Pink, Black and Bling

That is the theme for Kimberly's March ATC swap over at her ArtJoyStuff blog. I went with a pale shell pink and delicate black embellishments and of course plenty of bling -

Toodlepip xxx

Pretty little witches

I am taking part in another ATC swap, which Kimberly from ArtJoyStuff is hosting. The theme is Pretty Little Witches, and this is what I came up with for the swap -

I love her swaps, she is such a sweet swap hostess.

Dang, it gets dark early these days, I can't quite get used to that yet. It does feel quite autumnal in the mornings now as well. Sigh, methinks the summer is almost over. But we did have a good one, yay!

Wishing you all a great start to the week, toodlepip xxx

The Fabric of Nature swap ATCs have arrived!

And I am so delighted with them. Every single one of them is a little work of art and a thing of beauty. I took some quick photos of them with my little Fuji camera, as my Nikon has let me down :(, but they really don't do them justice. A huge thank you to Kimberly for hosting this fabulous swap and to all the participants for putting so much work into their beautiful ATCs -

From our swap hostess, Kimberly -

Marsha -

Amy - 

Marlene -

Jewels -

Carolyn -

Maggie -

Karla -

Terri - 

Becky -

And moi - 

Gotta rush, its dry out there at the moment, time to get the veggie seedlings in. We have decided to go back to England for a few weeks as the weather is just so horrid here and has been for most of the six weeks we have been here, the veggies aren't growing anyway, and we spend all our time inside, sigh. And the forecast for the next 7 days isn't any better. So we think it is better to come back in 4 weeks' time when everything is growing properly, and stay for three months rather than two. I am frantically packing, so probably won't post or email or comment until the weekend, when we are back in the UK.

Toodlepip xxx

Back in the UK!

Yep, back in the UK and missing France already. A few super busy weeks and then we will back in France again, to do all the autumny stuff which will need to be done.

The drive back is always quite tiring, but it was so good to see our youngest son, who still lives with us, and the doggies were so excited to see him again as well. That kinda energised us again, at least for a couple of hours, lol. Another thing which put a big happy smile on my face was a little package which was waiting for me. I was sure it had to be the prayer flag from Jan, and I so wanted to open it straight away. But it was dark by that time, and I don't like taking photos in artificial light, so I made myself wait until this morning. And here are the photos -

Prettily wrapped and with her original artwork card -

And here is the beautiful prayer flag she made, it is so perfect for me with the subtle colours and gorgeous embellishments, all the things I adore -

She also enclosed this fabulous tag -

and all these sweet things for me to create with -

Without Jan I wouldn't have found out about prayer flags now and I am so glad that I did. I love the idea behind them. Big thank you hug to you, Jan, for this fabulous swap. There is just a gentle wind here on the Channel coast today, so I will hang the prayer flag in the garden for a little while and let the wind carry the message away.

If you missed the post where I showed the prayer flag I sent to Jan, you can find it HERE.

Right, no more time to chat, gotta get busy busy busy! Toodlepip xxx