~ An Adorable Apple Sweater for the Teacher ~

Have you ever seen anything so cute?

Found this on etsy

at jacqueline knits

I want to give everyone I work with

one for Christmas...

{they are all teachers!}

A*D*O*R*A*B*L*E

Jacqueline also has these little beauties for all you

tea lovers

It's a tea bag holder!

How clever!

If only I could knit

my dear Grandma tried to teach me when I was a young girl

but I was hopeless

note.....there will be slim pick ens on my own photos until I can get a new camera

my daughter's camera is just not the same.

*****

A great big thank you hug to

Luiza

over at Feelings

for the amazing award she designed for me

Please go say hi to her

she is a Swedish Sweetheart!

*****

Thanks to all you lovely amazing wonderful friends

who entered my giveaway

and especially those that posted about it on their blogs

{you still have time to enter on the post below}

xoxoxo

~ Treasures Old and New ~

Bringing together

old & new

treasures

to help celebrate

Girlfriends and Sisterhood

{pretty things we all seek and adore}

my favourite old teacup

+

a favourite new necklace

**a recent purchase from Tracy.... visit her etsy shop here

you will be so glad you did **

my mother's old pretty china

+

a charming new pair of earrings

**a giveaway win all the way from Stockholm Sweden

thank you Eva

please visit her lovely blog Angel.Pearls to find

new treasures to add to your collection**

***

One more huge thank you
to Ocean Dreams

for presenting me with

The Superior Scribbler Award

please go visit her amazingly lovely blog

it really is a delight

***

New and Old Friendships

These are my true treasures

~A Few Bluebird Notes ~

Simple Pleasures

What's on your top 10 list?

oven fresh bread

an autumn walk in the leaves

a weekend away with friends

coming home to find dinner on the table

.....the list will be different for everyone

but I pretty much bet everyone finds pleasure in receiving

an unexpected letter in the mail.

Once upon a time handwritten correspondence was the

only way to hear from family and friends.

I feel sad for the daughter's of today who have not had

the thrill of having a handwritten letter

{on beautiful paper}

waiting for them in the mailbox.

I have decided it is time to bring back some Joy...

To reach out in a timeless, classic and personal way

So

for those of you that played along with me in a previous post

Your notes are in the mail!

{as you can see from the stack of envelopes above I had many responses}

{I have two lovely bloggers who did not get back to me with their addresses

so if you are one of them please email me...one friend I am still trying to connect with}

So start sending out some snail mail love

The Joy I got from taking the time was unbelievable!

{The Perfect Note...by Kerry Colburn...is a wonderful book full of amazing letter writing ideas}

*****

A great big hug goes out to Jermaine

for presenting me with

the Kreative Blogger Award

please visit her lovely blog

French Kissed

...the rules say I have to tell you 7 things about myself..

yawn yawn

so without repeating myself over and over

visit here or here to learn more about me

{only if you please}

~ Sunday's Gifts ~

Happy Sunday

Just finished my tea and danish

and thought I should let you... my dear friends

{who left such caring & compassionate comments which warmed my heart so}

{a million thanks to you all}

know that my family is feeling much better today

and I am still healthy

{dare I say that?}

I thought this would be a good day to

share another Maria and Me adventure

If you are new to my blog....

Maria is my lovely blue bike

we have been on many adventures together

travelling the

"cute spots"

of our area

click here to see where else we have been

This time we cycled to

Limbert Mountain Farm

This herb farm is adorable

and their lunches are incredibly yummy

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I also want to share something amazingly wonderful with you all

Sharon at My Passport to Style

along with

Lauren at Lauren Loves

Are hosting a five day blogging event which begins tomorrow the 5th of October at 8am UK time.

The event will be choc full of guest bloggers, interviews and much much more, kicking off with a great competition and some gorgeous prizes! Please join them as they raise awareness for cervical smear testing and follow their fun five day event, leaving your comments and encouraging as many women as you know to attend through twitter, facebook,telephone, friends connect, texting, your blogs of course and good ole word of mouth!

I know this event will be amazing so please stop by and show your support for this important event!

{I am so honored to be one of their guest bloggers so please visit...I have been working on my post}

*********

One more important thing to share
I have been very very bad

I was given the Honest Scrap Award a few weeks back

from 3 lovely bloggers

so I must not wait any longer to thank them!

{please go visit them ...you will fall in love with their magical blogs}

*Tracy at French Larkspur

who I adore so much...she has an amazing on line shop you will love...please visit here

for lovely Jeanne de'Arc Living products

**Sharon at My Passport Style

who is such an amazingly talented stylist and one of the dearest persons I know

***Morning T

a sweetheart who takes amazing photos and shares about her family, home and travel on her lovely blog
Thank you all for the lovely award

I really do not know what I would do without you guys

What a blessing you have been to me

xoxoxoxo

~ The Power of Yellow ~

Yellow

the colour whose hue resembles that

of ripe lemons

or sunflowers

My Yellow dishes

vibrant and alive

they always add a bit of sunshine to my table

{yellow rose dishes....25 cents each at a local thrift store}

more sunshine to share

the lovely Maria

honoured me this week

as "blogger of the week"

on her gorgeous

blog

Lulu Letty

check out the feature here

and her amazing blog here

Thank you Sweet Maria

you are a ray of sunshine

Another Sunny item...

I was awarded

"I think you are an Awesome Girl Award"

thank you

Simply Colette

for this lovely award

I so appreciate it

{sorry it has taken be so long to post}

Please take a peek at this lovely blog

..... it will make your day a little Brighter

~ my secret heart's desire ~

Special moments

pass by so fast

But i just could not let this one fly away

without sharing

My sweet Molly had a birthday

a few weeks ago

All she wanted for her gift

was......

{no not the peach cobbler above}

A Tattoo

not of a flower

star

or butterfly

but a bible verse reference

{she has wanted this for at least 2 years}

So being such the wonderful mom that I am

off we went

{my secret desire is to get one too}

She held my had the whole time

while

We chatted up a storm with the lovely tattoo artist

{they say the foot is the most sensitive area for a tattoo}

she was so brave

she was so relieved

{when it was over}

she was so ecstatic

she is so in love with this tattoo

{wouldn't if be funny if she married a Matthew}

that now

she wants another one

{not going to happen for awhile}

But now this has got me thinking about my secret desire....

my list of pros is growing

1.....the tattoo artist is very very sweet and kind and now I know her

2.....the tattoo place is so clean {it's a mom thing} and decorated so pretty

3.......the artist told me to come in anytime and that if her mom could do it I could too

4........Molly promised to hold my hand

5......I found this amazing tattoo of a beautiful kite {see above image from once wed}

6.....just look at the colour! It's calling my name...robin egg blue!

7.......Molly told me it only really hurt once or twice

8.....plus it is so unlike me and I would love to "shock the pants off " of everyone who knows me!

Soooooooooo

What do you think?

~~~

Something else I would like to share is

that last week I got

Two Awards

The amazingly kind sweet and lovely

Sharon

presented me with this pretty pink

Nice Matters Award

Not only did she give me the award

she went above and beyond the call of duty

and dedicated a whole post to me and bluebirds....

please check the post and her lovely blog out at

My passport to style

Sharon....Thank you for making my Heart Sing!

The Stylish Blogger Award

was presented to me

from the lovely blog

Letters from the Home-Front

I love this stylish blog.... she has so much fun with vintage style

please go visit

So it is only fitting that I

present the above awards to the gals

who so lovingly gave them to me...only switching them up...

My passport to style...I present you with The Stylish Blogger

and

Letters from the Home-Front....I present you with The Nice Matters Award

~~~

Now tell me what you think about my secret desire!