24th Strasburg Country Craft Show

 Strasburg Jaycee Park Miller Street, Strasburg, PA.

Rt. 741 aprox 3/4 mile west of the main square.

Starting this Thursday Oct. 4th at 2 p.m. at the Jaycee Park in Strasburg, Pennsylvania for the 24th year will be yet another great selection of Country Primitive Crafts.
There will be Food items, Fall Holiday Decorations, Handmade Jewelry, Signs, Yard Ornaments, Painted Folk Art, Santas, Snowmen, Christmas Decorations, Old Collectibles, Bird Feeders, Handmade Dolls, Soaps, Lotions, Candles, Ornaments Wreaths and much, much more. This has been one of the best indoor craft shows that I have attended in the past five or so years.
There is no admission charge and parking is free. The Pavillion is behind the big barn in the  Strasburg Jaycee Park.

Thurs. Oct. 4, 2012    2 p.m.- 8 p.m.

Fri. Oct. 5, 2012    9 a.m.- 8 p.m.

Saturday Oct. 6, 2012 9 a.m.-

4 p.m.

Thank Goodness for Fall Weather

I am so happy that the heat has been turned down. I love the cooler nights and clear warm days of fall.
The orchard is a bustle of activity harvesting all the apples and pears. The fields are full of ripe tomatoes, corn and pumpkins. Life is good....

If you live in the area of Lancaster, on Saturday September 29th there will be a giant yard sale on the property of "In Grandma's Attic" Kinzers, PA. The local Amish will be there with baked goods and produce maybe even with Chicken Dinners ( we are not sure about the Chicken dinners yet).

My friend Kathy of Kathy's Kollectables will be bringing a trailer loaded with her auction finds for sale.

Hopefully Daryl and Carly from Carly's Cottage will be able to make the trip with their handmade primitive furniture. 
There will be vendors selling misc yard sale items, antiques and crafts. Hope to see you there.
Here are some of the yard stakes I have up at the shop to sell.

Forth of July at Raggedy Ree's Homestead

 Hope that you all enjoyed your July 4th with friends and family. Due to Will's work schedule we had to stay home this year. 
 The weather was pretty darn hot. We decided that it was time to get rid of the Barn Swallows that have been nesting under the roof of our wrap around porch. 
 Now they had made a couple of nests unnoticed by me and had babies in them a while back. Oh how sweet right? ( Not when you see the mess that gets dropped out from under the nests! )
 After the little ones have learned to fly, they decided to hang around leaving their little presents all over the porch. With all the barns and sheds in the area my porch is not going to be the Adams County Barn Swallow  Rescue Habitat.
 So down came the nests, we scrubbed the pillars, siding and trim. What a hard workout that was in the heat, I did not mind having a little playful fun with the ice cold well water coming out of the hose.

Other than that, I just worked on some of my mason jar crafting. I just finished up a dozen solar jar lights to put in my Etsy shop this morning. I have over 100 of those old blue quart canning jars that I want to sell. Need to get some more ideas on how to reuse them.