Roses

we harvested our rose buds to make rose chains.

we harvested rose petals to make rose apple cider vinegar, rose honey, and rose water.

to make rose honey and rose vinegar, simply fill a quart jar to the top with rose petals,

and pour in your carrier.

here august is mixing in the honey.

here is rose petals in ACV (apple cider vinegar)

jasper making his rose chain

fresh rose chain hanging in the window

here are a few rose chains dried

these are decorative and will just be draped around to remind us of early summer.

what will you harvest next?  my raspberries and black currants are on.  gotta go pick!

i'll be back soon with many more posts, including one about the amazing World Domination Summit that i attended over the weekend in portland, oregon.  it was a-mazing!

hugs, kisses and berry juice fingers,

xoxox

jennette

Strawberries

washed

hulled

sliced

jammed!

also have my annual summer solstice strawberry balsamic vinegar brewing.  and have put up enough strawberries in the freezer to keep me in berry chocolate cobbler for the coming year!

it's looking like this will be a fantastic year for blueberries as my shrubs are overflowing.  but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

raspberries are coming on and its time to pick, pick, pick!

what are you putting up this year?

dirty aprons and messy kitchens,

xoxox

jennette



A Sign

i got a new sign to hang outside the shop!

it's double sided, hand painted, and locally made.

it will hang adjacent to the door so you can see it coming down the street, either way.

also, i am going to make some small signs to hang from it.  for those of you who have been to the Smashing Rubbish shop, which would you say most aptly fit?  i'm trying to pick 3 of these: "vintage", "handcrafted", "home", "curiosities", "eclectic", "handmade"

or do you happen to have any other suggestions?

do share!

deep in the midst of Jenny Lawson's new book and can not stopping

laughing and cringing....perfect!

xoxox

jennette