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Shop Update

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Warning: Blatant plug for Etsy shop ahead.

I’ve spent the last couple of days crocheting, taking photographs and listing new inventory in ScoutHarper, our Etsy Shop. It’s time consuming, but it’s awfully fun. I’m so excited to share with you our new Flower Scarves.

These beauties are made out of 100% cotton – which means they can be worn year round – indoors or outdoors. They can be looped around the neck or worn as pictured. Meredith gets more compliments on this scarf than anything else she has made. People stop her in stores and ask about it. How can you not smile when wearing this:

Not that I care about these things, but isn’t this orange the color of the year?

I love these scarves.

When you buy something from our shop, it comes in a pretty package (hand wrapped by yours truly.) Barbara, who bought one of the Obsession Scarves, even wrote a post about it, which made me very happy. We have great feedback from our customers – it’s so rewarding to read that customers are happy with our creations.

Also in the shop are 3 new Obsession Scarves (with more coming.) One is in silk and bamboo, and the other two are in a bamboo blend, which is very lightweight (perfect for spring and summer) and baby soft.

That deep, rich purple on the right is a color I used to wear all the time, along with red and black. I look good in jewel tones – but now that my hair is grayer, I find I can wear other colors as well. Anyway, I say that because I want a scarf in all three of these colors. As well as all the flower scarves.

But they are for others to enjoy. If you’re interested in reading more about the new inventory, go to the sidebar and click on any of the photos in the Etsy widget or click on ScoutHarper at the bottom of the widget.

Have a wonderful Monday. I’m going on about 3 hours of sleep, so I may have just hit my peak for the day!

Picking Up

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It’s sunny, a bit warmer and what am I doing today? Besides crocheting, that is. Picking up dog poop from the corral and picking up rocks in my front yard.

Oh, yippee.

Nothing like dog poop and rocks to put a spring in your step and a song on your lips.

I have much to accomplish in the next less-than-a-month. Suddenly I’m hyper aware of everything that needs to be done around here before I go to Hartford. I think it’s time to make some lists.

There is yarn everywhere in this house, but especially in the den. That’s because the den is where I sit and blog and sit and read and sit and watch television and sit and crochet. There’s a box of it on the desk (that I crop out of all photos like the first one in this post.) There’s a bag of it on the floor right next to the desk. There’s a tote full of yarn next to my chair. I’m crocheting like a madwoman.

I’m aiming for a shop update tomorrow. Obsession Scarves are being purchased almost as quickly as I list them. I have 3 for tomorrow and more in the coming week. Meredith has crocheted some wonderful flower scarves and I’ll be listing them tomorrow as well. Wait ’til you see them – they are so summery, so fun!

How is your day going? Any plans for this Sunday?

Flowers, Books & Yarn

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I made the bi-weekly trip to Trader Joe’s over the weekend and came home with these. Aren’t they gorgeous? They’re waxflowers and I’m crazy about them. I like the wildflower-like big splash of color they bring to the living room. And look! There’s my pink milk glass hobnail vase.

I found this in a local antique shop a couple of years ago. It’s been nestled in my china cabinet ever since. I thought it might be nice to actually use it as it was intended…as a vase. This is one of my favorite finds. Such a soft, pretty shade of pink.

I wonder…can I plant some waxflowers in my garden? Are they compatible with my zone? Hmmm.

At the moment, we have an abundance of fresh flowers in the cottage. Some yellow alstromeria on the kitchen table, some mixed alstromeria in the den…

although the petals have begun to fall. Do you see the blue book in the foreground? It’s a vintage copy of Great Expectations that was just sent to me by my friend, Sharon. She enclosed a sweet note that said she was sending it to me because I ‘like old things and proper English.’ Oh, I do, Sharon! Thank you so much! An interesting accidental vignette, don’t you think? Charles Dickens alongside of modern day suspense/mystery writer Lee Child and my iPhone: When Centuries Collide.

Today I plan to pick up more rocks from the endless swath of dirt that is my front yard. There are a lot of them – we have rocky soil. I don’t want them there when I reseed. I’ll use them as edging for my garden beds.

The crocheting continues. And I am reminded that I have some prep work to do on The Tempest. Rehearsals start in just about a month.

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

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