Hope's kitchen cabinet's have gotten a slight paint and glitter makeover! Who doesn't love glitter?!
 
I'll just leave the result a mystery. May your imagination glitter!

Danielle
The Stone Turtle




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Project Decorating Hope Continues

Happy Thursday!

We are loving July! It's been a super fun month filled with lovely guests at the Stone Turtle - Lodging. We're even getting a little break from the summer heat with a rainy week. There's nothing like a mandatory break from outside work to get the creative gears grinding.

Our rental cabin Hope has been in the cross-hairs of our decorating frenzy lately. As Ingrid and I were browsing through a shabby chic shop (yes, Lawton actually has one), we came to the conclusion that clothes can be used for decoration. More specifically fancy, schmancy dresses can be great accent pieces. So we rushed to a thrift shop to try our luck. As luck would have it, we found this amazing Cinderella type dress. We also picked up a Happily Ever After sign. Boy, do we love fate.

What makes you feel like you're in a fairy tale?


~Danielle

This blog is brought to you by the lovely (biased opinion, we know) Stone Turtle – Lodging, a small family owned and operated hotel / lodging business near Lawton, Oklahoma, Fort Sill,  the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Meers and Medicine Park. Yeah, that’s right we’re a small lodging business close to all the awesomeness Oklahoma has to offer!!

One Man's Weeds Are Another Man's Salad part 1

"What'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?" Probably not what you think we're talkin' 'bout. Yes, we've got friends in low places...

Well, you see, it turns out that our little hotel/inn combo is something unique and different! The yards of our cozy little cabins are filled with color. And, we're not just talkin' 'bout Dani's painting problem! Those lovely plants people commonly call weeds and decimate with poisonous chemicals are actually pretty awesome. Why? We're so glad you asked! 

Meet Mr. Loewenzahn aka Mr. Dandelion (Pardon our French: Dent-de-lion. Meaning tooth of the lion. Rawrrrr).

Kind of looks like a little lion, don't it?

This little weed has many medicinal uses. It's loaded with vitamins and it's good for your liver and stomach whether it's made into a tea or just a salad.Psychological use: yellow just adds a bit of sunshine to your personality. This is Ingrid's favorite little weed. Plus, who doesn't love the hope blowing dandelion seeds (Pusteblume) into the wind whilst making a wish?
Speaking of salads and culinary stuff, we made some amazing syrup for our ice cream using dandelions! It was just heavenly! Of course, our goats and horses have left us with only a couple dandelion plants so we had to go raid some non-sprayed yards in the area for our ice cream needs.
To think that people spend small fortunes to rid their yards of these "weeds" while others raid yards to make syrup. Ah, the world is a funny place. 

Stay tuned for more yummy weed posts!

Greetings from Oklahoma,

Dani & Ingrid

The Stone Turtle - Lodging

www.stoneturtlelodging.com

580.492.5581

This blog is brought to you by the lovely (biased opinion, we know) Stone Turtle – Lodging, a small family owned and operated hotel / lodging business near Lawton, Oklahoma, Fort Sill,  the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Meers and Medicine Park. Yeah, that’s right we’re a small lodging business close to all the awesomeness Oklahoma has to offer!!