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It has been so busy at the store that I have neglecting the blog, sorry! I’ve been busy decorating the store and making wreaths, garlands and swags. I didn’t think I would like using the artificial berries and wreaths, but they actually look good. I mixed it with some natural dried plants and beautiful bows and they looked great.  I also chopped down some grape vines from my neighbor’s yard and made wreaths. I made a pine cone wreath as well and it is just beautiful.  It would make a great decoration for the store….but I don’t want to part with it.

We have been stocking up like you would not believe. We have a lot of Polish Pottery, Japanese dishes and colorful German tableware.

These fotoballs were so popular last year that we had to order more. We have them in silver, pink and yellow too. These fotoballs hold four 1″x1″ photos and they are made of polypropylene and acrylic, so they won’t break easily if they fall.

This weekend was the beginning of the great Halloween extravaganza. I made a cake for the cake walk, pumpkin pies in ramekins, oatmeal raisin cookies and m&m biscotti.  I personally like the pumpkin pie filling more than the pie crust, so I baked some squash, mashed it, added milk, spices, sugar and eggs. Then I sprayed the ramekins with oil, filled the ramekins with filling and baked it at 350 for about 35 minutes. I ate it for breakfast.

Just in! This lime green shower curtain “1,000 Leagues Under the Sea” and a blue “Singing in the Rain” and yellow “Yellow Submarine.” Back by popular demand is the “World Map” shower curtain by Saturday Night Ltd. Available in the store and soon to be at www.tellusmater.com

Thanks for visiting the Tellus Mater blog. Here you will find information about new products and specials will be offering in the store. This week, we are celebrating 50 Years in Business. From September 14th-18th, we will have sales on paper lanterns, frames, books and journals. We will have give-aways and free cake from La Brioche and coffee from Fair Trade this Friday, September 18th. I hope to see you there!

Thanks for visiting our first store blog. Tellus Mater is a kitchen and housewares store in Madison, Wisconsin. We are independently owned and have been in business for 50 years. We will try to you up to date on any new sales, specials or events in the store as well as anything that we think will be of interest to you. Thanks and have a great day!

Emi