I haven't been ignoring you all week, I promise! I've had my nose to the editorial grindstone. Well, go on over and take a little peek. Porch Magazine's All-Photo Valentines issue is shipping out soon!
IT'S HERE! The Holiday issue of Porch Magazine will begin shipping within a week! Lots and lots of our favorite bloggers contributed stories and photos! You don't want to miss it. Get your copy Here. And it's Friday Flea Market day! Sellers, remember to secure your spot for the holidays if you haven't already. Here's a few of my Flea Market items this week:
(cornhusk dolls - Click Here)
Apron-Pocket Prayers - Click HereBe sure to stop over to our super cute NEW FFM WEBSITE!
Psssst... YOUR magazine is almost here! Just a few more days...
Check out this old handwritten cookbook. Again, one of mom's great finds. She's my garage sale hero. I was thinking that I'd put the recipes in a file on the sidebar so we can all try them out. It's a hoot reading some of the instructions -"add butter the size of an egg". If you think you might use them, I'll work on getting them in a digital format. Let me know what you think. Here's a couple that sounded good for an Autumn Tuesday Treat (just click to enlarge): Carmel Pudding & Apple Meringue
Carmel Ice Cream
It's 60 pages of all photos - no text! All Round Top!! You have been some of the sweetest friends I've known! Friends to laugh, cry & pray with. I couldn't take you all with me to Round Top (wouldn't THAT have been fun?!!) but I'd love to share some of the flea marketing scenery with you! The cost is $12 (I really, really wish I could send you each a free copy!) - That's the actual printing cost - just so you know that I'm not making a profit =) It's available by invitation only so if you would like to purchase a copy please contact me (countingyourblessings@gmail.com ) with your email address and I will be more than thrilled to direct you to the site! Believe me, it's a perfectly scrumptious mate on a cool Autumn night!
I thought it would be fun to show you how some of these other shops set up their displays, etc. I'm anxiously hoping that you will enjoy it. I've tried to keep the cost inexpensive. Self-publishing companies have both benefits and drawbacks - a benefit is that it's print on demand (I don't have to do huge minimum order of 100's of copies) - a drawback is that the end cost is a little higher. Keeping that in mind, I jampacked each page full of photos and didn't do much writing - you get enough of my ramblings here, right?! I'd be ever so humbled if some of you (ok, even one of you) picked up a copy (this link will redirect you to the publishing site).
Ok enough already... I'll move on to Friday Flea Market. If you're interested in this dual tray with handpainted roses, Click Here
Wouldn't it be dreamy?! The Anne of Green Gables Country Fair - celebrating 100 years!
If you're in the PEI area, won't you please, please be a bossom friend and take pictures the Country Fair for me????
It's 14 degrees and our furnace has gone out! Hubby has dragged in some firewood, called the Home Warranty Company and made 500 trips up and down the basement stairs.
Today is a Prelude. Waiting, Breathless, Tangled - blissfully unable to move... Anticipating... Knee deep in snow but Oooooo I love February! 
I think we should all send and receive letters filled with complimentary words several times a year - be it to a lover, loved one or a loving friend. Mom and I hunt all year for special little gifts that we exchanged on Valentines Day. Wouldn't you love to receive a stack of vintage love letters tied up with string or a pearly ol' brooch - no matter who it's from? Some women have a significant other who knows the perfect romantic gift for his gal. And for some, the romantic gifts that are most cherished come from a sister or close friend. This year, let's be the one with the cherished gift to give. Let's study a friend and find out what would make her heart leap.
My oldest son is spending every morning this week at different coffee shops around town, reading poetry with his Literature class. Doesn't that sound wonderful?! Well... go grab your favorite flavor and let's join the beatnik crowd. Here's Penny Cafe at the Bean Scene...
Valentine Poem Helps:
What you won't want to miss this week: Cupcakes & Bonbons, Love Letters - Hand Writing Analysis, What's In a Name.
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Fun stuff today. It's Monday and in my book Mondays should be fun. New Valentines magazines arrived over the weekend and I've pulled out my stash of old Valentines magazines too. Victoria used to have the best Valentine issues, don't you think?! You know how nutty I am about my magazines. I've always wanted to make my own magazine and when I found out that I could create a magazine cover, I just had to give it a whirl! You can make one here if you'd like to try it out. It takes about 30 minutes if you have Monday-Morning-Brain like me and it was pretty fun too.
