After I read a comment on another post (by Andymeets1880) I began thinking,
Other than a season pass, what would you buy IN Silver Dollar City with $500.00?
Is there something you always look at, but never buy?
Is it 1 big thing?
25 small things?
A combination of random things?
You have to spend it, so just guesstimate on the prices. And Have Fun spending!!!
I might hit the furniture store, but I'd only be able to buy part of something.
We already do spend it. That's about what is costs for 6 of us (with 3 teenagers) to eat and drink in the park. ;D
Seriously, I would love to have about $200 worth of t-shirts, sweatshirts and hats, The Beverly Hillbillies DVD ($20?), another $100 of souvenir cups, mugs, etc., and the rest on jerky, taffy and fudge.
I'd like to by one of the grandfather clocks at the furniture store...however, I don't know if $500 would be enough...More like $5000. I also really like the large framed carved "Hymns" at the woodcarving shop...the fire place mantles are cool at that shop as well...
hand made knife from mr. johnson.. I"ll take 1 please, thank you.
i've always wanted a good sized wooden hillbilly
Woodcarving shop. Furniture Factory. Blown Glass. Pottery. I'd have a house decorated SDC style! (Did you know/remember that when SDC built a hand hewn log cabin around '81 that they fully furnished and decorated it with SDC handmade products? They offered the whole thing for sale at the end of the crafts festival that year. Uh, no buyers. The cabin currently is your Apple Butter shop.)
I would first get my sarsaparilla, and jerky fix for the day this means one of each kind!, and with the 475.00 left I would buy all of the apple butters and salsas I never purchase, the 3-5 lbs of taffy I always want, some kettle corn, and a lemon ice, and since I would be FULL by this point, a nice end table, or nightstand from Heartland Home furnishing, a vase from the glass blowers, some fudge and red hot jawbreakers for mom, and I would round out the day on the lantern cave tour.
I'd be broke, but man would I have a good day!
rube, you forgot to arrange someplace to sleep!! after that day, I know you would need a NAP!!!
I think a nap on the back porch at the homestead is what's called for in that situation.
Barefooted.
With a hound dog.
yea!and maybe a fire going in the fireplace.. with a pot of vittles simmering.... ;D
Who here thinks, as I do, that SDC should serve actual possum, turtle, and armadillo?
history buff... think i will stick to beef,chicken and pork... But if you can get them to do it!!???!!!!
Yah, a nap would be in order, or a trip to the city doctor for the tummy ache I'll have after the food. Maybe I'll end up in the First Aid area on a cot, or I could actually try to sleep on one of the beds in Heartland Home Furnishings!
I am so Cheap that it would take me a week or two to figure out how to spent the $ in a way that would get me the most Hand Made SDC stuff.
what i want to know is, where do we pick up our vouchers at?
I'm sure Rube will be sending those to our mailboxes before the season opens.
Is it okay if I pay you in fives?
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Small bills with nonconsecutive serial numbers are fine, but I was expecting one of those giant sweepstakes checks.
How about a small check???
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either way rube, I am sure both kinds of payment will be accepted ::) ::)
I'll take "The Diving Bell" for $500.00, Rube!
I would buy one of those copper moon oil lamps. They are so cool! It looks like the moon is blowing the flame out. You can see it here: http://www.bransonsilverdollarcity.com/craftsmen/craftsman_detail.aspx?AttractionID=841
thats neat! haytater
So the lamp is about $150.00 and there are smaller sizes available. You can visit Rex Morton's site "Mission Metal" here: http://www.shop.missionmetal.com/ (http://www.shop.missionmetal.com/)
Are you saying I need to splurge a bit more, rube?
yes ma'am! Spend spend spend!!!
rube u really are the jedi master of SDC and related info! ;D ;D
I have to disqualify myself from this thread because of my lack of time at SDC. But I have to say...oklaSDCfan, that pic of the food in the skillet is just mouthwatering. Doggone, if my stomach isnt taken notice!
I would probably spend it all in the leather shop. I need I new hat, an engraved guitar strap, maybe one of those leather jackets
Do they have guitar straps in the Leather shop???? I haven't seen that before. If so, I know what I want for my birthday!
I have never looked for one, I have always stuck to simple store bought cheap fabrick straps. If they sell them, I am really buying one this season with my name tooled into it, and if not why the heck don't they?
This reminds me of a special memory I have at SDC. A long time ago the toy store had strips of leather that you could stamp your name on. I still have my leather strip and use it as a bookmark. The letters are a bit crooked because I stamped it myself when I was 7. Off topic. Sorry!
I still have my keychain made at the kids area over 20 yrs ago.
Remember the old couple that used to sit in themiddle of the old toy store ( at the treehouse) and sell home made yo-yos?
They stamped my name into one, then they oiled it up for you.
They were the best, that's what SDC was like when I was a kid, I am afraid those personal memories are a thing of the past. There is very little personalisation now.
There was a time when you could approach craftsmen and special order items that you wanted. A guitar strap at the leather shop is not unheard of. They did it years in the past. The glass blowers, cut glass, basket shop, and others might still do this. Just approach and ask. Anyone doing so should carry money with them, probably lots of it.
I thought I saw leather guitar straps in there when I was there in October.