Hi Reader,

The doors have been open all week, and a lot of you came in and looked around. Thank you. I saw you in there.

One of you has joined. Some of you looked and then closed the tab, and I have a pretty good idea why, because these are the four things people actually say to me.

"I don't have time for one more thing." Fair. But this isn't a course, and there's nothing to keep up with and...

"I'm not really the put-together homemaker type." Neither am I, and I say that as the woman who built it...

"I've joined groups before and never used them." I believe you, because I've done it too...

"It seems small in there." It is. I'm not going to pretend otherwise...

WATCH ME ANSWER THEM → https://the-cozy-collective.mvt.so/case-of-the-missing-key​

Today's clue is in The Reading Nook, and it comes with a riddle:

I belong to the house, but I'm not quite inside.

I'm a place where friends gather and seasons pass by.

You might bring your coffee, a book, or a chair,

and linger awhile in the cool autumn air.

What am I?

The answer is hiding in a post in The Reading Nook. Go find it.

GO LOOK → https://the-cozy-collective.mvt.so/the-reading-nook​

Tomorrow is the last day, so today I want to do two things: help you solve the mystery, and tell you what happens after you join.

First, the mystery. Here's your case file: BOOK, a title on a shelf, BRASS, 7:00, HOME, LOOK UNDER THE RUG, GATHER, THE PORCH. Read them in order.

Now ask yourself the question I've been asking all week: what if we've been looking for the wrong thing?

WATCH THE VIDEO → https://the-cozy-collective.mvt.so/case-of-the-missing-key​

Today's clue is in The Well-Kept Home. Read every line of the post. One of them changes everything.

GO LOOK → https://the-cozy-collective.mvt.so/the-well-kept-home​

The form closes tomorrow at 10am CT, so get your answer in!

Now, what's ahead. A membership is only worth something if there's something in it next month. Here's what's coming this fall:

• Every week: Coffee Chat & Tea Time live calls​
• Book clubs: 2 book clubs, one in the Reading Nook and one in the Cozy Shelf Society because everyone who joins during our 10 event gets into TCSS free
• Friday Fun: A game each week with the prize being handed out during the next Wednesday’s Tea Time
• Holiday goodies: Recipe swaps, budgeting, gift giving, and more
• And so much more.

Look on The Front Porch for the October calendar that was just posted - it’s literally worth printing out (full of fun stuff and so pretty!)

And I'm handing some of it to you. I'd rather build the next part with the people who are actually in the room than guess by myself.

Here's the whole offer, said plainly one last time.

🟠 Seven open rooms and every resource in them.

🟠 The Cozy Shelf Society free, which by itself costs more per month than the membership does.

🟠 The Home Sweet Summer AND Home Sweet Autumn digital magazines and their companion printable packs.

🟠 A mailed welcome packet with print Summer and Fall magazines if you're one of the first fifteen.

$9 a month. The lowest it will be for the rest of the year. It ends at midnight tomorrow.

JOIN THE COZY COLLECTIVE →https://homesweethomemaker.com/open-door​

Tomorrow at 11am CT I'm going live for a Q&A, open to everyone. That's where I reveal the answer and draw the prizes.

One more email after this one.

With grace,