Whisper Hearts and Flowers

I absolutely love this new yarn I have just received from Moya Yarn. All their yarn is hand dyed and organic cotton. The colours are so beautiful I found it so hard to choose! I chose colours from their Whisper range and the colours inspired me to make some new little teeny tiny  flower and heart tags.

Moya yarn is made  in Cape Town and you can go to their website to check out their beautiful colours!  http://www.moyayarn.com/

The colours I chose were, Mint, Azure, Lilac, Rose Quartz, Misty Rose, Strawberry.

Have a wonderful Monday!

Lets Go!

 I'm taking the opportunity to do some scrapbooking this weekend. I have been asked to do a mini baby album for a friend for a very special little baby. I will post pictures and an update of this special project later this month.

I started a scrapbooking course online with Ali Edwards at the beginning of this year. She is an amazing inspiring scrapbooker and I  have  learnt so much from her courses about storytelling and layout. I love her clean, simple layouts which  are not full of  embellishments but are more about telling a story. The scrapbooking course is called, "One Little Word". The word I have chosen for myself this year is  - GO. This is a year of stepping out and being more healthy. I started gym and have a personal trainer who is helping me get fitter and maintain  healthy eating habits.

I GO to pilates/ yoga class which has been amazing! I also have started to run again which gives me time for myself in my busy daily life of Homeschooling my girls and their extra mural activities!

We have decided to GO and travel this year! This has been a dream of mine for years! We have booked our tickets and in September we GO to PARIS and to visit friends in Luxembourg! Lots of planning in the weeks to follow!

Next week is our last week of July school holidays and we Go on a roadtrip to the Karoo to visit my nephew and his family. I am looking forward to spending time with my family and relaxing in  the Karoo mountains. I will have lots of pictures to share and scrapbook!

 Have a happy weekend! I hope you find time to relax, be kind, plan a holiday, laugh, have fun and love those close to you!

Winter days with granny squares - challenge!

I first learnt to crochet when I was a little girl of 5 or 6 years old! My Mom taught me and my sisters and we are all still crocheting! Last year at the beginning of winter I decided to crochet a big winter blanket for my bedroom. I spent hours looking at Pinterest granny blankets and I was so inspired! I just couldn't decide on the colours I wanted. Eventually I narrowed it down to 12 colours and a white border! I know - 12 beautiful bright colours! I just love colour!!

The challenge is to finish the granny square blanket this winter!! I have worked out that I need to at least crochet 4 squares a day for the month of July and I will then start crocheting them together with the white border. I want to finish it this winter!

Granny squares are very easy and fun to crochet and a lovely smaller project would be a cushion cover. An easy tutorial to follow to start making a granny square is at Attic24 blog. Go to -
http://attic24.typepad.com

Hello Monday!

"More than anything, I must have flowers always, always." Claude Monet

My lounge is full of beautiful flowers as my husband spoilt me with a beautiful bunch of roses, sunflowers and daisies and I couldn't resist orange and yellow poppies that were about to bloom! 

I have just started following "floretflower" on Instagram. She is a flower farmer and has fields of the most beautiful flowers and she  inspired me with her  beautiful pictures to get into my garden this weekend and plant some little foxgloves and pansies! Enjoy her stunning fields of foxgloves and sweet peas! 

So happy Monday and today I am forever grateful for flowers and the joy they bring into our lives! Lets think of all the things we are grateful for this week! 

Stars and stripes!

Happy fourth of July to all my American friends!! Enjoy the weekend of celebrations with family and friends.

I have made some special Teeny Tiny tags especially for the 4th July! You can find them at my Etsy shop now!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Winter ramblings in Kirstenbosch gardens...

Winter has arrived in our beautiful city and although we get lots of rain that can last for days and days - we have had the most beautiful sunny days! Kirstenbosch gardens is Cape Towns  treasure! It is over 100 years old and has the most stunning display of our indigenous fynbos and proteas. 

We went with my girls and family and took a picnic and of course we had to get  cappaccino's from the busy restaurant. We took our family on the new "Treetop Boomslang". This is a new walk on a bridge which is 11.5m high up in the tree top canopy. Here you can get the most beautiful views of the surrounding mountains and in the distance you can see the city centre. 

Rambling through the gardens and taking in all the scents, colours and beauty of the flowers, trees birds and little rivers is so peaceful and refreshing for the soul. 

A river runs through ....

My favourite little yellow Ifafa Lillies!

winter trees...

Magnificent Mandela's Gold Strelitzia - known as the Yellow Bird of Paradise! 

Amazing Treetop canopy walk - The Boomslng

logs and leaves...

magestic mountains

The pure joy of clouds, picnics, socks and feet - my girls!

Happy Friday! I hope you get to relax and find a peaceful place today that calms your soul.

Exciting new beginnings!

Happy 1 July! Wow, how time has flown by and its as half way through the year and July school holidays for those of us living in sunny South Africa! 

  My new little blog is bringing me so much joy and especially connecting with new friends overseas! The creativity and beautiful work I see on other blogs is so inspiring! The exciting news is that I decided to open a shop. Many friends and family commented how they loved my Teeny Tiny crochet and watercolour bird tags. These are now available at my Etsy shop! How exciting!!

I got my first order from America and so have been busy getting all the tags finished and posted. Exciting new beginnings! 

I will be adding some new tags and I am working on new crochet flowers for Teeny Tiny note cards. 

Have a wonderful Wednesday and for all those on holiday, relax, have fun  and enjoy this beautiful day!