Arbor Oak Cottage

19 March 2012

Cottage Garden Party~March

I had full intentions of sharing a seed starting method I use this month. I am fully a week behind this mid March project. I use a very frugal method these days with egg cartons on the window sill, and usually just a few tomato and sweet pepper plants. But I have not always used this method.

my greenhouse 2002

There was a time when I was really into greenhouse growing. I mean BIG TIME. I grew all my own flowers and veggies from seeds and cuttings. I took 2 years of greenhouse practices classes at our local community college...I was really really into it. I found some old pics, not very good, back then I was just learning to use a digital camera and had no idea how to correctly edit. I thought I would share a few of them since I was not ready with the frugal egg crate method...and we no longer live at the house with the greenhouse....Oh I still love to cottage garden, but I was pretty burned out when we sold that house. It truly was a lot of work. I had started my online textile art business and having both passions was just too much.

My only regrets are I wish I could have picked up that house and moved it to the little town we live in now. It was a lovely cottage style with lace curtains and floral wallpaper. When we moved my husband politely asked me if I would cut down on all the lace and florals in the new house......

join us for the party!

26 February 2012

Cottage Craft Room party February

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For this month's party I thought I would share the Calling card/Business card cases I have been creating!
I just finished 40 and I mean FORTY of these to be inserted into Boutique Bags for Shabby Lane Shops booth at the Nashville Southern Women's Show in April.
So here we go with some pics....these are super simple to make and fun to decorate. They make great gifts too!

20 February 2012

Cottage Garden Party~February

Still struggling in the dead of winter in rainy Western Oregon with this party! My Crocus are peaking out, but have not have had a enough sun to run out and snap a photo. But what I decided to do is share a few vintage seed and rose catalog images I have collected thru the years. These make fun gift tags for all occasion gifts. Right Click to saye to your pic files.