Where Have We Been?

That's a great question! The summer is a month of on the go. I'm sure everyone, including yourself, gets busy with the fun in the sun and never spend much time on the computer. But now school is back in, the summer flowers and veggies are coming to an end, which means i'm back to a schedule. The end of summer is a sad time for most, school kids at least, but it's an exciting time for Buggy Baskets!

Fall is right around the corner and that means new baskets are being made, festivals are in the works, and lots of fall smells in the air. We are so excited. Our schedule is starting to fill up with all kinds of things. Starting in September we will be making another trip to Wayne and Holmes County to pick up our first set of festival baskets. Then we will be collecting all the baskets made from Hillsboro the following weekends. The Amish are getting excited to get these baskets ready for you all. The have new designs that they are wanting to try out this year, and I know you will love them! {I do and already have my order in.}

We also have added a festival this year. We will be attending the Potato Festival in Spring Valley! Its October 2-3, the weekend before the Sauerkraut Festival. Then of course we will be at the Sauerkraut Festival, same spot.

We can't wait to share all the new baskets with you all. And we may even throw in a giveaway at each festival! Stay turned for more details!

Second Saturdays: Waynesville OH

We will be participating in the Second Saturdays Artists and Authors this weekend: Saturday June 12. It takes place in the middle of Waynesville; Sauerkraut Festival. We would love too see you there. We won't have as many baskets as we do with the other festivals, as this is a smaller gathering. But we will have several on site and lots can be customer ordered like always.

Second Saturdays

Farm Life: Baby Animals

Lots of animals are being born around the farms. This month was a big month for lots of new lives coming into the world. Take a look at the cuteness!





The goats were by far my favorite part of the day. They are so playful. They would get just close enough to look at you, then skip away. It was so cute.






Alittle change from the basket posts. I'm trying to keep updated on the farms right now, since there is so much activity going on there.

Twitter

Since i'm one of those "twitter" addicts in my own personal world, I felt it was time to start one for Buggy Baskets. Summer weather means festivals and events. What a better way to get up to the minute updates on what's going on. If your a twitter addict as well, follow us! On the right hand side you will see a link for the updates as well if you don't have an account. Our Twitter Name is @buggybaskets .

Hope you Tweet with you all real soon :-)

Flower Plantin' Time

I'm sure everyone is so excited it's spring! I know I am!! Ready for the flowers to bloom, and the pollen to go away so I can breathe :-)

It's planting season for the families. They are busy planting their fields and getting their gardens together. I can't wait too see how the blueberries turn out at the Stutzmans and the blackberries at the Zook plantation.

I never know what to do with the flowers once they bloom. We are a daisy flower family. We love the different colors they can bring and the nice look about them. Between my mothers house and mine, we probably have close to 20-30 daisy plants. Once they bloom I cut them and give them to people or put them in cute little vases. Since we are getting into this whole basket world, I decided this year to use the baskets as a way to go outside of the regular glass vase.





I must tell you that the baskets don't come with plastic liners. {They don't use them but we "english" have to use them...} I went to Home Depot and got some plastic liners that I could cut and make them fit in there just right. I can't wait for the daisy's to get bigger and ready to cut.

I think it would make a really cute Mother's Day/Grandmother type gift. Everyone gives flowers, why not make it more special?

Easter Baskets

I can't believe Easter is only about a week away. Usually i'm on schedule with decorating and putting together baskets. This year it seemed to sneak up on me. Is this happening to you?

I have been trying to put together baskets to give out to friends and family, but didn't want to use the traditional plastic type colorful baskets. Don't get me wrong, this is what we use here at the house for the dogs and sometimes for my husband and I. I'm wanting the baskets I give people this year to stand out and also be something they can use year round.

The Zook Family makes an oval Easter Basket that is perfect. I can fit lots of goodies in there, along with jars of Apple Butter and jams. It's a nice deep size so that the fake grass, which by the way is a pain to clean up, can be put in and items on top of it.

There are several baskets you can use for Easter Baskets. It's so much fun to stand out and get really creative with them. Which baskets would you use this year?

My First Real Apron

I found some material at a local thrift store that I thought would be really cute for an apron. I'm not one to like aprons. I don't cook much so what would the use be for one? I had talked to the Stutzman women about aprons before. It's an everyday item for Amish women. And every new bride receives a special one as part of their wedding gown/outfit. {They wanted to make me one for my wedding, but I had to tell them we don't wear them since we get to wear a nice, yet expensive, dress. I took them pictures to show them and they still thought I could have pulled it off. haha}

I explained to them that I wanted something with lots of cute color, since i'm not Amish and don't really fall into the plain black or white apron. Amanda, eldest daughter, told me to find material I liked and she would make me my first real Amish apron.

They even added a pocket for my cell phone. {We have an ongoing joke about cell phones. I always tell them to call me! It's just a big joke for them. So they added the pocket so I could get the phone if they called.}

It looks so cute hanging in my kitchen! My husbands apron for the grill is so dirty I refuse to wash it! Ha-ha