
Have you suddenly found out that a friend is pregnant or you are looking for a birthday or seasonal gift? I won’t lie I have been there and before I had children of my own to test things out on. This is a collection of blog posts on the accessories and garments that I have made for the tiny humans that control both my life and those of my friends. You can, of course, find all the projects I have knitted over the years over on Ravelry.

May 2021 Calendar Freebies
Can you believe we are getting ready for May already. I wanted to share a free May calendar printable so that all of you can just print and add it to your journals. If you use it please tag me in social @cottagenotebook, I'd love to see where they end up! I popped...

The Gratitude Journal. Surprising Benefits, How to Start and How to Squeeze It into Your Day.
How you start your day is how you live your day. How you live your day is how you live your life.-Louise Hay, Author It's a powerful quote, isn't it? There are sentences out there when you hear them hit you hard. This one from Louie Hay is one of those. They hit hard...

Free Lunchbox Planner Printable
It's Saturday morning and instead of writing about my wonderful garden, I find myself planning out a months worth of meals. Lockdown has really had an effect on our eating habits as a family and I wanted to get back to my clean eating plan that I had in place before...

Free St. Patrick’s Day Planner Printable
It seems strange to me that as an Irish blogger that I've never made a St. Patrick's Day Printable. So here we are coming into the St. Patrick's Day weekend and here is one (okay, 6) motivational planner printables below. Just choose your size, download, print and add...

Free Neutral Aesthetics Mood Board
As you can see the Notebook has gone through a lot of changes recently. It was time to finally emrace the neutral aesthetics that have note only filled my home but have been such an inspiration to me with everything that I've been creating recently. I wanted to say...

Free Minimalist Tulip Printable
What does a handcrafter do when they can't find what they need? Yes, we make it. I wanted a minimalist floral type note paper and dashboard for my planner and so I pulled out my iPad and procreate and these printables are the result: The Dashboard I decided to make as...

March Planner Printables – Perfect for Your Planner, Bujo or Journals.
March Planner Set Things have been busy here at the cottage. From wall art to planner and notebook printables the Etsy shop has been updated at least once a day this week. Today, however, you are in for a treat because not only is the March planner set now available...

Introducing the Cottage Notebook Shop
Bring forth the confetti cannons, the Cottage Notebook Shop is live and it's time to P-A-R-T-Y! It's been a long time coming. For those of you that have been following along from the beginning, first of all, thank you and secondly, you know how hard I struggled with...

Hello: There and Back Again
Dusts off blog. Wipes away virtual cobwebs. There, that's better. This blog hasn't seen any new posts in a long time. Why? Because I wasn't quite sure what to do with it all. You all know that I never wanted to grow a knitting pattern or yarn business. I love craft in...

Six on Saturday – Houseplants
It's that time of year when the garden starts to call you outside after a long winter slumber. Before the chaos of planting sets in around the cottage this season, I thought I'd share some of my houseplants with all of you. It's taken a long time to figure out what...