ABOVE: by Charlotte Saunders
Had a bit of a crappy day yesterday, (there have been worse, I confess) but it all culminated in my spilling a fresh (hugely enjoyable) cup of tea ALL over my keyboard!
I know!! I’ve always been so careful about these things…well, until I wasn’t, and no amount of hair-dryer action and pleading would bring my poor innocent keyboard back to life. Sorry keyboard, it was an accident, really it was.
Sniff.
So I write to you today from a brand new shiny keyboard with a strong sense of guilt towards the replace-ability of my moronic tendencies… I should be punished more shouldn’t I? But there was a mac store just down the road… oh! Woe is broken technology and clumsy hands. I feel I owe the keyboards of the world a little apology, truly I am sorry.
In another note, my gorgeous little mom popped in to give me something equally tiny and special. My dad owns this little baby poetry book which is just MAGIC! It speaks of another era when people carried poems around with them… like little Spoonfuls? And we all wore pretty laces and puffy dresses.
Couldn’t resist sharing it’s magic 7 by 8cm glory with you.
I shall dig in (gently! and with NO tea nearby!!!) to read Browning’s words and try to find some wordy gems…to happy Browning & dry keyboards, and genuine remorse, cause honestly I do feel bad keyboards…
thea.
xx
Just a little post to let you know that you can now buy Spoonful from spoonfulzine.com!
So, if you’re not that into Etsy, or wish to avoid their fee - (and let’s face it, who doesn’t…) you can buy them from our site. We’re still building the actual site, but it’s nice to put a face to the name at least, isn’t it? hehe
thea.
xx
1. Lately I have been busily packing Spoonfuls into yummy envelopes like a good little munchkin. I’m impressed with the people this organised before Christmas and already ordered their stocking stuffers (oh oh, I will make a solitary post about it, but you can now buy Spoonfuls here…)! Wish I had even an inkling of what I was going to purchase my dear ones :) It’s also a majorly satisfying and exciting moment to be able to send off Spoonful into the world on little postal wings… Dying to hear what the recipients think!!
2. Munching a kiwi fruit as I upload these photos for you - Miam! (as Pia would say :) I nearly had an intertack (code word for blogging/internet heart attack) when I saw that Pia, the amazing inspiring and insanely talented Stylist and blogger had featured ‘for the visionaries’ as one of her ‘Blogs in the Spotlight’ at the moment - eeeeeeeeeeek! The Excitement!!! Pia’s links are always so beautiful that I spend a good amount of procrastination time yearning mournfully at the on-screen talent, so thanks Pia! Totally chuffed! And now for 3. The Show:
Last night - we got a surprise present.
For no reason whatsoever (well, at least that we could think of or google) there was a gorgeous impromptu fireworks display over the waters… Oh the colours! I particularly loved the slow and silent fall of these glowing red lanterns… they looked like huge fire-flies, floating in the sky…
They reminded me of Christmas a little. Got me in the festive mood… you know… Red, floaty, nostalgic and somewhere, somehow there’s a hint of cinnamon in the air…
thea.
xx
This Post is filled with the beautiful loveliness of my amazing mom.
First of all, Shabbat Flowers!! It’s such a lovely tradition (& excuse) to have flowers about the house, and it makes the weekend that little bit extra special. A gift for surviving the week! hehehe
So, aside from buying the gorgeous native flowers my mom also sent me this quote which we are pondering over:
Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out. -anonymous
I think we agreed that it’s right, but only partially. Sometimes, the way you view something COMPLETELY transforms the experience. You know, ‘the art of looking sideways’ is not called an art for nothing ;) But then other times it’s not necessarily so. Despite this, I think it’s good we have a reminder for us to try to see things differently.
Do you guys agree? challenging one…
hmmm…
thea.
xx
Well, I figured as I had the fresh blueberries, and as I had to wait anyway, I might as well wait with home-baked snacks!! These Blueberry Muffins are amaaazingly yummy, took a this fresh batch hot out the oven to Mr Visionary & his work mates to have a good old fashioned tea-time with goodies.
The blueberry romance continues…
thea.
xx
Well, we’ve only heard this proverb about a billion times, but I’m afraid it’s true this time too.
Much like waiting for a banana to ripen and reach just the right colour. Spoonful has had to go into the colour doctor at the printers to get the colours right. Initial Proofs needed changing twice… but I think we’ve finally fine-tuned it enough for the mags to be out friday…
So that patience is going to have to eek itself out for us a little longer - sigh.
thea.
xx
P.S. Fabulous colour calendar here.
