Here we go into the holiday season. This year I am looking forward to the holidays for the first time in quite sometime. I don't know what is different this year than in years past I just have more of the joyful spirit.
To those of you that will spend the holidays with loved ones away from home please know that our prayers are with them and with you. If your loved one has a need I would be more than happy to post it on my website, send me your contact information and a list of the items needed and I will get it up for you. There are over 5 million people a month that visit my website and I know that most of them are very caring people. I want to say thank you to each of you for visiting the shop this
past year. I so enjoy visiting with you whether through email or on the phone. As a thank you - SALE COUPON – TAKE 10% OFF OF YOUR PURCHASE IN THE SHOP THROUGH 11/30/04 WITH THIS CODE XXXXXXX - Everyone who makes a purchase between now and December 11, using this code, will be entered into a drawing for a $20.00 gift certificate from the shop. The drawing will take place on December 12, 2004. GOOD LUCK! The winner will be notified by email of their win. Life here at
the old homestead has been really exciting lately. My youngest daughter turned 16 in August. My husband and I found that perfect car, meaning she liked it and we could afford it. The only hitch is that it is a stick shift. We spent months teaching her to drive with the stick and on August 17…. She was on her own. She does a good job driving but I miss her, I don't see her as much as I used to. Please, would each of you say a small pray for us. I was not this nervous when my oldest
started driving. Maybe I am beginning to feel the nest getting empty. My baby is growing up. As for my adorable granddaughter Kaya, she will be 4 on December 27. She is my love. She is taking dance classes through her Charter School and her first recital is coming up soon…. I can't wait. NEW INVENTORYΒΆ Holt Howard Jam N Jelly Jar ΒΆ J&G Meakin Romantic England Dinnerware including
creamer and sugar and a serving platter ΒΆ Vintage Sewing Patterns and Vintage Sewing Accessories ΒΆ Antique Furniture and Sewing Machines ΒΆ Vintage Textiles ΒΆ Vintage Clothes ΒΆ Dolls
ΒΆ Vintage Felt Christmas Pixies – I have more to put in the shop too ΒΆ Vintage Plastic Dinnerware ΒΆ Many many more items… just browse around or ask me Yet to come (This is what has delayed the newsletter, I keep adding stuff yet never reaching the end. I have some of these items in the shop and many more to come so please feel free to ask about
any of these things.) ΒΆ Child's Antique Sewing Machine from Germany ΒΆ Sewing Patterns and Sewing Accessories – Including old sewing machine attachments ΒΆ Vintage Aprons ΒΆ Vintage Books both Kids and Adults ΒΆ Much more Recipe:
Banana Nut Bread Baked in a Jar - This makes a great gift for friends and neighbors. Using the same basic recipe you can substitute different fruits and vegetables to make other varieties. Yields: 8 pint jars Ingredients: * 2/3 cup shortening * 2 2/3 cups white sugar * 4 eggs * 2 cups bananas, mashed * 2/3 cup water * 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour * 1/2 teaspoon baking powder * 2 teaspoons baking soda * 1 1/2 teaspoons salt * 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon * 1 teaspoon
ground cloves * 2/3 cup chopped pecans 1. Cream shortening and sugar. Beat in eggs, bananas, and water. 2. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves. Add to banana mixture. Stir in nuts. Pour mixture into greased WIDE MOUTH pint jars, filling 1/2 full of batter. Do NOT put lids on jars for baking. 3. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) about 45 minutes. 4. When done, remove one jar at a time from the oven. Clean sealing edge with paper towel or cloth and
screw lid on firmly. The heat will vacuum seal the jar and make it keep one year. Substitutes for banana: 2 cups shredded apples or carrots; 1 bag whole fresh cranberries, ground; 1 can whole cranberry sauce; 1 3/4 cups applesauce plus 1/4 cup pineapple; 1 3/4 cups applesauce plus 1/4 cup raisins; 2 cups canned pumpkin; 2 cups apricots; 2 cups zucchini. I have numerous vintage books in stock that I am very slow in getting put in the shop so if you have a book you are
looking for please let me know and I will see if I have it. If I don't have it I now have a database to better organize and track the items you are looking for. E-mail me http://www.mygrannysatticantiques.com/html/vintage_books.htm NEW - Sell Your Antiques and Collectibles In My Shop – Now is the time to earn some money for the holidays - http://www.mygrannysatticantiques.com/html/sell_your_antiques_online.html - Mention the newsletter and you can list your items for only $5.00 each or send them to me on consignment. Books have always been one of my passions so I thought that this was an appropriate topic for an article. Send me your ideas and maybe I can write on it too.
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Book Collecting It has been centuries since anyone could afford to be a general collector of books. Money aside, there is simply too many volumes published, 52,000 last year alone, in any single year for a collector to acquire a copy of everything issued. To maintain some semblance of control over a book collection, a beginning book collector must should pick an area of special interest in which to start acquiring books. Read the rest of this article Great websites I have run across recently: Stump the Chump – A name that tune type website http://mickwhite.org/chumpville/ Beautiful Antique Christmas Ornaments to Ogle - http://www.ornament.ch/christbaumschmuck.php
**EXCITING NEWS** Quite a few of my vintage pixie elves and shoe figurines were purchased by a production company in London for a Disney movie that is being filmed. I don't know the name of the movie yet but when I do I will let you know. I would love to hear your ideas on articles for future newsletters. I am going to make an all out effort to get this out once a month or atleast every other month. Thank you very much for your patronage and friendship. Here's to safe and
joyful Holiday Season! Sincerely, Michelle www.Mygrannysatticantiques.com You are welcome to reproduce this newsletter (i.e. print it, store it) for your own personal use. You are also welcome to forward it, in its entirety, to friends and family. If you would like to reproduce this publication, or any part of it, in any other publication, be it web based or otherwise, you must
contact us for permission. Finally, you agree to try any advice contained or suggested in this newsletter at your own risk.
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