The Scented Cottage®Studio

Lucky June babies born in the month where spring ends and summer begins! With roses as your birthday flower and pearl as your birthstone...passion, health and longevity attributed to them and yours to claim. "A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a si…

The classic Cole Porter song is what I think of when someone says "Paris"...that and French perfume of course ! I hope you will join me and the ladies at Make Mine Pink for our Paris In Spring Friday. This Friday many of us will be offering for sale an item or items that make us thi…

Today the United States commemorates the men and women who perished while serving in military service during a war. My family will spend the day honoring the memory of the men and women who heeded their countries call and gave the ultimate sacrifice, their lives, making us the Home of the Brave. Wh…

Not exactly at lightening speed, or any speed for that matter :) but moving along at least. Faux goodies are done and almost ready to pack off to my sweet friends. I think I'll have that done by Monday, well in time for my Christmas deadline. :) :) :) Have started working on my two little m…

Monday Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way.... soooo I know Monday was show and tell but truthfully I was down for the count most of the week-end. Feeling poorly I was. I am feeling much better today and am working on show and tell for next Monday....I am finishing up my faux cakes for my …

Mondays seem to roll around faster and faster.....and today is Cinco de Mayo AND my SweetiePie's birthday. When we lived in San Diego he could eat at any Mexican restaurant for free. We had some fun I have to admit. So the first order of the day is to wish my SweetiePie a very very happy bir…

Should I apologize for the bad pun? I will if I need too.....but I did manage to finish the cupcakes ! I hope my two buddies will like them. As for the little heart cakes, I'm trying to decide how to decorate them, just in the "playing" stages now. Do you like the clay or the silk flo…

Oh my, seems like yesterday it was show and tell...of course it was Tuesday before I got my Monday pictures up. But here it is Monday and I do have some to share! I mentioned I was making some faux cakes for two of my friends and here is the start. Well, the chocolate cake slice I have to confe…

One of the boutique members at Make Mine Pink, Kathleen from Set To a Tea came up with the idea to do Show and Tell Mondays. We would show what we were working on etc. Well, since sometimes I struggle with what to post I thought that was a great idea. Umm, but then I realized I also struggle wit…

getting a box in the mail ! I love love love to web shop shop. It's easy, convenient and fun. I want to share a few of the items I've recently purchased with you. First, this wonderful recipe keeper from Cozy Cottage Gifts and Decor. She personalized it for me and inside there are pocke…