Autumn 2014 is coming

I have had a cracking summer! My Etsy shop has been doing better and better, the day job is not being wholly horrid, and the weather has been absolutely marvellous. The last few summers have been very soggy and miserable. In contrast this one has seen temperatures over 25°c for many weeks on end, this coupled with being  close to the sea and family has been wonderful.

orange clouds, photo taken July 14 in my back garden. no filters.

Today has seen a drop in temperature and some heavy showers of rain, and to be honest it has been so nice to pull on a large snugly cardigan and lounge about this afternoon and put on a film and eat biscuits. I love summer I truly do, but Autumn is my favourite time of year. I am looking forward to cool mornings and nights where you can sleep without being too hot. Blackberry crumble and custard and other such lovely desserts, but you still get warm afternoons and lots of golden sunshine. I love the colours of Autumn, the golds, oranges and light browns of leaves turning colour and the stepping on them as they fall from the branches all crispy and crackly.

image is NOT my own and taken from Google image

What is your favourite season? and what do you like most about it?

Take care
Love Clara x

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Crochet and doilies

Hello sweeties,

here are some lovely images for you to Pin for my lovely crochet doilies!
I find the intricate work in a piece of crochet amazing. They take patience and skill way beyond my means to create them and I admire the work greatly. I have admitted to you before that I can not crochet anything more than a chain and even then my stitches are not even. So I am ever grateful to those that can do this wonderful art form and I truly honoured to hold many such pieces in my possession at any one time.

a stunning ecru 3D doily

another 3D doily this time in white and with some sparkle brooches added for lustre

a white linen cut work example with a pink bloom and a Bible

click on bottom middle image to purchase this piece of lace

here is a link to my Pinterest crochet board with lots of other beautiful images and even some crochet tutorials, feel free to follow this or my other boards. But please pin kindly and do not copy my whole boards.

Lace

Here are some pretty photo's for you to enjoy of my latest purchase of lace and ribbon.

pure white lace the flower design on the right is my favourite
though I love them both

tiny off white rick rack, and champagne coloured nylon lace with
some gorgeous natural coloured scalloped edging

white cotton, perfect for using as a insert in a future project

bright white lace ribbon

If you have enjoyed this post you may want to look at (and maybe follow) my Linen and Lace board on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/Clarashandmade/linens-and-lace/

Take care
Love Clara x

Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/clarashandmade
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClarasHandMade
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