i have followed Haust at flickr for some time, and the other day i popped over to her blog, and was instantly smitten...flowers lots of flowers! and the prettiest home too.
I love the way stripes have been added in accessories, cups, vases and this print on the white cupboard.
candle light and cups of coffee, alongside a most inviting sofa, piled with pretty cushions.
Haust the blog, and little shop with cotton purses and bunting
happy visiting to Norway, (smiles)
kat x
Sometimes i like to visit the blog The flower child dwelling, and the other evening through that i found Laura's blog i enjoyed her Sacred space post and her creations at Roots and Feathers on etsy
This is what Laura Michelle says at her blog
"My life is honestly very simple. I grew up with artisan parents, so its always run deep in my core to create. I work from home, here in Texas hillcountry, and spend my days creating, blogging, taking photos, loving on my animals, cooking meals for me and my husband, taking time to work on my soul growth, and occasionally giving myself space to do things for my body, like hooping and yoga.
I love to garden and water my plants everyday, and talk to the birds outside. Im contsantly redecorating my home and creating little spaces of peace in my immediate atmosphere, I find a big importance in this since I am here all day long.
I have alot of emotional healing to work through from many things that have fallen on my path thus far. I sometimes have great social anxiety, and sometimes am very free spirited and can talk to anyone... it fluxuates with the moon I suppose.
My blog here is my little sacred space to share my life. I share silly things like outfits I love to wear and things I like to eat or drink, along with much deeper things, like what is on my heart, or healing that I am going through. I also love to talk about other artisans I admire, and occasionally give updates on my own work. I dont have a set of rules here on my blog, like many do. Its pretty diverse in content, but always a part of me. "
Of course by now you can see why her blog resonated with me, she too is combining a healing and openness of spirit with a love of nature and creating from the soul. i love when i find bloggers who write openly like this, it encourages me in my own posting.
....and then through sweet Laura i found Alana Rose (in New York) of Run with the Tribe. and these are her words...
" Run With The Tribe began with the need to focus my creative energy ~~ offering a consistent line of talisman & comfortable eco-conscious clothing to inspire the journey of the Light Warrior. Having been a 'lone wolf' my entire life, the intention was set to call out to like-minded individuals and find the community, the tribe I have always longed to run with. The journey is my inspiration. Whether expressed through the pursuit of wanderlust or the internal journey that we all must face within our mind, heart & spirit."
What do these girls share, a journey of art love and spirit.
They are wild and free in their heart's.
as it says on Alana Rose's website
" art is my call to the Tribe
in dedication:
we're a Tribe of new folk free-thinkers
higher-consciousness seekers
meditation & yoga practicing
mindfulness awakening
creating with our hands
a caravan of backpack travelers, fire performers
& drum circle dancers
barefoot walkers with Totem animals
& feathers in our hair
the Tribe is on a journey
whether our feet do ramble
or our spirits ascend
while choosing the path of compassion
to find
we are all mirror reflections
within the Universal Mind "
Both Laura and Alana are nutured and inspired by native traditions and craftsmanship, as well as the intention of creating something with symbolism and deeper meaning. These are things rooted deep in my spirit also.
Their colour palettes are nature inspired, browns, reds, oranges, greens, using natural elements, feathers, beads, recycling threads and material and all with a sacred intention.
There is much to be inspired by as they weave their respect for nature, their connection to the Creator, and their love of freedom of expression through clothing and jewellery, into their harmonious creations. These girls are carving out their own path and its one which this post honours most deeply,
love and wishes
kat xx
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
