coming!!  Sounds like fun huh!!  Stop on by if yall are in or near South Haven MI!!  If you come and mention you read this on my blog you will get a little gifty from me!!

Well have a wonderful blessed evening!  Talk more soon!

HUGS

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Monday evening

Well another week ended and another started.  Tonight is our favo favo show two in a half men, even without Charlie we still like it but not as much!!  Miss Charlie!  Mon and Wed are our favo nights and we ususally dont miss either.  Survivor is another favo we have watched since the beginning of this show and even though we have dvr we still must be in the house to watch it live!! LOL   Supper is over, dishes done, pjs on, the boys have had their supper and are all laying on the couch with me, hubby is sitting in his recliner and welllllllllllllllll all is right in our little world tonight!
Tomorrow will be busy busy, hubby got my truck done today so I have lots of time lost without being at the kitchen this weekend or today.  I am gonna try a couple of new recipes if I can, some chocolate ganache filled mini tarts, lemon cookies with raspberry cream filling and maybe something pumpkiny?    I do have orders this week for my pumpkin muffins, my grandma Rose's old fashioned southern peach cobbler, and some onion pan rolls so those things will have to come first.
I do have to say I am totally addicted to "PINTEREST" have yall been there yet? oh what fun!!  My goodness there is hours and hours of fun things to look at!! OH and what inspiration!!!  TONS of craft studio ideas that are just amazing!! and tons of primitive crafting things to make!! 
my id is Darlene Stumpf-Westfahl  follow me if ya like and I will follow you and your boards!! be sure though to "chick" it out!!
I did get some creative craftin time today!! YEAH!! started painting 2 snowmen signs, 3 skates and managed to play with my little cricut in making signs for market.  I cut out and put together 2 standing ones that we will use on the sidewalk at Foundry Hall  for our wed afternoon market.  Will try to take a pic of them tomorrow. 
So it is about time for our show to come on so I will go for now and will be back to share things baked tomorrow!  Have a wonderful monday evening!!
HUGS
Darlene
~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

HAPPY HAPPY 4th OF JULY YALL~~

WOW!! I have NEVER seen our market so busy as it was today!! And usually we have until about 9 am or so until folks start comin but today by 8 am there were tons of customers!! and what a positive atmosphere today!! AND thank you to everyone and all the wonderful comments today.  Not to brag but here are a few comments about our products!! "YOU ROCK", Your baked goods are just as I remember my grandmothers to be", (love that one) "THANKS for being here at market and giving your customers so much variety" and also "I am so glad you are here as  I dont bake and know I can come to this market and your delicious goodies will be here for me"~~ LOL THANK YOU EVERYONE!! I feel truly BLESSED and cant thank yall enough for buyin  from me and trusting me to make you a tasty quality product!!  I just am overwhelmed!~  My mom and brother came down to market to help and believe me I could not have done it without them.  We had line ups in the booth and it was so nice to talk to people and watch as folks even argued over the last package of the tater n cheeses pierogi!!  I will make more this week!! ELIJAH!! where oh where is my "pierogi pro"??   LOL he made several dozen of them on friday~   I will see u tues!!  What an asset he is too!!~  and fun to work with!

So here are a few of the items we offered this week:   these little cookies are actually my nekked glazed lemon tea cakes and are so dang yummy too!! a favo at markets, and with their "farmgirl bling' glaze they just pop off the plate!!

Blueberry banana muffins were a big hit and also my butter crum streusel topped blueberry muffins,  strawberry banana bread, zucchini pineapple bread, blueberry banana bread, lemon glazed muffins,  cherry crisp, my peach praline crisp, glazed pistachio bread,  rustic cheddar herb bread rounds, loaded carrot cakes, babka coffee cakes filled with frut jam and streusel and also a chocolate and streusel filled babka bread were the populars.   I did run out of my peanut peanut butter whoppie pies and cranberry lemon cream filled cookies and also the blueberry lemon muffins early but there still was plenty of goodies available.  There was a big demand for ravioli but we just didnt have enough time to get it done for todays market.  NEXT week!!  right Elijah"?? LOL

Anyway that was a few of the goodies we had and it was really fun not to have to pack up very much at the end of market.    Again thank you to all my wonderful customers/friends that come out to buy from us!!    Well I have to run and get chores done and it is off to bed time for me and the boys we are all beat!! I am gonna try my bestest to stay in bed tomorrow am at least until 6 am!!  sleepin in for sure!

I hope yall have a very blessed 4th of July weekend, with the cookouts, picnics, trips to the beach, or maybe just layin around in a hammock under shade trees, or in a lounge chair on a deck ENJOY! 

and sip on some sweet tea and RELAX!  people dont take time to just relax and breathe anymore!! we are all in fast forward mode and I say ENOUGH YALL!! time for me~

Have fun, be safe and please remember all of our men/women fighting for this beautiful great country of ours!!  AMERICA WE LOVE YA!!

HUGS!!

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~