🤩 COTTAGERS - I THOUGHT I MADE THIS WORD UP - I WAS WRONG! The word Cottager POPPED INTO MY HEAD a while back. It came from a trip I had in France - when I stumbled upon the sweetest tiny restaurant called "The Potager" The term "potager" refers to a traditional French kitchen garden where vegetables, herbs, and flowers are intermingled for both aesthetic and culinary purposes. I even gave my own meaning to the word .... 🏡"COTTAGER" essentially refers to anyone in our little cottage community here to grow in the area of creativity, cottage crafts and heart matters. WELL, I thought I better google before I gave claim to my famous word creation 🧐 I found this.... 🏡 "A cottager is a person who lives in a cottage. Depending on context, it can refer to a vacationer in a private resort home, or a rustic rural dweller." I still hold to my meaning where our Cottage members shall hereby be called "Cottagers" 🌟 Oh and I was thrilled to find a picture online of the place I visited some years back.

I'd love to welcome @Cherise Clough who is a "System's Fairy" and I love good systems for everything from work in my office to cleaning the bathroom! Cherise is an admin Queen and @Paula Chapin is a paper lover who is ready to nuture her creative heart, so we are going to have lots to talk about!

Today was a holiday here in Western Australia. We spent a lot of the day cleaning up after a wild storm and then spent the afternoon by the fire burning off all the branches that fell. Ate food with the family and had a beautiful relaxing Monday! CREATIVE MOMENTS I also taught one of my daughters to crochet 🧶 ✨and started a few little recycle projects! How did your week start?

Here's a little YT - a bit longer that usual. Farmy, funny, sad and hopefully entertaining 🌟 Drop a comment if you get time to watch it. Any kind, critical advice accepted - there's always room for improvement - I think there may be a grammatical error in one of the typed lines! See if you can spot it!

Hi Guys I've just added this weeks time slots into the calendar. You can book via the classroom! Let’s Ignite Your Creative Spark! 🔥 I’m opening up a few extra spots in my calendar for the next two weeks to help you move from "someday" to now. For the rest of May, I’m offering my Creative Kickstart Calls for just $19 (regularly $49). 🌟 Whether you need to build momentum, refine a new project, or get your small business idea off the ground—consider me your personal firestarter! (The Cottage Coach) Let’s clear the cobwebs and get your ideas burning bright. ✨ Book your spot in the Classroom If there's anything you'd like specific help with, just let me know below or via DM