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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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Back from show

My boys just relaxin!!

Here's a few pics of my booth from sat. IT was a good show!! all the signs went first thing and 2 women were actually bickering over the sign with the crow when it opened. LOL I only had the one guess next year will have to make more. I just dont like to paint the same thing over and over since I dont use patterns they turn out different which I like!

These are the 2 tan one finished!! I like them alot but think I like the green backround a bit better.???







So today I guess it will be more painting to replace them for the next show sat.

I have been accepted in CHRISTMAS THRU LOWELL!! and am really excited there are several several places to shop for handmades thru the town!!

I will be in the United Methodist Church on main street SATURDAY FROM 9-4 and cant wait to see all the decorations. Even folks living in town have opened their homes full of booths and treasures to be found!!!
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www.lowellchamberofcommerce.com

So hubby is heading out to the wood for opening day today!! and I am goin out to the barn to get some signs cut out.

HAVE A BLESSED DAY!!

AND ALL YOU HUNTERS OUT THERE BE SAFE!!

HUGS

Darlene

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More painting and more coffee!

While shopping with my mom tues I found these way cool oversized mugs and matching plates. They are so awesome I had to stuff them full of chocolate goodies!! Inside is a pkg of my homemade hot cocoa mix, of cource since hot cocoa is written in brown all around the mug, LOL a pkg of my homemade toffee, a pkg of my white choc pistachio almond cranberry bark, and 2 choc pretzels.

Ok so a pot of strong coffee with some homemade pumpkin spice creamer and this is what I got done since 4.00am!! LOL
The start of 2 tan backround signs>>>love this color too.









Another skate almost ready to be filled with primitive goodies.~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

These are 2 of the little double blade skates I found the other day. The back sides are just about painted and then they will be stuffed with mini pine greens and some berries and then a battery tea light. Love that green!! cant u tell!!?? I painted several signs with that same green!!

OK so I am not sure if i will get back on here before I leave for my big show, baking to be done today!! and then I have to get everything else finished up to take with!! SOOOOOOOOOO Mount Pleasant peoples HERE I COME SAT!! West Intermediate School Show sat!! stop on by!! something for everyone!!

keepsakecollectionshows.com you can get a preview and info!!

Have a super duper beautiful weekend yall!!

Be back sunday with lots of pics!!!

!HUGS~

Darlene

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Busy Busy days this week

These are packages of my newest chocolate bark. White chocolate bark filled with chopped pistachios and almonds and dried cranberries!! SO YUMMO!

I like the way the little tags turned out too. They are perfect to gift someone like your mail carrier, teacher, friends, coworkers you get my idea!!

These are 4 oz bags and sell for $3.25 a bag. (plus their travel expenses) IF you would like one PLEASE EMAIL ME OR LEAVE ME A COMMENT HERE~

Now on to what I have been doin up at 3.00 am the last few mornings! Cant sleep I am too excited to paint!! LOL

Ok i do have 5 more that just need the finishing touches so will post those pics later or tomorrow!!

The snowmen decorating the tree is my absolute favorite one! BUT i do like the one i am finishing up this am with a snowman and a deer... well no the tree one is my favo!! I am goin to do it with a darker tan backround too i think.

These are all my hp designs, no patterns just paint-n-go!!LOL

I am off to finish signs and then to the kitchen. I signed up for a few more shows. NEXT weekend is the Lowell MI christmas thru Lowell with like over 200 exhibitors!! Will post more on that too. BUT THIS SAT!!! DONT FORGET MOUNT PLEASANT West Intermediate School show!!! SOME GREAT TREASURES THERE! and yours truly will be there with lots of sweet treats and primitives for yall!~

Have a blessed day!!

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

New sign and paintin projects

Hey yall!! I love the striped sign I finished for up at the shop!! Maybe will have to do a couple more big big ones for out front for the bakery stuff.

I made up a couple new things for the shop too.

First thanks to a gift from a friend of mine Kim Lance last xmas I came up with a couple of garlands to hang around shop. Snow is on old mason jar bands. As u can see above I cut out my own chipboard letters, painted and distressed them and of cource the " farmgirl bling" being glitter then adhered some of My Mind's Eye great holiday pack papers to use on the lid. Added the letters to each one speckeled them with white for snowflakes and will put them on either twine or rusty wire to hang.

I cut out the letters winter and brr to do a few more and will show pics as soon as they are done. Plus I have 5 big signs almost finished to show ya but they are drying outside right now!

So will see yall in a bit!!

Have a great morning!!

Darlene

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Painting today~

Well figured I better get to painting some new signs for my show sat in mount pleasant. Here are a few i did last year and will do similar ones today and a couple of new ones too! TOO many ideas floating around in my head so better get them down in paint huh~~

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A kids skate lamp I did for shows last year. I found 3 pair a couple of weeks ago to do more of these!! The double blade skates are really hard to find. My mom pointed them out to me at a thrift store we were in so CHA CHING!! they were all in my basket immediately!!

All these signs sold last year at the show my friends and I put on in Decatur the weekend after thanksgiving! We rented a very cool old old schoolhouse, stuffed it full of holiday treasures and also I put on a lunch for it!! WE had a blast~ now gettin ready to do it again in a few weeks!!

Norton Wood show will be friday sat sun starting the day after thanksgiving!! MARK YOUR CALANDERS~! more primitives and sweet treats this year!!

The show yesterday was ok NOT nearly as busy as any other shows. They ended up with 85 booths and a good selection of items too just not many customers around.

Hope yall have a blessed sunday!!

~HUGS~~

Darlene