It started me thinking about how this cottage was the place where Botanical PaperWorks was started. Mary and I did our first handmade paper recipes on the old deck of the cottage. We gathered mosses, leaves and chokecherries from the grasslands surrounding the cottage. We drew inspiration from the beaches and magnificent fresh-water lake, as we designed the first stationery and invitation lines. And we dreamed and planned the first catalog and website into existence right in the living room, looking out on the lake.
What's more, each of our three books were penned at the cottage - what better place to work hard, with the beauty of nature surrounding us and motivating us!
I hope that you get the opportunity for some dreaming and creating this summer. Think about what inspires you, and surround yourself with it! Best wishes, Heidi
6/19/2005
My Source of Inspiration
I just got back from a couple of days at my family's cottage on Lake Winnipeg. What a gorgeous weekend! Warm breezes on Saturday and hot sunshine on Sunday. Just the kind of weekend that we Winnipeggers wait for all winter.
It started me thinking about how this cottage was the place where Botanical PaperWorks was started. Mary and I did our first handmade paper recipes on the old deck of the cottage. We gathered mosses, leaves and chokecherries from the grasslands surrounding the cottage. We drew inspiration from the beaches and magnificent fresh-water lake, as we designed the first stationery and invitation lines. And we dreamed and planned the first catalog and website into existence right in the living room, looking out on the lake.
What's more, each of our three books were penned at the cottage - what better place to work hard, with the beauty of nature surrounding us and motivating us!
I hope that you get the opportunity for some dreaming and creating this summer. Think about what inspires you, and surround yourself with it! Best wishes, Heidi
It started me thinking about how this cottage was the place where Botanical PaperWorks was started. Mary and I did our first handmade paper recipes on the old deck of the cottage. We gathered mosses, leaves and chokecherries from the grasslands surrounding the cottage. We drew inspiration from the beaches and magnificent fresh-water lake, as we designed the first stationery and invitation lines. And we dreamed and planned the first catalog and website into existence right in the living room, looking out on the lake.
What's more, each of our three books were penned at the cottage - what better place to work hard, with the beauty of nature surrounding us and motivating us!
I hope that you get the opportunity for some dreaming and creating this summer. Think about what inspires you, and surround yourself with it! Best wishes, Heidi
