Sea Angels

Archetypes of the soul.....reaching into the unmanifest..............

2012-02-02T02:23:00.000-08:00

Each of these beautiful pictures somehow string themselves like pearls along the thread that is my soul, speaking to the core of me that is so hidden my dreams loose themselves into its unborn reality.

Weave a spell of moonlight this Imbolc

Lynn xxxx

Thank you so much for the use of your beautiful pictures

please let me know who you are and I shall add your name xx

Gifts for you...................a French Vintage Give away.....................

2012-01-22T05:25:00.000-08:00

I had just received my gorgeous Jeanne d'Arc Living magazine from Camel and Yak Winter time 2012 and I thought I shall share this gorgeous magazine, together with a whole pile of goodies including,Vintage French rose fabric, French linen French Hemp, some Monogram letters ribbon, a handmade pin Mushroom, oh some Cabbages and roses fabric,a French Bill heading plus lots of inspiring items for you to use on your Spring Time projects............
To enter please leave your comment below telling me if you have any projects planned for this year
xxx,
Please note this GIVE-AWAY is only open to bloggers and Friends that have written to me or commented on my blog before xxxx
Lots of Love Lynn
I will announce the winner on the 29th next Sunday at ~~6pm~~xxx as soon as I can this evening xxx

Congratulations to the Feathered Nest please send me your address and I will post your parcelxxxx

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Seasons of the Goddess...........................

2012-01-15T05:56:00.000-08:00

Lovely lace from Julie xxx...................

Mushroom spores planted by Linda xxxxx................

January......the season of dreams, a time of retreat, a time to listen to your heart.............I will be away on a spiritual retreat for a while ( metaphorically speaking) working and still home but ... musing and writing drawing and painting....an escape of the heart into the arms of my Goddess.............

See you again in the

Spring................Lynn xxxxx

JULIE ARKELL

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JULIE ARKELL Workshop at BLUECOAT DISPLAY CENTRE LIVERPOOL
Sunday March 25th limited places 12.30 4.30 £25.00 Brooch Making. 01517094014
~~Sorry no pictures~~ Just found one.......I have just hear about this and I am posting it from work, and wanted you to know there will be an Exhibition of her work on at the same time...how fabulous is that.
Lynn xxxxx

One step forward...................into a New Year..........

2011-12-31T16:04:00.000-08:00

It is that step into the unknown year, so much before us, so many hopes, wishes, promises.

This New Year will open doors to places undreamed of... good and bad...... happy and sad..times to remember and those we will wish to forget.....

I hope you and I and our loved ones and friends are blessed with Good Health and Happiness for all of these coming days....................

Snowy Pictures from last year

Out of the aga.............into a wedding memory.............

2011-12-22T04:41:00.000-08:00

Thought I had better get on with some cooking and put the crafting to bed for a little while. I finished work yesterday hurrah! so time to start to make some goodies

Gluten Free Sweet rolls..............

Pink Rose flavoured macaroons waiting for their filling...............

Stuffed dates dipped in Chocolate. and meringue mushrooms................

I ve got some nice berries to make compotes out of for breakfasts, so that is next on the list...

hope you are having a fun time whatever you are doing.....

PS do you remember this.....

Yes! it is our wedding anniversary today............look at our half built kitchen, we spent all our money on the aga, and more or less had only had wedding cake and crisps and some salad to eat and a bottle of Champagne...but have we regretted one day ....never!
Happy days always xxxxxx and I would wish you the same
Love Lynn

So festive.....

2011-12-19T05:26:00.000-08:00

Met my lovely daughter yesterday, I had just finished some decorations in the house..................

then we went to lovely Lytham ..it has the most pretty shops and a little ice ring and a wonderful atmosphere we ate too many cakes ha ha and bought far too many flowers it was fabulous to be together...

hope you have a wonderful week....

Love Lynn xxxx

Step out of your door and anything can happen.....................

2011-12-17T05:10:00.000-08:00

You know I was looking for a Christmas tree well........I went to the local car boot Tuesday and look what was leaning up against a van......looking all lost and lonely...it will have to be a fiver the guy said..it is real! ...I nearly kissed him! (lucky escape for him I think ...) then I dragged the tree home singing Carols and looking a little dishevelled for 8.30 in the morning rushing around cos my friends were also coming over.. so just this morning I put some pretty s on him isn't he cute xxxxx... you can make huge balls out of doilys...just sew 4 doilys together with some net and they fluff out beautifully xxxx

I also had some gorgeous gifts from my blogging friends this week........

Thank you so much for your inspired and creative gift Manonxxxx you can see Manons gorgeous French blog by clicking on her name.......

Thank you so very much for your hand made gift Linda xxxx...you can see Linda's creative blog

by clicking on her name

Thank you so much to you Julie such amazing lace and truffled goddies click on Julies name to see her lovely blog

I need a cup of tea after all that excitement...I hope all of your Christmas plans are going well for you. Thank you so much for your wonderful comments and your emails they are real treasures and make me smile with the sheer pleasure of knowing you across yours and my pages, I try to comment back as often as I can, and I am really sorry if I miss you , I will get to you next time xxxx...best get the lunch on now hungry husband ha ha .........xxxxxx

Starting to decorate......................

2011-12-11T07:04:00.000-08:00

Hope you are all well xxx and not too frazzled from looking at the horrendous cost of Christmas trees....

I think I shall have to opt out this year. I have two lovely ones in pots outside and may bring one in for a few days, but I feel guilty and don't want to kill it.

I play motets and chants when I am decorating...eat lots of cake and today had a rather nice cool glass of Asti ( I love the bubbles)... so I am sorry if the pictures are a little squify.....ha ha.

Tuesday will be simply lovely some friends are coming round for a Christmas workshop, lots of mess lots of fun..I shall take some pictures..Hurrah!

Hugs Lynn xxxx

Small Christmas Sale............

2011-12-05T07:37:00.000-08:00

Thought you would like to see my almost finished fairy and moth carousel...

It has taken me ages to make my moth and fairy carousel from music sheets and fabric............

....

Moving on......to my Sale

I have been asked by so many of you to sell some of my paper items..I have a few now for sale..please drop me a line if you would like to buy one, I also have just a few beautiful Lino Cut hand Printed cards and tags made my my friend Clare she is a fabulous printmaker and has her own studio that she works from.....

Payment can be made via paypal or cheque or euros .

Hugs Lynn xxxx

Hand made by me......

Assorted soft colour Fairys in silk tulle glittery dresses

With a hanging tag on the back.

27cm high 17cm wide

so sorry all sparkly girls SOLD OUT

Hand made by me......Woodland Keepers. 31cm high

She has a small space for a special gift....

SO sorry all woodland keepers sold out

Hand made by me........Pack of 3 Silent Night Holy Night tags

12cm by 14cm

£5.00 postage £ 1.50

Owl Tag by Clare

17cm x11cm

Hand Printed from a lino cut

£1.75 each 0.75 postage

Wise Owl Card by Clare

23cm x 17cm

7 print lino cut

Limited Edition

Will make a lovely framed Picture...

£5.50 1.50 postage

Please email me on

lynnbarron@fsmail.net

Wonderful Surprises................

2011-11-24T12:13:00.000-08:00

There are some things that you expect in the post bills etc........and then some others are just totally gorgeous, unexpected, and most welcome.......
Like this beautiful bouquet of Eucalyptus pods from Kay ...................

I have been trying so hard to find some of these Wintery stems full of green and white frosty pods (that last and last forever), and thought I would never ever see any in the north west. But a fabulous thing happened and Kay from 'Is this the Right Path' blog who has a florist called Martin and the Magpie sent me this gorgeous wonderful bunch of powdery pods all wrapped in Darkest rich brown tissue,the box smelling of her flower shop. I had just got in from work to a poorly husband (he has my flu) and was thrilled to see this lovely bunch.... they will look amazing with eucalyptus leaves, and red, berry's, really so festive.
THANK YOU Kay what a lovely treat xxxxx

Now my other parcel... (Adrian said it was like Christmas)now that had in it some Annie Sloane wax clear and dark to antique my paint work.......I am renovating a dolls house,using Annie Sloane Chalk paints
thought it would be nice to keep my bits and pieces in, like a cupboard but smaller of course...
Phew what an evening...best get some tea cooked before poorly husband turns grumpy xxx ha ha .........

Hope you've had a lovely day too....Happy Thanksgiving xxxxxxx

Carnival Noel....................

2011-11-20T08:08:00.000-08:00

Ilax Berries wearing their best red coats.....

Fly Fly little shiny moth....

All the birds sing for Solstice

Dancers to fly on sparkly feet with the moths.......

Christmas Stockings.......

waiting for presents.....

The whole house is peaceful and quiet, it is misty outside and we have lit the fire and the flames are making shadows on the walls, whilst I have been off work with this virus, I have been happily crafting and sewing , falling asleep sometimes thread in hand.

I am now creating a paper mache mobile from music sheets to which I will attach my moths and dancers. My inspirations this year have come from old European Travelling Carnival pictures, so my colours are muted and faded like the images I have been looking at.

I rather like the idea of a slightly darker more mysterious solstice for this year, I would love to find some softer lights for the tree, more creamy than white so I could get that dulled sepia look to the tree too.

What a are your favourite Christmas colours?

Lynn xx

Some pictures of home and my work................................

2011-11-11T03:10:00.000-08:00

I print my own fabric....

and love to embroider my drawings......

Down the stairs into my basement kitchen .........

Shall I make some more fairy s I like twinkly ones.........

or I could needle felt another Princess..............

Christmas Maddonas to Cherish

frosty mornings....

What will my hall look like this year......

Boxes of pretty things to work with.....

Cushions to make for friends......

I've been poorly all week and haven't left the house, so I have had the lovely pleasure of flickering through some older pictures of the things I have photographed in our home, and ideas that I have made that I sometimes forget about. So I hope you don't mind a little trip down memory lane just for this post....pictures of my cough medicine and echanacea drops just don't look as nice...ha ha ..

With love and a few sneezes

I love to solder charms, heart shapes are my favorite

to make Christmas hearts...

Best wishes ....enjoy.......Lynn xxxxx

In the mists and magic.................

2011-10-30T13:05:00.000-07:00

Surfing in the waves..............

sea-weeds

A magical house..........

and gardens.

Hidden windows....

the trees reach in through the door.............

do the woodland creatures live here...........

and do they tip toe into the cottage in the night...............

We have just arrived back from a wonderful weekend away to celebrate Samhain...the weather was appropriately atrocious and the rain has lashed down for days..... but our cottage was cosy with log fires and warm wool blankets and the laughter of friends.........those no longer with us and those we can still hug. We remember and love them all...Happy Samhain, and a Happy Celtic New Year.

Love Lynn xxxx

Crafting and recording ........................

2011-10-25T07:19:00.000-07:00

Christmas Woodland Keepers

Beaded Insect samples onto vintage silks

Embroidery Samples

Vintage style tea stained smocking and Kantha samples

Stitch in wool felted in

Stitch woven onto Felted samples

I have been busy working on my Christmas themes to put into my new Etsy shop 2 weeks to go......

This a peek at a woodland creature she is part of my woodland theme, mosses and lichen and magical woodland creatures. My other theme is based around the Beautiful Maddona and more contemporary stitch...more to come...

I also thought you may like a peek at one of my rather large sample books, all the stitches I ever use I keep in here then when I need inspiration for a project vola! hopefully its in the book

Wishing you all well xxx

Taking some time...

2011-10-16T06:48:00.000-07:00

Now here is another picture of my new still room..I'm slow I know but I can't afford everything at once so please be patient with me whilst I wait for just the right second hand pieces to magically appear at the car boot.

I bought some gorgeous berry's and chilli peppers from the market this week and I have been boiling up vintage blankets and vintage cashmere jumpers to use in my sewing. Are you making anything for Christmas cooking or crafty crafts....drop by and let me know..

Hugs Lynn xxx

Poetry that touches your soul

2011-10-11T07:35:00.000-07:00

This is the latest page from Kays beautiful blog Is this the right path

she writes the most beautiful poetry ... I just had to share...thanks Kay xxxxx

Let the magic happen..........

2011-10-09T05:35:00.000-07:00

How aware are we of our intuition, the magic within us, of our creativity, weaving love into the lives of our family's our friends creating restful havens in our homes. How much happiness can we bring with a bunch of autumn flowers or a jar of home made jam lovingly given.....do we do enough? It is in our power to forget our egos, to let go of impatience, to notice more what others need, and what they are trying to say...to let not only our intuition speak but to act on it...so as the leaves fall and the wind twirls them into spirals of colours I know I will try to listen to my inner voice more so I am able to do these things.

With love

Restored room....nearly....

2011-10-03T04:11:00.000-07:00

Last week I decided to go get some new lamps for my new utility room , a perfect Autumn day.....

I found this gorgeous lamp and here it is on my newly painted window sill

I know I still have my tree and lights on from last year....my bit of all year round Christmas ...

Here is another lamp I bought and a picture of the colours I have used in the room, mostly cool whites and greys..

then I had lunch outside..I know a little greedy with the tomato sauce!

I am so pleased the utility room is nearly back to normal after our flood in January

it has been a great to re plan and redecorate and forget about how nasty it was.

More pictures soonxx

Hugs Lynn

What an amazing week.......

2011-09-28T03:28:00.000-07:00

My Jeanne d'Arc Living arrived from Camel and Yak

Filled with amazing ideas, and suggestions I never get bored with it...................

Gorgeous lighting.................

ideas for colour palettes and furniture treatments...............

I'm starting making my Christmas crackers and presents........Inspired by my classes with Jessie Chorley

just can't wait to do her work shop November.......

I found this at the car boot Tuesday, meter's of fabulous French fabric in two shades of the same pattern

must have been huge curtains.....

The sun is shining I have tucked a blanket and some sandwiches into a small bag with my sewing and my lovely new magazine Jeanne d' Arc Living and I am heading for a soft mossy spot in the park near the river. The decorators are in at home finishing painting our repaired flooded back kitchen so all is well with the world, well just for today.. but then its only today that really matters isn't...............

I hope your today is the best it can be

Lynn xxxx

A new book on the doorstep...................

2011-09-22T04:38:00.000-07:00

I am probably the last person in Blog land to know about this amazing book it arrive yesterday from Amazon and I am in heaven...glorious....fabulous....amazing.....vintagey heaven........I don't need to say any more except if you can, get a copy............................I also went walking on the beach..it was so beautiful windswept and barren almost like a Winter-scape it left me tingling and tasting salt on my lips, and feeling like life was really OK .....Lynn xxxx

Headlines 'Husband gets it right'.....................

2011-09-16T06:37:00.000-07:00

Enter my husband............

Rothay Manor Ambleside.............

Lots of cakes.....

Tons of deliciousness

my own vegetarian platter..............

I just have to share my amazing afternoon...what a surprise for me....an amazing Afternoon Tea....looking over the Lakes on a perfect autumn day, with I might say a perfect husband......

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Lynn xxxx

I wanted to share some lovely ideas..................

2011-09-14T11:52:00.000-07:00

Vintage wool embroidery

Make your own wallpaper.......

A jam jar of flowers........

I just wanted to share a few ideas with you because they will cost nearly nothing and look amazing.

1, Embroider buttons as flowers round the cuff of an older jumper, one cuff will do or add them to a wool scarf, or fill in the moth holes of your favourite jumper......

2, Make your own wallpaper like this one in Anthropologie..... you just need a roll of wallpaper lining and some pretty photocopy's, there are so many inexpensive downloads on etsy mix them with a few doily's and postcards or keep it simple like the Perfume Labels or silhouettes of your family or pets just make one piece and tape it up for a new look....

3, Take a simple jam jar tie a pretty velvet vintage ribbon round and fill with Autumn flowers hips and berry's

pop a brown paper label on with some nice script and give it to a friend.

Tomorrow it is going to be sunny get your vitamin D while you can

Lynn xxxx

A French Vacation......................

2011-09-11T07:53:00.000-07:00

Pennys fabulous French garden, full of figs and apples and walnuts and peaches and somewhere shady to sit and read my book.

A beautiful 10th Century Pilgrims Church on a cobbled bridge........

Some fabulous Flea market finds...I must say Penny knows the places to go to.....

Lovely French bills of purchase from all sorts of shops.. I shall scan them in and print them onto fabrics.

The Churches are full of the most amazing and beautiful relics...

Can you see the enamelled Crypt Heart in white they are everywhere and so gorgeous and shabby and I loved them....I must figure out how I can sew similar..... You can see at fabulous article on these hearts on thisgorgeous blog here Petite Michelle Louise

This was my afternoon pitch out of the sun, feeling bohemian and decadent lazing with my mint tea in this lovely spot under the eaves.

I bought the most lovely clothes the blouse in the piture is hand sewn and embroidered and I bought beautiful nightdresses in fine linens to wear as dresses ...it was fabulous.

I had the most amazing time with my lovely friend Penny at her fabulous house in France... it is near the village where I took the picture of the enamel heart and not far from La Reole Abbey on the pilgrims route to St Jacques d'compostella northern Spain.
Penny asked me to go and have a holiday with her in her lovely home in France We have been writing for years and I have been buying all my lovely linens from her since I was at University 8 years ago. Penny has a super Etsy shop here called penelopeslinenloft.
Well I don't know what I enjoyed the most......I think my favourite was the vide grenier we went to at Villandraut we scooped up the bargins and ate lovely French do nuts..... for break fast ha ha I was in seventh Heaven what a holiday thank you Penny xxxxxx

Woodland magic...............

2011-08-28T03:20:00.000-07:00

It is easy to sit and to draw, it doesn't hurt my arm.... I made the above drawings and painting sat quietly in the wood near my home, to pull the forest around you, a mantle of leaves, with a mossy bough for your feet. I sit and listen to the rustle of drying leaves and golden grasses...She comes then fleeting and light..... feral and wild ...she is my forgotten voice and I want to run through the forest with her..but she is too fast and not of this world...so I draw her instead and when I look down there is a feather from her hair in my lap...............
with love...................

Dreams in flight.............

2011-08-21T12:29:00.000-07:00

I thought butterflies against my window.....soft wings that will whisper summer all through the Winter...lifting me up into the blue sky...trailing autumn leaves and sparkling frosts and the rain can fall and spatter and splash onto my window and I will be warm and safe within their wings...........

xxxxxx

Playing with brushes...............

2011-08-18T09:29:00.000-07:00

My painting........

Woodland walking..........Autumn is in the air..the crows are whispering messages in the dew laden mornings..I cannot sleep at night and I leave footprints in the morning dew dusky in the pink dawn.
The Goddess is here dusting the air with gold and watching me draw with my palette of northern colours, I ask for her help to guide my hand..to let me sleep, to heal my body, to make me better..and the crows fly away with my wishes across the golden corn and over the mermaids in the water.................

Pages of inspiration........

2011-08-09T04:23:00.000-07:00

A beautiful French poetry book dated 1950 just sat on the shelf of my local Charity shop......now takes pride of place on my table...the drawings are so beautiful, the artists are Jose et Jean-Marie Granier.
Hugs Lynn xxx

A bit early but thinking of Christmas...............

2011-08-06T02:01:00.000-07:00

Jessie Chorleys gorgeous drawings

Jessie and Buddugs Shop on the Columbia Road

I'm so glad to be talking to you all my dear blog friends..I have been so poorly for so many weeks unable to really do much and not really able to craft or use my computer so I am so sorry if I have not written and have lost touch with you....... I hope I can start to post a little more often and visit your beautiful blogs too......
My lovely Mom has treated me to a Christmas workshop November 12th with one of my favourite designers Jessie Chorley take a look at her gorgeous and amazing work ( blog link to Jessie and Buddugs Shop is in my picture list at the side of my page) so I have something wonderful to aim for, and I will have lots of nice things to make for Christmas.
.I know how it seems a long time away...but the crows are starting to chatter in the dusky green leaves of late summer and somehow the magic of the year moves on, trickling through my fingers like a cool stream on a summers day...............
May I toast you all with a piece of chocolate cake and a nice cup of tea xxxxxxx

Mr Finch

2011-07-16T02:50:00.000-07:00

Sometimes....... my breath is taken away.....by the gift of creativity, in all its magical forms, it changes my day and inspires me to think differently. I hope this beautiful exquisite work of Mr Finches changes yours............. Mr Finch also has a fabulous 'Mister Finch on etsy' shop with rather lovely treats in it.
Getting better xx Lynn xxxxx

Days of our lives..............

2011-06-27T07:10:00.000-07:00

My beautiful cloth from Julie

Have to recommend this spread.....yummy

Good old fashioned blancmanges.......

Julie from the Cloth Shed said she saw this beautiful cloth and thought of me, and oh my goodness

sent it to me in the post....needless to say I was breathless and thrilled ...she has just got back from Paris and has some lovely pictures..thank you soooo much Julie xxx

Now I wanted to show and share with you this amazing spread from India, made from Rose Petals and sugar it is totally divine and even a tiny bit gives everything the taste and perfume of roses. We are so lucky to have many Indian Cuisine shops near us and they have the most lovely array of rose water and jammy things... I really hope you have some near youxx

Now the not so good news I shall be disappearing for a while...I am in Hospital at the end of this week to have a small operation and I don't think I shall be up to much so.....I want to wish you all a good few days of sunshine, the whisper of flowers on the wind, and I shall be back as soon as I am able

All my love

Lynn xxxx

24/7 for the love of craft.....

2011-06-19T06:33:00.000-07:00

My lovely prize from Cathy

My Beautiful necklace from Cathy

My Fabulous magazine from Cathy s Give-away

Then some days magical things happen.............and you are the one.....yes me.. I won a give away from 'Dare to Dream Cathy Pentons beautiful blog. oh my goodness it was such a suprise thank you so much Cathy , I am so thrilled with my lovely gifts. Cathy creates the most beautiful things from her romantic family home in Australia, and she has a gorgeous shop too, that I should love to visit visit, I will get there one day Cathy xxx...............................

If you are able to go Manchester Metropolitan University has their Graduate shows on now...they are so fresh and new..and talented. I spent all day there yesterday just soaking in the work and talking to the students.... who when you think about it, are our future.... our world will be the world that they make, that they create with their ideas and their hands, they are at the beginning of everything and I find their enthusiasm intoxicating and exciting... a web of wonder that the young believe in ........here is just a tiny taster of their work......

Just so amazing and beautiful..........................
Love Lynn xxxx

New Talent spotting................visit the Shows.........

2011-06-07T13:22:00.000-07:00

There is nothing as refreshing as new emerging talent...the gorgeous work above is by

Catherine Frere-Smith at Chelsea Collage of Art and design.

At this time of the year all University's are preparing for the Shows, Textiles, Ceramics, Fashion, Photography...try to go to one near you...I promise you will have a wonderful time and will never be disappointed...... Most students have worked so very very hard to produce their final displays of their work and would so appreciate your interest.

I will try to feature more in the next few days......The Chelsea Art and Design Show is between the 18th and 25th of June...have fun xxxxx

Days of magic...................

2011-06-05T00:30:00.000-07:00

My beautiful Wood Dweller from sweetbestiary.com

My painting of two new cups........

You know things are going to get better when........

The shoulder you tore the tendons in months ago is going to get fixed and the horrendous pain will stop eventually....... thank you xx
Your day off after 6 weeks of constant rain is SUNNY....thank you.
Your daughter makes pistachio and raspberry ripple meringues and brings them round in a beautiful tin......... thank you Kate xxxxx
Your brooch, a beautiful woodland creature arrives that morning,..... thank you xxx

Your first little painting of the day is ok .....thank you....

Please will you share with me what makes your days better

Lots of hugs

Lynn

thank you my lovely thoughtful daughter xxx

Such a fabulous day Jessie 'Embroidered story and Memory books workshop '

2011-05-22T13:12:00.000-07:00

My little book..............

Jessie s beautiful work...............

As much cake as we could eat.......................

Leigh's work...................

Tatiania's book ...............

........and book mark...........

Helens dancing ladies................

more of Jessies work..............

..................................and more lovelies

.......................................more....stories

love them all so much

Jessie pouring out the tea..........

Just starting the day.................so exciting..............................

I want to share a perfect Saturday with you all. I went to the most wonderful work-shop at Jessie's and Buddugs shop in London on the Columbia road.....
Jessie showed us her some of her amazing Journals to inspire us, she likes to use vintage fabrics with character and embellishes them with hand stitch and all sorts of beautiful found buttons, ribbons and jewellery. To help us get started she gave us all fabulous fabric packs to work with, they were filled with vintage linens, embroidered lace and pretty postcards to start us off. Then provided us with beautiful script ink stamps......vintage ephemera, everything you might need.....
The whole shop is an absolute inspiration and for me to be able to sit and sew for 5 hours plus be surrounded by all that vintage.... well....I was in seventh heaven, and with 4 other lovely ladies to chat to and share cake with the day passed far far to quickly ...................
To end the day I wondered in the warm late sun slowly down Brick Lane...made some rather nice fabric purchases from a vintage shop (show you later) and ate a rather good curry and a home-made lemonade......before getting the 7.30pm train back to my beloved who had bought me this lovely surprise for my Birthday....thank you my Adrian xxxx
Hope you all had a great weekend
xxxxxx

Shadows of the mind.........................

2011-05-15T06:46:00.000-07:00

Waiting for the train..............................

My embroidery on an old feed sack...I keep putting it down then doing a bit more.......................nearly finished

Shadows........ I find magical They are there...seen or unseen.... eclipses, moonshine, earth shine...... all can reflect our secret places becoming portals into our creative unconscious. This recess of our deeper consciousness hoards our dreams our imaginings from which we draw with effort and will the ideas to translate into our creations. My embroidered /beaded Blue bird sings now.... where once it was quiet just waiting in the dark, somewhere in my mind .......................................

The Rites of May............ Beltane

2011-05-07T12:48:00.000-07:00

I am Aradia:

Daughter of the sea, and daughter of the wind;

Daughter of the Sun, and daughter of the Moon;

Daughter of the dawn, and daughter of the sunset.

Daughter of the night, and daughter of the mountains.

I have sung the song of the sea,

And I have listened to the sighing of the wind.

I have heard the hidden secrets of the Sun,

And I have drunk of the tears of the Moon.

I have seen the beauty of the dawn,

And I have seen the sorrow of the sunset.

I have lain 'neath the darkest dark of the night,

And I have beheld the might of the mountains.

For I am stronger than the sea, and freer than the wind.

I am brighter than the Sun, and more changing than the Moon.

I am the hope of the dawn, and the peace of the sunset.

I am more mysterious than the night, and older than the mountains.

Older than time itself;

For I am She who was, who is, and who will be:

For I am Aradia.

Come, my chosen one, come, my lover

When the wind blows warm and perfumed across the meadows, and bird song moves the air in tremors of song which of us can resist spending time in the company of the Goddess.

Lynn xxx

Tuesday Holiday with friends.....................

2011-04-26T07:24:00.000-07:00

Success! well first time lucky I think, French Macaroons and I made them yesterday for today...I'm rather pleased with them especially as I have a rather cranky 2 door Aga with an attitude...so I tried them out on Claire this morning.................

Look gone...............I might try some pretty colours next.........

my rash purchase.............................

such vintage rooms....................

Bought a new house today...car boot of course....but I fell in love

there are lots of plans in the pipe line for this little lovely......

milky sunshine enticing me to relax....................

Now I am going to settle down to do some sewing in my cosy corner ..........

isn't it nice to have a day off work and to share it with friends............thanks Claire xxx

Hugs Lynn xxxxx

Happy Easter...................................

2011-04-21T05:42:00.000-07:00

I wanted to say Happy Easter and share with you some gorgeous pictures from a beautiful blog

Osma of odds

Rosemary makes the most beautiful items and I am totally in love with her Ex Votive Gift Tags

(see below)....

see them in her Etsy Shop

To visit it, is to dream, it really is full of delicate and very beautiful creations.

I wish you all the most wonderful and happy Easter Holiday.

Lots of love........

Lynn xxx

Creations by Rosemary

Abandoned but not forgotten.....................

2011-04-11T13:08:00.000-07:00

Can you ever imagine being so poor or desperate you would repair your bra to its last breath..........no neither could I...yet I am drawn to buy and photograph and treasure these tender pre- loved utility scraps..I suspect it says more about me than them...............what draws you into its world?...............

PS Tuesday evening......Please if you are just looking at this post please read the comments that I have been left..they are quite beautifully written and speak of thoughts from the heart, and I am thrilled that you my blog friends have written them, they are far more fabulous than what I have put in the post and you have all made my soul soar with these kind words..thank you so much xxxxxx

Compromise... do I.... should we....do you?

2011-04-07T08:08:00.000-07:00

My finds today

and today

and also today

Are they looking at us...... or are we looking at them.......I always wonder..................

Car Boots......never disappointing ....the excitement....the treasure...peeping, turning, dusty dirty, colours whispering...... a greeting , a hug, a friend.
Time on wings takes flight through the ages of wars and memories forgotten treasures.... lost things.... buttons..... bits...........................
Then... I run for the train...run like my heart is bursting have I left it too late..no! just got it.....another day....another day at work.. not being where I really want to be.... another day and my life slowly bleeds into the compromise.............................

Hoping you are having a lovely Mothers Day ............................

2011-04-03T06:15:00.000-07:00

Making banners for today has been time consuming but fun..................

Making Mothers Day gifts......more fun

Cakes from Harry Eastwoods book...............no fat no gluten, strange recipes that taste out of this world

cakes that are actually good for you...honestly!

Thought I would show a glimpse of our' home made' afternoon that I seem to have been making for weeks ha ha ....cakes, banners, butterflys and flowers, lots of fun, some sunshine..hope your having the same.......................Lynn xx

A peep through the Jeanne d'Ark window Spring is on its way..............

2011-03-24T13:55:00.000-07:00

You all know I love this magazine well the Spring time April issue is due out, I have put more pictures on my other blog for you to see more...........http://sea-angelsinspirations.blogspot.com/

and what I wouldn't give for a mirror like that..........

..........Just changing the subject did you know Spring has come early this year... and thats official

today whilst I was out running the blossom was falling like snow, and I was surrounded by a gorgeous almond perfume...Wild Plum and Sloe..it was warm and quite wonderful..

have you got blossoms yet...

Lynn xxxxx

ooop's a little early but........ Sunday sale..................

2011-03-19T11:54:00.000-07:00

'~~Running Hares'~~

Printed by me

15 inches long and stuffed with filling and Lavender,backed with vintage Fabric

~~£9.50 Each plus £2.00 postage UK email me for other areas~~

lynnbarron@fsmail.net

Two reserved

Many thanks xx

Thank you I have now sold out of all my Hares including

next weeks stock thank you xxx

We are off to celebrate the Spring Equinox with our lovely friends

Tonight our beautiful Lady Moon is the closest to the Earth in 18years..

leave out a glass of cold tap water tonight while you whisper your wishes to the moon

and let the water soak up the moonshine,

then drink down your moon dreams early in the morning.

Spring is singing at our doors

and we intend to welcome her in........with open arms

Love Lynn xxx

Girl Friends.............

2011-03-17T09:57:00.000-07:00

A special day..........thanks to Anne, Vicki, Claire.......not only was the car boot the best for a long time, but sharing your laughter, seeing you all smile and giggle and planning our girls holiday break to France over morning coffee, I realized just how lucky I am to know all of you, and be a small part of your lives, and thank you for my cards and pressies xxxxx.....I really hope you see this post cos Claire you don't have a computer anymore (sad face) and Anne you've never got round to buying one!, so Vicki this is down to you ha ha ....

Lots of Love for a fabulous time...see you soon

Love Lynn xxxxx

The gorgeousness that is in the simple things.............

2011-03-16T14:13:00.000-07:00

Apologies for loosing the links to these images if they are yours let me know and I will add them on

Images can bring with them a peacefulness...

they may speak of times past and woven history's

they stir feelings for family like the smell of a new baby,

home baking, and musty pages of forgotten books of summer reading....

.............xxxxx

Sunday Sale................Hand printed

2011-03-13T06:10:00.000-07:00

'Anyone can Bake'

Hand Printed onto Oatmeal Linen..(the top two pictures are the true colour)

4 Different large mats 35cm x 40cm .

~~£38.00 including postage to Europe~~

~~£40.00 including postage to USA~~

I ~~can invoice you with Pay pal~~

~~or you can pay by Cheque~~

Please email me at

lynnbarron@fsmail.net

~~sold awaiting payment~~

SOLD thank you xxx

A4 Document Wallet 24cm x 32cm

Hand Printed onto Coffee Creamy Vintage French hemp.

Fastens with a Black Chiffon Bow

~~£24.00 inc postage to Europe~~

£25.50 including postage to USA

Please email me at

lynnbarron@fsmail.net

I can invoice you via paypal

or you can send me a cheque.

Reserved for Carol

Sold

I am sorry for not being around this week but I have been a little poorly, still the sun is shining again so things are looking up.

Thank you so much for dropping by... have a lovely week

Hugs Lynn xxxx

Visiting the Vintage Fashion fair..........................

2011-03-07T00:36:00.000-08:00

Ha! I became my own exhibit today, on the way to the Fair Mr Sea-Angels said....I'll just take a picture of your scarf....and got carried away...ha ha.. we had a lovely day, bought some very pretty things that I will show you later on in the week.

I love this VintageFair it is in Manchester at the Armitage centre, and is always near my birthday so its a kind of birthday outing sort of....you know what I mean...

Hugs Lynn xxx

Hope you had a lovely weekend too...lots of sunshinexx

Sunday Sale....Vintage Ballet Shoes

2011-03-06T05:44:00.000-08:00

Gorgeous Peachy Vintage Ballet Shoes,

Leather bottoms, and wooden blocks

Size 5.5

Unworn

for the Dancers at Heart...

Please email me

lynnbarron@fsmail.net

~~they are 16.00 including postage to UK and Europe~~

I am happy to post to USA but it will be a little more.

Hugs Lynn xxx

~~On hold Awaiting Payment~~

SOLD

Vintage textiles ...wear them.. draw them... be inspired by them....

2011-03-02T01:27:00.000-08:00

Something nice for today....its dull and we all need some sunshine...
Hugs Lynn xxxxx

Threads of Feeling.......................

2011-02-28T14:23:00.000-08:00

If you can go and see this fabulous exhibition before the 6th of March......at the Foundling Museum.

If you can't make it.... click on this link Threads of Feeling to see some of the heartbreaking messages and beautiful 18th Century tokens left with the Children at the Foundling Hospital..............

Love Lynn xx

Vintage Style Cotton Fabric for sale..

2011-02-27T02:47:00.000-08:00

140cm x 137cm

Each rose 7cm

The background is off white and the roses the same colour as the picture,

shades of vintagey pink....just drop me a line to my email

lynnbarron@fsmail.net

~~£12.50 including postage to uk and europe(will be a little extra to America)~~

Cotton Medium weight

Hugs Lynn xx

~~ON HOLD AWAITING PAYMENT xx~~

Sold

Thank you, Jenny xx

I shall probably be having a little sale of all sorts of things on a Sunday.

Hugs Lynn xx

I just love these colours................

2011-02-24T11:14:00.000-08:00

I just love these pictures and I store them on Pinterest come and have a look at my boards see the links where they came from and start your own.

Thank you to the suppliers of the above bits of fabulousness xxx

It was sunny today and the bird song was amazing

Hugs Lynn xxx

Fragmented Stories.....................

2011-02-20T03:14:00.000-08:00

My Stories... Embroidery's onto linens.....

Today a blanket of dense cold cloud rests heavy over the fields. All the landscape looks fragmented, bleak, flattened by Winters cleansing.

Winters season has reflected itself into my life over various years, cleansing and shredding away, offering harsh insights, its cold honest light in its frightening simplicity can offer many new paths to walk.

Bride the Goddess at Imbolc (February 2nd) offers us new beginnings, a new insight, Spring Growth and a new light, but it is only now weeks later that I begin to see her growing light and feel her energy whispering fine threads of promise, to feel her insights edging, pushing through the fragments of Winter.

With love

The winner is...........................

2011-02-14T12:58:00.000-08:00

Thank you all so much for entering this post and joining in with the Valentines fun.

I will be sending 'Time to Dream' the heart shaped cushion, together with the remainder of both fabrics provided for me by Cabbages and Roses, and one of my own hand printed Vintage French Linen Cushions in a soft grey , which I hope you will enjoy.xx

Please send me your Full name and address to my email lynnbarron@fsmail.net

Have a lovely evening everyone

Lynn xxxxx

Valentines Heart.....Cabbages & Roses Give Away...........................

2011-02-09T23:09:00.000-08:00

Cabbages and Roses Podge Cerise

Cabbages and Roses' Hatley Pink'

It is always very exciting and rewarding to get together and collaborate with other artists and makers, and I have been invited to do just that......

Together with Cabbages and Roses I have designed and lovingly made these two Romantic Heart cushions, one of which will be a Valentines GIVE AWAY on the 14th of February Valentines Day of course xx.............

Cabbages and Roses have chosen and provided me with two co-ordinating pieces
of their beautiful fabric, Hatley Pink and Podge Cerise. and have given me inspiration from their wonderful book 'Vintage Crafts'.

I have also used from my personal stash some vintage fabrics and some French silks, which I think just lend themselves perfectly to that contemporary yet traditional look at Cabbages and Roses.

To enter the draw for the Pink Hatley Heart Cushion please leave a comment on my blog and tell me which is your favourite Cabbages and Roses fabric.
To receive extra entries and a further chance of winning you can post this 'give away' onto your blog or any of your social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, then let me know you have done that in an extra comment so you don't miss out in the draw.
Don't Forget to also visit Cabbages and Roses blog for all of their latest and exciting news.

http://www.cabbagesandroses.com/

http://cabbagesandroses.wordpress.com/

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a fabulous Valentines day...Good Luck..
Lynn xxxxx

Lots of thinking time......................

2011-01-30T13:13:00.000-08:00

All pictures by Plain English Design

Thank you for all of your lovely supportive comments and your lovely caring letters xxxx, and I really apologize for not calling in on everyone to leave my personal comments. We haven't stopped for days now and I think we are both feeling the strain. Our insurance company have drawn up a jobs list that completes in October well at least it is this year......say no more! though I know we are not in such a bad mess like so many flooded homes both in this country and our friends far away in Australia xxx

On a brighter note I am throwing myself into re designing the whole of the basement......why not, if its going to be a mess for months...lets have some fun with it...

Love Lynn xxxx

Have a peaceful and lovely week...... it is getting lighter as well isn't that just the best! xxx.

Three hours later the wall split open and my kitchen was an open sewer.....

2011-01-27T11:10:00.000-08:00

I won't bore you with the tears..or the mess...or the bacteria report!!!..but next doors( 5 bedroom student let) sewage pipe burst through our wall into our basement kitchen and we have spent days and days now cleaning up...you don't want to know anymore trust me! its horrible...........

See you soon keep smiling

Love and hugs Lynn xxx

Normal blogs resumed asap xxxxx

I have just seen all of your supportive and wonderfully kind comments..thank you so much

The drain has been dug up and was completley smashed and they reckon it had been like it for ages UGH!

But things are looking up, I can't beleive how kind you have all been xxxx

Gifts from the heart.................

2011-01-20T05:42:00.000-08:00

I wanted to share with you some beautifully made gorgeous gifts from my blog friends, goodness knows where they find the time to make them I do not know, for they are both mothers they work and both have fabulous blogs.......I guess I must count my blessings to be the receiver of such fabulous and useful gifts...go look for yourself at the talents of these clever and lovely friends my warm and cuddly scarf is hand knit by Helen at A time to Dance and my personalized and handmade very pretty tags are made by Manon at Manon 21 blogspot....Ive wanted to show them for a while but I have been having horrid trouble with my camera and the Winter light.....bring back the light of an evening all is forgiven ha ha....can't wait for spring..
Hugs Lynn xxx

Time to share some fabulous ideas....................

2011-01-11T13:20:00.000-08:00

I have just settled down to this months Jeanne d'Arc Living January's issue book/magazine; it is so full of inspiration. I'm thrilled and had to share ..... the articles are for creating not only a Sewing Room but a Home Office too, plus loads of dazzling original ideas and photographs to study, utilise and save for later.

There's also a gorgeous French style kitchen, and lots of ways to use all kinds of vintage items in more contemporary settings, and clever ways. You can get this fabulous book from Camel and Yak...just the thing for this weather, so sit in a comfy chair with a cup of hot chocolate, scrummy cake , warm fire and 30 minutes to yourself......
This January treat is available from Camel and Yak xxxxxxxx
Hugs Lynn xxxx

I want to share this with you....................

2011-01-08T10:49:00.000-08:00

"When they ask to see your gods
your book of prayers
show them lines
drawn delicately with veins
on the underside of a bird’s wing
tell them you believe
in giant sycamores mottled
and stark against a winter sky
and in nights so frozen
stars crack open spilling
streams of molten ice to earth
and tell them how you drink
a holy wine of honeysuckle
on a warm spring day
and of the softness
of your mother who never taught you
death was life’s reward
but who believed in the earth
and the sun
and a million, million light years
of being"

- J.L. Stanley.

I saw this on Katie's lovely pages, taken from the pages of Sarah Elwell at Paper Roads

it took my breath away........

Love is all we need...............

2011-01-04T05:46:00.000-08:00

I turned up for work today and the University was shut...no lights, no staff and just my footsteps in the snow......ooops.... I think i'ts tomorrow...ha ha

So now I'm back home and I'm sewing Valentines bags with cake labels so I can pop in some nice red Valentines macaroons in in a few weeks time.. best be prepared..

Hugs Lynn xx

The cusp of magic ..... our past and our future...............

2010-12-31T04:28:00.000-08:00

Our stairs............... a place in between........... a place to sit and to think.

The past year with its pages full and brimming a book well read... the unknown year..it's pages new, unmarked, unfolded..........

This very eve we dance with both, we toast a future with hope, and salute the past with respect.......

Now let your dreams and wishes unfold...............................................

With Love and Bright Blessings

Lynn xxxx

Kissing under the Mistletoe............

2010-12-22T06:10:00.000-08:00

Early this morning

Do you think it's a good hint......................

Just some last minute finishes........ and I thought you might like to see my cosy cushion that I printed onto fur...I have never done this before and it worked! hurray........ no stopping me now ha ha...
Most of all I wanted to say a big thank you to you all so very much for being so supportive this year. With your kind , and lovely thoughts, with your fabulous and funny messages and most of all for letting me share a little in your worlds, and your lives be they near or far across rivers or Continents, it has been a real privilege for me to see into your homes and ideas, and I feel truly blessed thank you. Happy Christmas xxxxxxx

Happy Wedding Anniversary................

2010-12-21T00:40:00.000-08:00

Like most couples we had no money, no furniture, but oh what a day........................and we celebrated Yule that night as we will tomorrow and pray that the Blessings of the Goddess are with all of us this Yultide and remember our lovely friend Sandy xxx.
A few words for yule...............

This is the season of the White Goddess,
And the time of the Divine Child.
It is a time for entering the wilderness,
And seeking the calmness of solitary locales.
This is a time to know the endurance of the hills,
For standing alone and godlike,
And seeing all things clearly.
So let us call forth the Old Ones,
And celebrate with joy the return of the Light!

At this time do we know the dark of the year.
The season of life is past, and all is cold.
Emptiness and blackness are all about.
Let us now give honour to the Goddess,
That the wheel of the year may turn on
Through the birth of the Divine Child,
The Golden Newborn Solstice Sun.
Bright Blessings my beloved
Lynn xxxx

Squeaking Mice......................

2010-12-20T02:28:00.000-08:00

Make your own Sugar Mice

450 Gram Granulated Sugar

225 ml water

2 tbsp of golden syrup

ribbon for tails

icing for eyes

Marble slap or very smooth surface

Put the sugar and water into a strong saucepan over a very gentle heat until ALL the sugar has melted, it will look cloudy white, only then bring it quickly to the boil and it will go clear, don't stir it and as soon as the temperature reaches 240 remove from the heat, if you let it go too much over you will get toffee brittle instead!!

Allow to cool in pan occasionally and very gently stirring as it cools, as it gets stiff tip out onto slab and with a palette knife move the outside cool sugar into the center eventually you can handle it like pastry.

Then either press into moulds( Lakeland sell mice moulds ) or you can model by hand. This recipe makes 8-12 squeaky mice for about 60 pence.......Don't forget to add the tails and keep an eye on the sugar I left my first lot for2 minutes to long and ended up with hard toffee! ha ha

We are having Mr Sea-Angels mom for Christmas FIRST time ever! so I have just started to get her room ready I want it to be a special magical Christmas (don't we all) and I liked the stillness and peace in there and the way the light is reflected from the snow outside, so I shall try to preserve that little peaceful place for her and not clutter it up toooo much ha ha...
Lots of hugs
Lynn

Last few days at work...................

2010-12-14T12:43:00.000-08:00

We don't normally put up decorations at work, but how could I resist sewing a few French Vintage paper stars

and some Festive Bunting together this morning........ it brightened my day up loads.... might even put some on my tree......

Hugs Lynn xxx

Playing with snow..................

2010-12-13T13:17:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I put our Yule Wreath on the front door..I'm getting kind of worn out but in a pleasant
amiable sort of way .......you know what I mean..present wrapping's and glitter everywhere, unfinished projects begging to have a final button stitched on....and food ingredients accumulating in groaning cupboards...with icing sugar adding a touch of silent stickiness to everything..........I just want to finish work and throw myself into those final mad days before I finally pass out with a glass of bubbly...
Oh but I do love it sooo much
Hugs Lynn xxxx
PS look up Snow effect on this link it gives you quite a nice speckly look like my top picture

Rescue mode..........................

2010-12-09T09:35:00.000-08:00

What do you do when it all gets too much?

I thought I would share my running with you today,

Glamorous.............. No

Stylish.....................No

Sexy.......................No

but give me the sky and the river, and an i pod full of music, a few hours of solitude, lots of fresh air and I'm ready for anything..............now where did I put my chocolate buttons....

Lots of hugs

Lynn xxxxxx

The Winner..............................with the help of my chums at the Vintage Fair

2010-12-05T09:08:00.000-08:00

collecting yule time berries

on the way to the fair

Vicky's lovely things

my fabulous car booting chum Anne she makes the most gorgeous jewelry

more lovely things....

Vicky Draws the winner Hurrah!

Well done Gaby xxxxx

This was so magical again today and so full of giggles and laughter being with friends at our local Vintage Fair. Drawing the winner, then collecting winter foliage...it was so icy we both (Mr Sea-angels)and me kind of skated along the roads to the fair, holding on to each other to stay upright... hence the rather strange photo of me trying to stand upright on a slippy downhill slope ha ha..No! I had not been drinking mulled wine ...honestly....

'We wish you a merry Christmas', tr la la la la laaaa....

Thank you so much for entering this little give away ...it really pulled at my heart strings to see all your names on my blog I wanted to be able to pass something nice to all of you thankyou so much for your support always xxx

Love Lynn xxxxx

Christmas Advent ........give-away.........

2010-11-28T08:16:00.000-08:00

I do hope you will enter my Christmas give away............... a parcel of hand printed goody's
on Vintage French Linens printed and made by me . Hoping that this give's you a magical start to this enchanted season....just leave your name and favorite Christmas food... I will make the draw next Sunday , good luck xxxxxxxxx

Wintery images , cinnamon smells ...............

2010-11-25T04:01:00.000-08:00

In our home and on my run xxx

Fun on the wall xx

My Cushion that I made

I had the most awful migraine yesterday, but it seems to have brought on a spurt of creativity. I printed the small tags for this cushion a few weeks ago but just got round to finishing it this morning after my frosty (rather cold I might add) run, I stopped to capture a few frosty pictures too......everywhere is so very beautiful today and icy fingers snapped at my cheeks when I was out......
See you soon .. give away at the weekend xxx

Toast................

2010-11-24T10:33:00.000-08:00

This gorgeous picture from' Toast' makes me want to find some snow to dance in and to wrap up warm and go outside with a flask of mulled wine on a frosty evening...it's just so magical......................don't you just LOVE this time of year xxxxx

Country Living Fair and getting ready for Yule......................

2010-11-21T12:18:00.000-08:00

Fantastic Soap ' Caurnie Soaperie' at the Fair

Christmas Trees and a sprout tree at the Farmers Market ha ha !!

Waiting patiently at the Country Living Fair to go in......

The journey up on the train was fabulous, passing through the snow topped hills..we sped along to the fair..what a super day.................. all the stands are beautiful at this gorgeous place but I must just tell you about this fabulous soap maker at the Country Living Fair 'Caurnie Soaperie' was not only the most beautifully decorated Stand by far (for me) but the products clear honey coloured soaps are drop dead fabulous, all natural oils are used to fragrance them, like lavender or Geranium, or Nettle and they are so gorgeous and gentle I can wash my face with them...and I have sensitive skin, I shall be putting some in my give away next week for the lucky winner to sample.

I had to pose in my new Top Shop .... cover every lump and bump jumper ha ha!! and just to remind you all that Christmas is on its way... a picture of two little pot grow trees that found their way into our shopping at the Farmers market today together with lots of lovely veggies..
I have made the Christmas cakes and I am now feeding them with lots of brandy to keep them nice and moist and just before I pop off I must remember to tell you that I am having a Christmas give away next week so be SURE to look in........
Happy days xxxxx
Lynn xxxx

Inspiration for Yule..........From Jeanne d'arc Living at Camel & Yak.....

2010-11-04T04:16:00.000-07:00

Jeanne d'arc Living Magazine at Camel and Yak
Just a small taster of this gorgeous and original magazine if you love Christmas, and you want pages of French and Scandinavian scrummyness you will find it here.....I have put lots more pictures on my sea-angels inspiration pages please take a look and enjoy xxxx
Have a lovely week, I am getting all excited already, I know you think I am mad but I do love it so much
Lynn xxx

Vintage Tart Tin Cupcakes......

2010-10-31T09:36:00.000-07:00

Just had to share this lovely idea from Becky Shander in Somerset Life, I have put pin cushions in cups but these in tins are so very pretty and so easy to make isn't she a very clever lady and very kind to share with us.

beckyshander.com have a look at her lovely things.

Love Lynn xxx

To my beloved friend.........

2010-10-30T04:13:00.000-07:00

Let our dear one's that have gone before us.

Return this night and make merry with us

And when our time comes as it must,

Oh thou the Comforter the Consoler'

The Giver of peace and rest.

We will enter thy realms gladly and unafraid

For we know that ,

When rested and refreshed amongst our dear ones

We will be reborn again, by thy grace,

And the grace of the Great Mother.

Let it be in the same place, and at the same time'

As our beloved ones.

And may we meet, and know, and remember, and love them again.

May we all be blessed with happy memories on this eve
.

With much love for all those we have lost and still have in our hearts

Lynnxxx

Christmas Embroiderys

2010-10-24T14:08:00.000-07:00

Thank you, so much for all of your comments last week, you really cheered me up with your kind words of support xxx
I was so lost without the computer....and jam supplies were being threatened! fortunately wonderful husband Adrian came to the rescue and has patched me together xxxx for the moment ..
However gifted with lots of free evenings I have managed to have fun sewing, the above pictures are small snippets of what I have been up to...Top Shop have a fashion theme going called the Ice Princess.. I loved the sound of it so I am using fur and sequins and faded old silk glittery net and images from what I would imagine an Ice Princess would have lying around her cold and beautiful palace, I shall show you some more glistening, twinkly bits later in the week.
I have booked for the Christmas Country Living Fair in Glasgow next month I thought it would make a lovely change from London, hope I bump into some of you there. There are bound to be lots of wonderful Christmas ideas to share let me know if you are going xxxxx

Computers!!

2010-10-17T11:10:00.000-07:00

I am darned if I know why our computer is giving us hell! but for a week now I can't post, so I have hijacked my next door neighbors lovely friendly machine with the promise of jam (as you know I have a lot of that) and cake to put round it.... ha ha.
No the bra is NOT my personal one !! but I do love the darns on it.... see you all soon (I hope) xxxxxx

Thank you so much for your lovely and caring replys xxxx....I'm at work and writing this but I should be fixed Saturday...fingers crossed I feel so very lost without all of you and my computor
Big Hugs Lynn xxxxx

My day off................

2010-09-30T09:35:00.000-07:00

Me and Myvanwy

A growing obsession

Darning an Edwardian underskirt

Practise makes perfect

Lavender Hearts for my Christmas Tree

Lovely Car Boot Finds

I ride a bike...not a lovely Pashley or Smart Town wheels with a basket, but a very old ordinary second hand bike called Myvanwy (after the Betjeman poem)...I can't drive I'm totally useless... but me and Myvanwy we can do anything, she is a magic carpet, sweeping me wherever I wish to go..she can carry cupboards! strapped to my back..shopping and me and we go faster than the wind blows....only on the country tracks though ha ha..so I set out on my bike today... really to stop myself making anymore jams and pickles.....(.though I will be making mincemeat the sweet vegetarian kind, it needs two months to mature....so I just have enough time)... and set off for the car boot.

Well as you can see I am also busy embroidering and making for Christmas and buying far too many things, lovely things from the car boot just lately...... anyway back to work tommorow..the students came back Monday and we have the First Years for their first Embroidery Lesson.. I leave the rest to your imagination...

Lots of laughter, lots of love....... this is the poem I so like.........

Kind o’er the kinderbank leans my Myfanwy,
White o’er the playpen the sheen of her dress,
Fresh from the bathroom and soft in the nursery
Soap scented fingers I long to caress.

Were you a prefect and head of your dormit'ry?
Were you a hockey girl, tennis or gym?
Who was your favourite? Who had a crush on you?
Which were the baths where they taught you to swim?

Smooth down the Avenue glitters the bicycle,
Black-stockinged legs under navy blue serge,
Home and Colonial, Star, International,
Balancing bicycle leant on the verge.

Trace me your wheel-tracks, you fortunate bicycle,
Out of the shopping and into the dark,
Back down the avenue, back to the pottingshed,
Back to the house on the fringe of the park.

Golden the light on the locks of Myfanwy,
Golden the light on the book on her knee,
Finger marked pages of Rackham's Hans Anderson,
Time for the children to come down to tea.

Oh! Fullers angel-cake, Robertson’s marmalade,
Liberty lampshade, come shine on us all,
My! what a spread for the friends of Myfanwy,
Some in the alcove and some in the hall.

Then what sardines in half-lighted passages!
Locking of fingers in long hide-and-seek.
You will protect me, my silken Myfanwy,
Ring leader, tom-boy, and chum to the weak.

thinking ahead.......................

2010-09-20T12:25:00.000-07:00

Starting to prepare for Yule

I bought these lovely letters from French Larkspur, with the intention of using them for backgrounds for my Christmas drawings and prints....but when I opened them up and started to read the contents written from one sister to another in the 20's/30's the joy... the heartache...the children..I could not bare to use them, well not just yet, they have been such a pleasure and joy to read and such an unexpected treat we never really know what is round the corner do we?
Back to my Christmas pudding drawings.......with love to you xxxxx

Sweet Jammy dreams..........

2010-09-09T07:41:00.000-07:00

Three lovely jars of Apple and vanilla ( plus some cinnamon ) Curd
Scrummy xx

I'm all sticky and the house smells of apples and spices as if Christmas has come early, and I am in danger of running out of jars...This is a fabulous book for jams...... it also has gorgeous chutneys and curds and you can get it from Amazon and I just wanted to recommend this as a very relaxing way of enjoying my day off ...I've probably put on 3lbs but I'm happy xxx ha ha

Happy Jamming xxx

Sacred Space.....

2010-09-05T09:37:00.000-07:00

Walking within the fells of the beautiful lake district feels sacred...the shadows of late summer are cooler, and the crows are gathering, the swallows have flown, and the hips grow rosy against the purple sloes in the thorny hedgerows.

It is but a moments breath until the Autumn colours descend and the equinox is here. But for this last moment we saver the goodbye to summer as the last twinkly rays filter across the lake.

May you find your own special sacred space this week xx

Lynn xx

J'adore.........

2010-08-22T23:53:00.000-07:00

What a lovely day.......autumn sunshine, golden fields of cropped blonde corn, enough French Armoires to
satiate the senses into Moorish oblivion, and a rather empty purse at the end of the day.......ha ha....
I hope to reply to you all soon, lots of hugs..
Lynn xxxx

What a month .....................

2010-08-19T11:54:00.000-07:00

Making a few bags.......

Buying a gorgeous statue

Recovering a chair in oatmeal linen

The arrival of my new and beautiful nephew Luke

I am loving this summer , even though it has not stopped raining ............sorry to be absent as well but I have been doing so many things...here is a little sample of what I have been up too.....making hand printed bags from vintage hemp and linen.. to sell....

Visiting car boots and boosting my vintage fabric supply's Oh and look I found this amazing and gorgeous Sacred Heart Statue,( kind of Cath Kidston looking if you know what I mean), and I just fell in love with it I even though it is a little damaged..I shall treasure it.....

I have also been recovering a chair in oatmeal linen, but leaving it looking a bit neglected too...( like me on a Monday morning) ha ha, but the best most wonderful thing....tra laaaaaaa.............is my lovely nephew Luke...he turned up very unexpected and early but is coming along a treat..look at all of his hair .squeak squeak, I just love him.
Love and hugs Lynn xxxxx

Susie Cowie Embroidery

2010-08-03T14:11:00.000-07:00

This is some of the most loveliest Embroidery I have seen in a long time,

By Susie Cowie

Hugs Lynn xxxx