Category: Home and Hearth
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From Fire to Wind: A Grandmother’s Testimony
The voice of the Holy Spirit is so wonderful and has come to our aid so many times to avoid countless tragedies. I recall a story my Grandmother told of how she was working a lot when her children were young. She had to leave for work early while the older ones got the younger…
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Nostalgic Christmas Memories: Family Traditions to Cherish
I get sentimental when it comes to Christmas. Normally, the decorating begins the day after Thanksgiving. I put on the holiday music and bring out all of the forgotten ornaments, pulling together a “look” or theme. Nature themed has been my go to style lately. Some other themes have been “The Nutcracker,” “Victorian” and “storybook…
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Tiny Beautiful Things…
Once a friend came into the bedroom of my first apartment, picked up a tiny sample size bottle of Jean Desprez Bal à Versailles, from my dresser and said matter-of-factly, “Laura, you’re the Queen of tiny beautiful things.” Whatever became of the tiny bottle, I can’t even remember. It was probably lost somewhere in the…
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Caring for Vintage Clothing
Originally Published November 10, 2023 for Natural Posh Vintage.com:Home and Hearth “Fold them while they’re hot!—and they’ll look much better” Our mom’s would say! This and other little tidbits of advice, I have picked up along the way. And I want to share these tips with you. Common Sense Clothing Care Always read labels and…
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Advice from Women… a tribute.
When I first moved away from home, I was at a new church where I was surrounded with a bunch of “mother’s” in my life who gave me little tidbits of advice. I also did house cleaning for some, and taught some of their kids piano lessons. This is a recollection of advice from the…
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Cottage Style ~ Apartment Living
Ever since I was a little girl, I loved cottages. In my early childhood, we lived in a rock cottage with a rounded door. It was built in the early 1900’s and it had a lot of nooks and crannies. There was a coy fish pond in the back built into a short rock wall.…
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Does your closet spark Joy? Vintage Laura Ashley, Natural Fiber clothing, Mixing patterns like the French
Here is an article that I wrote last spring for naturalposhvintage.com “Does it Spark Joy?” “Over the last decade, we have gone from minimalism to maximal-ism and after the pandemic people began to rebuild their lives. And with that comes the reevaluation of what we own and whether or not we carry it into the…
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February Inspiration for Home
February is such a beautiful month. It is the month of love, of Valentine’s, of loved one’s birthdays. It is full of hopes and dreams for the new year, and seasons of love. With February comes another reason to celebrate, to show someone we care, and maybe even to change up the decor! A…
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Inspired By Nature
I love to create something beautiful that’s inspired by nature. Growing up on a small farm with goats, chickens, and animals and climbing trees in our back yard “forest”, and traveling as a child to “Big Sky and Big Tree Country” instilled in me a life-long love of nature. In my youth, my grandmother taught…
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Copse and Spinney Home
Copse and Spinney Home A Copse (pronounced copse/käps) is a small group of trees. And a spinney (pronounced /ˈspinē/) is a small area of trees and bushes. So essentially, a copse and spinney could be defined as trees and more trees and bushes. I first heard the phrase, while listening to my six year…
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Little Fingers Little Toes
A Poem by Laura Acheson May 3, 2017 (A poem I wrote after visiting the beach with my children when they were little). Little fingers, little toes on the sand, on the beach like a child with your shovel and pail; for the first time discover the waves have come up to your feet.. so…
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Something new.
I once heard that nobody really reads blogs. Then perfect. This is a place where I can practice writing. And just in case you read it, you can leave me you comments. I have so many little stories, tidbits, and memories to share. I’m hoping that this will become a regular thing. We’ll see how…
Copse and Spinney 