What is it about a drizzly rainy day that draws me to snuggle user the covers with a good book?
How is it that all the drive I have to do stuff on a fine just vanished with grey clouds and precipitation?




"Success occurs when your dreams get bigger than your excuses."

Why Buttons and Teapots?

... Because these are two of my favourite things in the world., and I happen to have collections of both.

Buttons – because they can be so simple and so pretty and so ornate and so useful and so frustrating and so decorative and yet are such a simple invention.  I have collected buttons for a long time (very slowly), but the process of finding the perfect button to complete a sewing project is definitely one of my favourite things to do! J

And as for teapots, it is another case of loving the simplicity of their design and their delicate proportions, and there is nothing like a good cup of tea to save my sanity on a rough day!

Hello and Welcome :-)

Hi and welcome to my blog.

My plan is to use this to give air to the random musing that wander through my brain from time to time.

I am currently a full-time domestic goddess (who has yet to master the art of actually keeping our home clean!).  This is about the tenth ‘career-path’ I have had the joy of following, but it is the one thing I always wanted to do.  You know how everyone asks you what you want to be when you grow up – well I had a different answer for almost every person who asked, but the one thing I always wanted to do was to have kids and be at home with them,  My precious husband works to support us, so although we currently lead a fairly simple life, it means that I can follow that dream and be present and support my kids as I have always wanted – and for that I will always be grateful.

Having said that, my mind is focussed on travelling today......

I spent a lovely hour skype-ing with a very dear friend yesterday.  She has been living and working in Canada, and is currently staying in Oklahoma, USA.  Before I met my husband, I spent just short of a year in North America – working for a season in the Santa Fe Ski Area, NM, then tripping around in my combi van for 6 months.  My trip took me through 19 states of the USA, and across Canada from Niagra Falls to Vancouver Island, with a couple of little jaunts down to Mexico – and just loved it!!  Less than four months after returning home, I met my husband and the focus of my life changed.  I have not been overseas or on any major trips since, and have been very happy with that choice.  Having said that, I do dream of being able to wander the world again.  Sometimes that pull is just a little tweak, but after our lovely conversation yesterday, that tweak has become and an enormous yearn.  I know that as we continue to build our business, there will be many opportunities in our future to travel and play.  We just need to work a little harder at bringing them sooner rather than later I think J