tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89493783936772271842024-03-10T05:22:07.284-04:00Todolwen (see new blog at www.todolwen.ca)- old to new -
Karen B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17202537158955583086noreply@blogger.comBlogger496125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949378393677227184.post-35074821515370756622015-01-21T07:38:00.001-05:002015-01-21T07:41:05.187-05:00It is Time To Let Go ..<div style="text-align: center;">
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Hello my dear friends,</div>
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call me sentimental and soft because that is what I really am.<br />
You all know how much Todolwen means to me but it time for me to delete the 'old' Todolwen page finally.</div>
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Why has it taken me so long? ... A part of it was worry that my old followers wouldn't be able find me anymore and the other part is that I just have a thing of holding onto things that mean a lot to me but it is a new year and time for new beginning.</div>
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The 'old' Todolwen page will be gone but I will still be here at ...<br />
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... for all of you lovely bloggers if you wish to visit me.<br />
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The date on which I will delete this page is January 25th and I will hopefully see all of you lovely bloggers at Todolwen.ca again.</div>
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Many hugs,<br />
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Karen B. </div>
Karen B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17202537158955583086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949378393677227184.post-36929038812945946442014-01-20T08:10:00.001-05:002014-09-04T16:57:00.685-04:00 One More Time ..Hello my dear friends,<br />
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things have been more than confusing and messed up with my blog since a while now which I am hoping will finally end very soon and I am so sorry for all of this.</div>
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Now Todolwen is slowly getting back to where it was before November 19th of last year.</div>
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The final main change is that this blog page here, that you are on right now, will not be continued<br />
No worries though because if you wish to follow me still and/or again which I would love, you will have to do so under the new 'Todolwen.blogspot.com' - just like it used to be or you used to do. This means that you will have to start following me once again on my new blog page and I promise that I will do my best to make this the last time you have to do so and I can't thank you all enough for being so loyal to me and Todolwen.<br />
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This is a link to the new page of Todolwen.<br />
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If you wish to follow me then just click on it, head to my right side bar and click my follow button once again and hopefully for the very last time and I will hopefully see you again at Todolwen - it would be so nice.</div>
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I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.</div>
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Have a peaceful and creative day.</div>
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Karen B.</div>
Karen B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17202537158955583086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949378393677227184.post-68260063237321222582013-11-19T00:18:00.003-05:002013-11-19T00:18:48.864-05:00My Daughter's Wedding ~ Part One ..Hello my dear friends,<br />
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at last ... today I would like to share the first part of my daughter Ashleigh getting married.<br />
I wanted to do this weeks ago but I wouldn't have had any photos to share with you.<br />
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It happened almost 2 months ago ~ to be exact on 23rd of September.</div>
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... first came the 'official' wedding part, which was at the town hall in the morning at about 10 am. It was just four of us, my daughter and her fiancé and the two moms. The whole thing lasted about 15 minutes and was a lot of fun with giggling and joking around but still my heart stopped for that very short moment when the both of them gave each others their 'I do'. Looking at my daughter as she stood there in her flip flops and sweatshirt that had the word 'LOVE' beaming off it, I then realized that my baby girl was really all grown up now and of how proud I was of the wonderful person she had become.</div>
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Afterwards I took a few photos outside for mine and her memory book and then it was back home to continue with the preparations for the second part of the day ... the 'dream' part of the wedding.<br />
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Many, many photos were taken, unfortunately only a few by me before things got going because I was so busy for the rest of the day. You see, I was trying to be the little elf in my daughters wedding. When ever she needed help I tried to be there for her. My daughter planned her wedding and organized everything all on her own and she did such an amazing job ... it was so beautiful! That morning I was up at 5.30 am and the next time I closed my eyes it was the next morning around 3 am. I was exhausted but one thing I can tell you ... I wouldn't miss a second of it for anything in this world!</div>
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Like I said many, many photos were taken and I will share them with you once we have received them from the amazing photographer's that took them.</div>
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But I will share a few of my photo from the 'first part' of the day ...<br />
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A single beautiful rose was the flower for this ceremony from her new mother-in-law.</div>
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I just loved the silliness in the morning and it was just perfect that way!</div>
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So ... here is a tiny sneak peak of where the ceremony was held.</div>
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This is the lawn of the Elsie Perrin Williams Estate. There is such a lovely story behind this place that I am going to share in a special post on it's own in the near future.<br />
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We were so lucky because the two days before the wedding it had rained a lot and we had worried it would be too wet outside but it wasn't. HE made the sun shine bright just for my baby's special day!<br />
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I am not sure when we will receive all the wedding photos but it should be vey soon now because I can't wait to share with all of you so much! But we have received 'teaser' photos a few days ago so in the next few days I will be sharing part two of this post.<br />
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It would be nice for you to visit me sometime here at Todolwen again and until then ...<br />
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I hope you are well and life is treating you kind.<br />
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Have a peaceful and creative day,<br />
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Karen B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17202537158955583086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949378393677227184.post-61682107748189043242013-11-18T07:05:00.003-05:002013-11-18T07:05:52.179-05:00Another Little Christmas Finding ..Hello my dear friend,<br />
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yes ... I did it again. I visited my favourite store again and found another little Christmas treasure that ended up coming home with me and this one was perfect in each and every way too!<br />
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It was this small cloche with a little Christmas tree.</div>
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I am sure I will be going back there some time soon again and I am almost sure that I will again have more to share with you lovely bloggers on my return from it. Have you found any neat little Christmas treasures already? ... Do share!</div>
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And last but not least a few new critter photos from a few days ago.<br />
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These two cute squirrels seem to love to hang out in our maple tree almost all day and relax or eat for most of the time. They were such a delight to watch.</div>
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Thank you for stopping by here at Todolwen. It is always nice when you visit me and I would love to see you here soon again.<br />
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I hope you are well and life is treating you kind.<br />
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Have a peaceful and creative day,<br />
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Karen B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17202537158955583086noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949378393677227184.post-81942270199382527432013-11-15T00:15:00.000-05:002013-11-15T00:15:18.653-05:00Captured By The Beauty Of Nature ..Hello my dear friends,<br />
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over the past few days I just couldn't seem to put my camera down and stop taking pictures of outside and the changing season. As soon as I thought I had just taken the last photo of the day I saw something else. I was almost like under a magical spell by the beauty of Mother Nature!</div>
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Today I would love to share with you lovely bloggers what I saw. This post has very few words but so many photographs. The places there were taken were the park down the road from our house and our front and backyard.</div>
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<br />Karen B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17202537158955583086noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949378393677227184.post-24096336585061932162013-11-13T00:00:00.000-05:002013-11-14T00:04:02.604-05:00Our Willow Tree ..Hello my dear friends,<br />
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it is astonishing how you can get attached to 'things' in your life. <br />
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The first time I viewed our house in 2007 when it was for sale, I really liked the house but the one thing that made this house for me wasn't inside but outside in the backyard. It was a huge willow tree that was standing very tall and proud ... almost majestic and looking oh so beautiful too.</div>
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We bought the house and the gentle green giant became ours. We loved the tree so much we even gave it a name ... 'Salisbury' after the city we lived close to in the UK, which has a large willow tree in the city center standing right next to the river Avon and the swans lived under. We we walked there so many times whilst living there.</div>
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In 2009 during a thunderstorm our willow tree was stuck by lightning which left it scared in many places and especially a huge wound all the way down the trunk. After consulting an arborist right away we were told that only time will tell us if the tree would survive.</div>
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I was just recently told that our tree might be slowly dying. The wound is too large to heal fast enough and too much damage was caused inside the willow by the powerful lightning stroke. We were advised, that to help the tree stay with us hopefully a few years longer, the best thing would be to cut if back quite harshly to take a lot of stress of the trunk because of it's size ~ our tree is about 65 feet across and 75 feet in height so we are looking at loosing about 30 % or maybe more of the size of her. </div>
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I am quite sad about this and I am dreading the day the tree people will come and start to work on her. I have asked to make sure I am home so I can keep an eye on everything and it is going to be hard to see her being cut back so much but I know it's the safest and best thing for the tree and for us too. By doing this I hope our tree will be able to survive many more years because I know it will break my heart the day she has to be cut down completely which hopefully won't be for quite some time.<br />
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A short update on my friend Heike ...<br />
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... I was able to get in touch with her husband this afternoon and she has opened her eyes!<br />
The doctors think that her injuries might not be as bad as first thought!<br />
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers and please don't just stop yet.<br />
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I would especially send my deepest heartfelt thanks to Manu in Germany.<br />
Manu is a sweet lady who e-mailed me after reading about my worries for my friend Heike and she offered to get in touch with the hospital to find out how my friend was and let me know.<br />
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You are in my heart forever Manu ~ thank you for being such an thoughtful person.<br />
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I just received a message that my oldest friend, who lives in Germany, has been involved in a serious traffic accident. That's all I know apart from that she was on her scooter and that she is in the ER right now but nothing else.</div>
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Please keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers!<br />
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I have just heard a little more about my friend Heike.<br />
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She was hit by a car on Monday morning whilst driving her scooter. <br />
She is now in intensive care and unconscious.<br />
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Your prayers are so much needed right about now!</div>
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Thank you so much.</div>
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Karen B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17202537158955583086noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949378393677227184.post-22880608608799896262013-11-12T00:11:00.000-05:002013-11-12T00:11:04.997-05:00So Sweet And Kind ..Hello my dear friends,<br />
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today I would like to share something that happened to me just recently but I didn't have time to share it with you until now.</div>
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A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from a sweet lady called Nancy by mistake. She did what so many of us have done before, she emailed me something that was meant for someone else. In this e-mail she wrote that she had found some lovely vintage lace that she thought I would like and she would like to send it to me.</div>
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I wrote back to her, telling her that I was touched by her kind thought but she didn't have to send me anything but that if she chose to it would be so sweet and kind. Shortly after that I received another e-mail from Nancy telling me about he mistake she made and that she felt a little bad about it. I again replied that it was OK and she needn't worry about it but she replied that she would still like to send me something little. </div>
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And that was my little story until a day last a few weeks ago when the mail man placed a large envelope into my mail box. I must admit that I had forgotten all about this until then but then reading the senders name it all came back and put a smile on my face.</div>
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Well ... my smile just kept growing as I opened the pink bow that held the green paper together and it just kept on and on! It was just like being a little kid at Christmas and that gift you didn't expect was suddenly there!</div>
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These are all the lovely treasures I found all wrapped up ...<br />
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So many lovely pieces and I must say that the lace, which is Victorian, is my most favourite part of all of them.</div>
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Oh dear Nancy ... you are so sweet!<br />
Thank you so, so much for gifting me with all those lovely treasures! It was my very own little Christmas on October 29th!<br />
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It would nice for you to pop by and visit me here at Todolwen soon again.<br />
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I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.<br />
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Have a peaceful and creative day,<br />
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Karen B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17202537158955583086noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949378393677227184.post-15967009450445344432013-11-10T07:08:00.000-05:002013-11-10T07:08:31.464-05:00It Is Time To Remember ..Hello my dear friends,<br />
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not only today but every day we shall remember.</div>
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today we pay our respects.</div>
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Today we remember and hopefully never forget,</div>
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all those who have gave their lives;</div>
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to protect and save so many others.</div>
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and lest we ever forget.</div>
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The cap badge above is my husband's which he wore every day and the medals are his which he was awarded with for serving and protecting his and other countries for 24 years since he was 16 years old.</div>
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So today were are not only remembering all those who have lost their lives for their countries but also those (and all of their families) who are still serving and protecting all of us.</div>
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I haven't created a 'Heart~Felt' in some time now and with Remembrance Day approaching I thought now would be a good time to do so.</div>
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I had only ever once before made a single flower from synthetic fabrics where you cut circles from the fabric and then 'melt' the edges with a candle and I thought that this would be such a neat way to create the poppies that I would need for my 'Heart~Felt'. </div>
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I normally don't use bright colors very often but for this creation I bought fabric in beautiful shades of red and in different types and textures, cut my circles in different sizes and then stood at my kitchen sink with my candle and glass of water ( just in case) and 'melted' my flower pieces.</div>
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I of course had forgotten that 100 % polyester was the best fabric to use for this project. My 50/50 poly/nylon mix decided not just to melt a little to shape the flower but it ever so slightly burnt turning the edges black as well. But as I say ... things happen for a reason ... I really liked the way they turned out and once I had assembled my poppies the burnt edges of the opaque fabric was exactly what was needed to make my flowers look perfect for my newest creation. Three black glass beads made up the flower center.<br />
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I liked these red blooming pretties so much that I made almost 20 of them there and then. </div>
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Not long after that I had the basic 'Heart~Felt' cut from an old woolen blanket that I had felted, then sewn together and stuffed and just needed to work on the layout of the embellishing part and that now took me a little longer until I was happy with it.</div>
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Karen B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17202537158955583086noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949378393677227184.post-9849796255045909202013-11-08T07:52:00.001-05:002013-11-08T07:52:29.978-05:00My Box Is Out Again ..Hello my dear friends,<br />
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I am not happy that I am again standing on my box and venting about something I have discovered.</div>
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So far I have had my designs taken more than once and then my photographs and tutorials and now the newest thing ... my name and when I say my name I mean 'Todolwen'. </div>
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I am not sure if I ever told you how 'Todolwen' actually came to life, so if I didn't ... here is my little story about it ...</div>
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... after deciding in 2011 that I wanted to create my own blog, I wanted a really neat name for it. I don't know why but for some reason the name 'Godolphin' came to my mind. I think it had to do with that I used to watch an old Disney movie about Blackbeard's ghost and his daughters and a school named Godolphin and the fact that there was an all girl's school named Godolphin in Salisbury, England where we used to live. I didn't want to use that name because it wasn't mine but I did like the way it sounded and it wasn't about what I do and that's when I came up with idea to use a few words and then turn them into an anagram and that would become my blog name! And that was actually my very first creation for my blog ... I created the name 'Todolwen'!</div>
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(Bear with me ... I will get to the point!)</div>
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As you all know I work very hard on my creations and tutorials. It will take my some time before I am not only happy with the creation but also with my photographs and posts that are worked on until they are perfect in my mind.</div>
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And this is why I am telling you all this ...</div>
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... about 2 weeks or a little longer ago I was on the internet and I had typed 'Todolwen' into the search bar again just to see what would pop up ...</div>
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It was a Pinterest board that was named 'Todolwen ~ old to new'.</div>
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I clicked on to the link and it took me to the board but as I looked at the photos not a single one was from Todolwen but all from other people's projects. I actually looked at every single pin from this Pinner on all her boards and not a single thing on any of them had anything to do with me, my creations or Todolwen ~ so why was she using my name?!</div>
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Why am I telling you this?!<br />
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I am not happy for my name to be taken and used with things that are not associated with Todolwen (me, my creations and/or my blog) and I would like to ask any one out there to PLEASE NOT use my name if it has nothing to do with me!</div>
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I did try and contact the Pinner more than once but no reply so far. I have also contacted Pinterest and still am awaiting their reply to this.</div>
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I am now stepping down from my box and putting it away again. I am hoping it will be a very long time before it has to come out again. Thank you for understanding when I vent about things.</div>
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about a week ago I visited one of my favourite stores ... Home Sense, to see if they had any of their beautiful Christmas items out already which they did! They had so many glistening wonders on their shelves but one of them caught my eye. It was a putz house church in pale blue and cream that could light up and it was under a glass cloche. The price was great and I went back and forth, thinking should I buy it or not and the only thing that kept me from buying it was that I didn't really like the way it looked. I liked the idea but the final touches were not my thing. I decided not to buy it because of that. Then a few days later and the cloche was still in my head, I had a great idea. Why not buy it and change it to my liking but again I decided not to do so. A few days passed again and finally last Saturday whilst out shopping with my daughters, we went to the same store again and that is when I decided to finally buy the little church after all.</div>
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See ... it is such a nice Christmas decorating but just not quite me ... yet.<br />
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At home I went to work on my idea of doing it my way. Using a sharp kitchen knife I slowly and very carefully cut between the card and glue and in the end I was able to take the glass cloche off and then start work on the putz house. I also removed the little trees that were glued down.</div>
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Bit by bit it become more and more what I knew it could be like. Apart from one little mishap.</div>
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Now we all know that at times you can do too much and go to far and that is what happened to me with this creation. Whilst I was waiting for my faux snow to dry, I started pulling off the old glue, which was quite strong and stiff, that had held the glass cloche to the card bottom. My daughter Ashleigh said to me twice ... 'Stop now before you break it!' ... but I didn't listen. The second time I pulled a piece of dried hot glue off the edge of the cloche there was a sort of snapping sound and then it was too late ...<br />
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One of my 'First Snow' nests is actually on it's way to Australia to find a new home. I will be making more nests in the future ~ I am just not sure when that will be and how they will look.</div>
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... All Hallows Eve was awful here ... high winds and so much rain ... and almost no children trick or treating! My daughter Caylagh and I just stayed at home having a quiet evening carving our pumpkins just for us. We kept them in the house because the wind or rain would have just blown the candles out and that way we could enjoy them glowing in the kitchen. (Oh dear ... I forgot to take a photo!)</div>
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This morning the rain has stopped right now but we are still having quite high winds ~ almost 70 km/h gusts and my eye is on our willow tree 'Salisbury'. I am always worried about her in storms these days. I think it is time for a trim again and I am hoping I can find a new good arborist that can look after her since my old one seems to not be available anymore. </div>
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oh my ... I am actually so excited today that I am sharing my newest Christmas creation with all of you lovely bloggers!</div>
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Remember my canning jar lids and my little clue?! ...<br />
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Now add lots of lovely things like sparkles and glitter and old lace and some little pewter critters and a little faux snow and now top it off with a tiny Christmas spirit and behold ... it is done!<br />
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... my little piece of Christmas magic ...<br />
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And as you know me do you really think this will be the only one I will create? No ~ of course not! So all you have to do is stop by from time to time and visit me here at Todolwen and see what I have been up too next! <br />
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What good is it to see a music box when you can't hear it?!<br />
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I took this short video with my phone.<br />
I know it's a bit shaky but just perfect so you can hear the lovely melody.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed my newest Christmas creation as much as I loved making it!<br />
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Thank you for stopping by and visiting me again, it is always so nice when you do and I love hearing from you too.<br />
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I hope you are well and life is treating you kind.<br />
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Have a peaceful and creative day,<br />
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Karen B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17202537158955583086noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949378393677227184.post-85779642114410377472013-10-29T07:13:00.000-04:002013-10-29T07:13:36.539-04:00My Nests Are Now Listed ..Hello my dear friends,<br />
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this is just a very short post to let you know that I have now listed my new nests in my Etsy shop.</div>
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There were going to be five nests for sale but two of them sold on Sunday after I received an e-mail from a lovely lady that had asked me kindly before hand if I would save them for her. The nests that have now sold are the 'Christmas' nest and the 'First Snow' nest 1. but there are still my other three nest available in my Etsy shop.</div>
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I have finished my newest Christmas creation and will be sharing it with all you lovely bloggers here on Todolwen.<br />
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I just wanted to let you know that I am listing some of my nests in my Etsy shop early Tuesday morning.<br />
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<br />Karen B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17202537158955583086noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949378393677227184.post-33352162308832871482013-10-25T00:12:00.000-04:002013-10-25T00:12:49.510-04:00Little Glistening 'First Snow' Nests ..Hello my dear friends,<br />
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I was planning on working on my felted poinsettias yesterday but in the end I had to step away from them for a little bit because it wasn't working the way I wanted it to and it began to frustrate me. I then opted to work on some embellishments for last years little sparkly nests and I must say that I am so happy with the idea I had for them and the way it has come to life.</div>
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Before my little nests looked lovely but now that they are all dressed up they look enchanting in my eyes.</div>
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I thought I had actually made more of them but unfortunately I only made three small nests and one tiny little one. My daughter Caylagh fell in love with the tiny one and that says it all. The three other nests will be listed in my Etsy shop soon.</div>
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And now I would love to share my little 'First Snow' nests with you and again many, many photos that speak for themselves.</div>
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~ Nest 1 ~<br />
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... it is only 2 inches in diameter!</div>
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Like I said, the nests will be listed in my Etsy shop some time soon but I will let you know before hand here on Todolwen when that will be.</div>
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I am still working on my other creations for Christmas/Winter as I am writing this post and I am having a lot of fun doing so. I just seem to 'bloom' when the most wonderful time of the year approaches.<br />
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Oh ... and by the way ... we had our first snowflakes last night!<br />
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It would be nice if you were to visit me some time again here at Todolwen.<br />
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I hope you are well and life is treating you kind.<br />
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Karen B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17202537158955583086noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949378393677227184.post-20011852080866171822013-10-24T08:42:00.001-04:002013-10-24T08:42:30.656-04:00On My Worktable Right Now .. Christmas ProjectsHello my dear friends,<br />
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at any one time I either have nothing at all or on the other hand at least 3 or 4 projects on my worktable waiting for me to donate my time to them. Right now I am working on 3 different things or I am trying to do so.</div>
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I am also still knitting more scarves as Christmas gifts and ...</div>
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... before I list them all for sale in my Etsy shop.<br />
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As you can see I am busy working away on my Christmas creations and already waiting for the first snow to fall some time soon. Oh and by the way ~ did you know? It's only ...<br />
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... 61 days until Christmas!<br />
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That means I better 'get my skates on' because I have many more things to do!<br />
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I would love for you to stop by soon again and visit me here at Todolwen.<br />
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I hope you are well and life is treating you kind.<br />
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Have a peaceful and creative day,<br />
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Karen B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17202537158955583086noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949378393677227184.post-35592657027453901402013-10-23T08:07:00.001-04:002013-10-23T22:12:20.509-04:00A Bright And Beautiful Fall Morning ..Hello my dear friends,<br />
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I am sure that the people passing me on the street really had to think twice why I am almost laying on the payment with my camera on a cold fall morning last week. My reason ... I just had to capture what I saw.</div>
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It was just before 7 am in the morning when I stood at my window and looked outside. The morning sun was bright and the air crisp ~ just amazing! But there was some else that also caught my eye ... it was the dew drops on the grass. The entire lawn was glistening in the sun and looked so beautiful.</div>
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I just wanted to let you that there is a new listing in my Etsy shop.<br />
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I am not sure if any of you recall my Fall nest I made last year? ... It is actually the only one I ever made. It's a little sad but I am not a Fall person when it comes to creating nor a Halloween person ~ it's just not me and that's why there aren't any Fall or Halloween creations on Todolwen. I do love everything about this time of year thought ... the colors, falling leaves flying in the wind, lovely walks in the park just not creating but I am hoping that this might change one day ... you never know.</div>
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So if you like Fall and nests ... why not pop over and take a look my little nest?!</div>
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Karen B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17202537158955583086noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949378393677227184.post-8859105104784041302013-10-18T13:58:00.000-04:002013-10-21T18:28:19.879-04:00An Old Wool Blanket ..Hello my dear friends,<br />
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it must be a several months now since I found an old pure wool blanket at a charity store. It was a great shape and I loved the color and I had been looking for something like this for some time now so I bought it with all the best intentions of making something lovely out of it.<br />
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I hate to say but after buying it, it stayed forgotten in the trunk of my car for what seems forever and I didn't really take any notice of it. Then when I had to take some garden waste to the dump I finally took it out and it ended up in my laundry room cupboard where it sat for weeks again ... just waiting for anything to happen with it. Finally I decided to 'felt' it in the wash machine and it turned out really nice ( unfortunately I didn't take any photos before the felting). It has a really neat look now! But instead of working on it further I again put it into my studio cupboard and there it sat again waiting for me to do something with it.</div>
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It is such a lovely piece in a very lovely color and now all I need to do is think of what I can create out of it. I already have a few ideas flouting around my head ... like a Christmas stocking, maybe a pincushion, a large "Heart~Felt" and then there is that beautiful Pottery Barn poinsettia pillow ... <br />
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... that I found on the internet when I typed in 'felted poinsettia'. I have seen so many remakes of this pillow and I thought I would love to try and make my own version of it hopefully using some of this old felted blanket.<br />
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What ever it is that I decide to turn this lovely piece into I will of course share with you lovely bloggers. Would you believe me when I say I can start to work with this old wool blanket?!<br />
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As always I have more than one creation on the worktable at any one time and with Christmas on it's way, my table is full of all sorts of things.<br />
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So ... do visit me here at Todolwen soon again and see what I have been up to.<br />
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with fall approaching fast so are the last church rummage sales of this year. </div>
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I stopped at one on a wet and rainy Saturday morning a few weeks ago and being one of only 15 people there at first, I was able to get into the hall where all the treasures were laid out neatly being one of the first.<br />
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At first I headed to the jewelry table and I was lucky to have found 4 lovely broaches that I would be able to use in some of my future creations. <br />
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These are not necessary very old but they just look so pretty!<br />
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It has a beautiful piece of white coral inside it and a very, very delicate butterfly.</div>
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And last but not least ... the dome and base... I am sure I will find something that will fit nicely under it! But all of that will be for another post that I can't wait to share with you.</div>
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That is exactly what happened over the Thanksgiving weekend. I saw this beautiful yarn at Michaels and then I knew I needed to buy it and turn it into a warm little something for a reason and that is what I did! Within a day I had knitted a lovely warm scarf. It will become a gift for someone special for Christmas this year ... of course I can't say who because that would take the little surprise away for when it arrives at the recipient's home.</div>
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don't you love it when things are progressing nicely when it comes to a creation you are working on and when a day turns out to be a nice one? I do so much!</div>
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A few days ago I finally got around to bleaching a large batch of bottle brush trees at last. I have been wanting to do this for some time and never got around to it. I must have done around 30 of them in all sizes. At one stage it was a little concerning though. I had done all my baby trees and moved onto the larger ones and as I placed the first one into the bleach, the bleach suddenly turned a nasty brown color! It almost looked like rust coming from it but the was no rust there. To be safe I bleached these trees twice and the second time the bleach stayed it's normal color and all was well!</div>
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But also something really neat that happened ... amongst all of the trees I worked with there was one little tree that decided that it didn't want to turn cream but instead it wanted to stay a very lovely pale color of green. I gave it extra time in the bleach but nope ... nothing doing ...</div>
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... this little tree wanted to stay green.</div>
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I know that people sometimes pull their little trees out early to get that pale green color but I wasn't really going for that look but as I say many times ... there is a reason for that happening. And therefore this little tree will become a special little Christmas tree in one of my newest creations. I am still working on how I am going to incorporate it but I am sure I will find the perfect way for it to shine.<br />
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... a rabbit decided to come and taste some of my weeds that were still growing nicely under the fall sunshine.</div>
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And not only that but I saw something walking along the other side of the fence in my neighbours garden. Maybe it's a cat..? Then slowly but surely the critter made an appearance in our garden!</div>
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... nope ~ no cat but a raccoon!</div>
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It crawled under the fence and stopped to look at me for a moment as I was taking it's photo and then continued it's journey through our yard to it's home. I don't think I will be seeing this critter for to much longer this year as it is slowly getting colder at night time these past few days and the time to hibernate will be here soon.</div>
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And talking about colder, I started to work on a little unplanned project yesterday and actually finished it already too. What was it? ... that is something I will share with you tomorrow. </div>
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Karen B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17202537158955583086noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8949378393677227184.post-37246852661212136612013-10-13T07:44:00.002-04:002013-10-13T07:45:41.866-04:00Happy Thanksgiving Wishes ..Hello my dear friends,<br />
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I just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful weekend!</div>
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