Jeanette your magazine amazes me, every issue is beautiful,
you can feel how much heart you put into it
and how much you love to share it with us freely.
So full of light colour and upliftment!THANKYOU!
My favourite pieces this 3rd issue....
the quote - "don't let anyone dull your sparkle" & the dreamcatcher feature!
i recommend you to read it too my lovelies - 3byFryd
it will help you feel like a butterfly
kat xxxxxx
Lobster and swan is one of my most favourite blogs, and i am always inspired by what Jeska shares and creates. The photos above are from her instagram.
Throughout the month of February, Jeska is decorating vintage matchboxes in different themes, and then popping them onto the shelves of her Etsy shop with any money raised going to Oxfam.
Anyone can join in and decorate their own boxes and add them to the flickr group.
There is a daily schedule to inspire everyone but the themes are loose and can be interpreted any way you choose. Today's is the Birthday one, as it's Jeska's birthday....Happy Birthday sweetie, hope you like the little gifts xxx
Please join Jeska over at Lobster and Swan to say hi, join in and make just 1 matchbox, or the whole 29 !
you can see more specific details in this blog post
I am hoping to decorate some and if i can, i will put them in a post to share with you here,
love
Jeanette's blog frydogdesign, has given me much JOY in 2011
So it was with real DELIGHT that i learnt she had made a calendar that would be coming to me free with my copy of Mollie Makes magazine in December.
And my it is very BEAUTIFUL,
i find it SO inspiring.
And i am so HAPPY to see a blogger i admire being in print!
I love the colour combinations Jeanette uses at her blog and the calendar is very in keeping with her style.
Even down to the wonderful little quotes she adds (smiles) 
This is the back cover which shows all the pictures for each month...
And below is the front cover, many of the photos feature Jeanette's own home, and her little treasures or decorations
And my collection of Mollie magazines....
Thank you Mollie Makes for gifting us with such a lovely lovely free gift,
it will be used all year, and is already hanging upon my door awaiting 2012's start.
If you maybe are interested in having a calendar of your very own,
you could buy the current copy in any larger supermarket in the UK,
or to get one posted to you look at the website newstand,
they ship internationally too.
And here for offers on subscriptions And here for the Mollie Makes blog
much love
a favourite place to visit...
gentle, delicate, vintage touches, and a little bebe who's almost 1.
Aileen's world...beauty in simplicity.
xxxx
Hi everyone, do you use tumblr?
I have one, which i keep as a source of inspiration.
Its here Secrets of a butterfly
It can be a bit tricky to navigate at times. I am still uncertain how to upload a photo from flickr for example. I also appreciate it when i come across someone else who has the same style as me. I thought you might like to know some of my favourites on tumblr that i follow. So here they are...
Summer Blossom
Leaves on the Lawn
The Drifter and the Gypsy
Start Breathing
Alexandra Greco
Leibe Marlene
Gingerlilly tea
Amelie Alice
Ruby Vintage
Youre my silver linning
so very pretty
Nadinoo
Enjoy browsing the book that is tumblr, there is much prettiness to find in its pages
Lately through flickr exploring, I came across the lovely photographs and home of Iris, who lives in the Netherlands. I also discovered she keeps a beautiful blog as well named Irideeen. These are some of my favourites of her photos from flickr. You can click on them, and go straight to them at flickr, where you can see more of her home, along with some beautiful flower images.
all such pretty things
and this white desk with the mood board behind, i think is beautiful
It was also a wonderful surprise to find my blog listed on her links page, thank you Iris, i'm glad our paths have crossed on flickr and in blog-land now too
love and wishes
I remember back some almost 4 years ago, when i first started my blog here at Secrets. I was initially inspired by Jane's typepad blog called Posy, and she and some other lovely girls ( Julie of Little cotton Rabbits, and Meliss, Ez and Holly) showed me such kindness in those early months when i didn't know many bloggers. I felt so welcome and valued as part of a community that i had only just uncovered via flickr.
Blogging is first and foremost built upon reaching out to others who we have a connection with and who share the same passions we do. Its important to me to strike a balance between spending time on my own posts and also partaking in what others have to say and share, around my "blog village".
I find its nice to have a selection of different types of bloggers to call in on, say hello, have a cuppa with, while catching up on their latest news and finding shared inspirations. I have a core selection of blogs i visit regularly and a scattering of blogs i visit maybe 2 or 3 times a month. Then there are the new blogs that may get discovered and added into my list week to week.
I tend to visit sites through my iphone so i have these little boxes (see left) on my homescreen and can click them to get straight to each blog in no time. This is just one page, i have about 3 full screen pages like this {smile}
This has helped me no end with leaving comments. If i had to rely on being online at a computer to comment, then i wouldnt be able to do half as many as i do.
As you'd expect this list of blogs, tends to get rather long, so i have lately started a little note book to jot down who i know and what their blogs are named so that i don't carry too much of this information in my head.
I know there are sites such as bloglovin to help with this sort of dilema but sometimes its just nice to return to pen and paper and have a little book to refer to.
After starting my blog back in 2007, I vowed to pass on the same type of kindness i was shown. Simple things like leaving a comment for a new blogger. Or listing a regular visitor to my blog upon my sidebar, to spread the word on theirs.
Julie (top photo) is one such new blogger i have had the great pleasure to "meet" recently.
Her blog Ruby Blooms has just begun, but i can tell she is going to continue to have such wonderful things to share there. I'd encourage you to take a peek if you have a moment. Julie's style is very much "my thing", plenty of flowers and vintage interiors, including these pages she shared from a magazine,in a post named My heart is vintage
She also did a post for me "Step into her secret world" on my birthday! in which she shared a series of beautiful hydrangea and butterfly shots that she styled.
Thank you for this Julie xox
Enjoy scattering a little Love and kindness wherever you go in your blog village or world today,
The last few days i've been sharing some of my favourite posts by bloggers through out the year.
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This selection is like a little box of chocolates, some posts have soft strawberry centres, some are in muted caramels and toffees others are just like chocolate covered mints, or coffee creams you can choose.....
photo by Natasha
Cooking up a firestorm - Natasha of the bog She left on a Monday, writes so funnily and beautifully all at the same time. I remember this post so well :)
and this one Snail mail surprise which was a housewarming pressie from me xx
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From 3 to one - Jeska's wallpaper choices
The yellow painting - i could post so many of Jeska's from Lobster and swan. But here are two.
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A few things i adore- Faye Cavania does pretty posts that's for sure, and this collection caught my eye early in the year
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- Milkfed at A thought is the blossom
A thought is the blossom, is a fairly new blog find for me, but it has such a beautiful mix of thrifted fashion and photos from lookbooks that i have not seen elsewhere, i am enjoying reading back through so many of the old posts. Starr finds the best label inspiration including this Japanese one Te chichi
Through blogs and etsy i have discovered a love for so much Japanese, the fabrics, the zakka, the interiors books,the styling, and the clothes labels.
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I found Fryd&design this year
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AND Always a favourite for a selection box of goodness is LOVEOLOGY
my favourite post, with a mention for me.
and two more of my favourite pictures Mila has shared above and below in this post...
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I hope you have enjoyed my round up of my favourite posts of 2010,this is the last in the series of 4, maybe you have discovered some blogs you'll continue to visit next year,
love
The last few days i've been sharing some of my favourite posts by bloggers in 2010. A chance to curl up on the sofa with your laptop and take some time out to revist past loves.
Today's round up includes some deeply written and insightful posts. Those that can leave you reflecting on how things apply to your own life. They are from women who write from the heart, bravely and honestly.
It takes courage to blog so personally and yet because of this, its often these posts that can touch us the most deeply.
Being true......
Giving-ness - by Sheye Rosemeyer..a truly insightful and eloquently written piece on the beauty of giving without conditions.
"I aspire to live with giving. Whether it be knowledge or support or concern, or whatever else it might be, I am striving to give with a whole heart. Every. Single. Day. To live by the idea that something cannot be taken if you give it away." Sheye, the top photo is also by her.
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Heather of gathering Spriggs, who's photo is above, has been writing some beautiful posts, that give us all a moment to pause, and consider our inner thinking and how we view ourselves. Two of my favourites are..
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Don't look back - Kelly rae's post in February, i loved these words...
"we are much more than just artist and crafters. we are people who have a unique and much needed gift of expressing ourselves and the beauty of the world around us"
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and this more recent post
Learning to be new - a letter from her friend Jen about what it is to start a new venture be it motherhood or a business or any other new thing in life,this is a post full of real and honest reflections(as so much of what Kelly shares is)and is so encouraging.
and i had to mention this one too
"we are all in this together - the circle of healing. my story and art touched her, gave her some hope. but really it's her story and art that touched me and gave me the hope i've needed to see, to be awakened to" -Kelly rae
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I cherish these moments upon blogs, when we really make a difference in each other's lives.
One blog linking to another, one life touching another, one heart offering hope to another,
Love
Blogland can sometimes be all about rushing ahead and all things new, but sometimes, like flicking through an old magazine, or re reading a favourite novel, it can be good to simply curl up on the sofa with your laptop and take some time out to revist past loves. Here's part two of my favourite blog posts of the year.
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My favourite fashion feature of the year was by Liss at Daydream Lily
"Earlier this year I worked on a Daydream Lily inspired collection with Element Eden for summer 10/11. The capsule collection includes outfits, homewares and accessories all in a whimsical, delicate 'daydream lily' style. The collection was then shot by photographer Steve Gourlay in Courtney Brims' house (who also did the illustration for in the collection!).
I was involved in all the steps of creating it... from working with the Element design team to helping style the shoot. It was such a fun and amazing experience!" Liss
here are the links Element/Daydream Lily Collaboration
A Daydream Lily post on Element Eden lookbook.
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We love: pretty little things - at Dujour mag's blog, a post with some of Alix's gorgeous photos, along with THE wedding post of the year at her blog The Cherry Blossom Girl Sur un petit nuage and Oui
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Nadinoo at work - Nadia posted some beautiful shots of her at work in her London studio where she creates the clothing for her label Nadinoo
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Mori Girl - Liss of Daydreamlily posted about the Mori Girl blog - The mori girls belong to a Japanese subculture. 'Mori' means forest in Japanese, and mori girls look like fairytale forest wanderers...
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Cotton candy and the carousel - my favourite of Paula's at her blog Pink bow
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Handmade bags - Mallory from Where the lovely things are, did a post at Neet magazine on her favourite bags, so many lovely etsy sellers to pick from.
Another selection of favourite posts is up tomorrow,
