tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post7064820865160064921..comments2024-02-14T09:21:51.159+01:00Comments on Millefeuilles: Wild Cyclamen and Sugared Almondsmillefeuilleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14608950213999238191noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-51878773568828371882011-10-14T05:46:16.662+02:002011-10-14T05:46:16.662+02:00This is absolutely lovely. I always think there i...This is absolutely lovely. I always think there is magic in every corner, and especially in a garden. Why else do flowers all have fairy names? (as Robert Louis Stevenson writes) ;-)<br /><br />http://thefoolishaesthete.blogspot.comThe Foolish Aesthetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17115423516641338460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-11512021191226895062011-10-03T08:41:23.954+02:002011-10-03T08:41:23.954+02:00Such a pleasure cyclamen and the dolls clothes mag...Such a pleasure cyclamen and the dolls clothes magicalScotkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18247627996915575270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-28090937612888234012011-10-02T12:26:47.905+02:002011-10-02T12:26:47.905+02:00You write beautifully, I love to be drawn in and r...You write beautifully, I love to be drawn in and read more. Your items are quite stunning, hardly any need for words! xsomewhere on the avenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15273706136092760538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-3897280686721427302011-10-01T23:06:42.111+02:002011-10-01T23:06:42.111+02:00Ma belle,
It was so wonderful to see your comment...Ma belle,<br /><br />It was so wonderful to see your comment earlier....YOU SAID something in your comment that really made me think about my current situation. I am a full-time teacher and I am finding it hard have my creative time to write and illustrate. But you are so right in saying that it is through the relaxed state that we are most creative. I find that when I am rested and just let flow what comes to mind, things go better! But what is one to do when stress from work sets in???<br /><br />I love coming to blogs to inspire me and give inspiration to others..THANK YOU SO MUCH for visiting me and I wish you a relaxing Sunday ma chère amie! AnitaCastles Crowns and Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780241008313365707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-66160222404971443112011-09-29T20:12:12.682+02:002011-09-29T20:12:12.682+02:00What a beautiful post! I'm off to have another...What a beautiful post! I'm off to have another read and look at all those gorgeous pictures again.<br /><br />Lou xxxPoppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03699187370171860320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-52423149514602190582011-09-29T11:34:07.203+02:002011-09-29T11:34:07.203+02:00Hello lovely Stephanie!...It is so good to be back...Hello lovely Stephanie!...It is so good to be back in the blogging world again after my Summer break and I am having so much fun catching up with everyone...and here I see another beautiful, inspiring post..<br />I have to say that I love to add those little details in anything I make but I do have to restrain myself at times...It is a very fine line isn't it?...I sometimes struggle to find a balance..and become very indecisive!<br />Beautiful work and as always I love your photographs...<br />Wishing you a lovely day...Hope you are enjoying some of this lovely late Summer sun,<br />Susan x♥ Mary Janes TEAROOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05773609140590006438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-39857374976845935342011-09-27T22:33:47.786+02:002011-09-27T22:33:47.786+02:00love the darling doll clothes displayed in the wil...love the darling doll clothes displayed in the wild cyclamen patch. so striking!<br /><br />i'm drawn to the details on things, but i believe simplicity is best achieved with a sense of restraint. <br /><br />sending you sunshine and blue skies.<br />xo<br />mollybirdie bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10106442145553795388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-84977156565729389242011-09-26T20:14:55.317+02:002011-09-26T20:14:55.317+02:00Hi,
I should have replied to your comment on my b...Hi,<br /><br />I should have replied to your comment on my blog before, but I simply forgot it. So sorry!<br /><br />I would love to read your book by Rosie Thomas. It sounds beautiful. Perhaps we can do a swap? I recently read 'When god was a rabbit' by Sarah Winman, which is lovely. Is that a book you would like to read?<br /><br />Wish you a lovely new week,<br /><br />Madelief xMadeliefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05906326152435858221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-1490221969584733252011-09-26T02:34:13.759+02:002011-09-26T02:34:13.759+02:00I have never see wild cyclamen before how glorious...I have never see wild cyclamen before how glorious.<br />I try for the perfect balance between the two? and sometimes I experiment with my ceramic art and add a bit more than I think I should or a little less. Sometimes primitive is more relaxing. <br /><br />I just joined your blog as a follower!<br /><br />Lorraine :-}Lorraine Young Potteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164878635292287338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-91797429282343666382011-09-25T16:50:17.087+02:002011-09-25T16:50:17.087+02:00I just adore your dolls clothes and wish I had a l...I just adore your dolls clothes and wish I had a little girl to sew for. I love making things small and enjoy adding loads of details. Sugar almonds are yummy, I wish I could find them in this country.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067859108923231530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-48477147928577177282011-09-25T16:26:27.410+02:002011-09-25T16:26:27.410+02:00Stephanie, this is a lovely post., just gorgeous (...Stephanie, this is a lovely post., just gorgeous (I loved your pudding post too). And yes, finding the balance between broad vs detail is a struggle for me too. <br /><br />As for preferred projects, it depends on my life at the moment. Currently my challenge is maintaining a balance between home, work, and lifestyle. This is reflected directly in the types of projects I take on. I get in whatever project time I can with whatever mental energy I have left. It’s all about finding that ever-elusive balance...Janinehttp://theknobbyknitter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-56736153673962822252011-09-25T10:55:56.382+02:002011-09-25T10:55:56.382+02:00My goodness! What a profusion of cyclamen. I'v...My goodness! What a profusion of cyclamen. I've never seen so many in one place. We have a couple of dozen under an old hawthorn tree. I'm a 'small things' maker with a love of decoration. Knowing when to cease adding decoration can be a probelem however and I sometimes wish I preferred plain and simple (it would be much quicker). Eli xFlutterby Patchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979954537321256148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-80019574938606547772011-09-23T03:07:23.327+02:002011-09-23T03:07:23.327+02:00Dear Stephanie,
Loved seeing where you went for y...Dear Stephanie,<br /><br />Loved seeing where you went for your walk and such a gorgeous woodland with all the pretty cyclamens.<br />The photo of your darling children sitting on the hill is precious.<br />The dolls clothes you made are so sweet.<br /><br />Have a happy weekend<br />Hugs<br />CarolynDraffin Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448539647442095635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-87505345341834925612011-09-22T22:49:38.502+02:002011-09-22T22:49:38.502+02:00Love those cyclamen beds. I have a little bunch of...Love those cyclamen beds. I have a little bunch of them in my own garden but the flowers have now gone and the beautiful green leaves are showing. When I look at that teeny tiny bunch I just imagine a carpet like the ones you're showing us here.<br />Beautifully made little clothes. It must give such pleasure to be able to create something so exquisite and detailed and pretty. <br />Love the fairytale-way in which you show us all this beauty!<br />Glad I discovered your blog;<br />Bye,<br />Marianflowersandhomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02262453899981838266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-30236929424538064632011-09-22T11:31:08.334+02:002011-09-22T11:31:08.334+02:00What magical treats your children always find when...What magical treats your children always find when they go for a walk in the woods! Sweet little dolls clothes!<br />Beautiful cyclamen too - natures magic.<br />Although I like to generally keep things simple when making things, for there is beauty in simplicity, just a few little details can be the perfect finishing touch.<br />Lovely post!<br />Gill xxgillyflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410673843788487544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-48091736867093871152011-09-22T10:05:41.493+02:002011-09-22T10:05:41.493+02:00Sugared almonds and cupcakes and fairies and littl...Sugared almonds and cupcakes and fairies and little magic people, what a magical post Stephanie! And opening up my email to see I'd won your giveaway was just the most wonderful surprise, because it can be bittersweet returning from holidaying can't it! It's lovely to be home, see the doggies, be amongst my things, but leaving behind a wonderful holiday and the escapism of a holiday was harder, so the news I'd won your giveaway, well! What wonderful news, thank you so much Stephanie, I am sooooo looking forward to receiving my prize, actually, I'm very excited about it! Thank you soooo much! Vanessa xxxxxxxxxxxdo you mind if i knithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515571548024816738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-65320794521608347272011-09-22T02:40:59.312+02:002011-09-22T02:40:59.312+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.cathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548594237129845161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-73419242564397670802011-09-21T20:46:34.040+02:002011-09-21T20:46:34.040+02:00wow! how lovely! Here Cylclamen is sold as a tropi...wow! how lovely! Here Cylclamen is sold as a tropical plant. I've never seen it just wild like this! What a lovely sight :)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01162985502341523594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-24644213119651802802011-09-21T13:44:22.537+02:002011-09-21T13:44:22.537+02:00I love wild cyclamen. I keep trying to establish t...I love wild cyclamen. I keep trying to establish them here as I am sure my conditions are ok for them but so far I have only three, not the rivers and pools and swirls of my imagination. As to detail, I like people with an eye for detail and I try to really look at things myself. I have never been one for buttons and bows and tiny embellishments though. I love simplicity and perfect plainness. Sadly simplicity is the hardest thing to achieve and shows up my technical inadequacies when I sew or knit!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-75783963405252141692011-09-21T08:52:19.375+02:002011-09-21T08:52:19.375+02:00Such a lovely post! I´m fascinated by the wealth o...Such a lovely post! I´m fascinated by the wealth of wild cyclamen and the way you present these pretty doll clothes in between. There is always something very special about your posts, I love their atmosphere. <br /><br />Liebe Grüße, BärbelGartenfeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14111127446446449101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-85168875181464632442011-09-21T05:13:44.736+02:002011-09-21T05:13:44.736+02:00I love making things on a small scale - sometimes ...I love making things on a small scale - sometimes the smaller the better. I do enjoy adding some details, but being a minimalist by nature do not tend to embellishment.<br /><br />Lovely cyclamens! I had no idea they were an autumnal flower.<br /><br />Your comments on thesis-writing could also apply to blogging, and to good writing in general. I've been working on a post dealing with the subject of personal obsessions - or possibly compulsions - or do I mean passions? It was going swimmingly until I realized I didn't yet have the right word to describe the central topic, which is my own personal passion for/obsession with words and language.<br /><br />What is the correct term for something important to an individual, something central to one's nature, in which one can't help being interested, about which one is always willing to take time and care? Neither obsession, nor compulsion, nor passion, nor impulsion, seem exactly to fit the bill.<br /><br />Concision and precision - I see by this comment that I need to work on those. :)Mrs. Micawberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680436275934263596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-71138086504458883782011-09-20T21:37:39.697+02:002011-09-20T21:37:39.697+02:00How beautiful!How beautiful!Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-7463655736122375462011-09-20T21:36:55.731+02:002011-09-20T21:36:55.731+02:00The dolly clothes are beautiful. And the children...The dolly clothes are beautiful. And the children searching for them so sweet! <br />Making very large (King size quilt) or very small (doll clothes) is much harder than making something in a normal size. And I appreciate detail, even if I don't always have the patience for it.GardenOfDaisieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03110646840082802721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-90118602889829559412011-09-20T17:39:54.251+02:002011-09-20T17:39:54.251+02:00What a wonderful sight, wild cyclamen. Your first ...What a wonderful sight, wild cyclamen. Your first pictures did bring to mind the carpets of wild bluebells in our woods in springtime. What beautiful little clothes, first of all the cupcake dress, but the little apron which covers it is simply delightful. The little rosebud is just right. Sugared almonds always remind me of Christmas, I've bought my dad sugared almonds for Christmas for as long as I can remember, his favourites. I much prefer making small things, big things take too long and I don't have the patience. I love embellishments, but not too many, understated is often better.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021767487568808447.post-70722870680849951392011-09-20T16:00:03.747+02:002011-09-20T16:00:03.747+02:00Love the cyclamin flowers! I just bought one in a ...Love the cyclamin flowers! I just bought one in a pot last week to brighten up my windowsill but they look lovely growing wild. Such pretty woods too.<br />The clothes are gorgeous, I love working on quite small things and love details, ribbons, buttons and beads are wonderful :-) <br /><br />Thanks for entering my giveaway!Hippywitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com