The Little House

Long before Cindy’s Bits and Pieces, our building served as a play place for me as a child. The inoperable wood cooking stove stood in the middle of the room. The stove was one of many of my daddy’s buy and sell items. This portion of the building with the wood stove is currently 62 years old. Later, this little building received a lean- to making it a small dwelling for grandparents.

Today, our 800 square foot establishment houses Cindy’s Bits and Pieces. Our commercial kitchen is unlike the beautiful kitchens of today. However, it’s a powerhouse for producing tons of our best products. It’s a place to work for sure, but its charm instills peace. From the tin roof of the tiny house, the rain sounds good! There is a window that overlooks a pond! It’s also my favorite spot to spy on my bluebirds. Nestled in behind a dwarf Japanese maple, the house is tucked away to most who pass by. It is as though it is a well kept secret

We moved in just before Christmas in 2016 with a commercial stove top to cook peanut brittle. That is the only product we made at the time. Over time, I made it a cute little house with lots of metal cabinets and an old ice box refrigerator for storing flour. Many of those little charming pieces have now been replaced with lots of stainless steel for the ease and speed of production! It is a forever changing little space as our needs change and we grow.

I never would have dreamed that this little building would do so much! I just had a hunch or some may say a God-wink that this was where I was meant to be. Now you know the story of the Little House!  Thank you for being part of our journey ! We are so very blessed!

If you keep having an idea that seems impossible or out of the question, do not keep disregarding it. Listen to His voice, dream big, start little by little. You might find yourself in your Little House or your Happy Place one day!

Blueberry Blessings

Long before Cindy’s Bits and Pieces, there was a girl picking and peddling organic blueberries.   For me, there has always been lots of good therapy picking berries.  Whether I was chatting with a friend, solving life’s issues or picking in solitude listening to the birds tell you those berries are theirs. Feeling the warm summer sunshine on your back or enjoying a cooler evening picking after the sun has gone down is a pleasure. I have always enjoyed working with my hands. We are now up to 80 plus plants harvesting 115 plus gallons picked by hand each year, because there was never a vision for machines to come in and pick. This year’s crop is only about one handful due to a late freeze. Since we never know about Mother Nature, we always freeze as many as possible. We can also freeze-dry the berries which allows us to use them for years! What a revolutionary preservation of one of nature’s best antioxidants. 

Cindy’s Bits and Pieces has been trying to figure out a shelf stable way to use them for years . Last year, I was able to create a shortbread cookie with the organic berries! The learning curve was finding just the right amount of freeze-dried crushed berries it would take to truly taste those berries in the cookie.  It turned out it was about 10 times the amount I thought!  Since the berries have been a blessing to me in so many ways , I named our shortbread cookie, Blueberry Blessings. We hope you will enjoy eating them as much as we enjoy making them!

The Story of the Cheese Wafer

I had no idea what a cheese wafer was in 2015. Bits and Pieces had just begun with its only product, peanut brittle. Since Bits and Pieces was a weekend warrior business at the time, I worked my regular job as a hygienist 4 days a week. We were often blessed to have our patients bring us homemade goodies. One day, a patient brought in a cheese product. It was about the size of a half dollar. I knew in an instant that I wanted to try to recreate it. I got her recipe and set to work. After many failures and tweaks of my own, I was able to create my own recipe around my favorite ingredients. Over the years and 10,000 hours, many tweaks have been made and the cheese wafers have become our topseller.

In 2020 our business, like so many others, faced a new challenge. Since Covid had shut down so many of our markets and events, we had to find a new way to reach buyers. That is when we began working on the wholesale side of our business. As with all things new, there is a learning curve. Our wholesale business is now growing all over the southeast and you can find cheese wafers in a store near you! 

The latest challenge involved one of the products used in the cheese wafers becoming unavailable due to the company’s inability to get the ingredients to make it. You might imagine the stress of not being able to produce your best product. I love to create, just not under that kind of pressure. After a few months, and the grace of God, the ingredients became available again. Once more, we began producing just in time for another growth spurt.

We hope you enjoyed learning the back story of our most popular product!


Spicy Cheese Wafers
Spicy Cheese Wafers
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