I love all your beautiful plants and the refresher on what plants like and need! In the past I have struggled keeping my house plants alive but have a beautiful bamboo plant that has survived 4 years now. It’s large and healthy! I am proud of that!! Can’t wait to be out in the nice spring weather gardening. Soon!

Nicole, loved this article on indoor gardening and plants that filter the indoor air. Also the article on making your own worm farm. Will try that later this summer maybe. We are waiting on the wind and rain to stop being so prevalent here in Kentucky so we can get our double-wide moved in on our lot and get set up for house-keeping and gardening. I have tomato plants waiting to be planted and also some Colorado Blue Spruce trees that I got from Arbor Day Foundation. Our lot is small but I plan to use every inch of it to make it beautiful and useful and beneficial by planting bee loving flowers for pollinating as well as looks, making a wind-break with the trees, having a chicken coop and run later this summer, and planting bulbs this fall of tulips, daffodils, alliums, hyacinths, and iris’ as well as transplanting the ones I have in the ground already where I live now. Also going to transplant our blackberry and raspberry vines, hostas, rose bush and peonies and our strawberry plants. A lot of work but I can’t wait.
Love reading all the columns in Mary Jane’s Farmgirl magazine and blogs. I wanted a milk cow too, but no room for one.

I bought that same greenhouse on clearance last fall, but I had forgotten about it. Thanks for reminding me…. That’s going to be my project for this evening; put it up and start some seeds since the weatherman is predicting snow for tonight. I love all of your beautiful plants. I have a big orchid on my desk that’s absolutely beautiful. I’ve had it for about 4 years and it’s the first time I’ve gotten it to re-bloom. I had forgotten what color it was, so I was very excited to see the blooms. Love your blog.

What a lovely thing to do! I wish my oldest could find the time to do that even once a week but I’m lucky if she returns a phone call once a month. You are a great daughter!

Good morning Nicole! What a great reminder! I talk to my Momma most every day and although we don’t schedule a time to talk, we do make time to visit. Sometimes we talk over an hour, sometimes just a few minutes. But always a sweet visit. And the funny thing that will make you laugh… my daughter and her little family live just down the road and she and I talk EVERY SINGLE DAY on the phone! 🙂 And I usually see her every day too! But we’ve noticed that when we are together usually the two little girls are right with us so to have private, quality time to talk we usually have to do it over the phone! Funny huh?! 🙂

Have a good week! 🙂

– Dori –

This also reminded me of another fun thing my Aunt and I do. She has visited us here in Plymouth a few times. So every week or so she or I will take a photo of someplace the other has been and send it with the caption. ” Where is Debbie, today” or Where is Karen, today”. I love doing it. It sure keeps us close and it does my heart good to see my home town surroundings. 🙂

Dear Nicole,
I’ve just finished reading your latest blog & looking at the wonderful pictures of you, your daughter, brother, niece, and your precious mom. I so much look forward to your blogs & they mostly leave me teary-eyed but happy.
I grew up in Houston living right next door to your mom and her twin sister, Barbara. They were my childhood friends & share a very special place in my heart to this day. Just wanted you to know that I love reading your words about your mom because I have wonderful memories of her, as well, & of the unique, special person that she is!

Nicole, what a wonderful tribute to your mom who is my dearest friend forever.
Having tea with her via text is wonderful….Love you, both!
Mary Ammerman

Thank you, for writing this about our relationship through the years and our new “Tea Time” that has been such a happy time for me and a wonderful way to keep in touch. The years are going by so fast and I have missed you everyday. So sweet for Beverly Kay Jones, my childhood neighbor, to have sent a comment. She and her mother, Helen, were very close, and I loved her mother too. Very thoughtful and great comment Mary Ammerman sent regarding this blog about our relationship and “Tea Time”. She is truly a cherished friend and a great writer, herself. Love,
Mother

Nicole, this is so sweet. Technology can be great but it can also be so overused. I too hate seeing people with their devices glued to them and their attention so focused on it they do not see or hear the people around them. But on the brighter side, I love my ipad and my face time with my grandson, so that he will know who I am when I get to come and visit. Maybe you and your mom could even face time each other during yall’s tea time, be like yall are sitting there together in the same room. 🙂 I am very blessed this month to be able to spend with my grandson and prayerfully moving back home in April to be around all the time. (or as much as the kids will allow, hahaha) Can’t wait to have sleep overs with him at my house. Be BLessed and continue your tea times with your mom, and the setting is now set for your daughter to do the same one day if she is moved away. Neta

Nicole, I know you Mom treasures every minute of that time spent with you! I know how much she misses you and your sweet family. So many miles between you, but with this “Tea Time” you are close at heart, sharing, caring and loving! What a blessing you are to her!
Love, Ruth

I just got a chance to read your post and had to write and tell you that my Mom and I did this also! It was our little ritual and continued until she passed away. We would look for new types of tea and send a teabag through the mail, then when it came we would both try the newest tea and discuss our reactions to the newest “find”. I miss our silly conversations about books and Masterpiece Theatre and new recipes and gardening. . . I am glad that you have the time with your Mom.

Hi Nicole,

It is amazing the work of art that quilting is. I do love to quilt, but not at all to this degree! Someone used a photo that my daughter took of our flower cart and made a quilt from the photo. She sent us pictures of it and we were just blown away at the detail. It was incredible. The talent that people have just blows me away.

I’d sure love to meet Stephanie in person… but thank you for introducing her and sharing her work. Loved it!

Dori

Wow! These quilts are incredible and such true works of art. I love that each one tells a story.

enjoyed seeing her talent!

I loved this article about quilting! Her quilts are beautiful! After I retired from teaching preschool I joined a quilt group at my church. These senior ladies are teaching me the art of hand quilting. Each year they make several handmade quilts to be auctioned and all the proceeds go to IDES, a disaster relief organization that feeds hungry children around the world.

This is a fantastic article about a truly talented artist. Stefanie’s quilts are breathtaking and a treasure to own. I have a wedding quilt she made for me that hangs over my bed. I also give them as gifts!
Thank you for shinning a spotlight on Stefanie!

Stefanie has a wonderful eye for color and design . It is so nice to see her beautiful work .
Thank you

Beautiful quilts by a talented artist! I love the personalized quilts about the town of Newtown. I would love to make a Bernese Mountain Dog quilt. I know I can probably buy a mass produced one but a handmade personalized on would be some much nicer.

Thanks for sharing the blog about the art of quilting and the social aspect of it!
Nicole – start quilting! There is always a quilting class to be found at a local community class or church!

That red glassware is very beautiful! It reminds me of some glassware my mother used when I was younger. It was a gold colored glass with lengthwise designs. Of course we only used them on special occasions. I would love to have a set of my own in that blue frosted color. Next time I’m out at thrift stores I will have to look for some.

Hi Nicole,

Great finds and collection. I am also a fan of colored glass. I have several pieces of pink depression glass that belonged to my husbands aunt and some pretty green luncheon plates I bought from a friend who was downsizing many years ago. I also love carnival glass. I have some of my mom’s smaller pieces which were always used for dips, relishes, olives and pickles on her holiday table. I use some on my dresser for catching jewelry and my glasses. My pieces are stored in my glass front china cabinet where I can watch them shine everyday and I often use them throughout the year when we have a fancy Sunday breakfast. Thanks for sharing your lovely collection and the history that goes with it. I love learning about vintage ” anything”!
Hugs to you!
Your blogging sis in the east!
Deb

It must be in our genes. I like glassware too. Especially martini or scotch glasses.

Oh Nicole, you just gave me the BEST blast-from-the-past. I really, really, really enjoyed looking at your pictures!
I was born and raised in West Virginia. Many of these pieces I remember seeing at the homes of our friends and relatives. We were VERY poor and did not have any of these. If I were to find some now (at 76) I’d probably grab them and run to offer as a gift to some dear friends that enjoy and collect items of this nature.
Before I wrote you today, I went online and looked at the BLENKO and BLENDO web sites to remind myself “which was which”. That also brought back a flood of memories.
All in all I have really enjoyed myself this morning as I read your blog. Thanks a million for taking the time (and photos) and article. It was a real treat!

I grew up with a lot of this sort of thing! This brings back so many memories! I have a set of glass dinnerware that my family calls the ruby dishes. I got it in the 70’s when my children were small and they hold a place in my heart!

Love your article about Blendo glassware! I recently gave a frosted lavender tall pitcher to a dear friend as a hostess gift. I filled it with a large bouquet of flowers. I often shop in thrift stores looking for interesting vintage glass and china pieces. When we go to friend’s house for dinner or to a party, we bring a vintage piece filled hors d’oeuvres, mints, flowers etc as a hostess gift. When we leave, the family has a lovely piece to use in their home. You can find gorgeous vintage/antique glassware and china at thrift stores and garage sales for minimal cost. So you end up spending less than you would going to a grocery store and picking a piece of landfill destined plastic! (Not everyone recycles.)

Love the blog! I found some vintage glassware in my mom’s kitchen cabinets. My sister and I grabbed some pieces that we remembered mom bringing out on special occasions and holidays. I am so happy that she kept this pieces, some going back to the 1950’s for us to enjoy today.
I also found some beautiful rose colored goblets in Chip’s mother’s kitchen. I just loved the rose color and vintage look. We now have these glasses in our home waiting for our next entertaining event: Happy Hour with Friends!
Thank you for the tips on what types and manufacturer of glassware we should look for at our next antique shopping trip! I also enjoy your tips on incorporating the old items into the present. Makes one’s parties unique and classy!

Yay for you!!!

Congratulations!

Congrats on completing one your bucket list dreams! That is so awesome! I hope the 2016 year will bring you much joy in your Master Gardening adventures!

I am so proud of you, Nicole! At graduation you look so happy like you might cry! This blog is so informative and beautiful pictures! I cannot believe how thick your binder is!
I like the quote from Audrey Hepburn. I guess that is why my mother loved growing her roses. So glad you were determined to do this. Your garden is so pretty with you standing in it. What a gorgeous tomato too!
Miss and love you,
Mother

Congratulations on your well-deserved honor! This reader among others is very proud of you.

I just became a Master Gardener too! What a wonderful experience it was. I am so happy to know you also made this accomplishment and loved reading about your journey from intern to Certified!

CONGRATS on your awesome accomplishment! My thumb is far from being green but I do envy people that have a love for gardening! Maybe Spring will come early for us here in the Northeast this year, we have been very lucky, and you can get out there earlier! Wishful thinking and fingers crossed! 🙂
Diane

Congrats Nicole! I’m so happy for you. It’s such a good feeling to accomplish something you’ve been longing to do for years. Sometimes a girl just has to do what a girl has to do, despite all other obligations and commitments. I’d sure love to flip through your binder. It looks amazing! Thanks for sharing your accomplishment and the importance of master gardeners everywhere.
Happy New Year!
Deb ( Beach Farmgirl )

Looks great love the old time look!

This is delightful! I love all of your retro things! I remember many of those from growing up in the ’50’s and ’60’s. I’d love to make those antique Christmas card baskets (remember my Mom had one.) I hope I have the Mary Jane’s Farm issue that included the instructions. If not, I hope the instructions are available elsewhere – in one of her books, the web site, etc.

I’m with you, Nicole. I handwrite my cards on the inside and addresses. I cannot give up this tradition!!! For heavens sake….its only once a year that we have to do this. I absolutely refuse to send out Christmas greetings via Facebook or email. For many friends and some relatives this is the only time we exchange news. I can tell the folks who do this are getting smaller and smaller…but as long as there is one, I shall respond!!!! Merry Christmas!!!

I volunteer in our local thrift store’s Christmas Store. You would enjoy our retro table. Come for a visit and I’ll give you a behind the scene’s tour. The Christmas Store is open from the last weekend in October thru the holidays. Our prices are very reasonable too! Merry Christmas.

Love the photos and the nostalgia. There is nothing better than a vintage Christmas. Enjoyed the article tremendously. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a New Year full of blessings.
Marilyn

I love your decorations and the porch looks fabulous! I have the Frosty and Rudolph books that you displayed as well. I read to my granddaughter each day of the holiday season.

Loved this blog as I love Christmas and all the decorating and traditions that go along with it. As you know, I packed up my parent’s household items from their home and brought them to mine. I ignored the teasing of my brother as to why I am taking boxes of trinkets 700 miles in a U-Haul truck. I am so glad that I did as I have many of the items that you mention in your blog that my mom once displayed in our home around the Holidays. I have a Angel with tea light, Santa with spaghetti trim, childhood Christmas books, tiny Christmas houses my uncle made, and a lighted Christmas tree! I loved having all my mom’s items now displayed in my own home.

I love the Holiday glassware! I did find a set in a local antique store and passed them up. I am now planning to revisit that store and hopefully they will still be there!

Looks great love the old time look!

This is delightful! I love all of your retro things! I remember many of those from growing up in the ’50’s and ’60’s. I’d love to make those antique Christmas card baskets (remember my Mom had one.) I hope I have the Mary Jane’s Farm issue that included the instructions. If not, I hope the instructions are available elsewhere – in one of her books, the web site, etc.

I’m with you, Nicole. I handwrite my cards on the inside and addresses. I cannot give up this tradition!!! For heavens sake….its only once a year that we have to do this. I absolutely refuse to send out Christmas greetings via Facebook or email. For many friends and some relatives this is the only time we exchange news. I can tell the folks who do this are getting smaller and smaller…but as long as there is one, I shall respond!!!! Merry Christmas!!!

I volunteer in our local thrift store’s Christmas Store. You would enjoy our retro table. Come for a visit and I’ll give you a behind the scene’s tour. The Christmas Store is open from the last weekend in October thru the holidays. Our prices are very reasonable too! Merry Christmas.

Love the photos and the nostalgia. There is nothing better than a vintage Christmas. Enjoyed the article tremendously. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a New Year full of blessings.
Marilyn

I love your decorations and the porch looks fabulous! I have the Frosty and Rudolph books that you displayed as well. I read to my granddaughter each day of the holiday season.

Loved this blog as I love Christmas and all the decorating and traditions that go along with it. As you know, I packed up my parent’s household items from their home and brought them to mine. I ignored the teasing of my brother as to why I am taking boxes of trinkets 700 miles in a U-Haul truck. I am so glad that I did as I have many of the items that you mention in your blog that my mom once displayed in our home around the Holidays. I have a Angel with tea light, Santa with spaghetti trim, childhood Christmas books, tiny Christmas houses my uncle made, and a lighted Christmas tree! I loved having all my mom’s items now displayed in my own home.

I love the Holiday glassware! I did find a set in a local antique store and passed them up. I am now planning to revisit that store and hopefully they will still be there!

Congratulations Marge Hofknechgt! I was kind of hoping that would be my name in that slot. You are going to love it!

Nicole, I loved this post. I wish I could join your Farmgirl sisterhood chapter. We don’t have one in our area… wondering if I should start one maybe? 🙂

It looked like such an enjoyable evening. I loved the home-made/hand-made craft exchange. What an awesome idea.

Hugs,

Dori

I am so excited…I found a chapter near me…well about 50 miles away..but what would one expect in northern Maine.. I can hardly wait to hear back from them. I have toyed with this idea for years and finally took the first step. Thanks for the extra nudge Nicole. I will be trying the site recipe. Looks and sounds like you all had so much fun. Thanks again

Congratulations Marge! what a sweet surprise. This was a great fun post! I’m not in a group right now – wish there was one close to me – one like yours. Thanks for sharing – Merry Christmas. God Bless

I should see if there is a chapter near me. I could use some girl-time. 🙂

Nicole, thank you so much! I will treasure that recipe box. I’m downsizing lots around here and have to get realistic about how many cookbooks do I actually need or use. I’ve been making copies of favorite recipes out of this book and that book and then taking the cookbooks to our local library which has an ongoing book sale. The recipe box will be very handy to hold all my favorites. Your Farmgirl Christmas party looks like fun. I need to see if my area has a Farmgirl group that meets regularly. Have a Merry Christmas!

You look so beautiful and happy in this picture with your farmgirl friends! Very nice blog and love your grapevine wreath too.
Love,
Mother

always enjoy your posts and congrats on your 6 year anniversary! My Mom also loved to try new recipes and I do the same thing now, I tell people that I am a recipe hoarder since I have recipes all over the place!! Happy Thanksgiving!!

Nicole, I don’t know if you remember that I live in Newark, OH (Heath, OH nearby) where the world-famous Longaberger Basket Office Building is located. Tell me that you have seen its pictures online?
I bet your daughter has her eye on that little box/basket! Just for a suggestion, did you ever think of doing photocopies of your precious recipes and then maybe taking the originals to a shop and having them laminated for posterity?
I would appreciate it if you would include me in your Giveaway.
Wish I had a daughter to cook Thanksgiving dinner with me!

I love to make my pumpkin upside cake. Pumpkin pie on bottom and dry cake mix with butter and pecans to top it off. So yummy. Of course, I love the turkey and dressing too.
My mom always made the best! and she’s been gone now for 4 years. still miss her

I have a recipe box, the sam one for over 30 years…it has mine and my mothers stuffed in to an old card catalog box. Its solid oak, not very pretty but funtional. I also have my grandmothers note book of recipes…all writen in her own hand.
I really enjoy your stories Nichole…thank you and Happy Thanksgiving.

Favorite memories – large extended family get together on the day after Thanksgiving. Many times over 60 + attending!

I have three recipe boxes – My grandmother’s – some of whose recipes go back before the turn of the century; my mother’s – from the 1920’s into the 1950’s, when she had a stroke that affected her one eye; and mine, the 1950’s to the present. I don’t cook much anymore – my daughters, granddaughters, and men in the family who like to cook do it. But I treasure the recipe boxes. My grandmother’s has recipes that are in letters from friends, and sometimes send me to the Internet to do research. One from before 1900, referred to marshmallows! I didn’t know they were available back then. I found a recipe for making your own! Cooking from scratch, which they all did, was a labor of love back then. Many of their dishes required two or three days to finish. I love to read them, but I give thanks this Thanksgiving that we don’t have to do the big meals three times a day! Just my opinion.

What a wonderful post!!!! I too am not with the big ole FAMILY but I am grateful for those that are around here where I am I too am so blessed to have all the MaryJanes Farm peeps to call ‘family’. I am a – hand written/printed recipe girl – tactile I guess, so the recipe box is a good thing. I would so love to be picked for the beautiful box you are offering but most of all I would love to have your recipes – my sister says my boxes are just coverings for all the recipes I have collected – yupper she is right. Thank you for the chance and Happy Thanksgiving. God bless.

I gave up my recipe cards and the box some years ago. As I age, I can’t see those little cards to cook, and wearing my reading glasses in the kitchen is messy. I cook a LOT despite a full time job and a part-time job. I love to cook! All of my recipes now occupy four binders. I’ve printed them in large font so they are always easy to read. I have the binders divided up in a way that makes sense for me. One is for meats (sections for beef, chicken, pork, and “other), one is for side dishes (potatoes, pasta, veggies), one is for desserts (cakes, pies, cookies, candies, etc.) and the fourth is everything else (soups, appetizers). Many of the recipes were from friends or family, and get used regularly. I’m always adding to the binders, as well, because we are always looking for new ways to eat old things. 🙂

I love the fall-themed box and cards, Nicole! You are so nice to offer the giveaway. I have a large plastic recipe box that was my mother’s. I cannot get another card in it, and would love to win this box to pull out the recipes most popular with my family. My mother also cut recipes out of the newspaper – and one Christmas she compiled all of the cookie recipes from her family, friends, and newspaper clippings into a notebook and made a copy for she, my sister, and I. She also indexed it doubly – by alphabet and by type of cookie. I treasure that box.

I love the story of your recipe box, my box is very similar. Would love to win a new recipe box to stuff full of recipes for my granddaughter, I’ll put it in the “bottom drawer” I’ve started for her. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity and Happy Thanksgiving!

I too have a recipe box–yellow plastic with cards handmade by relatives who have long passed on, friends, great cooks and bakers, and the original bread recipe from my friend across the hall who taught me her family recipe in 1967 so I could bake my first two loaves of bread. I still use her recipe: sometimes with sesame seeds, sometimes with honey, always with happy memories. Congratulations on your six years with Mary Jane! Thank you for the beautiful recipe box giveaway and I hope whomever wins will appreciate it for many, many years.

I have my grandmother’s recipes in an old plastic bag that appears to be full of butter and flour leavings, just like the recipes themselves. My grandmother died many years ago (at least 40 years ago at the age of 88) but I so strongly associate those recipes with the smells coming from her kitchen….tarts….eclairs….and my favorite…donuts…ummm.

Thank you for sharing things of beauty. I, too, celebrate the holiday with just my immediate family. I am thankful for that full day with my children, for time off from work and just time to breathe.

I love my recipe box, but this would’ve a perfect gift for a friend who lost her home in the Idaho wildfires.

Thank you for such a nice giveaway. I would love to win the recipe box. Recipes handed down from my grandmas are my favorites unfortunately, there are only a few. They just cooked without recipes. We are currently working with my mom and mother in law and to get theirs.

I love your recipe box. My mother passed away 4 years ago and my father gave me her recipe boxes. I have scanned them into the computer and will give a digital recipe book to my siblings. Mom always had a huge Thanksgiving Dinner and have everyone over. Everyone has gone there own way now and my husband and I will have a quiet Thanksgiving dinner at home. Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for sharing your blog with everyone. Judy

Love your blogs. Did Thanksgiving with my church family on Sunday….yummy and ooooh too much! I would love to have the recipe file. My cousin worked for Longaberger in Ohio for some time (sales) and her mom made some of the liners…many years ago. I still have many of the baskets and they are so handy. Have a great Thanksgiving. We have so much in this country for which to be thankful!

Hi Nicole– Loved your post today. When my mom-in-law died I asked for her recipe book that her mom had hand written for her in 1942 when she married. I love it. It’s covered with old contact paper. There are recipes from president’s wives, too, that were handed down for decades. Some things baffle me like “a temporate oven”. I have 2 recipe boxes- one for sweets with Hershey stuff on it and one for everything else with kitchen stuff on it. When my oldest son went to college, he asked for a cookbook of his favorite recipes. Now that’s a blessing, indeed. Thanks for your great letters. Happy Thanksgiving, Kerrie Hershey

I too have a recipe box with hand written recipes, but it is decrepit with the lid unhinged. I’d love a new one.

Hi Nicole, Love your post about treasured recipes! I have a treasured stuffing recipe that I have received from my mom. It is always made every thanksgiving and only at thanksgiving, so everyone in the family looks forward to it. I hope you have a blessed day with your family! Happy Thanksgiving, Michele

my Dear Nicole.
I have my very first box and it is overflowing with the recipes I have used in my 44 years of being married, A new one would be just as loved.
Thank you
Pat

We will watch the Macy’s Day Parade. My favorite thing to eat at Thanksgiving is, the yams. Thanks for the giveaway.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

Nicole, I love hearing about your special memories. Texas Hill country is so fun. My son lives in Austin. I have a recipe box I got when in 8th grade. It was full of recipes we fixed in Home Economics. I painted it with a rooster. That was in 1956. What a hoot to remember some of those crazy classes when we had to divide food we fixed with four girls to each kitchen. Gazillions of recipes later, I am still cooking. Have a great holiday.

What s wonderful idea. 😉 I love recipes that are passed down through generations. A basket is a great place to keep them.

Hello Nicole,
I too am fond of recipes that have been handed down from my mother, grandmothers and even my great grandmother. I was thrilled to find the perfect recipe box to give to my 14 year old grand daughter this year for Christmas. Over the last few years she had asked for my recipes of her favorite dishes. I wanted to give her a place to keep them and to add to as she continues to expand her cooking skills. I hope she will cherish the box and its contents as much as I enjoyed the search and putting together some of my special favorites. Enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday and continue to be thankful for all the little things in life.

Enjoyed this article so much. Thank you for sharing this amazing collection. I find it do interesting the things that people choose to collect. This collection….very unique!

I remember my Russian born grandmother’s long tapered wooden rolling pin. She made varenyky, Pirozhki and other little round meat filled pastries with it. It came with a wooden board and I wanted it for a memory and to use. Unfortunately my mom didn’t keep it for me while I was in service overseas. They have so much meaning and are beautiful. I now have collected a Foley rolling pin of heavy maple that shines from lard and butter in the doughs! I also watch out for the German carved wood Springerle cookie rolling pins. Thanks for sharing this collection with all of us.
Ellen Ottoson

She has a wonderful collection. I collect miniature rolling pins. I will e-mail you a picture Nicole.

Nicole, I never knew there were so many kinds of rolling pins! My sister, Barbara, would love the pink one from the ’50’s. She has a lot of pink utensils in her kitchen from the 1950’s including a mixer. I like the picture frame with a miniature rolling pin, that you sent me for Christmas last year, in my kitchen with Audrey’s picture in it. I would have loved to see a picture of you in this blog with one of your aprons and holding the red rolling pin I gave you.
Love, Mother

Lovely collection. Congratulations.
Marilyn

Nicole, I really enjoyed this article! I love, love, love historical articles related to the home arts. I’m really curious about the copper rolling pin and the glass ones. I’ll have to go surfing on the net! My mother had a porcelain rolling pin. It had a beautiful multi-colored floral print. She always used a ribbed cotton sleeve on it. My sister has it now. Thank you, for such an enjoyable article!

Hello Nicole……..I discovered your lovely site whilst looking for a stand/holder to display my rolling pins. My mouth fell open when I scrolled down viewing and right at the end, there is a beautiful Willow pattern pin and above it is a stunning large plate depicting a Dutch river and rural scene with a windmill in the background. The most wonderful aspect is that I have the exact same plate in my dining room, here in Australia.
Amazing to think we share the same item, which I love and is surrounded by other Delft pieces.
I am still looking for the right display for my rolling pins and will continue to browse the world. I look forward to seeing more of your site and to see if we share anymore pieces .
Warmest regards…….Deb

Beautiful collection. I collect rolling pins as well and i believe i have around 50 so far.. I wish there were a book on how to “date” rolling pins, as i would love to know how old they are and where they may have been made.

I am curious if you know anything about Rowcoco rolling pins. When did the stop making them and what they originally cost?

would like something Special to put on my 8 yr old first rolling pin alone with her first cook book could you help

Hi, I have a very old metal rolling pin that was my husband’s grandmother’s and I’m curious about the history. What is the best place to find more information?

Hi Nicole. Very interesting article! I came across it while doing some research for my wife. She bought an old, solid, clear glass 16-inch “rolling pin” made by PYREX with the number “AP 1041” on it. It is quite unusual as the knobs on each end are larger in diameter than the main body. The main body is also ribbed, not smooth as a regular rolling pin. I was wondering if you could contact Ellen about this for me? We have searched and searched but had no luck finding out info on this unusual piece. I can send a picture if you like. Thanks!

I HAVE OLD PROBABLY FROM EARLY!! 1900 HOW CAN I SEND YOU A PICTURE TO SEE IF YOU CAN PUT APPOXIMATE DATE ON IT??
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