Day 4 of our Home for the Holidays Blog Hop!

We meet again on Day 4, of our Home for the Holidays Blog Hop!!!  I'm really enjoying all the great projects, delicious cookie recipes & the great posts!  I hope you are too!  It's the first thing I hear many of you are doing in the morning with a cup of hot coffee!  You might as well keep the coffee brewing...as we have many more days left on the hop!!!

If you missed yesterday's project.... Here it is!  I love Loti's sweet little old fashioned sock!  I also love that it is quick & easy!!!

Today I've been thinking about Christmas and lutefisk!  I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with lutefisk!?!?  If you're Norweign, you probably are very familiar with it!!  {If you are not familiar with... that could be a very good thing!!!}.

I'm not fond of it, but here in Minnesota it's a traditional side to Holiday dinners- especially Christmas!  What exactly is lutefisk?  Well, lutefisk is dried whitefish (normally cod) treated with lye. It is a Notdic dish served in the Upper Midwest!

{The following 3 photos are courtesy of PBS!}

As far as I can remember back, it has been served at our Holiday dinners!  You can't miss it- it smells horrible when being cooked and looks like flaky slime!!!  However, now that those who enjoyed it have passed... I'd give anything to enjoy the day with them with that lutefisk!!! My grandmothers and mother LOVED it!  Grandma Avis would role it up in her lefsa, while mom & Lily smothered it in butter!  

So- if you visit MN during November, you will have to visit "Lutefisk Capital USA" Madison, MN... where lutefisk takes center stage at its annual Norsefest!  And if you're really daring... You can even enter their lutefisk eating contest!!!  Lol!!!

Ok... On with the hop!!!  Today is Tracy, from Plumcute Designs Day!  I've seen her darling little pillow design... you're going to love it!  Before you head that way I'll share her recipe here and remind you of our Cyber Monday Online Event!  

Shop Cyber Monday at the Basin!  

http://www.buttermilkbasin.com/

Please be sure to head over to Tracy's blog and print off another great Holiday project to enjoy!!! 

http://www.plumcutedesigns.com/?page_id=473

Have a GREAT Monday and see you tomorrow back here snd see who's up next on the hop!  Stacy

Day 3 of our Home for the Holidays Blog Hop

Welcome back everyone to another great day on our hop!  Before I begin, I need to apologize for not getting Kathy Schmitz her recipe card to post online!  So if you went to her blog, seen her darling stitchery project and her cookie pic without the recipe... here it is!!!  Again... sorry for my error!  Here is her link again if you want to go back and revisit {she will be putting her pics back up when she has a moment!}. http://kathyschmitzstudio.blogspot.com/?m=1

Also, I'd like to mention that we have a Shop Small Saturday/Cyber Monday Online Event going on now on our  website at http://www.buttermilkbasin.com/.  We have lots of new goods from wool kits... to fabric & wool bundles on there!  Feel free to pop over to our site and take a peek!!!  And if you came to the shop yesterday to support our small business- we SEW appreciated you & your business!!!!  {Plus we had a blast!!!}

Back to today's blog hop post...

Are you all enjoying the hop so far?  I sure am!  It's like opening a Christmas present everyday!  You never know what's inside ... Just like not knowing what each designer will be designing & posting!!!!  It's so exciting!!!

Speaking of Christmas gifts...  I thought these old fashioned ads were cute- but humorous!  They were classified as "Cringe-Worthy Vintage Ads from Christmas Past"!  What I'm fascinated by is how lovely & excited the women are when they are reading the vacuum manual and decorating the tree... thinking of all the aluminum gifts they could be getting! 

But then there is this one!  It's my FAV, and an actual cool gift I would appreciate!  {Just not for ironing clothes daily! Lol}. And the best part about... It is designed for "sit down" ironing!  Doesn't get any better than that!!!! 

Now that we had a little chuckle.... We are ready to head over to our next fantastic designer in the cross stitch/needkework industry!  Today is Lori, from Notforgotten Farm's day!  She always comes up with something unique for you!  Let's head over her way and see what "surprise" she has for us, shall we!?!  

http://farmhousenotforgotten.blogspot.com/?m=1

Have fun!  I'll meet you back here tomorrow!  Stacy

Shop Small Saturday Online Event

Happy Shop SMALL Saturday!!!!  We couldn't wait to post an awesome giveaway for you this week over on our FB page!  We have been soooo busy at the shop today that we had to delay posting until after the shop closed!  So we want to give a BIG Thank you to the locals and tri-state area gals who came out and took part in our Santa's Workshop & showed their support to my little company on Shop SMALL Saturday!  We had FREE make it take its & gave away a FREE pattern!  Shelly also made hand dipped pretzel rods! {YUMMY!} We packaged them up and gave them out to each customer!!!  I can't imagine a more fun day!  And now… the FUN continues online, as we share this day with you here and on our site!!!  We are blessed!!!

I just finished uploading all the NEW kits, bundles & goods on the website for today!  Www.buttermilkbasin.com We know you are going to LOVE the goodies!!!  We wanted to switch things up a bit this round… so if  you have visions of sugar plums dancing around… or if you love trees & wagons… be sure to head over to our website at www.buttermilkbasin.com and check out the new goods!  We also have created the sweetest Ribbon Candy Wool Bundle and wrapped up 12 of our FAV Christmas yarn dyes & Humble Beginning fabrics in a gorgeous fat quarter bundle just for you!  It is sooo exciting to bring you Holiday cheer!  Enjoy!

Day 2 of our Home for the Holidays Blog Hop

Welcome back to Day 2 of our Home for the Holidays Blog Hop!  For the next several days we will be featuring an amazing designer who has created a special project just for {you} & the hop!  So know we are just getting started!  And if you missed any of the previous days... just go back a day and click the link!  

Day 1got off to a great start!  We hope you enjoyed yesterday's darling Redwork project from Quilts by Cheri!  And how cute were her grandkids making the Hot Chocolate Fudge?  Too cute!!!

So I'm wondering how many of you have started listening to Christmas music!   We have been at the shop!  Jody couldn't wait to start listening to it... so she found a radio station that plays it all day long!  I love the "old fashioned" Christmas songs & of course, I love BING Crosby!!!  There is something so fantastic about his songs!  They bring joy & happiness to my days!!!  

Did you know that according to the Guiness Worls Records, Bing Croby's "White Christmas" version is the best-selling single of all time, with estimated sales in excess of 100 million copies worldwide.  So cool!!!  I thought it was also neat to know that for 28 years, Darlene Love sang her holiday hit "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" on David Lettermans Late Night Show!  Another fav of mine is Mel Tormé's "The Christmas Song" (more commonly known as "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire").  I can't believe that was written during a summer heat wave in 1944!!!  I just love hearing or reading about some of the classics that we hear year after year!!!  They all have a story behind them!

Speaking of classics... Today Kathy, from Kathy Schmidtz Designs is bringing you a classic "Blackwork" holiday project!  Kathy's stitchery designs are so fun & whimsical!  I can't wait to send you her way for this sweet snowman project!  This will be a great addition to your Holiday decor!!!  Hop on over to her blog for more fun!!  

http://kathyschmitzstudio.blogspot.com/?m=1

Be sure to stop by here tomorrow as we continue our Holiday Hop!!!  Enjoy!  Stacy

 

Day 1 of our Home for the Holidays Blog Hop

Welcome to Day 1 of our "Home for the Holidays" Blog Hop!  We have a very full line up of talented designers ready to bring you various quick & easy Holiday projects to make for you & your friends before Christmas arrives!!!  There will be Redwork, Blackwork, ornaments, wool designs and so much more!  Please feel free to grab our blog hop button and share on your blog!  The more that enjoy the hop... the merrier the designers will be!!!

This past week was magical!  Families gathered together, family recipes were revisited & memories were made!  Christmas carols have been heard and good cheer has been spread!  A lovely blanket of snow covers the ground while snowflakes sparkle!  And just like the snow... It is the Season to Sparkle!  Let's get our Holiday Spirit on, put on those ugly Christmas sweaters & spread joy!  Leave a little "sparkle" everywhere you go!!!!

Speaking of sparkle... Our first designer is Cheri, from Quilts by Cheri!  She is greeting the season with a lovely Redwork design that will be perfect for most anywhere in your home!  It reminds me of an old fashioned Christmas!  And how cute is that red rick rack around the edge?  

She stitched this on an 8.5 x 11 piece of fabric.  So when you print the artwork off, you may need to adjust the size to make it fit nicely within the piece of fabric!  Or.... you can stitch it the size that's works for you!  For more info & fun... please head over to her FB Page:  https://m.facebook.com/quiltsbycheri/

If you thought the project was fantastic.... Just wait until you try her delicious fudge recipe!!!  It's Hot Chocolate!!!  Wow!  

Before I wrap up this post, I want to mention that our Shop Small Saturday Event is tomorrow!  It is at the shop & ONLINE!  So be sure to visit our website at: http://www.buttermilkbasin.com/ 

See you back here tomorrow, as our Home for the Holidays Blog Hop continues!!!  Stacy