Year: 2012

| Teresa Craighead

My creative mom is celebrating her first anniversary in business!

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Thirty well wishers showed up at The Cottage to help Barb celebrate Hill Country Cottage Gardener’s first year anniversary.

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Didn’t the cake from Pennington’s in San Marcos depict the cottage beautifully?

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Claire Day, who works with Barb in the cottage, was the #1 hostess.

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The Chamber of Commerce arranged for the ribbon cutting, which was great fun!

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Folks chatted & browsed through the gardens, the cottage, and the greenhouse, where the artwork of three participants in an intermediate mosaic workshop was displayed.

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It was a great day – I got a little carried away…

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Thank you to everyone who participated!!

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| Teresa Craighead

My mom’s blog is great! You might see where I get some of my peculiarities … and wonderings about the world….

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“Beauty is as beauty does.” This was one of my mother’s favorite sayings–she had a million! I heard this one often growing up in the ‘50s, whenever she didn’t like what I was doing. If I wanted to be beautiful (like MM?), then I’d better “straighten up & fly right” (another one of her favorites).

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There is great wisdom in the idea that our outer surroundings are a reflection of our inner selves. But as a pragmatist, I’m more interested in the reverse: how our inner selves reflect our environment. Most of us are more consciously aware of our environment than our inner selves, so let’s create beauty in our gardens and our homes and expect that inner beauty will follow.

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If you are not already on Pinterest, you need to get on the waiting list today.  Or, if you have a friend—or a daughter—who is already a Pinner…

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The Creative Journey

| Teresa Craighead

Creativity is a fascinating concept. Once unleashed, you don’t know where it might take you. I’ve been fortunate to bear witness to my mom’s amazing creative journey since her retirement from teaching. I wrote about my mom’s creativity a couple years ago when I started this blog. I commented on the way being in her house  in the hill country makes me feel, because her artistic expression is everywhere. Read this post and you’ll see what I mean.

Since she retired, she’s been able to turn her attention full-time to her artistry. Her journey has fascinated and inspired me. She started making mosaic art pieces to place in her garden. It’s wonderful! Here’s one of her amazing stepping stones:

Tropical Flower
Gorgeous in the garden

Then she started making “waterers” for the garden–fabulous dishes that could supply water to the garden creatures:

Cactus Waterer
Drink!

Even she didn’t know that she was only beginning to discover her artistry. She bought a kiln (yes!) and started creating “Cottage Tiles” in her workshop, grouting them mosaic-style onto pots. Her work is original and inspiring to me, as I am on my own creative journey.

The Original Cottage Pot
The original cottage pot!
Turquoise Cottage Pot
Turquoise Cottage Pot