After and ...almost before..

Just a quick little post today.....

 A glimpse of what's new.....

Love, love, love these numbered

 hooks and pitchers...

                                                        sold

           This cane back sofa turned out so lovely....

if only I had remembered to take a BEFORE shot...

Oh, well.

I always have the best intentions of doing a

before and after.....

I guess I'm always so eager to rid the piece of it's ugliness that I forget to take a picture..Trust me it was reeeally baaad.

                              Love the side detail !!    
                             

                                                  

                                                        

 Pretties for Mother's Day

Lots of fun garden stuff!!!

Happy Tuesday !!

Sandi

Drying Out.....

We have been soaked with rain for the past few weeks here in California.....

And I think most of us are

  sooo glad to see a little sunshine...

  We (ok, me) are getting a little grumpy for lack of sunshine....not something we are used to doing without here in sunny California.

But today I looked out my back window and I saw this...

All those rainy days.....

Sooo worth it!!

From my really green back yard to yours,

(and I'm not even thinkin' of all the weeding I'll have to do)

 Hugs,

Sandi

Easter Goodies



Ahhhh....finally, the weather is starting to feel like Spring, although it did snow a couple of weeks ago. Who woulda thought, snow (ok, so maybe snow may be an exaggeration, there was white stuff on the ground for maybe an hour) in Feb. on the central coast of Calif.

Easter falls really late this year, April 24th to be exact...... 





So the Easter bunnies are out....



Nicole Sayer designs are here...



Glass glitter....great for making Easter pretties!!





This is a wonderful old iron vase (very heavy), I can really see this in my house, but I can't keep it all ya know !!!



Nice little twin iron bed



Cute fabric bags and totes for spring, love the floral prints!



Locally
grown lavender

I hope wherever you are,
 Spring is on it's way...

 And don't forget to set your
 clocks ahead on Sunday!!!
(Yeah! Extra daylight !!)

Thanks!!
Sandi

Join Us on The City to City Junkin" Trail !!

Saturday Feb.26th !

We will be participating along with these other amazing stores up and down our own central coast:

Anthology, Ruby Rose, SLO Antique Treasures, Brooks woodcraft, Village Antique Mart,

 The Green Vase, Villa Rossa Antiques and Sorenson Farms.

Most are offering great incentives to come by this weekend. Please pickup a flyer at any of these locations for details.

The Cottage will be offering 10% off that day when you mention the flyer.

Please take this opportunity to support these local businesses.
This is a great opportunity to visit some local talent. Their styles range from fabulous funkiness to rustic elegance, and everything in between.

A great chance to make a girl friends day of it ! 

New goods at The Cottage.....

This sign reminds me of  the Charlie Brown "Happiness is......." craze, remember?? 

(guess I'm dating myself a bit)

I guess you could say this is a new take on that phrase..

a little more industrial looking

 and maybe not so warm and fuzzy as Charlie's version....

but we love this sign !!

We just received a shipment of

lamps with custom made shades

 in some wonderful fabrics

Dash and Albert rugs

and pillows just arrived !!

(you see their rugs in all the magazines)

I guess by now if you have ever been in the store

you may have noticed my

 fascination with branches

  and what can be hung on them....

Sooooo, I said to myself why not gloves....

What do you think ??

(actually these were for a

 holiday project that I never got around to)

Thanks for stopping by, Sandi

Did you see it ????

Wow, my home town on Oprah !!

On Wednesday's show Oprah featured my home town , San Luis Obispo, CA. as

"The Happiest City in America"

Although I now live 30 minutes north of there,

I still consider it my town...my birth place.

Or as we locals call it

"SLO Town"

I guess we can add Happy to that title now....mmmm

To see the episode go to:

www.http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Happiest-City-in-America-San-Luis-Obispo-Video
Now remember...it's still my town...but you're welcome to visit anytime!!

Oh, and by the way, while you are out, be sure

to come on up and see all of the new goodies arriving at

The Cottage

Thanks for stopping by,

Sandi

Ham, Turkey or Prime Rib ???

Are You Ready ??

3 Days and Counting......

Is your tinsel hung?

Stockings?

Presents wrapped and under the tree?

Silver polished ? (does anyone really do that ?)

Cookies baked?

Well I can say yes to most of of that......

So do I really have to clean my house too?

I have been hosting Christmas dinner for the last 30 plus years at my house.

Now mind you, for the most part I really do enjoy it.....

But this year I'm having a tough time deciding what to fix for dinner.

Ham, Turkey, or Prime Rib ??

What do you think, does your family have a favorite ?

Let me know, I could really use some inspiration this year !

Merry Christmas from My Cottage to Your Cottage !!!

XOXO Sandi

Have you started your shopping yet ??

New this week...

You know those grain sack pillows we all love ??

Well, these pillows have that great look

without that great big price tag !!

We love these!!

French inspired basket with a great label...
Wouldn't this look great on a front door with fresh Christmas greens ??

Carolyn Westbrook's newest book

The rooms featured in this book are amazing..

We have lots of new jewelry stock

for all of your gift giving

These collage necklaces are the so fun!!

Grandmothers Buttons necklaces..always a good choice.

Most have buttons from the late 1800's in the design.

More great fun jewelry at very affordable prices ...

I would like to apologize for the not so great photos..for some reason my camera wouldn't take a photo without the auto flash. Personally I am not a fan of flash photography....but apparently my camera is....go figure...

Thanks for stopping by,

Sandi

Open House part II

As promised, more of our Open House Photos...

Vintage swans in one of our front windows

Dress form angel in front window

(sorry for the not so great pic, my windows are really hard to photograph !)

Altered books, great little works of art in themselves!

I happened to mention to a friend that I was looking for a dress form to use for a display in our front window. I had been looking for one for sometime without any luck.

I have a couple that I use in the store for jewelry, but I needed a spare for the window.

Patti gladly offered to loan her "girl" for my display

( with promises not to sell "her" of course)

Soooo, with the addition of sheet music wings and paper wreath...viola !! An angel was born....

Special thanks to my friend Patti...she has "saved " me more than once and she is one very talented lady. Check out her blog :

http://www.artfuldesign.blogspot.com/

Have a great week !!

Sandi