Roses At Rose Thorn Cottage

And Other Little Things.......

Suddenly the Roses are Blooming, Dear Readers, In my Big gardens as well as in the Tiny garden at Rose Thorn Cottage! You have not seen this garden before.... because as with many Magical things.... Sometimes they are there... and sometimes they are Not! But it is nearing the Summer Solstice, and Great Aunt Agatha has been dreaming of Roses, and so she was not at all surprised to find them blooming just outside the door to the Cottage this beautiful Summer morning! She couldn't resist taking a moment to smell the beautiful Rose blossoms....

Before sitting on her favorite bench in the soft morning light......

It is a beautiful Day and she has all the time in the World....

I hope you  can forgive me if I linger here with her for a moment or two!

I do have a few little things I want to show you.....

Starting with the doorway to the cottage!

There is a cage hanging by the door...

For keeping captured Pixies out of the way.....

And a dragon emblem on the door itself.

This is a Witchy Cottage after all....

So one better be prepared to see a few strange things!

And if we go inside, 

I want to show you the carpet.....

I have had this scrap of fabric for Centuries (it seems) 

just waiting for the right room.

But it was too long and narrow.... 

so I pieced it together with glue and bias seam tape...

(I forgot to take pictures in process)

Yes, the pattern gets inverted in the middle.... 

but I wanted the cut edges to go together in the middle...

leaving the frayed edges for the borders....

It is a VERY OLD carpet, you understand!

Here you can see it in the Cottage.... 

it fits Exactly.... and is Just the right color....

And I could even argue that the flowers are Roses!

I think it looks so Wonderfully shabby and worn!

And last week I promised you one or two more tiny details 

for the Cottage bathroom.

I started with a hairbrush.....

I made it from a carved down woodsie 

and some bristles from a paintbrush.

Some of you might remember the Last time I made a hairbrush.....

For the dressing table in the Tree House Dressing Room....

in Another Rose Blooming Garden.....

in a Much smaller scale!

Can you even see it there on the dressing table???

 And Here you can see the new hairbrush...

Just for comparison!

 

And here it is on the shelf in the Cottage Bathroom.....

I am sorry the photo is so dark.... it was late.....

So I must show you in the morning light!

And can you see the tiny necklace left in the shell...???

Here... come closer....

Aren't they lovely?

Well, Dear Readers, you might think that was all that remained 

to be added to the bathroom...

But I realized there was something else missing...

A small Cameo portrait on the inside wall at the foot of the tub....

Something you can only see a glimpse of in the mirror!

When you look from just the right angle....

it really grabs your eye and pulls you in deeper....

Because I couldn't bear the idea of that empty wall....!

And even though I think that is all the little details I will add to this room.... 

I have not yet glued the wall in place. 

I will probably wait a while... 

just to be Sure.!

 

So before I go, I will leave you with another picture of the Roses....

Because we Have to stop and smell the Roses, Dear Readers....

And after all, they Are such tiny Little Things!