Lilly Cottage

'Tis the season to be Jolly....

.....Or NOT!!! Not sure whether it was Lilly Cottage closing the pink doors or the photographer ( that would be me), but MIss T is not jolly!

Fa la la la la la la la lahhhh!

Kiss Noises Linda ( be back soon...tidying my little old home blog here at I see the Bridge! as well as cleaning the house that has been so neglected in the last  two weeks).

Not many more sleeps ( until I can relax totally! hehehe)   

The cupcake shelf.

In my new house...(see my home blog I SEE THE BRIDGE!) I have a whole drawer devoted to cupcakes...I have cupcake cases and pink spatulas and measuring cups and sprinkles and embellishments and fancy heart shaped doilies and I adore it. Just imagine how much I would adore a whole shelf of cupcake goodies like the one in Lilly Cottage.

Today ( Sunday) is the last day we trade in Lilly Cottage as my bricks and mortar shop.....I shall be a little sad but the good news is, very soon...all these goodies will be available on-line. After Christmas when I pack up the shop and take lots more photos for you, they will be available with a lot of other gorgeous pretties. For now though I have photos.....we like photos.

Who knows this may indeed look like my house if these things don't sell today....such a shame....not really, more for me and for you..

Have a truly scrumptious day, I will be back soon with some more pretties.

ttfn Kiss Noises Linda

Sparkly crowns and Fleur de Lys.

I see something pretty.....for as long as I can remember I have had a fascination with Fleur de Lys and crowns...maybe I was a Princess in a France in a previous life, who knows. Then I have always had a love of sparkly things as well, could that be jewels I am dreaming of from that life or could it be as my Mother says...I am a BowerBird? Anyhoo you can imagine how excited I was to find these sparkling Fleur De Lys. I think they are meant to be Christmas Decorations but if you visit my house you will find them out all year round.

Usually I don't like using the flash for these photos but sometimes it makes things look really sparkly! These aren't the best photos at all for reasons I won't point out or that is all you will notice....look at the pretty crowns and Fleur de Lys instead.....

 

Be back with more "I see something pretty" later.

ttfn

Kiss Noises Linda 

Do drop into my other home blog I See The Bridge! right here. I will mix you a little Island cocktail....or put the kettle on, whichever you choose. KN again Linda  

 

I see something pretty!

Thank you all so very much for your kind words and I will be returning all your emails very soon (after Sunday most probably). You are all so sweet and yes for those who asked my little blog will continue ....what would I do without that as well? I see something pretty will be the new name for this blog...so lets start right now with some pretty photos....you can never look at too many pretties I say.  These photos are my some of my favourite and I have been waiting to put these up for a couple of weeks...here you go.

Of course Hedgehogs are not native to Australia, this is a cute door stop that I bought off of one of the stall holders at the Sunday markets as a present for my Mother who fell in love with her.

She had to have her very own photo shoot, as you do at 7am on a Sunday morning but I will save the rest of those photos for another time.

I love these roses still and they are so inexpensive at $6.50 a bunch and even in this revolting heat they are lasting nearly a full week and they smell divine...again from the Saturday Farmers Markets....I will be driving back down every week I think, just to get my roses fix...oh and visit the girls at Old Petrie Town.

I hope you are having a wonderful week, remember you can always drop in and visit me at home here at ' I SEE THE BRIDGE!' 

ttfn Kiss Noises Linda   

 

Closing our pink doors for the last time.

Yes, here we are our fourth Christmas in our bricks and mortar shop Lilly Cottage at Old Petrie Town and sadly it will be our last. Due to my constant battle with the horrors that Multiple Sclerosis throws at me, I am unable to maintain Lilly Cottage to the standard that makes me happy and therefore will close our pretty pink doors for the last time, this coming Sunday 20th December.

It is my intention that after a name change and a face lift the blog and my on-line shops will continue in the New Year as I will have plenty of pretty and fun things to share with you. I hope to also do some market stalls but more on that later.

I am hoping a lot more rest will mean I have time to organize more tea parties, events and hopefully some art retreats. See even to the point of exhaustion I am planning ahead.

This week I am having a big sale at Lilly Cottage and there are some wonderful wonderful bargains to be had so do drop in if you get a chance, sorry for the late notice but you do have 5 more shopping days.

It was extremely hard making the decision to close and I am grateful to all of you who have supported me along the way, it is hard to let go of a dream but exciting to look forward to the possibility of pursuing other dreams, more outings and relaxing time with my family and more time to paint! Between working as a Registered Nurse and doing markets every weekend for years even before I opened Lilly Cottage, I have not had more than four full weekends off in a row for over 14 years ( being MS sick or having a new baby do not count as weekends off sorry). It will be wonderful to be able to spend time with my family doing those fun things while I am still able to.

It sound awful I know and it has been an emotional decision especially when I think of all the wonderful gorgeous  people I have met who have made my life so much better just by knowing them and those who dropped in to say hello and ask after me year after year.

I have met like minded creative souls and people that think I am talented....(imagine that!), I have  had sooo much fun at Tea Parties and laughed so much with the joy of seeing other people let go and get into the spirit of the event.

I have been able to indulge in my passions EVERY SINGLE DAY and re-arrange and create new displays often twice in the same day. I have scrambled to get my displays out of the rain and chased my stock down the street with the wind catches me unawares. I have encountered snakes and possums, koalas and termites. I have been able to hunt for treasures amongst the roots of the huge old fig trees and have sat stitching under the shade of others.

I have stayed in the park in my little cottage until late late at night and been there very early in the morning...often one following the other.

I have met the very old and the very young and found that the same joy and anticipation of magic and the foundation of memories in their eyes and their smiles and they have left their imprints in my heart... I won't forget them and for the one little girl whose heart  and dreams I have disturbed by my decision to close Lilly Cottage, I am trusting you to keep your dream and make 'Lili' Cottage your very own one day, YOU are very special.

Please do come back and check in again here as I still have so many more things to share and I don't want to let go of you all.

If you do happen to pop in on Sunday would you please bring the tissues and understand if I can't get out the words to say 'Thank You', that has nothing to do with MS but everything to do with the fact that I know you 'get me'.

ttfn

Kiss Noises Linda

If you want to visit me at 'home' you can always pop in Here at I See the Bridge!

A little French resistance.

A little French resistance nothing! These gorgeous French style containers came in last week and I was smitten, no resistance..nope none at all, they are now living at my house and two other houses...I did leave something for Lilly Cottage customers. They are simply stunning, just the right colour and oh that little bird on top of the jar....oh my goodness.

The cake stand is holding some of my new tea cup pincushions and they look right at home in there.

Even less resistance really who could resist?

More photos of the luscious French jars ....Typepad is not liking me at the moment, lets see it this works.

 

Oh I love them...now to find a place in my overflowing house...I will not be beaten however and I will find a spot, no need for any offers to take them off my hands.

Don't forget the Ballet shoe giveaway a few posts ago and..

my other blog I see the bridge! if you feel like a little seachange...drop in for a visit.

ttfn Kiss Noises Linda   

Gail McCormack prints are in the cottage, sweet roses!

Delighted to have some gorgeous new pictures of Gail's in stock at Lilly Cottage. I adore her roses and birdies and oh just about everything she does really. Gail has her own blog HERE were you can follow the links to her website to see more of her lovelies but here is how they look in Lilly Cottage.

 

 

So Pretty! I will share some more of her beautiful prints later. 

Have a truly scrumptious day, ttfn Kiss Noises Linda 

Calico Cats in the dappled sunshine.

Well with a title like that there is really not much more I can add except I love pictures taken in dappled light, it sort of seems relaxing somehow. These are some of the cats I made forThe Handmade EXPO which is on again this Saturday the 12th December A perfect place to find that HANDMADE Christmas gift and to support all the talented people who love doing what they do.

PoP over to the The Handmade Expo blog for all the details.

 Apparently there will be only one photo in dappled light as Typepad is freezing my screen everytime I try and add another...but hey one is enough I suppose.

ttfn Kiss Noises Linda

The bears are waiting, waiting.

The lovely Julie makes the most divine dresses out of vintage linens, doileys and lace and dresses  vintage bears. We are lucky enough that she regularly brings some into Lilly Cottage for us to play with...I mean sell for her.

These two lovely ladies just look like they are simply just waiting for someone to swoop them up and take them home...maybe me? I am rather fond of the sweet pink dressed bear but then the face on the other is pleading me to take her too....oh decisions.

I have forgotten their names but they usually have sweet names too.

 

 
Now I know this lovely girl is called Lucy and I love everything about her, her dress is too divine...look at that lace..so yummy, but look at those eyes....oh so gorgeous!

You know how much fun I have playing re-arrange with these bears...you never know where you will see them next.

Have a truly wonderful day,

Kiss Noises Linda