Happy New Year

First of all let me wish you a very Happy New Year

It's becoming so normal my distance from the blog, and no .... I don't want to stop it, at least not yet, no I don't want to give you more excuses.

Because I do love it, I still want to keep this space, it's great to look back, it's amazing how we change, how our thoughts and ideas change, it's just Lovely to look back at our journey, and imagine what the future holds

Let me take this opportunity to Thank You to all of you that still come and read my blog on my 'absence '

And what a journey it has been.

I could list you a lot of things I wish for 2016, I could but I won't bore you, it bores me too, believe me, all the intentions on the first day of the year.

2014 was a Special Year to me, it was most definitely a very good year, and gave me the chance to look at Life from a different angle

2015 has been a year of thoughts, a lot of personal discoveries.

I have been able to declutter quite a lot.

I started to really 'be' the person I want, without second thoughts, it was a year of liberation, from a lot that was being accumulated 'inside'

A year that the word no, came out with ease, without worries of upsetting whoever.

It was a very good year.A very positive year indeed

For 2016, I have a long term list of Dreams, no deadlines, no hurries no stress

I'll be entering another Special decade in my Life

I look back, and what a fantastic journey, not easy, but Amazing

Today, I'm just so Grateful of everything, everyone that I met in my journey, even the not so nice ones.

I've learned a lesson from all of you. When something bad happens to me, I look from a different angle, I see the positive, I look at what will I change from that moment on, I move forward much more certain of what I want or what I don't want.

And believe me, this is the best place to be in Life, when you can see things from a different angle

2015 was the year that I finally learned to switch off, from the world, from noise, from the negative.I have learned to look after myself, but truly look after myself fully hearted.

I enter 'my' world with such ease.

Selfish? Probably .... but still .... one of the best feelings I have felt.

For 2016 I just want to be Happy, Healthy and surrounded by all the Lovely Peolple that I have in my Life.

Anything else, it's a bonus.

All the Very Best for 2016, and Dream a lot xx

My first experience with Art Journaling

Well … well … well…
Probably in hindsight not the best week to start, but such is Life, sometimes, things just don’t happened as you imagined or has you planned
I started, and I will show you later, but I wasn’t getting the vibes.
I don’t like to plan creativity, I like to go with the flow
My job, has to be extremely well planned, organized and so on, with my creative Life I let loose, and I loose myself
Seriously one of the best things in the World
Quilting , Card making, cooking you name it, I don’t like to follow plans, and if I do I always somehow put my mark, but every single thing I do, it comes from within, it really comes from the heart
If I don’t like it, and this is a great lesson, I learned with age, some might say, I just walk away, again, a lesson so hard to learn, but once you learn it, believe me it’s worth every single minute you battled to get there.
In my case, this has happened with People and with Things. Why when Life is so short, do we bother? When we know is not leading anyway.
In some people, it’s not their fault, not at all. In in certain stages in Life, you change, and you want other things, and you just can’t be bothered with certain attitudes
It’s good and it’s positive, it means you’re growing
Last night from 4 am, I just couldn’t sleep, first I was worrying about one thing, then with another, and you know what was really bothering me?
My first attempt of Art Journaling…. totally ridiculous I know…. specially for somebody, that at home, I’m just so relaxed, I love my little house, I adore this space, the way it makes me feel, it’s so relaxing, and the energy is just out of this world. This is the Home I created, and this is the space where I just feel 100% me
So last night I was disturbed, about a page I was creating, about a card that I made to a friend, and when I decided to write my message it just wasn’t right, the way it turned out to be
So there’s me at 4 am having these thoughts, that are just not like me. So I knew I had to do something
The card was easy to redo the part I didn’t like and alter it.
The page , well it had to disappear because it just wasn’t working for me. So like Real Life, I realized that I just create beautiful things, therefore that just didn’t work for me
Funny how your thoughts work, I kept comparing with real Life, with situations. The Human Mind is just amazing
So you ask, have you given up? Not at all
I’ll just have to approach it from a different angle, I’ll have to go soft, and probably just went too much the other way
But now I’ll start again, with a clean slate, and make sure, because I’m a novice, I’ll have to go slower
What have I learned from this experience?
Well that I truly put my heart on things I create
That I have a style, try and keep on those boundaries, yes allow small changes, in small doses
Don’t do extremes, being a balanced person, I should know that extreme changes is really not for me
So I have learned a lot as you can see, only with one page of my Moleskine
The beauty of this, is that with everything you do in Life you keep learning, and that, will never stop.
After all, a great experience, in a funny sort of way

 

This was the page, started like this, and it had pinks and browns in the end

And here is the card, after I made the changes

 

 

Have a great week everybody xx

Living each day in Full

That’s what has been happening lately.
As you know, I have a full time job, which in normal circumstances is very busy, related to holidays, you would expect these months to be full on, and they have been, more so this year.
So when I get home, I’m exhausted, to be honest.
I always say, I have two Life’s, one from nine to six, and the ‘Other’
Well, the ‘Other’ this time of the year, really suffers, because work really takes all my energy.
Slowly I’m changing, one night is dedicated to Yoga, which I just love love love
And then the rest I have a few routines, being an organised person, I just love my small habits. Make sense, especially after a busy day.
My ‘Other’ Life is just Wonderful, I Love it so much, is just relaxed and it’s exactly what I dreamed a few years ago, and in the end of the day I just want to make and live it to the full.
Even if it means sitting in my Craft Room, for hours, just procrastinating, with my cups of tea, straight from the garden, listening to the birds outside, that for me is Heaven
So yes, I need to change a few things, less procrastinating has to be the next step, for sure, but it feels good, and I can do it sooooooo well ;-)
I would say I’m quite professional in doing so.
I live for the day, I Live for what it pleases me, and to those closer to me.
I’m a Lucky Lady, and I feel blessed every day, for reaching this way of Life and enjoying it like I do.
I’m grateful that after such a long time of not writing in my blog, I still have invitations, offers, which unfortunately now, I’m not able to take on, people still come to my blog every day and read it.
Thank You!!
It’s my plan to follow other routes in my Craft Journey.
Yes you can tell that I’ve been watching a lot of You Tube, there are so many amazing Artists, in this World, and I get so inspired by them.
I’m willing to try other things, every day, I want to learn something new every time
I’m in the process of buying even more materials,  so I can do what I really like, try new stuff, it’s just so exciting, by the way, Amazon loves me.
I’ll go through with you, when things start taking shape, it’s just exciting at the moment, I’ll carry on with my cards, for sure, but I’ll have other things too
So this is it, I’m here but unfortunately not as present as I would like, in the Blog
Once again thank you for being there, it’s really appreciated
And once again, it’s definitely my goal, to come here more often.

Have Fun and Enjoy every Single minute of Life!!!

xx

How Life is … at the moment

Almost a month without writing a post. It’s not acceptable.
At the moment Life is jut going so fast, my days are so full, and my lists get bigger by the day, but I feel so blessed with what Life is throwing at me.
A month ago, if you told me where I would be today, I would have said, never. But reality is: I am.
I’ve achieved great things, by simply, being me. By simply letting Life flow and take me in the direction that I am now.
It’s nice when you receive emails, from people, that have never met me, and like me because of what they read. That is the Best.
And then I feel guilty because I should post more, but this is also a personal journey, where I need to be with ‘me’ if that makes sense, to absorb all the changes that are happening.
For the first time in Life, and nearly fifty, I’m letting myself go, several people probably are pushing me, probably my attitude and the way I see Life is changing too
I can’t tell but whatever it is, I want to enjoy every single minute of it.
So what have I been up to?
I’ve been working very hard, busy at my day job at the moment. And I have been creating, I have been trying, testing new techniques, and I’m so loving it
I’m learning, I’m absorbing so much, from videos, from talking to people, it has been Fantastic.
But most important, I’m having Fun, and that’s what I really want in Life, to have fun in everything I do.
Obviously the comments, I have been receiving about my work, have played a very important part, on how I feel, it lifts you up.
Dealing with different people, and some extremely difficult, that unfortunately are in your Life, not by choice, but it’s just reality, you once again Learn
So many times this last month I had to take deep breaths and think, that surely they are in my Life for a reason, even if it’s just to remind me, how not to be. But that’s Life
Not perfect but … it’s up to us to deal with it, and you can be miserable, like them, or you can move forward. The choice is yours.
I clearly choose to be me. Happy go Lucky kind of girl.
I’ve finally finished the baby quilt, I had visions of the baby going to Uni, and I still had that mini quilt to finish lol
And I’ve been making lots of cards, and yes a list of orders to make to, but this post, today had priority.
I’m in the process of doing my craft room, so that means that soon, everything is going to be upside down, again that’s the direction that Life is taking me, and I need this conversion of spare room into a craft room, to accommodate some of the changes for the near future.
I will finish this post, thanking you for being there, thanking you for the nice emails that you send me, and just remind you that Life is Great, just make sure you are making the most of it.
Till next time, please be Happy, and have Fun
I’m going to leave you with a card, made by me, that a very nice Lady is going to get this week. xx

Time flies

Surely does!!
Work is busy, so many things to do so little time
There’s an holiday approaching, a short one but again with lots of things on
There’s ‘To do lists’ everywhere, before holiday, during and after…..
Life is going at a pace, that to be quite honest, it’s too fast for my own liking.
Life hasn't always been like this
I didn’t like my thirties, yes I had everything, but I had nothing, if that makes sense.
My forties, I surely am making up for the lost time.
I’m enjoying every single minute, and it gets better and better.
Life has been good, and I am so grateful, for every single moment.
A few years ago, I could only dream of what I wanted my life to be.
Today I’m living the dream.
Simply, peacefully and just appreciating every single detail of it.




This picture was taken in my garden yesterday, I’m assuming it’s the last rose this year.
Just beautiful!!
We haven’t had the greatest of the summers in the UK, but this just sums it all up.
In Life when things don’t go the way you want to go, never give up, there’s light in the end of the tunnel
Life is Beautiful
Enjoy it xx

Life

You asked me what’s the secret?
I tell you I haven’t got a recipe
My secret to a Happy Life, has taken many years, many falls, many paths
My secret is to keep focus on what I wanted from Life
My secret is to ‘ignore’ what others think of me, of my choices, their criticism
My secret is always to be me… 100%
Sometimes it’s painful, sometimes it hurts
It’s not an easy ride. Don’t fool yourself
But it’s worth every single bit
What I want from it, it’s not necessarily what you want
We are all different, that’s for sure
In this journey, only one person matters
That’s you!
Take care of that lovely person that YOU are
And enjoy the ride

Hope

Nao me esqueci de voces, jamais

Somente o tempo é pouco, para tudo, e infelizmente o blog é que sofre.

As obras continuam, o Patchwork de vento em poupa, e as pessoas, bem essas........ nao deixam de me surpreender, nunca a frase ‘ Quanto mais conheco as pessoas, mais gosto dos animais’ foi tao dita por mim.

Realmente a vida é assim, pontapé daqui pontapé dali, mas isso no fim tenho a certeza que nos vai fazer melhores pessoas.

Mas passando ao que realmente interessa, a cor que escolhi para um das paredes da cozinha, digamos que é chocante!! E de certeza que de manha quando for tomar o pequeno almoço acordo imediatamente, querem saber a cor? Querem ver a foto? ...... pois a cor eu sei qual é, logo vou ve-la na parede, e espero que seja como eu imaginei... a foto..... ui essa virá em breve, quando estiver tudo pronto.

Digamos que a cor significa esperança... esperanca de que eu aprenda com cada pontapé que estou a levar, esperanca de me comecar a por em primeiro lugar, e esperanca que amanha eu comece realmente a apreciar esta grande pessoa que realmente sou.

I haven’t forgotten you, ever

Only that time is not enough for everything, and unfortunately  the blog is the one that suffers

The building work continues, the Patchwork looking great, and the people, well ..... they don’t stop to surprise me, never the saying ‘ The more I know people the more I love the animals’ as been mention by me so many times

But I suppose this is life, one kick here, one kick there, but I guess that in the end I will be a much better person

But moving on to what really matters, the colour I chose to one of the walls of my kitchen, let’s say it’s shocking!! I have no doubts that when I come down every morning for brekfast, I wake up imediately, do you want to know the colour? Do you want to see a photo?....... well the colour is chosen, later today I am going to see it on the wall, and I hope that it will look just as I imagine... the photo.... soon when it’s all ready

Let’s just say that the colour means hope..... Hope that I learn with every kick, that I am getting, hope that I learn to put myself in first place, and hope that tomorrow I truly appreciate this great person that I really am.

Fantastic..

Uma Amiga tem isto no Facebook , e eu roubei, porque é Lindo demais para nao vos mostrar
Uma licao!!

A friend of mine has this video in Facebook, and I stole it, because it's too good to not show you
A lesson!!