From My Cottage to Yours! Cottage Charm Give Away

May 26 - Update! The winner is...Debbie!!!! (please check out my latest entry for details...) Debbie, you wrote, "Please enter me in your give-away. I love your blog and read it every day." Thank you so much for entering in this little drawing and for coming by to visit daily...I hope you enjoy my personal gift to you! I'll get it mailed out this week!

I can't tell you how excited I am to be doing this giveaway. I wish that I could do one every week! One of the reasons I wanted to do this is to show my appreciation to all the visitors, old and new, who pop in to see our progress with our projects. Thank you so much! Also, I wanted to celebrate the fact that, after all these years, I've finally come up with a name for our little cottage-in-the-making - The Twice Remembered Cottage:)



So from my cottage to yours, I've put together a little something that will go to one of you. Please don't hesitate to sign up for this drawing - even if you've never commented here before...don't be shy! This drawing is for anyone who wants to be included.

In my giveaway, I'm including two old silver small spoon and fork magnets, a (mismatched) teacup and saucer, three glass bottles, an old plate, a decorative wooden box, chippy and colorful clothespins (for decorative use only), and a hardcover copy of one of best books ever - Mrs. Dunwoody's Excellent Instructions for Homekeeping . Please click on the photos for much larger images. Here are a few more details....

I think these magnets are so sweet and have had them on my own fridge (don't worry - I plan on making more for myself!). It just adds a sweet little nostalgic touch to the kitchen.


These were little syrup bottles but I've altered the lids to make them decorative (or functional) items.



I love the shape of this dainty brown teacup. I bought it while I was out thrifting and it didn't come with a saucer, so I've matched with another old scalloped edged saucer.


These clothespins have been painted, distressed, and antiqued for that charming, chippy look we all love. These are for decorative use only, though:) You get two each of red, pink, white, green, blue, yellow, brown, and tan. The old plate (that matches the saucer above) is included in the giveaway as well.


Please excuse me while I go on and on about this little wooden box. I'm not sure if it is "old" old, but it's far from new. I found it frail and very "gold" at a thrift store quite a while ago, just knowing it could be something special. Even with the old mirror and oddly placed nails holding it together, I thought it had potential. I strengthened it with some wood glue and painted it this pretty robin's egg blue. After distressing and aging it, decorative papers were added to the top, bottom, and inside (the papers match the glass bottle tops). So here are a few photos...










And I saved the best for last! This book, Mrs. Dunwoody's Excellent Instructions for Homekeeping, is my personal copy (found thrifting, where else?!) but I've enjoyed it so much that I've ordered another copy just for this giveaway. Even if you don't win the drawing, you must order a copy for yourself! Mrs. Dunwoody is actually a fictional person of the 1800's but she sure comes to life in this book! At another time, I plan on writing another whole entry about all the reasons why every homemaker needs a copy, hehe, but for now, I'll try to keep it brief. "Mrs. Dunwoody's advice and words of wisdom were meant to be passed down to each generation of women as they married and took up housekeeping...or "homekeeping" as she called it." You won't believe how much is packed into this one book - please click on the link to take a sneak peak inside at Amazon.com. From the art of bed making to the art of letter writing - this book has it all! And it's funny, too! If I gave away only one thing, this would be it:)



So, just comment below to enter your name into this drawing to be held on May 26th. Please enter just once and provide some way for me to contact you (via your blog address where I'll notify you through a comment or your email address). If you don't have a blog (and you certainly don't need to have one for this drawing) and you don't want to post your email address in public, please email it to me. I regret that I cannot enter anyone's name who doesn't give me a way to contact them - I'm sorry about that...

And please, please, please check out all the other great cottage charm giveaways being held from now until May 26th! If you want details on participating yourself, you can read details here. Don't have a blog to host your own giveaway but would like to? You can set one up easily and fast at Blogger.com. It's free and takes 5 minutes!

It will probably be a while before I can write again since there is so much "spring" stuff to do around here, cleaning, landscaping, oh - and remodeling. I will be busy, though, keeping the Cottage Charm Giveaway list updated daily (and signing up for a few giveaways myself!) You all have fun and start entering your names below, and in the other wonderful giveaways taking place!

"Cottage Charm Give Away" Participant List - To Be Updated until May 25th

(Have a giveaway for Cottage Charm Give Away Day? Click here!)

1) Midwest Neurotica
2) Rags to Riches
3) Hearth and Home
4) Like Merchant Ships
5) Hidden Haven Homestead
6) Niesz Vintage Home
7) Ivy and Lace Cottage
8) One Woman's Cottage Life
9) Home Made Simplicity
10) Nonie Mae's Shabby Shack
11) My Indulgences
12) Princess Nimble-Thimble
13) Bella-Enchanted
14) Mother and Child
15) Trinkets and Treasures
16) Casa Amada
17) Ric Rac
18) From the Pines
19) Little Penpen
20) Artistic Creations
21) Karla's Cottage
22) The Bunnies' Bungalow
23) Serious Mumbo Jumbo
24) Ancient One's Place
25) Coasting Along
26) Cottage Magpie
27) Petit Pois
28) Life at Number 17
29) Lallee's Cottage
30) Creativity in Progress
31) Digi Scribbles
32) Day in the Life
33) Pretty Petals
34) Paintin Patti
35) I♥Upstate
36) Simply Me
37)Honeysuckle Lane
38) Nestled in the Singing Woods
39) Painter of the Past
40) A Day in the Country with Farmer Di