Some thoughtful gifts for me and 50% off in the Boutique for you

The guests who came to see me at Birdsong were very thoughtful. Treats, gifties, hugs, lots of sharing!

The "Iowa Girls" even brought presents for the hens!

They filled this wonderful, chicken shaped pot with dried herbs to freshen the coop. (The charming hand vase next to it is from my pal, Suzanne.)

We have recently switched to pine chip bedding for the coop, and it is a pretty, fresh look with the chips and the herbs. The building was just cleaned out yesterday and smells much better than our typical hay bedding. I think we'll stick with this combo!

The ladies seem happy with it.

Our weekend was pretty hectic, so after the students left, a group of us opened all the presents together and it felt kinda like a baby shower with all of us in a circle, oohing and ahhing over each package as it was opened.

There were some very sweet details in the pile of pretties.

I'll enjoy the gifts, and will be remembering Birdsong each time I use one.

And remembering the nice group of people who came to see me here at the Cottage!

Thank you to all who attended.

And for the generous gifts!

As well as to the sponsors who gifted my guests too.

You notice this cute fairy hook has nothing on it yet?

This is the area that I hang all of my completed swap books from. So, I guess this means I need to host another swap so I can fill this hook? It was one of my New Year's resolutions, after all. I want to do a swap book again this year, I skipped one in 2013.

A theme is in mind.... I've just got to create the painting for the cover. Details to come, I hope you will join in.

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ps- I'm having a Summer Clearance sale in the Boutique. I've neglected that poor little shoppette too long, I need to clean up, clear out, and refresh it all. You are welcome to soak up some summertime savings and help me get a fresh start, by using this link and getting 50% off everything in the store:

http://www.karlascottage.com/?code=Summersale

(You must use that address to get the special price. This is NOT a coupon, it is the actual address of the sale site. Going to the regular address does NOT take you to the 50% discount)