A Rare Virginia Shore Winter Wonderland

Walter and I are back from our trip to Virginia....a well needed rest

Here are some photos of a rare snowstorm on the

Eastern Shore of Virginia where we stayed

It was both scary and beautiful....the wind was fierce and boy was it cold



The wind was whipping...and where I was standing,
to take the photo, was a solid sheet of ice



The Sky was grey and hauntingly beautiful

It was sooooooo quiet....not a creature was stirring (except me)

The salt spray was drenching me....I wish you could hear the roar of the wind

Here's the sun glistening on the ice the next day

It was so breathtakingly beautiful.....I took so many photos
 that it's hard to choose which ones to show you

Then....all of a sudden the sun came out and it was gone....

The birds came out to play again
and
We left to go to the Antique Mall in Virginia, called


THE BLUE CROW   
32124 Lankford Highway
Keller, Virginia   23401

We have several large booths

Walter is a big help.....it's a lot of work keeping things fresh

But we truly love it

We hope you stop by if you are passing through. 

        You can visit with the owners, Len & Ellie Cackowiski or Lois their friendly Manager

This is a HUGE, State of the art, Antique Mall with 150 Dealers

There is a vast selection of antiques and vintage items

as well as a Christmas Tree Shop, Wine Shop and a nice selection of newer items 

Open Monday through Saturday  from 10am - 5pm 

Sunday 12pm - 5pm

Phone # 757-442-4150

email - bluecrow@intercom.net

            

and......We Have A Winner

The Holidays are a super busy time for most of us so we only had 10 entrees to win the two Green Pharmacy Jar Candles......

That meant everyone had a great chance of winning....

Our Polar Bear Mom & Baby watched the drawing this time!

Oooo....it's so exciting

and.......The Winner Is...Linda @ Lime in the Coconut

                                                                (click here to check out her creative & inspiring blog)

                                  

Congratulations to Linda and thanks to all who entered.

Linda....don't forget to email us your address

so we can ship your candles right out to you.

This little guy is especially happy for you!

One Last Holiday Give-a-way

We are giving away these wonderful, original scent, hand poured soy candles that we made with our own  little hands and lots of love.  We used these vintage, green glass pharmaceutical jars from the 1930's.  The jars were old/new stock from a long ago closed drug store. We were able to score a couple of cases of them.  We were so excited with our find and so very pleased with ourselves in making candles with them.  They were a hit....I guess other people loved them as much as we did!   We have sold out of them, except for these last two hold-outs.....so we thought we'd give them away for the New Year!

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on our blog by midnight on January 3rd and we will pick and post a winner on Tuesday January 4th. 

Here are some samples of our Christmas Candles 

All hand poured, original scent, 100% soy

You can purchase any of our candles by clicking HERE

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays & a Happy New Year to All

My Great Find This Week - A Pair of French Beds

Look at this Romantic pair of French Beds from a wonderful estate on Eastern Long Island

The Bow Detail is fabulous and the original paint color is soft and wonderful

  The bow detail carries over to the footboards

The wide rails 

The solid way they are constructed

And the best part.....that I have 2 of them
Click HERE to purchase
Local Pick-up Only

and the winner is.......

Wow....thank you to all who posted a comment

for a chance to win the Apothecary Jar.

These little birds kept guard over all the entrees

This one kept an especially close eye while the winner was chosen....

and the winner is Emily at "The Wicker House"

                                                        check out her sweet blog

So......Emily, Congrats and thanks for your comment. 

I guess this jar is going to look great in your kitchen. 

We would love to see photos of what you filled it with and where it came to rest. 

Don't forget to email us with your mailing address.

Thanks again to all who entered

Last Chance to Enter the Drawing

Don't forget to leave a comment before December 10

to win this HUGE apothecary Jar

We will post the lucky winner on the site on December 14th.....good luck to all who enter

Our Winter Barn Sale - A Great Success - Thanks to all who came

Jingle Bells got nothin on this bell.....

We had lots of fun at the Barn Sale....Christmas music playing...

People milling about.......visiting, chatting.......

buying and commenting on many of our different and interesting items

Everyone seemed to have a great time

The cookies and hot spiced cider were a big hit

Some of our items went very quickly, like these large vintage pharmacy bottles

..... and many of our hand poured, original scent soy candles.

We had wonderful scents....Very Merry, Sweet Snow, Yuletide and many more

The smell in here was just the ticket to put everyone in a holiday spirit

Sherron was super busy, helping customers and socalizing with the folks

A great time was had by all.....Watch for our Annual Spring Barn Opening

and go to our website www.smallholdingsfarm.com

throughout the winter to see and purchase newfound items from the barn