a crafting epiphany...

and so it came to pass last friday at 4pm, i could be found in my 'mastermind' chair...

i would like to say i was fabulously dressed, hair done just so and looking the picture of 'craftiness' but i most report the truth.

i was not dressed attractively, nor was my hair done just so and i looked anything but the picture of craftiness. but there i sat and there i pondered...

for it was coming to my attention by the little voice inside of my head that now the kids were back in school i needed to get my crafty arse into gear...

i had set myself a fine date of sept 8th to rendezvous with the 'always well dressed', 'threads done just so' and 'ever the picture of craftiness' Miss Ethel. but my little crafty cogs were not really turning as well as i had hoped...

and that is when it happened dearest readers,

my crafting epiphany happening...

i know this to be true as i asked my man the following morning to explain the meaning of the word epiphany, he gave me a most detailed answer and then it dawned on me, all my life i have been having crafting epiphanies and never known it, until this fateful day, last friday.

so please allow me to enlighten you upon my epiphany...

a few years back i made some bunting, quite traditional in shape, from vintage linens and crochet. you have seen it many times on my little blog before, lurking in the background of pictures.

i knew i wished to resurrect my bunting from long ago but with a fresh look. i have been pondering this idea for a while now, but then i squirreled it away in my little brain to retrieve at a convenient point (if i ever found it again, of course)...

and so my epiphany came to me in the way of bunting, which in my head became garlands, which in turn became a combination of recycled found materials, scraps, doilies, lace, embroidery etc.

("nothing new there then Tif" i hear you exclaim)

and quite right you are, the usual combination of 'what not' that seems to appear upon my wares.

and so over the past few days Miss Ethel and i have spent many a pleasurable moment bringing to fruition my 'epiphany' and creating

my new dottie angel "don't ever leave me" garlands,

which (with luck on my side) will appear in my little store's update next week along with a few other goodies...

also next week i have news of the 'challenge' i have set myself, and if you are thinking along the lines of a marathon run in a crocheted bikini, then think again my friends. it will be the biggest challenge i have ever set myself and i am hoping to see it through to the end... even if it breaks me

until then, she bids you 'adieu' and a happy weekend ~ Tif