unplugging...

i have so many things i wish to say.

but alas time has beaten me to it...

i leave for old blighty on tuesday,

Our #1 and my man staying behind to hold the fort.

i am tres excited to be going home,

but also a little nervous this time around.

for this time around i cross the pond as

a 'challenger of the utmost' kind!

and if ever there is a time when Mr Temptation will sit upon my shoulder

whispering 'tempting thoughts' in my ear

then this will be it.

but before i unplug, i wished to let you know,

without you, my dearest readers,

my little blog and my crafting would not be what it is.

once again i find myself thinking how fortunate i have been

to have your encouragment in all that i do.

you make me whole in a way i cannot explain

and for that i am thanking you kindly.

on my return in mid August,

i have an amazing adventure waiting for me and dottie angel

and i hope with all my heart,

you will come along with me on the journey

but for now

i have a happy cluster to share with you,

just to tide us over until we meet again...

i found several paper lanterns at the thrift store a few weeks back,

similar to these ones, the colors of mine were tres bright.

i hung them outside for a week or so, undercover so as not to get wet.

when faded to a perfectly perfect vintagey color

i bought them in, and pinned them into the ceiling,

next i spent a happy half hour adding little kite tales using my 'sprightly spring' scraps.

and voila! a lovely cluster of happy vintage looking lanterns,

simple but pretty,

with the ability to

make a corner of one's home feel most happy and summery indeed...

my happy lanterns are hanging above Miss Ethel,

i placed them there so she may feel loved whilst i am away.

knowing that i am thinking about her on my travels

and looking forward to spending quality time with her again soon.

she is wishing you all a peachy and perhaps a little silly month and will be back rambling on monday August 23rd ~ Tif x

silly in the city...

i was distracted this morning by a moth

whilst choosing my appropriate attire for our 'two thirds of a family trip' into Seattle.

i am quite sure i am not the only one to feel faint at the sight of a moth fluttering out of one's summer frocks.

i know he has a brother, a sister and several cousins enjoying the party too.

at the time of the sighting

i was unable to delve deeper into my closet to break the party up,

therefore i chose a frock

and pretended the whole unnerving event never happened.

i told myself better to be in denial,

for a moth is not a welcome house guest to a crafter...

all of this unnerving took time away from me looking in the mirror,

if i had done so, i may well have been aware that my knees were showing.

my knees rarely see the light of day,

but today my silly knees did and as it turns out my knees fitted the occasion pefectly.

for indeed we spent four hours in Seattle being rather silly

and on our return we remarked on just how lovely it is to sometimes take timeout to be

a little silly in the city...

she is wishing you a lovely weekend full of silliness ~ Tif

time to let go...

Our #1 arrives back at the shed late tonight,

she cut her vacation short so we could have a few extra peachy days together.

i am tres excited to know i have been given five extra days of us living together at mossy shed.

on friday she is taking me out to see 'her seattle',

from taking the bus into the city,

to the places she likes to visit

i will see it through her eyes.

before she left for the east coast over a week ago

we thrift store frequented like never before.

going to all our favorite ones,

reminiscing about our besty best finds

and both agreeing that thrifting will never be quite the same

without our thrifty buddy by our sides.

as i am tippity tapping this, she has just called from the airport,

waiting for her flight to say

"i have had such good luck mum and i had to call and tell you.

first i found $3 on the ground,

then everyone was really stressed out at the airport desk,

so i told the man not to worry i would come back with my question later.

but he said go ahead, so i asked him if i could change my middle seat out

and he said yes, as i asked so nicely.

then just now i was sitting on the floor reading

and a nice lady comes up and offers me her coupon for a free salad

as she was not going to use it!

so you see, i had to call and tell you mum,

because you are right after all,

i do have good luck, i just have to look for it every now and then.

anyhow got to go, catching my flight soon, i love you"

and i know it will be the same,

when she lives on one continent and i on another.

she will still be wanting to share things with me,

tell me regular everyday stuff.

it may take a little bit of creativity due to time differences

and her college life

but it will be okay in the end...

and the silver lining that keeps the clouds away,

ten years on from leaving old blighty and my family,

i am sending back a piece of me in the way of Our #1

she is thinking as any mother would, it is a wonderful gift to give ~ Tif