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Year: 2012

Day Tre…

03/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on Day Tre…

… one has to say it the Italian way to get the poetry in my title there… Another gal over on the me-made May challenge posted the weather stats on her photo, which I thought was a terrific idea.  It…

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Tree, with sunrays

02/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on Tree, with sunrays

Heya! Hmmm, what to say; well maybe something about the photograph… I was glad my list of daily activities took me past this spot today.  It is usually deserted and to my mind utterly, ethereally, beautiful.  And I managed to…

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May Day

01/05/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized24 Comments on May Day

… and the first day of Me-Made May ’12. And thank you all so much for that lovely feedback yesterday! I’m actually excited today and feeling motivated about taking the photographs again.  This is good, hopefully that tide of enthusiasm…

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Delightfully tacky

30/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized36 Comments on Delightfully tacky

I like the clashiness here.  A reminder that nature can beautify anything…  The rose is a late autumnal bloomer from my garden; some litterbug chucked the Coke can onto our verge and in the act of picking it up to toss into…

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Strawberry pink jeans

29/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized35 Comments on Strawberry pink jeans

I have made some new jeans!  Au Bonheur des Petites Mains PLH08002: Pantalon droit avec decoupes.  (my less than perfect translation: trousers right with slices?, hehe) Now; to say I am grateful to shams for helping me to obtain this…

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A good hair day

28/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized31 Comments on A good hair day

A very special and super fantastic night; we went to the Amanda Young Foundation Ball.  I wore my Grecian-style ballgown, made in 2004.  An oldie now but still a goodie.  I had my hair put up professionally, which always makes me feel…

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Mum’s silk kimono

27/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized29 Comments on Mum’s silk kimono

With thoughts of self-stitched sleepwear ricochetting about my recent consciousness like a pingpong ball being batted about by a playful pussycat… as well as unique and beautifully artistic garments that delight and inspire us creative types…. This is a silk kimono…

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Yoshiki Hishinuma top; more details…

26/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized17 Comments on Yoshiki Hishinuma top; more details…

…in response to comments, and thank you for your interest! Barbara wished to see the Yoshiki Hishinuma top on, so here it is.  It doesn’t really go perfectly with this skirt .. back in the day when I used to wear…

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