Thursday, December 20, 2018

Fur Throws & Pillows

Rich in softness and exceptionally cozy, our collection of faux furs gives you that warm and fuzzy feeling. The gorgeous gradient on each silky strand creates the look and feel of genuine fur. Curling up in one of these or throwing one of these beautiful pillows on a sofa or bed would make my Christmas complete this year!

Special Packages

We love to snow & glitter our packages before Santa takes them home to put under the tree. A father and son came in today to Christmas shop and did a great job picking out gifts!!

Silver Turquoise Boxes

Our favorite silver, copper, and turquoise boxes would make a wonderful gift for Christmas! Turquoise stones are all natural and are individually selected for their unique character and beauty. These products are all crafted from German silver: an alloy containing nickel and copper. Each piece is hand made and hand finished. I can see one of our beautiful Navajo pendants in one of these pieces as a special gift. 

Silver Butterfly

She said “Let me try on those beads I never buy any jewelry for myself...why don’t I have any of these silver beads?”

Red Truck Light Up Canvas Bag

My goodness this large canvas red truck tote is especially cute as a fun and unique gift! Perfect to carry your Christmas goodies in! Tis’ the season!!



Frasier Fir Pressed Glass Candles

A new order of Frasier Fir candles have arrived and I have enjoyed the glow of the green pressed glass pine branches today while wrapping gifts. Fill your kitchen with the aromatic snap of Siberian Fir needles, heartening cedarwood and earthy sandalwood combine to create a just-cut forest fragrance that evokes warmth and comfort. Also beautiful wrapped up in one of our pinecone tea towels!

Shop Christmas Breakfast

What Christmas inspiration we found this morning! It’s all in the details! Christmas breakfast is always enjoyable when shared together. The elves have worked hard we are nearly to the end of Christmas 2018!
























Sterling Silver Navajo Pearls

We are getting in our last few shipments of silver pearls in today and tomorrow. The multi chaotic necklace is beautiful as well as the 6mm 60” necklace. A beautiful Christmas gift!

Barr & Company Bath Salts, Bubble Elixir & Lotions

These large round metal chalkboard trays are so cool and make a really neat gift! Love this bath salt and bubble elixir set displayed on it so lovely!

Our favorite skin nourishing products!

This large tobacco basket is filled with our favorite skin nourishing products for the winter season. How beautiful would this be all wrapped up for a special person? Our favorite apothecary bath salts, bubble elixirs, soaps, and hand therapies are comforting stress relievers and beautiful gifts as well! Let us wrap it up for you!

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Laura Zindel Pottery

Laura Zindel is an artist and designer who combines her passion for ceramics and naturalist illustration into unique housewares. Her work integrates techniques from the Arts & Crafts movement with modern industrial design practices and decorative arts inspired by the natural world.
A ceramist by training, Laura has always loved to draw with a pencil. Her initial drawings on the surface of clay with a glaze pencil ultimately led her to the transfer process for creating commercial works; her drawings are now silkscreened and printed as enamel transfers. This process also lent itself to repetition, allowing Laura to create exquisite surface patterns from her drawings on a wide variety of homewares.

Bonnes Amies Sugar Cookie Recipe

Bonnes Amies Sugar Cookie Recipe
2-1/4 cups sugar
1 cup real butter (softened)
3 eggs
3 T. milk
1-1/2 tsp. Best Mexican Vanilla (Pick Up Your Bottle At Bonnes Amies)
4-7/8 cups flour
3-3/4 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt

Mix sugar, butter, eggs, milk & Mexican Vanilla. Mix dry ingredients together and add to sugar mixture. Roll out and cut into shapes. Bake on greased cookie sheet at 400˚ for 5-8 min.
(I like to chill my dough first if using cookie cutters to keep the shape better)

Frosting:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 tsp. Mexican Vanilla
1/8 tsp. salt
4 cups powdered sugar

Add a few tsp. milk if needed for consistency. Beat until smooth. Yum!