shepherdscottagesoJun 202 minThe 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...
shepherdscottagesoMay 23 minNow 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!
shepherdscottagesoApr 253 minWhat did you do to mark Earth Day?Ideas for change: to make every day Earth Day.
shepherdscottagesoApr 183 min5 Craft Fair EssentialsI’ve learnt a lot since my first craft fair, and here are five things I always take with me.
shepherdscottagesoApr 113 minEaster 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!
Lauren LivingstoneMar 212 minTop five tips for setting up a table at a craft fairI did my first craft fair of the year this weekend, and it was a wild ride of pulling everything together after the crazy run of fairs...
shepherdscottagesoMar 72 minIt'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...
Lauren LivingstoneNov 1, 20213 minThe 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,...
Lauren LivingstoneOct 25, 20213 minCOP26.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...
-Oct 11, 20212 minAutumn on the farmI’ve loved reading all the autumnal posts on Facebook and Instagram, indulging in the beautifully photographed leaves in streams, soaps...
-Oct 4, 20213 minTalking 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...
-Sep 27, 20212 minEvery 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,...
-Aug 30, 20212 minGetting 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!
-Aug 23, 20212 minNew 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...
-Aug 16, 20212 minWhat'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...
-Aug 9, 20212 minBursting 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...
-Aug 2, 20212 minWhat 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...
-Jul 26, 20213 minPlastic Free July: Choose bar soapLong ago, when I lived in Durban, a friend and I would go for coffee in the Botanic Gardens. We would picnic: a flask of espresso and...
-Jul 19, 20213 minThe week's events...It has been a stressful week here. The stories I think about are these: the men who died, crushed by falling beer barrels, looting a...
-Jul 12, 20212 minArt in NatureMy Instagram and Facebook feeds are full of soap: how to make it, how to use it, what goes into it. And they are also full of Soap. The...