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COUNTRY PORCH
Holiday 2008 Newsletter
Season of Blessings
Greetings from The Porch!
Up here in the North Country we can't wait to come together to celebrate the
official Christmas lighting of our hometown, taste the first snowflake and begin the season of miracles. Despite all the
hustle and bustle, there's a time for everything, a time for miracles of love, forgiveness, thankfulness, selflessness,
generosity, compassion, charity, peace and tidings of comfort and joy.
Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat.
Please put a penny in the old man's hat.
If you haven't got a penny, a ha'penny will do.
If you haven't got a ha'penny, then God bless you.
~ English Traditional Rhyme
We're about as busy as can be filling shelves with presents to complement the season. Our NEW
Christmas patterns are a delight and long awaited
curtain tie-back panels keep out the cold.
Stocking hangers and
Blonder Home Christmas Accessories express the joy of
the season and our NEW American Country Porch curtain valances,
lined point valances, ceramic pottery,
cookie cutters, country quilts,
Donna Sharp quilts and lodge bedding
give the heart a lift.
Somehow not only for Christmas,
But all the long year through,
The joy that you give to others
Is the joy that comes back to you.
And the more you spend in blessing
The poor and lonely and sad,
The more of your heart's possessing
Returns to make you glad.
~ John Greenleaf Whittier, Quaker Poet (1807-1892)
All wrapped up in ribbons and bows is our NEW Farm Market Kitchen Decorating Theme,
Farm Market Home Accessories and
Farm Market Ceramic Pottery, all eager to outfit your
farmhouse or cabin for the holidays.
Each day has 24 golden hours . . . we invite you to disconnect for awhile and begin to dream. We have many, many NEW
patterns to browse. Look for our New Favorites, Quilt for the Season, Candle Club and
Seasonal Recipes. Oh, and don’t forget to bookmark us here at The Country Porch so you
can find your way back home!
PS The shop is humming with the season and we can’t wait to share. Take a peek inside our NEW Christmas online catalog
that’s chocked full of enough ideas to keep you sleepless in your hometown!
Then their most precious gifts they unfold;
Myrrh and frankincense, purest of gold
~ Michael J Urbonas
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What's New!
What's New! Our personal shopper makes holiday decorating a snap by coordinating items as easy to find as a click of your mouse.
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Santa My Friend
From the Artist's Collection, The Country Porch features Santa My Friend© Christmas Decorating Theme by Teresa Kogut
from Park Designs. 100% cotton.
Santa and friends embrace the Christmas season dressed in their holiday best. Moss tone-on-tone star inner border accents
adorable rustic red and moss striped outer border. Santa invites an all-star cast of
Santa My Friend ceramic pottery to join the mix, making holiday decorating a snap!
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Snow Flurries
The Country Porch features the Snow Flurries© Christmas Decorating Theme from the Artist's Collection by
Betsey L. Cavallo and Park Designs. 100% cotton.
The season has officially started when swirling snowflakes make their debut on a bed of gorgeous Christmas red.
Mix it up with adorable Reindeer Games© ceramic pottery who
frolic over the snow and make the trip to Grandma's house a memorable event.
There are enough ideas in our Christmas Decorating catalog to keep you sleepless in
your hometown. |
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Winter Berry
The Country Porch features the Winter Berry Christmas decorating theme from Park Designs. 100% cotton.
Rich garnet enters the scene with high drama and plays to a full border of luscious winter berries. Enjoy an
encore with antique gold home accessories and
Red Ice Glassware. Merry Christmas! |
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Sleigh Ride
The Country Porch features the Sleigh Ride Christmas Decorating Theme from Park Designs. Placemats and runners
are Chindi. 100% cotton.
Take a sleigh ride over the river and through the woods with this classic Christmas country plaid pattern. Your
decorating options are almost endless with Very Merry ceramic pottery
in your choice of Forest or Vanilla, Winterberry Trees home accessories
or Christmas napkin rings. Make decorating a snap! |
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Stocking Hangers
And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care . . .
The Country Porch features iron, antiqued brass, and pewter Christmas stocking hangers
from Park Designs. Available in Fir Tree, Moose, Snowman, Snowflake, Pine Cone, Christmas Tree AND our newest designs,
Snowflake White, Winterberry Gold, Red Painted, Joy, Peace, Noel and picture frame hangers. |
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Ann Clark, Ltd., Baking Kits
The gift of time! No need to rummage around looking for long lost cookie cutters
or checking the cupboard for cookie ingredients. Ann Clark has packaged them very
prettily in four different themes. Perfect for gift giving . . . or pamper yourself! |
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Ann Clark, Ltd., Animal Treats
Don't forget Fido, Prancer or Garfield! Bake up a batch of yummy treats for your favorite four-legged friend with
Ann Clark Animal Treat Mixes, complete with cookie cutters. Shop our entire collection of Ann Clark products. |
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We offer so many beautiful quilts here at The Country Porch, it's difficult to pick which ones to feature. So besides
these gorgeous quilts, let us also suggest Cozy Cabin,
Timberline, Rose Wedding Ring,
Lodge, High Country,
Toscana and Courtney for the
holiday season. Enjoy!
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Holiday Quilts and Hooked Rugs
Snowfall
Wait out the snow storm in our stunning Snowfall oversized quilt comforter and bedding accessories from the
Williamsburg Collection by C&F Enterprises.
Hawaiian style appliqué snowflakes drift on-point covering gorgeous red background with Irish chain borders
and adorable vintage red print dust ruffle. Burrow into mounds of coordinating pillows and pillow shams and
call it a day!
Find more holiday quilts in our Christmas Quilt catalog
or warm your pinkies on one of our Christmas hooked rugs. |
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Winning Star
Mastered by few, this exquisite star quilt of diamond patches sewn in a concentric circle radiates out from
black corduroy in the center to green, olive, deep reds, paprika, golds and then back again. The star is set
on a tone-on-tone print and bordered with a lavish paisley print of tan, olive, paprika and black. Hand quilted
flower motifs create a field of texture while quilt reverses to another dramatic black paisley print.
Return to our online Donna Sharp Quilt catalog or find more gorgeous bedding in Country Quilts
and our Victorian Heart Quilts catalog. |
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Rustic Pine
The Country Porch features Rustic Pine quilt comforter and bedding accessories from the Kate McRostie Collection by C&F Enterprises.
Sleep tight to the murmur of whispering pines! This cabin style quilt of pine cone motifs in raised embroidery on
a cream background is framed with a medium sage border and country plaid of burgundy, cranberry and medium sage green.
Woodsy needlepoint pillows, Rustic Pine wool hooked rug
and pretty country plaid dust ruffle complete the cabin look. |
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Babies in Toyland Hooked Rug
Stuffed teddy and puppy patiently wait for Christmas morning with our comfy Babies in Toyland hooked rug by C&F Enterprises. Made of 100% cotton.
Shop our entire collection of Christmas Rugs and
Hooked Rugs or find more holiday decorating ideas in our
Christmas catalog stuffed full of enough ideas to keep you
sleepless in your hometown. |
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Holiday Quilts and Hooked Rugs Snowfall
While hands and minds are busy with preparation for the holidays, winter is beginning to drift into our town.
Take a moment to nudge yourself gently into a winter frame of mind with this easy and yummy recipe from
Gooseberry Patch.
1 large loaf day-old bread, torn
1/2 lb. bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled
1/2 c. butter
1 onion diced
3 stalks celery, diced
Optional: 1/2 c. sliced mushrooms
2 tart apples, cored and diced |
1/2 c. walnuts, coarsely chopped
1/2 c. raisins
1/2 to 3/4 c. water
1/2 to 1 T. poultry seasoning
dried parsley to taste
salt and pepper to taste |
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Place torn bread in a large baking dish; mix in muffins, if using. Bake at 250 degrees for about 30 minutes,
until dried out. Set aside. Melt butter over low heat in a large skillet; sauté onion, celery and mushrooms,
if using, until tender. Add apples, walnuts and raisins; stir to coat with butter. Mix in water and seasonings;
pour over bread and toss to moisten. Add a little more water if bread is very dry. Use to stuff a 12 to
15-pound turkey before roasting; do not overstuff. Or spread stuffing in a lightly greased 9"x5" baking pan and
bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes. Serves 8 to 10.
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PS If there is little time to bake, try our Scent-a-Bun
candles that look and smell just like the real thing!
Bon Appetite!
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Make Spirits Bright!
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
~ James Keller
The fragrance of the holidays comes in the scent of our NEW Brown Sugar, Biscotti, Carrot, and
Pomegranate cake candles.
Besides being pretty and fragrant, our cake candles burn 92-94 hours.
Create your own festival of lights with lamps,
pillar holders,
window lamps and
candle holders from Park Designs. We love the
look of bubble glass votive holders,
Sea Breeze tea light lanterns and
twinkling colonial pewter candle holders.
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It was so good to visit with you and we thank you for your business!
Our creative energy is in overdrive and we're all on a mission . . . to bring you the very BEST of everything that we
and the shop have to offer.
New and exciting patterns are arriving daily, so visit often, anytime. We're always OPEN on-line. Or call us at our
toll free number @ 1-866-664-9182 and chat 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday thru Friday, PST; we'd love to hear how you
transformed your home with decorating themes from The Country Porch!
And so, this Christmas season
may our hearts with gladness glow,
As we read the blessed story
That took place so long ago.
~ Alpha L. Buntain (The First Christmas)
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