G’day lovely Beach Cottage ladies, well I am back in the loop, though I am still pretty bruised up in the Spider Biting Arm Department…thanks for ALL your messages….errrm I was too scared to reply to them yesterday in case my lovely hubby thought I was doing too much, haha.
I guess I should do another picture to show you what it looks like now…
So.
How about we talk pretty Beach Cottage Vintage Coastal Style, to get us all back to normal again? Yeah? You know you want to.
Now following on from last week’s vlog, (and there will be another vlog on this too, just awaiting the school schedule of the Video Man), I thought we’d talk about another thing I get asked a lot, behind the scenes, in my email inbox.
That would be how to quickly, easily, cheaply and simply brighten up your home with a little bit of beach cottage inspired beach decor?
Hmm, well first of all, as I said, change out your cushions….not too much investment…but even a couple of cushions these days may not be in the realm of your budget if you are either knuckling down because of the economy and the recession or aiming to make 2012 the year you don’t change out your home & furnishings every five minutes.
One word.
OK, more than one.
Wash out those jam / mason jars baby.
Here’s a very small glimpse into my collection of these things…ahem, on Beach Cottage De-Cluttering Week, which will be hitting this cottage and blog very soon, some of these will be going…
But I gather them because I love the different shapes, I love glass and more I love shoving things in them…
As you can see, it’s doesn’t take much to start a collection and it’s a budget no-brainer for easy coastal decorating…the heart shape one I received as a gift with sweets (you may call those candy or lollies) in them, the vintage bottles I found while treasure hunting, the Elderflower one, whose label I about adore funnily enough had Elderflower drink in it, the little jars with the yummy vintage wire fittings I found while thrifting for the grand sum of 50 cents each and the hexagonal ones are actually jars that jam comes in.
Next up for this budget-defying home beach decor we go for flowers, beach cottage coastal style needs flowers, drugstore flowers, not post fancy ones are all you need…yep those bunches of flowers you see in the supermarket or petrol station….these girls are your coastal house-brightening friends…
even better, mucho, mucho, better though are Grow-Your-Own…not so easy if, like me, you are starting off with a very un-established horrid and huge Ugly Concrete and a whole lotta lawn garden…but as I have learnt, fairly easy to rectify by chucking in here and there and whenever you have a moment, the odd bush, flower or shrub that you like the look of on the label, is drought friendly and more importantly, on offer, as you fly through the DIY store.
This bunch of stuff is the case in question.
Cost : 100% free.
But, ladies ask me, how the heaven in heck do you get a stack load of cr*ppy old glass jars & a bunch of flowers to brighten up your home and make it look coastal and beachy and nautical cottage?
Well my Beach Cottage friends.
Firstly, you must strategically place said jars on your table…go for an odd number, and then balance that out in some sort of pattern….I got for 2 and then 1 down the centre of the table…
but I also like clusters all about this old cottage….we’ll talk about those another day
Secondly you need to get thee self a nautical stripe…this can be a runner, placemats, napkins…but what if you don’t have enough casheroonis for any table niceties?
Then my friends, you need to get crafty…beg, borrow, steal some stripey fabric, pull some out of your fabric stash as I did, or cut up anything that has a stripe on it, including your husband’s shirts / children’s clothes…failing that, get yourself to a thrift store (oh I’ve heard it’s not very Australian to say ‘thrift’ hahaha, roflmao, as if you need to tell me how to be Australian, I ask you!…so for the purposes of this International, bi-lingual, multi-cultural blog, I will add in here for your benefit the terms Charity Shop if you are from the Old Country and Op-Shop if you are living in the Lucky Country)….you knew that already anyway didn’t you?…yeah we are all multi-cultural blog-surfers here…BRING IT ON
OK, so with those above ingredients for your little beach decor, coastal style recipe, you dump them all together in classic Beach Cottage fashion and you have yourself, tada, some Beach Cottaeg brightening
a sprig, a jar, a white flower, and a nautical stripe
Bob, my friend is your little beachy uncle
there is one last ingredient to this beachy, coastal, nautical twist
yep, you guessed it, a starfish, a shell or a piece of coral
You must add these to your flower, mason jar brightening for a simple, un-themed coastal, nautical look, place them around with abandon, but go easy on the quantity…less, my little beachy lovers is more
That’s it from me and my Spider’s Bite, I have lots for you…lazing around in beds on iPads, if one is a blogger, means one’s brain can spill out with abandon all over WordPress….I have a Beach Cottage Real Girls Blogging Tips post for you on the way…
Love the jars/bottles. If there’s any jam to be had in these parts its Bon Maman all the way coz I adore those jars – lots of uses for those babies!!
Also a big user of “free” flowers and foliage – it all looks fab once inside. I have a pair of secateurs in my glove box for the very purpose of snipping bits as I drive/ taxi about ( we do live in a rural spot & Im not “snipping” other peoples lovelies that have grown over the fence!!)
well done on being a finalist – you are doing such a lovely thing here.
A Bloggie is a nice counterbalance to the Spider Bite eh? I heard a little tip once, living in Alice Spring many years ago – if you’ve been bitten by a spider (particularly if it is a Redback) eat as many Vitamin C tablets as you can stand. The spiders’ venom depletes your immune system quickly, Vit C will keep you from catching any other annoying ‘bugs’.
Love collecting glass bottles… Lol sometimes I find myself looking at a product that I have no idea how to use or incoporate into my everyday cooking but I am still tempteds to buy it just beacuse of the bottle that carries it… lol My husband knows that look in my eye when temptation is calling me to put that gorgeous bottle of I don’t know what into the trolley…. He just grabs me by the shoulders, breaks me eye contact with said bottle and just says “Alice…. No… Don’t do it…. If you really love me and want me to keep my sanity intact you will put that damn bottle back on the shelf…” Sigh… He has only lost that battle once… I love the shape of the XL jam jars… I have quite a few of those…
Glad that you are on the road to recovery… Voted for you
Hi Sarah~~
LOve this post. I love old bottles and jars too. And those flowers are so sweet. Good news, we have them in abundance here. I love them because they last longer than a week. Thanks for always being inspirational.
Glad your arm is feeling better. My inlaws had such fun in Sydney. They have now boarded a cruise ship that will take them to other parts of Australia and New Zealand. I hope they dont find any of those nasty spiders;)
~Cheryl
Fresh Vanilla For C
Fantastic tips, when I go home instead of throwing out the old marmelade in the back of the fridge I will clean it and keep the lovely hexagonal bottle!
Oh, and I already voted
Now that’s a bit prettier than the scary spider story and photo!
The bottom of my pantry is filled with glass bottles and jars….I must show hubby this post to prove I’m not the only one!
Have just been over to vote – good luck.
X
I think my bottle and jar obsession may have got a little out of hand, but like you Sarah, I just love grouping them with bits and pieces in them, and can’t bare to part with a single one. Yours look so pretty. And you’re so right about a bunch of crysanthemums. As a bunch they are so ordinary, but chop them down to individual flowers and they not only look really pretty, but last and last and last! I have a new found appreciation! x
The cupboard under my sink if full of glass jars – I just can’t bring myself to throw thm away. I just wish some of them were a lovely shad of blue, like yours…
Nearly 50 years of living in Oz and I’ve NEVER had a bite from a spider like that…same old story…When I lived in coastal QLD nobody ever got stung by a dangerous tiny jelly fish…except of course that English tourist (the poor man died)…Hope you’re feeling better…did you see the blighter (I mean biter)?? If I had spotted it I probably would have had a bloody heart attack to boot!!Robx
p.s. I’ll probably come across a huntsman or two whilst cleaning windows in Oz next week…can’t wait!!
thinking the pinky ones are wax flower i used to be a floral designer a while back and that sure looked like the wax flower we used alot lasts pretty long too they are either a pinky color or a pink/purply color! those grow in your yard?
love the nautical table scape!!!
Kim
This is the sort of post that made me get hooked in the first place – theres humour, theres thrifting, beautiful photos and inspiring ideas that us gals without loads of cash can copy lolx
Love the post! I too have a thing…for jars. I think I get it from my Dad. It’s hard for me to downsize them at times. So…glad you are recovering no offense Mr. BC. The Pioneer Woman I saw is our Food Network Channel now. I’ll have to check her out, I think they said on Sat. I never would have even taken notice had I not heard of her from you. Thanks! Off to vote for my favorite beach gal Sarah!
The clay tags i made this week from your tutorial are now dry. I am looking forward to using them and what a great inspiration seeing how you dress up your glass jars. They look so pretty. Loved your tutorial too so much detail couldn’t go wrong even if i tried. Thanks.
How amazing that a single flower in a jar can bring such beauty to a place. Love it! Lovely pictures, I especially love the close up of the pink and white flower.
Glad your arm is better. That was a ‘wicked’ looking bite.
‘I love daisies, they’re such happy little flowers’…i think thats from ‘youve got mail’…but they are happy liitle flowers arent they?
My favorite jar is a funny shaped mustard jar…i think i actually bought the mustard for the jar.
If i dont pick up flowers from the market, i can always find something in the yard, even if its just greenery. Love the little touches.
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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
Happy to see you are recovering xx
Love the jars/bottles. If there’s any jam to be had in these parts its Bon Maman all the way coz I adore those jars – lots of uses for those babies!!
Also a big user of “free” flowers and foliage – it all looks fab once inside. I have a pair of secateurs in my glove box for the very purpose of snipping bits as I drive/ taxi about ( we do live in a rural spot & Im not “snipping” other peoples lovelies that have grown over the fence!!)
well done on being a finalist – you are doing such a lovely thing here.
have a great day xx
I love this look too, so easy and simple! Big congrats on the award off to vote for you!! xo K
Pretty, Pretty! So glad that you’re feeling better. That was nasty looking.
Will vote right away and I’m keeping this idea for a bridal shower I’m soon to throw
Should save me a fortune.
That’s awesome, which category?
Love the pretty freshness and simplicity of the flowers!
I missed the spider bite saga–will go and look.
Where do I go to vote?
Sarah
Congrats. I’m off to vote. Not sure where to go though but I will have a look.
alison
Happy recovery! Great jars!! Off to vote!!! x
Oh you’re back!! And with another pretty post! Yay!!! Hope the arm is feeling better. xx
A Bloggie is a nice counterbalance to the Spider Bite eh? I heard a little tip once, living in Alice Spring many years ago – if you’ve been bitten by a spider (particularly if it is a Redback) eat as many Vitamin C tablets as you can stand. The spiders’ venom depletes your immune system quickly, Vit C will keep you from catching any other annoying ‘bugs’.
Take care xx
Love collecting glass bottles… Lol sometimes I find myself looking at a product that I have no idea how to use or incoporate into my everyday cooking but I am still tempteds to buy it just beacuse of the bottle that carries it… lol My husband knows that look in my eye when temptation is calling me to put that gorgeous bottle of I don’t know what into the trolley…. He just grabs me by the shoulders, breaks me eye contact with said bottle and just says “Alice…. No… Don’t do it…. If you really love me and want me to keep my sanity intact you will put that damn bottle back on the shelf…” Sigh… He has only lost that battle once… I love the shape of the XL jam jars… I have quite a few of those…
Glad that you are on the road to recovery… Voted for you
Lovely tablescape, So happy to see you have been nominated, how cool is that? ive voted for you of course
So pretty, I will have to clean out the cupboards in search of pretty jars.
Hi Sarah~~
LOve this post. I love old bottles and jars too. And those flowers are so sweet. Good news, we have them in abundance here. I love them because they last longer than a week. Thanks for always being inspirational.
Glad your arm is feeling better. My inlaws had such fun in Sydney. They have now boarded a cruise ship that will take them to other parts of Australia and New Zealand. I hope they dont find any of those nasty spiders;)
~Cheryl
Fresh Vanilla For C
Fantastic tips, when I go home instead of throwing out the old marmelade in the back of the fridge I will clean it and keep the lovely hexagonal bottle!
Oh, and I already voted
Congrats on reaching the finalist. What category are you in – it would make it easier to find you to vote for you!!!
I voted! Congratulations! Glad you’re on the mend. LOVE the table!
Debbie
Now that’s a bit prettier than the scary spider story and photo!
The bottom of my pantry is filled with glass bottles and jars….I must show hubby this post to prove I’m not the only one!
Have just been over to vote – good luck.
X
Very pretty. Imma gonna copy this! Love x
I think my bottle and jar obsession may have got a little out of hand, but like you Sarah, I just love grouping them with bits and pieces in them, and can’t bare to part with a single one. Yours look so pretty. And you’re so right about a bunch of crysanthemums. As a bunch they are so ordinary, but chop them down to individual flowers and they not only look really pretty, but last and last and last! I have a new found appreciation! x
me too Amanda!
The cupboard under my sink if full of glass jars – I just can’t bring myself to throw thm away. I just wish some of them were a lovely shad of blue, like yours…
Nearly 50 years of living in Oz and I’ve NEVER had a bite from a spider like that…same old story…When I lived in coastal QLD nobody ever got stung by a dangerous tiny jelly fish…except of course that English tourist (the poor man died)…Hope you’re feeling better…did you see the blighter (I mean biter)?? If I had spotted it I probably would have had a bloody heart attack to boot!!Robx
p.s. I’ll probably come across a huntsman or two whilst cleaning windows in Oz next week…can’t wait!!
no I didn’t see it at all Robynne, in fact it could have been anything x
Glad you’re recovering with sense of humor intact. Love the bottles and flowers…Simply fresh and lovely!
thinking the pinky ones are wax flower i used to be a floral designer a while back and that sure looked like the wax flower we used alot lasts pretty long too they are either a pinky color or a pink/purply color! those grow in your yard?
love the nautical table scape!!!
Kim
This is the sort of post that made me get hooked in the first place – theres humour, theres thrifting, beautiful photos and inspiring ideas that us gals without loads of cash can copy lolx
thanks Sharon, too kind x
Love the post! I too have a thing…for jars. I think I get it from my Dad. It’s hard for me to downsize them at times. So…glad you are recovering no offense Mr. BC. The Pioneer Woman I saw is our Food Network Channel now. I’ll have to check her out, I think they said on Sat. I never would have even taken notice had I not heard of her from you. Thanks! Off to vote for my favorite beach gal Sarah!
The clay tags i made this week from your tutorial are now dry. I am looking forward to using them and what a great inspiration seeing how you dress up your glass jars. They look so pretty. Loved your tutorial too so much detail couldn’t go wrong even if i tried. Thanks.
thanks! glad you liked it! x
How amazing that a single flower in a jar can bring such beauty to a place. Love it! Lovely pictures, I especially love the close up of the pink and white flower.
thanks Ingrid yep a single flower goes a long way x
Glad your arm is better. That was a ‘wicked’ looking bite.
‘I love daisies, they’re such happy little flowers’…i think thats from ‘youve got mail’…but they are happy liitle flowers arent they?
My favorite jar is a funny shaped mustard jar…i think i actually bought the mustard for the jar.
If i dont pick up flowers from the market, i can always find something in the yard, even if its just greenery. Love the little touches.
Glad to see you are feeling better.
I never used jars as vases before but now I am hooked. I love the look and find myself at the grocery store choosing jam based on how cute the jar is.
Wow! The arrangement of a table is a kind of refreshing for me. I’m so excited to discover that place.