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Blue Ribbon Bakers

BY Lalaine Estella Ricardo

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nowing that 1st AVE Bakery’s Peanut Supreme Pie had won numerous awards, including first place at the State Fair of Virginia in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009, raises your expectations exponentially even before your first taste.

Just how good can one pie be anyway? Can it make claim to be the Virginia state pie?

With one bite of the champion pie you’ll know that 1st AVE’s winning baker, Violet LaBrecque, has created no ordinary dessert. The smooth and creamy texture of the filling is as light as a mousse but with more substance, and it sits above a layer of peanut fudge and peanut butter to anchor it down.

The pie is topped with crunchy, crumbly, sea-salted Virginia-grown nuts, all cradled in a perfectly light, buttery crust. It is a fine example of umami — that pleasant savory flavor blending with the sweet and salty ingredients of the pie.

An entire state was not wrong. For sure, this humble pie lives up to the hype.

LaBrecque, 55, and her husband, Bob, 58, own and operate 1st AVE Bakery, which is named for the three bakers in the family — Violet and daughters Amanda, 25, and Elizabeth, 22. The family has been baking competitively for more than 21 years and started the bakery in 2008. They sell their pies, breads, brownies, cakes, cookies and candies out of their Purcellville home during the week and at

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Purcellville’s Community Market on Saturdays.

Except for what’s sold at the market, all products are made-to-order.

“Sometimes she makes 60 to 70 crusts a week,” says Bob, who, with his sweet tooth, is the company’s official taste tester. “She’s got great form on the table, and has the operation down to a science.”

Violet can peel, core and slice as many as 50 Granny Smith apples in under an hour. And 50 apples are 10

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about what she needs to make just six apple pies.

They are heavy desserts, weighing in at about 2 pounds apiece.

In Violet’s kitchen, you’ll find a simple stand-up fruit slicer and her trusty 20-year-old KitchenAid Professional mixer that she bought when KitchenAid offered 50 percent off to contestants at a state fair. The only modern appliances in the kitchen are the double black ovens that are in use most days of the week. Violet also has a custom-made, maple-topped Boos Blocks baker’s table that was cut to be low enough for her to comfortably roll pie crusts on.

The LaBrecque home kitchen is inspected and certified by the Department of Agriculture and is certified by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as a home-based bakery and purveyors of “hand-crafted pies with a meltin-your-mouth crust.”

While it would be easy to modernize their home-based operation to crank out more pies, breads and other treats, Bob and Violet adhere to the principle that everything they sell is made by hand — their hands. All the breads are hand-kneaded, and the pie crusts rolled out one at a time. “We’re doing this because it’s fun to do,” Bob says. “We can’t make 100 pies a day because that becomes a real job. We want to make the best in Virginia, and we can’t do that in a factory.”

Violet got her start baking when she was in her early 20s and had wanted to enter a contest at the Prince William County Fair.

When someone told her there was no way she could win against ladies who had been baking for decades, she took that on as a challenge and entered anyway. “It was kind of a dare,” she says. “I entered the contest but didn’t win.

I did bread before I did pie, and it was horrible.”

Now a champion-class bread maker, Violet and her daughters, who themselves have won their share of state fair contests as teens and young adults, have been featured in local and regional newspapers, magazines and a book. As teens, the girls were featured in I Want to Be … a Chef, a book about exploring careers in the culinary arts. “They’ve been helping in the kitchen since the time they could stand at the table,” Violet says.

“When they were growing up, we all would spend a lot of time in the kitchen.” While Elizabeth and

Bob and Violet labrecque

Amanda have moved on to other pursuits and careers in California and Hawaii, they continue to bake in their communities, and whenever they are home.

Violet earned her first state fair ribbon with a pecan pie recipe that she uses to this day. Since her first prize, she has taught cooking and baking classes for years, freely sharing her recipes with her students, but since the bakery opened, she has been hesitant to do so.

Bob says their award-winning recipes have been published in numerous magazines, cookbooks and newspapers such as the Washington Post. Each time they’ve entered a contest, they have had to give corporate sponsors the right to publish their recipes.

“The recipes are out there,” Bob says. But even if you followed the recipe, he adds, you won’t get Violet’s “artistic touch” that gives the pies that extra edge on the state fair circuit.

When pressed for her secrets or tips, Violet did offer this: “The most important ingredient is not the right temperature, brand of flour or shortening you use. The most important variable is the moisture and water. And the weather has something to do with it, too.” She also said that “the pie crust will tell you it’s ready. You have to know the signs.”

For the most part, the couple has retired this year from entering state fair contests and has focused their attention on helping others win the coveted blue ribbon. They are coaching contestants on the finer points of presentation. “There’s a lot of logistics in a pie or baking competition,” Bob says.

“You have to know how each of your ingredients will perform.”

Violet also has demonstrated to elementary students how easy it is to make a pie. “We want to see kids bake,”she says.“We want to inspire the next generation of bakers.”

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LOTHAR’S GOURMET MEATS

BY BUZZ MCCL AIN PHOTOGRAPHY BY CECILIO RICARDO JR.

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he aroma, which is salavatingly savory, precedes the music, which is a bouncy polka

emanating from a boom box. As you draw closer to both you encounter a grinning, sweating, 6-foot-5 man in lederhosen – leather shorts with suspenders, and knee-high

white socks – who swiftly turns from a flaming grill with a pair of silver tongs and offers you a sizzling bite of crisp Bavarian bratwurst.

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“The thing that brings Germans and Koreans together is the cabbage,” Erbe jokes. “We call it sauerkraut and they call it kimchi.”

Erbe, now 47, fell back on his butchery and found work in America in the meat department of the local branch of a chain supermarket. “I have respect for the department manager,”he says diplomatically,“but it is a big corporation. You have to do everything their way, and their way is not always the best.”

His job now, he says, is “helping the farmers of the region three days a week” at Fauquier’s Finest Custom Meat Processing Inc. in Bealeton. He helps them by rendering their steer and hogs into retailsized products that they can sell to an increasingly expanding customer base of locavores. “They drop off the animal. I take care of the finer processing,” he says. “The sausage, the bacon, the ham.”

In exchange, Erbe gets two days to use the processing plant on his own, under the watchful eye of a USDA inspector; it’s two days of master artisan butchery, with the butcher as his own master and where Old World traditions manifest in nearly 100

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hat’s goot, yeah?” he asks with a smile, and not waiting for the obvious answer, dashes to a white cooler to hand over a pack of frozen sausages to an eager

customer.

This is Saturday morning in Purcellville, where Lothar Erbe and his wife, June Bush, enliven the already boisterous Purcellville Community Market with their portable German butcher shop, Lothar’s Gourmet Sausage.

“This guy is the real deal,” a waiting customer says. “I come every week to get his stuff.You can’t get it anywhere else. He’s a master artisan butcher.”

A master artisan butcher. Any one of those adjectives would be impressive enough, but this Lothar guy is both?

Then what is he doing here, among tomato vendors and apple stalls? Shouldn’t he have his own butcher shop where he can show off his skills in a more controlled environment? And can a guy in lederhosen and knee socks be taken seriously as a certified culinary master?

From Germany to Loudoun Germany is one of the few places left that has a bona fide master-apprentice system of teaching Old World skills from the old to the young. It’s a grueling, demanding apprenticeship that tests a young would-be professional’s resolve and dedication, not to mention their natural affinity for actually having a talent for the trade at hand.

After discovering a flair for butchery on a school break in 1978, 16-year-old Lothar (it’s pronounced Lotar) Erbe (it means “herb” in Italian, “inheritance”in German), spent from 1979 to 1982 studying with veteran butchers in his home region of Frankfurt, learning not just the anatomy of animals but also the chemistry 22

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and biology of the business that keeps the product safe and makes the end result a higher quality than what is normally found. He followed that by working for two years as a journeyman in Italy, studying the Italian style of butchery, before returning to Frankfurt to raise his game at Master Butcher school and launching a career.

He plied his trade for 15 years before getting restless with meat. He became LOTHAR ERBE, FRONT, the liaison of French spirAND YOHAN SEAMANDS its giant Pernod Ricard to AT THE PURCELLVILLE hospitality clients in FrankCOMMUNITY MARKET furt, a job that combined public relations with sales as he explored ways for hotels and taverns to in- different shapes and flavors, vacuum-packed and crease business with special events. After that he frozen for sale from the Purcellville Saturday market expanded his experience again, this time as the or his new shop. regional sales manager of a private wine importexport firm. Both career detours would provide useful HAMILTON HOME SHOP “Shop” is a stretch, at the moment. There is a skills later.

Erbe met his future bride, a flight attendant, in a lighted “Open”sign on the window of a brick rambler dance club. “The joke with flight attendants is you next to a soybean field between Hamilton and Purcellnever meet people on a flight or in a bar, but I did,” ville on Colonial Highway West. Inside, Bush rings up Bush says, laughing. “They still give me a hard time a sale in the dining room while in a converted one-car garage Erbe unpacks his latest batch of goodies and about that.”

Bush, a former resident of College Park, Md., says sorts them into five freezers. her husband “had no idea that I wanted to move back “Most important, no sinew,” Erbe says as he puts to America,” but he was game for it, and they relocated away packs of pork Bavarian ribs (seasoned with to Winchester in 2006. She’s Korean, thin,energetic, herbs, garlic, peppers and other spices), sauerbraten and much shorter than her husband, who towers over (marinated for a week in apple cider vinegar, juniper berries and who knows what else), sliced Canadian her.

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INFO bacon (no nitrates), boerewors (“farmers’” sausage from South Africa), double-trimmed jumbo beef briskets (made by demand from market customers) and Nuremberger and Munchner bratwurst. “Sinew-free.

Highest quality possible.”

The meat is as fresh and as local as it gets. “Everything comes into the facility on four legs,” Erbe says, delivered in person by the regional ranchers from Midland to Culpeper who raise their livestock by hand, with a minimum of contentious industrial production practices.

In Germany, Erbe says, there are 3,000 recipes for seasoning meat; he has 900 and rotates them to keep things interesting for his customers. At any given time his larders are stocked with 45 of his usual 95 favorites, from Croatian lamb links to marinated, grass-fed Angus beef to creative Tex-Mex brats spiced with hot cheese and jalapeño. His proprietary spice mixtures are blended in bulk by Con Yeager Spice Co. in Pennsylvania, inspected and approved by the USDA (in fact, everything Erbe puts out has a USDA stamp on it).

A car turns into the driveway and Erbe tells his wife, “We have a customer.” It’s near 7 p.m. on a Wednesday and the customer is Linda Karol, who works for the provost at the Loudoun Campus of Northern Virginia Community College. A couple of factors caused her to turn into the driveway: “I live in

LOTHAR’S GOURMET SAUSAGE can be purchased at his home at 38274 Colonial Highway West in Hamilton; call 703-677-2731 for June Bush. The Purcellville Community Market is at 130 E. Main St. from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.w Saturdays.

Bush knew they would be in business for themselves some day, but “we always thought it would be in wine” because of his experience with Pernod Ricard.

The custom meat business, as it turns out, has arrived at the right time, not just for the couple, but for the culture. “We seem to have come at the right time,” Bush says. “People want to know what their food is, where it comes from, who made it? There is a real movement. And we live in an area where customers are really educated and traveled, and they know and like good food.”

The prices Erbe charges reflect the economies of the butchering process, and the weight of the livestock changes considerably during the butchering – but the cost to the butcher does not.

But at the Purcellville Community Market, a customer tells him, “Lothar, trim the extra fat and raise the price $1.”

“So I do,” Erbe says. “They want the best, so they are happy with it.”

As for the lederhosen?

“The leather of the pants protects me a little bit from the heat of the grill,” he says. “They are very comfortable pants.”

So it’s not an act?

“We have the music playing, I talk a lot of B.S., but for my customers it’s entertainment. This is my nature.

Why change?”

Round Hill so I drive by here all the time and I always see the sign,” she says of the plastic “Lothar’s Gourmet Sausage” banner at the foot of the driveway.“And my husband is Polish, so I think he’s going to love this.”

Erbe gives her a tour of the contents of the freezers and describes a few of the items before she settles on the Nuremberg bratwursts. Before she leaves, Erbe tells her to wait. “I have something for you.” He hands her a frozen package of a beige slab that Karol looks at with curiosity.

“It is smoked and cured pork back fat,” Erbe explains. There is at least a pound of it.

“You cut off a little piece and put it in your pan,” he says patiently as she nods appreciatively, “like you would butter. Put it on green beans, you will love it.”

Karol departs into the night, an unexpected culinary adventure in her plastic bag.

Another customer arrives a half hour later, although Bush says the shop hours are from 1 to 7 p.m.

Wednesdays to Fridays. She’s forgotten to turn off the “Open”sign.

Erbe and Bush have been in their present house for two years, after moving to Hamilton from Winchester.

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you dine out in Loudoun County, there’s a chance Lothar Erbe’s products are on the menu.The Wine Kitchen in Leesburg has Lothar’s Bratwurst on the menu, paired with German mustard potato salad and house-made red sauerkraut.

Mark Marrocco, executive chef at the Purcellville restaurant Magnolias at the Mill, has not just one but two of Erbe’s products on display, in a “Duo of Sausage.”

“We have his bratwurst and his spicy Mediterranean sausage, and we put that with a caraway sauerkraut (with bacon and beef broth), roast fingerling potatoes, apple chutney and whole grain mustard. It’s a nice plate,” Marrocco says.

And the preparation of the sausages?

“We do not poach the sausages,” Marrocco says.

“We have a wood-fired grill so you get good flavor from the wood and lump charcoal.You could do it on a Weber grill.”

That’s it? You just roast them? “That’s it, my friend,” he says laughing. “We let the sausages do the talking.”

We were kind of hoping for a recipe . . .

“Oh, we use his sausages in other applications,” the chef says. “He makes andouille (sausage) and we’ve used that in cassoulet or dice it up in a pearl couscous.”

Marrocco also uses Erbe’s sausage in jambalaya, with local chicken, over rice and served with warm jalapeño cornbread. Serve this during a football game on a cold Sunday to warm everyone up.

Lothar’s Gourmet Sausage, Free Range Chicken and Shrimp Jambalaya 3 each red/yellow/poblano peppers (medium dice) 2 red onions (medium dice) 1 celery stalk (medium dice) 3 jalapenos (small dice) 2 tbs minced garlic 1 cup blackening spice 2 pinches cayenne 8 cups fish stock or clam juice (If making w/ seafood) 1 cup white wine 12 cups tomatoes (large dice) 3 tbs granulated garlic 2 tbs onion powder 2 cups tomato paste 2 cups brown roux 10 fully cooked chicken thighs (pull the meat) 5 Lothar’s Spiced Mediterranean Sausage (large dice) Colossal Shrimp Sweat sausage in large Rondeau (pan) with butter on 24

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medium heat and add the HOLY TRINITY (peppers, celery and onions), jalapeños and minced garlic. Be careful not to burn. Add tomato paste and stir. Add tomatoes and dry spices, and give it some movement to allow flavors to blossom. Add wine, and stocks and reduce by 25 percent. Add brown roux to desired consistency and remove from heat. Add pulled chicken. Cook shrimp to order and serve with rice or desired starch. Serves 12 people.

Wood-Grilled Duo Of Lothar’s Sausages with Smoked Bacon & Caraway Sauerkraut and Apple Relish SAUERKRAUT WITH SMOKED BACON & CARAWAY 6 lbs of sauerkraut, drained well 2 large onions, diced 1/4” 3 lbs bacon, julienne sliced 1/4” 2 tbs caraway seed 2 tsp celery seed 1 tbs chopped garlic 3 1/2 cups beef broth Drain sauerkraut in china cap strainer for at least 30 minutes to get all brining liquid out of kraut without having to rinse. In medium Rondeau pan, render off bacon.

Remove bacon from pan and sauté onions till translucent (do not brown onions), then add caraway and celery seed. Stir for 2 minutes on low, then add garlic and cook for another 3 to 5 minutes on low heat.

Add sauerkraut and bacon, stirring to mix with onions and spices.When mixed, add broth then stir and cook for 5 minutes to bring veal stock up to temp.Take off heat, then let cool and place in container with tight lid or plastic wrap. Makes 6 pounds.

Apple Relish 1 1/2 cups white wine 1/2 cup maple syrup 1/2 cup plus 2 tbs honey 3 cinnamon sticks 1/2 red pepper, Brunoise-diced 1 medium white onion, Brunoise-diced 1 jalapeño, Brunoise-diced 12 Granny Smith apples, peeled and diced 1/4” inch thick In small stock pot, place white wine, maple syrup, 1/4 cup of the honey and cinnamon sticks. Heat over medium heat and simmer. Stir frequently until thick syrup is formed.

In large sauté pan, heat 2 tbs of olive oil and brown apples (only for color, do not allow to overcook).

Remove from pan and let cool.

In saute pan, cook peppers, onions and jalapeños until soft. Add 1/4 cup honey and stir to coat, then remove from heat.

Place all ingredients (apples, pepper/onion mix and syrup) together and stir lightly to coat with syrup.

Makes 1 quart.

Grilled Sausages Grill Lothar’s Bratwurst and Mediterranean sausages on medium heat, and warm sauerkraut slowly. Serve with roast potatoes, relish and Stone Ground Mustard.

Info Magnolia’s At The Mill is located at 198 N. 21st St. in Purcellville. Call 540/338-9800 for more information.

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Buy Local: Christmas Tree Farms There’s nothing like the smell of a fresh tree to spread the scent of Christmas throughout your home! Continue or start a family tradition by choosing your tree at a local farm from the list below, courtesy of the Loudoun County Department of Economic Development. Photo courtesy of Ann Higgins.

Badlands 38828 Old Wheatland Road, Waterford 540.882.3218 Open weekends 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. to Dec. 18 Varieties: Untrimmed White Pine, Norway Spruce, limited Canaan Fir Special services: Saws, loading, free twine and cows to see (appointments available) Prices: All trees $30; checks and cash only Blue Ridge Tree and Berry Farm 13879 Bronco Lane, Lovettsville 540.882.3353 Open weekends 10 a.m.-4 p.m. through Dec. 19 or by appointment Varieties: Douglas Fir, Concolor Fir, Norway Spruce, Scotch Pine, White Pine Prices: Call for prices; cash or check only Country Loving Farm 40830 Red Hill Road, Leesburg 703.327.0583 / 703.327.0643 Open first three weekends in December from 8 a.m. to dark; other times during the week by appointment Varieties: White Pine, Scotch Pine, Norway Spruce; pre-cut Fraser Firs also available Special services: Tabletop trees, fresh wreaths made on site, picnic area, bathroom, coloring books, farm products, tree baling and netting. Hot cider, hot chocolate, homemade treats and farm fresh eggs also available.

Prices: Tabletop trees starting at $20; 4- to 5-foot trees $40; 5- to 6- foot trees $50; 6- to 7-foot $60; 7- to 8-foot $70; cash, check,Visa or MasterCard Creekview Farm 40236 New Road, Aldie 703.327.9230 www.creekviewtrees.com Open weekends 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. through Dec. 19; check website for early closing and availability Varieties: White Pine, Norway, Blue Spruce Special services: Fresh wreaths, bow saws provided, free baling, machine shaking, help with loading.

Complimentary hot cider and candy canes. Cash and checks only.

Prices: $35 and up Day Star Farm 41374 Reservoir Road, Leesburg 703.327.6269 Open Dec. 11 and 18 9 a.m.– 5 p.m; and Dec. 12 12:30 p.m.– 5 p.m.

Varieties: White and Scotch Pines; Norway, White and Blue Spruce Special services: Bow saws provided; free baling; cutting and loading assistance Prices: White and Scotch Pine $40; Norway and White Spruce $50; Blue Spruce $60. Cash and checks only.

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703.754.7825 Open weekends 9 a.m.-dark after Thanksgiving; weekdays by appointment.

Varieties: Scotch Pine and Norway Spruce Special services: Bow saws, baling and twine, cutting/ loading assistance; wreaths and hayrides available.

Prices: $40; cash and checks only Loudoun Nursery – Bellwether Tree Farm 16463 Short Hill Road, Purcellville 540.338.4635 www.LoudounNursery.com Open weekends 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. through Dec. 20; please call for weekday availability Varieties: Blue Spruce; Norway Spruce; containergrown Spruce, Pine and Fir Special services: Bow saws and tree baling Prices: Trees in field $70 any variety, any size; container trees $75 to $150. Cash, checks and credit cards accepted.

Lowelands Farm 21344 Steptoe Hill Road, Middleburg 540.687.6923 lowelandfarm@aol.com Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 11-12, subject to availability of trees (call first) Varieties: Norway Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir, Canaan Fir and Concolor Fir. Fresh-cut Fraser Fir also available.

Special services: Free tree netting, twine, friendly loading assistance, hot mulled cider and gourmet food tastings. Enjoy free hayrides, petting pygmy goats, ponies and horses, Scottish Highland cows and a miniature donkey! Indoor restroom.

Prices: Range from $25 to $225 per tree; checks, cash accepted Middleburg Christmas Tree Farm 20915 Unison Road, Round Hill 540.554.8625 www.middleburgxmastrees.com Open weekends 9 a.m.– 5 p.m. through Dec. 19; check our website Varieties: Norway/Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir Special services: Greens, wreaths, baling, saws, bring your own picnic, dogs welcome. Restrooms available.

Prices: Spruce and Fir up to 8 feet $60; over 8 feet, $60 plus $10 each additional foot. Cash or checks only.

Milltown Creek Tree Farms 38757 Householder Road, Lovettsville 540.822.5428 www.Milltowncreektreefarms.com Open weekdays noon-5 p.m., weekends 9 a.m.-5 p.m. through Dec. 23 Varieties: Blue, White and Norway Spruce; Douglas and Concolor Fir; Scotch, White and Southwestern White Pine. Fresh-cut trees also available.

Special services: Saws, tree carts, and free baling and twine provided. Please no dogs or chainsaws allowed in the fields. Wreaths and roping available. Christmas shop open weekends offers handmade ornaments,

tree stands, free hot cider and other gifts.

Prices: Call for prices; checks or cash only Pruitt’s Little Farm 16477 Woodgrove Road, Round Hill 540.338.2852 / 540.454.0727 www.PruittsLittleFarm.com Open Fridays 1-4 p.m., weekends 9 a.m.-4 p.m. through Dec. 19; Monday through Thursday open by appointment Varieties: Scotch Pine, Norway and Blue Spruce; pre-cut Fraser Fir Special services: Bow saws and twine provided; cutting, tree baling and loading assistance. Holiday wreaths, homespun crafts and our unique soaps.

Prices: Scotch Pine $50; Norway Spruce $60; Blue Spruce $70. Cash and checks only.

Snickers Gap Tree Farm 34350 Williams Gap Road, Round Hill 540.554.8323 www.snickersgaptrees.com Open noon to dark weekdays, 9 a.m. to dark weekends.

Varieties: Mountain Slow-Grown Douglas Fir, Colorado Blue Spruce and Norway Spruce Special services: Large parking lot, free hot spiced cider, hand saws, tree shaking and baling. Drilling for stand, straight tree stands and restrooms available.

Dogs on leashes and picked up after, welcome.

Wreaths from our own boughs, greenery, tree stands, roping, bows and various local goods also for sale.

Prices: Cash, checks,Visa and MasterCard accepted Stonehaven Farm 37268 Bolyn Road, Purcellville 703.328.3418 Open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekends through Dec. 12 Varieties: Canaan Fir, Douglas Fir and Scotch Pine Special services: Free rope and tie-down assistance, all trees baled with netting. Natural organic honey and fresh farm eggs also available for purchase.

Campfire and candy canes for kids. Pets welcome.

Prices: up to 9 feet $50 ; 9 to 14 feet $70, cash or checks only Ticonderoga Farm 26469 Ticonderoga Road, Chantilly 703.327.4424 www.ticonderoga.com Open daily through Dec. 24; call for times Varieties:Virginia pine, Scotch Pine, White Pine, Leyland Cypress, Red Cedar; Norway Spruce after Dec. 12. Fresh-cut trees also available: Fraser Firs up to 15 feet and Scotch Pine Special services: Free shaking, drilling and baling.

Cutting and loading assistance. Restrooms. Wreaths, garland, poinsettias, tree stands, firewood bundles, straw bales, honey, preserves and more available to purchase. The farm also charges $7.95 admission to its Christmas festival from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekends.

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Loudoun Magazine has given St. Nick some help this year and looked far and wide for a selection of presents made in Loudoun or sold at independent boutiques. So whether you’re decorating your home for the holidays or stuffing Christmas stockings, help to circulate goodwill this holiday season and buy local!

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Take your gift giving to the next level with personalized holiday gift notes, stickers and tags by Ashburn graphic designer Liz Fujiwara. Go to www.fujinotes.com to view and order from a selection of holiday and personal stationery.

CRÉME DE LA CRÉME Guests will get in a festive spirit with a selection of Vietri’s Old St. Nick dinnerware collection and ornaments at this boutique retailer with stores in Leesburg and Middleburg.

Also on hand: Nouvelle candles in holiday scents such as fresh cut fir, fine French table linens, elegant French cutlery, and handmade pottery from France and Italy. Visit www. shopcremedelacreme.com for more info or to shop online.

THE FUN SHOP Nothing says fun like an Elvis ornament from The Fun Shop! The Middleburg store has rooms and rooms of ornaments, holiday decor and gift ideas, from cookware to men’s shirts to children’s toys. If you can’t find a present for every member of the family at 117 W. Washington St., the only other place to look would be Santa’s workshop.

THE CHRISTMAS SLEIGH You’ll find nothing but authentic, handcrafted German masterpieces in this charming store devoted to all things Christmas. New this year in time for the Civil War sesquicentennial: Gens. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in the form of wooden collectibles fashioned by artisans in the Erzgebirge region of Germany. Also newly available: the second in the “Master of the Hunt” equestrian series of Steinback nutcrackers designed by store owners Dieter Rausch and Linda Tripp.

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Corcoran art school grad Cindy Perkins started her South Riding-based business, Little Gorilla Design, personalizing children’s items. Now she’s expanded the product line with fashion-forward belt buckles that hip moms just can’t get enough of. Go to www.littlegorilladesign.com for a rainbow selection, and to order buckles and more online.

ROUGE SPA AND SALON After eight years in the upscale apothecary business, owner Anita Henry has launched her own beauty line named for her downtown Leesburg boutique at 17 S. King St. Visit www.rougespa.com to view the extensive array of fine European bath and beauty products, and to shop online.

NICOLE-LEIGH DESIGNS Flip flops are in style no matter the season, especially when you can get them custom-designed by Dana Johnston of Potomac Falls. Visit nicoleleighdesigns.com to view the 2010 collection and order online.

CHICK PICKS BY HILLARY If you haven’t been to a Chick’s Pick home boutique show, you have been missing some serious shopping – think of it as a local etsy. Best of all, Chick in Charge Hillary Tattersall showcases Loudoun artists among her hundreds of vendors, some of whom have been included in national magazines such as Country Living, thanks to Tattersall. Missed a show? No worries, you can still shop online at www.chickspicksbyhillary.com.

THE PINK SHOP Known for its sassy novelty items, The Pink Shop also is a treasure trove of locally made foods and Loudoun-centric gifts.

Owner Sola Pallotta is as funny and unique as the humorous cards she carries at her store at 109 S. King Street.

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THE COTTAGE Go green this Christmas and pick up an antique to wrap under the tree. Downtown Leesburg is filled with wonderful antique stores such as The Cottage, an historic home with 12 rooms filled with vintage finds and unique holiday items. Other Leesburg shops include Aylesbury Antiques & Tearooms, Four Shabby Chicks, Black Shutter Antique Shoppes and Leesburg Antique Emporium. For a listing of antique stores near you, go to www.visitloudoun.org and click on the Shop tab.

TWIGS Located in a charming home at 123 N. Maple Ave. in Purcellville, Twigs houses two floors of antiques, women’s clothing, luxury beauty and bath products, handmade jewelry, children’s gifts and more. Visit www.twigsva.com to see what’s new.

REIGN OF CATS AND DOGS Our furry friends aren’t forgotten at this downtown Leesburg store, tucked off an alley at 13 ½ S. King St. Toys, treats, accessories such as colorful collars (shown below left) and more are available for pets and their masters.

Visit www.thereignofcatsanddogs.com for more info or to shop online.

WYLIE WAGG After lingering over the rubber dog toys shaped like Christmas tree bulbs, peppermints and snowballs, editor Therese Howe couldn’t pass up a seasonal gift for her rescue shepherd mix, Sully: Pawz, rubber booties to protect his paws from the cold. Bring on winter! Available in xx-small to x-large sizes at the Middleburg location at 5B E. Washington St. CHILDREN’S TOYS Independent toy retailers can be found throughout the county: • Curiosity Zone, Ashburn • Go Bananas, Brambleton and Lansdowne town centers • Leesburg Hobbies & Collectibles • Our Shop in Toyland, Purcellville 34

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For more information on Savannah’s, visit www. savannahsofleesburg.com or call 703.777.6875. For more info on Downs & Co., call 703.777.5337.

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Or, create a foodie basket filled with North Gate Vineyard wine, Chef Eloy’s Kickin’ Salsa, bags of coffee from Hondo Coffee Company and baked treats from Magnolia Girls or Cornerstone Baked Goods. For more info, visit www. purcellvillecommunitymarket.com or call Juanita Tool at 703.967.0431.

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Circulate goodwill this season by stuffing Christmas stockings with gifts made in Loudoun or from local retailers.

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Brides going to the Chapple

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know they’re in good hands because this Lucketts florist and event designer puts the perfect in perfectionist. Plus, Holly Heider Chapple’s partner picks and advice from local wedding vendors.

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by Lalaine Estella Ricardo Award-winning bakers sweeten Loudoun’s reputation with their state pie.

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by Lalaine Estella Ricardo Lasdowne holistic psychotherapist leads patients on an inspirational journey.

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by Buzz McClain Hamilton master butcher blends Old World

ABOUT THE COVER Sara Frank was stunning at her fall wedding at Whitehall Manor in Bluemont.

Bouquet by Holly Heider Chapple Flowers; photography by Kristen Gardner Photography.

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here are Dream Weddings, then there are Loudoun Dream Weddings — and Holly Heider Chapple has helped make many of them come true. After 19 years of making brides ooh and ahh over her floral bouquets and arrangements, she’s begun

expanding her artistic vision and exercising her creative talents to the overall design concept of The Big Day. Born into the Heider farming family of western Loudoun, Chapple has long been a cheerleader for the county.

“Loudoun has resorts, estate homes, private gardens, the vineyards — I mean it, we have absolutely everything here!

“It’s so easy to be a designer in Loudoun, each venue inspires a different feeling or look.

A sexy resort like Lansdowne often compels me to design clean, crisp, and dramatic pieces. This venue can handle a glamorous or contemporary look as well. I literally can leave the resort and in minutes be

CHAPPLE CREATED A SPECIAL TOPIARY OUT OF ROSEMARY FOR A BRIDE WHOSE FAMILY COMES FROM CROATIA, WHERE THE AROMATIC HERB SIGNALS A WELCOME TO WEDDING GUESTS.

standing in a vineyard or historic estate, where my designs often range from rustic to vintage. It’s fabulous for me because it always keeps me thinking and being creative.”

As the Chapple brand evolves, she retains the passion and attention to detail that has been her trademark for almost two decades in the industry.

“She has an incredible ability to take your ideas and organize them into a fluid style that continues to evolve as your big day approaches,”says Mackenzie Aiken, who was married in September. “Ours was the first event in which Holly was the event manager, but you would have thought she had been doing it her whole career. From the resources she was able to come up with and having her working with various vendors to be sure everything was in place, we never had to worry that something would go wrong.

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BLOGGING HAS OPENED A NEW WINDOW TO THE WORLD FOR CHAPPLE, PROMPTING HER TO STYLE RECENT PHOTO SHOOTS SUCH AS THIS ONE WHERE SHE USED PROPS FROM HER FATHER’S HEIDER’S COUNTRY STORE FOR A FARMER’S MARKET-THEMED LOOK. TERRA DAWN PHOTOGRAPHY

FOR AN AUTUMN WEDDING THIS YEAR, CHAPPLE DESIGNED A TART STATION USING MASON JARS FILLED WITH PUMPKINS, APPLES, LEMONS AND PECANS TO INDICATE THE FLAVORS OF THE TREATS.

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HER LOVE FOR ANTIQUES OFTEN LEADS CHAPPLE TO UNEXPECTED FINDS THAT MAKE CLEVER AND UNIQUE ACCENTS, LIKE THIS FARM TABLE USED TO SERVE DRINKS AT A RECENT RECEPTION.

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CHAPPLE’S HUSBAND, EVAN, HAS BEEN A KEY RESOURCE IN HER NEW ROLE AS EVENT DESIGNER. EVAN CAN BUILD JUST ABOUT ANYTHING, SUCH AS THIS CHUPPAH, A JEWISH CEREMONIAL CANOPY THAT HE CREATED FROM BIRCH POLES.

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AS HER FLORAL BUSINESS HAS FLOURISHED TO UP TO SEVEN WEDDINGS A WEEKEND, CHAPPLE HAS TURNED HER EYE TO NEW CHALLENGES. “WE WOULD RATHER DO TWO TO THREE REALLY NICE, SIGNIFICANT WEDDINGS THAT WE CAN REALLY MANAGE, OVERSEE AND REALLY PUT THE HOLLY CHAPPLE STAMP ON. WHEN MY TEAM AND I JUST SHOW UP WITH THE BOUQUETS, BOUTONNIERES AND CORSAGES, SOMETIMES THE EVENT ISN’T NECESSARILY MY STYLE AND THE COHESIVE LOOK IS MISSING. IF I’M INVOLVED I CAN HELP CHOOSE THE LINENS, CHINA AND RENTALS, AS WELL AS HELP DEVELOP A THEME. WE ALSO OFFER SOFTWARE THAT HELPS BRIDES MANAGE THEIR WHOLE EVENT, FROM GUEST LIST TO SEATING CHART. I WISH EACH WEDDING COULD BE A FULL-THROTTLE, COMPLETED LOOK THAT HAS MY NAME ON IT.” BRIDES SUCH AS MACKENZIE AIKEN AND KATHRYN DUNCAN, WHOSE OCTOBER WEDDING IS SHOWN ON THESE PAGES, HAVE HIRED HER TO DO JUST THAT THIS YEAR.

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CLEVER GRAPEVINE BALL ARRANGEMENTS MARKED THE AISLES. KATHRYN AT FIRST DIDN’T WANT A CAKE TOPPER, BUT WENT FOR CHAPPLE’S SUGGESTION FOR A MONOGRAM MADE OF BARK WIRE INSTEAD.

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The groom’s sketch of a tree with falling leaves, used in the couple’s Save the Date card, inspired Chapple to create this placecard board – a sturdy design built by her husband, Evan.

created low centerpieces in boxes of old barn and marked the tables with mini chalkboards.

Chapple transformed Evan’s chuppah poles into an echo of the placecard board design to frame where the couple would stand during the ceremony.

Small arrangements of moss balls softened the look of four large trees in the corner of the atrium.

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n her 19 years in the wedding industry, Holly Heider Chapple has worked with vendors throughout metropolitan Washington, D.C., and stands behind the efforts of her county colleagues.“Don't get me wrong, I love doing events in the city, but it's not as much of a team effort. We partner out here in Loudoun, and we all work together.

When you love the people you work with you find yourself putting extra heart and soul into the job. There's just this kind of rhythm that we all have and it produces an event that is beyond anything, even in the city.”

Below, Chapple talks about some of her favorite partners based in Loudoun:

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I do of course adore flowers, but I think that photography is the most important thing and that you should never, ever skimp on your photographer. When all this is said and done, all you are left with are the images. They are the most important thing you will do on your wedding day, absolutely hands down. And then the flowers!

With photographers, I think it's so important for the bride and groom to feel comfortable with their photographer. Genevieve Leiper is just down to earth; she's got a big huge happy smile and a great attitude. You will never look back at your images and think that they were trendy.

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cute little things where they're showing their socks and stuff, she’s the complete package.

I also love Bob Updegrove. He has developed a huge following because he was a photographer for many of Loudoun’s brides and grooms when they were in the high school. He would capture all of the sporting events and the award ceremonies as they were growing up. Most of the local couples know him and that creates a wonderful comfort level for the brides and grooms.

Joylyn Hannahs is another solid Loudoun County photographer. Her photography is fun, classic and clean.

She also has a studio in downtown Leesburg, she is a remarkable artist and she is Loudoun County born and raised.

Again, photography is your most important investment. Your photographer will give you your wedding to enjoy over and over again.

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I love Celebrations Catering and their staff never ceases to amaze me. Their food is very now, very trendy, very cool. We have been guests at several Celebrations Catering events and our whole family loves their food, and trust me it’s hard to please nine people! They also have a truly delightful staff behind them and I admire their work ethic.

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I also love Tuskies (Tuscarora Mill). They do a fabulous job and you can have the quality dinner that they offer in the restaurant, on site.

I adore Joan Wolford at Savoir Fare. She has a restaurant in Round Hill, where you can get a sneak peak of some of her wonderful edible creations! One of my favorites is her berry salad, and she uses local berries and cheeses for this specialty! What makes her so attractive is that she can encompass such a wide range, from L O U D O U N

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very now, very couture food to very hearty solid Virginian cuisine.

Then there's also Karen Harper-Fuog (of Round Hill), another local caterer. I am always so impressed when I see her grilling vegetables on site. Karen is also a extraordinary baker and often does the wedding cakes in house!

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I am always taken aback by the upscale resort feel that Lansdowne has. We tend to take the things in Loudoun for granted and that's just a venue that is absolutely noteworthy. Even if your wedding isn’t at Lansdowne, I would highly encourage having your guests stay there just because it's an awesome vacation experience. They offer seasonal music festivals, tourism options such as trips to the vineyards, and their Sunday brunch is a must! This venue is perfect for a destination wedding even if you are a local.

I adore the integrity that Thomas Birkby House and Whitehall Manor operate under.

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Those venues are always meticulous, every single solitary spot is clean and the gardens are immaculate. I love the historic value of both of those properties.

The Birkby is in downtown Leesburg. I think your photographs and your options for getting images are amazing. I appreciate the fact that you have the option for an outdoor wedding but you also have a finished house that you're able to use.

Sometimes that's a problem with historical properties: some of the larger estates, not necessarily in Loudoun, don't really encourage use of the home and both of those venues do. They're also decorated and finished with lots of visual interest not just an empty void.

I feel completely at home at Whitehall, which also has a fabulous backup plan. If it should rain, you go into the ballroom and you marry in front of this old arched window that's just an architectural dream, and it’s the old beveled glass, so it sparkles differently than regular glass. When they designed the new addition, they put a skylight in

the ceiling so even if it's a rainy day you still get a natural light that's like moonbeams.

Another place I'm falling in love with is Murray Hill, which has a view that absolutely blows my mind. You will have to work with rental companies if your event is of a certain size but the owner helps you orchestrate those. It’s a truly remarkable place that literally sits on a cliff overlooking the Potomac.

For the wine fanatics our vineyards offer several incredible options but it’s important to understand that the vineyards are working farms and open to the public. Understand that you may have a few tourists on site when you arrive but the staff will certainly have them cleared out long before the first guests arrive. There’s a charm that no other venue can provide like a vineyard.

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ABOVE AND RIGHT: WHITEHALL MANOR IN BLUEMONT

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is an interior decorator and owner of that shop.

Anything I decide I want for a wedding, she can find it: an old farm table, antique handkerchiefs, great cake plates, and beautiful vintage brooches.

I've gotten beautiful brooches down there that we'll put on the stems of the bouquet, cinch it up and close it that way. Little things like that are priceless, they become an heirloom, and those are the details that make a Holly Heider Chapple wedding so special.

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need 15 wooden boxes this weekend, can you guys get them for me?” and they would find it for me.

I buy them for an event, and if I can bear to part with them and don't see a need for them for an upcoming event in the future, then I take them down to my booth and put them up for sale. So it's really just been a neat mix. I do enjoy marketing and I've had fun letting the rest of the wedding industry know about On a Whim. I think you could walk through that door any day of the week and find inspiration and plan your whole entire wedding. One little handkerchief, tiny jewel or silver vessel can inspire a whole entire wedding theme.

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Flowers: Holly Heider Chapple Flowers Girls often are bringing me – and I encourage this – lace from their grandmother’s gown or their mother’s gown or their grandmother’s old brooch, things you might have in hand and you don’t have to purchase them.

I always like to incorporate something from the family into the bridal bouquet, it makes it that much more special. ~ Holly Heider Chapple

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ATTIRE: La Reve Bridal How will you know when you have found the right gown? You’ll feel it. You’ll know it’s the right one just like you knew the man you are going to spend the rest of your life with is the one. Also, be prepared to be surprised – brides bringing in photos may feel differently once they try that gown on. Sometimes a gown style you dismissed might be the one that fits just right when you try it on. ~ Sonia Sibay

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If there’s a time to truly check that you’ve dotted your i’s and crossed your t’s it’s on your wedding invitations. We always recommend when proofing wedding paperie, to check for perfection and then check again! And when you think those invites are ready for printing, have a friend or relative check them one more time to make sure every word is spelled correctly and your grammar is proper. ~ Sarah Meyer Walsh

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The pet additions are not surprising these days. Remodeling for pets is a trend that’s on the rise, BOWA President Josh Baker says. How the dogs, cats and other domesticated pets fit into the family lifestyle is now standard when it comes to planning a remodel.

“Inevitably the discussion with the client at some point goes to the pets being part of the family and how they interact with the rest of the family,” he says. “They want to know what we can do as part of the design to incorporate their interaction with the pet. Where they eat, where they sleep, egress, access, security, cleanliness, clean up — the homeowner wants those interactions addressed.”

Before, installing prosaic pet doors was about the extent of any consideration for dogs and cats. But they were primitive solutions consisting of an opening cut into an exterior door covered by a plastic flap that invariably refused to keep out cold air despite the magnetized catch at the bottom.

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is actually a waterproof, shockproof RFID chip, which doesn’t require batteries, and multiple pets can have access to the same portal. As they get close to the door, the heavy-duty plastic door automatically slides up to let the pet in, then slides down once the pet has cleared the opening (there’s a safety built in to prevent pinched paws from closing doors). The doors are a vast upgrade to previous iterations as they are energy-efficient and secure.

The bottom line, Baker says, “is the interaction with the pet is important to the family, and the improvements need to make it a positive.”

An electronic pet door does just that.

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• If putting a pet shower on the floor isn’t an option, make a sink more accessible. “On one of the last projects we completed, we added a stainless steel doggie wash basin in the garage that incorporated a ramp for the dogs to walk up into the basin,” says Michael Menn, a remodeling architect in Illinois. “In another, we incorporated a very large sink in the laundry room that doubles as a dog washing sink.”

• Use only semi-gloss paint in pet areas, reminds Christopher J. Grubb, president of Arch-Interiors Design Group of Beverly Hills, Calif.

“Semi-gloss is easy to clean. And a faux finish creates a pattern that isn’t susceptible to dirt.” Similarly, use vinyl wall covering or a durable wallpaper, both of which wipe up with glass cleaner, and accent pet areas with “human” touches such as wainscoting. As for colors, “have as much fun with color as you want but if you have a pet who sheds a lot, try and keep the color scheme one that matches as close as possible to your pet’s hair color.”

• If your home remodel includes adding an island counter to your kitchen, “why not extend the length and have end drawers for your pet goodies?” Baron asks. Besides the handy storage, “you have just created a nook underneath to install a floor box for food and water bowls.”

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• Consider the flooring material when designing a pet-specific space. “Tile is best. Whether it is vinyl tile or porcelain tile, it’s easy to clean, and there are even porcelain tiles that look like wood,” Grubb says. “If you want a true wood look, a product like Pergo will suffice. Keep the grout lines tight. And if you really want to pamper your pet, radiant heated floors are the ultimate luxury. In the summer, the tile is cool and dogs like to lie on it to stay cool.”

• “There are lots of options for area rugs,” Grubb adds. “One is ‘artificial lawn.’ Many pet owners use an outdoor artificial lawn as area rugs. It’s functional and they rave it can easily be hosed down and hung to dry. An outdoor area rug as well can be a nice accessory and is easy to clean.”

• Is a double-sided fireplace part of your renovation? Baron has an idea that’s for the birds. “Rather than a fireplace between two rooms, why not join them with a two-sided birdcage? You can create a custom cage to house your feathered friends and still match your décor. Maybe curly wrought iron or sleek minimalist chrome; the possibilities are endless. In fact, you could install a fish tank instead and showcase your collection of tropical fish.”

FUNCTION DOESN’T HAVE TO CRAMP YOUR STYLE WHEN IT COMES TO PET DOORS. HERE, IRONS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION OF WASHINGTON STATE CREATED A SEAMLESS CAT DOOR IN A SLIDING GLASS PATIO DOOR.

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DECEMBER DAILY THROUGH DEC. 20 HOLIDAY TOURS OF GOV. DAVIS’ HOME MORVEN PARK, LEESBURG Get an historic perspective on the holidays with daily guided tours of Gov. Westmoreland Davis’ home from 11 a.m.-5p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $3 for children ages 6 to 12, free for kids 5 and younger.

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Other entertainment includes horse-drawn carriage rides, live music, roaming carolers, rides, games, ice carving and a Holiday Rock n’ Roll concert at the Tally Ho Theatre. Admission is free. For more info, visit www.idalee.org.

DEC. 11 LSO CONCERT: “SEASON’S GREETINGS” THE VIRGINIA ACADEMY, ASHBURN The Loudoun Symphony Orchestra will perform resounding music of the season in performances featuring soprano soloist Teresa Bickham and pianist J. T. Gill, winner of Loudoun’s Got Talent 2010. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door. Youths 18 years and younger are admitted free. For more info call 703.771.8287 or visit www.loudounsymphony.org.

DEC. 11-12, 17-19, ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS CAROL OLD STONE SCHOOL THEATRE, HILLSBORO Visit with the ghosts of Christmases past, present and future with this twist on the classic Charles Dickens tale.

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In December, workshop topics include “Interior Painting Made Easy,” “Tile: The Right Looks and Tools for the Job, Holiday Decorating & Gifts,” and “Installing Interior Doors.” Please visit www.homeimproversclub.com for more information and to register online for the workshops at Leesburg, Ashburn and Sterling.

The Home Depot also offers free Kids Workshops to build wood projects between 9 a.m. and noon on the first Saturday of every month. Call your nearest location to find out what project they’re offering this month.

LOWE’S About two Saturdays a month, Lowe’s

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EVENTS JAN. 6 SQUARE FOOT GARDENING LOUDOUN COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE, LEESBURG The Loudoun County Master Gardeners presents Purcellville gardener Linna Ferguson, who will discuss her passion for eating locally and raising her own food. She has been growing her own food for more than 10 years and her focus is to show people creative ways to grow food in their back yards. For more information about Ferguson, visit her website, www.foodscaper.com.

The presentation takes place at 7 p.m. in the lower level conference room at 30 Catoctin Circle SE, Suite B. Call 703.771.5150 for more info.

FEB 25-27 THE CAPITAL HOME & GARDEN SHOW DULLES EXPO CENTER, CHANTILLY Get ideas for spring home and gardening projects at one of the metropolitan Washington DC’s largest industry shows, which will feature more than 500 exhibits. This year, scheduled celebrity appearances include the Garden Boss William Moss, of HGTV’s Dig In, and carpenter Chip Wade, who appears on HGTV shows Designed to Sell and Curb Appeal: The Block.

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DEC. 12 COOKIE EXCHANGE RESTAURANT AT PATOWMACK FARM, LOVETTSVILLE Join or start a holiday tradition with a cookie exchange from 2-4 p.m.! Bring three dozen cookies, your recipes and a canned food donation, and you’ll leave with about six dozen cookies in return. No reservations needed, but please call 540.822.9017 to let them know you’re coming. Canned food donations will be given to a local charity. For more info, visit ww.patowmackfarm.com/cooking_classes.html.

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DEC. 12, 14 CHRISTMAS LIGHTS TROLLEY TOUR PURCELLVILLE TOWN GAZEBO Hop on the town trolley for an evening tour of neighborhood Christmas decorations! The trolley leaves from the gazebo on 21st Street every 30 minutes starting at 6 p.m.; the last ride leaves at 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 540.751.2326.

DEC. 17 MEET THE ARTISTS RECEPTION THE GATEWAY GALLERY, ROUND HILL Meet the artists who have created pieces for the “Gallery Format” exhibition, a juried show of paintings all produced on 11”x14” gallery wrapped, frameless canvas. The paintings, all of which are less than $100, will be available for sale during the 6-9 p.m. event. For more info, visit www.

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DEC. 19 KIDS COOKIE CLASS MARKET SALAMANDER, MIDDLEBURG Pastry Chef Jason Reaves will lead a children’s cooking class from 1-2 p.m. featuring some of Santa’s favorite holiday designs and recipes. Each child will decorate his or her own cookies to take home. Cost is $19.50 per child; to make your reservation contact Tatum Jelinek at tjelinek@marketsalamander.com or 540.687.8011.

DEC. 31 FIRST NIGHT LEESBURG DOWNTOWN LEESBURG Greet the new year with other revelers enjoying more than 100 wonderful performances at 20 indoor locations in downtown Leesburg from 6 p.m. to midnight. Entertainment includes puppet shows, magicians and a variety of music, from classical to jazz to bluegrass to rock & roll. At midnight, gather on the courthouse green for the traditional Grand Illumination. Admission is $8 per person, $3 for children ages 3 to 12, free for children younger than 3. For more info call 540.338.4640 or visit www.bluemont.org.

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JAN. 22-23 19TH ANNUAL HUNT COUNTRY WINTER ANTIQUES SHOW THE HILL SCHOOL, MIDDLEBURG The hunt is on for great deals for exceptional antiques in the form of 18th-20th century American and Continental, formal and country furniture and accessories displayed in room settings.For more info, including ticket prices and times, call 703.431.6338 or visit www.dfshows.com.

FEBRUARY FEB. 4 LEESBURG FIRST FRIDAY DOWNTOWN LEESBURG Experience the best of historic downtown Leesburg during the monthly program sponsored by the Loudoun Arts Council, when more than 35 specialty shops, art galleries, antique shops and restaurants will be open until 9 p.m. or later, many offering free refreshments and/or special sales.

From 6-9 p.m., enoy live music, art exhibits, wine tastings, a comedy show and even a yoga happy hour. Admission is free. Call 703.777.7838 or visit www.leesburgfirstfriday.com for more info.

FEB. 18 CHOCOLATES GALORE & MORE NATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, LANSDOWNE West Belmont Place will be transformed into a chocolate lover’s paradise at this annual fundraiser for the YMCA Loudoun County. Local restaurant and caterers will be pulling out all the stops to create the most sumptuous culinary delights for attendees, who will be sampling and then voting on the Best Taste and Best Presentation in desserts and hors d’oeuvres. The event also includes a silent and live auction, dancing, champagne and the perfect ingredients to create a unique and memorable holiday gift. The event takes place 7-11 p.m. Call 703.777.9622 or visit www.chocolatesgalore.org for more info.

FEB. 19 LSO FAMILY CONCERT: “DISCOVERY” VIRGINIA ACADEMY, ASHBURN Discover the orchestra and the components that make up these wonderful pieces in this educational performance aimed at families. The Loudoun Symphony Orchestra performs Richman’s “The United Symphony” and Beckel’s “Waltz of the Animals” with narrator Tosia Anne Shall. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Youths 18 and younger are admitted free. For more information call 703.771.8287 or visit the website at www.loudounsymphony.org.

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