Winners of my embroidery pattern are:
Quilary Forest Dweller Amme
Congrats to you all – your pattern will be flying towards you via cyberspace shortly – and thanks to all who entered. The pattern is available in my Etsy shop.
Amme – I don’t have any contact details for you, could you please email me?
Ann really inspires me with her paper stars and I have been meaning to make some with the children for ages. I finally got around to ordering some kite paper from Winterwood (it’s not easy to find in Australia).
The children enjoyed making something so pretty and our windows are brighter and cheerful. Now all I need is this book to make some more detailed ones!
I don’t know how this happened. But I do know it goes hand in hand with being a “housewife” (for want of better word). I shouldn’t feel like this. I have a loving and encouraging husband. My children love me and depend on me.
It is so important to me that as my children grow and develop they have the belief that they can reach great heights and nothing within reason is out of reach. Am I conveying that to them when my own self worth has dwindled to next to nothing?
When I was performing I sang to rooms of people on a regular basis. I wasn’t phased. I knew I was good. People liked to hear me sing. It was a great feeling.
Now I find that I’m constantly trying but getting nowhere – I guess that I feel I no longer have anything to offer. I’m naturally a creative person and find it difficult that I’m unable to make a living from that creativity – I have that silly feeling that money = success.
I’m not sure why I’m writing this. Letting off steam helps a little. And I would love to hear from anyone who finds themselves in the same situation or has been through it. I hope it doesn’t sound like a “will someone please feel sorry for me?” post – that isn’t my intention.
Thanks for listening 🙂
A lovely memory from my childhood is my Dad finding an old dollhouse that had belonged to one of his sisters in an old unused shed on the farm. He cleaned and painted it for me and I thought it was the most wonderful thing on earth – 2 storey and the front of the house opened and closed with a little latch. When we left the farm almost everything got sold and I think my dollhouse was among the things that went.
A little search on Etsy lead me to these wonderful discoveries:
Mixed Berry Pie in 1/6th scale by puttering
Alaska Red Clay Miniatures by FunkydevazVintage
Fairy Ring from WarmCountryMeadows
Springtime miniature dollhouse bedspread by Pugcentric
Yum Cha BBQ Pork Bun in Steam Basket 1/12th scale from luluminiatures
Handmade Miniature wooden chair by ShopHotHouse
Miniature Pet 1/12th scale by firbreheart
What do you think? Aren’t miniatures just awesome?!
