Sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate.

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;

And every fair from fair some time declines,

By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm`d;

But thy eternal summer shall not fade

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;

Nor shall Death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,

When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:

So long as men can breath or eyes can see,

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Shakespeare

I first joined Mariannes calendar swap in july and chose the month of november...lots of ideas running round in my head...excited at the idea of doing something a bit different...then Paula came up with 'calendar swap ll' which i couldnt resist and this time i chose springtime may!! Time passes...(way too quickly)...and suddenly its october..i began making my calendars starting off with november then moving onto may and actually finishing it!!!

With lack of time, i ended up compromising...i wanted to do more...but i really enjoyed the opportunity to do something a little different...some collage mixed with painting and drawing and generally felt free to experiment and play...

Two weeks ago i sent out the may pages...so here they are...

So far i have received Risa's and Gracia and Louise's beautiful pages with added goodies...thank you so much! What a great collection its going to be!!

I would like to say THANK YOU to everyone for your lovely birthday wishes yesterday!! I enjoyed every one of them which put a smile on my face!!! xxx

Moving slowly but surely into autumn...in the making - some parcels for Marianne, Maditi and Gwen, some more 'new species' and a new sculpture...

I still havent thought of a new name...nowhere near...

To start the week, some beginning of autumn links...

-hand of fatima - Maiden

-swedish storage chest - Maiden

-handmade quilts - Hand

-felt goods - Parma lilac

Have a wonderful, creative week everyone xx

Each box one has a little poem or special quote inside.

This is the flower I made for Jo, made from just paper, wire and glue. It was inspired by Jo's 'yarn flower'.

I really enjoyed making them and making great friends...

Tree buttons!!!!!

My first swap and what a wonderful package from my new friend Wendy!! Full of such lovely things that I.. well, love!!!!!!! Thank you Wendy. I love the William Morris paper and I love the tree buttons...TREE BUTTONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the pictures and the fabric..tree fabric....lovely. And the amazing photo of a tree that Wendys husband, Tim, took. Love, love, love!! Cant wait to use it all! I hope you like yours.