Cheers to a Bright New Year!

Hello to you!

I’ll admit, as I “age” (a nice way of saying OLD), winter can sometimes really get to me.  The gray sky, lack of day light hours and less sunshine.  The gloom.

BUT, I love fresh beginnings.  Even a new day excites me.  And so I’ve been doing a bit of spring cleaning in my studio and the rest of my home.  Out with the old, in with the new.  Well, in my case, some of the new IS old.

Here are a few of my new treasures I’ve recently acquired, some angels I made for a swap and a photo of a corner of my studio all clean and ready for a fresh start.

Hope your New Year is starting off happy and that the sun is shinning in your part of the world.

 

Gratitude and Vulnerability

You made it!  I’m so happy that you are able to spend a little time with me.

This post is part of my sister Flying Lessons Blog Circle.  This month we are all celebrating gratitude and how fitting with Thanksgiving upon us.

During the month of November I have been posting on my Facebook page what I am grateful for and/or who I want to celebrate each day.  When I first began my daily celebrations, I created a very long list of potential topics and I was excited to share.

But,  as the days passed by, some of my posts were difficult to actually put into words and wondered why I was sharing at all.  I was sharing from my heart and putting my thoughts out there for the whole world to see.  I was living in those moments.  Not putting on airs for anyone but simply being me.   Then came a couple of not so nice comments of why I would only be grateful during the month of November and I questioned why I had committed myself to the entire month of this sort of vulnerability.  But I continued to put my heart out there and the love filled comments way outweighed the small number of negative comments..  I had even inspired others to share what they were grateful for.

While doing this, I have realized, it was not necessarily for my family and friends to read and see, but more for me to announce to the world that I am filled with gratitude for so much in my life.  Even the small things that may go unnoticed to some.  And yes, I am so very thankful each and every day of my life for all of them.

And so I have decided to create myself a Gratitude Journal.  It will be jam packed with all that I am thankful for.  My journal will not be for the world to see, but for my heart to be open and feel the gratitude that surrounds me each and every day.

Today, I celebrate YOU and am oh so very grateful that you took the time to sit and read these loving words from my heart.

To continue the celebration of gratitude, please visit Vickie Martin’s blog HERE.

Apron Strings

Hi there and thanks for visiting me today.

I’ve been super busy finishing up some courses, sewing my little heart out, treasure hunting and finding my groove.  Here’s an apron I worked on over the weekend.

I belong to some awesome Facebook Groups that are filled with some oh so very talented ladies.  They all love vintage lace and linens almost as much as I do.  We buy and sell from each other, chit chat about our love for vintage textiles and share our projects with each other.   A couple of them, I have found out, live here in New England.  You can be sure, we’ll be doing some face to face time in the very near future.

Today, I opened 2 very large boxes of new to me, tattered and torn, beautiful pieces.  The second photo, is a wedding dress, filled with lace, tulle, satin, buttons…..oh my.  Simply perfectly imperfect!

This is all for today.  Hope you have an amazing week and I’ll be sure to post more treasures and creations later in the week.

For now, here’s a little flower I picked for you.  Enjoy!