Thanks for all the comments, I loved all the ideas.
I have to say that I loved Laura's idea of candles – a soft glow, the weathered wood, the old lettering…I thought this would be a nice combination and it was…but just after I wrote this post today, I completely changed it for another idea…I thought you'd still like to see how it was looking…well it lasted one night anyway…
So yesterday afternoon I cleaned it up, this was actually pretty much a case of vacuuming it, then cleaning with a soapy solution and then disinfecting – my normal routine for grotty old items.
I've had much on my mind lately and much happening in our life…on the outside, strangely enough things are probably the most organised they've been for a long time, but inside, for me, it's all just a little bit fuzzy round the edges.
I found how welcome the distraction of this project was from that fuzziness. I seemed to get lost in soapy water and disinfectant. You know?
I've had a gutful of 'real' the last six months…all the normal stuff we all go through…the self-growing laundry pile, dentist trips with the teenager who knocks out his $1000 tooth repair, the tired and ratty seven yr old at seven pm, our wonderful old vintage car having to go to the crusher, Mr BC being retrenched at one of the worst economic times and making a huge and pretty scary life-changing decision to go-it-alone.
So as I lit these candles and snapped a few pics I felt pretty grateful to shift, if only for a short time, away from realities of life…I want old tatty cottages..vintage fruit boxes, weathered wood, white things…here I want to blog the good stuff…the beach, old sash windows, the sea, the simple things…the coastal air, the wonderful Australian sun …
Sarah I think we all need to shift from the realities of life from time to time to keep us sane. The greatest comfort comes from the simple things. I, for one, am grateful that you blog about the “good stuff.” I look forward to visiting here at the end of each day. It brings such comfort. So, here’s to you Sarah, for “not keeping it real” and using this space for a safe haven filled with inspiration, creativity, and fun.
Your fruit/candle box looks beautiful, Sarah, and your blog is always a shining light of hope and inspiration. Thanks for sharing your cottage life with us, even when things are stormy.
Simply stunning, once again. I think it’s the fact that I love old tumbly things that draws me to your place day after day, but you have such a way of putting them together that just sings to my heart.
Sarah although difficulties in our lives may come and go, you’ve chosen to focus on the joys as well, the sea, the beach, the old sash windows, the coastal air, the sun, and the simple things in life. Such as found “as is” treasure boxes such as this. You’re blog is wonderful Sarah. I so enjoy it, please continue to do what you do best, and that is to share with us your readers the realities, the dissapointments, the ups, and joys as you currently do.
Gretchen
what a great idea! Sometimes it takes a project to take you away! I am sorry you have had a few rough months. I am right there with you. Keep looking for the “white at the end of the tunnel”! By the way I love your blog, and I am very jealous you live in Australia- I have always wanted to visit.
Your blog doesn’t just carry you away for a bit, it carries ALL of us away to a better place.
The illusion: I’m enjoying a glamorous book tour to promote Waterside Cottages and I’m sitting in the lounge of a lovely bed and breakfast in California.
The reality: I came down to the lounge at 5 am because my body thinks its back home in a different time zone. I have a horrible cold and in a couple of hours must board a plane to go to a different city. I’m so exhausted I could scream!
Sounds like you’ve had a lot on your plate Sarah. Hang in there and know that you make the blogosphere such a better place with your endless inspiration, education, and humorous anecdotes of your life in the beach cottage. I’m sending you and your family positive vibes from all the way down here, deep in the heart of Texas!
Ah Sarah, Life can be pretty frighening sometimes, I know. That’s when it’s important that we keep the homefront as normal as possible and love up our family and show hubby the utmost respect. You are his greatest cheerleader! Keep moving stuff around and making it beautiful in your own unique, wonderful way and I wish Mr BC great success as he makes a go of it on his own. Hugs, Cindy S.
Good luck to hubby for going it alone. Me too – I was made redundant in August and we’re starting a new business, and it’s scary as HELL! My partner is also out of work so we’ve started coaching for kids in schools, but also stretching that to offering it to people out of work, kids in the probation system, Connexions etc. It’s dead hard and I’m freaked not to have a pay packet but hey, what doesn’t kills you makes you stronger, right?! Loving all your house pictures, as usual. Love it all
Hi Sarah, love your new found old wooden fruit box. It’s so you!
The comment left by “Gretchen Schaumann” says it all.
Thanks for always being a ray of sunshine in my day.
Sarah, thanks for sharing that you needed a little simple pleasure time as a reprieve from the heavy stuff that life sometimes brings us. We always need the simple and pure joys to keep us grounded. Especially when we have a lot of serious activity going on each day.
Your blog gives me (and I think many of your readers) a chance to escape into ourselves and our dreams each day by taking a peek into your life. Your blog helps me remember to pay attention to the things that bring me simple joys.
Blessings to you! And, as always, thank you for sharing your story with us!
Sarah, I absolutely love your blog! I am new here, but am always so refreshed after I spend time looking at your lovely pictures and beautiful home. Thank you for being “real” with your heart. I honestly feel so inspired for life after being on your blog. Thanks so much for the time and effort you put into it.
Hi Sarah….. I have almost nothing new to add to all of the wonderful comments above me. I really hope you take them all to heart and realize what a breathe of fresh air you bring to all of us out here that need a break. I kind of feel selfish so I’m sending you(through blogland) a cup of tea in the most beautiful cup you can imagine…..
I love love your blog and all the beautiful photos of your home on here. I am having my first giveaway today and you might like the white or red berry wreath napking rings that I am giving away. Stop on by and take a peek.
I have been traveling on the nostalgic road too, and the dentist is looming on the horizon for me too, I have just been putting it off, but I am afraid one day soon, there will be no more putting it off. Jackie
Sarah, so sorry to hear things are tricky at the moment. Blogs are a great way to distract ourselves aren’t they? Sending you a big Bloggie hug and one of my favourite sayings is, ‘This too will pass.’
xx
I love to visit your blog for that calming effect it has on me, it’s a nice respite from the clutter that sometimes surrounds me. We are still in the process of renovating and it can sometimes be unnerving, so it’s always a pleasure and inspiring to see what someone else is doing.
What a great post. Thanks for sharing it at my Fruniture Feature. I also think about the staged pictures and completed projects that I post on my blog in contrast to all the boring, messy, and busy things that go on in my life. Your picture looks so peaceful and I love the crate with the candles.
my blog is most definitely my happy little place. having this pretty escape has helped me through some tough times i choose not to share, keeping it all very light and airy.
Sometimes we all need to escape reality for a bit… that’s life!! At least we can all spend time hiding out in blogland where the sun is always shining.
Hugs ~ Kerryanne
i enjoy your blog always. on this one i need to note that the candles inside the wooden box are very dangerous… coming from one who has lost every single thing in a fire (that was not my fault–a faulty neighbor…), please move the candles out of the box with the top of the box so close to the flame. starting over from scratch after years of collecting my favorite things *sigh…* is not as fun as it might sound. your blog though– lovely as ever.
Sarah great post. Blogging sure is a distraction from some of our ‘real life issues’. Wow the retrench thing for Mr BC was the same for us, my other half got retrenched and once you reach a certain age it makes it harder to get a job. After many and I do mean many months of nothing he has gone out contracting on his own – scary!! Love hpw the fruit box looks
Alison
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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
This post made me smile. I love blogs that are very clearly a happy place and yours is one of them.
You need to REALLY escape – boatshed????
Looking beautiful as usual! I love those boxes…please send the junkinfairy my way next.
Can’t wait to see what’s next!
Sarah I think we all need to shift from the realities of life from time to time to keep us sane. The greatest comfort comes from the simple things. I, for one, am grateful that you blog about the “good stuff.” I look forward to visiting here at the end of each day. It brings such comfort. So, here’s to you Sarah, for “not keeping it real” and using this space for a safe haven filled with inspiration, creativity, and fun.
Your fruit/candle box looks beautiful, Sarah, and your blog is always a shining light of hope and inspiration. Thanks for sharing your cottage life with us, even when things are stormy.
I feel like my blog is what takes me away from “reality”…and I think that’s my favorite thing about blogs! Even if I can escape for 10 minutes…ah…
The crate looks great! Candles are a fabulous idea.
Such a beautiful blog… Is your house really this clean?!?Loveit. I’m sufficiently inspired… Thank you!
That box looks wonderful. And wishing you lots of strenth and even more good luck from the other side of the world!
wow – denise said it perfectly. thank you denise. and thank you sarah for sharing your life & your home. ruby
The box is pretty painted too.
Life can be pretty messy, but we have to keep focused on the good.
Love you, your home, your ideas.
Simply stunning, once again. I think it’s the fact that I love old tumbly things that draws me to your place day after day, but you have such a way of putting them together that just sings to my heart.
Hoping things will be sunny & bright!
Sarah although difficulties in our lives may come and go, you’ve chosen to focus on the joys as well, the sea, the beach, the old sash windows, the coastal air, the sun, and the simple things in life. Such as found “as is” treasure boxes such as this. You’re blog is wonderful Sarah. I so enjoy it, please continue to do what you do best, and that is to share with us your readers the realities, the dissapointments, the ups, and joys as you currently do.
Gretchen
what a great idea! Sometimes it takes a project to take you away! I am sorry you have had a few rough months. I am right there with you. Keep looking for the “white at the end of the tunnel”! By the way I love your blog, and I am very jealous you live in Australia- I have always wanted to visit.
Your blog doesn’t just carry you away for a bit, it carries ALL of us away to a better place.
The illusion: I’m enjoying a glamorous book tour to promote Waterside Cottages and I’m sitting in the lounge of a lovely bed and breakfast in California.
The reality: I came down to the lounge at 5 am because my body thinks its back home in a different time zone. I have a horrible cold and in a couple of hours must board a plane to go to a different city. I’m so exhausted I could scream!
Haven’t mentioned the downside on MY blog at all!
Sounds like you’ve had a lot on your plate Sarah. Hang in there and know that you make the blogosphere such a better place with your endless inspiration, education, and humorous anecdotes of your life in the beach cottage. I’m sending you and your family positive vibes from all the way down here, deep in the heart of Texas!
It is nice to be able to lose yourself in a project, isn’t it?! I can’t wait to see what you have planned for the boxes!
Surely you already know you’re awesome, but I mentioned you as I passed on my “blog award.”
You’ve totally made me fall for white.
Ah Sarah, Life can be pretty frighening sometimes, I know. That’s when it’s important that we keep the homefront as normal as possible and love up our family and show hubby the utmost respect. You are his greatest cheerleader! Keep moving stuff around and making it beautiful in your own unique, wonderful way and I wish Mr BC great success as he makes a go of it on his own. Hugs, Cindy S.
Good luck to hubby for going it alone. Me too – I was made redundant in August and we’re starting a new business, and it’s scary as HELL! My partner is also out of work so we’ve started coaching for kids in schools, but also stretching that to offering it to people out of work, kids in the probation system, Connexions etc. It’s dead hard and I’m freaked not to have a pay packet but hey, what doesn’t kills you makes you stronger, right?! Loving all your house pictures, as usual. Love it all
Hi Sarah, love your new found old wooden fruit box. It’s so you!
The comment left by “Gretchen Schaumann” says it all.
Thanks for always being a ray of sunshine in my day.
Sarah, thanks for sharing that you needed a little simple pleasure time as a reprieve from the heavy stuff that life sometimes brings us. We always need the simple and pure joys to keep us grounded. Especially when we have a lot of serious activity going on each day.
Your blog gives me (and I think many of your readers) a chance to escape into ourselves and our dreams each day by taking a peek into your life. Your blog helps me remember to pay attention to the things that bring me simple joys.
Blessings to you! And, as always, thank you for sharing your story with us!
Paula
Sarah, I absolutely love your blog! I am new here, but am always so refreshed after I spend time looking at your lovely pictures and beautiful home. Thank you for being “real” with your heart. I honestly feel so inspired for life after being on your blog. Thanks so much for the time and effort you put into it.
Blessings and Hugs to you!
Martha
And as your new follower, I want more…more of your nostalgic good stuff blogging. Thanks Sarah!
-marie
You have a lovely home. There is nothing more beautiful then the simplicity of everyday items.
Nancy
Looks lovely, Sarah! Love it with the white!
Smiles,
Rachel
Hi Sarah….. I have almost nothing new to add to all of the wonderful comments above me. I really hope you take them all to heart and realize what a breathe of fresh air you bring to all of us out here that need a break. I kind of feel selfish so I’m sending you(through blogland) a cup of tea in the most beautiful cup you can imagine…..
Hi Sarah -
This post does keep it real and all of the comments are so right on.
Thanks for sharing your ideas and finds so that at the end of everyday we can escape our worries in the most comfortable place of all – home.
As for me, you have inspired me to plan a beach wedding for my daughter on a realllllllly tight budget and I am enjoying the challenge!
Marsha
I love love your blog and all the beautiful photos of your home on here. I am having my first giveaway today and you might like the white or red berry wreath napking rings that I am giving away. Stop on by and take a peek.
Karin
I have been traveling on the nostalgic road too, and the dentist is looming on the horizon for me too, I have just been putting it off, but I am afraid one day soon, there will be no more putting it off. Jackie
The cloudy days make me appreciate the sunny ones even more. My heart goes out to you, blogging friend, for sharing your heart with us.
Amy
I ADORE whites with woods! Looks rustic and chic all at the same time. Nice look!
Stopped in from FFF.
Donna
Sarah, so sorry to hear things are tricky at the moment. Blogs are a great way to distract ourselves aren’t they? Sending you a big Bloggie hug and one of my favourite sayings is, ‘This too will pass.’
xx
This is your happy place, thanks for sharing it with us!
Sarah ~ this too shall pass. I think that is my mantra when I am dealing with “life” in its entirety!! I tell myself that over and over sometimes!
This is gorgeous! So simple and clean and pure! I love it!!
I just found your blog and love it! I am a follower and I will be back!
Have a great weekend!
Lou Cinda
I love to visit your blog for that calming effect it has on me, it’s a nice respite from the clutter that sometimes surrounds me. We are still in the process of renovating and it can sometimes be unnerving, so it’s always a pleasure and inspiring to see what someone else is doing.
Thanks for posting the good stuff!
Cheers,
Siggie
What a great post. Thanks for sharing it at my Fruniture Feature. I also think about the staged pictures and completed projects that I post on my blog in contrast to all the boring, messy, and busy things that go on in my life. Your picture looks so peaceful and I love the crate with the candles.
Sorry , I am so late – I just joined this morning and then I had to go to WORK – ugh !
Super cute box with the candles – great job !
Kammy
my blog is most definitely my happy little place. having this pretty escape has helped me through some tough times i choose not to share, keeping it all very light and airy.
beautiful images as always, sarah.
xo
elyse
Sometimes we all need to escape reality for a bit… that’s life!! At least we can all spend time hiding out in blogland where the sun is always shining.
Hugs ~ Kerryanne
i enjoy your blog always. on this one i need to note that the candles inside the wooden box are very dangerous… coming from one who has lost every single thing in a fire (that was not my fault–a faulty neighbor…), please move the candles out of the box with the top of the box so close to the flame. starting over from scratch after years of collecting my favorite things *sigh…* is not as fun as it might sound. your blog though– lovely as ever.
Sarah great post. Blogging sure is a distraction from some of our ‘real life issues’. Wow the retrench thing for Mr BC was the same for us, my other half got retrenched and once you reach a certain age it makes it harder to get a job. After many and I do mean many months of nothing he has gone out contracting on his own – scary!! Love hpw the fruit box looks
Alison