Look what the postman brought me....

.....some beautiful loveliness in the shape of a giveaway that I won over at the lovely Gilly's blog -  Gilly Makes. My parcel arrived this afternoon and I'm over the moon with my selection of Cath Kidston goodies all wrapped up in pretty rosebud paper.

 with a handmade tag attached.

I was just so chuffed when I opened the parcel

So many gorgeous gifts

CK hand cream and tissues

A gorgeous CK pinny 

CK paper napkins and a pack of 12 mini clothes pegs

Look at these wonderful CK trimmed rubber gloves

pretty dusters

and kitchen cloths

(methinks housework will never be quite the same again!!)

Thank you sooooo much Gilly for this wonderful gift - I adore it. Your generosity is truly appreciated.  

Have a great weekend and I'll be back again soon x

Jar of Reflections

Just wanted to let you know that I was overwhelmed with your kind responses to my turning the corner so to speak and becoming my own woman, the new not-so-crafty me. It was quite obvious that I'm not the only person who has got caught up with the roller coaster of finding/doing new crafts.

That being so - and I promise I'm NOT going back on my word (oh no here we go again I hear you say) BUT I have seen a lovely idea on a few blogs recently and was reminded of it yesterday when I popped over to  Amy at Love made my home, and that is making a note each time something lovely happened to you and then and popping it into a jar.  As I'd rather like to celebrate next Thanksgiving Day in my own home, here in the UK, thought it would be a great way of remembering at the end of the year all the little things in life such as Random Acts of Kindness, Gratitude and of course Thankfulness. I guess too that if you're feeling a little down in the dumps one day, what better than to get the jar down off the shelf and have a sift through - fantastic way of lifting the spirits maybe. I shall call mine "Reflections".

The other thing that people seem to be doing is thinking of a special word for the year. Instead of making resolutions of things that may or may not achieve, think about a word that you can live by. I thought about this a lot and decided yes this could work. I do not like resolutions - never keep them and very often if I've not written them down - forget them! So, I came up with the word ** SPONTANEITY **

noun: inspiration - improvisation, inclination, whim, ad-libbing, impulse, tendency 

and will

Apparently this might mean "bursting into song on the street, or throwing down your rake and jumping in a pile of leaves". Well of course that wouldn't be me, but it also means trusting your instincts, making better decisions and saying what you think as well as having fun along the way.

So - my Reflections Jar is twofold now - whenever I do something spontaneous I shall add that to the jar too - if I remember of course!!

Random acts of kindness...

 

 

 

Aren't these a breath of fresh air 

 

I've never seen tulips so early in the year before. They were given to me by a very kind lady who I've never met, who took my place on a pre Christmas lunch  that I could not attend due to a funeral. She belongs to our local church and a mutual friend from our Home Study Group asked if she wanted to go. I love acts of kindness and remember seeing this quote.

 

"I expect to pass through life but once.

If therefore, there be any kindness I can show,

or any good thing I can do to any fellow being,

let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it,

as I shall not pass this way again"

 

William Penn (1644-1718)

 

On a similar note I must just show you these lovely old Dutch bobbin-lace bobbins that were very kindly sent to me by  Heidi from Holland. who knew I was starting a small collection and posted them off to me..

 

Such a kind thought and a lovely addition to my collection which you might remember seeing in my post here

 

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted

 

See you soon