SWISS DAYS

On Saturday, my husband and I went to Midway, Utah for their Anuual Swiss Days.  There are over 180 vendors showing their crafts and fun ideas, entertainers, and food.  Swiss Days started in the 1940's when all the farmers would get together for a celebration of their bountiful harvests. What started as Harvest Days is now Swiss Days.  We watched a group from St. George young to old playing the violin, who have traveled all over the United States.  There are hamburgers, sandwiches, pies, and BBQ; all of them have the first name of Swiss in them there, i.e.  Swiss Hamburgers, Swiss Sandwiches, etc.  It was literally a beehive of activity, it has been a long time since I have seen so many people at one event.  As I mentioned earlier there were over 180 booths, after a while, we just walked down the middle and went to the side if there was a booth we REALLY wanted to see. 

One of the booths that I particularly liked was a booth that helps you display your family history. Stories by Me sells a Family Face 3-Dimensional Tree Kit with wooden blocks that you modge-podge your family pictures on and then hang from a rod iron table top tree; a LITERAL family tree.  They also have a Memory Tree Frame and on the frame can be lots of pictures of your family.  They also have a Family Button Box, Vintage Tins, Memory Candles, Memory Puzzle Blocks and other kits.  Their booth was VERY busy.  I don't have a big family and so any picutres that I do have of anyone, I LOVE to look at.  Check them out.

 Happily Posted by Auntie An

MAYBERRY

Over to the right I have a link to Mayberry Primitives. It is located in Mt. Airy, North Carolina. Last November, my husband and I went to North Carolina to the Biltmore Estate for their Christmas Celebration. (Which is AMAZING!)  We took a 3 hours from Ashville to Mt. Airy to see Andy Griffith's hometown.  Some say that his show was modeled after this small town.  Andy Griffith himself said that it was not because all towns have problems and the ones on the television show were solved in 30 minutes and that is not realisitic.  I will tell you though, the people in Mt. Airy were VERY freindly.  We found this shop on Main Street there.  The owner Sonya Smith makes all of her own creations.  She is very talented.  Maybe someone you know loves the primitive look, I sure do.

If you like this or country looks, here are some other links:  The Country House, The Cranberry Cupboard, The Olde Country Fence.
Auntie An

HOLIDAYS ARE COMING UP

Today I was at a craft store and found this cute this cute little craft for $1.00 to do with my nephews for Halloween.  I love to do little crafts with the kids.  I use to be in charge of all the classes at a major retail craft store.  I would love to see how some kids would have to see the example and copy it exactly, some would look at it a bit and copy it a bit then do their own thing, and then there were those who just beat to their own drum.  It is interesting how their little minds work.

What do you do with your neices and nephews  for holidays?

Here are some links for ideas.  >Enchanted Learning , Family Crafts, Kaboose, and Disney.

Auntie An