Appalachian Spring and Biscuit #2

Biscuit #2 "Appalachian Spring"

This is my Biscuit #2. She was inspired by Aaron Copeland's "Appalachian Spring" compositions. Her outfit includes a dress, pull on pants, a denim jacket, a macrame belt, and a sheer purple scarf. She also has a pieced quilt her granny made, that looks like spring! Of course, her dog, Spot, has to come along.

Her story is this: Biscuit's cousin, Peony, asked her to be in Peony's little production of an "Appalachian Spring" ballet recital. Biscuit said if she could wear pants, she'd do it, so Granny put together a pretty outfit for her to wear! There's little french knots on the hem of the pants, and the hems of the sleeves and dress are a vintage gingham on the bias. The denim jacket is lined in a whimsical purple print. And she has hangers to hang up her clothes when not being worn. And she has her own Biscuit bag.

This special Biscuit doll is already taken, but we wanted to show her off! There are more pictures of her in the slideshow above. Happy Spring!!

Love Joey + Rory!! Yay- they won Top New Vocal Duo!

Aw, shucks! I love this pair! You have GOT to listen to their songs! They are a singer/songwriter duo. They get to my little pea-pickin' heart!
Vote for them as Favorite New Artist for the Academy of Country Music Awards, April 18, 2010.
You can also visit their website and find out when and where they will be in concert.

Visit Retronona

Dolls from Retronona

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Here's what Retronona has to offer!

She makes wonderfully cute soft cloth dolls, animals and quilts, not to
mention clothing too! This link will take you to one of her current cute dolls on Etsy! And, close to my heart are her vintage items for sale. I wonder why

I like that Biscuit tin!

Mary Janes Farm Magazine - Our New Favorite

Mary Janes Farm, Vol. 9 #2

Feb-Mar 2010

LOVE the Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe on page 19

We LOVE this magazine!

PeonyStreet rating: 5 Stars!

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Ever since Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion magazine stopped being published, we have been looking for something else to tickle our fancy. Home Companion was full of inspiration, beautiful photography, and featured wonderful artists. We have saved every issue. We miss this magazine very much.

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Girls, we think we've found a new favorite! Ever since we found this magazine at the Tractor Supply Company store, a couple years ago, we haven't missed an issue. I think it's about time we bought a subscription! It is published by the same company that published Home Companion. It is printed on recyled paper, and is listed for $5.99. Subscriptions are offered in the magazine for $19.95 a year.

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Let us tell you what we like about it. The photography is beautiful, there is interesting advertising, and most of all, there is SUBSTANCE. It is a magazine from that smart entreprenur Mary Jane Butters, and is all about organic foods, recycling, reusing, gardening, sewing, quilting, recipes and most fun of all being a Farmgirl! Being a farmgirl is a "conditon of the heart", so you can be a farmgirl no matter where you live!

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Reading this magazine is like going back to our Auntie Esther's white country farmhouse with a backporch that looked out over the fields, and had shade from a gigantic oak tree. She always wore an apron, took care of a few chickens and had a garden. She was homespun and homemade, and she had a Singer treadle sewing machine. So pull up a chair and visit with the farmgirls in Mary Jane's magazine. We guarantee you'll get a good feeling from it like we do. Oh yeah! and we've been making and eating the chocolate chip cookies for twice in a row now--they are that good!