Chocolate Chip Cookie - New from Old World Christmas 2010

 

32143 Chocolate Chip Cookie

The Chocolate Chip Cookie was accidentally invented in 1930 by Ruth Wakefield in Massachusetts. She was trying to make an all chocolate cookie, but the pieces of chopped chocolate she added did not melt into the dough - the Chocolate Chip cookie was born! Today it is the most popular cookie in the U. S. with over 7 billion eaten annually! Wait! That doesn't count the ones consumed by my grandchildren....make that 7.1 billion))) 

Only $5.99! Would you like a half dozen? Dozen? 

The Original Toll House Cookie Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) Toll House Chocolate Chips
  
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Directions

PREHEAT oven to 375° F.

COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels and nuts. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. 

 

Tutti Frutti Pink Easter Rabbit from GUND - on sale!

Tutti Frutti by GUND Fun

On sale for $24.99!
Tutti Frutti Bunny is an adorable long legged and long armed bunny in a strawberry pink color.

The body is made of a soft loopy material similar to "poodle sweaters.". Arms and legs are made of a kitted multicolored stripe material. Tutti measures about 22"

Great Easter basket treat!

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Babs from GUND Fun

Adorable jumbo white fluffy bunny rabbit, just in time for Easter!

Babs is fluffy white rabbit with floppy ears, embroidered nose and mouth, and dark button (safety) eyes. Babs has a large fluffy tail and big feet!

This is an irresistible bunny!

Surface washable and designed for children ages 3 and up.

Perfect Easter basket treat! On sale for $24.99!

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Rockin' Reynold White Easter Bunny

Fluffy white bunny rabbit moves his head, flops his ears and lights up his cheeks to "Rockin Bunny" (Rocking Robin).

This adorable  11" plush toy is recommended for children 3 and up. It has an on/off switch on the bottom and requires 3 AA batteries (included). Bunny will be tested prior to shipping.

Press the note on his paw to start and stop the action.

Perfect Easter basket treat! On sale now for only $29.99!

Rockin! Reynold Easter Bunny by GUND

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Inge-Glas Christmas Ornaments

Rapunzel's Tower 1-017-10 New for 2010 from the Fairy Tale Forest Collection

56 New Styles arriving soon! Ornaments from Inge-Glas of Germany arriving in early May!

RAZ 2010 Collections

Peppermint Kisses Velvet Swirl Trees

Decorations from the 2010 RAZ categories have been grouped together to make your browsing easier. You will be able to see all the items we have available from a particular collection. 

Items showing "sold out" actually just haven't come in yet and will start arriving in June.

You asked for it! New Lighted Branches from RAZ!

Lighted Branches in brown with clear lights, or red and green lights * White frosted with clear lights

Sold in bundles of 3 branches * Arriving soon!

New Sinamay Mesh Net Ribbon Arriving soon!

We're very happy to announce a new product for Pence Christmas Tree Farm! We've had a little of this ribbon in the past in just a couple of basic colors, but we have over 50 new styles arriving soon! Sinamay ribbon is great for decorating, gift wrapping, wreath making, using as garland on your Christmas trees, and many other ways. Experiment with 2.5" and wide 21" Great for decorating tables, chairs, lamp posts, mail boxes....the uses just go on and on!

35721 2.5" x 25 yds Non-metallic Sinamay ribbon

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35723 2.5" x 25 yds Metallic Sinamay Ribbon

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35751 21" x 10 yds Wide Non-metallic Sinamay Ribbon

$9.99 per roll

35753 21" x 10 yd Wide Metallic Sinamay Ribbon

$12.50 per roll

35753 21" x 10 yds Metallic Plaids and Stripes Sinamay Ribbon

$12.50 per roll

It's That Time Again - Spring Forward!

Don't Forget to Run Your Clock up 1 Hour Tonight!

 Mantle Clock - Old World Christmas

The Banana is Back!

The whole banana Christmas ornament has been one of our best sellers. Unfortunately our best selling ornament is no longer produced by the vendor, but we have a replacement now! The Best Banana from Inge-Glass looks good enough to eat!

Best Banana Inge-Glas of Germany Farmer's Market Collection 2010

Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple, and red. In popular culture and commerce, "banana" usually refers to soft, sweet "dessert" bananas. Bananas from a group of cultivars with firmer, starchier fruit are called plantains.

Bananas are classified either as dessert bananas (meaning they are yellow and fully ripe when eaten) or as green cooking bananas.

Sweet Southern Tea!

Finest Tea Ornament Inge-Glas Coffee Lounge Collection 2010

Southern Sweet Tea

• 6  cups  water
• 4  family-size tea bags
• 1  to 1 3/4 cups sugar
• Lemon wedges

Bring 6 cups water to a boil in a saucepan; add tea bags. Boil 1 minute; remove from heat. Cover and steep 10 minutes. Remove tea bags, squeezing gently.

Add sugar, stirring until dissolved. Substitute Splenda for sugar if desired. Pour into a 1-gallon clear glass container, and add enough water or ice to fill. Serve over ice. Garnish with lemon wedge.

Fresh Lemonade!

Luscious Lemon Inge-Glas Farmer's Market New for 2010

Fresh Lemonade

• 1 1/2  cups  sugar
• 1/2  cup  boiling water
• 2  teaspoons  lemon zest
• 1 1/2  cups  fresh lemon juice
• 5  cups  cold water

Stir together sugar and 1/2 cup boiling water until sugar dissolves.
Stir in lemon rind, lemon juice, and 5 cups cold water. Chill 8 hours. Garnish, if desired. Yield 8 cups.

I like to make a double batch and dispense from a clear glass jug-style dispenser with spout. Fill the container about half full of ice and reduce the amount of the water in the recipe to account for the ice. Slice a couple of extra lemons and drop in some long-stemmed red cherries (rinse first or your lemonade will be pink). Very cool and refreshing!

Now....the down and dirty, quick and easy recipe for Sunday afternoon surprise company!

Same container and decoration with sliced lemons and cherries....orange slices too if you have them......just mix up two containers of Crystal Light or Great Value Lemonade (less water again to make up for the melting ice). I use the sugar free and grandkids love it and never know the difference!

Collecting Christmas Ornaments for Kids

Collecting Christmas ornaments for your children, grandchildren, or nieces and nephews can be quite an adventure! There a few basic ideas to keep in mind when making your choices.

• Age appropriate
• Memorable event
• Storage

Age Appropriate: Baby's First Christmas ornaments are plentiful and come in a variety materials and price ranges for every budget. Christmas ornaments made nice keepsake gifts to package with "disposable" baby

shower gifts which are so popular. New mothers love getting diapers, wipes, lotions, formula - all those necessary items for the little one. Coupling a basket of "disposables" with a specially selected keepsake Christmas ornament makes that baby gift even more special.  

Keep in mind that Christmas ornaments are not toys, even though many are designed after toys and resemble toys. Materials are a consideration also. Obviously glass is breakable, so in the early years you may want to gift some ornaments made of resin, plastic, Claydough, wood, felt and fabrics. When choosing glass ornaments, stay with reputable companies that make it well known that their paints and glitters are lead free. Inge-Glas of Germany and Merck Family's Old World Christmas are two examples.

Memorable Event: Beautiful Christmas trees are in fact - beautiful. All kids love brightly decorated trees with candy canes, lights and balls but the best Christmas tree memories will be those associated with special ornaments. In the toddler years, you may want to collect ornaments to keep memories alive of favorite toys, songs, books, food, etc. Ornaments representing storybook classics and nursery rhymes are easily found. 
Special times such zoo visits, birthday parties, haircuts, loss of first tooth, vacations - are great times to choose ornaments. When children are very young, you may have to take the ornament and remind them where the special ornament came from or the "remember when...." event. But don't worry....they'll get it quick enough. It won't be anytime before they will be pointing out "their" special ornament and the tales will begin to flow. 

School brings on another host of wonderful opportunities! First day, first bus ride, classroom, teacher, backpack, lunchbox and so on. More memorable events include recitals, sports, dance, gymnastics, karate, band, Sunday school and church functions, movies, makeup, music, cars, trucks..even dental visits and checkups!

Holidays and celebrations are a perfect time to give ornaments. Even when small children may not have the capacity to appreciate the ornament gift, you can couple it with a toy, book or whatever the gift so they will have some "now" and the keepsake ornament as a remembrance for later. Halloween is a wonderful time for ornament giving. Matching an ornament to the costume or memory from a Halloween party is great
And lets not forget pets! Ornaments are a great way to keep the memory alive of the precious pet that has .....well...been flushed......some of them anyway.

Storage: Basics of care and ornament storage is another article. This article addresses children and ornament storage. Each child needs their own special box, one that will last several years. Shopping for this box, or creating it can be a wonderful excursion or rainy day project. All you need is a good sturdy box, one with dividers would be great, but just improvise as you have too. Paper plates work well as dividers. 

Some say cardboard, some say plastic - if you're not storing a priceless ornament collection - I say whatever is convenient - as long as its stored in a controlled temperature setting. No basements or attics. The top of a closet is great. While you want easy access to the box so you can add to it all year long, you don't want this to be a plaything. Ornaments are to be gently held, admired, then safely stored away until you decorate the tree. Plain boxes can be painted and decorated. Small wooden chests are also great for childrens treasures especially as they get older. 

If you ever need help in coming up with an ornament for a particular occasion or situation, just drop us a note - we'll be glad to help! And remember.....when your child grows up and goes away....he/she will want to take their ornament collection with them!  So you might want to consider buying two - one to keep for yourself and one to give!

Need an ornament idea! Ask us!

2 Weeks Left!

Tree Planting Time Again!

We're trying hard to get ready to plant more trees. We've been blessed with so much rain, that now we're waiting on warmer weather to dry things up a bit! Plan is to plant 500 more trees this year, probably mostly all Leylands. We lost several this past summer due to high winds and rain.

School Back Pack Ornament from Old World Christmas New for 2010!

School Back Pack

Commemorate or brighten any school event with this beautiful glass School Back Pack ornament. It was carefully mouthblown into a finely crafted mold. Then a solution of liquid silver was poured inside. Finally, it was hand-painted with many brightly colored lacquers and glitters for you to enjoy!

Taylor Swift "AKA" Maggie Martin

Granddaughter Maggie was "Taylor Swift" at the Pontotoc Elementary Wax Museum this week! Looks like an upcoming American Idol candidate to me!! Course....I could be prejudiced......but you be the judge)))

Hold the Presses! I think we missed something!

February 22 was "National Margarita Day!"

 

With its balance of sweet and tart flavors, the Margarita is a popular cocktail. Its origins remain a mystery shrouded in many legends. Most involve a beautiful woman named Margarita and the bartender who created the drink in her memory. February 22 is National Margarita Day.

Hop on Over to Trendy Tree for Great Easter Basket Treats!

 

Set of 4 Eggs 

Sale Priced at only $2.00!

Large 5" Glittered Eggs Set of 6

Sale priced at only $15.00

RAZ Box of Carrots - New!

$10.80

 

Chocolate Chicks!

On Sale for $7.50 each

RAZ Chocolate Mold Bunny

Sale Priced at $19.99

21" Sinamay Ribbons

 

Bunny Mama from Old World Christmas!

Ornaments make great Easter Basket treats!

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