Monthly Archives: December 2013

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. I’m so delighted to see you today my friend. ♡ I’m wondering how your tree trimming is coming along? The days are rocking by. Shhh. … Don’t tell Santa, but this is the first Christmas I didn’t buy a “real” live Christmas tree. ♡ Oh I don’t mind because I found lots of happy play trees. I’d love to share a few with you. This is a little rosemary plant. I have it on a little vintage table in the cabin part of the Cottage. It reminds me of a Charlie Brown tree. ♡ I … Read the full blog post →

Hello,  Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage.  I’m so happy to see you. I’m finding little pleasures everyday. One of them is them is listening to my favorite Christmas music while I bake and decorate around the Cottage. …♡ A little Happy holiday music. …♡ Frosted window panes, candles gleaming inside Painted Candy canes. .. Santa’s On his way….♡ This is a Fritz and Floyd musical sleigh. A friend had given it to me years ago. When you wind it up it plays “Here Comes Santa Claus” cute!♡ This package came from my dear high school friend Kathy. She lives in Ohio. … Read the full blog post →

Hello,  welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Do You have time for a little Christmas home tour? Great! A little music. …♡ Welcome. .. Oh please come in… Do you see sparkles? Fa la la la la! Our curious cat Darjeeling loves tea parties AND sparkles. ♡ I Just hosted two parties,  and am getting ready to host a little Christmas Tea. ♡ Do you like candy canes? I love them,  so I make sure they are in every room. Would you like one? This is a little table cloth I made.  It is reversable. … Read the full blog post →

Hello, welcome to Marcia’s Cottage.  I’m so happy to see you. Shall we have a little tea, and listen to some of my favorite Christmas music. … I have lots to share. . But first I wanted to share with you a darling little cup that my high school friend Kathy sent me.  All the way from Ohio! SO on this beautiful Saturday morning I’m drinking tea from this adorable cup.  I think i really WANT a cute little pink scooter. ♡ Today I need LOTS of tea because I’m making all sorts  of gifts to give friends for Christmas.  … Read the full blog post →

Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage.  I’m so happy you stopped by. I thought I would share a little beauty for your day. ..♡  .                                                                                                       Xoxo,                                                 … Read the full blog post →

Hello, welcome to Marcia’s cottage.  I’m so happy to see you. Today I woke up thinking of a song. ..                        Raindrops on roses. …                  And whiskers on kittens.                   Bright copper kettles…           And warm woolen mittens.                 Brown paper packages tied up with string. These are a few of my favorite things. ..♡ When the dogs bite. ..  ok.. Wait a … Read the full blog post →

Hello, welcome to Marcia’s cottage.  I’m so Joyful to see you today. Let’s have a cup of Christmas  and chat a while. Well my friend I’m sure this will come as a great shock to you,  but Christmas is my favorite holiday. This photo was taken at our annual neighborhood Christmas party. I look forward to it every year. I’m so fortunate to live on such a magical Street.                                            ~♡~ Can you keep a Joyful secret? I have two … Read the full blog post →

Hello, welcome to Marcia’s cottage. I’m so happy you stopped by. I have been wondering. ..are you feeling the joy of the season my friend? I hope so. Personally I know how easy it is to get caught up in the busyness of everything.  Baking,  shopping,  decorating,  parties… All of these activities are delightful and enjoyable, however sometimes too much busyness for me, becomes stressful. And stressful isn’t joyous. ♡  I’d like to share what I decided to do this year. I’m carefully choosing and spacing my holiday activities so I can have the quiet moments in between. ♡ A … Read the full blog post →

Hello, welcome to Marcia’s cottage. I hope you had a nice weekend. Did you do anything special? I hope that you had a little fun and relaxation. I have to show you the most beautiful cake I’ve ever seen. This was from a surprise birthday party my husband gave me on December 1st. It wasn’t my birthday. .. so I was very joyfully surprised.  ♡ Have you ever been joyfully surprised? I hope so. I have already had LOTS of Joyful moments this month. .. For instance over the weekend I attended a delightful cookie swap. This was a  first … Read the full blog post →

Hello, welcome to Marcia’s cottage. I’m so happy to see you today. I bet you have lots of fun things planned . ..do you have time for a little tea? I just baked some cookies…they will be perfect with a little Christmas Tea. ♡  I wanted to show you a picture in our little music room.  It is a signed and numbered lithograph by Mary Englebreit.  I won it 20 years ago! Let’s get a better look. I just love what it says. ..BELIEVE For many years I hung it year round. It would remind me to live the Spirit … Read the full blog post →