« June 2013 | Main | August 2013 »
It's sort of become an annual tradition to pick my faves from the new season liberty prints. Something that I could never tire of.
This years selection is quite diverse, they have prints inspired by Jamie Oliver and Rachel de Thame to name but two.
Here my choices are centred around pinks and greens, because those colours are the ones I'm most drawn to.
Watch a video here of how the tana lawn is made (smile)
Love kat x
There's choppy water, but I must soon set sail.
I need to make a journey, to what is for me, a distant land .
A place I remember from story books, but one I have not been to in what feels like many lifetimes.
It is said to be a place of delight, fun, laughter, and candle light.
It's for a dream that someone has had come true.
They want very much to share.
I have sails, I have fashioned from lace.
These sails are delicate at first glance, and intricately made.
The stitches though are strong.
The boat beneath strengthened by precious threads of gold and silver.
and from wishes gifted from the kindest of hands,
including my own towards myself.
Yes indeed, i am blessed,
These wishes
They are like gentle breeze to my sails
My heart a compass, set to guide.
So many journeys begin with a single step.
With courage as my sword, clarity of thought my armour to any fears
A single attempt to set sail has made, but then
Too often the journey not taken me out of port.
I am distressed I am low in spirit.
What more can I do.
How will I ever manage to.
There is so many factors involved, not least the waters.
The boat itself, and the wind. How much feels out of ones hands
How much we have to trust in something greater than just ourselves.
Yet how much too I yearn for an empowerment,
Not through will, or determined strides
But through assured-ness, calm awareness, and an upliftment from within
I pray for a pleasant journey, and for a pleasure able time
I do forget sometimes what that feels like
I hope I get to remember it then
Kathryn xox
Photo credits(girl in boat photos
and lace ship by Holly Abston found here at Jenny Doh)
Real life flower fairies, is how I think of Kirsten and her girls Maya and Elle.
Their adventures, crafts & creative play, really bring such delight to me to see. They are just how I would love to be with fairies of my own. Maybe. One day I will be.
Their love of petals and flowers and nature in general is reflected through the photos shared at Kirsten's Instagram and blog. And of course those 3 things are very high on my list of passions also.
It was through Kirsten that I discovered the Instagram tag #mondaymandala and have created some petal and flower mandala to take part in that. It's been such a lovely thing to do, something I could join in with. (I will share more on the mandalas in another post)
I was taken with the pastel chalk designs on the pavements, and the ribbons and tea lights here. I would love to have a go at decorating the garden here in the future.
The other thing Kirsten loves is adding flowers to her hair and the girls hair too. She comes up with some unique and stylish ways of achieving this. I am in awe of the amount of flowers they seem to have around to play with at times (smiles)
I also love their appreciation of nature, and collecting, building and generally inspiring their imagination in the woodland, seashore, or garden/yard :)
Kirsten, thank you for all you share with us at Instagram. Again just like Faith, seeing you living in such a heart centred way bringing up your girls, is inspiring. I love your passion for the environment, for organic living, and your conscious use of materials that are safe and do not impact on the Earth.
I am not surprised that you lately started working for one of my favourite magazines Papier Mâché. I can see just how your styles are a perfect fit for one another.
Here's to the fairy at heart, and to always playing with petals.
Love n kindness kat x
Charlotte Macey textiles, has such sweet little bits and pieces, lovingly handcrafted.
See those bookends in the shape of white bunnies! And I'm always drawn to fabric purses and bunting. These were a very reasonable £10 for the purse and £22 for 1.5m of handmade bunting,it looks sewn to perfection too.
Love n wishes kat x
Ps thank you for all the wonderful comments on my previous post, I'm going to reply to those soon either here or at IG
I seek to look at the world through eyes of love, to be inspired by what I see.
I do not want to feel jealous of what others have, things that I yearn for, I want to be inspired to continue to hope and dream.
I want to share in their joy at being alive. I want to create these pictures in my own dreams that help them come one step closer to a reality.
It maybe that when I connect with wonderful souls such as Faith, and look through her photos at Instagram, that at times, I am overwhelmed by the feelings of not having a partner or children of my own. Not having days out or time amongst the beautiful nature of Mother Earth. That now in the second half of my thirties, I fear will I ever have those things that my heart so needs and longs for. The illness has already taken away so much, will it prevent that also from becoming manifest. Will it remain only a dream buried deep in my soul.
Friends i have made through instagram, may live the life that i have such similar wishes for. It may at times be immensely painful to see it, but for the most part it somehow touches my heart, lifts it, delights it, and ends up being more inspiring than it is saddening. It's always a choice, how we react to things, that power we at least have.
Whether we are envious or delighted by others, whether we are forever downcast by the buffeting of life's tougher experiences, or whether we can strengthen ourselves up through choosing to see all that we are rich in despite the pain.
Somehow seeing the joys of being a mother, lived as richly through lives like Faith's, brings it closer into my own sphere, and keeps my attention on what I want to live, not how ill I may be feeling, while I have to be permanently resting.
Thank you Faith, and others who may see this like Kirsten, whom i have connected with from around the world, for strengthening my own dreams by sharing your life experiences ....you never know what positive affects your sharing can have. I guess that is something we can all be aware of when we post at Instagram or blogs, that we are touching lives in ways we may not imagine.
That is definitely something that I take heart from. When I am inspired by someone may I also remember that I inspire others. When I receive something from someone, a word, a gift, a kind remark, may I also recognise the impact I have through the giving of these things myself.
Like a big circle we are intricately connected, in one great flow of giving and receiving. There is always something to touch the heart and uplift me, this I look for, this I hold to,
Love and light kat xx
Posted with Blogsy