Happy Thanksgiving!

Just wanted to wish you all a Blessed Thanksgiving!

Take care, Missie

GARAGE SALE NEXT WEEKEND!

YOUR TREASURE AWAITS........

I'm having a Garage Sale at the Shop to liquidate the residual inventory left over from closing & non-primitive items as well!

My sister will be adding a few items of her own...large wood office desk, a primitive table, etc. Who knows what we might come up with!

• Wednesday, 9/16 10 - 4 p.m.
• Thursday, 9/17 10 - 4 p.m.
• Friday, 9/18 10 - 5 p.m.

No early birds please! CASH ONLY!

If you live close...stop on by! We have some Fall & Christmas items as well!

Have a great day!

Everyday Cheapskate!

Helpful hints I ran across on the Everyday Cheapskate Website!

• Hand sanitizer with 60 percent ethyl alcohol will remove pen and permanent marker ink from skin! This is a cheap and easy solution for removing ink from skin. As a bonus, it also kills germs. Great idea now that school is back in session!!!!

• Here's a way to put your cell phone to good use: create an entry named "License Plate" in your contact list. Enter your license plate number and you will have that information at your fingertips. This is great info to have at hotel check in, or in the unfortunate event that your car gets stolen. Having that entry could be the difference between a quick recovery and a never-ending hassle.

• Use an old golf bag to store my brooms and mops. Its deep pockets hold dust rags and a dust buster, and you can hook a spray bottle on the top edge. The bag makes a handy cleaning caddy and it stands easily in the corner out of the way!

• Never use expensive commercial septic cleaner. Septic system installers recommend flushing three packets of yeast down a toilet once a month to keep the septic in great condition. Yeast is the key ingredient in the commercial solution. Buy the cheapest three-pack of yeast you can find (quick-rise or regular) and flush it down one toilet every month.

Have a great day!

Well....Fall is arriving quickly...so I thought I'd get a few Spring/Summer pics in I've been meaning to post!

This is a picture of the lil' mini pond we put in last Spring next to our patio. I love it! The sound of trickling water is soooo relaxing! We put in some lil' gold fish & planted some flowers around it! It was really a fun project!

This is a picture of our "Moon Plant" or "Angel's Trumpet"! It's sooo beautiful & a lot of fun to watch! There are only pods in the morning...then, as the afternoon goes along...they begin to expand! By evening they are nearly open...you can watch them grow through out the day!

Then when the sun goes down, just at dusk...they open! You can literally watch them blooming throughout the day! It's the most intreguing plant I've ever had in my garden. We planted it next to the pond, so I find it hard to get anything done once I'm out there...between this flower & the pond! Geez!

Although our yard is small...living in town & all...my Sunflowers did awesome this year! Love the color!

This is my "Gate Prop" on the patio! Looks like someone needs to do some weeding & stop listening to the pond & watching that Moon Plant! This is the first shop sign I made when I was at my first store! I drug it home & found a place in my garden for it~nestled with the tomatoe plants on an old wheelbarrow!

My fern on the porch got HUGE this summer! I LOVE ferns!

Can you believe no one bought this in my liquidation sale!!!!! I drug this beauty home, hung it on the porch & put watering cans on every hook I could find!!!

A view from outside the porch!

Well...that's all for now! Hope you have a blessed day!

~*Fried Mozzarell Sticks*~ mmmm

As you may be able to tell...since the closing of the shop, I've been doing a lot of cooking, gardening, etc!

Here's another quick & easy recipe I wanted to share with you all! Enjoy!

1 lb Mozzarella
3 eggs
1 cup seasoned bread crumbs
Light Vegetable Oil

Cut cheese into 2 inch long, 1/2 inch wide sticks. Dip cheese into beaten eggs and then into bread crumbs, 2 times! Freeze for about 10 minutes (can be overnight). Fry until golden brown (about 2 minutes on each side).

~*Flapper Jacks with Meat Filling Receipe*~

My mom shared this receipe with me....can't wait to try it! Sounds so old-fashioned!!

2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups milk
1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 cup grated cheese
shortening

Mix, sift dry ingedients. Add milk, egg butter. Mix well. Melt enough shortening in skillet to cover the bottom. Make 6 thin pancakes about 5 inches across. Brown both sides. Put meat filling in center of each, and wrap into rolls. Spinkle with cheese, put in hot oven (400 degrees) just until cheese melts.

Meat Filling ~
3 tablespoons shortening
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup milk or stock
1 1/2 cups chopped feal or chicken
12/ cup diced celery
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon paprika

Blend shortening with flour and add milk. Stir to keep smooth. Add meat, and celery and cook slowly until celery is tender. Add salt & paprika.

Enjoy!

Ruth Rochelle~Walking with the Angels

Ruth Rochelle, co-owner of Primitive Homeplace...It is with much sadness I learned recently of Ruth's passing. I had the pleasure of meeting her and her husband, Jimmy, a couple of years ago as they passed through Germantown going home from a buying trip. I found this sweet couple to be very down to earth...just kind folks! They were the first prim shop owners I met, as a new prim shop owner myself. I loved to follow her website & picture trails from shows...she will be dearly missed by many. My condolences to her family & friends.

A friend of Ruth's created this picturetrail: http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/22377966 for all to view.

Visit Ruth & Jimmy's Picture Trail at: http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/listing/user/primitivehomeplace

Blessings

Our Brick & Mortar Shop is officially CLOSED!

We would like to thank all of our wonderful customers over the many years for your loyal support and heartfelt goodbyes. It has been a great experience and it’s been an honor to do with business with you.

Thank you for letting us share our love of primitives with you…and thank YOU for sharing your passions and knowledge with us. It’s been a great relationship. We have been blessed many times over, and have memories galore that will last a lifetime! Things that make us laugh…and things that make us cry...things that just plain make us wonder ~ all a part of the wonderful experience that has been Jailhouse Primitives!

We very much appreciate all the support and kind words you have shared with us! Without a doubt, we will really miss our Jailhouse Primitives community and the friendships we forged along the way…

Till our paths cross again…Best Wishes!

Cecil & Missie


Don’t forget to visit us eBay for primitive smalls & Scentsible Scents, Ltd. Candles!
Seller Name: jailhouse*primitives or Email Us At: jailhouseprimitives@gtownonline.com

~*75% OFF SALE THIS WEEKEND!!!*~

WE'RE HAVING A "75% OFF SALE" THIS WEEKEND!!!

~*CASH & CARRY ONLY*~

~*STOREWIDE*~

Friday, August 14 & Saturday, August 15
Open 10 - 6:00 p.m. each day!

*~*GREAT BARGAINS*~*

*~*SALE PRICES ARE BELOW WHOLESALE*~*

THESE ARE OUR FINAL DAYS, HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

ANOTHER 50% OFF WEEKEND!!!

Seems there's never enough time to get everything done!!!! My mind races as I attempt to keep business & home running!! So...needless to say I'm a little late posting this! Our closing weekends have been soooooo extremely busy & by popular demand...we'll be OPEN AGAIN THIS WEEKEND! I had hoped last weekend would be our final weekend & we could move on to remodeling (once again) for the next renters, however...there's soooo much stuff that just keeps popping up from the wood work & garages!! Seems it will never ALL be gone! Guess I've just collected too much for too long!!! I've had several phone calls, emails & off hours shoppers...so I just don't see how it's possible. So..this weekend will again be 50% off!! Well be open Friday, August 7 & Saturday, August 8 from 10 - 6!!! Stop in for a great bargain! We're deal'n!

Last Saturday we cleaned out the garage behind the shop, so if you weren't in last weekend, you may find some NEW things this weekend! I just keep dragging things in! HONESTLY...were did I have it all? My sister (who's helping me with these final days) is just about to choke me!

The sales have just been awesome! Seems folks are very appreciative of the deals they're getting & ohhh so very sad we closing :( Seems I forget myself!!! Picked up a few prim wares today & geez...for the first time I have "buyers remorse"! I didn't think that was possible!!! Suppose today proved I'm a junkie!!! I just can't help myself! LOL When I find a truely unique, prim goodie I just can't resist!! I tried to fight back....LOL...but lost! I don't know what makes me think I can stop....I love this old stuff...and always will...guess I'll be holding some annual garage sales when it's all said & done! 'Cause I'll have to dabble some way or another!

Will try to share pics of my finds at a later date! Just too tired to get any yet this evening, but I'll give ya a hint....I got the most awesome umbrella, sounds weird I know, but it's an umbrella made of advertising feed sacks!!! It is the kewllllest thing I've ever seen! I believe these were used many years ago by farmers to shelter themselves from the sun as they drove their tractors! It's really awesome! Also picked up some choppers, a strawberry carrier, some mini crock bowls, nut grinders, a wood kraut masher (huge ~ which I intend to use next year!), and a few other goodies!

Well...my cash counter is gone, the candle shelving DH built me is sold too! Sad in a way! Looks so bare now compared to how it use to look...packed full! But, there's still lots of great prim stuff to pick from!

Hope to see you this weekend!