Welcome! Chocolate Box Cottage 🌸 is the 🧁 sweet spot between old-fashioned skills and modern conveniences 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.

Find special 🥣 recipes, simple🪴 gardening and 🧵🪡 projects, and organizational ideas to make your home life more bountiful. All my videos are presented as step-by-step tutorials to help you gain mastery of the many facets of home economics.

I’ve taught basic cooking, gardening, and homemaking skills to families for the last 20 years. I am thrilled to welcome you to this lovely space! Let’s learn and grow together. I am so looking forward to getting to know you through your comments. ~Michele