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Guest Cottage and a winner

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 09:59 PM PDT

 Hi Everyone

 Happy Thursday♥
We have friends

  staying in our guest cottage

Even though it is small it is filled with

{Love}

The extra large comfy sofa bed

is popular during the summer months with friends and family

 We try to make our guests feel Welcome

By adding the

 little things such as fresh flowers

  candles, lots of pillows and a few books and magazines to read
we hope to make the cottage feel like
 a home away from home

A simple metal cabinet holds extra blankets

  a bar of soap, a few towels and

bottles of water

The great thing about the cottage is

 even though it is near the house 

it is very private
A special cottage for wonderful guests
speaking of feeling special

I am so grateful to all of you

 who entered the 

vintage tin heart giveaway

I enjoyed reading all of your sweet comments and meeting new friends too
 The winner is Kathy from
 Creative Home Expressions 

I will be selling  the tin  hearts in my online shop
 they are $45 dollars
  each one is one of a kind custom made

 Thank You all again for entering the giveaway
 I truly
 ♥
 you all


romantic saying for today
"Home is where ever I am with you"
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A old kettle ...A herb garden Great find...from Funky Junk

Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:56 PM PDT

Growing a small herb garden has intrigued me for awhile. So last time I picked up a few plants for the garden, a few fragrant herbs made their way into my basket as well.

Where to put them? Didn't have a clue.

I just dug around in my junk storage stash and came up with 4 kettle styled containers and thought... hmmm... I like!

Nothing complicated about this project. Some potting soil was all that was added.

Ok, not quite true. A little spanish moss was added to hide the soil. I just like this stuff. It's got such a great texture.

No project would be complete without a few rusty gears! Truth be told, they helped to elevate some of the kettles for added height interest.

My favourite herb is spearmint. I remember while growing up, we had a wild bush of it growing inside our old farmhouse garage. A quick little pinch would have me dreaming of gum. :)

There's also two types of thyme that remind me of homemade soup!

I don't remember what the fourth is, but it's all good. I may eventually cook with some of the herbs handy right next to the kitchen, but for the most part, as with most everything else I create...

I just like looking at them. :)

a scarf pattern free from laughing purplegoldfish designs A MUST visit

3-2-1 and you're done! it's a curlicue scarf

Curlicues are so simple, and so fun...



This is my 3-2-1 Curlicue Scarf, and if you can remember the name - you can remember the pattern.

work a row of loose chain as long as you want the scarf to be

row 1 - work 3 dc into each chain

row 2 - work 2 dc into each stitch

row 3 - work 1 sc into each stitch

it's as easy as that 3-2-1 and you're done!
I used a 6.0mm hook and 8ply/DK yarn. Then I used a novelty yarn for row 3 to provide some contrast. Experiment with whatever yarn you like!

a great find in a cold SA...keep warm crocheters

Hydrate in Style With a Crocheted Water Bottle Cover  from about.com crochet


Crocheted Water Bottle Cover - Photo © Erica Jackofsky

Want to keep your water bottle chilled without your hands suffering the same fate? If so, perhaps you'll appreciate this crocheted water bottle cozy. I hope you'll enjoy this project; it's interesting to crochet, plus it's a quick project made using affordable yarns. The free pattern is by Erica Jackofsky.

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