08/11/2026
EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT!! 📰
A day late and a dollar short, heeeere’s
🐝 THE BEEZWAX
A Monthly Letter from Muddy Jane Emporium
August in Yancey County
🌼 Fresh From The Mud
There’s always something shiny to be found in the muck, so we’ve been hard at work!
Our unique boutique on the creek changes nearly every day! Look for our weekend pop-ups & goodies in store like:
•Crochet Purses, Blouses, & Blankets
•New & Vintage Jewelry Finds
•One-of-A-Kind Dyed & Patchwork Clothing
•Paintings, handmade journals, magnets & more by local mother & daughter artist team- Us!
🐝 Bee In The Know
August is abuzz!
Our bees & butterflies depend on late-blooming wildflowers as summer begins winding down.
Plants like the Bee Balm mentioned in our last newsletter, asters and other late bloomers provide much-needed forage, so consider leaving a little corner of the yard to grow wild for our tiny neighbors!
Did you know?
Toe Cane Beekeepers Association supports bees and beekeepers throughout Yancey, Mitchell & Avery counties! They even maintain an educational apiary at Mayland Community College where folks can get hands-on experience with honey bees.
From The Recipe Box 🗃️🥧
🍑 PEACH PIE
Ingredients
Pastry for a double-crust 9-inch pie
5 cups fresh peaches, sliced
1 cup sugar
½ cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Stir together flour, 1 cup sugar, and cinnamon & set aside.
Wash, peel, and slice fresh peaches.
Mix together peaches with combined dry ingredients.
Turn into pastry-lined pie pan and dot with butter.
Cover with top crust, cut slits in it, seal the edges.
Sprinkle top with 2 tablespoons of sugar.
Cover edges with foil; remove foil at the last 15 minutes of baking.
Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until crust is light brown.
Enjoy!
✨🗝️ Treasure
18% off ALL ART BY MAEK DEW!
That’s me!
All prints, paintings, murals & customs are discounted in the shop for my birthday month!
I love making art & this is my way of showing gratitude to be alive and able to create, with so much support from you all locally & beyond!
🖌️🎨👩🏻🎨
A Little Something Extra 🤏🏻💖
While my mama was born and raised here, she was in college and living in Savannah, Georgia at the time that I was born in mid-August.
Naturally, I can’t go a single summer without a peach or two & neither should you!
Grab some fresh local produce at Davis’ on Cane River, newly bloomed Wild Violet at 724 W Main & Yancey Farmers Market every Saturday at 322 West Main! 🥬🫐
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Our Beezwax Newsletter & Craft Club
Sweet Summer Crochet Granny Squares 🧶
We are passionate crafters here at Muddy Jane Emporium, so we’ve picked a block to make & share with you all every month!
From quilt blocks to granny squares & applique art, we want to send you this letter on quality parchment & a special supply box with extra goodies inside to make your own along with us throughout the year!
Follow our page to learn more about our monthly Beezwax club!
🌷 WILD FLOWER WISDOM
Speaking of us, the Gladiolus was my Mamas Mommas favorite flower and it happens to be the flower of August!
This bulb, pictured left, is one of the best to plant for pollinators due to their bright colors, sweet nectar & trumpet like blooms. Bees love the soft hues like pink while hummingbirds adore the deeper reds & oranges.
As long as they’re planted in good soil & get that cold snap they need, they come right up and well around most every corner in the Appalachian mountains!
In fact, it’s been a beloved garden bloom here for generations.
Like all plants, they are more than just pretty but also useful! Its parts can be used to treat venomous bites, headaches, convulsions arthritis & more!
Folk at the turn of the 19th century known as the Victorians, in their language of flowers, used it to express infatuation & also to say:
“You have pierced my heart.”
It symbolizes strength, faithfulness, remembrance & sincerity.
Gladiolus’ are in the Iris family and have a rich history spanning thousands of years. This flower is known as the sword lily, named from the Latin “gladius,” mirroring its blade-shaped leaves and deep ties to the strength of Roman gladiators.
They sure stand sharp in the morning dew!
Lil poem I wrote during Saturdays storm ⛈️
“There’s something magic in that rain, that soil.
The Clays & Michahs in the old steep hollers, even tricklin’ down the streets of Main.”
🐝 THE LOCAL BUZZ
As I start this half of our newsletter, I’m enjoying the late afternoon breeze in town during our 70th Annual Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair!
The skilled crafters, food & community are always a delight. Thank you all.
Summer is almost to an end here in our mountains. Round here, though, things are just getting started. There’s not much better than a good ol’ boot stomp & fun community gatherings!
Here are some current local happenings:
• PATH is hosting another family activity day for their Sizzlin Summer Series - August 15th, 10-2pm @ Town Square! Be there or be Square!
• On the same morning Plott Hound Books will feature Storytime & Book Signing with childrens author Sabrina Ehlenberger @ 11am.
• Build Your Own Boat Race by NC Outdoor Adventures. Race your handmade boat down the North Toe River, enjoy an outdoor movie and hotdogs with friends & family starting @ 4pm August 29th!
• Old Sap live at the NuWray Hotel on August 21st @ 9pm.
• Rick Hornyak & The Highway Companions
live at Homeplace Beer Company
August 21st @ 7pm.
• Watermelon Crawl- Same Place, Same Time- The next night! August 22nd @ 7pm.
Homeplace will feature an end of summer celebration with line dancing, food specials by Hog Hollow & live music by Cody Fair
• Rhythm Rockits will play live at the NuWray on August 28th @ 6pm.
In late July, a local coffee shop on the far end of East Main Street moved and are now selling delicious coffee treats at The Jukebox on the corner of Town Square!
Pop in for a cup or a morning jam session! 🎸☕️
P.S. by the time I drafted this I’d walked home just in time for the late afternoon storm to come on down.
It sure has been misty & muddy in these mountain creeks.
~Mama & Mak
