Merry Day After....

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I hope that you all had a blessed Christmas with family and friends.

Ours was very nice...

and today it is COLD and WET....

a little ice but some much needed rain has finally come.

Now its onto thinking of Spring and making out the show schedule for this year.

Not doing as many this year and sticking closer to home.

Lee's back just will not take the long drives and it has just

got to expensive to travel far.

SORRY!!

The shop is OPEN and Christmas items

are on sale.

Have a Blessed Day and if you are in the midst of the

Blizzard of 1012....

Please be careful and send me some snow.

Thanks!!!!

Robin 

~~~~~Finally A Little~~~~~~

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Christmas...

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Good evening friends..

and Welcome.

My wonderful husband..aka Mr Millstone

asked me what I wanted for Christmas...

"a RED front door" was my response...

AND

I LOVE IT!!

Thank you honey!

In one dining room the setting is very simple

small red long johns and simple fruit on the table.

The foyer tree..

no ornaments...yet

The den tree...

love big thick burlap

and this is the tree in the dark...

and in the second dining room...

a live tree on the table with dried fruit.

and one of Eli's toys on the table.

Simple and no fuss.

Have a great day tomorrow...

Make It The Best It Can Be.

Robin

~~~Where Are You Wynter~~~

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NOW this is what I'm talkin' about!!

SNOW and COLD.

The calendar says it's December...

but the temps say it's mid spring???

Global warming?

Crazy?

None the less it does not make me want to run and

put up my tree nor does it make me want to go

Christmas shopping...

I am being a Scrooge this year...I have

NO

NONE

NADA

ZILCH

ZERO

Christmas items up in my home.

Well...if ya count the tree from the show that is stuck in the basement

then I have a silly green plastic tree from Hobby Lobby up...in the

home shop with no lights or decorations on it.

I feel like Charlie Brown...

Doesn't anyone know the meaning of Christmas...

Hopefully I will be able to pull out of it...

get it together and celebrate the season!!!

Blessings from the "Grinch"

Robin

The Final Show

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It was bittersweet...setting up for the final show

of the year...

not seeing my "show family" until after

all the hustle and bustle of the Christmas Season is over...

and the ringing in of the New Year.

Lots of hugging going on Saturday afternoon.

Here is a small sampling of Millstone's Booth...

Please enjoy..

So now it's onto putting up the ONE tree at home...

nothing fancy.

Lee is down with his back and he has been hurting

pretty bad. He has tried EVERYTHING to ease the pain...

don't know where this will lead us.

Taking some time off and getting my house and home shop back

in order....maybe this time off will help his back.

 Our next show will be in Feb...

WINTER IN THE VALLEY

FISHERSVILLE, VA.

More to follow.

Have a blessed night.

Robin 

The Open House

A few pictures from the first Open House

I want to say THANK YOU to everyone

for their support this year.

Special thanks to:

My Dad for fluffing 15 Christmas trees over 2 days

To Anita for being my right hand and standing behind the counter

writing tickets for 7 hours while 250+ people came through our doors.

To Cathy for always being there with all of your support, taking all those road trips and also

for being the bestest "sister wife" ever...lol

To Mr. Millstone for believing in me and for spending what was

probably the l-o-n-g-e-s-t week of his life with me at the

shop last week decorating.

AND...

TO THE BEST CUSTOMER FRIENDS...EVER.

The shop is OPEN this week

EXCEPT SAT.

Join us in Fishersville Fri. night and Sat.

for AN OLDE FASHIONED CHRISTMAS!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Robin

Still Here~~~~~

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I am still here...this is just the busiest time of year!!

I truly know how Santa must feel...

I just finished crows and witches and I leave tomorrow

for Lancaster, Ohio for

American Traditions Antique and Folk Show

"A Patriotic Christmas"

What...

Well here are some shots of the last show

~Finally~

A fun fall Door Greeter

Halloween Gatherings

And my friends...

Here are 2 of them anyway...

Linda on the left and Anita on the right.

Some of you may recognize Anita from the shop...

she runs the shop for me while I am away at shows.

THANK YOU GIRLFRIEND!!!

And just some of their wares...

So...I get home from the shop today and this is what I found..

I thought someone had sent a gift...

come to find out Mr Millstone had been at it again.

This is HIS Santa...hand drawn out and 100% hand stitched.

He made this using an old feedsack...

I have been with him for 14 years and he NEVER ceases to 

amaze me.

Have a Blessed evening.

I will be out of touch for a few days as we leave in the am...

SHOP IS CLOSED SATURDAY  

Robin

Mark Your Calendar........

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We would love to have you...

Hope you can attend.

Call me olde fashioned...but there will be

NO Christmas

in the shop until the open house.

Don't you remember when you were little the excitement there was in going shopping the day after Thanksgiving...today we call this Black Friday...but there

WAS a day when it was just a fun family shopping day.....

waiting patiently to see the new toys...making your Santa list

and at the end of the day there was always hot chocolate with

peppermint...my Mother was the Queen of hot chocolate,

shopping and decorating...guess I got it honestly.

O.K. enough of this....

Millstone will be CLOSED on

WEDNESDAY OCT 17

as Cathy and I head to Gettysburg

for the AWESOME

AMERICAN HANDCRAFTERS WHOLESALE SHOW...

all handmade in the good old USA!!!

Can't wait....

of course we are also going to the 

HERITAGE MARKET....

soooo many friends at this show and some

super merchandise.

This weekend is also the APPLE HARVEST...

which Millstone is honored to be a part of

woohooo year #5 for us...

shop WILL BE OPEN on FRIDAY TIL 2

and OPEN SATURDAY TIL 2

Hope to see you this weekend.

Good evening to you all....

Robin