Illyria

Scarf for Mira - her colours. Patons DK cotton and 4.5 hook.

As you may know, Ben and I have been on a bit of a spiritual rollercoaster ride this year - exciting, with ups, downs, and unexpected twists and turns. I’m going to try and share bit and pieces with you, and the Stir The Water site is one of them. It has really practical help for listening to God and the meditations are amazing. It has been a huge blessing to me, so if you want to know more, click the image on the top right here, or ask me!

I thought this sounded fun! Tagged by mrBen. Please humour me with your participation!

The rules for this meme thing are :

* Grab the nearest book.
* Open it to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

You have to start these the day before you want to eat them - not because any drastic action is required, but just because you need to let them dry out before baking them.

Nigella’s Domestic Goddess recipe for ricciarelli. My, she loves dashes!
And now I get to tag 5 other people with the meme:

Ruthy

Lorna
Deryn

Debra

Diane

I love reading these blogs so much - please keep sharing your heart and art!

Bless you,

Heather xxx

Yes, more cupcakes - wheat/gluten free this time…

Mummy cut my fingernails, toenails and fringe…

She had to catch me first…

I rarely stop…

Several dozen cupcakes later, I have reached the October holidays and feel like I just blinked and half a term disappeared.  ‘Creating’ is a word we use back home for someone making a fuss… so and so’s creating, kicking off. I have been creating in the positive sense - I made a number of gifts for people that were so rushed for time I sadly didn’t get to photograph them…

I have been creating in other senses - creating new relationships in Dumbarton at the Rock, creating new thought patterns about who I am, discovering new truths and giving expression to them.

I had a dream this morning about getting a tiara set with large purple faceted gems and sparkly glittery purple shoes.  This reminds me of my identity, and blesses me so much, but also presents a challenge to live up to.

I have been away on a couple of spiritual development courses lately, one with Streams and one with Invest. They were  both amazing and I feel very nourished! Many thanks to the grandparents who helped out with the little tiddler!

Tonight I am making cupcakes for a school coffee morning and getting to try out my new star nozzle for piping the top! I also hope to complete some creative projects. Maybe I’ll get some photos up at the weekend. I knowI didn’t get around to updating my Etsy shop yet but I will soon!

Right, off to cakeyness.

They are pink AND purple with hearts AND butterflies AND flowers AND I love them so much they are all I talk about!

I have been playing with the stacked spinner idea for a month or more, but here is one finished and one almost finished!

“Heartflow”

I love recycling and the heart is tin coloured with embossing powder. The beads in the starburst are from my sisters wedding dress offcuts, and the pink button was a surprise to me - I didn’t expect to use that colour, but it makes the whole thing pop! As usual, the symbolism is important. I know there are only four layers, but when I tried adding more it didn’t work - it got too busy or unbalanced.

This was my first time sawing, heat treating and forging copper! I also broke my husband’s drill on the hole - sorry dear! It’s not finished, as I want to add some text to the tag. I tried to add in wooden scrabble tiles or fridge poetry words but neither seemed to suit.

“Valued”

This is a WIP layered embroidery of lace, angelina and metallic organza wrapped round some more tin, which I’m going to wire and bead to finish. All my recent work is going to go on my etsy shop later today, at discount price as they were training pieces. So come and take a look! I had so much fun with them!

Sadly missed the family themselves - and lots of other people, but here is what I have!

I love our church family!

Gorgeous!