Canning Aprons Now Available in Small and Medium

Finally had the chance to make up the canning aprons in smaller sizes. Remember, I had them made up in large size only. Well, there are only a few in sizes small and medium, but they are fabulous. There are still more aprons to be created and listed. We did list some more of the canning aprons in large. Here are some pictures of the new aprons:

Vintage Canning Aprons Size Medium

Well, there are only 2 canning aprons made up right now, in medium size. I really like the prints on these. The small rose canning apron, has vintage crochet lace, which was added to the pockets and along the bottom edge of the apron. More to come at countrynmore.com

Wildflower Canning Apron:





Vintage Look Rose Floral Canning Apron:

New Vintage Amish Canning Aprons at Country N' More.com

These vintage canning (link to vintage aprons) aprons are not only gorgeous, but they provide full coverage. All of the aprons are pre-shrunk. Just added some more new vintage canning aprons to www.countrynmore.com. These aprons can be worn while working outdoors, or in the kitchen either preparing your favorite meal, or canning your fresh vegetables or fruit.











Some of our new vintage canning aprons are trimmed with vintage lace. They are just gorgeous in every way. Here is one of the aprons: This apron has both vintage lace and a floral trim.









I like the added touch that the vintage lace adds to the vintage canning apron.







Currently, we have the canning apron in Large, but we will be adding smaller sizes to our online store in the coming months.

Country N' More Now Ships Packages First Class

The print on this apron is so gorgeous.

Of course, it is on packages up to 13 oz., but www.countrynmore.com now can ship First Class Mail. Yeah! This has been a long time coming. So many customers want to order one item, but paying Priority Mail is costly for just the one item.

Teapot Apron

I am careful who or if I donate, because I get a lot of requests.

This organization provides financial aid and support to community cancer patients, their immediate families and caregivers. Having cancer in the first place is scary, and it is not only draining for the patient, but for their family members, both physically, mentally, but financially.






I really like the way that this came out.

New Rose and Floral Cobbler Aprons

Finally had a chance to make more aprons. These aprons are gorgeous. Although they are reversible, I am only showing the one side. You can view the reverse side by going to www.countrynmore.com. By clicking on the image, you will be sent to a new page, with two images. When yo click on the image, you can see a larger image of the apron. Sometimes, the aprons show up in New Products, before showing up in the category.

As promised, here are some pictures:

More Cobbler Aprons Coming Soon

There are new aprons coming to Country N' More, within the next week. Please check back soon. There are gorgeous rose floral prints, that will look fabulous in the reversible cobbler aprons. Of course, we have many nice aprons right now on the website.

Its A Boy, Its A Girl Banner Panels

All the fabric panels and fabric (both in the Etsy store or in our fabric store), are out of print.

These panels are perfect for welcoming a new baby boy or girl. You can use both and make it reversible, or make two different banners.






There are a few of the waist aprons, as well as neck coolers, and grocery bag holders. Right now, we are experiencing problems with the live feed from USPS for the website, so it isn't quoting live shipping rates. When you only need one item, like an apron or neck cooler, it is cheaper to purchase on Etsy, since items are shipped first class mail for Etsy.

New Vintage Clothespin Aprons

You will find many more at www.countrynmore.com

Country N' More has created a new line of aprons. We now have clothespin aprons. You will find that our waist aprons are longer than others sold elsewhere. They measure about 19 inches long and are made using high quality pre-shrunk fabric.

Your clothespins will be handy when you need them the most. Of course, you can use these aprons for holding supplies, plus they can be used in the kitchen for making your favorite dish.


Here are the first little girl apron that was made. I am waiting to get more done before adding them to our website: The aprons will come in s (3-4, although I feel that it will fit a 2 year old), med (5-6), and large (7-8).









We plan on adding waist aprons for little girls, more toddler cobbler aprons, plus more vintage aprons, and cobbler aprons.

Pupkin Bread From Scratch

Last week, I finally decided to cut open the fairytale pumpkin. I used to use canned pumpkin, until I thought that I could use a fresh pumpkin. I used to also cook the pumpkin in the oven, but of course changed how I did things. I now shred the pumpkin, like you would zucchini, or carrots.





First, I cut a whole in the top of the pumpkin, and then cut up the pumpkin in slices. The outside is easier to cut off when the pieces are placed on their side.



It is some work to cut up the pumpkin,but really not that much because of how I choose to cut it up. It helps to have a sharp knife.



I shredded the pumpkin in our food processor, which was so quick and easy. This pumpkin yielded 31 cups of shredded pumpkin, and I only paid between 4 and 5 dollars.


This pumpkin yielded would yield 20 loaves of pumpkin bread, but my oldest son wanted some pumpkin pie made with the fresh pumpkin as well.

Custom Waist Apron For Customer

I really like how this apron and matching grocery bag holder turned out. The apron strings were made long enough, so that they can be tied in front. I even added Ric-Rac to the grocery bag holder.


I like this apron, because it is so country.



plastic grocery bag holder, which can be used to store rags, etc.

My Cobbler Apron Creation On True Blood Episode

Back in March, I received a phone call from the show True Blood. They liked one of my aprons, and actually wanted two. I only had the one with the garden print, and couldn't make a second one, since I was out of the print. Anyways, they purchased the apron for an episode of True Blood. I was told that the apron was shown at the end of episode 7 and then the one that I knew about was episode 8 (season 4). Since people knew about it, I received a photo taken of the woman wearing my apron in the show. I have had my aprons used in musicals, and film, but when they use it in a film, I just know that it was used, but was never told for what. The woman at True Blood actually told me what episode the apron would be used for. This is so exciting for me.



Here is the original picture of the apron


My apron is on the right. The woman looks so cool wearing her hat, garden gloves, and apron.

Fresh Strawberry Jam

I just made some homemade strawberry jam. We do not have a large garden, so I purchased some delicious red strawberries at our local farmers' market. I took one jar of jam to the farmers' market, and gave it to the woman who has been selling me strawberries.





Even had some left over to put on pancakes. Yummy!

Homemade Jams

I haven't had a chance to blog for a while. I have received fresh apricots and plums from my neighbors. Too many to eat, so I have been making jam.

There is nothing like fresh homemade jam. So far, I have made plum, apricot-peach, and peach jam. The nectarines, peaches, and strawberries are calling for something to be made from the delicious fruit. Our wild California Red Grapes will be ripe, so the task to turn the small grapes into jelly will begin. The grapes are small and have seeds, so they are not suitable for eating. Last year, we harvested 25 lbs. of grapes. Not sure how much we will get off the bushes this year, but the bushes are filled with bunches of grapes.

Spiral Herb Garden at Pasadena City College

With the help and supplies from Cal-Earth the students from Pasadena City College Seeds of Change Club (my son is the president of the club) began to building the spiral herb planter. This is a very interesting project and a way to build up a garden vertically. See pictures below:



They first faced a slope that had to be smoothed out, therefore they got some shovels and moved some dirt.



The earth bags require clean dirt, so they cleared out an area free of compost and debris. The dirt is mixed with other components to form their mixture.



Sharon showed them how to use nails to close the side of the earth bags, so that the content would not come out once they compressed the mixture inside the bags.




They laid out the earth bags before we filled them up.




They used a hoe and a wheelbarrow to mix the dirt and water.They used a 10-1-1 mixture, which is 10 parts dirt to one part water, but they didn’t add the one part concrete.

The mixture would compress but not crumble and not wring like a sponge. Usually, a lower mix of soil is used to water, but their soil mixture required more dirt.





They used coffee cans to fill up the bags with our mixture.




After compressing the bags with the mixture, they finalized the earth bag placement.



They were able to get up to two levels, before calling it a day.

They will work more on the spiral herb garden.