A personal note

Have any of you ever moved country? As much as it is an incredible opportunity and presents adventures around every corner, it is definitely the hardest thing that I have ever done. Here I am in Britain surrounded by family and friends... I feel like I'm at home,yet on the the other side of the world awaits my husband, my friends and my house. Two little worlds thousands of miles apart at times I literally feel torn in two.

Sorry for unburdening on you. On a more jolly note I am selling my crafts tomorrow at a golf club so I will let you know how that goes and I'll take a picture or two of my display.

I will leave you with a few pictures from my week


A thatched cottage which I am in love with





The narrowest road I have seen, and yes a car can actually fit on it - just about!


On top of the cliff over looking the ocean a beautiful field of wild flowers

Coastlines and castles

Finally my first night of full sleep :) the eight hour time difference takes a while to adjust to. It still seems bizarre to be here everything which was once familiar is now strange, I drove for the first time yesterday and I was terrified, there is barely any room for two cars to pass next to each other on the road and I was convinced that I was on the wrong side of the road. I pulled over with the intent of calling my dad to check that I was on the right side and then realised that I don't have a cell phone in this country!

One thing that will never change is the beauty of the British coast line.You don't have to drive far to find a new cove each one with its unique characteristics.



I am still completely flabbergasted as to how small everything is and how close together all the houses are. However an aspect which I totally took for grated when living here... the historic settings which are speckled around every part of normal living. Walking around a near by town 'the Mumbles' I observed a completely average neighbourhood with a castle perched behind it!

Back in the home land

After 18 hours of airport and travel time I arrived in Britain! a whole year had passed since I had set foot upon British soil. As I flew into the airport the first things that struck me were the densely housed areas and the round shaped trees, things I would have never noticed before I moved to the US. Everything here now seems miniature, the cars, the roads, the houses... I definitely appreciate the quaintness and uniqueness and the history that my home land exudes.

I spent a little time in Bristol upon arrival sitting by the river with my parents and my sister whom I had not seen in almost a year. I was anxious that I would loose my close bond with my sister but the moment we embraced it was if no time had passed, I don't think anything can change the unique bond of fond sisters.

Thanks to a 'sneak attack'

After an hour or two of trawling through downtown in an attempt of selling some of my creations I returned home a little deflated after having no luck- apparently many of the little stores are struggling with the economy at the moment. However somewhat of a miracle took place whilst I was out.... I returned home and checked my emails only to find that I had made 2 etsy sales :) quite frankly I was ecstatic. It turns out that I had been 'sneak attacked' a lovely group of people have this whole little word of sneak attacks.. they choose new etsy shops and promote them excessively. Take a look at their website http://www.handmademovement.com

After a joyful afternoon of sales and a tough workout at the gym I ended the evening with the most delightful treat a perfect little chocolate cup filled with coffee chocolate heaven.



One more big thankyou to the sneak attack team!

pictures

Days later I finally find my card reader in the trunk of the car!
so here are the pictures...



A cute canvas tote with original illustration



Since I have been teaching watercolor classes this month at a really awesome community center I have started painting at home again :)



I just love decorative clothespins



I have plenty of clothespins on my inspiration wire!

Good grief finally a post!

OK so I haven't blogged in about 10 years (ok slight exaggeration I know- but I do like to class exaggeration as one of my strong points)Well the laptop power cable broke hence no Internet for 2 weeks because we were cheap and bought a new cable off of ebay and it probably had to get shipped for Timbuktu!
well finally I am back on line :) I don't think anyone realises how much they use the Internet... nor will you until you don't have it! but I survived.

Well I have had some creative time although it was on hold for a little while as my brother came to visit and commandeered my craft room!
So here are the latest creations....

OK disaster I've just wasted an abundance of time wondering around my apartment in circles looking for my camera reader in order to upload my photos and of course I can not find it anywhere! so the photos will have to wait until later.. sorry!

So I'm off in to town now in hope of selling some of my creative loot to a local boutique... wish me luck
xxx

My first Sale

I am so excited to share my great news with you :)
What a great way to wake up this morning! I checked my emails whilst eating my cereal and was overjoyed to find my first sale.
Thank you all for supporting me by reading my blog and visiting my shop, hope that you are all having a great day
xx

here's what I sold.. my fabric covered clothespins