Welcome to Chocolate Box Cottage
Create your slice of country living with practicality and finesse!
Welcome to Chocolate Box Cottage
Create your slice of country living with practicality and finesse!
The Cottage Economy
Chocolate Box Cottage 🌸 is the symbolic 🧁 sweet spot between old-fashioned values (like thrift and DIY) and modern conveniences (like a good electric mixer and a sewing machine) that make life easier.
This is your resource for learning about cottage economy. Cottage economy means learning the 🕰 time-honored skills our grandparents knew and adding a dash of ✨ sparkle to make the most of what we have right now.
About Me
My name is Michele Pryse (pronounced “price”), and I’m pleased to welcome you to one of the kindest corners of the internet!
No matter where you live, whether you have a few acres in the countryside like we do or live in a house or apartment in town, Chocolate Box Cottage is your resource for special recipes, simple gardening and sewing projects, and organizational ideas to enrich your home life.
All my recipes, projects, and videos are presented as step-by-step tutorials to help you gain mastery of the many facets of home economics.
Latest Videos
How to Hand Pollinate Squash and Pumpkin Flowers for Seed Saving
How to Hand Pollinate Squash Flowers | Seed Saving If you want to save seeds from your squash to replant …
Deli-Style Polka Dot Bread with Your Ankarsrum Mixer
Deli-Style Polka Dot Bread with Your Ankarsrum Mixer Ready to add a seeded bread to your baking repertoire? Polka Dot …
Grow an Endless Garden | Start Saving Seeds Today
Grow an Endless Garden | Start Saving Seeds Today Endless productivity is every gardener’s dream; saving seeds will help you …
Recent Blog Posts
Bringing in the Firewood
Bringing in the Firewood Chocolate Box Cottage Diary, Volume 3Week 21: May 27, 2023 Firewood cutting expedition It’s that time …
A Hand Hewn Vacation
A Hand Hewn Vacation Chocolate Box Cottage Diary, Volume 3Week 20: May 20, 2023 It’s like a vacation, but we …
Thunderstorm Party
Thunderstorm Party Chocolate Box Cottage Diary, Volume 3Week 19: May 13, 2023 Have you ever thought to turn a thunderstorm …