Tracey

Great prices make for endless creativity! With a little help from the HG Openhouse Bloggers below, get new ideas for creative living. From organizing hints to tips on how you can save while you spend, the blog is your invitation to inspiration.

 
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Meet Tracey
Tracey is a yard sale aficionado with an obsession for all things vintage, and for finding a good deal. She is passionately dedicated to making life more simple and beautiful for homemakers, or what she is ALL about “living a charmed life on a shoestring.” Through her blog “Notes from a Cottage Industry,” as well as here on the HomeGoods Openhouse blog, Tracey shares her inspirational tips and advice that celebrate every aspect of the domestic arts, homemaking, cooking, crafting, gardening and decorating, all on a shoestring budget.

Website: www.acottageindustry.com
Blog link: http://acottageindustry.typepad.com

Recent Posts by Tracey:

Happiness everyone can afford.

I was web surfing round the HomeGoods website this past week and it occurred to me that while you may stop in to check out the OpenHose Blog, you might not be all that familiar with some of the other interesting features of the website.
One of my favorite parts of the site is the section [...]

Posted by: Tracey   4/21/09 at 1:43 am
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Calorie free chocolate?

     Have you gotten any of the darling faux  (Ceramic? Resin?) chocolate bunnies and eggs to decorate with for Easter? They are positively delicious looking!
They have some that looks like foil wrapped chocolate bunnies too, but, I am a purist, so I prefer the basic chocolate rabbits. They look so real that my mouth waters [...]

Posted by: Tracey   3/30/09 at 11:40 pm
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Springtime is here (even if there IS snow on the ground!)

If you just found us through the Ultimate Blog party and this is your first time here, welcome!
It’s hard to really believe when I look out the window here in Reno, but springtime and Easter will be here in less than three weeks! I got out my tubs of Easter decorations and all of my [...]

Posted by: Tracey   3/24/09 at 1:36 am
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Charming serving pieces make a difference!

Whether you’re entertaining friends or simply serving up a meal for the family, the taste of the food isn’t all that’s important. Presentation can make all the difference in the mood of the table, and make your food look even better.
Everyone that knows me knows that I am a little….um…shall we say… cupcake obsessed. With [...]

Posted by: Tracey   3/16/09 at 1:34 am
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Little changes can make all the difference!

I recently (just this past week!) swapped my guest room and my home office workroom. I have company coming in April and I am excited to get things all settled in the new guest room, and that means changing things up a bit and making it all feel new and fresh, one more time.
When I [...]

Posted by: Tracey   3/3/09 at 1:47 am
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