Four Years and Something For YOU!

 

 

 

In a blink of an eye, the past four years have slipped on by.

 

Four years ago today, I came here.  And I met YOU. 

 

 

 

And I thank you.  And I appreciate you.  And I love you.

 

And you SO know that.

 

To celebrate my four year blog anniversary I thought I'd give away to one of you a brand new place setting of Scarlet Red Fiestaware!  Red for love and red because, well YOU know - I LOVE red!  ;-)  Your place setting will include a dinner plate, a luncheon plate - though you don't see that in the photo I promise it WILL be there - and a cup and saucer.  Fun, right?  And in honor of my love for yellow I would like to give away my favorite little vintage bud vase too!   

 

If you'd like the chance to win my giveaway, please leave a comment on this post and I will pick the winner on October 4th.  That is when I will be back.  And we will tour my friend's home and shop at the coolest store and of course share a cup of coffee together when I return! 

 

Or at least of cup of flowers, for sure!

 

 

 

 

;-)

 

 

And YES I will miss you.

 

Very very much.

 

 

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for ALL that you ARE.  To quote the adorable Carol Burnett:

 

 

"I'm so glad we had this time together."

 

 

 
 

 

 

Always and forever,

 

Me

 

 

 

*edited to update the date of my return and when I will share the winner.  I PROMISE to be back then.  I miss you ALL.

Comments

[My Blessed Serendipity Life]

I love red too! Love the fiesta and the vintage vase. And I thank YOU for being there too. Your blog is adorable as are YOU!

xo,
Danielle

[Kelly]

Congratulations! I am so happy to have been reading you for nearly half that time. What a pleasure you bring into many lives. ~Kelly

[Julie]

Happy blogiversary! I so enjoy your blog. ;-)

[Debi Abshier]

I love your blog & read it every day! Your house is gorgeous & I love how you have decorated it! I grew up in a house similar to yours but smaller. I also love red & have it throughout my home so this place setting would fit in perfectly! Thank you for the chance to win it!

[Adrienne]

Happy blog-i-versary! You have made my three years of blogging such fun. I've loved every minute here with you and I can't wait for you to return. I'd love the pretty red Fiesta and the darling yellow vase. They would always remind me of you! And Maggie!
~Adrienne~

[sarita]

congratsulations Kim on 4 great years. Your blog is such a delight and makes my heart so soft!!! i have learned a lot from you and the information that you have shared with us. How many times i have listened to "Stranger on the Shore" that is in honor of your father? oh - probably 200 times!!
Again - thank you for being ...well...YOU!! and that's a good thing!

[maria]

carol burnett was one of my old time favorite, lot's of laughs - every once in a while i'll catch a clip or two.
well, thank you ms. kim for the opportunity - it's always fun knowing who might get the wonderful gifts- but, most of all your my gift each and everyday. i'll miss you too -and i'll always be glad that we had this time together -
God Bless and have lot's of fun adventuring, can't wait to see all that you did.

love ya, maria -cottage feel-
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

[shay]

what a pretty red. I hope i win!

[Melinda]

Wow, 4 years of blogging! That is awesome. I have not been with you that long, but I have loved the time we have been together. Congratulations on your 4 year anniversary! I would love to be entered in your giveaway. The red fiesta ware and yellow vase are so pretty! You are one beautiful lady... both inside and out! I also love your precious Daisy Cottage! Love & blessings from NC!

[Julie Harward]

Well, you know that I LOVE red, Could we trade this for your red boots? LOL I am so envious of your boots! I would love to win this...what a nice give a way! ;D

[Terri]

I love red too. I'd love to win.

[Marfi]

That's very sweet of you!
Have fun!

[Melinda]

Love the fiesta ware and the time spent looking at all of your pretty things

[Our Red House]

What a wonderful and generous giveaway. Please count me in.

Kate

[marie]

What a lovely way to celebrate your four years of blogging and how nice of you to share the celebration with us!
Have a wonderful time away!

Thanks so much!!

[Pauline]

Hi, Kim - Congratulations on 4 years! Enjoy your break, but please hurry back!

[lululiz]

4 years and nearly a thousand followers, congratulations! Your blog is fabulous.

[Trish Rowley]

Hi Kim, WOW congtrats on 4 years how lucky are we? the Fiestaware and the little yellow bud vase are so you. I would like to thank you from the Bottom of my heart for all that YOU ARE!! the sunshine in my day!!! Have a great time while you are away can't wait for the pics when you return. We will miss you heaps too. (((Hugs))) Trish xox ;)

[Gail]

I'm so happy that I found your blog long ago. I visit almost every day as it always brightens my day. I fell in love with your little yellow cottage and many times pretend that I'm there sitting on your porch or amongst your books lazily purusing pages. Thank you for the many wonderful postings in yellow and red. I absolutely love those colours and love visiting you at Dear Daisy Cottage. Many hugs to you.

[Donna Creedon]

Hi Kim
I love reading your blog every day and you have inspired me to do so much to my home & hunt down gorgeous treasures as you do! I know I live too far away to win your generous prize but wanted to let you know that you make me smile with your words and your skilled photography! The colours that you love are so warm and make me happy.
Donna from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

[Sandy]

Kim congrats on your four years of blogging! I love your blog...it is a treat to read every post. I also love RED too. And all the colors you bring to us to brighten our world.

[kathy]

K im Kim Kim, "How do I Love The Let Me Count the Ways" the fact is there are no words that can truly describe what happens when I drop by, I guess i would have to say and sum it up " you put a sparkle in my Soul" Thanks for the Gerber Daisy Kathy

[Katerina]

Hi there! It always plesent to visit your blog! I am one of your new followers.
I’m visiting from my blog Happy Mummy’s Blog. And I would like to give you One Lovely Blog Award.

You can find your award here: http://happymummysworld.blogspot.com/2010/09/award-goes-to.html
Look forward to see more of your posts!

[Anne]

Wow Kim! I can't believe you're giving these treasures away. I most definitely would like to have my name entered for your giveaway. If I'm the lucky recipient of your generous gift I'll have you visiting with me in spirit every time I use them just like I'm with you every morning as I read your latest posting.

[Maria]

I love that bud vase...love visiting daisy cottage everyday.. So sorry you'll be away so long! Have fun!

[Lynne]

I am the first comment how was that possible? Anyway I always look at your bog everyday to see if there is anything new and am always disappointed if you have not posted something, I love your photos of your house and your two wonderful dogs.Thank you Englishteacup(Lynne)

[Janel]

Kim, I love that you are here, I really can't express how much it means to have an angel like you to lift me up everyday!!

[cbrown618@hotmail.com]

I love the red!! I have touches of red all through my kitchen...such a cheery color to wake up to! The fiesta ware is beautiful!

[cbrown618@hotmail.com]

and...thank you for being here to brighten our days with your CREATIVITY! Love it!!!

[christine mcmaster]

Happy 4 year Anniversary! I just found this lovely site and absolutely love it!

[Bette]

congratulations on Four years. Great site......and I love Fiesta, and red and yellow bud vases.

[Patti VZ]

Kim, you are so much fun to visit...just love coming to see you every day! Congratulations on your four years! Hope you are having a fun and relaxing break.

[Vee]

What a sweet day for Blogdom when you came on the scene! I spend time with you every day, even if I'm naughty and don't always comment. Daisy Cottage is such a cozy spot and listening to "Stranger on the Shore" takes me back over the years. Hope that you have a wonderful time away and I look forward to your return.

[Marianne]

Kim happy Blog Anniversary. I visit your blog every day for inspiration. YOU are so special. I love the red fiesta ware and the adorable yellow bud vase would be wonderful in my red and yellow kitchen.
Many many more blog years to you
Thank you thank you thank you for being YOU
(((Hugs)))

[Carla]

Happy one-year blogiversary! Wow, 4 years and still going strong. :o) I just found your blog and so enjoy the little glimpses into your lovely life. Thanks for sharing that with all of us.

The giveaway you're holding in celebration of your milestone is so generous. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that I might be the lucky winner ;o) Oh, and red is my most favorite color too! :o)

[Lisa Conley]

Ohhh..what am I to do while you are away? I log on every single day and check for your posts. I know what I will do, I will visit re-runs :o) (aka - previous posts).... just like we have to do for our favorite TV shows.

I hope you have a fabulous time away ♥

Hurry back and fill our ♥ with your lovely comments and beautiful pictures from your home and life.

~ Lisa from Indiana ~
sendlisasmail@yahoo.com

[Linda Evans]

4 years....congrats!!!!!!!!!! where have I been ????? well, so glad I found you, better late than never !!! I too visit your blog everyday, so you will be missed, have fun, can't wait to see the pictures when you return !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sandi ~ A Cottage Muse]

Thank You Kim ~ for all the color, smiles, tears and fun you have brought to my life!! Congratulations!! Looking forward to the eye candy you will be sharing when you return! Safe travels!!

[Frankie]

Thank you for sharing your wonderful blog! I love the inspiration I get from the photos and stories you share. Congratulations on 4 years!

[Kelly Howard]

Long before I was even blogging, YOU were making people smile! Thank you for being who you are!

[Carol at Our Sears Kit Home]

Thank you, Kim for all you share with us, for a delightful and welcoming place to visit. Thanks for inspiring us in our homes, thanks for inspiring many of us to start blogging.
Congratulations on 4 years, looking forward to your return from your trip and your photos. Would love to be entered in the giveaway!

[Valerie Kay]

Congratulations on 4 years! I love your blog and read it every day!

[Jennifer]

Congratulations on four wonderful years...your blog had brought me so much joy! The music, the reds and yellows, and the daisies never fail to put a smile on my face. Thanks so much for being you and sharing it with us!

[Jo in New Prague, MN]

Kim - I haven't bee reading you for 4 years - i only found you a few months ago, but i did go back to the very beginning, so I feel like i've known you for 4 years. i will miss you when you are gone but i hope you have a wonderful time and can't wait to see the photos. kiss maggie and marley for me. thanks for the give-away.

[Debby Messner]

Your photos and sweet words brighten my days. What a lovely gift you are offering.
But, you are the gift. Happy 4 years.

[hilary]

I love red and yellow and I love your happy blog!

[Kathy]

More joyous colors!!! I am very new to blogland, but yours was one of the first blogs I discovered. I always enjoy it. What a beautiful home you have!!

[Jeri]

Dear Kim I too have found you recently and since then look forward to your blog. Your blog is my me time. I love thrift shopping , garage sales. I will miss you during your time away and will look forward to September 30 :) until you return Enjoy!

[Tracy]

Happy Blogiversary! You shall be greatly missed until your return at the end of the month. :)

[Becky G.]

Happy blog anniversary!~!! I've only been reading your blog for about two years, but look forward to many more! Congrats, Becky G.

[Barbara Anne]

Good morning! I hope it's sunny and cool in your garden as it is here!

Congratulations on your 4th Blogging Annivesary! I'm just sorry I didn't find you sooner, but am glad I've been here a happy while now! Thanks for the chance to win some glorious red Fiestaware and that darling yellow vase! Count me in, please and thank you.

Have fun while you're away (sigh!). I'll come and revisit the amazing home tours to tide myself over until you return. Happy trails to you!!

Hugs!

[Theresa]

Happy anniversary Kim!! I am so thankful for the day about 6 mths ago that I found your blog. Your daily musings remind us that it is in the smallest details of life where the most joy can be found.
Thank you my friend for sharing your life and thoughts with us!! We appreciate you and eagerly anticipate what the next 4 years will bring. Have a wonderful time with your friends and we all can't wait to hear about your adventures when you get back.
Hugs
Theresa

[Melinda]

I love fiestaware and I love red so I certainly want my name in your drawing. Thanks for offering. Have a great time and we will be here when you get back.

[Cecily]

Oh, that fiesta ware is just beautiful and would look so perfect on my dining room table. My colors are a butternut yellow and red. Pick me, pick me, oh please, pick me! :)

[Diane R,]

I've followed your blog for the last couple of years and enjoy it -- it goes just great with my morning coffee, and no calories! Thanks for the chance to win.

[Gillian]

Congratulations on a lovely blog!

[Sheree]

Kim -Congratulations on 4 "fun" years of blogging. From decorating-thrift store buys-and even sending hearts to a man with a broken heart from losing his true love! When I started reading your blog, I had just lost my job and had no ambition. You showed my the little things in life- to appreciate again! Pictures from outside your home to your coffee cup~we enjoy! And that red fiesta is something to drool over!! Looking forward for your return!
Thank you Kim-

[Barbara F]

Happy 4th Anniversary - I want to thank you for enhancing the internet the way you do! I am a newbie to blogging and your site was the one that drew me in! The photos, the doggies, the music and your personality all working together is inspiring to say the least. I will absolutely miss you the next ten days - my breakfast will not be the same without you. But I will be looking forward to your return and more great photos. Enjoy your well-deserved break but hurry back!! xoxoxox

[Pattie]

You were one of the first blogs that I read and you inspired me to start one of my own! Hurry back, I love your cottage!
The fiesta ware is such a beautiful line. And so simple. What a nice giveaway.
Thanks again and fly back, PLEASE!

Pattie @ On Hollyhock Farm

[Pom Pom]

Wowie ZOWIE! So generous, Kim. Four years is a long time and a short time, too. It looks like your have spread a lot of puppy love, red love, yellow love, and FUN love all around. Thank you! (BIG HUG!)

[Angie]

I want to thank you so very much for the joy you share with all of us! Your blog is uplifting, inspiring and beautiful - just like you. Congratulations on your 4 year anniversary and best wishes for many more to come. Thanks for adding a little sunshine to my day!

[Marilyn]

Congratulations!! I love the dishes..

[Snap]

Four years???!!!!! Amazing! How much fun is that?? I do LOVE fiesta. Have a wonderful time away and will look forward to hearing and seeing all! Meanwhile, I'll dream of red Fiesta!

[racheld]

What a bright, cheery start to the day! All the reds and yellows perk me right up, even before my second cup.

Congratulations on your great milestone! I do wish I'd been here for all the four years---I discovered this lovely site about a year ago, and HAVE been here for the four, in that all the archives and the past posts have been right here for the enjoying. And in contrast to a morning's sweet reverie and pleasure, it's hard to ration out the ones set down in such lovely profusion---I must admit that it's like a whole candy-counter all-at-once---thinking "just one more," and finding that the whole category has been devoured in great greedy gulps, the words and the pictures and the thoughts and prayers and bright moments of your days.

Wherever you're headed, whatever the activities, I wish you Bon Voyage and Godspeed. Have a wonderful time, and hurry home!

[Suzanne B]

Wow, I would love to win the red Fiesta and yellow vase because I have NEVER won anything EVER!! I love your blog and read it everyday. Thank you for being you.

[Karina]

Congratulations for your blog anniversary. I have been reading your blog for a while. Your housed is beautiful and full of color.
I will be looking forward to read your blog when you return.
Karina

[Chris]

Congrats Kim. I have been a fan of your blog from the beginning. I think I started my blog around the same time so I'm going to have to check on that. Have fun!

[Lavender Dreams]

Good morning! I love your blog and have read it for a long time now...and enjoyed every minute! Thanks for a chance to win something I would love! Enjoy your week ahead! HAVE FUN! ♥

[Laurel]

Oh Kim, I'm going to miss you so much! I hope you have a good time and I look forward to our cup of coffee & seeing your pictures when you come back!
Take care!
Laurel :)

[Francine]

Happy Anniversary, and thank you for being my friend for the past 4 years! It is nice to know I have someplace to go for friendship. My husband had a stroke almost 12 years ago, and almost all of our "friends" have vanished!! It's a very lonely life, but it helps to know that you are always there! And for this, I thank you. I love yellow and red, and would love to be the winner of your prize.

[Jen-]

Happy Anniversary! Your blog has given me a lot of courage with color - and even my husband is loving it. Wowsers. You make my day brighter and have helped to teach me to slow down and appreciate those little things. I take 'snapshots' everyday in imitation of you - memory snapshots of my day to appreciate all that I've been allowed to enjoy in life...albeit small or insignificant to others. It means so much to me, as do you.

Love,
Jen-

[Joni]

Hi Kim! You are a fun blogger, and such a sweet, giving person. I will sure miss you while you are gone, but I know you are going to have a good time and tell us all about your adventures!

And, how did you know, RED is my fiestaware choice! It is and this would be right at home with the rest of what I have in my cupboard!
xoxo
joni

[sue silva]

I hate it when you go away; I have to get my 'Kim fix' with old posts, which beautiful but .... well you know.

Love the fiestawear. Where do you get it all? I'd love some in blue. Please tell me.

Miss you already,

Love,

Sue
xo

[One Heart]

Congratulations Kim! I am sure many have been blessed by your blog. As I've said before, I come here almost every day and simply delight. I agree with Jen that the snapshots we are taking mean so much to ourselves. Yours are contagious and now I go around taking pictures of tiny flowers and my own banana bread. What I had not noticec is how much paying attention to the details brings us joy. There is so much we take for granted at times. Even the atmosphere in my home has been much brighter. Happy Anniversary and many more to come!! Celebrate with a big tour of Daisy Cottage. =D

[jmac]

You have put a bright spot in many a people's days with your blog. I know you have lifted me up many times thru your pictures and your words!!

[sandy]

Four years! No wonder it took me so long to read the archives when I started reading your blog a couple of years ago. You make my day many days without even knowing it.

sandy

[Jean]

Oh, Kim, you are always a ray of sunshine in a sometimes very gray day. We all love you so much.

[Erin D]

I have been reading your blog for about a year. Thank you for the repeat advice on decorate with what you love. I took it the first time and I'm in love with the picture that everyone gave me a crazy look when I said I wanted to hang it in my kitchen. I love love love it and I did it thanks to your blog speaking to me.

[Kim Creasy]

Congrats on 4 years and thank you for inspiring me and so many people to decorate with what we love and to forget about the stinking decorating rules..... a new slogan in my household. Kim Creasy

[Cindy Nixdorff]

I am a fairly new blogger,and follow your blog daily! You always seem to brighten my day with your daily dose of sunshine! I would love a chance to win the red fiestaware and yellow vase. Take care............Cindy

[LaurieatTurnerFarm]

Congrats on the 4 years! Wonderful. Love your blog!

[Jen]

Congrats on the 4 years! I simply adore the red fiestaware! If I am the *lucky* chosen one, I would give this to my lifelong best friend of 40 plus years. She, like your blog, has shared so much in our lifelong friendship. She has recently started her Fiesta collection and I know she would be honored to have this. Be safe in your journey and you will be missed so hurrrrrrrryyyy back!

Take care !!

[katie]

Thank you Kim, for everything you share with us!!! XoXo

[Jennifer]

Thank you so much Kim for the fun opportunity. I am excited for me and for you! 4 years is amazing and for me blogging wouldn't be the same if you weren't "in" it.

I savor your blog posts keeping them for the end of my blog reading so I can end with a "bang"!

Love you!! Jen

[Suzanne]

AHHH...'Got to watch Carol B. every week when I was young. It was my "late" school night treat from my mom. What fond memories! Feeling' hopeful...Feelin' good...Just might have lunch on red Fiestaware with a little daisy placed in the vintage vase in honor of Dear Daisy Cottage! What a sweet and generous give-away! Congratulations on 4 YEARS of bringing inspiration, love, and lots of "ooo's and ahhhh's" to those who read your blog. For those who don't, they need to! Does the heart MUCH GOOD. :-)

[Patty M]

Congratulations, sweet Kim. Your blog has been such a blessing and inspiration to so many. Have fun on your mini getaway. You will be missed! Patty

[Southern Lady's Vintage]

Kim, it's hard to believe that it's been 4 years. Time does fly when you are having fun and you sure do keep us happy and looking forward to every post! We will miss you while you are gone. Happy 4th!

[Carla]

Congratulations on your anniversary. Usually I am a lurker, but your sight and giveaway have encouraged me to comment. I so look forward to reading your sight and looking for your articles/photos in all of the wonderful magazines. Your blog always cheers me up after a rough day at the office! Keep up the good work.

[La]

Happy Anniversary, Kim! I cherish our daily visits. Enjoy your time away. I will be counting the days....and may visit from time-to-time anyway. La

[Jane]

How sweet and generous you are, Kim! Congratulations on 4 years of blogging happiness!!

xoxo
Janie

[Connie]

Happy Anniversary on four years of blogging! It seems like only yesterday when you were looking for a name for your blog. I am so happy for your success Kim.
Hope to meet up with you this winter. I would love to win the red fiestaware setting and that lovely yellow vase. It would be a perfect gift for my 69th birthday which falls on the 30th of September. Wish me luck! LOL

Hugs,
Connie

[Elaine/MuddlingThrough]

Oh, wow! what a lot of loveliness, but then again, that's what I'd expect from you. I am SO glad you are here.

[mary-clare]

I just recently discovered your blog- and can see from my short time visiting how loved and inspiring you are to your readers, of which I count myself as one now..I've been trying to "catch-up" by reading as many of your past posts as I can steal the time to do.. I share your affection for older homes-cottages, If I could, I would buy a small little cottage and bring it back to life as I can see you are doing. Happy aniversary! btw the vase is adorable!!! Is it also FiestaWare?

[Penny @ The Comforts of Home & Lavender Hill Studio]

I am so happy that I "met" you! Your blog is one I always look forward to Kim! Congrats on 4 years of beautiful blogging.
xoxoxo
Penny
p.s. I have that same vase!!

[Katsui Jewelry]

Congratulations on your four years...that is truly wonderful ! We are just at about five months and I am loving it. I so admire you women who started so long ago. It seems like it was a different world then, from what I understand.

I love both of your gifts but I have not been around long si please don't feel you need to put me in the running.

Come and visit us some time! We are not really all about our jewelry at all. I wish we could have had the name "Katsui" but it was taken!

http://katsuijewelry.blogspot.com

Hugs,
Suz

[Loree]

Enjoy yourself. We will miss you. I love red too. It is my favourite colour and my husband loves yellow. I love coming to Daisy Cottage - it is always so calm and serene here.

[Linda]

Hi Kim, Thank you for such a wonderful blog. I enjoy visiting every day. Hurry back!

[Dolores]

What a wonderful, relaxing time i have with you. A visit is something i so look forward to. You are going to be gone? have a great time, rejuvenate and have FUN!

[connie]

My two favorite colors....red and yellow. Your blog is fabulous. Will miss you while you're gone, but have fun!

[SHABBYDEB]

Ms. Kim...Happy Anniversary to YOU sweets!! The time has just flew by...because your sweet blog makes US feel good & YOU always make US feel like we're best friends!!
Your amazing & we LOVE you & your blog so much...I can't even begin to describe it!! LOL Not much of a writer here...but I know you know what I mean:)
Your giveaway is so generous hon! Have a GREAT time & we will always be right here...waiting for YOU:)
Hugs...
Deb:) xoxo