andreacreates.

{andreacreates}

♥

i love these hats. {ruche}

she tells the truth.

There have always been women who remember the old ways.
Women who hold within them the memory of time in the very beginning when women were honored. Women who refuse to please others by becoming smaller than they are. Women who take up space with their thoughts and feelings, their needs and desires, their anger and their dreams. Women from every age. Wild women. Spinster women. Wise women. Rebellious women. Women who love. Midwives. Witches. Healers. Activists. Women full of themselves, their ideas, their stories, their anger, their passion.
You who stand apart, come close. You who are out of touch, come near. They do not throw stones, instead they give you flowers and embrace you with joy.
They sing to you.


{i just found this in an old notebook. not sure where it came from.}

G-Uknit

the theme here cracks me up! seriously.
twiggie smalls! ghost face knitta!
love it.
{G-Uknit}

♥

i love these necklaces hanging on the wall.
{found via house obsession}

in vain i have struggled...it will not do.

handmade goods made with jane austen quotes. ♥!
{brookish handmade goods}

magical sun.

{from "the magic box" via the snail and the cyclops}

i could live here...

{here}

...

{icanread}

renegade craft fair hits austin!

i am so thrilled to hear about this! i have been dreaming of going for quite a long time and now it's just around the corner from me.

caravan.

{caravan}

made of paper...

{jennifer collier}

to brighten the sunday blues...

{kathleen hills; svenska; ellynelly}

come home and the birds will bring you honey. ~amy millan

i love these sweet and meaningful pieces made by kristen at knotted nest. thanks to sara at pretty fun for pointing me to this.

i could live here...

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

little bean.

i happened upon this little shop yesterday and immediately wished i was a little girl again! believe me, if the clothes there were in my size, i would buy them all. the store itself is adorable, complete with fabric kites in the windows. if you're in dallas and have little ones, you should definitely check out little bean.

{shop online here + blog here}

window shopping.

{spool no. 72}

can candles.

{see how here.}

...

{here + here + here}

write to write.

Write to write. Don’t say you’re a writer if you’re not writing. You’re not a writer, and who cares anyway, if you’re not writing. Even if you’re writing, don’t call yourself a writer. Say, instead, "I write." It's the verb that's important, not the noun. "I haven’t been able to write," people say to me all the time. "No, actually," I respond, "You have been able to write, but you have chosen not to." They usually walk away unhappy. We are always * ALWAYS * in choice. If you have a napkin and a pencil nub or a piece of dirt on a stick, you can write. Don’t let the "writer" take precedence over the "writing." Let go of outcome. Forget blog statistics and the endless "freebies" that have sprouted online. Why does your blog need to lead anywhere? What’s all this striving about? Don’t search endlessly for a book deal before you’ve even written anything. Go back to #2: sit the hell down and write. Sit alone with yourself and a piece of paper without thinking about an audience, your database, the best way to market using social media.

{wise words from the wonderful patti digh~read more here ; flickr photo here}

happy weekend.

{ache}

a little inspiration.

never never never give up. i like it. {supermarket sarah via design sponge}



i love this idea of displaying old buttons. i might find a spot for my vintage button collection. {jocie sinauer via design sponge}

tgif.

{better than fine}

♥

{woodland belle shop}

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i always love the packages here.

♥

{skippy designs via tangled and true}

paper wreath.

{tutorial here}

i could live here...

{buy it for me here. found via desiretoinspire}