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shepherdscottageso
- Jul 4, 2022
- 3 min
Summer Reading list
The Shepherd's Cottage Summer Reading List. None have anything to do with self-improvement, making soap, running a business or contemporary!
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shepherdscottageso
- Jun 20, 2022
- 2 min
The start of show season!
Early, early golden mornings and late violet-sky nights – summer in Scotland. The weather hasn’t been exactly blissful so far, but the...
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shepherdscottageso
- May 2, 2022
- 3 min
Now we are six!
My girls turned six on Saturday, and we had a lovely party with a house full of people: big ones and little ones!
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shepherdscottageso
- Apr 25, 2022
- 3 min
What did you do to mark Earth Day?
Ideas for change: to make every day Earth Day.
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shepherdscottageso
- Apr 18, 2022
- 3 min
5 Craft Fair Essentials
I’ve learnt a lot since my first craft fair, and here are five things I always take with me.
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shepherdscottageso
- Apr 11, 2022
- 3 min
Easter is nearly here!
Lambing is in full swing, it’s finally started warming up, and Easter is nearly here! Any future with chocolate in it must be a good one!
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shepherdscottageso
- Mar 7, 2022
- 2 min
It's that time of year again...
It’s that time of year again – a few brilliant days of sunshine and you think you can leave the house without a jacket . . . only to run...
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Lauren Livingstone
- Jan 17, 2022
- 3 min
Getting started with your own soap making business.
We’re just over two weeks into the new year – how’s 2022 starting out for you? One of my #gardeninggoals this year was to take some good...
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Lauren Livingstone
- Nov 1, 2021
- 3 min
The Christmas Collection...
I’ve made my Christmas cake, have you? I never wait for Stir Up Sunday – the traditional day for Christmas pudding or cake making,...
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Lauren Livingstone
- Oct 25, 2021
- 3 min
COP26.
We ran out of water during the summer – I’ve blogged about it before, laughing at the irony of our borehole running dry in a place where...
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Lauren Livingstone
- Oct 18, 2021
- 2 min
Island Hopping
The girls and I spent the single sunny day we had during the school holidays having an adventure on Kerrera. It’s true that you seldom...
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- Oct 11, 2021
- 2 min
Autumn on the farm
I’ve loved reading all the autumnal posts on Facebook and Instagram, indulging in the beautifully photographed leaves in streams, soaps...
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- Oct 4, 2021
- 3 min
Talking about soap...
Last week I did an online course about Google, SEO’s and blogging with Maddy Shine Maddy Shine SEO Queen & Visibility Coach. Besides her...
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- Sep 27, 2021
- 2 min
Every cloud has a silver lining.
It’s been really wet and windy on the island, which on the one hand is lovely as it’s filling up our water reserves, but on the other,...
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- Aug 30, 2021
- 2 min
Getting it together...
I start most days with lists: a list of things to do that day, a list of things happening during the week, a list of affirmations!
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- Aug 23, 2021
- 2 min
New beginnings.
Last week was a week for new beginnings, for sure. The girls had their first week of primary school, their teacher had her first week in...
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- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
What's new?..
What’s new? In the Shepherd’s Cottage house, I’ve just put my girls on the school bus, and they’re away to “ask her (their teacher) who...
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- Aug 9, 2021
- 2 min
Bursting out of your boundaries is hard...
We went on holiday last week, driving down South to a lovely village near Newcastle for a few days. It may seem strange going to a town...
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- Aug 2, 2021
- 2 min
What makes a bar of soap special?
What makes a bar of soap special? The way it smells; the way it looks; the feel of it in your palms as it lathers and turns; how it...
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