Are you in the Mood for Soup?

Well it is cold outside and my way of cooking during the colder weather changes with the weather. I tend to want more hearty meals and occasionally includes a homemade soup now and again. Here is a recipe for one of my very favorite soups and I hope you give it a try because it is a KEEPER! It is filling and easy to boot so give it a try and let me know how you like it!


POTATO SOUP

4 cups chicken stock
2 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups 1/2 & 1/2
1 medium onion, diced
1 cup celery, diced
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 lbs potatoes, peeled and diced (I cheat and use 2 15oz+ cans of diced potatoes)

Cook the potatoes in the chicken stock until soft. (Canned potatoes are already soft so there is no reason to wait to continue.)

In a separate pan melt butter and add onion and celery and cook until soft then add a small amount of the chicken stock to this mixture. Add flour slowly until the mixture is thick and smooth.

Add this combination to the potatoes in the hot stock stirring continuously.

Slowly add milk and seasonings, half and half and heat until hot...but do not boil!

Add crackers and enjoy!


This should be a wonderful winter meal that the whole family will enjoy! Happy holidays and stay safe!

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Two more items have been listed and more to come....

Good morning all! I just wanted to inform all of you that I have two new items listed in my Etsy shop and there are more to come! I have now listed another Annie type doll that is all about "Beauty is in the eyes for the beholder" and I have put on another Santa with Annie doll.

"Beauty is in the eyes of the Beholder"
Annie Doll"




"Folkart Santa and Annie Doll Set"



I am thrilled to say that I have another folkart Santa already to go and am still waiting for the wool to arrive so I can finish him up! I am also starting a new type of light and it will be a folkart lamp that I hope that all of my interested readers may be interested in that is made of shirt flannel with a woolfelt figure on the front. They are very attractive and are ohhh sooo prim! keep watch on my shop because I am in the holiday mood and creating things like crazy that can be used for your home or given as a gift! I hope you enjoy!


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Santa #1 is now ready for sale in my Shop!

Hello everyone! How are you all doing today? I hope you all are doing fine! During my last post I stated that I was hoping to have some Santas done and ready for sale by this week....well I have my first set of Santas done and they indeed are in my Etsy shop and ready for sale. These are the cutest Santas and are from a pattern of Ragg Bagg Babies. These little guys are made to be pin keeps/ pincushions but are so cute you may just like one to admire and to put in a place that is special to you like a prim basket or rocker! This pattern also has a snowman and witch that can be made with it and I would like to work on the snowman next. The witch is just so cute too and can be made just into an Annie. Having done the first doll I am sold that this is just the most interesting construction I've ever done and can't wait to make more!






I said that I wanted to get a "couple" Santas done this week and believe it or not I did.. but I ran out of wool and just have to put the hair and beard on the last Santa to be able to make it available to the people that shop Etsy. Again, I hope to get the final Santa done by the end of this week, fingers crossed that the wool arrives in time! Be watching for the 2nd Santa that will be posted in my shop. This one will be a very folkart doll and can be used as a door greeter or wall hanger as well and was a hit the last time I made these so be watching! I hope that you all are having a wonderful day and until my next post.....

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New Item just listed in my Etsy Shop!

Good morning everyone! How was your weekend? I know mine was very busy...but I got alot done. I just finished four Christmas stockings with mice and greenery and put one of them on my door at home! So far I have had alot of comments from neighbors as to where they could get their own and I have been telling them, "Where everything is made with love and is guaranteed handmade....ETSY!" (If primitive handmade creations is what you are looking for....The Old Farmhouse Gathering Team is a GREAT place to start!) I now have put one of the stockings into one of my lists of items for sale and it is up and ready for purchasing and viewing right now! Please come in and take a look...it really says something about Having a very Merry Primitive Christmas! More Chrismas items will be coming soon ...so keep touch with my blog for you will see it here when it happens. Have a wonderful day and enjoy the begining of the cooler weather.









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I've added another item into my shop on Etsy!

Hello again! I just wanted to inform my readers of one last item I put into my Etsy shop today! I just finished another set of pins ...and this time they are a set of three snowmen! I am selling one at a time but do have three available. One looks very simular to the one that is on sale now and the other has a cinnamon stick sewn to his chest. If you are interested please take a looksie and see what you think. I'll be making more pins as the time goes on so if you don't see something that speaks to you yet...hold on...it may be coming at a different time. If you have something that you would like to see as a pin please feel free to leave a comment or send me an email or convo me in Etsy or send me a message in Ebay! Regardless I'd love to hear from you! Hope this pin brings a smile to your face along with the dog pins and have a great day! Remember they can also be used as bowlfillers and would be an interesting item to put out to get people's reaction! Enjoy your day and stay warm!

I have combined and "Slashed Shipping Sale" as the OFG Holiday Celebration is going on! Come enjoy in the savings!

Hello everyone! I have feverishly been working on starting a new sale since my " Day Late Labor Day Sale and Going Back to Work and School Sale" has reached its end. The September sales are over. I am offering this October a"Slashed Shipping Price Sale" and have $3 taken off the shipping and handling fee. If you buy multible items you can get items at the prices I have listed when selling more that one item to a customer. The savings would even be greater! I already have all the prices adjusted and ready for people to start buying so there is no waiting involved. Just go to my shop and start buying! WOW!

Plus the items for the Holiday Celebration for OFG is now in the process of being posted by their creators! There is just sooo much going on and so much to look at! Please stop by my shop and check it out! Again, write "OFG Holiday Celebration" on
Etsy's main page and you can view everything that this very talented group has to offer. This Celebration has now included Winter, Christmas, and Thanksgiving offerings from its members and is well worth looking at! Stop today and start thinking snow? LOL Well holidays would put you on the right track! ENJOY!



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