Changing Holidays

One of my favorite times of the year has arrived - time to decorate for Christmas! Because vintage Christmas is one of my husband and my favorite antique to collect, this is a very tedious task! Now I have the store, in addition to our home. Double the decorating!

My sister, Jill, of Grace and Glory Candle Co. just brought lots more candles - all Christmas scents! They are disappearing fast! Want to get in the mood for the holidays? Light up one of these fabulous candles, and you'll be singing, "Deck the Halls" in no time! Seriously, I was burning the Hot Fudge Brownie candle today, and somebody came in and said, "Oh my, are you cooking something chocolate?" I could eat it!

It is rumoured that my cousin, Denise, of DS Designs is sending me TEN NEW DESIGNER FABRIC PURSES that she has sewn in the last few weeks! I am excited! I will post pictures as soon as I get them! These are high-quality and fashionable purses, everyone! You have to see them to truly appreciate how beautiful they are!

Halloween is Friday! I will be serving Pumpkin Soup and other Halloween delicacies! Come on in and let's chat!

BOO!

Christmas is Coming!

It's around the corner, and I'm so excited! I LOVE Christmas! My plan is to start decorating the store for Christmas next week. I love vintage Christmas antiques...they just make me feel so nostalgic and happy!

I will have vintage Christmas for sale, and lots of new Christmas garlands and wreaths! They are so pretty; I got them at market in October and they would be perfect for decorating! I also have lots of neat new gift items! Come check it out! I'll put pictures on soon!

My sister, Jill, of Grace and Glory Candle Co. is sending NEW CANDLES on Friday! They are the scents of Christmas and I guarantee you that you WILL want one! The smells are WONDERFUL!

My cousin, Denise, of DS Designs is busy sewing some new FABULOUS purses for the shop and they should be here Friday also!

Dont' forget to look at the super cards my daughter, Chelsey, has made - birthday and Christmas! They are adorable! She is also taking orders for making customized Christmas cards!

Coming soon - a jewelry line from my daughters, Chelsey and Erica! Be watching!

New Friends

One of my favorite things about this shop is meeting new people and visiting! Today, I met a gal from around here, Sondra, and I really enjoyed talking with her! Yesterday, it was Ramona....a gal from Topeka who came over for a Paxico sausage sandwich and stayed for about an hour!

Tomorrow Chelsey will be working at the shop for me, so I can go find some more amazing antiques! I just put out some very cool yellow retro antiques - bright yellow plastic napkin holders, salt and pepper shakers, and a yellow plastic trivit - would be great in a retro kitchen!

I sold several new autumn gift items today! I have a lot of neat Halloween figurines that are very cute and affordable - along with orange bittersweet garland and wreaths! I'm planning to start decorating for Christmas in the next two weeks! New stuff and vintage stuff!

Merry Christmas!

I Want To Go To England!

Wow! It's been a busy two days, thank You, Lord! I made tacorittas today and some yummy chocolate chip pecan cookies! I've had a pretty steady day today, with many visitors. Two of these are a man and his wife from England that flew to the U.S. and are spending two weeks here, looking at a certain kind of horse. They just came from Oklahoma City and stopped by off of the highway. They ate here and we were talking about the differences between antiques here and in England. They personally live in a 17th century house! They have a horse ranch where you can go and stay and ride horses in the countryside of England. I want to go! It's called "Churchtown Morgans Stud Farm." John and Rosie Daniels, Proprietors. And listen to this address: "The Old Vacarage, Churchtown St. Hilary, Cornwall"! WOW! Doesn't that just SOUND wonderful??? Better than PO Box 111! Well it sounded like a lot of fun, and I've always wanted to go to England. Maybe someday....

Oh, and a pound is equal to $1.75 at the moment. I've been wanting to know that ever since Darrin and I started watching Antique Roadshow on BBC!

Singer Featherweight Machine! It's mine!!!

Good morning! I'm sitting here at home, having my "quiet" time with my coffee. The temperature today is going to be around 58 degrees and it's one of my favorite times of the year! The leaves are turning, the air is crisp and boy, do I feel like crafting!

My husband, Darrin, recently bought me an antique featherweight Singer sewing machine and I am so excited to use it! Four ladies came into The Gathering Place a couple weeks ago, on their way to a quilting weekend in Bennington. I was so envious and wanted to just jump in their van with them and go enjoy an entire weekend of quilting with other women who love to do that too! While talking, I found out that one of them, Gwen, had a featherweight with her that she was going to use during the weekend, but was wanting to sell. She has four of them! She gave me her cell phone number and told me to call her if I decided I wanted it, and they would stop by on their way back through. Darrin has been looking for one for me for months and they are always so expensive or hard to find. We decided to go for it, and I called Gwen on that Sunday morning, and they were just an hour away, so it was great timing! Anyway, I have my featherweight machine and I can take it to the shop and work on whatever little craft project I want to! I am so excited!!

This past weekend all three of my daughters were at the shop, helping. We took the following picture and I thought I'd share it with you! I think they are all beautiful - inside and out!

Enjoy this wonderful autumn day!

Paxico Polkafest

It's a rainy Monday morning, but I've got a pot of potato soup on the stove and some homemade bread bowls ready for lunch today! I'm sitting here thinking about how wonderful this past weekend was! My mom, Nancy, and my sister, Jill, and her 16-month old son, Ean, were here to help me with Saturday's festivites, as well as my daughters, Chelsey, Erica and Kailey. It was fantastically fun and enjoyablel! Jill brought MORE CANDLES and some wonderful shelves and wall hangings made from old tin from a building in Phillipsburg and old wood! Her husband, Scotty, made them and they are fantastic!

Chelsey also made some AWESOME NEW CARDS - Christmas, birthdays and more! She is ready to start taking orders on Christmas cards!

We had a parade Saturday, and my nephew, Ean, was my "float" - he rode in a little wagon, pulled by me, with pumpkins and his little cowboy hat on! It was adorable! Stay tuned for pictures! Fun was had by all! The Paxico Harvest Fest is held the second Saturday of October every year, so come join us next year!

Master Gardener Day at The Gathering Place!

The Golden Spaghetti Bake is officially gone now! I have had a very busy day and had the pleasure of meeting several Master Gardeners who were headed to Manhattan for a conference. I had a couple tablesful of ladies and enjoyed visiting with them! They were also very patient, while I scurried around fixing lunch, so thank you to them! I hope you will come back soon!

I have some new black velvet jewelry displays that I got at market, so I've been putting my vintage costume jewelry out on display, as well as my beautiful new jewelry. I think it makes it much easier to view the brooches and appreciate each one!

I am also putting out some wonderful new berry wreaths, garlands and sprigs from market! I have a new shipment of the cutest fall and Halloween figurines coming on October 14th! It's so exciting to see the Fed Ex person walk in the store with a big box! Woohoo!

I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful day! Drop me a line!