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shepherdscottageso
Aug 15, 20224 min read
Working from home . . . with little helpers.
Lean into the chaos and challenge and delight that is working from home.
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shepherdscottageso
Jun 20, 20222 min read
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 16, 20222 min read
Five reasons you love our body whips!
It’s busy, busy here in the Shepherds Cottage kitchen, as I’m making up a large wholesale order of gorgeous body whips for an independent...
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shepherdscottageso
May 2, 20223 min read
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, 20223 min read
What did you do to mark Earth Day?
Ideas for change: to make every day Earth Day.
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shepherdscottageso
Apr 18, 20223 min read
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, 20223 min read
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
Apr 4, 20222 min read
Spring on the Farm
April is finally here! Spring! A few days of sunshine and warmth, and then snow, below freezing temperatures and hailstorms. In like a lion,
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shepherdscottageso
Mar 7, 20222 min read
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 31, 20223 min read
52 books in 2022
I’m going to take a wee break from my series about soap making to write about something else: book club. I don’t belong to a book club,...
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Oct 11, 20212 min read
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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Sep 27, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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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Jul 19, 20213 min read
The 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...
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Jul 5, 20212 min read
Self care and connecting to the past.
With opportunities for foreign holidays being limited this year, our family sat down and made a wish list of travel destinations. My...
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May 24, 20212 min read
I love me-time, I love wine, and I love any type of crafting!
This weekend on Facebook I saw that a woman I know was preparing to do a hike for charity, up Ben Nevis. I was impressed; it’s for a good...
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May 17, 20212 min read
Well, it seems that the universe really does work in mysterious ways!
After spending months visualising a workspace for Shepherds Cottage Soaps, this week I was offered one. What a thought: to be moving out...
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