But, before I show you my new fave vintage plate and wow you with my soup making skills I am re-visiting my wedding dress post from a few months ago – I have a lot of new readers commenting on old posts and recently I oodled back through the blog and sighed at the wedding dress that is, happily now, packed up in it's box until the next time she comes out for a scoot round the Beach Cottage. So I thought I'd re-visit the sparkly number today…here's an excerpt from the post…
What a number it is. I got married at twenty-four, that would be about 14 years ago,just when the fashion was turning from sparkly, white, frothy & Princess-Di puffy to ivoryand plain and not a froth in sight.
I told my mum I didn't do froth, I probably still don't. So we searched and searched. I tried on a zillion dresses. There were none of those mother-of-the-bride-sighs. Because ivory silk and my pale-almost-blue-pale English skin didn't quite, you know, wow anyone.
So six weeks before the big day there was still no dress. We were down to the last straws of shops and arrived in South London at a shop with an owner who knew her stuff. She told me sparkle and white. I sighed no. She persuaded me and said how about this one, just a touch of sparkle on the bodice? So after another round of try-ons I put it on. The sighs came. We ordered it and it arrived just in time.
And today I hunted it out in the Beach Cottage and took it for a little spin. Oh and how I enjoyed it, I implore you, if you have one, to do the same and certainly not because I am particularly smoochy or romantic,there have certainly been some rocky old times here, Beach Cottage style.
But more because I relished the reminiscing, the memories and simply just enjoyed thinking about that girl then andthe twinkly little secret she came home with…and more what she's doing now…which of course would be sticking her old wedding dress on a thrifted mannequin, in her white bedroom and taking photos of it…
…and later listening to teenagers and husbands passing that knowing look between them and hearing "dad there's a bride by your bed"
And you wanna know what the little secret was? The oh so wonderful honeymoon baby, also, now known as, Mr Teenage Beach Cottage..
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Anyway back to chicken soup.
I've long had a love/hate relationship with stock making. I positively love the idea of it there bubbling away in a huge old stockpot filling the cottage with domestic charm However more often than not my stock would be, how can I say, rather lacking in something, a little thin, watery and tasteless. So years ago I discovered Swiss Marigold Bouillon, stock-in-a-bottle and bought it by the gallon, and used it by the pint.
Here in Australia, it is mostly only available to me in health food shops and that is both inconvenient and expensive so recently I have begun, again a stock-making extravaganza. And finally I've gotten it right. Secret? The bones from two organic chickens, a bag of chicken bones from the butcher, the contents from the bottom of the veggie drawer at the end of the week – and not too much water.
And why am I telling you this? Well, this will never be a recipe blog, though I'm sure you all know by now I love to cook. I'm telling you because with this stock I have made chicken soup through this long, hard gruelling Sydney winter and neither I nor Mr Beach Cottage have been sick and I believe it's the Jewish Penicillin – consuming copious amounts of chicken soup.
So today, with the kids at surf lessons and therefore PEACE in the cottage I sat with my new vintage plate and thought I'd show you because this is one of those little making life beautiful things – you know taking a bit of time out to sit with an old plate and some soup (go see Melissa at the Inspired Room for more Beautiful Life inspiration) . I cannot ascertain quite how old the plate is but I'm thinking she's about 70, a Johnson Bros, pattern Moderne.
That is a gorgeous dress and a fun story to match.
I like chicken soup, too, and my naturopath always puts me on it if I get sick. She’s convinced it works wonders. Your recipe sounds good, and I’m happy that you have been well during your winter/our summer.
Happy Foodie Friday to you!
XO,
Sheila… (BTW, I’m having a giveaway on my blog, and if you win, I’m happy to mail to Australia!)
Sarah-I pulled my wedding dress out when our daughter was getting married last month. My thoughts went more towards “what was I thinking?”. Did people really get married in turtleneck dresses? Anyway, I’m with you on the chicken stock theory and there is nothing that smells better cooking. It makes a house smell like home! Glad you joined FF!
Getting ready to go wedding dress shopping with my youngest daughter, your story makes me a bit nervous about finding the perfect dress. Yours is beautiful.
There is something special about that wedding dress, no matter how glittery or plain. My “dress” was actually just a pink & red skirt with a shirt, but I keep that skirt to this day. It just makes me happy when I see it on Monday morning hanging in my closet. I will never pull it out to wear it again, because it’s horribly out of style now, but the happiness of that special day comes back to me over and over each time.
And you’re right about the soup! It’s almost as good as a glass of sweet iced tea for making you right as rain. It’s the bones that do the trick. Without them, it’s just not the same.
Oh, yes…I do remember this darling dress…and I can of course, see why you still love it.
The chicken soup is looking delicious. We, too, eat a lot of Chicken Soup and love it in the wintertime. An olden remedy for bad colds and, as you, we didn’t have a cold all winter..
I boil my whole chicken, making a wonderful broth..then, I can use it for soups and chicken and dumplins..yummy
I bet you were a gorgeous bride. I’ve just made up my mind about something while looking at your coffee table. I’m going to paint mine (an old cedar chest)… everything but the top. Been waffling about it for awhile now; thank you for the inspiration, Miss Sarah. Enjoy your lovely soup.
Sarah what yummy looking soup. Mmm.. I could have done with some chicken soup after being cooped up in bed for 2 days!!
Love ‘bride’ in dad’s bed!!
Have a great weekend.
Looking forward to next weeks news
Alison
Hi Sarah,
Love the post. I took my old wedding gown out and tried it on when my daughter got married. It gave everyone a good laugh but I agree, it does make the memories flood back. Thanks for sharing.
Maryrose
Hey Sarah
Chicken soup.. perfect for this weather. I used to make a greek chicken soup, particularly if i felt fluey… but been very lazy these days… maybe you will inspire me to get back to cooking! thanks for your stock tip.
Oh wow – love your blog – I too live near the beach & am in awe of your home!!! Looking fwd to scrolling through all your gorgeous pics!! Thanks for sharing
What a dress. Thanks for tracking back as I am one of the newbies and missed the older post. Great soup, and I do agree that the chicken soup trick to ward off flu and illness is a good one, however I don’t eat meat and have been making a substitute, with fish for myself but do make the chicken for the meat eaters, to keep us healthy at Chez Margie. hugs, Margie.
I love this post. What a beautiful dress! I usually think most white wedding dresses all look that same (my gown was green), but you’re right that there is something about that one. I bought a mannequin not long ago with my wedding dress in mind but have not put it on yet.
I have never made chicken soup and have always wanted to try it. Looks delicious!
The soup looks delicious! I love the comment about your kids learning how to surf….for some reason it never occurred to me that kids would taking surfing lessons. LOL! I guess that’s what I get for living in land-locked US.
Good Morning!! Your *stunning* wedding dress picture is NOW added to my MOST favourites!! I adore your blog and love opening your *news* each morning!! Hugs, Valerie (up in Manitoba, Canada)
I love dress pictures. What a fun idea. I hope you’ll swing by my recipe exchange too. I shared a yummy baked flounder recipe and love collecting other inspired ideas:
I wish I could catch the “love to cook” bug from you, Sarah. I just don’t seem to have it. I raised my girls and cooked for them, then promptly sort of retired.
Brenda
I loved the pictures of your dress. Your photos in general are amazing! The cottage looks so simple yet cozy and elegant, like you could just flop down on that couch next to your golden retriever and read a book. Sigh. Thanks for the soup recipe, sounds like a good one for a rainy day. If we ever get rain around here again!
Hi there! I came over from Kelly’s Korner and LOVE your blog. What a cute post, too. Thanks for sharing! your cottage looks like a breath of fresh air.
I’m so glad you resurrected the wedding dress post. Your gown is beautiful. I love that you let it dress your room on occasion!
I, too, love homemade chicken stock. I make several quarts and freeze them. Nothing beats it. What a comfortable and beautiful room to enjoy it in. Love your post!
Mine is hanging upstairs. its been such a fun playdress for nieces and (hopefully) my granddaughte. It’s more fun than me playing “dress up” again, but….I may give that a try tomorrow. Come join the fun. Crock Pot Wednesdays at diningwithdebbie.blogspot.com beginning August 5. Sign up now! Prizes:)!!!
Sarah,
What a lift to start my day. I am getting reday to head to my little cottage on the sea. It’s so funny you and I got married at 24 14 yrs ago. I love anything beachy and paint cans and sanders are my friends.. I am running a givewaway for an amazing bracelet for a cause.. Very Earthy Beachy. I think you will like.. Leave a comment or twoo would love to stay in touch.
Deeeelicious….the old chicken soup…it’s one of my all time favourites and my children’s … they adore it…I always think when I’ve eaten it , that I could run a marathon or something….and I agree with you… I’m sure it keeps all sorts of illnesses away…..
And what a lovely idea to get your wedding dress out….mine’s in the top of the wardrobe and I think it could do with an airing !!!!!
Welcome to Foodie Friday! Your blog is gorgeous, and your Foodie post is such a beautiful mix of food and decor.From the soup to your white sofa to your wonderful words, this is a winner. Hope to see you soon again at FF!
I enjoyed spending “the day” at your place. So snuggly comfortable. And, to top it off, I love soup! (Don’t think I could fit into my wedding dress.) We have a little seaside cottage on Galveston Island, just south of Houston, TX. Back to the mountains tomorrow, though. see ya, -susan
Sarah, I loved how you shared your wedding dress memories with us. I never packed mine away. I used to love to look at it hanging in my closet. The day I got divorced I opened the closet to find it lying on the floor, as if it had known. I let my niece wear it in a school play. It was so tiny, I wore a size 3 petite. I don’t think that I could put one leg into it today. ~ Robyn
G'day! I'm Sarah, I live in a tatty old cottage, near the sea in Australia with a battered old deck & a big old fig tree out the back...stripped wooden floors, old sash windows & a jumble of vintage furniture. [Read More …]
G’day ladies, oooh have I got a good Beach Cottage recipe for you or have I got a good recipe for you. Well it’s actually not Beach Cottage, I cannot claim that… So, a couple of months ago I met up with a couple of blogging friends, AllConsuming and Mrs W for a lil [...]
G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
However more often than not my stock would be, how can I say, rather lacking in something, a little thin, watery and tasteless. So years ago I discovered Swiss Marigold Bouillon, stock-in-a-bottle and bought it by the gallon, and used it by the pint. 
What a beautiful wedding dress, and yes, please…I would like a bowl of chicken soup.
Hi, Sarah… I’m so glad you’re doing FF with us!
That is a gorgeous dress and a fun story to match.
I like chicken soup, too, and my naturopath always puts me on it if I get sick. She’s convinced it works wonders. Your recipe sounds good, and I’m happy that you have been well during your winter/our summer.
Happy Foodie Friday to you!
XO,
Sheila… (BTW, I’m having a giveaway on my blog, and if you win, I’m happy to mail to Australia!)
Chicken soup sounds good to me too. Your wedding dress is so beautiful and I love the story that goes with it.
Sarah-I pulled my wedding dress out when our daughter was getting married last month. My thoughts went more towards “what was I thinking?”.
Did people really get married in turtleneck dresses? 
Anyway, I’m with you on the chicken stock theory and there is nothing that smells better cooking. It makes a house smell like home! Glad you joined FF!
Getting ready to go wedding dress shopping with my youngest daughter, your story makes me a bit nervous about finding the perfect dress. Yours is beautiful.
Hi Sarah!
There is something special about that wedding dress, no matter how glittery or plain. My “dress” was actually just a pink & red skirt with a shirt, but I keep that skirt to this day. It just makes me happy when I see it on Monday morning hanging in my closet. I will never pull it out to wear it again, because it’s horribly out of style now, but the happiness of that special day comes back to me over and over each time.
And you’re right about the soup! It’s almost as good as a glass of sweet iced tea for making you right as rain. It’s the bones that do the trick. Without them, it’s just not the same.
Have a glorious day!
Gina
Oh, yes…I do remember this darling dress…and I can of course, see why you still love it.
The chicken soup is looking delicious. We, too, eat a lot of Chicken Soup and love it in the wintertime. An olden remedy for bad colds and, as you, we didn’t have a cold all winter..
I boil my whole chicken, making a wonderful broth..then, I can use it for soups and chicken and dumplins..yummy
Chicken soup is the best……..you can always eat chicken soup……….I make it in the crock pot with lemon:)
Its so refreshing to stop by your blog.
I loved your story about your wedding dress it was lovely!
And i think i will try your recipe some time.
Thanks for sharing.
TTFN~~Claudia
Sarah, It looks so cozy and comforting. And it is, as I always find both at your blog!
PS beautiful dress!
I bet you were a gorgeous bride. I’ve just made up my mind about something while looking at your coffee table. I’m going to paint mine (an old cedar chest)… everything but the top. Been waffling about it for awhile now; thank you for the inspiration, Miss Sarah. Enjoy your lovely soup.
Sarah what yummy looking soup. Mmm.. I could have done with some chicken soup after being cooped up in bed for 2 days!!
Love ‘bride’ in dad’s bed!!
Have a great weekend.
Looking forward to next weeks news
Alison
Hi Sarah,
Love the post. I took my old wedding gown out and tried it on when my daughter got married. It gave everyone a good laugh but I agree, it does make the memories flood back. Thanks for sharing.
Maryrose
Absolutely beautiful wedding dress! You were ahead of your time girl! ANd your soup looks lovely too!
Have a wonderful weekend!
~Really Rainey~
Hey Sarah
Chicken soup.. perfect for this weather. I used to make a greek chicken soup, particularly if i felt fluey… but been very lazy these days… maybe you will inspire me to get back to cooking! thanks for your stock tip.
Oh wow – love your blog – I too live near the beach & am in awe of your home!!! Looking fwd to scrolling through all your gorgeous pics!! Thanks for sharing
Oh, the chicken soup sounds very yummy! Love your wedding dress story….Take care, Caroline
What a dress. Thanks for tracking back as I am one of the newbies and missed the older post. Great soup, and I do agree that the chicken soup trick to ward off flu and illness is a good one, however I don’t eat meat and have been making a substitute, with fish for myself but do make the chicken for the meat eaters, to keep us healthy at Chez Margie. hugs, Margie.
I love this post. What a beautiful dress! I usually think most white wedding dresses all look that same (my gown was green), but you’re right that there is something about that one. I bought a mannequin not long ago with my wedding dress in mind but have not put it on yet.
I have never made chicken soup and have always wanted to try it. Looks delicious!
Gorgeous wedding dress!
The soup looks delicious! I love the comment about your kids learning how to surf….for some reason it never occurred to me that kids would taking surfing lessons. LOL! I guess that’s what I get for living in land-locked US.
Chicken soup sounds good! Yummy!
Your wedding dress is really romantic!
Your blog and your house are gorgeous! Such a great inspiration.
Kisses from Italy,
Federica.
Beautiful photos of a beautiful dress!
I’m with you on making my own stock, but since you had success with your recipe, I’ll give it a try! Glad to see you join us for Foodie Friday.
Good Morning!! Your *stunning* wedding dress picture is NOW added to my MOST favourites!! I adore your blog and love opening your *news* each morning!! Hugs, Valerie (up in Manitoba, Canada)
That plate is so beautiful. I don’t have a wedding dress to cart out and spend some time with, but I loved seeing yours. Happy weekend!
I love dress pictures. What a fun idea. I hope you’ll swing by my recipe exchange too. I shared a yummy baked flounder recipe and love collecting other inspired ideas:
http://momtrends.blogspot.com/2009/07/friday-feasts-baked-flounder.html
I wish I could catch the “love to cook” bug from you, Sarah. I just don’t seem to have it. I raised my girls and cooked for them, then promptly sort of retired.
Brenda
I think your dress is beautiful!
I loved the pictures of your dress. Your photos in general are amazing! The cottage looks so simple yet cozy and elegant, like you could just flop down on that couch next to your golden retriever and read a book. Sigh. Thanks for the soup recipe, sounds like a good one for a rainy day. If we ever get rain around here again!
Hi there! I came over from Kelly’s Korner and LOVE your blog. What a cute post, too. Thanks for sharing! your cottage looks like a breath of fresh air.
I forget you are opposite seasons to us. I was thinking it was a little hot for soup.
Nothing is quite as comforting is it.
What a great idea for the wedding dress. Wish I could still get into my size 4. Terrific post.
~ ~Ahrisha~ ~
Well, I’ve been married twice and never wore a wedding dress and never heard the sighs. At least you heard them.
Soup? Yummm… I’ll be right over!
I’m so glad you resurrected the wedding dress post. Your gown is beautiful. I love that you let it dress your room on occasion!
I, too, love homemade chicken stock. I make several quarts and freeze them. Nothing beats it. What a comfortable and beautiful room to enjoy it in. Love your post!
Love your blog and this was a great post…stunning dress…and I love chicken soup.
Beautiful dress. Beautiful soup.
Mine is hanging upstairs. its been such a fun playdress for nieces and (hopefully) my granddaughte. It’s more fun than me playing “dress up” again, but….I may give that a try tomorrow. Come join the fun. Crock Pot Wednesdays at diningwithdebbie.blogspot.com beginning August 5. Sign up now! Prizes:)!!!
Sarah,
What a lift to start my day. I am getting reday to head to my little cottage on the sea. It’s so funny you and I got married at 24 14 yrs ago. I love anything beachy and paint cans and sanders are my friends.. I am running a givewaway for an amazing bracelet for a cause.. Very Earthy Beachy. I think you will like.. Leave a comment or twoo would love to stay in touch.
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TFF
Deeeelicious….the old chicken soup…it’s one of my all time favourites and my children’s … they adore it…I always think when I’ve eaten it , that I could run a marathon or something….and I agree with you… I’m sure it keeps all sorts of illnesses away…..
And what a lovely idea to get your wedding dress out….mine’s in the top of the wardrobe and I think it could do with an airing !!!!!
LOVE the look of your “winter” chicken soup!!! Makes me hungry–and longing for a bit of peace of my own!
Hugs from Texas,
Kristin
Welcome to Foodie Friday! Your blog is gorgeous, and your Foodie post is such a beautiful mix of food and decor.From the soup to your white sofa to your wonderful words, this is a winner. Hope to see you soon again at FF!
I enjoyed spending “the day” at your place. So snuggly comfortable. And, to top it off, I love soup! (Don’t think I could fit into my wedding dress.) We have a little seaside cottage on Galveston Island, just south of Houston, TX. Back to the mountains tomorrow, though. see ya, -susan
Love the plate with the flowers. What make is it? Vintage?
The dress made me smile. Yours and mine are quite similar. The big difference is that you still have the guy that wore the tuxedo!
Dawn
Sarah, I loved how you shared your wedding dress memories with us. I never packed mine away. I used to love to look at it hanging in my closet. The day I got divorced I opened the closet to find it lying on the floor, as if it had known. I let my niece wear it in a school play. It was so tiny, I wore a size 3 petite. I don’t think that I could put one leg into it today. ~ Robyn