What I hope for my readers and for all keepers of the nest, is that they embrace their homes with their heart and all of the passion that it holds. I want them to know that they can decorate on a limited budget by seeing things in new ways; by rescuing the broken and transforming the ugly. I hope that they flaunt their favorite color and decorate their life with it. I hope that their homes feel like one giant hug that welcomes them each and every time they walk through their front door. More than anything I want everyone to have their own home-sweet-home dream come true!
xo,
Kim
This sunshine has my pink clogs lifting pretty high this morning, as well!!
The sun through my kitchen windows is glinting off these last-night's dishes I need to get to, so I'll leave you and those girly-toes to some goooood kickin'.
Yep! Shades of Ann Margret, but I enjoy being a girl, too! Nearing 60, but what's that but a number?? Besides, there are 10 year olds who are taller than I am!
happy march to you all..it's a good month! my birthday month and this 11th i will celebrate my 60th birthday! how did that happen!!!! i'm so blessed to be here to celebrate! and i'm JUST learning how much fun it is to be a girl - i love wonderful shower gel, and lotion and spritz to match - all in lovely flower fragrances! aren't we blessed to be girls! :^)
Your blog is just what I needed to hear today - yes, being a girl is fun no matter what age. Thanks for helping us all remember that. Your pics are adorable all of them. I think I will go paint my nails pink now. XXX fr Kathy C in ILLinois
Kim, Love your blog and your home tours! I am a Southern gal living in the Seattle area. I resided in Houston, Texas, and Central Florida until relocating here six years ago to the Northwest. I love the beauty of the Northwest but miss the charm of the South. Thanks for bringing a bit of that good old Southern hospitality to me through your blogs and photos.
I have just started my own first blog this week on Typepad. I am a beginner at blogging and am still learning to create my blog. Beautiful blogs like your's inspire me! Thanks! - Kim
Right! Being a girl is a great thing! My dear sweet grandmother is 90 years old and her bedroom is painted pink. Her bedspread has pink hearts all over it and she collects stuffed animals and dolls! She always floral prints and pink lipstick. I am so proud to say I take right after her! Thank Heaven for little girls!
Wasn't it just yesterday you had pictures of this little gals crib and bedroom waiting for her birth arrival? Guess I am just getting old and as they say. The older you get the faster the time goes.
Kim, Happy March to you too!! I have been following you for several years now and have loved each visit. Just wanted to say, I love your new post, short and sweet and so darn cute!! Thanks for keeping the Daisy Cottage and continuing to inspire us all to just "love life". You are such a beautiful soul!! Girls Rule! Kimberly in KY
March rocks! Girls rock! March birthday girls rock! Hey, that would be me! And I AM somewhere between 1 and 101. I fit right in this post!
Happy March, Happy up-&-coming SPRING! Yes! I Said It!
Hugs, Heidi
Another precious picture of Kate. What a doll. I saw your post about Kates first birthday. Is her birthday 2-24. I have a grandbaby that turned 1 on 2-24-11. She also enjoyed her birthday cake. They are so precious
Hi Kim, Yes being a girl is a true Blessing in many many ways. I pray that you all have a wonderful sunny Spring so that you can all kick up your heels in the sunshine!!!! Have a great day. Trish xox ;)
Two precious babes! Love the teapot & pearls! Spring is definitely in the air. Bradford Pear Trees are all in bloom here, so pretty! Love from Okla, Cindy
Hi Kim how are you ??? Omg you look so good in that picture ... I am going to do the Fancy flea... And yes it's great to be a girl!!!!! see ya soon ... big hugs Debbie
Yes, being a girl is awesome! The only reason I know is because of all the BEAUTIFUL girls in my life!
Jill, Jamie, you, Shannon, Anne, Taylor, Jordan, Cheri, Corinne, Erika, Julie, Christina, Karen, Lisa, Kate, Cindy, Joan, Alice, Betty, Mary,Yvonne, Ashlee, Beatty, Jennifer, Angela etc. etc..............
"It's people like yourself that make everything beautiful and worthwhile."
~ Fifi
Thank You Ida!
Kim I just wanted to thank you again for allowing us into your sweet home! I absolutely loved being there and looking around with you. Your hospitality and sweet spirit make the home even more beautiful! Thanks for reminding me that one day I too will have my "dream come true!" ~ Ida - MOPS Member
Thank You Jane!
"I just discovered your blog and am blown away with the comfortable, almost nostalgic feel of it...almost like finding a long-lost friend after many years apart...somehow familiar, but all so exciting and new." ~ Jane
Thank You Dena!
"Kim, I love your blog. I so appreciate you sharing every day. I miss you when you're gone. Losing my dear sweet baby boy in Iraq has made me treasure life and those so dear to me. Reading your blog is such therapy for me. You have made me treasure the finer things in life that I use to overlook. Birds singing, flowers blooming, my home and all of the treasures within it. I'm not sure that I ever looked at a teacup or saucer and saw such detail and beauty in it." ~ Dena
Thank You Grace!
"I would like to let you know what a joy it is to wake up each morning and read your delightful blog. I always feel as if you are speaking directly to me. Since I was diagnosed with an immune disease a year ago I wanted only to read positive and very inspiring blogs and your blog was the first I found. I think maybe the good Lord meant for me to find your blog and since then it has been nothing but smiles all around. I have tried very hard to stay positive about this disease and very up beat. I know that there is no cure and I have accepted this, but reading things with a positive message and filled with so much love helps. This is where you come in and I just wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart and to let you know how very much you and Miss Maggie are loved." ~ Grace
Thank You Francesca!
"Oh my! I have just stepped into heaven. A nostalgic, magic, getaway place where folk love one another and life is sweet. Kim, you will probably never know just how many hearts you have touched with your site. " ~ Francesca
Thank You Kathy!
"I visited my friends with their tasteful beige homes and sometimes questioned if there was anyone else in this world who loved the things I did. Then I found Daisy Cottage and a whole community of other women who shop the side of the road, paint their furniture fun colors, and aren't afraid to fill their homes with touches of whimsy and fun. What a relief! We aren't alone! I'm not alone. Thanks for all your inspiration and for confidently sharing your home and the idea that we can have fun with our decorating. I never get tired of visiting here Kim." ~ Kathy
Thank you Rue!
"That hankie is like you and your blog Kim. In the middle of all of the other beautiful hankies, it's the one that stands out and makes you feel at home." ~ Rue
Thank You Jeanette!
"Sigh.... between your music, red and yellow mellow feeling and wonderful writing I just feel so calm. What would I do without you in the morning with my cup of coffee." ~ Jeanette
Thank You Lenna!
"My eyes have been opened to a world I never knew existed. Such vibrant creativity, such caring community: it literally takes my breath away. After so much loneliness and isolation it is overwhelming to me that such a world even exists.
In time I hope to be able to fill my garden of life with lovely, loving friends instead of the weeds of loneliness. Until that time lace tablecloths will come out of storage, music and lovely scents will fill the air of this home. And I shall visit the Daisy Cottage when I feel despair raise its dark, obscuring head, for I know from experience, that it is ever lurking behind that next bout of pain and weakness. Your kind and generous response has strengthened my resolve, you have helped me more than you will ever know, my new-found friend." ~ Lenna
Thank You Rose!
"What I love best about Daisy Cottage is Kim. I love the way you appreciate every good thing in life and embrace joy in every moment."
~ Rose
Thank You Lisa!
"Here's how I can best describe into words how your blog made me feel. You know when you wake up in the morning and there's an early morning thunderstorm and every room in your house is as dark as night? Then, the rain and thunder stop and the sun comes shining through all the windows and you just know it's going to be a beautiful, sunshine day? Well, that's how finding Dear Daisy Cottage made me feel. From the bottom of my heart, thank you Kim. You blessed my day and may God do the same for you." ~ Lisa B.
Thank you Pamela!
"I am so touched by your words and photographs. Whether in happy or sad times, you inspire my heart and soul. We all need each other's light and you offer us that dose of sunshine." ~ Pamela
Thank you Joy!
"Your blog has helped me start to see the beauty in life again." ~ Joy
Thank You Anne!
"Thank you for your wonderful blog. I have been "lurking" but had to share with you how much you have helped me embrace the fun of decorating. I came to your blog looking for pictures to inspire me as I redecorate my house with cottage style. Today I was so tangled up in doing it "right" that it was really depressing me. I visited your blog again for some fresh ideas and came away realizing that there is no "right." Just me being me and enjoying my home! I am laying here in bed with tears in my eyes - tears of happiness that it is okay to be me and let that shine through in my house and what I wear and what I make with my hands. You are God's gift to me today and I thank Him and you." ~ Anne
Thank You Tracy!
"Your words and thoughts of encouragement help me see myself with value. You are a blessing. Thank you."
~ Tracy
Thank you Karen!
"Your humble spirit has not changed through your many posts here in Blogland. You have been blessed with a special gift and I am very thankful you share it with us." ~ Karen
Thank You Betty Jo!
"You truly inspire me to do whatever I can in my own little nest. I've always been an artistic dreamer, but you've enlarged my dreams with your way of seeing." ~ Betty Jo
happy march to all of you!
and isnt it sooo much fun being a "girl!"
both little ladies in the photos are just
gorgeous !
Posted by: linda moczan | March 01, 2011 at 09:05 AM
Being a girl of 45 is awesome! I'm going to kick my heels up today!
Posted by: Hoosier at Heart | March 01, 2011 at 09:07 AM
Happy March to YOU! :)
Celebrating my dear oldest's FOURTEENTH birthday today!
It IS good!
Posted by: april | March 01, 2011 at 09:07 AM
Happy March to you, Kim! I hope it is "coming in like a lamb" at Daisy Cottage! :D
Posted by: Ricki Jill Treleaven | March 01, 2011 at 09:08 AM
Happy March to you, too!! Yes, girls, rock! xoxo Beth
Posted by: Beth | March 01, 2011 at 09:33 AM
Yay to the nearness of Springtime! I am so ready. Happy March to you Kim! Love the teapot with pearls by the way.
XO,
Dena
Posted by: Dena | March 01, 2011 at 09:40 AM
Happy March to you too Kim! Spring is in the air up here, at long last. Plenty of reasons to kick up my heels, spurs and all (lol) xoxoxox
Posted by: Barbara F. | March 01, 2011 at 09:57 AM
This sunshine has my pink clogs lifting pretty high this morning, as well!!
The sun through my kitchen windows is glinting off these last-night's dishes I need to get to, so I'll leave you and those girly-toes to some goooood kickin'.
Happy March!
Posted by: racheld | March 01, 2011 at 10:35 AM
Yep! Shades of Ann Margret, but I enjoy being a girl, too! Nearing 60, but what's that but a number?? Besides, there are 10 year olds who are taller than I am!
What cuties in the top two photos, too!
Hugs!
Posted by: Barbara Anne | March 01, 2011 at 10:38 AM
happy march to you all..it's a good month! my birthday month and this 11th i will celebrate my 60th birthday! how did that happen!!!! i'm so blessed to be here to celebrate! and i'm JUST learning how much fun it is to be a girl - i love wonderful shower gel, and lotion and spritz to match - all in lovely flower fragrances! aren't we blessed to be girls! :^)
Posted by: sarita | March 01, 2011 at 10:39 AM
I plan to kick up my heels outside today.... in the warm sunshine.
Posted by: Carrie Merth | March 01, 2011 at 10:44 AM
Being a girl is a marvelous thing!!! I'm so glad God made me a girl!
Hugs, Cindy
Posted by: Cindy | March 01, 2011 at 10:45 AM
Love it too!!
Love,
Susan and Bentley
xxoo
Posted by: Susan Freeman | March 01, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Being a girl is awesome! I love anything pink & froo-froo! I was recently reacquainted with your blog & loved it all over again!
Posted by: Christie | March 01, 2011 at 12:21 PM
Sure is, I sure wouldnt want to trade being a man!
Happy March to you, too, Kim!
Posted by: Michele | March 01, 2011 at 12:38 PM
2 beautiful girls!
As we say in the south on the first of every new month-
RABBIT, RABBIT, RABBIT!!!!!!!
For good luck!!!
Posted by: Missy | March 01, 2011 at 12:40 PM
Awww . . . great pics! Happy spring, whether you're a newly hatched "chick" or one with a bit more experience. Being a girl IS amazing!
Judy
Posted by: Judy A | March 01, 2011 at 12:40 PM
Not sure who the little girl is but she is an absolute doll! What a cutie! Happy 1st day of March...always enjoy your daily post!
Posted by: Pauline | March 01, 2011 at 01:30 PM
Your blog is just what I needed to hear today - yes, being a girl is fun no matter what age. Thanks for helping us all remember that. Your pics are adorable all of them. I think I will go paint my nails pink now. XXX fr Kathy C in ILLinois
Posted by: Kathy Charniak | March 01, 2011 at 01:34 PM
Kim, Love your blog and your home tours! I am a Southern gal living in the Seattle area. I resided in Houston, Texas, and Central Florida until relocating here six years ago to the Northwest. I love the beauty of the Northwest but miss the charm of the South. Thanks for bringing a bit of that good old Southern hospitality to me through your blogs and photos.
I have just started my own first blog this week on Typepad. I am a beginner at blogging and am still learning to create my blog. Beautiful blogs like your's inspire me! Thanks! - Kim
Posted by: Kim Henneke-Singer | March 01, 2011 at 01:36 PM
Right! Being a girl is a great thing! My dear sweet grandmother is 90 years old and her bedroom is painted pink. Her bedspread has pink hearts all over it and she collects stuffed animals and dolls! She always floral prints and pink lipstick. I am so proud to say I take right after her! Thank Heaven for little girls!
Posted by: DarLinda | March 01, 2011 at 01:55 PM
You've got that right!!! xox Debbie
Posted by: Debbie Masters | March 01, 2011 at 02:08 PM
Thank you everyone!!
Dearest Pauline.... this would be Baby Kate!!!
xo,
Me
Posted by: Daisy Cottage | March 01, 2011 at 02:11 PM
Both you girls are gorgeous! And you make me feel young at heart, Kim. Thank you.
Love you,
Deborah D
glisteninthesunshine.blogspot.com
Posted by: Deborah | March 01, 2011 at 02:30 PM
Yeah, let's hear it for the girls. What a little cutie she is...gorgeous photo!
Posted by: A homespun year | March 01, 2011 at 02:37 PM
cute as can be! Both of ya!
Posted by: Shannon Olson | March 01, 2011 at 04:07 PM
oh, such pretty flowers. I am so looking forward to Spring!
Posted by: samantha | March 01, 2011 at 04:35 PM
Wasn't it just yesterday you had pictures of this little gals crib and bedroom waiting for her birth arrival? Guess I am just getting old and as they say. The older you get the faster the time goes.
Posted by: Pat | March 01, 2011 at 05:08 PM
Kim, Happy March to you too!! I have been following you for several years now and have loved each visit. Just wanted to say, I love your new post, short and sweet and so darn cute!! Thanks for keeping the Daisy Cottage and continuing to inspire us all to just "love life". You are such a beautiful soul!! Girls Rule! Kimberly in KY
Posted by: Kimberly Moody | March 01, 2011 at 06:00 PM
March rocks! Girls rock! March birthday girls rock! Hey, that would be me! And I AM somewhere between 1 and 101. I fit right in this post!
Happy March, Happy up-&-coming SPRING! Yes! I Said It!
Hugs, Heidi
Posted by: Heidi Woodruff | March 01, 2011 at 06:53 PM
Kim ~ Happy March to you and yours. Such a cute post and yes let us all kick up our heels ~ spring is on the way ;-)
Posted by: Vintage Gal | March 01, 2011 at 06:58 PM
Beautiful photos! Happy Spring!
Posted by: Patty O'Malley | March 01, 2011 at 06:59 PM
I love being a girl, but I really love HAVING a girl! So fun!
Posted by: Dina | March 01, 2011 at 08:07 PM
Another precious picture of Kate. What a doll. I saw your post about Kates first birthday. Is her birthday 2-24. I have a grandbaby that turned 1 on 2-24-11. She also enjoyed her birthday cake. They are so precious
Posted by: Debbie Guess | March 01, 2011 at 08:30 PM
Hi Kim, Yes being a girl is a true Blessing in many many ways. I pray that you all have a wonderful sunny Spring so that you can all kick up your heels in the sunshine!!!! Have a great day. Trish xox ;)
Posted by: Trish Rowley | March 01, 2011 at 08:34 PM
Happy 60th to you Sarita! I will celebrate my 56th on March 11th.
Happy March Kim I'm counting the days until the spring Fancy Flea :)))
Kathleen J.
Posted by: Kathleen | March 01, 2011 at 09:15 PM
Two beauties...so glad I am a girl and I have a girl and I get to share her with her Auntie Kim! We love you!
Posted by: Lisa | March 02, 2011 at 02:26 PM
Two precious babes! Love the teapot & pearls! Spring is definitely in the air. Bradford Pear Trees are all in bloom here, so pretty! Love from Okla, Cindy
Posted by: Cindy | March 03, 2011 at 11:42 AM
god made me a girl so i could merry my wonderful husband and be able to blog with all you beautiful women - have a great day!
love ya, maria - cottage feel -
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
Posted by: maria | March 03, 2011 at 12:49 PM
:)
Hugs to you, KIM!!!
Posted by: Carol Adams | March 03, 2011 at 01:15 PM
Hi Kim how are you ??? Omg you look so good in that picture ... I am going to do the Fancy flea... And yes it's great to be a girl!!!!! see ya soon ... big hugs Debbie
Posted by: Debbie | March 03, 2011 at 11:30 PM
Yes, being a girl is awesome! The only reason I know is because of all the BEAUTIFUL girls in my life!
Jill, Jamie, you, Shannon, Anne, Taylor, Jordan, Cheri, Corinne, Erika, Julie, Christina, Karen, Lisa, Kate, Cindy, Joan, Alice, Betty, Mary,Yvonne, Ashlee, Beatty, Jennifer, Angela etc. etc..............
Posted by: Jim - Bro-in-Law | March 04, 2011 at 11:21 AM
That's one BEAUTIFUL baby girl you have there! Enjoy! I just recieved my first grandchild January 26th, A GIRL!!! They are wonderful. <3
Posted by: Shelly Virtue | March 04, 2011 at 01:04 PM
Being a "girl" is such a good thing......loved your post!
Posted by: Lynn Paterson | March 12, 2011 at 04:23 PM