Focus on the Beauty

Hello all and happy Thursday!  I just had to share this beautiful picture of the approaching evening.  It reminds me to focus on the beauty in everyday things, because as we know, whatever we focus on increases!  I hope you find beauty this evening and in each coming day. 

 Our front yard.

       I will be listing some Christmas Giveaways during the next few days, so please stop back by and enter!

No Soap on a Rope for Christmas!

Have you ever opened your stocking or a package on Christmas morning only to find that smelly old boring Soap-on-a-Rope from a well-meaning relative?  Now, not to be ungrateful, but come on, weren't we  all hoping for something a little more special?  Something more like these elegant mirrors?

                                                  

When I found these images of vintage labels, I knew I had to make them into mirrors!  I had no idea what the words meant, other than "Violettes," but I was pretty sure they were French.    Now, since speaking French down here on the farm is about as useless as a sidesaddle on a boar hog, I went in search of someone to interpret the labels for me.  I didn't have to search long, because my friend, Trishia, over at French Kissed, popped into my mind.  She told me that "Savon Fin" means "Fine Soap," and "Savon Surfin" means "Superfine Soap," and that the labels and soaps had been created by the Remy Soap Factory of Paris.  That helped beaucoup (a lot)! 

So, if you're wanting to get that certain someone a special little gift or stocking stuffer that won't be disappointing, try one or two of these "fin" mirrors!  So elegant and a lot more useful than the 'ol soap-on-a-rope!

Merci beaucoup for stopping by!

Thanks for Stopping By!

I'm so glad you came by!  Sit down, rest, and have a cup of coffee!  We'll chat awhile and then go out to the hen house and gather you up a baker's dozen! 

                                         Enjoy and come back again!

Alphabe-Thursday--D is for Decorating for Christmas on the Farm!

The letter "D" is for "Decorating for Christmas on the Farm!"  Okay, it's a little early, but with all the pretty Christmas decorations that are beginning to appear in stores, it's easy to be tempted!  So, as a little early decoration, Cottonfieldfarm just listed several new Christmas buttons and magnets!  These little 2.25" pins are great to wear on your lapel, scarf, hat, or purse for an instant "Decoration" for the Christmas season!  Stick the magnets on your refrigerator for instant Christmas decoration in your kitchen! 

Pinback Buttons or Magnets!