G'day bloggers, thanks for voting for me! But I'm still in the low number doldrums so if you think I am the queen of Beach Cottages and you have a minute on your hands, surf on over and vote baby, vote..
I had one of those Sundays where you pretty much just amble around from one thing to the next, you get those too right? Started off lazily with a bit of a lay-in after the neighbours came round for dinner last night and we stayed up late. It was a nice evening, with a set table, slow-cooked chicken and sticky toffee pudding.
This morning we watched Mr Teenage Beach Cottage play soccer and then I headed off treasure hunting. Cos I needed some more vintage plates and china. Really needed them.
I sometimes find there nothing better than a bit of weekend thrifting to cheer me up (find lots more lovely treasures at Rhoda's blog Southern Hospitality), for me it's kinda like a guilty pleasure that unlike quite a lot of things in life that cause you pleasure does not cause one to make an almighty great hole in one's pocket.
And more, along with the pleasure, comes the expectation of what might be found. Today that was better than I hoped for, though those who do not get excited by the idea of an 80 year old vintage plate from the potteries of Northern England might wonder just what on earth I am going on about.
But for me it was worth rummaging around in the plate undergrowth to find a Meakin Marigold platter from the 1930's, a Burgess and Leigh Burslem which is circa 100+ yrs old and one of my favourites a Meakin Rosa bowl, together with some vintage glasses – lovin' all for 5 bucks. Not a bad bit of entertainment for the afternoon.
After I got them home I enjoyedwashing them up in soapy bubbles by hand when normally I frantically run round filling the dishwasher with teapots and vases rather than having to even think about soiling my fair hands with such drudgery
Oh and some pics of our beach combing haul, what is it about walking along the beach picking things up, examining and putting them in your pocket? A great way to waste an hour or so and loved by most ages so perfect for our family…
after getting home the shells were scattered on the windowsill by the Beach Cottage kiddos and I thought how they had completely improved a rather tired looking window.. there with the sun streaming through… (and see more morphed areas at Between Naps on the Porch)
So it's over and out from Australia, I'm off for a long long bubble bath, then sitting here with these tealights watching a delicious episode of Miss Marple in my dressing gown and eating leftovers…see ya next time.
I saw the title ‘vintage’ and came running..Your photos are lovelier each time. Beautiful light in #3 and love that wooden box and those gorgeous glasses.What type of camera do you have Sarah? Is it a canon? Not that that changes the fact that your camera skills are great. Good luck with the awards! Julie
I could have used some of those freshly collected beach shells for insipiration over the weekend, never mind always next time!
Glad you had a good weekend
Sarah, I clicked on both blog candy logos/buttons and they didn’t take me anywhere. I went to your post from yesterday and clicked on that candy button and it didn’t go any where. I would love to vote for you but don’t know where to go to do it.
Ah, these pics are so, so lovely. I know what you mean about thrifting and beach combing. In fact, they’re quite similar, aren’t they? They’re both a fun, affordable way to cheer oneself up, and you never know what you’ll bring home!
Hi Yep I have voted for my favourite eye candy. I am the Aussie living in England and we have been doing the exact same thing beach combing and the kids bought back treasures which I think I will now go display(your inspiration again!) and to top it off I was looking at vintage plates too on the way home from the beach bad sadly didnt give in to temptation! next time Have a good week Sharon
GIVE AWAY will be posted by tomorrow morning-there’s a peak preview of one of the items-go check it out and send everyone over to get their names in Monday morning.
Cheri http://www.itssoverycheri.blogspot.com
I am SOOO far from a beach to walk on. I admire that you can, so grab up those pretty shells where I can see them! You have such a fun way of telling things that I love to read about your day-to-day life! And you’ve truly got some of the best eye candy I’ve ever laid eyes on!
Brenda
I have just found you through Being Ruby. What a fabulous job you have done. It all looks wonderful.I have a Victorian house and garden here in the U.K. My garden is north facing ,so lots of plants dont like it but I have great hostas and ferns and, one good thing about the U.K. rain is that it makes everything lush and green, although we are having a scorching time of it at the moment. Will be popping over to see you often. So glad I found you. Thanks Julie at Being Ruby. XXXX
Hello Sarah! Yes, I have those lazy days too….sometimes its so nice to just do a lot of nothing. Love the shells on the windowsill. I popped over and voted for you as well!
Hello Sarah – I’m always amazed by what you do around your home. Love what you did with the shells along the ledge – and to add the votives make it even more fabulous! Thank you for sharing.
Sarah, of course you always find some amazing things to add in that beautiful beach cottage of yours. I always enjoy your pics. Congrats on your nomination for Eye Candy. I will have to go and vote!
Oh my gosh, can I come live with you!?!? I love your decor and I dream of a vintage beach cottage, if only they were made in Dallas, Texas!
What an inspiring space you have! Enjoy your winter, I’m melting here in 100+ degree heat.
You take the most wonderful pictures! I like your haul from the beach. It’s the ultimate great find! Amazing that you found the dishes and glasses all fro $5!
Hi Sarah, beautiful post as usual…something as simple as shells on the sill…love it. I love reading your blog!
I just found out you can vote once a day…I’m going back!
Oh, Dear One! What lovely treasures you’ve found! I understand the joyness of finding something special and your dishes are wonderful! You’re quite the story teller today and I’ve loved it! Love your little shells gracing the window sill and a bubble bath ~ I love that! I know you’ve had a great day!
Be a sweetie,
Shelia
You sure did find some great stuff! Glad you needed them as well as wanted them, makes them more treasured… Those shells and rocks are just beautiful and the window does seem more cheery with them on it!
I just went over and voted for you Sarah – I’m a bit slow on the uptake at times – I worked the how to vote out in the end, really wasn’t that hard!!!
I hear you on the junking, I think even if I didn’t have to watch my pennies and wasn’t doing it to make a living, I’d still enjoy junking – I’m addicted – I wonder if there’s some sort of Junking Rehab or Junking Anon. service available for us addicts – I very well might need to join oneday
Gorgeous photos – love coming over to vist your Cottage
Hello! Thank you so much for your nice comment! You always post such lovely photos…I like your finds!!! I think that you could grow lavender in your garden…usually it grows well near the sea!!!
I’ve tried to vote but…nothing opens!!!
Wish you a nice new week!
Hugs
Vale
Thank you for visiting Margie’s Crafts and leaving your comment. Of course I will add you to the giveaway list. It is an International giveaway. I really enjoyed my visit here and have added you to my blog roll so I will call again. Margie.
I hope you enjoyed your Miss Marple. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Miss Marple. I haven’t seen this new version yet. I adore Joan Hickson in the role but the previous actress (name eludes me but she had a very pretty face) was pretty good as well. I have heard some criticism about this new one. xx
Lovely sight for sure, it’s getting exciting here. Saw that distinctive sepia picture of tulips hanging in your lounge/living room in the recent Country Home and Interiors mag and at first glance thought it was your home in there. Go and check it out, wondering if they are the same though.
hi. i did try to vote but it wouldn’t let me. i was too late, probably. sorry.
i have things on my sills, too, and i wonder this: how does having all the little shells affect your dusting? are you really disciplined and you pick each one up and dust each shell and the sill? really? i’m so bad! i just don’t do it regularly. jkj
How cool the beach kiddos are picking up on the theme and doing a bit of beach theme decorating.
The fun of thrifting is that you never know what might turn up and I figure for anyone who is actively looking and smart enough to know what they are looking at well deserves everything they find.
Looks like the beach cottage kiddos didn’t fall far from the tree!
And what a haul for five bucks! Oooo…I wished we lived close to one another to thrift together…though I reckon there would be some aggressive jockeying between the two of us to win the prize(s)!
Honey, you so need to come to the States and stage the house for one of my hubby’s clients. They are getting ready to move back to the UK, so hubby did a new kitchen for them, stair rail, trimwork, etc. Sign went up the other day and OMG! I walked thru it to see the work he had done. His work is gorgeous. There are 3 beds and not a headboard to be seen! I walked into the 3rd bedroom and thought, Sarah’s window would look SO good here…shells and candles on the little ledge under the window. The place seriously needs something and they could spend $50 and stage it better….what WAS the realtor thinking? I hope he got something done.
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 …]
Well G’day Beach Cottage ladies. Of course some of you guessed correctly, no flies on Beach Cottage gals are there? A Summer House window dressing, beach vintage style. One that I got very wrong. I’ll keep this short and sweet The vintage crochet patchwork curtain? Love. Pure love. But, put it this [...]
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
I saw the title ‘vintage’ and came running..Your photos are lovelier each time. Beautiful light in #3 and love that wooden box and those gorgeous glasses.What type of camera do you have Sarah? Is it a canon? Not that that changes the fact that your camera skills are great. Good luck with the awards! Julie
Wow, your home is lovely.. Picture perfect, I love it all, you have put everything together just beautifully..
Xcherrie
Oh, I forgot to say thanks for dropping by !!
I could have used some of those freshly collected beach shells for insipiration over the weekend, never mind always next time!
Glad you had a good weekend
Twas a pleasure to drop over
How come shells look beautiful when arranged on your windowsill?!
Great finds.
Heading out for Sunday lunch with the family later, weird to think your day is already over!
Eye Candy??? By the boxful! You always deliver!!
Gorgeous as usual!
Lovely as usual………..
Bubble bath, tealights & Miss Marple… what a nice way to wind down… such a sweet little corner.
Sarah, I clicked on both blog candy logos/buttons and they didn’t take me anywhere. I went to your post from yesterday and clicked on that candy button and it didn’t go any where. I would love to vote for you but don’t know where to go to do it.
Renee
Glad you had such a wonderful day. Good job on your great treasures!
Hi Miss Sarah. Love your finds – as usual.
How cute do those shells look near the window!
Ah, these pics are so, so lovely. I know what you mean about thrifting and beach combing. In fact, they’re quite similar, aren’t they? They’re both a fun, affordable way to cheer oneself up, and you never know what you’ll bring home!
Hi Yep I have voted for my favourite eye candy. I am the Aussie living in England and we have been doing the exact same thing beach combing and the kids bought back treasures which I think I will now go display(your inspiration again!) and to top it off I was looking at vintage plates too on the way home from the beach bad sadly didnt give in to temptation! next time Have a good week Sharon
GIVE AWAY will be posted by tomorrow morning-there’s a peak preview of one of the items-go check it out and send everyone over to get their names in Monday morning.
Cheri
http://www.itssoverycheri.blogspot.com
I am SOOO far from a beach to walk on. I admire that you can, so grab up those pretty shells where I can see them! You have such a fun way of telling things that I love to read about your day-to-day life! And you’ve truly got some of the best eye candy I’ve ever laid eyes on!
Brenda
Is this the NEW Miss Marple? Do you like her? I haven’t seen her yet, but I hear that has been quite a dustup about her!!
Lovely beach finds. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Hey, you should tell people how to vote. i figured it out, but maybe other people who want to won’t. Toot your own horn. Be obvious. good luck.
IF you hadn’t asked me to I might have had to vote for Cafe Cartolina who I love and is on my blog list too. But you won out. xo Joan
I have just found you through Being Ruby. What a fabulous job you have done. It all looks wonderful.I have a Victorian house and garden here in the U.K. My garden is north facing ,so lots of plants dont like it but I have great hostas and ferns and, one good thing about the U.K. rain is that it makes everything lush and green, although we are having a scorching time of it at the moment. Will be popping over to see you often. So glad I found you. Thanks Julie at Being Ruby. XXXX
I love your blog !!
I voted!!
good luck -susan
Hello Sarah! Yes, I have those lazy days too….sometimes its so nice to just do a lot of nothing.
Love the shells on the windowsill. I popped over and voted for you as well!
Hugs,
Rachel
Hello Sarah – I’m always amazed by what you do around your home. Love what you did with the shells along the ledge – and to add the votives make it even more fabulous! Thank you for sharing.
Blessings,
Marie
http://emmacallsmemama.com
Sarah, of course you always find some amazing things to add in that beautiful beach cottage of yours. I always enjoy your pics. Congrats on your nomination for Eye Candy. I will have to go and vote!
Oh my gosh, can I come live with you!?!? I love your decor and I dream of a vintage beach cottage, if only they were made in Dallas, Texas!
What an inspiring space you have! Enjoy your winter, I’m melting here in 100+ degree heat.
Gorgeous photos as always!
Looks great. Sounds like some good family time together. Yes – I had one of those Sundays today.
Glenda
Sounds like a perfectly lovely day! Treasures found, time spent with family, and then relaxing.
Who could ask for more?
Love your treasures!
Off to vote!
You take the most wonderful pictures! I like your haul from the beach. It’s the ultimate great find! Amazing that you found the dishes and glasses all fro $5!
I always enjoy my visits here! I do hope nothing is still living in the shells–you’ll know soon
Love the photos!
Hi Sarah, beautiful post as usual…something as simple as shells on the sill…love it. I love reading your blog!
I just found out you can vote once a day…I’m going back!
Oh, Dear One! What lovely treasures you’ve found! I understand the joyness of finding something special and your dishes are wonderful! You’re quite the story teller today and I’ve loved it! Love your little shells gracing the window sill and a bubble bath ~ I love that! I know you’ve had a great day!
Be a sweetie,
Shelia
Sounds like a great way to spend a Sunday. I popped over and voted for you love.
You sure did find some great stuff! Glad you needed them as well as wanted them, makes them more treasured… Those shells and rocks are just beautiful and the window does seem more cheery with them on it!
As always– such lovely looks and content.
Keep up the great works…
TTFN~~Claudia
I just went over and voted for you Sarah – I’m a bit slow on the uptake at times – I worked the how to vote out in the end, really wasn’t that hard!!!
I hear you on the junking, I think even if I didn’t have to watch my pennies and wasn’t doing it to make a living, I’d still enjoy junking – I’m addicted – I wonder if there’s some sort of Junking Rehab or Junking Anon. service available for us addicts – I very well might need to join oneday
Gorgeous photos – love coming over to vist your Cottage
No hurry with the other
Hello! Thank you so much for your nice comment! You always post such lovely photos…I like your finds!!! I think that you could grow lavender in your garden…usually it grows well near the sea!!!
I’ve tried to vote but…nothing opens!!!
Wish you a nice new week!
Hugs
Vale
Thank you for visiting Margie’s Crafts and leaving your comment. Of course I will add you to the giveaway list. It is an International giveaway. I really enjoyed my visit here and have added you to my blog roll so I will call again. Margie.
I hope you enjoyed your Miss Marple. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Miss Marple. I haven’t seen this new version yet. I adore Joan Hickson in the role but the previous actress (name eludes me but she had a very pretty face) was pretty good as well. I have heard some criticism about this new one. xx
Lovely sight for sure, it’s getting exciting here. Saw that distinctive sepia picture of tulips hanging in your lounge/living room in the recent Country Home and Interiors mag and at first glance thought it was your home in there. Go and check it out, wondering if they are the same though.
I voted!!!
It’s amazing how something so simple as placing a row of seashells on your window sill can make such a lovely statement……
sue
Would love a walk on the beach collecting pretty shells. Sounds so relaxing. Love the way you have arranged them on your windowsill.
Christi
hi. i did try to vote but it wouldn’t let me. i was too late, probably. sorry.
i have things on my sills, too, and i wonder this: how does having all the little shells affect your dusting? are you really disciplined and you pick each one up and dust each shell and the sill? really? i’m so bad! i just don’t do it regularly. jkj
How cool the beach kiddos are picking up on the theme and doing a bit of beach theme decorating.
The fun of thrifting is that you never know what might turn up and I figure for anyone who is actively looking and smart enough to know what they are looking at well deserves everything they find.
Just went to vote for you and it’s closed! Good luck, I hope you win!!!
Love the camellias in your garden, such a gorgeous color on these cooler winter days. Lovely place to sit
Looks like the beach cottage kiddos didn’t fall far from the tree!
And what a haul for five bucks! Oooo…I wished we lived close to one another to thrift together…though I reckon there would be some aggressive jockeying between the two of us to win the prize(s)!
Honey, you so need to come to the States and stage the house for one of my hubby’s clients. They are getting ready to move back to the UK, so hubby did a new kitchen for them, stair rail, trimwork, etc. Sign went up the other day and OMG! I walked thru it to see the work he had done. His work is gorgeous. There are 3 beds and not a headboard to be seen! I walked into the 3rd bedroom and thought, Sarah’s window would look SO good here…shells and candles on the little ledge under the window. The place seriously needs something and they could spend $50 and stage it better….what WAS the realtor thinking? I hope he got something done.