ELEMENTS WEEK :: DAY FIVE :: METAL

well...it's the last day of elements week + i've had fun!

having a brief to work to has got me back in the zone again + feeling v at home.

i got to find some nice folk out there through the links + i think shari did a lovely thing getting us all to play along! she shares a beautiful poem over at the glass doorknob today...just right for the last day of august.

see you in september...happy weekending!

ELEMENTS WEEK :: DAY FOUR :: FIRE

dancing lights

ELEMENTS WEEK :: DAY THREE :: AIR

falling feather

ELEMENTS WEEK :: DAY TWO :: EARTH

allotment love

ELEMENTS WEEK :: DAY ONE :: WATER

always inspiring me + now shari has given me just the nudge i needed to get reaquainted with this journal of mine. she is hosting elements week + i've been enjoying the links to see other people's take on today's element...water

see you here tomorrow for a look at earth

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL 1...2...3

i've had myself a bit of the post-holiday blues

...our travel pals went home
i had to go back to work
avoiding the never-ending laundry pile
having to think about what to make for dinner
missing my siestas...

but along come things to make it all better

reason #1

marta is organising another swap
i'm signing up today

the last one was such fun to put together
i had a super-sweet swap-partner from across the pond
+ this time round the theme is right up my street
(yes i'm the girl who loved to get her pencil case restocked for the new term!)


reason #2

my lovely friend lynn sent me a suprise parcel
which landed on my doorstep
a customised cardigan wrapped in cute tissue
i can't tell you how much i love the colour
(so me!)
i feel incredibly touched that someone would
just think of me + make me something
(all that thought from a person i haven't actually met in the real world)

special thanks to you again lynn for making my day!

reason #3

on friday i'm off to my mum's house in norfolk
where we're going to be interviewed for a local magazine
about our acorn of a business venture
a very exciting prospect as it may lead to
much dreamt about commissions
+ who knows where?!

xxx

A HOLIDAY STORY

whilst i unpack

here's some snaps from sardinia