Pink Saturday

Hey! It is getting harder to come up with pink things for the Pink Saturday Post. Mine is going to be short and Sweet this week as we have so many precipitating now and it will give you a chance to visit more of them. Click of the little pink lady on the left and it will take you to Beverly, our host, so you can visit all the other ladies. Hope you are enjoying the change of the seasons and if you live in a part of the country where you don't see the change then I hope to share with you as we go through the next couple months.




I am back to painting in my studio and working on new items. This is a beautiful Victorian lady Darrell made for me some months ago. She will have a prominent place in my dining room for now and I painted one to sell on vintagetochic. Took many hours so there will be very few of them painted. Hope you like her.

As I told you a couple week ago I purchased these awesome little shades from Stephanie a blogger friend, Today I decided to see what they would look like if I added them to the chandelier over my dining table. I loved the look so I will be keeping it for a while.

Hope you enjoy visiting all the different blogs this week.

Judy

Fall is for Apples and Pumpkins

Fall is getting a good start in the mountains and the new crop of apples and Pumpkins are in. My brother brought me a box of fresh apples this week. I peeled and cooked them and made fried apple pies which we have enjoyed for the last few days. So delicious. Thought I would share a couple of our favorite recipes with you using apples and Pumpkins. The first is a fresh apple cake recipe I have had for close to 40 years but still one I am ask for the recipe every time I take it to a social. Be sure you try it and let me know how you like it.

OLD FASHION APPLE CAKE
1 cup salad oil ,
2 eggs
2 cups sugar
2 ½ cups cake flour
1 tsp. Soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup pecans or walnuts
3 cups sour cooking apples,(chopped)
6 oz. Butterscotch chips
In a large bowl mix well, salad oil, eggs and sugar. Stir in dry ingredients.
Mixture will be stiff. Stir in apples and nuts. Press into a greased 9x13 inch
pan. Sprinkle butterscotch chips on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 to 60 min.
For best results bake one day before serving.

The next is a wonderful Pumpkin Roll. Be sure and let me know how you like it.

PUMPKIN CAKE ROLL
3 EGGS

1 CUP SUGAR
2/3 CUP PUMPKIN

1 TSP LEMON JUICE
¾ CUP FLOUR

1 TSP. BAKING POWDER
2 TSP. PUMPKIN SPICE

½ TSP. SALT
1 CUP CHOPPED NUTS
CONFECTIONERY SUGAR
BEAT EGGS HIGH SPEED. BEAT IN SUGAR, PUMPKIN, AND LEMON JUICE.
FOLD IN REMAINING INGRED. EXCEPT CONF. SUGAR.
GREASE A 10X15 JELLY ROLL PAN AND LINE WITH WAXED PAPER. ALSO SPRAY
PAPER. POUR BATTER INTO PAN AND SPREAD. BAKE IN PREHEATED
375 DEGREES OVEN FOR 15 MINUTES. WHEN DONE TURN ONTO A TOWEL THAT HAS BEEN SPRINKLED WITH CONF. SUGAR..REMOVE WAXED PAPER AND
ROLL AS FOR A JELLY ROLL INTO TOWEL. COOL, UNROLL SPREAD FILLING
AND RE ROLL.
FILLING IS CREAM CHEESE ICING

CREAM CHEESE ICING
1 STICK BUTTER MELTED
8 OZ CREAM CHEESE ( ROOM TEMP.)
WITH ELECTRIC MIXER ADD IN ABOUT 1 POUND OF POWDERED SUGAR.
MIX UNTIL SMOOTH.

Hope you Enjoy.

Judy

Trying to catch up

Greeting from the mountains:
I am not sure when I will get back to normal. We are into fall here in the mountains with the mornings and evenings being cooler. We have already had to have the heat on in our house a couple times. Finally got all the goodies we have left from the old house in storage for the winter and the items we are going to be selling on Ebay and the web site organized to be able to work on in the coming months.
We took a few days last week and went to Tennessee to visit our children, Both of our granddaughters had birthdays this month so we had a little celebration.
This will be the first time in 22 years that we will be in our own home for the month of October. We have worked the Gatlinburg Craftsmen Fair for 22 years, With the changes in Darrell's health this year we have decided to sit out for this show. Be sure you stop in to visit the show if you are in the area, You will see some amazing work by some great artist.
We have some wonderful plans for the web site in the coming months. Be sure you come by for a visit.
I will try to share the change of our seasons with you as we go into the fall and winter months. I love the changes, We live in the greatest place when it comes to the weather.
Below are a few wonderful items you will find when you come to visit. Remember we always send a free gift with every purchase and we will adjust the postage to only charge you the exact amount of shipping. We look forward to hearing from you real soon.

Hope you are enjoying your seasons in whatever state you are located.

Judy

Pink Saturday

Hello from the Mountains,

I am so glad to be able to join all of you for Pink Saturday again. We were just to busy the last couple of weeks for me to spend much time on the puter. We are starting into our fall season and the day are cooler and shorter. I so look forward to the change in our mountains and will share some wonderful pictures with you as they change.



I have two little pink stories to share with you today that mean so much to me. Along with everything else I do I have a home baking business, Baking home made cake, pies and other items for customers in our community. Well for some time I have been debating whether to buy a new mixer or not. A couple weeks ago I got a scratch off card in the mail for Kohls store and to my surprise it was for 30% off. I usually just get the 15% one, so Immediately it gave me the excuse to buy a new mixer. When I went into the store and saw the pink mixer and read about the link it has with breast cancer research I knew it was the one I would buy.

Just this past year I lost a wonderful first cousin to breast cancer and she was just 60 years. She had first found out about her cancer in the year 2000. She went through all the treatments and was cancer free for seven years. She decided to take a family trip to the beach last year in May with her children and grand children, There first, all together in many years. She came through West Virginia to visit us on her way back home to Ohio, She was having some trouble with her back, After returning home she found out her cancer had returned and was in the spine. From there is traveled fast and she passed away a couple days before her birthday in December. Sharon was a wonderful Mother, Wife and Friend. My tribute is to her and she is missed very much by so many of us. My pink Kitchen Aid Mixer is in her honor.







My next tribute is to my wonderful and beautiful Granddaughter Miranda, We all have refrigerator art and mine is one of my most treasured items. The little pink sign hanging on my fridge was a gift from Miranda just last year and that means so much as she gave it to me after she became a teenager, ( we all know how they change as teenagers) She is the joy in our life. She has been raised by her Mom and Darrell and I have helped in every way. She has spent every summer and holidays with us. She is more like a daughter than a granddaughter. We are so proud of the young lady she is becoming. Loves School, and has such a wonderful heart. The little picture above the sign is her at about 4 years old and she was helping my sister to make homemade bread. She loved playing in the dough. She had her 15th birthday just a few days ago. We now have a new Granddaughter, Madison, who belongs to our son. She will be 3 this month. We look forward to watching her grow up as we have done with Miranda, We will be in Tennessee next week to visit them both and to make more great memories.

Take a little time to hugs your children or grandchildren today or make a new memory.

Be sure you visit Beverly and stop by to visit all the others or are participating in Pink Saturday. Just click on the little lady icon on the left.

Hope you all have a blessed week.

Back to Normal, ALMOST!

I am so glad to finally get back to some what of a normal day. We have been working on the merchandise from the old house so long I have almost forgot what a normal work day is, Darrell and I have spent this week cleaning up after the sale. We have some goodies left so are packing them in one of the big trailers which we are going to use for storage for the winter and will have another sale in the spring. Our sale was very successful. Wish you could have been here.

We have some of the most amazing small vintage lamps and I wanted to do something special with them. Darrell rewired them with all new wiring and made some into candle lamps. They are absolutely awesome so I wanted to share a few of them with you. You will find some for sale on my website. A wonderful blogger friend Stephanie had these amazing little shades for sale on her blog a few weeks ago. I purchased a few and they are perfect with the lamps. Hope you enjoy and come shop with us real soon.

We also had the good fortune to be able to purchase this amazing beaded lamp shade cover and to be able to offer them to our customers. You just top your shade with it to add that extra special touch. You will find it for sale on the website and they are only $8.00 and will ship free.

This sweet little design I decided to keep and use in our guest room. I love it.
I have had this beautiful shade for a year or so and purchased it on ebay but don't remember who it was from but I also love it.

Our day are getting cooler and shorter and our leaves are starting to change. I look forward to the fall season. This will be the first time in 22 years I have been home for the month of October to enjoy our mountains. I have worked the Gatlinburg Craftsmen fair for 22 years and spent the month of October in Tenn. I am so excited to just get to hang a fall wreath on our door. I plan to try to post on a regular basis now so come by often to visit and let me hear from you.

My sale from the old House

So Sorry I have not had the time to post for the last couple weeks, But as you all know about the old house, we have been getting ready for our sale and we are now in full swing. We started on Saturday the 31 and will be selling until Monday the 8th. We have had hundreds of shoppers the last few day and have sold so many great pieces. Furniture, Glass, China and so much more. It has over taken in front or our house and shop. We did a lot of advertising so have had people from about a 50 mile radius. I am sure we will have lots left when we finish next Monday as we are still unpacking boxes and our out buildings are full. I think I will set up a booth in an antique mall for a few months. There are a lot of pictures, but I wanted you to get a good look at all the
STUFF. We have sold so many beautiful pieces of furniture, even a lot of the shabby chic, We have 3 absolutely gorgeous Mahogany Dining Tables. These will probably go in the antique mall.

I have missed precipitating in Pink Saturday and will be back in a couple weeks.
I look forward to getting back to the normal and my puter but it will take a while. If you live in our area come by to visit and shop.