The Cottage Mama on Pinterest

I am a huge fan of Pinterest.  'Inspiration City' is what I like to call it. I'm not quite sure why it never dawned on me to mention that I'm on Pinterest, but I am.  Now I've mentioned it ~ The Cottage Mama is on Pinterest.

I usually only allow myself to login to Pinterest once a day because if I go on there any more than that, I will get carried away for hours.  However, I do 'pin' things throughout my day with the little 'pin it' button in my internet browser.  The amount of eye candy photographs, inspiration and ideas are mind-boggling.  I know I've said this before, but the amount of talent and creativity in this world astounds me.  I feel so lucky that a site like Pinterest has been created so we can all bear witness to this creativity on a daily basis.

Some people seem to think that Pinterest is a bit overwhelming, but not me ~ I love it.  When I'm having an non-creative, unproductive day, I can simply login and suddenly I have my mojo back.  Once you see all the amazing projects that are going on in the world it just makes you want to get into the studio and create.

Here are some of my pin boards:

So if you feel like checking out my pin boards, feel free, you can find them all here. 

I would sure love to check out yours!  

And if you've never been on Pinterest, you must.  You won't believe your eyes!  

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Fall Issue Delish Magazine - I'm a Contributor!

About 6-months or so ago I was asked to contribute a sewing/craft tutorial for a new online magazine publication called Delish Magazine.  I had checked out their very first issue and I was instantly in love.  I loved the premise behind the magazine - "Live like you mean it".  And on top of this being a fabulous online women's magazine, it is totally free to the reader!

Our fall issue just launched and I really hope you will take the time to visit this wonderful magazine and check out my sewing tutorial.  There is everything from fashion, living, cooking, health, beauty, reading, nesting, sewing and crafting......a little something for everyone.




Here are some pictures for my Laptop / I-pad / Kindle Case Tutorial:

That's all I can show you here on the blog right now.  If you want to learn how to make this Laptop / I-Pad / Kindle Case, you'll have to head over to Delish Magazine and check it out - you won't be sorry, there is a ton of wonderful information in the fall issue.  And when you're over there, check out my little bio on the "contributors" page.  I feel so honored to be part of this group!

Hope everyone had a great weekend - I sure did (but more about that later)!

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New Sponsor Highlight: The Blog Guidebook

I'm so excited to introduce you to one of my new sponsors, The Blog Guidebook. Please click here to read more about this lovely new sponsor of The Cottage Home.

Think you would be a good fit for The Cottage Home? Interested in becoming a sponsor? Please email me (thecottagemama@gmail.com) for rates and additional information.

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The Farm Chicks in the Kitchen

I was so excited to receive an unexpected package in the mail today.  Isn't it exciting when you find a package at your doorstep and you have know idea what's inside because it's not your birthday, Mother's Day, Christmas or your Anniversary?  Well, yes, that was me this afternoon.

But of course, this lovely package was from my wonderful Mother.  The Cottage Mama's Mama always knows how to put a smile on her girls face.  I had mentioned last week that I wanted to get this book - The Farm Chicks In The Kitchen.  And of course, being the amazing Mom that she is, she surprised me and ordered it!

So tonight I plan on reading through this lovely book that I am SO excited to finally have in my possession.  Do any of you have this book?  Thoughts?  Any recipes I MUST try?  Well, if I come across any winners, I'll make sure to share with you all!

Here's a link to The Farm Chick's blog if you want to check it out - it's really cute and has great style.

On another note, I'm on a super nesting kick right now (no, I am not pregnant :-) - rearranging and de-cluttering my house.  It feels great, but I'm in the stage right now where it looks worse before it can look better - ahhhhh.  I'm really trying to work on my lack of patience and understand that this is going to take more than a day, but hopefully I can get it all done this week (we'll see).  Wish me luck!

Hope you all had a great weekend and have a wonderful week ahead!

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Did you know......

Did you know that there are several ways to keep up to date with The Cottage Mama?

I have recently added a Facebook fan page listed under The Cottage Mama.  I will occasionally be announcing discounts or sales for my etsy shop that will be exclusive for my Facebook fans.  So if you are interested in finding out about these sales, please head on over to facebook and sign up as a fan.  If you guys can help me reach 200 fans over the next week, I plan to offer you something special!


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I also signed up for a Twitter account, but please forgive me, I am VERY new to Twitter and because of that I have simply linked my Facebook account to my Twitter account for now.  So feel free to follow me on Twitter if you are more comfortable with that site than Facebook.  You can find me @thecottagemama on Twitter.

Click here to follow me on Twitter

Finally, I have created The Cottage Home community on blogfrog.  Never heard of blogfrog?  Well, come on over and check it out!  On blogfrog we will have a discussion board where you guys can post discussion topics, write comments, ask questions relating to the topics blogged about here at The Cottage Home - Sewing. Cooking. Crafting. And All Things Domestic.  Come join my community!!

Click here to join The Cottage Home Community

On a personal note, my Mom is coming to town from Texas tomorrow so we can attend the Chicago Quilt Festival this weekend - I am SO excited!  I can't wait to hang with my best girlfriend, my Mama, and check out all of the fabric and gorgeous quilts at the festival.  I'm hoping to get some more inspiration for the designs in my etsy shop.

So I will be taking a break from blogging for the rest of the week, but I will check back with you after my Mom's visit!

Have a great rest of your week!

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