~ message in a bottle ~

...hello my dears

do you find that sometimes in life,

you feel shipwrecked?

 by that i mean ~

you have lost your footing

and things appear so upside down,

you feel as though you have awakened

on some deserted island somewhere...

which wouldn't be bad if J.D. were stranded there too

hee-hee!!!

(OH!)

((and WHO may J.D. be? you are wondering?!))

ahhhh...

JOHNNY DEPP

of course!!

(((i know, i know)))

yah, right!

anyhoo

back on that desert island thought...

 

here you are,

making the best of it,

gathering your sticks to build your beach shack,

and a sand storm blows outta nowhere and

BURIES

you

 

 

darn!

and those were pretty sticks too:)

FINE!

no problem you say

as you brush the sand off

and dig your heels in deeper.

 i'll look for a cave of shells instead...

not quite what you had envisioned

but you can make this work!!

after a long spell of shell cave hunting,

you close one eye for a bit of rest

(you know those starfish are carnivores ~ RIGHT?!?)

as you gaze up to those vultures circling above

 your thinking to yourself,

"self ~ how in the h-e-double-toothpicks did this all happen??)  

self doesn't say nothin'!

self!

SELF!
~ are you listing?!

nope!

~ but listen closely my dears ~

HE is!!

 one random day

you catch a glimpse of a bottle floating towards you

~ glee ~

perhaps a friend sent a "message in a bottle" to your floating island...

(them "c.i.a.gulls" know too much!!)

 

and there is no mistaking it.

a gift from a dear friend

has a message

L-O-U-D and clear...

 

 

your singed eyebrows furrow with disbelief

as a salty tear rolls down your sand stained face

you watch the clouds roll away

 as the SON shines down upon your greasy hair

(who knew travel size shampoos really ARE useful!!)

...grant it

you are still on that island ...

but you know that HE loves you

and He's got your back...

 

 

thank you my sweet friend,

for a most lovely mermaid's purse!

the fairies embellished it a wee bit :)

sharing this fairytale with

faded charm's: white wednesday

here's to those messages in a bottle!

...a white lace swan throw and lilac roses

...hello my dears

i must apologize for my infrequent posts

my desire for this blog

has always been to try and uplift you

and not to bring you

d

o

w

n

(ocean song roses)

i appreciate when you come by for a visit

and leave me your happy little sentiments

but i also feel it's important to be an authentically real girl too...

and let's face it

even in fairytales ~

crap happens!!

 

so here it is

in a nutshell:

things have not been going as we had hoped for our housing search

i will not bore you with the legistics of it all

but sum it up to only say ~

we have hit a snag

and we are on standby.

and quite honestly

i.  am.  depleated.

 

 

i don't know when

i don't know where

i don't know how

but i have taken a few steps back to ponder it all...

hence my absence

 

to keep my sanity,

as i pack it all up

~ AGAIN ~

i have been filling my spare moments with creative things 

...baking

(can we say sand dollar cookies?)

creating...

(lots o' sea earrings!!)

and

~ praying ~

 

everyday elegance is what i have to offer you

they are but pieces of who i am.

struggling to remain graceful and full of hope

i created this throw blanket

with what has become my muse

and constant symbol of

"be still and know that I am"

or

"just keep swimming!"

quiet and graceful is she...

 

 

are you surprised that i made her out of lace?!?

LOL!!

i adored Rachel Ashwell's british flag throw blanket

i had seen in a photo at her b&b

and decided to make one that would make my heart stop

 if i ever spied it a shop somewhere,

and throw up and die if i didn't leave without it!

hahahahhah!!

so i gathered up my pile of pretty laundry

and got to work

the background is a lovely, heavy linen throw made in holland

and the cross bands are from a vintage linen tablecloth

it is hard to see it,

but on all my cross bands

there are ethereal ruffles sewn on top, made out of tulle!!

it is exactly as i envisioned it

~ white on white ~

pure ~ clean ~ lovely!!

after it was all done

i didn't have the heart to use it as a throw

so it will become a wall hanging for now

yep,

no hot chocolate spills for this baby!!!

 

in conclusion,

i just want you all to know that i am grateful to have all of you

a collective group of supportive women,

who stop by every now and again

and leave me some sugar:)

and rest assured,
i'll be back with more pretties to share soon :)

~

sharing my white swan throw and lilac roses with

  faded charm's: white wednesday

freckled laundry's: air your laundry friday

 

here's to fractured fairytales!