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What’s Inside? • Grandma’s Antiques - Page 4
• Celebrating 30 Years (Part 5) - Page 5 • Cleaning House - Page 6
• Homestead Habits: Repurposing the Homestead - Page 7 • Belle Fourche Feature- Page 8/9 • Robin’s Nest DIY Blog- Page 10
• Summer Show Schedule - Page 11 • Cookbook Giveaway- Page 11
• A Cup of Tea with Lydia - Page 13
• 2nd Annual Cowboy Yarn Crawl (WY) - Page 14 • Wyoming Shop Hop - Page 15
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Editor’s Notes
Finding A Purpose From the Past
This issue we celebrate and explore the used, wellloved, antiques and vintage items. I’ve always been fascinated with the history of antiques. Each piece must have a story of its own, some even novel worthy! There is something about the treasure hunt of walking through an antique shop. When you find that special piece that finishes a collection or takes a place of pride in your home, you feel as if you have gained a treasure from a voyage long ago. Giving old items a fresh look and a new purpose is one of the most extraordinary fads, and I’m so grateful for it. The creativity that comes from the challenge of repurposing is so inspiring to see. I am forever grateful for those who take a piece from the past, clean it up, give it a fresh look and sometimes a whole new purpose. They have just extended the story of this item. It will continue on for many more years as a part of a series of stories.
Kelsey Ruzicka Publisher of The Country Register of ND, SD, WY, MT & N. ID
This issue we go on an expedition to the past and are challenged to write it a new story. I also challenge you to think about your summer months this way. What fresh start, new project or purpose can you find? Happy exploring!
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Grandma’s Antiques: Finding a Purpose for the Future By Kelsey Ruzicka, Publisher
Lately, there is a trend to declutter and lessen the burden of “things” in our lives. Some folks are even going as far as to live in a “tiny home.” The idea of only carrying forward with us the things that bring joy or to collect experiences not things is truly a great pillar in our home life. However, what happens when one of those items you want to have with you in the future is a family heirloom or special antique from a trip overseas? It brings joy but lacks a place of pride in our home. To avoid putting grandma’s special tea cup in a box and burying it under the stairs, what do we do with it? We give it a new purpose! We can use it in a new way, it now becomes alive again. It has more roads to travel with a new set of shoes. I’ve compiled a collection of ideas from the internet to take grandma’s treasures, get them out of the attic and bring them to the forefront.
The possibilities are endless with a little creativity and inspiration. So, dust off those great well-loved items from yesterday and give them a today!
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Celebrating 30 Years of Publishing by Barbara Floyd, Founder of The Country Register 2019 has brought official retirement to me from The Country Register, Inc. and I am still trying to figure out how to retire! I have a few more articles about celebrating… at the rate I am getting through our beginning Arizona issues I might have about ten more years of articles. There are no shortages in my recipe file either. In fact, I may have my new business launched. A neighboring lady remembered me from Gooseberries from about 27 years ago. She asked if I would ever make her scones if the occasion arose and last week, she called for 3 dozen scones, heart shaped like we made them at Gooseberries, lemon curd, and 7 loaves of walnut banana breads. Since her two same day parties serving these, someone else has called with a scone order. Being the kitchen is my happy place what better “retired” activity could I ask for! Today I am looking at the Feb-March issue of 1992 for Arizona. The quilting industry is growing, and we have one out of sixteen pages labeled “Quilter’s Corner with 8 ads of quilt stores or services or events. Just for fun I counted the quilt ads in the recent Arizona edition just off the press and found 38 ads including needlework ads in the section now labeled Quilting, Sewing & Needlework. That makes up 10 pages out of 24 and I don’t think quilting is going to disappear any time soon if ever. Quilters are loyal readers, active shoppers and enthusiastic supporters of The Country Register. They are the kind of shoppers who love their homes and will love your shops whatever your specialty is. I had to smile at an ad from an artists gallery mall in this era. It was a half-page with big bold letters that said “Crocheted Toilet Paper Holders are NOT sold at (shops name). By 1992 obviously crafts made the distinction of the level of merchandise they carried with this statement. We had at least graduated to pin dot blue, hunter green or mauve geese. To every craft there is a time limit. What I find amazing is what returns and becomes a collectible such as the ceramic green glazed Christmas trees with actual small lights on the branches. I made those in the 50’s in my mom’s ceramic studio and then in the early 60’s in my own ceramic studio in Prescott, Arizona. The front cover of the 1992 June-July issue was a photo of my first grandchild, now married and with a child this age and another on the way. He was about a year and a half old and on the farm on the outskirts of Pasco, WA wearing a boutique outfit with cow spots on it complete with a tail and a heart shaped spot on the back side. The high-top tennis shoes have cows and a scene hand-painted on them and a raised yellow “MOO” adorns the sport socks. We had progressed from geese to the cow era in the craft world. In September of ’92’ an article made the announcement of the arrival of a second grandson arriving, a little brother to the cover story grandson. The cover of Aug-Sept 1992 was “Tastes of Country”, a cookbook by Fran Gillette who lives in Yacolt, WA. I now have a collection of five of her cookbooks. The next three were, “Sleigh Bells and Sugarplums”, “Bounteous Blessings” and “The Old Farmhouse Kitchen”. The amazing part of this story is a couple weeks ago my Granddaughter, Hannah Skalleberg, was on a plane returning to Arizona from Portland. She was chatting with the lady next to her and asked her if she her grandma (me). The lady said, yes, I do, and it was none other than Fran Gillette. They quickly connected the dots between me and Fran…. I ended up with a fifth book as a gift from Fran when I picked Hannah up in Phoenix, “The Heartland, America’s Cookbook”. There is one more book called “A Farmgirl’s Menu”. All of Fran’s cookbooks are a special work of colorful art and recipes. “The Heartland” is filled with many stories from past history pulled together with recipes of those eras. Fran can be reached via email at gillettefran@yahoo.com. By now in 1992 there is a list of Country Register publishers in Arizona, Michigan, Utah, Ohio, N. Idaho and Colorado. Today there are still very successful papers in all but Utah in which there is no longer a paper. N. ID has been combined with the paper that covers Montana, Dakotas and Wyoming. Amazing how we grew after this time period. The publisher list is much bigger today. More to follow next issue!
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Cleaning House By Kerri Habben
I have arrived at a hard-won realization, but with it comes a sense of peace. I find myself surrounded by things in my home that I cannot fully call mine. Living in the same place for 41 years since I was five years old, I have never set up a space of my own with a truly blank canvas. I express that with no regret and every gratitude. Each treasure has a story to tell and a memory to evoke. It is my task to journey through the generational tapestry that breathes within my house. I am not moving or downsizing. It is simply time. Too much air within my walls is encompassed by possessions that belonged to others. My family has no need of them now, and I only require some of them. It is time for me to know what items I embrace and which ones it is time to release. I am discovering what represents me now upon this ever evolving journey of life. I have read the quote, “when a person dies, a library is burned.” There are volumes of items in my house whose tales are only mine vicariously. I will always love the people who lived their words, but I need the room to write my own story. Their things are not them nor will the absence of some of their possessions deprive me of their love. I approach this mission with joy and an adventuresome spirit. I know deep inside that it needs to be done. In 2002 my grandmother moved to an assisted living community from her 1900 square foot house. As Mom and I worked, memories from my mother’s childhood rose to the surface. She remembered quiet details of ordinary days, as in which bowl her grandmother served potato salad and in which one her yeast cake dough rose in. Somehow the small details of life are what we carry with us. Whereupon they are no longer inconsequential; they are a large part that makes us who we are. During this time of cleaning out my grandmother’s house, I wrote the following poem, first published by Old Mountain Press. When I read it, it carries me back to moments with my aunt from nearly forty years ago. I trust as I explore the treasures of my home that tender, solid memories will guide me to do what is right as decisions come upon me. After all, love isn’t things. Love is all of us.
Of Handkerchiefs and Brooches
When I was a child, Aunt Wilma let me get the lacy handkerchiefs from the carved wooden box on the old dresser. We sat together and unfolded each cloth, looked at them and refolded them again. She had brooches in an aqua box with a sharp spring that scared me. Still, my hands opened it better than hers could. She used to chase me around the kitchen, but she sat in a wheelchair now.
So we sat together. I handed each pin to her, and one at a time, we put each back into the aqua box. I traced her engraved initials on a gold brooch. WMW, it said in swirls.
I opened a grey jeweler’s box that lived in the smallest drawer of her dresser. In the box were my great-grandmother’s rings. I slipped them over my fingers. They didn’t fit, but I pretended they did.
Aunt Wilma wore shiny shoes that squeaked when she rubbed her feet together. She sang hymns as I believed the angels did when I was a child.
Kerri Habben is a writer, photographer, and crochet instructor living in Raleigh, NC. An avid crocheter and knitter, she learned these skills from her mother and grandmother. She donates many of her yarn creations to those in need. Kerri is currently working on a manuscript of essays and poetry. She can be reached at 913jeeves@gmail.com.
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Homestead Habits: Repurposing on the Homestead by Kelsey Ruzicka, Publisher You have seen dressers turned into desks, tables painted to give them a fresh look, an old milk pail turned into a planter. But, have you seen an old homestead repurposed with a fresh look and given new purpose? Angie and Justin Raber have taken their 100 year old plus homestead and given it a fresh new purpose. Their homestead consists of all the normal things a homestead with lots of history might have. Several small buildings that have served various purposes over the years, garage, barn, corrals and a country home that has been updated and added to as time went on. But, what you might not expect is an old school house. The prior owners bought the school house for a dollar and brought it to their homestead.
Throughout the two-day event there are yard games and blankets ready for picnics. It is a quintessential familyfriendly event in the countryside. So mark those calendars for Homestead Habits in August. You don’t want to miss this chance to experience vintage repurpose come to life.
The property sits out in the rolling plains of Northeastern Wyoming near Gillette. Standing in the middle of the yard, you can see why the locals call it, “The Big Empty.” The horizon is filled with rolling green hills and big open sky as far as you can see. For those of us that have grown up or lived for a time in the High Plains or Northern Rockies, we can really appreciate that feeling you get when the country breeze blows through you, and you can see the storm off in the distance before you can hear or feel it. When Angie and Justin bought the place in 2016 they knew they had to share the magic of the place with others. On a trip back home to Nebraska, Angie went to an open-air vintage market located on a homestead where she grew up. She knew she had to do the same and share the magic of “The Big Empty.” She set to work giving the structure a new purpose and creating an event to share with others. One of the first projects was the Homestead House. It was a small shed transformed with a bedroom, small kitchen, bathroom and reading nook. Giving the shed a guest house new purpose and favorite family spot. The barn (when not occupied by chickens, goats, horses or cattle) was given new beams, lighting and fans. The school house was given new flooring and love all throughout. It is truly a magical space. Full of history and offers so much new purpose. The Rabers have had community dances, school parties and Halloween fun hosted in the schoolhouse. All throughout the property you will find repurposed items. From an old crib as a porch swing, an old dining chair for a tree swing, or old farm tools as lawn decor. The celebration of the old with new purpose is a very common theme throughout. The event is Homestead Habits. It is a collection of vendors selling creative goods from food, handmades, antiques, clothing, repurposed vintage, and much more. It is a trip around the homestead utilizing the structures and space to create an event to share and inspire artisans. Over 50 vendors will be at this second annual event. Musicians will play on a country open-air stage. Food trucks will provide yummy eats. On Friday (16th) a movie will play on the side of the school house at 8:30 where snowcones and popcorn are available. Marshmallows will be ready for roasting that night as well.
Pictured: (Top Left) Schoolhouse; (Bottom Left) School house; (Top Right) Barn; (Bottom Right) Homestead House.
EVENT: August 16th & 17th
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Exploring History One Piece At A Time By Kelsey Ruzicka, Publisher Antique shops are often found in small American towns. But, what is rarely found among antique shops is a whole store privately-owned. Meaning it isn’t made up of many consignment booths. Here in Belle Fourche, you will find the largest privately-owned antique shop in South Dakota! Betty opened her shop downtown Belle Fourche in 1992. For a couple years she was across the street. Then, eventually in 1994 she moved to her current location. The building was empty at the time, but was prior a hardware store, Frey’s, Coast to Coast and a clothing shop. So, it has some antique to it as well. She filled the building with her treasures. Betty says her favorite thing about owning an antique shop, is the people and the treasures. She loves the history each piece has, and what stories they must tell if they could speak. She has handled each piece many times in her shop, and when one leaves a little piece of her leaves too. Betty enjoys experiencing items, like rare pottery, that she wouldn’t ordinarily get to encounter if she didn’t own an antique store. Love That Shoppe gets visitors from all over the world and the U.S. Folks are usually traveling through on their way to other big destinations like Mount Rushmore. Center of the Nation draws people through town as well, and the shop offers a place for folks to wander through town on their travels. For 27 years the shop has provided a place for antiques from the area to find a new home. This year, with the 100th anniversary of the Round Up in Belle Fourche, Betty has a whole display of Belle Fourche unique items. Make Love That Shoppe a part of your next Belle Fourche experience. You never know what treasure you might find!
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This is the vintage issue of The Country Register so I was debating on what vintage project I could do. I had some old pedestal candy dishes that I thought I could paint but of course I then remembered that I sold them! So I decided to show you how to paint glass anyway using a ball jar. You can use any type of vintage or new glass to make it look like “beach glass�. Beach glass is any glass that has been in the ocean water long enough to have the rough edges worn smooth and may give the glass a frosted appearance. This is so easy to do!!
You will Need:
A glass object to paint. This works well with any clear vintage glass. Jar of Mod Podge Small plastic deposable container Food Coloring Foam Paint brush Craft wooden sticks Measuring cup (I used a disposable one) Vinyl gloves Paper plate
Step THREE You can then add any embellishments you choose to or leave it without!! Easy Peasy!!
Step One Combine 3 tablespoons of Mod Podge with 2 drops of food coloring in the plastic container. Mix well. Using the foam brush, paint the outside of the jar. I put my gloved hand inside of the jar to hold it while I painted or you can set the jar upside down on the paper plate and paint. Try to make the paint even without too many brush strokes.
Step Two You will be applying 3 coats so they do not need to be heavy applications. Allow the glass to dry completely between coats ( about 30 minutes).
FINISHED!
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Shows to Catch For Fun This Summer
Montana July 6 July 12 July 17 Aug. 10 Aug. 23
Montana Summer Marlet- Whitefish, MT, Big Mountain Ranch Billings Summer Fair- Billings, MT, Rimrock Mall Big Sky Country State Fair- Bozeman, MT, Gallatin Country Fairgrounds Madison Valley Arts Festival- Ennis, MT, Peter T’s Park River City Roots Festival- Missoula, MT, 218 E. Main St. Ste C
North Dakota
July 3 Mandan Art in the Park Festival- Mandan, ND, Robert Dykschoorn Park and Heritage Park July 11 North Dakota Country Fest- New Salem, ND, 1109 N 8 th St July 18 Downtown Fargo Street Fair- Fargo, ND, Downtown Fargo Aug. 24 Island Park Show- Fargo, ND, Island Park
No. Idaho
July 6 Roseberry Arts and Crafts Fair- Roseberry, ID, Downtown July 13 Downtown Days Flea Market and Antique Show- Pocatello, ID, Old Town Ocatello Aug. 2 Coeur d’Alene Downtown Street Fair- Coeur d’ Alene, ID, Sherman Ave Aug. 9 Sun Valley Arts and Crafts Festival- Ketchum, ID, Atkinson Park
South Dakota July 13 July 13 July 19 July 19 Aug. 2 Aug. 10 Aug. 16 Aug. 29
Davis Flea Market -Davis, SD, Solace Farm Cruiser Car Show and Street Fair- Rapid City, SD, Downtown Festival in the Park- Spearfish, SD, City Park Custer Gold Discovery Days- Custer, SD, Way park Sioux Empire Fair- Sioux Falls, SD, W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds Davis Summer Flea Market- Davis, SD, Solace Farm Yankton Summer Arts Festival- Yankton, SD, Riverside Park South Dakota State Fair- Huron, SD, Fairgrounds
Wyoming July 2 July 6 July 12 Aug. 2 Aug. 9 Aug. 10
Cody Wild West Extravaganza- Cody, WY, City Park Lander Summer Craft Fair and Expo- Lander, WY, Centennial Park Jackson Summer Art Fair- Jackson, WY, Miller Park Carbon Country Fair- Rawlins, WY, Carbon Country Fairgrounds Jackson Art Fair- Jackson, WY, Miller Park The Vintage Chicken Outdoor Market- Burns, WY, 801 E 2 nd Street
Frances Gillette’s roots go deep in the North County area near Yacolt, Washington, where she was born, raised and still resides. As the eldest of seven children, Fran learned to cook at a very young age when food on the farm was simple and wholesome. In 1959, Fran married Francis W. Gillette (Sonny) and for years she collected many recipes that she eagerly tried out in her country kitchen. After the youngest of their eight children was in school, Fran fulfilled her life long dream of becoming a nurse and she still continues her nursing career. Fran and Sonny are proud grandparents to 50 grandchildren and 71 great-grandchildren. Over the years, Fran has published seven cookbooks. In addition to wholesome country cooking recipes, each cookbook is full of anecdotes and stories of America life and history as well as fantastic photographs by Gabrielle Massie. Fran’s cookbooks are available for purchase at www.frangillettecookbooks.com. From Fran’s cookbook, A Farm Girl’s Menu – Timeless Recipes: “The sun is setting upon my days of creating cookbooks. This is my final endeavor to share past culinary skills and creations with future generations to come. In my opinion, a labor of love is not work. I like the thought of you sharing this passion with me. I believe the core of family values begins around the table. The smell of food is a swirling memory of it all. Again, I want to thank all the good cooks who have shared their treasured recipes. “May our dinner bell always ring with resounding thankfulness to God for the bountiful blessings He continues to provide. “Thank you. Fran Gillette”
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A Cup of Tea with Lydia: Summer Garden Memories
By Lydia E. Harris
Summer is a splendid season to host a fun tea party with a garden theme. The seeds for this teatime were planted when my daughter-in-law, Amy, gave me green salad fixings as a birthday gift, and my neighbor shared how to plant succulents in teacups. I couldn’t wait to combine these ideas in a G-A-R-D-E-N tea party.
Notes of appreciation Besides the joy we planted at Ruth’s birthday teatime, guests expressed appreciation afterwards by sending thank-you notes. Joan e-mailed, “It was a wonderful celebration of a wonderful 82-year-old! Thanks for putting on such a special party! I know it’s a ton of work, but it was a big blessing to everyone! The food was delicious, the company was fantastic, Guests and the plant potting was fun!” Ruth also sent a lovely thank-you note: “What a delightful Whom could I invite? Years ago, when I was ill, my sister Ruth and her husband surprise tea party. Thank you for the delicious food and cute cake. The teacup planters were invested more than 100 hours to spruce up my yard. So it seemed natural to celebrate a clever idea.” Ruth’s 82nd birthday with a garden party. I set a date and invited a few relatives. Ruth didn’t know others were coming, and we were excited to surprise her. During the summer, why not plant seeds of joy for others and yourself with a G-A-R-D-E-N teatime? Be as creative as you wish. The party will hum with the excitement of pretty décor, Ambiance a tasty menu that could include a salad bar and hummingbird cupcakes, and a special It’s easy to create a lovely setting by using fresh or artificial flowers and blooming time with friends. plants. You can host the tea inside, outside, or both! I still have succulents and empty teacups waiting, so I’m ready to plan another garden On the sunny Seattle day of my party, guests first mingled on the deck. Ruth arrived a teatime. Will you join me? little later than the rest of the women and said, “I thought I was having lunch with just Lydia.” Her big smile and laughter showed her obvious delight to be surrounded by six Lydia E. Harris has been writing this tea column for 20 years. No wonder her five grandkids call her “Grandma Tea.” She is the author of Preparing My Heart for Grandparenting: For family members. Grandparents at Any Stage of the Journey. Her new book, In the Kitchen with Grandma: The ladies chatted and enjoyed the sunshine, and I served little cups of mango sorbet Stirring Up Tasty Memories Together, will release August 6 and is available to preorder on Amazon.com, Barnesandnobel.com, and Christianbook.com. with a fresh raspberry on top “to cleanse your pallet.” “I think my palette is already quite clean,” the medical doctor in our family said. Nonetheless, she joined the others in savoring the luscious sorbet. Refreshments While guests enjoyed the outdoors, Amy helped me with the last luncheon preparations. Then we found our places around the dining room table. Rose tea, summer orchard tea, and a kiwi-peach herbal tea all fit my garden theme. Our first course included a meat turnover, made from a favorite family recipe, and a cup of potato soup garnished with grated cheese, crisp bacon, green onion, and a sprinkle of dried dill. The salad bar came next. A punch bowl held the power greens. It was surrounded by bowls of salad toppings: hardboiled eggs, chicken cubes, feta cheese, goat cheese, cherry tomatoes, sliced cucumbers and celery, chopped onions, radish roses, chilled roasted asparagus spears served in a hollowed red pepper, and several salad dressings. We each created our own unique salad and enjoyed homemade breads with it. Dessert included homemade Marionberry pie, hummingbird cupcakes, and baklava (which Ruth loves). Most guests chose cupcakes and baklava, along with tea and small glasses of sparkling apple-Marionberry cider. I’d baked a small (4-inch) hummingbird layer cake for Ruth, so I lit the trick candle on top, and we sang “Happy Birthday” to her. Décor Setting a pretty table is my favorite part of hosting teatimes. I used my place settings of Petit Point china, along with my mother’s silver. Linen napkins pulled through teacup napkin rings, place cards, and fresh flowers made the table inviting. Additional fresh and silk flower arrangements greeted guests in the house and on the deck. I created a unique bouquet in a teapot, filling it with leafy lettuce for greenery and adding strawberries and grapes on skewers. Guests enjoyed nibbling the fruit from this edible bouquet. Entertainment After lunch, we gathered on the deck to make teacup mini gardens. My collection of second-hand teacups, a few pretty rocks for drainage, potting soil, and a variety of succulents, gave each guest a choice to plant a little teacup garden. “These are adorable,” the ladies said as they left with their garden creations.
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