And Baby makes Three .. Sweet Magnolias Farm Free Printables ~Vintage Baby in Rose Bud ~ Great for a baby Shower

Well it's time for another Free Printable this week

 

 

How Charming is this Vintage Baby from the 1960's ..

 

So cute in the center of a Rose that has bloomed ..

 

 

This first one is the original ....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second One I brightened up a bit ...

 

 

 

And there are 2 more versions available on our "Free Printables" Page ... the original with the background removed and one I colorized with blue ..

 

 

These would be charming for a vintage baby shower .. rather used on invitations, or decorations ..

 

ENJOY ♥ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wedding in Malibu ~ With Touched by Time Vintage Rentals ....

 

Well hey Y'all .. I hope you had a great Labor Day Weekend ..

 

I spent Saturday from 3 a.m. in the morning ...(Yep I was an early Bird but no I didn't get a worm ...I got a crumb cake instead .. I think it was better than a worm ! )

 

With Kari of My Journey's Joy

 

And Nancy and Kelly of  Touched by Time Vintage Rentals...

 

Kari and I were asked to help with a Wedding that Nancy and Kelly were styling with their many Vintage props .. They needed help with such a big venue and Nancy recruited me to photograph the styling of the event ...I'm by no means a professional photographer just an amateur .. so I did my best getting photos for her and Kelly to use on their FB page and their website...

 

We headed out to Malibu which was about a 3 hour drive from where we all live ....it was a nice drive and thank goodness no traffic ... ..

 

 

We arrived at the Venue .. the trucks were unloaded and we all got to work styling ....

 

Over 20 different lounge areas of Vintage Furniture and vintage accessories ...

 

 

 

 

Kari and I started in this big tree .. hanging frames from the massive branches which lets  just say were very high .. we had to climb a 10 foot ladder to the top just to reach the nearest branch to tie a line to.  Kari did most of the ladder climbing and I did the cutting of the twine and holding the frames in place. I think it took us an hour and a half or so ... but the end result was well worth it ...

 

 

 

Later the Props were added .. along with the Brides Guest Book and Photos ..

 

 

 

 

This Venue.. had a lower and upper level that we styled .. a reception area for the guests to have

 

hors d'oeuvres  and drinks .. and the Dinner and Band area for guests to relax in vintage style and comfort ..

 

Nancy and Kelly Put together this charming Photo Booth designed from vintage doors ..for all the Wedding Guests to chalk messages in and then take pictures for the Bride and Groom ...

They set up this charming Table which Conrad .. ( nancy's husband) made and from what I understand is one of their most rented tables for the sweet heart table .. and once again it was the sweet heart table along with one of their vintage setees' .. and a vintage chandelier .. I was told the front of the table was going to be draped in a swag of fresh flowers .. I bet it was gorgeous ..

 



One of their newest backdrops which I think turned out just fabulous is this 16 foot long vintage door backdrop .. this wedding wanted it used as a divider to block the restrooms from the guest's view while dining .. I think it turned out just fabulous and gosh it could be used for so many other options at any occasion or celebration...

 

This Venue was absolutely stunning... Large Grassy Lawns under Massive shade Trees... With open fields filled with horses ... It must be an absolute dream to live there !

 

 

 

Well all in all I had a great Saturday ..because I spent it with friends ... and we did a good job getting the Lounges set up and we all worked really well together ..

 

We enjoyed a wonderful dinner on the way home at a place called Chipotle which I had never been to... Their Chicken Tacos were very refreshing and delicious ....

 

The day overall turned out Good ....

 

however I didn't beat the heat .. after a full day in the heat .. and temps in the high 90's .. my body wasn't too happy with me.. when we left I was fighting a migraine .. by the time I got home ..I felt ill .. and for 2 days after I was a sick gal .. Come to find out I ended up with Sun Poisoning ...

 

I started being sensitive to the sun and heat a few years back... Last year I had a bought where I almost passed out from being in the heat and sun too long .. and well this year doesn't seem to be proving any better ... so I'm just learning that my body has boundaries today that it didn't have before and I'm going to have to learn to work within those bounds ...

 

I'm doing better today .. thank goodness .. let me tell you, Sun Poisoning isn't for sissy's ...

 

 

Thanks to Nancy and Kelly for inviting me to be part of their styling team and for taking a chance on me photographing this event.

 

 

If you are within the  Southern Ca area and are planning a Wedding, Anniversay, B-day, Pregnancy Photos, Baby Shower  or Any type of  Celebration you want propped and styled..

 

Contact Nancy and Kelly of  Touched by Time Vintage Rentals

 

They have one of the largest selections of Vintage Props from Furniture to smalls and if you need it styled they offer their services for that too ..

 

You won't work with any two nicer gals ... !

 

 

 

 

 

Free Printable ~ Vintage Halloween Candy Advertisement ....Curtiss Candy Bars, Baby Ruth, Butterfinger

 

Today's Free Printable is a fabulous Vintage Halloween Candy Ad.

 

For those of you who love Antique and Vintage Halloween Collectibles this is a fun piece. ..

 

Just Right Click on any of the images below and save to your pictures.

 

(there is a black and white option) just visit our Free Printables Page to grab it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ N ~ the Kitchen with Sweet Magnolias Farm ... Pumpkin Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies ...

Hey Gals well we tried a new cookie recipe this week ..

 

Of course we saw the yummy picture of these on Pinterest and just had to try them out ..

 

So we thought we would share our bake day with you all .

 

It's been well over a year since we last had a

 

~ N ~ the Kitchen with Sweet Magnolias Farm Post .. and we hope to have them more often once again ..

*** Pumpkin Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies ***

 

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Well gals We followed the recipe as it is written which you will find below ..

After digging through the spice cupboard we found that we did not have the Ginger or Nutmeg that we seemed to think we had or else it would have been on the grocery list .. but  since we had already planned the bake day we decided that we would make them anyhow .. just without the 2 spices.

Even without the two spices they Baked Beautifully and tasted good right out of the oven warm...

I'm not sure about you all but when we think of a cookie we think of a somewhat thin cookie like choc chip. snickerdoodles or typical oatmeal etc .. that are soft yet fairly firm .. We would say these though referred to as cookies really are like little mini "Cakuffins" (yes that was my best made up word to describe them ) .. the texture is a real cross to us between being cakey and like a muffin but definitely not a cookie. A girlfriend of ours many years ago made us some Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins and these very much reminded me of those in taste and texture with a little bit of a cross of the cakiness and moisture of pumpkin bars. ..  I ate 2 of them right out of the oven and that was more than enough to fill my tummy ( the pumpkin and oats really fill you up quick on these)... yet usually I'm the one going back for number 3 and 4 maybe 5 and 6 ...LOL !

The other thing we would like to note about these  is ... when we eat regular everyday oatmeal cookies "we love the recipe right on the oats canister" .. the oats are definitely noticeable when chewing and tasting your cookie . These cookies don't have that same texture at all .. in fact we could taste the oat flavor but didn't get the oat texture ... so we added more oats to the remainder of our batch to  firm up the cookies and to see if we could get a little oat texture .. We did achieve a small amount of texture and the cookies did firm up which we preferred simply a matter of  personal taste... .. we put approx. ... 1 cup of extra oats ...


The cookies as I said tasted good right out of the oven. That evening after they had time to sit and cool we put them in one of our containers to keep them fresh and from drying out as we live in an extremely dry climate. Fast Forward to the next day and about mid morning I thought I would try another one of these .. and I was shocked to find they were super moist. So much so that the nice semi crusty out layer that was on them out of the oven ..was completely gone and they were just super soft and super moist ( even after adding an extra cup of oats) .. Now this isn't necessarily a bad thing but most definitely not how any cookies we have ever baked turn out .. usually we are fighting to keep them moist in our dry climate. So as a cookie they were not our personal favorite .. .. However there are always two sides to a story ...


This Recipe does yield a good amount of cookies .. there was no way we were going to eat them all so the family that lives next door to us got a nice large plate full ...  I talked to our neighbor today ..in fear we may have sent a confusing plate of cookies to them and gosh what did they think about them the next day being so moist .. Well .. They loved them .. however the first thing they mentioned without me saying a word was how good they were and they would love to have more but they tasted more like a muffin .. So my "Cakuffins" .. was a correct assessment on our part ..


As far as being over the moon about them... we weren't but the neighbors were .. so this is one of those recipes like many that just boils down to personal taste ..



Have any of you made these before ? and If you make these let us know what you think ...


TIP : ****** We recommend waiting to pre-heat your oven... As this recipe calls for your dough to rest 5- 10 minutes before scooping onto your baking sheets ...we found this was the perfect time to pre-heat the oven ************


RECIPE

 

 

Pumpkin-Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 14 minutes

Yield: Nearly 4 dozen

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups quick oats
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/3 cups packed light-brown sugar
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups canned pumpkin puree
• 1 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, oats, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger for 30 seconds, set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip together butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until creamy (occasionally stop and scrape down sides and bottom of bowl throughout entire mixing process). Blend in egg then blend in vanilla extract and pumpkin puree. With mixer set on low speed, slowly add in dry ingredients and mix until combined. Mix in chocolate chips and pecans (if you want some chocolate to show through set some aside to press into tops before baking). Let batter rest 5 - 10 minutes (this just gives the oats some time to absorb the liquids so batter isn't so sticky and cookies don't spread so much).
• Scoop dough out 2 Tbsp at a time (I used a 1 1/2-inch cookie scoop, which I recommend using for evenly shaped cookies and fill it heaping), and drop onto Silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheets, spacing cookies 2-inches apart. Bake in preheated oven 12 - 14 minutes. Allow to cool on baking sheet several minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.
• Recipe Source: Cooking Classy

 

 

 

 

 ENJOY....♥

 

 

 

 

~ WINNERS ~ of the Jarden Home Brands & Sweet Magnolias Farm Ball Jar Giveaway Are .....

 

 

Happy Sunday Y'all ...

 

Well it's been a Fun Filled week watching everyone's entries add up for the Giveaway...

 

Thank You to everyone who participated in entering the giveaway ..

 

I know we and Jarden Home Brands are both grateful to all of you who pinned and spread the word about their generous Grand Prize giveaway and participated in the August 16th Can it Forward Day ..

 

We Hope Jarden comes up with another Great Giveaway Next Year and we can team up with them once again ! I'm sure you all do too !

 

Be sure and stop by their "Fresh Preserving" Store to stock up on all your Canning Supplies ..

 

 

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So on to the Winners

 

 

 

 

 

Grand Prize Winner : Sandy

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st Place Winner : Lauren

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd Place Winner: Donna

 

 

 

 

3rd Place Winner: NANCY

 

 

 

All Winners have been notified 3 have responded and we are giving a little more time to our 4th entrant to respond if we don't hear back from them by Monday we will be picking a replacement winner.

 

 

 

Thanks to everyone once again .. we had a blast and we hope you did too !