Jo's Country Junction

Jo's Country Junction

Stash Report

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**I posted new auction items that you can bid on in Saturday morning’s post.  If you’re interested, find the post here.**

I hit up the thrift store looking for goodies.  I haven’t been sewing a lot but I can’t help still looking for fabric.  My philosophy is that if I don’t ever get it sewn, that’s okay.  It will go on to a charity group and it will get sewn.  I’ve already talked to my family and when I pass, anything left that they don’t want should sell or send it on to charity.  I had fun just hunting it down even if I never do get to sewing it.

This day was a pretty good day.  One place where I thrift marks the bigger pieces of fabric but the smaller pieces are not marked and cost 50 cents.

What I was happiest to find….THIS!  Do you know what it is???  Cross stitch fabric!  There’s about a yard and a half and it was only $1.  I would hate to know how much that would have cost had I gotten it at a store!

My next favorite find…BATIKS…50 cents each.


Here are the bigger chunks of fabric….. [Read more…] about Stash Report

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Butter Pecan Bars

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When I was at a garage sale I bought a big box of old books for Kalissa.  In there were some old cook books that were falling apart and were so falling apart that they had a rubber band around them to keep them together.  She didn’t want them and was going to throw them away…but at the last second I grabbed them and put them in a pile in the garage.

I was going to throw them out but decided I’d take one to bed and read through.  I ended up seeing a recipe called Butter Pecan Turtles.  I LOVE anything with turtle in the name so decided to try them.  They aren’t a “pretty” bar but they are tasty.

Here’s the three part recipe….there are three parts but still super easy.

I did the crust and then added pecans.  I love pecans and the 1 cup amount didn’t seem like much so I increased the recipe to 1 1/2 cups.

I was suprised that the bottom layer does not get cooked.

The caramel layer is cooked in a sauce pan on the stove….it’s easy though.

After pouring that over the top, it’s time to bake them.

When that gets out of the oven, sprinkle chocolate chips over the top….again, the 1 cup didn’t seem like enough so I put 1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips over the top.  I popped them back in the oven for a couple minutes and then pulled them out and smoothed out the chips.

Then I tried, not so patiently, to wait for the bars to cool….

I think they are delicious.  Hubby has terrible teeth and the crust and nuts makes it a little more challenging for him so he wasn’t quite as excited about these as I was.  I loved them.

I might have to see if that old recipe book has any other goodies in it.  Who knows if it will end up in the trash or in my cupboard?  Time will tell.

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AUCTION Time: Your Turn to Bid Up!

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I’ve hit up a few good garage sales lately.  Well actually some things came for a garage sale Kalissa was at.  She called me while at the sale and said, you like those embroidered blocks that you sew into quilts…Well YES I do!  She ended up buying an entire table loaded with embroidered items and brought it home and gave it to me.  There is WAY more than I can ever use so I’ll be selling it on the blog over the next few auctions.  I’m still sorting through the box….Yes, there are that many pieces!!  I had a request to sell some recycled shirt parts…I didn’t get time but will do that at the next auction.

Here’s the guidelines:
Bids must be entered in the comment section.  PLEASE  WRITE THE NAME OF THE ITEM, THE ITEM NUMBER AND THEN THE AMOUNT YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY.  If you are the winner of the bid, the postage amount will be added on to your ending bid price.  You can pay via Paypal.  I will also accept personal check but check will have to clear before merchandise is sent.  Bidding will close at NOON Central Time on Monday.  I will send a confirmation email to the winning bidder later in the day on Monday. Then hopefully bids can be paid and I can package the items up and get them in the mail on Tuesday.  If you do bid please watch your email so we can take care the correspondence efficiently.

#1-Hexie Blocks-$5 postage will be added to ending bid price.
There are 7 large blocks…9 small blocks.

I laid a ruler on the blocks so you can get an idea of their size.

#2-Embroidered basket blocks-$5 postage will be added to ending bid price.

This is a kit of SIX stamped embroidery blocks in a basket pattern.

Included is everything you see including the thread.

#3-Sew Steady Ruler foot and Domestic Machine Quilting Templates-$6 postage will be added to ending bid price.

These are designed to be used to machine quilt using your domestic machine.  I checked the pack out and thought it was a great set.  I didn’t keep them as it’s for a domestic machine and I have a long arm.


Next up are some embroidered quilt blocks…check these out…. [Read more…] about AUCTION Time: Your Turn to Bid Up!

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Creepers

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I don’t know if they opened up the doors of Creepville and let out all the creepy men or what.  I’ve never had so many men try to contact me on Facebook in my entire life….I’ve never had so many men try to “talk” to me online.  UGH.  It’s a new way of marketing I guess.

It all started about 2 months ago.  I was playing Words with Friends. For those of you who don’t know, it’s an online game you can play with your friends much like Scrabble.

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I love playing and have been playing for several years.  I got a request to play with someone I didn’t know.  I didn’t think anything of it as this happens on occasion.  We played back and forth a few rounds and then a notification came indicated there was a message for me.  I opened the messages and the guy had written this, “Good Morning Beautiful, it’s nice playing with you.”  GAG ME!  He definitely had the wrong girl!!  I decided to end the game with him.  Then the creep tried to open a game with me again.

A few days later…same thing only the guy had a different name.  Again I ended the game.  A few days later again and again.  YUCK!  Here’s a picture of one of the creepers…. [Read more…] about Creepers

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