Save the Dates April 20th and 21st

Roost Reimagined and Danner & Soli

Presents

Heritage Spring Faire

April 20-21

Join us for the awakening of spring at the Willamette Heritage Center.  Talented local vendors come together to showcase their wonderful merchandise.  There will be home, garden, and vintage accents to celebrate the awakening of spring.  

April 20th

Pre-Show party from 5-9pm

Enjoy a wonderful night of local wines, delightful appetizers, and early buying on all spring market finds.  Tickets for this event are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.

April 21st

Spring Tea from 10am-noon

Guests will enjoy a savory 3 course tea with a delicate sweet finish.

Tickets for this event are $15 in advance or $20 at the door.

SEATING IS LIMITED

Official show opening is April 21st from 10-4pm Free Admission.

Tickets can be ordered by calling 503-931-8116


Many people are wondering what will we be serving for the Soiree on Friday night?  Well let me tell you... All our guests' tastebuds will be tickled with the selections that we have picked.

Chicken Satay with a peanut dipping sauce

Contessa Pasta Salad

Antipasto Plate

Spinach artichoke dip with fresh crusty baguettes 

Barbecued meatballs

Chocolate covered cheesecake

To pair with this wonderful selection of foods are wines served by

Duck Pond Cellars is located at

23145 N Highway 99W

Dundee, OR 97115
(503) 538-3199

http://www.duckpondcellars.com

I'll be posting more about the food to be served at the Heritage Spring Tea soon.  Meanwhile if you haven't got your tickets for either show you should hurry!  

Heritage Spring Tea Menu

There has been much anticipation on the delightful meal that we have chosen to serve for our Heritage Spring Tea.  So here at last is the menu.

First course

Spring greens topped with feta cheese, crazens, and candied almond slivers with a poppy seed vinaigrette

Second course

Quiche

Feta Chicken Tea Sandwich

Scone with fresh butter and lemon curd

Fresh Fruit

Third course

Chocolate covered Cheescake bites.

Assorted cheeses & Candied nuts

There are only several tickets left so make sure that you reserve your spot now.  To purchase tickets you need to call:

503-931-8116

Feather her nest vintage inspired baby shower

Several weeks ago I held a baby shower for one of my closest friends Kelsie.  She and her husband will soon be blessed with a baby girl.  For the shower I chose the theme "feather her nest" mostly because I like adore feathers and birds.  You may recall that I took Martha's (Vintage Trifles) class on cake books and I made those little cakes with the birds on top.  If you missed the pictures they are here on my facebook page.  Well I did a few more pretties and here are a few pictures on how it all came together.

Thanks for looking and I look forward to seeing you all at the 

3 Friends Sale!

3 Friends - 3 Locations - 3 Sales

Saturday, March 17th 9am - 4pm

Molly Mo's

440 NE Cherry St

Sublimity OR

503 510-0820

Roost Reimagined

6067 78th Ave SE

Salem OR

503 931-8116

Vintage Trifles

5020 Daniel St S

Salem OR

503 581-7225

Make it a day and shop all 3 locations for vintage treasures, one-of-a-kind art, garden decor and funky junque of course!

Vintage Trifles Studio Play date

I had such a wonderful time today.  My great friend Martha from Vintage Trifles hosted a wonderful play date at her house here in Salem.  In this class she taught us how to create these wonderful paper cakes that are made from recycled books.  I have been looking forward to this class for a whole year!

  Last year if you look back on my blog in February we made these wonderful passports of our past and we had such a blast. After the class was over she had asked us what we would like to do for the next class and we had suggested the cake books.  

For the past month I have been pondering what the theme of my cake would be and then I realized that I have a baby shower coming up that I am planning and these would be 

a wonderful addition to my buffet and also my decor.  

The theme that I am going for with the shower is "Feather her Nest"  

So here is my "Cake":

After the class was finished I was lucky enough to spend some extra time in the studio with Martha and my wonderful friends Betty and Carol.  We had so much fun chatting with a little wine and brownies.  well me being me I just couldn't help myself and started on these adorable buffet markers.  

I will be using these for the food for the shower here is how they turned out:

 I used some salvage wood pieces that I picked up from my "second mom" Lisa from Randall Wood Estates.  I think they just turned out darling!  Oh and for the little bird images I used my favorite blog Graphics Fairy I just copied, pasted, and printed them out in the size that I wanted.

  If you ever get a chance to go to one of these studio classes DO NOT HESITATE!  

They are soooooo fun!  Check out Martha's blog for more info on future classes and pictures of the gals and the cakes that they made there are some really adorable cakes that were made!

Thanks for checking my little project out!

And don't forget next month is the 3 Friends Sale!  

Martha at Vintage Trifles

Dianne at Molly Mo's 

and of course me with Roost Reimagined will all be open

March 17th 9am-4pm

at all of our individule locations

Next Roost Event... Save the Date... March 17th

March 17th

3 Friends Sale

A collective show with my 2 friends Molly Mo's and Vintage Triffles

3 friends - 3 sales - 3 locations

Molly Mo's is located at 440 Cherry St. Sublimity, OR

Vintage Trifles is located at 5020 Daniel St. S Salem, OR

And the Roost Barn is located at 6067 78th Ave SE Salem, OR

On a side note...  

I have been getting numerous emails about the Southern Sweet Potato Salad recipe that we served at the Heritage Holiday Faire evening soiree.  

SO

Here it is:

Everyone loves and is surprised by this sweet and tangy salad.  It makes a lovely presentation and keeps for several days.  Double this recipe for your next gathering.

2 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2 cubes

2 Tbsp lemon juice

1 Cup mayo

2 Tbsp orange juice

1 Tbsp honey

1 Tsp. grated orange peel

1/2 Tsp. ground fresh ginger

1/4 Tsp. salt

1/8 Tsp. ground nutmeg

1 Tsp. cumin

1 cup chopped celery

1/2 cup craisens

1/2 cup pecans

1/2 cup red onion

1 can (11 oz) Mandarin oranges drained

In a medium saucepan cook sweet potatoes in boiling salted water just until tender, about 5-8 minutes (DO NOT OVERCOOK).  Drain; toss with the lemon juice.  In a large bowl combine mayo, orange juice, honey, orange peel, ginger, salt, nutmeg, and cumin.  Add the warm potatoes, celery, onions, and  craisens.  Toss to evenly coat dressing on the potatoes.  Gently toss the oranges and pecans in the mixture. Cover and chill.  It is now ready to serve.