A Time To Rest

The newlyweds are resting now....

&

 So am I....

Wedding photos coming soon!

Thank you all my beautiful friends for all your sincere & sweet messages to Noel & Moi!!



XO

~

fin

photo from Kathy Hackman Hutchison Pinterst

A Raw Elegance Bellocq

Peonies in your cup anyone?

There is something about raw organic tea that does magical things to my mind.

 

It draws me in.  It continues to educate me.   

There is so much to learn about the steeping and the blends.

Green. Black. White. Herbal. Oolongs. Pu-erhs.
~

 Tea is a perfect opportunity for your body to

 commune with our beautiful earth. 
A ceremony one can do alone.

Hand mixed with ingredients like juniper berries
&
 wildflowers.

The tea itself is a source of rare beauty.
~ 

All senses are filled when you walk into a tea atelier.
  It is almost like a chemistry lab but one that has walls soaked with old English gardens in full bloom filled with wild flowers, roses, leaves, trees
&
 herbs.  

Can anything be more beautiful than this?
You must visit
 Bellocq Tea Atelier.

Just wanted to say Hello to all my darling ones~

XO


fin

Her Hands.

Her hands have become a dream to me... 

The kind of dream a mother would never imagine~ 

Noel
designed and handmade her own wedding invitations!

She didn't share one detail with me so it was an unexpected surprise the day I went to my mailbox! 

It was one of those breathless moments that a Mom experiences~  

She cut each label... 

She tore and rounded each edge.....

She sculptured and curled her French cotton paper.

She tied the box with peony silk....

She wrapped it with English tulle... sprinkled it with dried peonies and sealed it with nothing less than absolute perfection.

It sat in my mailbox enveloped in  pearly blanc gift wrap~ 

It shimmered, just like a diamond!

It whispered her name, dusted with her love....her magic... the pure essence of her, my baby daughter Noel...

I am so proud of her! 

BIG Hugs to all of you, my precious friends!

XO's

~

fin

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Custom Handmade Invitations available for YOUR special occasion at 
Fanciful Designs

Image 1 Kathy Hackman Hutchison pinterest by Maryann Rizzo 
 All other images by Noel Solomon at Fanciful Designs.

Cake Tasting Time

This mother has waited over nine thousand days and over three hundred months

 for wedding cake tasting time!

 Of course with my Noel it will be the most unusual experience.

&

Of course Noel is thinking of making her own wedding cake!
&
Of course guess Who gets to taste all of her sample cakes?
Moi!

 Of course it will be the most delicious cake I will ever taste~

 She's thinking perhaps a hint of rose to add a special touch~

Or pink champagne would be moist and most beautiful~

 Or maybe she will bake a cherry blossom vanilla cake!

 She wants it simple and to look something like this~

 Or maybe like this!

I know whatever she creates will be
The. Most. Exquisite.
&
It will be baked with
All of Her Love~ 



XO's


fin

all photos from google images except.
photo 2 from Sue King Fisher

Some Things Never Change

It's funny what you loved when you were little

is still so relevant to your life today. 

 One of my very most favorite movies when I was little was
 Mary Poppins~

Truly because of this scene

 &

this song that she sang~

 

 It seems to be near me and in me always~

 Today, I am still the same.
 I Love Love Love watching someone feed the birds~
And one day in Paris,
I saw a little man bending over towards the bushes whistling to the birds!
That moment was priceless. I'll remember him always~

XO

fin



All photos from google images.  Bottom photo is my own taken when in Paris.

My Dream

My dream is to live in a very old church someday
with walls of plaster, stone or brick
&
 floors of wood or concrete.

Under arches everywhere.

To feel the open doorways.

To feel the open ceilings.

To feel the simplicity.

To live in the juxtaposition of old & modern.

To feel the pure energy of the walls.

To hear the echos of church bells, the voices of Angels

&

warm wavy windows of light everywhere. 

So.

Because I don't really think my dream never really will come true.

 I have decided my home is my church.

 I find peace here.

There are no arches, but the arches I live under are rounded.  I try to roll off what is not important.

There are no big open ceilings & doorways,

but my opportunities have no ceiling and there is always a new doorway to walk through...

My walls are soaked with windows of light.

And I really do hear Angels sometimes.

I imagine the sound of church bells everyday in my mind

from a church on a hill in the South of France.

And it is this that keeps me going everyday.

Hugs Beautiful Angels!

XXOO's

fin

photo 1 Kathy Hackman from pinterest all other photos google images.

   

  

I Am

I am loving these today!

And I am loving this today too!

                                                                         

~Always BIG hugs~

XO's


fin

both images from google