19th March

I do not know if I mentioned it before, but I am from England. I have been here for 15 years, although it feels like way less.................I came in 1995, January, all on my own..........looking back I don`t know how I did it!.....................I am a nurse and came here to Savannah with an agency that found us our jobs and accomodations......there were nurses from Australia, South Africa and Ireland.

I must say, it took a while to adapt to life and nursing here, very different to England.

My contract was for one year, and now 15 years later, here I am with a husband, two lovely boys and a goldendoodle!.................

My husband works at a resturant, a very famous one actually.................it is called The Lady and Sons, it is downtown Savnnah, and owned by Paula Deen................you may have seen her on the Food Network....He has worked there for 14 years, before Paula was even famous, he is now the kitchen manager, but started back then as a line cook.......................we have been very fortunate and are grateful for it.

These are my boys ~ Thomas and Caleb, aged 11 and 8.

18th March

Good morning!

Hope you had a good St Patricks day. We live in Savannah, GA. one of the largest parades for this day. We, however, did not go, downtown is CRAZY!

Instead my husband and boys built a treehouse, a pretty cool one too. Now we have to decorate it!

In the mail yesterday came my 2nd set of vintage seam bindings ~ gorgeous. I have already listed some on ebay which I have stamped with French script. Very pretty colors, ones I probably would not have choosen had I bought it new.

How do you like my clothes pins? They come with a magnet on the back for the fridge ~ great for kids artwork ~sure is better than ugly plastic clips!

12th March 2010

Good evening

Another rainy evening in Savannah GA..........................wet footprints on the floor from my dog, Harry Bear.

I guess I never mentioned my dog before, he is a Goldendoodle, so cute...............GREAT with my boys! He is 4 years old and still acts like a puppy..we LOVE him so much!

My youngest son, Caleb, likes to take pictures of him all the time.

Does anyone else have a goldendoodle?

March 7th 2010

Good morning.

We had fun scouting yard sales yesterday, I was lucky enough ti find a Cath Kidston Home journal for a dollar! It is gorgeous, I`m so happy!

I woke up today and felt inspired to create something new.........................after a short while I came up with these...................

Crepe paper frills votive candle holders......neopolitan style, I have just listed them on eaby and we`ll see how they do............I think they are adorable, hopefully others will too!

March 5th 2010

Well I feel so guilty, I have not visited my blog for a while.................I will try a little harder!

I have been busy making bags and tags, ribbon and frills for ebay and etsy. Things are going good.................crazy weekend..............multiple orders from ebay made me feel a little overwhelmed but I did manage to get everything shipped by Tuesday.

I`m really enjoying crafting my items....it makes me feel good when people email me to say how pleased they were with there purchases and how PRETTY my things are........I am truly blessed to be able to stay home and do something that I absolutely LOVE to do!

We have had strep throat going around our house this week first my son, Thomas, shortly followed by myself and my other son, Caleb...........I have ordered my husband to stay away from us!!!

Tomorrow we are going on a yard sale and thrift store expedition..........what fun! You never know what you will find. Last month I was lucky enough to get a bunch of vintage lace and some vintage aprons at the Manna house thrift store............the aprons were 25 cents a piece.....Of course they have already found a new home with a lucky ebayer...thankyou.

Today I have been working on some muslin bags that arrived in the mail.........................they have been transformed into the most adorable Tulle dress gift bags, also perfect for lavender or potpouri...............I have some Lemon verbena scented silk rose petals that I will put in mine......

I have just listed them on my ebay site ~ Linen-chic.

I see that I now have one follower on my blog and I am grateful for that..it gives me the incentive to continue to post and share my journey and ideas. Hopefully more followers will come, I need to remember to post my link on my ebay listings..........................