When you can't do what you love and when there shall be sunshine after rain

For the last couple of months I have been suffering from severe shoulder and back pain that has been preventing me from doing practically any crafting. So for the past months most of my blogposts have been on work I did earlier. Now that I know I need surgery, which will involve a long rehabilitation period, I wanted to let all you readers know I will sadly be posting less frequently. Luckily I still have some material to write about, so I won't disappear alltogether.
I am full of hope that surgery will bring an end to my pain and to these physical limitations and that in a couple of months I will be able to continue my crafty path. I am so looking forward to that moment. It is hard, as it would be for any crafter, not to be able to spend time in my happy crafty place.
I really very much hope you can all bear with me and keep following my blog. Thanks so much all!


Here is my dear stash... waiting and waiting… wait for me!

And my ongoing projects, protected against light and dust, also waiting, albeit much more patiently than me...!

A happy garland

For my birthday I got a box of Quality Street chocolates from my mum. As a child I loved these sweets (still do actually) and I always thought the colourful wrappers enchanting. In fact I still love these shiny bits of paper.  I decided to keep the wrappers and make them into a kind of a garland. I looked for some bright ribbon, decided on pink. With a bit of thread I attached the wrappers in a kind of butterfly formation onto the ribbon, added some tinkling bells and these was my happy garland! Perfect for our outside spaces, it gives a wonderful festive feeling and when wind and sun play with it, spots of light dance on the patio tiles, or on my book. Makes me happy!

Yay for summer !

Sun and wind make these magical spots of colour dance over my book and over he tiles, fun!