Daisy Cottage

A Lucky SomeBunny!

The lucky "someBunny" is SHARON!!!! She won these Daisy Cottage goodies! THANK YOU, thank you for ALL of your sweet comments AND am I ever so humbled by your awesome support! YOU are simply THE BEST!    xo, Kim

100th Post and A Gift For YOU!

On this, my 100th post, I want to THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for all of your visits to my blog and home! This has been such a blessing in my life, sharing these little things along the way with all of you like-minded souls. I appreciate each of you taking the time out of your own busy lives to pop in here, whether you are just visiting or leaving a comment behind..... it is all welcomed. I know that life can be REALLY hard and that we are all struggling with different things at different times and I am so touched that some of you have shared with me that your visits to Daisy Cottage have helped to brighten your day! I cannot ask for anything more wonderful than knowing that! YOU have lifted ME up with your grace and kindness and I hope you know how much you all mean to me.

I want to give a few of my "treasures" away to one of you in celebration of my 100th post. I picked a few things that I have blogged about, including this particular adorable apron because it is so "Daisy Cottage" and one that I love. So dear blogging friends, even if you haven't left a comment before, feel free to do so now and your name will be in the basket. My hubby will draw the winning name on Friday night. Come visit me on Saturday to see who won!

Thank you!!!!!!!!!

xo,

Kim

Front Door Checks

Daisy Cottage's front door is original to the house and we love the natural light that it lets in and the view it offers of our street. I've wanted to add something for privacy at night since we moved in, but didn't want to go with a pull-down shade and decided against installing blinds on the door. Soooooooooo, when I came across this wonderful yellow and white checked fabric at Hancock's, you know who I called... my sister, who kindly offered to make door panels for me! I will try to take a better picture of them later, but I quickly took these this morning to share with you. I love how they came out and note the cute red ric-rac that dear sis added near the bottom!

Oh, and please stop by tomorrow to help me celebrate my 100th post!!   

Baked Beans

Happy Saturday to you! Thank you SO much for your comments and emails!  I am really behind around here and haven't had a chance to answer some of your emails yet, but hope to do so tomorrow or Monday. I promise that I will get back to you!  We are watching our niece for the weekend and our son is in town for a short visit too.  I thought we'd have some cheeseburgers on the grill and some yummy baked beans. I probably shouldn't refer to these as "baked" beans seeing as how they are made on top of the stove, but you know what I mean!  ;-)  My mother-in-law makes the best beans and she taught me how to do her version. She is one of those cooks who "puts in a little of this and a dash of that" and doesn't measure anything, but after watching her, I've got these down to a science! This is how we make them ~

Cut up a couple of slices of bacon and fry it in a large pan until nicely browned.

Chop up about half of an onion and cook it with the bacon until tender.

Add 2 cans of Bush Original Baked Beans and 2 cans of Pork & Beans to the pan.

(don't drain the beans)

Add ketchup to taste.

Add brown sugar to taste.

Season with garlic powder, salt & pepper, and a couple of dashes of dry mustard.

Cook on low for about an hour, stirring every once in a while.

Easy and really delicious! Also, I'm just a couple of posts away from my 100th post! To celebrate, I will be giving a couple of my thrifting "treasures" away that I have blogged about... *hint*... one of them will be one of my adorable aprons!

Adorable Aprons

I mentioned yesterday that I bought some aprons and a few linens at an estate sale, along with these goodies. The linens are still needing to be pressed, but these adorable aprons are all clean and home now in Daisy Cottage! I don't know which one is my favorite.....

Of course, I'm partial to this cute yellow and red one ~

But the blue one is soooooooo pretty ~

and this apron is cottagy-perfect ~

I am thrilled with ALL of them!  Now, please don't hate me when I tell you that the grand total for these estate sale's treasures, including the salt & pepper shaker and cookbook was only $1.00..   It was late in the day and they were pretty much giving everything away. I couldn't believe that these were still there, stacked in a closet! I'm so glad that they will be used and loved once again.