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humidty-soaked towering oak trees awash in early-morning soft, blurry light serving as a perch for chirping cardinals and one insistent blue jay.
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i feel the space around my heart grow
inhale
exhale
let go of
the need to know
hold on
to quiet truth
a little shop announcement:
while i am away from my studio, enjoy free shipping for all items from my shop, the little room.
and yes, international shipping is free too.
this means that any items purchased from 7/23 to 8/7 will be shipped out on 8/8. the free shipping is my way of saying thank you for your patience.
happy summer...
1) my current style icon is luna lovegood (ala harry potter and the order of the phoenix, which is a movie i have seen a lot, and i mean many times).
2) i cannot believe i am headed into the heart of a humid summer (via indiana and michigan) later this week (i hate humidity).
3) it's been a year since i did this, so i am think i am gonna do it again while sitting outside in the sun on the shore of lake michigan.
4) things seem so quiet lately. is anyone out there?
5) although it sometimes feels like summer is passing by so quickly, i am really looking forward to fall and all that it brings (like cooler weather and incredible events).
6) sometimes my high school friends are frozen as their 18-year-old selves...that is until i see a current photo of them on facebook. hello 32 year old. love it.
7) and on the subject of facebook, i still am not sure how i feel about the superpoking. what is a superpoke? and why do you want to do it to me?
8) i am going to use some of the gorgeous vintage buttons given to me by gram (jon's grandmother) to embellish a thrifted cardigan ala this adorable girl. i think that might be my crafting activity on the plane later this week...
9) i was going to make myself a new camera strap, but after spending way to much time searching for hardware (aka the end pieces) and finding nothing and oh how i mean nothing, i realized it would be so much easier to just support another etsy shop and buy one. but which one? i just can't choose...
10) raspberries make me so darn happy.
you
(yes you)
are a
brilliant
beautiful
wise
blooming
soul
listening to millie snore beside me
having a bit of success taking product photos outside (this is the hardest part to me...i can get so annoyed with myself during this process...i am learning)
enjoying a beautiful cool day in mid-july
watching the movie penelope (have you seen it yet? you must!)
inviting myself to take a breath and then let go just a bit more when reflecting on disappointments, pain, or confusion from the past...just a bit more...(let it go)
what are your five really good things?
think about it.
then name them...
i dare you.
just peaking out to say hi.
i'm headed to portland later today to spend the weekend with jen and her family...looking forward to lots of girl talk and lots of hugs from a certain five year old.
jen is generously going to then help me at my booth at Crafty Wonderland. if you are in the Portland area, hope you will come and see us on Sunday at the Doug Fir from 11-4:30. about 40 vendors. bet you might find something "hip" and fun to make you smile...
i've been making some new pillows this week. i realized that all the pillows in my shop had a pink theme. nothing wrong with a little pink, but not everyone decorates with pink, so i have created some in various different colors (no pink in site). i will have them at the show this weekend and then i will take some photos to share when i get back next week. i just have so much fun creating these pillows.
also been working on some new designs to add to the Natasha line. sketching and taking notes and brainstorming via chat with a friend (who is hoping for a bag a bit like this one). i'm looking forward to making this "on paper" design a reality during some cooler (hoping for cool at least) summer evenings next week.
i'm feeling back into the rhythms of waking up, editing, sewing, getting outside, running errands, petting the mill-dog, cuddling with jon, sewing, brainstorming, napping, editing, breathing...being home.
it's nice.
and i realized i haven't told you all that my Gramps is doing better. hopefully he will be back home in a few weeks. i'm going to visit him then. it has been too long. i'm used to visits once to twice a year, but i haven't visited since my grandmother died. deep breath. we do the best we can, but not visiting him for this long isn't quite the best i was aiming for. so my plan is to spend a few fall days in the south this year...
thank you again for all your kind words during the confusion of his hospitalization and the days that followed.
hope things are bright in your corner of the world...happy weekend to you.
many blessings,
liz
to let go
more peace
an open heart
continued creativity
breath
health for all
a pink bicycle
to move on
a poem
to always remember
to laugh loudly
to be surrounded by loved ones
an organized home
to be understood
to be forgiven
time for twirling
a picnic for two
an open heart
what are you wishing for today?
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remember when they have to figure out how to fit something square in something round to make a filter to fix the need for oxygen in apollo 13?
it's kinda like that.
