Just a few weeks ago, Rose Water Cottage Press was able to participate in the Swanky Plank Vintage Market Place at Rippavilla Plantation in Spring Hill, TN...on the heels of the Tinsel and Twine Vintage Marketplace at Homestead Manor, also in Spring Hill... and it felt good to be back among the "working" since our Sophia came to live with us on a permanent basis. We have made MUCH progress, and we have quite the little budding lady on our hands....
She carried these daisies with her everywhere, as we were all "breaking down" our booths on Saturday evening. A lovely artist had given them to her as she was packing all her things. They were in the car, carried throughout the house, placed in various and sundry vases and glasses and baskets... We might just have a future floral designer on our hands.....
I had flowers of my own, in a great old ironstone vase on my lace and linen covered table...Calla Lilies grown in my very own yard, for the very first time ....transplants from my parents home....along with some fragrant boxwood clippings.....
My booth neighbor "The Little Cowgirl" had brought me a bucket full of freshly harvested lavender....
We truly believed the intoxicating fragrance kept us in a perpetual relaxed state throughout the event.
Do you see the colorful ribbons...hand-dyed by yours truly, gracing the binding of the 2 page samples of my new coloring book in the works...Eliza's Favorite Colors. It is now almost complete.
I have also painted a sign for the upcoming barn sales and events ...so folks will know what it is, exactly, that I do. ...
I hadn't worked with acrylics in forever, but was quite delighted to get back into them. Now, the 4' x 2' sign is draped with a dainty lace scarf, and has the bucket of lavender sitting beneath...which will provide a sweet invitation into the booth I will be sharing with my little cowgirl friend, Diann, at the Bella Rustica event at the end of August. It will be at the Legacy Farm in Lebanon August 23-24. I am especially excited to be a part of this event, as it was the first barn sale I attended 2 years ago, not long after we moved into our little cottage, here. It was the inspiration to get my book series up and running, from a dream..into a plan.
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More importantly, my hope is that our Maker is pleased with this servant and her willingness to be an instrument. My little books have been carried across the ocean to Lunsar, Sierre Leone Africa, by my parents and a young woman intent on mission work. They have been placed in the hands of some young girls, there, and my heart can barely hold the joy I feel.... Just look at their beautiful faces...
God is so Good!
Blessings, sister friends...
She carried these daisies with her everywhere, as we were all "breaking down" our booths on Saturday evening. A lovely artist had given them to her as she was packing all her things. They were in the car, carried throughout the house, placed in various and sundry vases and glasses and baskets... We might just have a future floral designer on our hands.....
I had flowers of my own, in a great old ironstone vase on my lace and linen covered table...Calla Lilies grown in my very own yard, for the very first time ....transplants from my parents home....along with some fragrant boxwood clippings.....
My booth neighbor "The Little Cowgirl" had brought me a bucket full of freshly harvested lavender....
We truly believed the intoxicating fragrance kept us in a perpetual relaxed state throughout the event.
Do you see the colorful ribbons...hand-dyed by yours truly, gracing the binding of the 2 page samples of my new coloring book in the works...Eliza's Favorite Colors. It is now almost complete.
I have also painted a sign for the upcoming barn sales and events ...so folks will know what it is, exactly, that I do. ...
I hadn't worked with acrylics in forever, but was quite delighted to get back into them. Now, the 4' x 2' sign is draped with a dainty lace scarf, and has the bucket of lavender sitting beneath...which will provide a sweet invitation into the booth I will be sharing with my little cowgirl friend, Diann, at the Bella Rustica event at the end of August. It will be at the Legacy Farm in Lebanon August 23-24. I am especially excited to be a part of this event, as it was the first barn sale I attended 2 years ago, not long after we moved into our little cottage, here. It was the inspiration to get my book series up and running, from a dream..into a plan.
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I cannot close without wishing a belated happy birthday to our queen of inspiration...
...Beatrix Potter.
Our world would not be the same if there hadn't been a Beatrix...
...inspiring us to press on... stretch ourselves...raise the bar of our own expectations...
Jeri Landers, you'd be proud that I am discovering how to paint hydrangeas in more detail....
...and Beatrix, perhaps you'd be proud of my efforts, as well...
More importantly, my hope is that our Maker is pleased with this servant and her willingness to be an instrument. My little books have been carried across the ocean to Lunsar, Sierre Leone Africa, by my parents and a young woman intent on mission work. They have been placed in the hands of some young girls, there, and my heart can barely hold the joy I feel.... Just look at their beautiful faces...
God is so Good!
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Blessings, sister friends...
All is well here at Rose Water Cottage...
Grammy's House...
Where the old clock ticks away, after quite a good cleaning and repair, atop a restored mantel ...
(...during renovation, we uncovered the ancient bricks...be still my heart... dating back to the homes construction in 1908. The Summer Screen, found in New York, will be fitted, soon.)
...and the hydrangeas bloom with great fervor...
...bringing beauty to our cozy home...
Much love...
Grammy and Sophia