Author Archives: Carla

Happy Valentine’s day

February 14, 2011 – 9:41 am

I am not terribly fond of St Valentine’s Day, chiefly because it seems to have become a garish commercial event, rather than a way to really honour those you love. Nonetheless, I am partial to vintage Valentines, so I thought a little display would brighten up my day–and hopefully yours too. Happy Valentine’s day!

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Sewing experiments

February 13, 2011 – 6:04 pm

Oh dear. I blinked and my blogging holiday turned into a hiatus. It has been a strange time this one: stressful, difficult, tiring, but also joyful, full, intense. Unlike other ‘blogging holidays’ I took, though, this time I was unusually busy ‘making’ stuff. On top of my usual collageing and paper crafts, I decided to [...]

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Where the spirit goes

June 30, 2010 – 7:43 am

Today a caring, tender, exceptional woman lost her husband. Today a sweet gentle little girl lost her father. I wish there was something, anything I could do to ease their sorrow, and it enrages me to know that there isn’t. But there is perhaps something I can tell them. His spirit is still with them. [...]

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In my garden

May 27, 2010 – 5:05 pm

I am still shoulder high in crates, but I took a minute today to nip to the garden, and look what I saw. Aren’t roses beautiful?

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We are moving (well, almost)

May 24, 2010 – 12:16 pm

We are almost there! All our furniture has arrived from storage and we are now in the (long, tedious, untidy) process of unpacking the 60 or so crates that contain our possession. We are sleeping at the old flat (so the children won’t have to live with dozens of unpacked boxes littered everywhere) but the [...]

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