Oh, how dearly I love this time of the year!
There is a joy that fills my heart as I breathe in the delightful scent of the coming spring...
The days are beginning to lengthen...there is a little more sunshine with every passing day, and it is happily warmer which means I don't have to wear quite so many layers of clothing...{happy sigh}
"It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!" - Mark Twain
Gorgeous sweet peas grace our hanging baskets...they bring such cheer!
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August has been a busy month thus far for me as I finish planning our summer garden and prepare vegetable beds with rich compost... There are pepper and tomato seeds to be sown, and chicks to be bought so that we can increase our little flock somewhat... Usually I spend a Monday working in the glorious outdoors...
One of my favourite flowers...Calendula...
The rest of the week is usually spent sewing new heartmade products, babysitting an adorable little boy, blogging and all the other lovely things that fill each day with both work and pleasure...
Before winter slips by completely, I decided to knit a gorgeous green cowl for myself as alas! I have not picked up my knitting needles for months! In the evenings we have been watching Bleak House by Charles Dickens, and I am happy to say my knitting needles have been clicking throughout...I hope I will have time to wear my new cowl before it gets too warm!
I sorted out my sewing and papercraft supplies just the other day, and oh! How good it felt!
As I mentioned before, I am already doing some Christmas sewing, namely my fabric reindeer which are among the favourite products on the
heart❤made stall at Christmastime...
A few brighter, busier days at the market meant I could visit my favourite quilting shop once again and stock up on a few more beautiful fabrics...at the moment I just buy fat quarters, as this gives me enough fabric to work with without tiring of the design...
You might like to see my darling new Miss Lettice rabbits...on my recent visit to the Cape, my grandmother sweetly took me to the fabric shop there and spoilt me with some delightful new fabrics...I thought they would be perfect for Miss Lettice outfits, and set to work sewing them shortly after my return...oh! Sometimes I do wish I could keep the items I make to sell!
My sweet sister, Nancy, crocheted these beautiful earrings for me...she has added these to
heart❤made, along with a few more pretty designs! I am hoping to showcase them on the
heart❤made blog sometime very soon...
I love these crocheted earrings...they complete a winter outfit perfectly!
Oh, and I thought I must show you a few photographs of the lovely baking and tea party my dear friend had for her 18th birthday in July...
Filling beautifully decortated glass jars with flowers for the tea table...
Heidi-Mari is so wonderfully organised and made sure everything was perfectly planned...each young lady was assigned a team, and she and her teammates were in charge of certain tasks such as baking coffee cupcakes, preparing the toppings for the mini pizzas and so on...it was such a delightful way to get to know the other girls and have fun while about it...we baked, chatted and then donned scarves and hats and took pictures outside...then we had a beautiful high tea and enjoyed the sweet treats we baked during the morning...
Dear friends...
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Other lovelies lately have included long letters to sweet far away friends...
"What a wonderful thing is the mail, capable of conveying across continents a warm humann hand-clasp." - Author Unknown
Pleasant walks along gravel roads and fields surrounding our home...
"The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therin." - Psalm 24:1
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What have you been busy with lately, sweet friends...?
I am afraid I haven't been able to share as much here as I would like to...but springtime is always blissfully busy!
~ Have the loveliest of Tuesdays ~
