Do not be afraid…

Someone sent me these lovely words ‘’ The essential part of creativity is not being afraid to fail’’

How often in life (as adults) we do not venture outside the box, afraid of what the world will say or afraid of personal failure? On our creativity side we are then suppressed by outside opinion and not opinion from the heart within.

 Another factor that also plays a big role is age. With age (hopefully) comes wisdom and when we look back sometimes we have regrets of not doing what the heart said and listened to the outside world. We were too afraid to follow the heart and be creative in heart and soul. Afraid of failure.

Each one of us is so special and unique so do not be afraid to fail, just lift yourself up and start all over again and the fears will soon become vague memories of many moons ago. We are all dependant on one another in some or  other way and it is through this bond that we can get inspiration anew for whatever we do!

My inspiration was short lived when my grand child got hold of some of my crotchet and unravelled all 60 chain stitches. Maybe he wanted to help?

Here is a love heart made from the colours picked from the Autumn leaves, adorned with little beads and ribbons – an inspiration to all. Life is there, do not be afraid of it!

Happy Crafting and fearless approach to failure!

Luvvies

In the still of the soul (Green soul today)

Knitting click clack click clack like train wheels on a railway line my needles break the silence in the air. They are talking to me – click clack……

I just like green (like I do all colours) but had to Google why I chose this colour when I saw it, maybe I have a deep underlying physiological problem..hehehehe..... any case this is what I found. (think I am a bit normal now- so I can rest my tic tok brain)

Another project to be finished and I am almost there, click clack… I sat knitting in the train from Northampton to Leamington Spa on Friday  - I sat knitting on the platforms waiting for  trains and hopefully soon the little beanie I am knitting will become something for someone someday. Every stitch stitched with love and dedication. People look on and sometimes the silence is broken and they ask questions or tell you about their knitting experience or that of a friend. One even loved the colour! (hmm good choice)

Our lives are like that too sometimes, click clack we live in silence only to be broken  by people asking questions or question our lives. We are busy making something, where they can see the colour, the needles, hear the sound of the needles, but do not know what the end result is going to be- therefore they ask questions – and sometimes criticise before the end result is known. Take care and be kind  with other humans’ ‘knitting’ in their lives – watch, wait and no matter what the end result – accept it unconditionally. We are all different after all.

I once read somewhere, and I quote from memory…

‘’A soft word in kindness spoken

Has often healed the heart that is broken and made a friend sincere’’

Awesome...

How can one but describe a sunrise like this? A promise of a new day, a new beginning. Like Cat Stevens sang  ‘’Morning has broken’’. Like I mentioned before, Autumn is in the air and already the morning temperatures have started to reach below the double figures, but the sunrises are still an inspiration!

When things are lovely and then something goes wrong, along comes an answer. Is life not like that too? Sometimes we need inspiration taken from nature to fill us with awe and make us appreciate what we have.   We have eyes to see the sunrise, skin to feel the warmth, ears to hear the bird song and lips and voices to sing for joy and ask for help! It is in times like these that we have to take a moment and give thanks for what we have and think of those less fortunate than us to experience these awesome wonders!

Happy Crafting and craft with joy in your heart appreciating  the awesome nature around us!

Luvvies

Waves are rolling in…

How lovely it is to sit and watch the waves coming and going…it restores the soul and give inner peace to the mind. My tic tok brain gets a total make-over if I can sit and watch this for hours. Just sit.

It is this peace and calmness that enters my soul and spirit when I start creating and making things. 

Our lives are like that as well, things come and go and come and go all the time and it is up to us to sit back once in a  while and have a look at it and make time to chill out and be calm. Take in those moments to watch the waves roll in and out – no matter what size they are -and let some just roll over you without  making you wet! Some waves come in and try and drown us, but that is when we need to swim! And if we cannot swim, reach for that life belt or shout for help!

Happy crafting and try to embrace each wave that comes your way!

Luvvies

Memories (70’s & 80’s)

Apart from making and crafting all the time, one of my passions is vintage fashion. I particularly love the 70’s and 80’s,  because I was once part of it. It is something that I belonged to, and it makes me feel good - then and now.

These memories of lovely fabrics we used to wear, stay imprinted in my mind and therefore play a big role in my love for them and my crafting ideas. Whenever I can get hold of some old dresses,  I restore and mend them with passion. Sometimes they are a bit altered with a new lease on life! I find this very adventurous!

Here are but a few samples of my collection - for those old enough to remember the patterns / materials and inspiring enough for the younger generation

Our lives are also entwined with memories other than dresses and clothes. Some memories are very  sad  and disheartening. If we keep on digging up those sad and painful memories instead of letting it go, it will influence and poison our ‘’mind and thinking’’  in such a manner that only bitterness will enter our  soul and slowly destroying soul and body.

It is therefore so important to let go and forgive 

and let unconditional love enter your heart and soul 

to restore  your memories with positive  healing.

Happy crafting with memories of positive healing influences!

Luvvies

When I made this casual nautical bag, my mind was faraway inside the pictures on the material, Umbrella, sun chair, light house, Ice cream –van and last but not least the little perfect little house by the sea.(Knots-see post 13 August )

How lovely it is to day dream about things. Some are in your reach, but others are just sand castles in the air.

It is those sand castles in the air that sometimes keep us sane – to dream and plan and dream again with hope in one’s heart. Where there is hope, there is life. 

One cannot exist without the other. It is when hope fades those castles disappear like sand running through an hour glass and there is nothing left to look forward to or dream about…. It is dreams that makes us alive and looking forward to the future.

If dreams are taken away from us, everyday life will become mundane and monotonous. If you start each day, believing that this will be the best day ever and you live it and keep on with the building of the sand-castles in the air, life will become one BIG adventure!

Keep those dreams alive 

and

 keep on crafting sand-castles in the air!

Luvvies

Happy Colours!

And this is not a paint advertisement!

When you are sad and your heart can cry no more, that is when you need lot of happy colours in your life! 

Just look around and you will see the blue of the sky, the green of the grass and the flowers in pastels and bright, the Autumn  colours with their magnificent yellows and browns!

Like Petula Clarke sings:-

''You'll never see a dark cloud Hanging 'round me.....

 So you can colour my world  with sunshine yellow each day, Oh you can colour my world with happiness all the way, Just take the Green from the grass and the Blue form the sky up above''....

One cannot start to feel happy by just singing these words. So if you are sad and disheartened, look around and see the happy colours!When you are aware of the need of another and point them in the direction of colours, soon their spirits will soar. One can only give out warmth and happy colours from within the heart to others, when it is there within to give out!

Here is a flower I crochet yesterday, now to decide which colour button I am putting in the centre-decision decisions decisions........

Brighten someone’s day today, remember you can only bring sunshine to others if you have sunshine  inside you. 

Happy Colour CRAFTING!

Luvvies

Pins and Needles

When that hem comes undone (or the shirt got too small and it tears) that is when a person reaches for a pin (to put it manually back together) and a needle to sew, that which you have pinned  together,  can be sewed back to be whole again.......

Or when that button falls off… luckily most shirts come with a hidden extra button sewed onto a tag or a seam or in a little plastic bag when you buy it.

That is when you need a Needle book in your  home. One with all the little pins and needles and some cotton at hand. I am not talking to the ‘’crafters and sewers’’ out there! I am talking about the households who only knows about Needles and Pins as a song!

Here is a Needle book I made for one of those households. It is made with durable curtain fabric and instead of using cardboard and Bond, I am using a Flowery Pot scourer that caught my eye for the backing! And cheap it was too, 6 for a  £1.

Our lives are like that too. Many times we have ‘’buttons’’ that fell off along the years- unfortunately we cannot always put the same ones back as things change, but we can learn how to love and appreciate the supplement ones.  ‘’Tears and undone hems’’ appear and it is up to each individual to mend that tear in his / her  life with a bright fresh strong thread and a good needle.

New Season –

And the shadows are getting longer…

Our lives are like that – we live on the same planet, but we are all different at the same time. Also we all go through different seasons in our lives all the time.

We all do different crafts and art projects, but each one is individual  and unique. Any art form has strong power and can inspire and encourage people from all over the world without a word spoken. Each art or craft is born from the person within, no matter what season your heart is in.

Here are some little pretty hanging thinga-ma-jings I made - all clothed in their Autumn outfits.

Is it not lovely therefore to appreciate one another’s efforts, no matter how small or big. My mind goes to the little drawings/cards made by my children when they were small.

Find your craft within your heart and share it to make the world a better place and make best use for the Season your mind is in at the moment.

Luvvies