very nice! 5/5

Wow this is stunning. So many great details. I love the garden, trees, flowers, roof tiles, the butter churn... Actually i love it all :D

Awesome creation. There are lots of good techniques used throughout

All the details and parts usages here are brilliant. I don't think there's a single element on this build that isn't put to a good use. Remarkable work!

Hey Shannon, just a heads up, there are a few larger sets at the local Fred Meyer that are on clearance, I got that $80 Prince of Persia set for just over 40.

*Pulls up one of the "cabbage"* "Ah! Who are you?! :)

I think. if I find this cottage in the woods, I'll steer clear! Love the walkway, and the Candy-Canes are pure awesome sauce!

Very well done, with some darn clever ideas. The lettuce/cabbage really caught my eye. Again, you have shown me a new use for a part. Lee.

Yep baking children in an oven thats definitly a great for kids book.

Love it.The tree's fantastic,but you know how you said the house's size was limited by the amount of roof tiles you had.You could order more from Pick a Brick,it works for me.

Love the roof and the tree, great build!

Incredible! I love every aspect of the MOC, especially the candy canes and the gumdrops.

Oh, my why didn't I notice this before? I love those genius Candy Canes, and the house looks great! Here's another "I like it" for One Hundred of them. ~Ryan

Definitely better with the candy c(r)anes. :P I love the tiling on the roof and on the grass especially! The colourful round tiles are a brilliant touch.

What a great little cottage! Looks very candy-like.

Wow the roof and path are simply amazing, you got some skill man! Sweet!

excellent work here =) ! looks really SWEET :D

Lovely, lovely. Makes me want to use the word 'whimsical'. The roof, path and tree are superb, and while less cluttered without I do like the candy canes there.

Exactly what we can expect from you, stunning..... The roof is genius, and the interieur is very realistic (as far as I know!)

The candy canes and gum drop walkway were great, but the roof was the icing on the cake, literally. Nice build.

That's just terrifying. Great cottage - reminds me of a gingerbread house.

the ladys ugly!!!!! but everything elese is great :)

Since everyone is complimenting me on the Exo-Force hair for lettuce/cabbage, I feel honor bound to inform you all that I stole that idea directly from Lego's Market Street set: http://peeron.com/inv/sets/10190-1?showpic=7830

Fantastic job, love the roof. Also, the use of the green hair for cabbage is just ingenius. Not too mention all the great colors.

Lovely. I absolutely love colourful MOCs. Probably a reason why I tend to slowly move away from Space. I find myself using the same parts again and again while most of my bins stay untouched. The sunflower is a great idea! And has anyone mentioned the roof yet? :P It really looks like a gingerbread house, and the path complements it nicely. The only things that bug me a bit, are the door and the chimney, they don't have that candy-vibe, it just looks like a wooden door and a stone chimney. But I really like this MOC ^^

Amusing commentary, spiffy technique, brilliant build. The candy canes should stay, IMO.

Heh. Creepy. ... I like the interior for the house, the best of the entire build... It's just so tidy and cozy... I need to get me a chair like that (Just bigger)!

Very well thought of. I love your roof and your sunflowers...just as well Mrs. Crandall doesn't live near me! If might have been a nice touch to put some children in the garden trying to steal some fruit or sweets, and then have the witch going after them---it might have added a sense of humor to it all, but keep creating ;)

Mmm-mm, good enough to eat. I'm actually glad you steered clear of the predictible fairytale and went with your own unique version. I know what you mean photography the candy canes; it's nice to get a look at the moc with and without them.

Way to go Shannon! This is fantastic, from the details, utilization of colours and the broad range of building techniques - an awesome build nothing less. I'm sure even the ladys ugly mug couldn't keep kids away from the candy though (just aswell its plastic :D) 5/5

Very well done, I love the roof!

Hey! Who ate the Candy Canes?! Nice touches, Shannon...looks great!

love the lettace, great use of that hair piece

MWUHAHAHAHAAAAA! Creepy little build, but it makes me hungry at the same time. Hmmmmm. Love that roof.

What IS in that chest in the Great Room? My bet is that it contains a stairwell leading to a secret underground little children processing facility. Nice build!

"We are the vegetables. We are the vegetables. We are the vegetables. We are the vegetables, oh." -INXS.... Really like this MOC. Really like the eerie tree.

Great job, a very colorful, pretty, charming, and creative moc! I love the walkway, very cute...frankly I like the colors a lot, as juvenile as that sounds, but it's very flamboyant, gives you a cheery feel! Keep up the good work, oh you other Shannon who is not Ocean!

Love the roof design! Personally I think the candy canes add to the overall theme of the cottage, but I know what you mean about those types of details getting in the way when taking pics.

Ha! It took two looks and reading Yuri's comment to figure out how you made the cabbages. Lovely little scene you got here. A candy house out of Lego - Love it!

Much to like here! Interessting techniques. I especially like the vegetable garden. Personally I like it better without the huge candy-canes. But the red/white candy combo colour does do something for the MOC, they are just too big as they are now...

Tasty Little MOC you made here pal! and of course that roof is like nothing before, great techniques, keep on the great work.

Wow!!! Very imaginative. My favorites are the Sunflower and chair... Great job!

Gorgeous roof + well thought of layout + ingenious use off parts = ... hmmm, I know you'd say you're not a genius builder and your builds are just an amalgamation of known techniques, but I'll go ahead and say it anyway - this is awesome! I like the last photo better than the first!

I've often had this strange notion that Lego pieces were a lot like candy to begin with...but seeing them in this sort of arrangement puts it on a whole new level. I'm-a-gonna eat me this sweet MOC!

Mr. Crandall has been stuck in the attic playing with legos the whole time, and he hasn't found out that Mrs. Crandall locked him in there. Whenever he gets hungry, he just opens the window and grabs a shingle. That's why you have to keep replacing that one shingle. =P Great work, I love the look of the whole thing, you continue to come up with great mocs. ~Waff

Hey this is so cool I love the flowers in the garden.

Wow....what a great cottage! The details on this are amazing, what really caught my eye was using the green hair as lettuce, brilliant!

Excellent build. Love the sleek look, inside and out. I like it with the candy cane trees. Love the tree, and flowerbed. Great job on the entire build.

...Like camping! Sorry, Parrington, I just couldn't resist. Shannon: Awesome job with this, I love all your flower designs, and the roof and chimney are awesome.

That roof is intense!

Of course, brilliant roof, nice veggies, blah blah blah (not playing it down, but you've heard it already). What I'd like to pay special mention too is the tree. You've always said that Lego trees always look "the same" and we've always agreed with you. Your tree however, while still retaining a lot of the basic "Lego tree" look, steps out of the norm just enough to be worthy of note. Really great job on the entire build sir, color me impressed! (oh, and I like the candy canes but it does look less cluttered without them) ~ Chris.

There's a joke in that somewhere, Leda...Hansel and Gretal? Never heard of 'em.(or Hans Olo, Hans and Franz, Hans Gruber...you get the idea) The sunflowers are brilliance incarnate. I would say that while the candy canes are great, the shot without them is the best. Perhaps in person it is different, but the 'cane-less' shot feels less cramped, unlike her living quarters. Nice build.~H

I would be lost without my butter churn.

I love this so much!

Of cabbages and kings? Ah, that gives me a headache anyway. Love the roof.

this is soo wonderfoul and soo amazing details really epic,,bravo

What a cute place. see ya. garth

wow! lots of detail! Only on the shot without the candy canes, could I see that the house was built on a gradually sloping hill.

That is one awesome dio! The flowers, the roof, the techniques...all of it is excellent. The one aspect that I think could be improved is perhaps the chimney. Good day

The roof is outstanding. Nice work on the interior also. -Sam

Beautiful, I see a lot of creative part uses, like the crops by the vegetables, really nice house, a house I would eat, Very nice, I like how it's not overdone too, Great job

Yeah. That roof is utilized well, here. The paving leading up to the house makes me so unbelievably happy!

The roof is wonderful, and the cabbages are brilliant! Love the sunflowes.

great work!