Winter Wonderland Christmas Snowmen

Christmas is coming upon us so quickly and I can't help but love the many handmade crafts I'm finding when visiting my friends. I am particularly fond of these playful snowmen and their Christmas attire.




My friend Mary at Sew Dear to Me, has a way of creating one of a kind, and particularly playful pieces...that tend to catch my eye.


There's something about snowmen that are magic. I can't imagine how many snowflakes it takes to make one, I just know as a child looking out the window & seeing the snow falling, excitedly waiting to venture outdoors with rubber boots, scarf, and gloves...it just didn't matter.

In just one day we would create our snow friend, and with a great sense of pleasure we would head back to the warm house, red cheeks glowing, and ready to enjoy a hot cup of cocoa by the window and just watch him in the snow.



The magic was actually being a child...and the fond memories of Santa, Snowmen, and innocence.

Iron skillet melt your butter...Apple Cake!

If you would like some tried and true wonderful recipes from our girls at KSGP you need to stop on over at our Kindred Sister's Kitchen, hosted by Kimberly of The Artful Attic. This is one recipe that is so easy and delicious that you will not be sorry...a stove top apple cake! Just a hint: butter, sugar, more butter, more sugar, sour cream, and...you'll need to find the rest all by yourself, have fun.

A visit to a friends blog ended up...FaLLiNG in LoVe

Lolly and her Lolly pop, she is a sweety! I just love Cindi's work and you can take a peak right here on her blog: {The Pixie's Thimble}. She is such a wonderful and creative artist making some of the most special dolls you'll find anywhere. All hand made from top to bottom!

KSGP Selling Site Open in Time for the Holidays!

Hello friends, I hope you've had a chance to visit our newly designed KSGP selling site. We are so dedicated to bringing you the finest quality items, knowing that you will be sure to enjoy them, for many years to come.

We're a group of Sisters, as we like to call ourselves, from all over the country with a common interest of creating hand made items with a passion for olde, simple, quality, unique, and, made in the USA.

Yesterday I spent the day with a friend shopping in one of the largest Flea Markets in NJ, scouring the site for vintage lace, dolls, hats, linen, clothing, well I didn't leave too much off my list. I was not disappointed at all, I came home with some of the most beautiful lace you'll ever see, it's at least 100 years old.

So if you have the time, stop over to our new site, we'd love to see you. Just Click Here.

It's an Antique, Primitive & Natural Autumn/Fall Celebration!

You don't even know how excited we are to be celebrating our new look and upcoming opening on October 1st, so I'll tell you!

We have made several changes for you to look forward to: we are updating our shoppes on a continual basis for your shopping pleasure, we are being very selective and recruiting some wonderful new talented artists, we are offering many new items that are truly unique, that you will enjoy for many years to come.

What we want you to be able to do is have a one stop shopping experience...offering you the best quality hand mades, antiques, & natural supplies items you will find.

So be sure to visit us at Kindred Sisters Gathering Post Shoppes

New Jersey Tomatoes

Well if you've never had a Jersey tomato you don't know what you're missing. I guess it's in the soil, water, and high taxes...but there is something about a homegrown tomato that will leave you wanting for next year to roll around quickly.

Did you ever have a BLT, grilled cheese and tomato, or mozzarella, basil & tomato on semolina bread with olive oil??? I hope you were never deprived of these simple yet awesome sandwiches. When we were growing up in the mid 60's my mom would cut out the center of the tomato and fill it with Hellmann's Mayonnaise. At that time, most families were not thinking about "healthy" as in today's standards.

Unfortunately, our season is coming to a close, but one thing for sure the red baseballs that they sell in the supermarket just won't do, I'll pass and wait for next seasons harvest.

Here's a post about our small town in southern NJ. Even though NJ is the most densely populated state in the United States, you can still find that small town flavor here. Take a Look

Team Obama Funds Oil Drilling Project in Brazil... Nixes Offshore Drilling In US

I want you to take a look at: YourEnergyOpinion.com 

Already this year democrats banned offshore drilling, scrapped oil and gas leases in Utah and opened the 111th Congress by introducing a bill to permanently prohibit drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
But, Team Obama is going to lend billions of dollars to Brazil to finance exploration of its huge offshore oil field discovery.

For decades, Democrats have blocked efforts to responsibly develop this nation's energy resources, transforming vast areas of opportunity into "The No Zone."

Over the past 30 years:

Democrats have blocked the development of new sources of petroleum.
Democrats have blocked drilling in ANWR.
Democrats have blocked drilling off the coast of Florida.
Democrats have blocked drilling off of the east coast.
Democrats have blocked drilling off of the west coast.
Democrats have blocked drilling off the Alaskan coast.
Democrats have blocked building oil refineries.
Democrats have blocked clean nuclear energy production.
Democrats have blocked clean coal production.
But, they're funding projects in Brazil.