There are so many reasons this year’s holiday break will be special. We have one baby being born, one trip to visit grandchildren and children in Kansas. One child is going off to Tasmania for 6 months, and numerous children are coming home for the holidays from near and far.

It has been a very productive and exciting year at Mountaine Meadows. With the economy pushing us, we developed many new items and ways of doing things that are cleaner and more efficient.  It was good and useful. We are tired though and ready for a break.

Thank you so much for your interest in Mountaine Meadows in 2009. We are looking forward to 2010.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Deborah

We are excited to offer you the following 7 plaques!
Right now, they are available ONLY from our website,

so these are really the best and the newest.

“Silence is golden, duct tape is silver”

“My dog thinks I am the Best Mom in the world”

“I’ll take a coffee, mocha, vodka, valium to go”
“Many a child is spoiled because you can’t spank Grandma”
“I love you to the moon and back”
“It’s not the destination, It’s the ride”

We are introducing new sayings every few weeks now. It is kind of exciting, as we interact with our customers more and more we fine tune our 2010 line. At the retail shows, we learn what people like and why.

At the shop we figure out the best ways to make the pieces.
Currently we are working on a new line of magnets and pins. The magnets are almost ready so we are trying to decide how to display them. There are a couple of neighborhood kids who like to come in after school. Yesterday I put them to work gluing the magnets onto the backs of the ceramic pieces. It was a learning experience for all, a little messy and very very fun.

The pins are really fun. Today everyone wore one of them so we could see how they showed up on people’s clothes. I’ll take some pictures next week.
Here are the 3 newest sayings:

We are proud to offer 3 new sayings in the oval style.

We have many new sayings in the works this fall and will announce them to you as soon as
they are ready.

For starters enjoy the first “batch” fresh out of the oven, and still warm!

Did you know:
If you register on the Mountaine Meadows Pottery website you can use the shopping cartto save your plaque choices between visits. This handy tool makes it even easier to build a group of

3, pick a 4th and get it for FREE. And now we offer FREE shipping on orders with a minimum of $40.00. Here is an even greater reason, to register, pick 4 plaques, and get FREE shipping.

We are currently showing our new plaques at the at the Big E in Springfield Mass.

We have all kinds of items we don’t have online or in stores so it may be worth the trip to any of the shows we are doing this fall to see what we are experimenting with. Here is a link to our show schedule retail shows.

The new rectangles are the biggest news at the moment. Perfect gifts for guys they stand up on a desk using the sturdy built in copper wire.

Favorites are: 

See all the Gifts for Men by clicking on this link. Gifts for Men

We will be sending emails with the newest sayings as they come out.

And remember, if you register with Mountain Meadows your cart will be saved between visits, so you can add more plaques to get the FREE one and the FREE Shipping

Enjoy,

Deborah Jurist

I am sitting by the fire knitting baby pumpkin hats (here is a link to the pattern I used) for a set of twins that were born just a few days ago. What cold be more appropriate for a fall evening? We have had weddings, births and sadly, a death here at Mountain Meadows. Our long time friend and carpenter David, passed away, suddenly, leaving us wondering how one person could have built so many useful things for us. Everywhere we look we see the products of his labors, tools, and ramps, shelving and displays, cherry cabinets, and pine doors.

Then, a few days ago we got word that a pair of little girl twins were finally born after a very long brave and thoughtful struggle by their parents.

Fall in Vermont is a very important time!  It is beautiful and magical as it transforms the landscape and our lives. We prepare for the quiet of winter, dreaming of the long nights by the warm fire with thoughts of new lives just arrived and lives passed on.

Gifts for loved ones, no matter who they are:

Enjoy your fall wherever you are,

Deborah

It’s true. The air is feeling clean and crisp, and the morning light is arriving as late as 5:30 am. Up here in northern Vermont we take these things seriously, and everyone is planning on going kayaking or biking after work.

The end of the summer brings on the show season too and we are extremely busy getting inventory prepared for all the retail shows we will be doing. Check out this link to see our show schedule.

We will have at least 24 new sayings to try out at the shows, many in the new brown standing style. That style has been a big hit this summer and it is especially exciting to design new sayings for guys and offices.

Our most popular one so far has been the Man Cave plaque.

But here is a new one we have been selling for the last few weeks and it ’s looking very exciting!

We’ll be having a lot of fun in the next few weeks meeting people on the road. Here’s to a long Indian summer!
Stay in Touch,

Deborah

Ok , this seems to be the year for weddings. I am not sure exactly why, but I personally know eight couples who are getting married this year. One of them is my son Nathaniel and his finance’ Brittan!
What an exciting event! We are buying dresses, planting flowers, planning meals, choosing music, and sending invitations.

Suddenly all the sayings we have been creating for weddings seem a lot more relevant! I can’t wait to include Brittan in our family.

It feels like a new life is beginning for all of us!

Mark and I have been married for 35 years. These days more than ever the old adage  “in life the best thing to hold onto is each other” is especially true.

You can see all our sayings for shower and wedding gifts in the section called Wedding
Then indulge your imagination and check out the “Babies” section.

Now that summer is finally here, we Vermonters are already thinking about ow quickly it will pass. Gardens are looking fantastic, both vegetable and flower gardens are at their peak now.

But it’s also time to relax and enjoy. It’s time to make a few trips to the beach.

If you are like me it sometimes feels like I should be doing something a little more productive than sitting on the beach. That’s Wrong! Celebrate summer with an acknowledgment that “Time spent at the beach is never wasted” with a Mountaine Meadows plaque.

Or perhaps it is time spent at the golf course!

At any rate, as we proceed through these tough economic times we need to take our fun where it finds us. Because as we all know, “It Is What It Is”. But, if that doesn’t make you feel better, why not “Wine a bit”?

Unlike Mothers Day, Fathers Day creeps up on us. There just isn’t as much hoopla about it. But Dads appreciate the attention just as much as Moms, maybe more.

The new rectangle plaques we are making here at Mountaine Meadows make perfect gifts for Dad. They stand on a desk or counter and they can also be hung on the wall.

If your Dad is the one who fixes everything he will definitely laugh at the “let me work on your problem” saying. Then again, he may be the type to hide in his “man cave” .
 

Then there is the gift for your son who is also a Father! We really have a great plaque saying for that one!

I suspect you will find loads of possibilities for your Dad. Take a peek at the Fathers Day section and have a good laugh on us!

Enjoy,

Deborah Jurist