Christmas in July Sale! All Ornaments & Christmas items are $1.00 off through August 5th.

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We are delighted to announce the winners of the First Annual Celtic Attic Fun in the Sun Contest. They are: Cornelia, Florence, William & Donna. Each will be receiving an email in the next few days to let them know they won and we will get their gifts out this coming week. Our next shows for those in Western WA are Kitsap County Fair (August 21st - 23rd and August 25th, this one is subject to change because my middle son is getting married on the 24th of August). We are also hoping to attend the Manette Festival on the 7th of September. Stop by and see us! The Kiddies are out of school for
the summer and Weddings are being planned. Why not buy your Wedding gifts
<http://www.celticattic.com/treasures/celtic_wedding_gifts.htm>  here at the celtic attic. Or you can check out our Jewelry
<http://www.celticattic.com/jewelry/celtic_jewelry.htm> pages to discover all the wonderful items we have available. 

Drop by our new space in the Artist Loft at the Claywerks studio in downtown Bremerton WA is open for business. There are other artists in the loft space, so lots to see. We are not always there, but if you let us know you are coming into town, we will make every attempt to meet you at the store. The awesome ClayWerks studio downstairs is open Tues-Sat 11am-6pm and you can drop in and check it out and go up stairs to the Artist Loft and shop Celtic Attic. 360-531-1107. Store address is 408 Pacific Ave, Bremerton WA
98337. Our goggle+ account has all the map info. Just go to Google+ and type in Celtic Attic.

We want to offer this great Shopping Deal to you from today until August 30th. Half Off on shipping order now at the Celtic Attic. There may be an extra charge for shipping international yon heavy items or if you would like it priority mail. Plus get a candy bag & a wee GIFT FREE with each and every order. 

What to know where Celtic Attic will be and what shows we will be selling at? Visit this page for more info. 

http://www.celticattic.com/contact_us/information/company_certificates.htm

Here is the deal of the month at the Celtic Attic. The Leprechaun's Pot of Gold is now available for FREE in PDF format. That's right, FREE. We have decided to give you this gift so that you might be inspired to start your own business or just read about how we started ours! Just click on the link below to get your free copy or you can email Kristin@celticattic.com

Leprechaun's Pot of Gold
http://celticcallings.com/shopping/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CSC&Product_Code=LPOGPDF&Category_Code=

New book launch is now October 25th, 2013. We have been asked by many customers and friends to have it out before Halloween/Samhain. A Celtic Haunted Highway will go public via lulu press. I am still completing the book, but it has certainly been an interesting adventure. If you're fascinated with ghost and ghost hunting, there are some great stories and adventures. Also for your exploration pleasure there is a map of our trips from Port Angeles WA to Portland OR full of haunted sites, celtic cemeteries, celtic shops, fairs, Irish pubs and other Celtic areas and things of interest. It is a Ghost hunting book with a Celtic Twist. If you would like to preorder a copy, you can email Kristin@celticattic.com. We will put you on the waiting list. The cost will be somewhere in the range of
$15 - $25 depending on pictures and size of the book. If you are a local WA business and we didn't contact you, please drop us a line so we can talk about what we are doing and upcoming plans for another ghost hunting trip in April 2014.

Also another new book, Photography of the Kitsap area will be released via pdf version in about 2 weeks. We have been taking pictures of the area for years and have so many we wanted to put them out there for everyone to see. There will be stories of the area and where they were taken and other information for tourist visits included. The book will be around $5.00 and we hope you love it as much as we have loved creating it!

Hamburger upside-down casserole a la Shirley O`Bannon

2 1/2 cups macaroni

3 tablespoons butter

1/2 cup minced onion

2 teaspoons minced garlic

1-pound ground chuck

1 8-ounce can tomato sauce

1-teaspoon salt

1 /4 teaspoon pepper

1/4-teaspoon oregano

1 8 ounce package cheddar or Swiss cheese, grated

3 eggs, beaten

3/4 cups milk

Cook Macaroni according to instructions. 

Sautee onions, garlic and ground chuck in hot butter. 

Stir in tomato sauce and spices. Spread on bottom of casserole. 

Toss drained macaroni with cheese arrange on top of the meat. 

Combine beaten eggs with milk and pour over macaroni. Serve hot.



As Always, Peace
Kristin and the staff at the Celtic Attic
Mailing - 2916 NW Bucklin Hill Rd #133 Silverdale, WA 98383

Store - 408 Pacific Ave Bremerton WA 98337
360-813-1113

August is Artist Appreciation month

August is also Artist appreciation month.  Going hand in hand with our small business is the artist concept.  To be a small business or home based business owner you are also an artist.  You either create unique and original items to sell or market or you take concepts and market them which is an art form in and of itself. 

We are in the process of releasing in PDF format Jefferson and Kitsap counties in pictures.... It will be released in 2 weeks.  The link with be on our library pages. 

http://www.celticattic.com/library/kristins_books.htm

August is Home Business appreciation month

August is home business month.  Well what a perfect month for us here at the Celtic Attic.  We started off as a home based business, moved to a store, moved back to home based when my son got sick, and now are both home based and store front based.  We have taken the best of all worlds and are constantly merging and changing and re-thinking the Celtic Attic concept.  Here is an excerpt from our book a Leprechaun's Pot of Gold...

Life can be a big drama if you perceive to fail. It is not always about the end result.  The finished product is a success but so is actually completing the project, idea or dream.  It would be nice to make a million, but that is not why I write.  Words are like angels and their wings carry my thoughts to print.  I think that the angels guide us on our path and in writing I am blessed.  I write to help others and if the money comes as a result, I certainly won’t refuse it.  In writing this book it is my intention to myself, to you the reader and to the universe to help others achieve their dreams of owning, running and making money at an online business and fulfill a dream.  The mere writing and publishing of it is one of my successes. If I only help one person with this book it is a success. There is no failure, except to not try.  “Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.”

I think everyone has periods be it a year, a day, a week, an hour or a second in which everything appears to fall apart.  Your job ends, someone dies, a spouse or child becomes ill, or you feel terrible because of... you fill in the blanks here.  We have all experienced that knot in our tummies that signals stress.  We have all felt at one point or another that this is just more than I can possibly handle.  I could die from this, I won't make it past this, and this is not fair...

I remember falling to the rocky ground outside my home on a cold winters day in Jan 2003 after I had come home from the post office to find an ambulance and fire truck in my driveway and my children and husband at the time trying desperately to give my mother CPR.  I fell to my knees and screamed I will do anything if you bring her back, don't take my mom from me, I am too young and so is she, we have so much left to do and say... well little did I know that that was the beginning of my year of hell.  That was the first incident in a procession of horrors all of which were terrible.  That first event was the most horrific event of my life thus far. 

I lost my father in December of that year to end my year of hell.  In between my mum's passing and my dad's passing, my youngest son became very ill and my husband at the time was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and he underwent two surgeries to remove it.  I know there were other events in there good and bad, but those are the ones that stick out today as I write this.  I know from my own experiences it is how you deal with the events in your life and the tragedies and the victories that meld us into the people we are at this very moment.  The next event will shape you into the person you will be in the next second and so on and so on... if you can take any tragic event and see some silver lining under that darkest cloud, you are livening a life blessed.  Those that cannot turn the tragedy around are doomed to live in sadness. 

Remember any victory is to be taken as a blessing and be thankful for it every second because if you are not grateful, but boastful and think you are deserving of it, in one split second it can turn around into something else.  If you can keep the positive in every moment, in every aspect even if you are not feeling it, you can express it and work through things with love and patience and caring, then each subsequent second will be a blessing and not a horror. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”4

4 Andre Gide

            I have certainly lost sight of the shore on more than one occasion, more than I would dare recall for you here today.  I have been a waitress, bartender, photographer, office manager, paralegal, social worker, peace officer, housekeeper and small business owner just to name a few occupations I have held over the years.  I have driven fast cars, surfed, sailed, skateboarded, bungee jumped and fallen out of an airplane (with a parachute of course).  Why?  The only answer I can ever think of when people ask me this question is I just wanted to try it.  How can you truly know if you like or dislike something if you haven’t tried or experienced the passion and fear?

            I believe a lot of people dismiss their dreams because of fear.  Fear of failure, fear of the unknown, fear of figuring out what they really thought they loved just wasn’t what they really did love after all.  For me that lost love is law school.  You can look in my high school yearbook and it clearly says I was going to be an attorney.  Believe me I gave that dream my all.  I even attended law school but found out on my personal path to self-discovery that law school was not my destiny.  Take a chance and walk with open arms and open eyes down your path.  Don’t walk in fear, face it and learn and grow from each and every experience.

It is nice to finally realize that what you are doing is what you love and it is exactly what you should be doing with your life.  We all struggle to find ourselves and our paths and most of the time it is right in front of us.  Usually it comes out of necessity or an experience or a revelation… Called intuition, but we so seldom listen to our hearts.  We choose to listen to our heads and be guided by some societal force that tells us what is right and wrong and of value.  Lets try to listen to our hearts and hear the silent whisper of the angels in the wind that truly bless us each day of our lives.

What a wonderful summer season it is turning out to be here in Western WA. We actually have sunshine and some days where we wish AC came with our homes here. My AC in the work SUV is not working so I put screens on my windows and we are rocking it old school, windows down. Our next shows for those in Western WA are the Bainbridge Island Blue Grass Festival (July 27th) and the Kitsap County Fair (August 21st - 23rd and August 25th). Stop by and see us! The Kiddies are out of school for the summer and Weddings are being planned. Why not buy your Wedding gifts here at the celtic attic. Or you can check out our Jewelry pages to discover all the wonderful items we have available.

We are proud to announce our new space in the Artist Loft at the Claywerks studio in downtown Bremerton WA is open for business. We finally have most items in the store and everything is priced. We are not displaying our custom items, or a lot of the jewelry lines right now. We don’t want to over stock the small space with summer winding down. If you want to visit, you can call us first and let us know if you want to look at something specific and we will make sure we have it in the store for you. Also, since I work at my home office a lot, if you want me to be at the store to meet you, call or text me as well. 360-531-1107. Store address is 408 Pacific Ave, Bremerton WA 98337. Our goggle+ account has all the map info. Just go to Google+ and type in Celtic Attic.

The First Annual Fun in the Sun Contest has been getting a lot of entries; it is going to be hard to choose the winners. We are posting this on all our social media as well. Send us your Favorite Summertime activity with a photo or photos. We will pick 3 winners and send out a special surprise Celtic Pendant at the end of July. We want everyone to know that there is sun and fun out there. Just email your picture and fun activity to kc@celticattic.com

We want to offer this great Shopping Deal to you from today until July 30th. Half Off on shipping order now at the Celtic Attic. There may be an extra charge for shipping international yon heavy items or if you would like it priority mail. Plus get a candy bag & a wee GIFT FREE with each and every order.

What to know where Celtic Attic will be and what shows we will be selling at? Visit this page for more info…

http://www.celticattic.com/contact_us/information/company_certificates.htm

Here is the deal of the month at the Celtic Attic. The Leprechaun's Pot of Gold is now available for FREE in PDF format. That's right, FREE. We have decided to give you this gift so that you might be inspired to start your own business or just read about how we started ours! Just click on the link below to get your free copy or you can email Kristin@celticattic.com

Leprechaun's Pot of Gold

New book launch is now October 25th, 2013. We have been asked by many customers and friends to have it out before Halloween/Samhain. A Celtic Haunted Highway will go public via lulu press. I am still completing the book, but it has certainly been an interesting adventure. If you’re fascinated with ghost and ghost hunting, there are some great stories and adventures. Also for your exploration pleasure there is a map of our trips from Port Angeles WA to Portland OR full of haunted sites, celtic cemeteries, celtic shops, fairs, Irish pubs and other Celtic areas and things of interest. It is a Ghost hunting book with a Celtic Twist. If you would like to preorder a copy, you can email Kristin@celticattic.com. We will put you on the waiting list. The cost will be somewhere in the range of $15 - $25 depending on pictures and size of the book. If you are a local WA business and we didn’t contact you, please drop us a line so we can talk about what we are doing and upcoming plans for another ghost hunting trip in April 2014.

Rum Balls

2 cups vanilla wafers (crumbled)

1-cup pecan meat chopped

1 cup powdered sugar

2 tablespoons cocoa

2 tablespoons white corn syrup

1/2 cup rum or bourbon

Take Vanilla Wafers, Pecan, cocoa, white corn syrup, and alcohol and mix in a bowl. Take a small portion and make into a ball. Roll in powdered sugar. Store in fridge until ready for use. Will last about 1 week.

Blue Grass Festival

We attended the Bainbridge Island Blue Grass Festival yesterday July 27th. It was amazing, great music, fun crowd, lots of sales. It was well in the upper 80's and it was summer. To all those that visited the Celtic Attic booth, thank you so much. Be sure to stop by the store in downtown Bremerton 408 Pacific Ave or shop online http://www.celticattic.com.

http://www.bainbridgebluegrass.org/ 

Silverdale WA Whaling days

We attended the Silverdale WA Whaling Days yesterday in Silverdale Wa. It was a lot windy, but also a lot of fun. I was in the WINGS booth which is a non-profit women's networking group. We were able to setup a table display of some of the items we sell online and in the store. We met some great people and it was so much fun for us to be able to promote Celtic Attic to our local community. We also found out that everyone wants Meat Pies! I may have to get into the commercial kitchen again!  Visit us at 

http://www.celticattic.com