Saturday, 26 April 2014

....A little story....


....Many many years ago ( im talking about twenty years ago ) a lovely lady used to live in one of the cottages opposite me, her name was Julia....and her and i got on really well,  we shared a lot of the same thoughts and ideas about nature, and spirituality, at the time i was teaching a very small group of people meditation and she used to do Indian head massage, in fact i used to be one of her heads to practise on.....she had an allotment and grew all her own veg and sometimes i would come home and find a bag hanging on my front door with runner beans or rhubarb in it....
 
....then one day i came home and she had put a little book through my door....
 
 
....and it changed my life....
 
 
....not in a great big big way but in a way that reaffirmed all my inner thoughts about the Goddess or mother nature if you prefer....and our connections to all things on this planet....
 
....The book was....
 
....The Earths cycle of celebration... by Glennie Kindred....

 
....so i want to share with you this author and her beautiful little books...

 
...all the art work is her own too...


 
....this book i have treasured all these years, and along the way i have added to it...

....The sacred tree....and Creating celebration i bought from the gift shop at Avebury....
....Avebury is an incredible place too, so eerie and peaceful, you just feel compelled to hug the stones.....well i do, ,but then i hug anything.....x





....Elements of change i bought from 'The Goddess and the Green man in Glastonbury a couple of years ago......oh how i love this shop....go have a look ''Here''...



....and this little Herb book turned up in my Christmas stocking one year....i think that was when i started working in the herbalists.....and i still work there now ten years on....


....Mother nature has the answer....so true....
 
 
....Anyway.... a little story, and a little bit of sharing....if you already know of Glennie Kindred then do drop me a line, perhaps you have a story too.....or if this is your first introduction then i encourage you to take a pathway stroll Here.....
 
.....She might change your life too...
 
xxxxxxxxx

Thursday, 24 April 2014

....The ''Riverbank blanket'' .....

....is oh so nearly finished....


 
....i am so excited that its nearly completed....


 
.....there are just a few more squares to do and then i need to think about the border and what, or how, i want to finish it off....

 
....i absolutely love the feeling of a new finished crocheted blanket, and i cant wait to fling it on our bed and snuggle up under it like wood elves do....
 
....i am already thinking about a new pattern for the next one.....so many inspiring designs on Pinterest....
 
.....I have also treated myself to a lovely new basket for my yarn.....yum yum yum.....xx

 
 
....Toodles for now....
Pixie
x

Friday, 18 April 2014

....Pixie patchwork watches.....

....Hello my dear friends.....

....and happy holidays to you all, oh don't you just love a bank holiday, and two at the same time it doesn't get any better....i have five days in total of holidays YES, five full wonderful me time days off from bloomin job......did i ever tell what i do for a living, well i use the word 'living' loosely, it pays the bills and feeds us that's about it, job satisfaction is a bit way down but that's because i work in Administration in the xray department of our local hospital.......its pretty stressful, but our little team do seem to get on pretty well......sometimes there's some bickering but that's natural in an office full of women.....

....i also occasionally work in a friends Herbalists, not sure if i told you that either.....perhaps i need to do a post that involves in filling in a lot of blanks about me...........but that's for another time.....

.... Right now i just want to show you my NEW ''Pixie Patchwork watches''.....


 
....i have made two so far...

 



....i like the hand made clay button on this one...

....i got my friend to model one for me...


...they have a large snap fastener to hold securely in place...
 



 
.....i shall be popping these into my Etsy shop over the weekend....
 
 
....plus off course its Friday so i couldnt really say goodbye without posting a 'Photo Friday' picture now could i....
 
 
 
 
....simply...

....The crafte nook...
x
 
Have a wonderful bank holiday everyone, wherever you are
 
 
 

Friday, 11 April 2014

....Its just no good....

....i am in desperate need of more time in my day....

....I tried looking on Amazon, cos Amazon sells everything, so i kinda assumed that they might sell more time in small gift boxes, but they didn't....

...Then i thought i would scour the isles of online shopping on Ebay, because you never know, someone somewhere on this planet might have some spare 'time' that they want to sell......but no.....not there either....

....So if anyone out there knows where there might be a place that i could purchase some 'more time in my day'....then please please do drop me line......because it seems that the majority of my 'time' is spent either working or grocery shopping, and then there is the grand kids to fit in, and the elderly parents to visit, the running back and forth from one place to another for what ever reasons now escape me.....and all the other stuff that you have to do just because you have to do it because nobody else will............................there, that's my whinge over................



.....so here's a small crocheted ring that i have managed to make in the last week.......and that's about it....







Hector thought it made a nice crown....
 
 
....and Little My thought it made a nice hat....

.....and why are my pictures all BLURRY....oh for goodness sake.....
.....wheres the bottle opener....
 
xxxx

Friday, 4 April 2014

....photo friday....


....wood and fabric wall clocks in the making....
 
....huggy hug hugs....
x