Notes from A Cottage Industry

Weekly words to live by.

Weekly words to live by.

Hello, May.

Happy May Day, my friends!

I have been trying to publish a post to my blog most of the week, but my blog host, Typepad, hasn't been cooperating. (It wouldn't let me publish any photos....ugh.) I had the tech support folks helping figure out the problem, and finally, this morning, it seems like it is back to working.

Yay! (I have to admit, I am holding my breath, hoping the fix is permanent, and the problem doesn't reoccur...)

I baked up a batch of my favorite sugar cookie recipe, some in circles and some in flower shapes and came up with a cute little berry basket of flowers a couple of weeks ago, and it was just too perfect to not share here on May Day. (You can find my original recipe post for my sugar cookies and buttercream frosting recipe here, and the little tags I made will be in my etsy shop soon.)

It reminds me of a May Day basket- do you remember those? Knocking on someone's door and hiding to watch them open it after leaving a basket of flowers hanging on their doorknob, or sitting on their welcome mat? Such a fun surprise! Hmmm, I might need to make some more flower cookies today for my neighbors.......

I hope you're off to a good start on this first day of May! (Hoping my photo challenges are gone for good- cross your fingers!)