Another Thanksgiving rolls in, the smell of good food and the promise of a Christmas holiday to follow. Yet under the Christmas carols and stuffed turkey. Beneath the laughter and the family gatherings. A smile is forced, a pair of eyes are sad. A heart is heavy. someone wonders what it would be like if …
Welcome! Come on in and pull up a chair and join us for a simple Thanksgiving at the Cottage. On the menu is turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes with gravy, fresh baked bread and home canned cranberry relish and green beans, Oh! and pies, don’t forget the pies. The table is covered with Grandma Cottage’s …
Two days out of the year. Two days designated to say “Thank You”. One Veterans Day the Other Thanksgiving. How can you fit Eleven months of life into two days of Thank You? How can mere words be enough? Yesterday we spent the day as a family at the Zoo for there Military Appreciation Day. Today …
Making Stockings For Christmas Beautiful tie dye batik fabric stockings Ok, so I may or may not have totally winged this pattern (or as we say it I may have “taken my own route” with it). Tan ticking fabric stockings for that vintage feel. We just love to craft and make things from …
Hello there! Welcome to our cottage. We just love to decorate and the change of seasons gives us an excuse to do it. Now that the days are chilly it really is time to pull out the bins of decorations from the attic and get the cozy feel of fall in this cottage of …
As we were searching Romantic Decorations for a Valentines Day shoot that we had and we just couldn’t find the right decorations that touched the mood of the shoot. We wanted something personal and that touched our family so we went though our family history books and found some letters that my great father wrote …
