White Wednesday ...

My First Week Participating in White Wednesday and I'm so excited...

Hosted By Kathleen of Faded Charm

What many of you may not know about me is that I love whites on whites ...Not so much shabby where it's a stark white ..but shades of whites and creams ....layers upon layers ..until it's scrumptious ..warm ..light and bright and fresh feeling..and of course it must be with Antiques and Vintage finds for me.

Below are just a few of my favorite things this week that I wanted to share ...

Enjoy !!!

White White and more White ....

I've been working on more candy canes .....

My First set of Winter White Canes Sold on Etsy this week and headed for far away lands ..(Italy) to be exact. Of course that prompted me to finish up the last of what I had started ..so today I finally finished 3 more sets of our handmade Paper Mache candy canes.

I just finished listing the 3 sets below over in our Sweet Magnolias Farm ETSY store ..

I'm not one for making the same thing over and over again as I'm sure many of you have noticed ..I tend to stick with custom One of a Kind Items .. However I really enjoy making these candy canes ..even though they are time consuming ..I love how they turn out.

The pictures came out Great ..but there really is nothing like seeing these in person...They sparkle beautifully ..and well you can really see that they are sculpted and 3 dimensional. I wish we had touch a vision or something ..LOL !!!

I just recently decided to take part in White Wednesday hosted by ... Kathleen at Faded Charm

So be sure to stop back in Wednesday to see the wonderful whites ..I have to share with you ..

Have a Beautiful Tomorrow ..and remember God Loves You !!!

Blessings ..Sara

Sneek peek for Oct. 1st ...

Well here at the Farmhouse ..we have been working away once again preparing our Goods for the 1st of the month offerings over at Early Works Mercantile and the Grand Re-opening of Kindred Sisters Gathering Post shoppes ...

We thought we would give you a sneek peek at what's in store .....

Coming Oct. 1 to EWM

Coming Oct. 1st to EWM

Coming Oct. 1st to EWM

Coming Oct. 1st to EWM

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Coming Oct. 1st to KSGP

Coming Oct. 1st to KSGP

Coming Oct. 1st to KSGP

Coming Oct. 1st to KSGP

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You can find links to Early Works Mercantile and Kindred Sister Gathering Post in my Right column ...

Hope to see you there This Thursday ..Oct. 1st

A new pair of Shoes ..

Yesterday I went out shopping for some new clothes ..I recieved the 30% off coupon from Kohls and decided at that percentage off it was time to get some things I needed ..Shoes being a #1 for me.

Unfortunately I'm not the typical gal that has a closet full of cute feminine shoes ..How I would love to wear cute shoes ..But I was given a bad set of feet and over the years they have gotten so bad ..I can rarely find a pair of shoes that will even fit without causing dire pain.

First of all I have those dreaded hereditary Bunions ..so any pressure on the joint of my big toes ..and I'm in pain. Then I worked in Antique Mall for several years ..and I did alot of lifting of heavy furniture ..and walked 8 to 9 hours a day on concrete floors ..I guess your feet can only take so much ..and mine got to that point ..my Heels were in such pain I felt like shards of glass were being stuck up them ..and found that I had Plantars Fascitis ..(which basicly means the tendon that goes from your big toe to your heel is torn away) ..Yep your right Ouch !!!

Guess what Plantars Facitis sticks around ..there is no cure ..and well there are days I can barely stand for more than 10 minutes before I am in pain. So I started going to a Reflexologist which has reduced the pain greatly that along with ultrasound ..!

So I stopped in at one of the local shoe stores by my Kohls yesterday and saw the cutest shoes ..tried them on and couldn't even believe my feet fit in them ..wow ! Here they are below ..

Aren't these the cutest ..they are skechers ..complusions glide is the name of them ..and they look like a running shoe but they aren't they are actually just a casual lace up ..and they do have a little feminie flare ..they are light weight ...and the cut at the ankle is low ..which is so nice ..and they have cushion in the heels which I love ..! Of course my bunions hurt a little ..there isn't a closed toe shoe that doesn't hurt them ..but these only cause minimal pain ..so that's great !

I've been wearing them all day ..and My feet are in less pain ..and so Happy ..it's great to have a pair of shoes other than flip flops ..! Oh and I bought 2 pairs ..I figure when you find a pair that fits and feels good better get 2 ...LOL !!!

I did get some great buys at Kohls too ..a few new pair of winter pants ..that is if winter ever arrives out here ...it's another 100 degree day !!!

Well hope you all are having a Great day ..!! Leave a comment anytime ..I love to hear from all my friends !!

Blessings ..Sara

Thirsty Anyone ?? My Favorite Drink of Late !

Well ..for those of you who live in the midwest and east ..you have that handy little place called "Sonic" just about on every corner it seems.

Those are a scarce commodity where I live and the closest one just as of 6 months ago is a 20 mile round trip ..and well that can get a little costly with the price of Gas.

I love the Sonic Slushes ...and when we lived in MO ..well our local sonic was just a hop, jump and skip away and when I wanted a slush ..it was just a minute down the road and a nice drive to boot ...cause the scenery was pretty . Here my scenery is dirt ..weeds and more dirt ..not exactly the type of landscape that tugs at your heart to take a drive in ..LOL !

Well at sonic my favorite Slush is Grape/Cherry mix ..ever since I was a wee one ..that's what I have loved and unlike candy "Nerds" and Sweettarts" I havent stopped liking them.

So to get my Refreshing fix ..I had to come up with second best ..make it at home ..But now on reflecting on my concoction ..I think it might be rated better Health wise.

My Favorite Grape Juice is Newmans ..I always buy the double pack at Costco ..the Grape isn't all watered down like the "Other" brands ..Newmans has got a nice strong Grape flavor.

So I poured a glass of grape juice ..( a glass glass that's the best) over a full glass of ice about 2 inches from the top ..then I added in some Marachino Cherry juice ..just about a tablespoon a little more maybe and stirred it in ..then put the glass in the freezer for about 5 minutes just until the top starts to ice over ..mmmm then lightly tap a hole in the thin layer of ice and beging drinking ..

Oh ...positively yummy !! It's my Grape/cherry Refresher... ! Try one sometime ..you'll be hooked and guess what its good for your health ..and your heart !!