Working from home . . . with little helpers.
Lean into the chaos and challenge and delight that is working from home.
top of page
Search
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...
24 views0 comments
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!
114 views0 comments
shepherdscottageso
- Apr 25, 2022
- 3 min
What did you do to mark Earth Day?
Ideas for change: to make every day Earth Day.
33 views0 comments
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.
87 views0 comments
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!
56 views0 comments
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,...
35 views0 comments
-
- 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,...
41 views0 comments
-
- 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...
47 views0 comments
-
- 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...
47 views0 comments
-
- 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...
54 views0 comments
-
- Jul 26, 2021
- 3 min
Plastic Free July: Choose bar soap
Long 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...
75 views0 comments
-
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
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...
23 views0 comments
-
- May 17, 2021
- 2 min
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...
97 views0 comments
bottom of page