It was a beautiful day for ...

...a Royal Wedding!

(Oh my...it was like a fAiRy taLe)

Having a party!

Making new friends!

(Lady the "Wonder Dog" on the right was very intrigued)

(holding a smelly but EVER sooooooooooo cute ferret!)

Thank you to Alex Ashton for the pic with the falcon

( I just thought the falcon looked so much better though, my face was spoiling the pic.)

Enjoying the countryside.

Today was a nice day to be in England.

And you? How was your day?

Did she just "bandon" us?

Snow White- Did she just bandon us in the forest?

Anne - You don't say "bandon"!!! it's Abandon!!

Snow White-Maybe but...what is going on?

Charlotte- I don't think she's abandoned us at all...look!

Sadie- Goodness me!!!! I think I know! Look!!! there is a blue carpet of bluebells around us!

I think I can feel what she is feeling right now! Oh yes... I can feel it...

Catherine-Feel what? feel whaaaaaaat???

Sadie- ...her heart is bursting with joy and she only wants to share it with us.

(Thank you my sweet Sadie, you are such a clever doll)

I hope you are all happy too my dear blog friends.

CARPE DIEM

London Book Fair and...MY FIRST BOOK!

Here I was in the middle of Heaven...OoooOOOps! I mean... BOOKS !

Wondering what would be the best thing to do with my story.

I was diving in the middle of some of my favourite illustrations by Rebecca Dautremer when... I realised I wasn't on my own ... I decided to breake the ice... or did he?

"May I have a look at your beautiful book?" he asked.

"With pleasure!" I answered, "do you come here often?" (silly question)

Well, you see my dear friends,today I was at the London Book Fair and I have made delightful encounters like this one all day long.

You might want to know that I was there with something very special in my bag: my book!

It is finished ! At last!

I went to meet the printer, chose the paper, the size, asked lots of questions and came back with a bag full of catalogues.

Lots of lovely chats, cards given , hands shaken, it was a very exciting day!

The first copies are going to be self-published as Moochoo is also an independant publisher . It would be soooooooo stupid of me not to give it a go,don't you think?

Some of you might be interested to be the first to have a signed copy and I would be extremely honoured to keep one of the first on hold for you.

Please, just let me know by leaving a comment here or send me an e-mail so I will know how many will be printed for this first edition.

My heart is beating so fast with excitement !

I just want to believe something nice is happening.

Biiiiiig sigh...

Much love to you all.

PS: It's been taking me ages to visit everybody lately so please forgive me if I haven't come back to you yet.

PS bis: for those who haven't followed ( not always easy on blogland , I have some trouble following evryone too! ) you can have an extract HERE

Snow White

Snow White was having a lovely day . Edward would be happy to see the house all neat and tidy when he would be back.

She had bought a fresh apple from a charming lady who was passing by.

She thought it was unusual to buy apples as it wasn't the season yet,but you can find everything all year long nowadays...

She went to the garden as it was such a magical day.

And yet...

THE END

Ah well...life goes on!

Snow White is looking for a home so if you think you can give her a good shelter and keep her away from nasty ladies selling dodgy apples you can go here.

Have a lovely day!

Achluophobia

Are you scAred in tHe daRk?

I am...

The night covers the day with her petticoat and black dress. With the night comes the darkness and with the dark begins the fear...

And you? what is your phobia?

3 Little Dolls In an Ocean of Daffodils

It was a beautiful sunny day and Tünde, Sadie and Charlotte decided to go for a little stroll through the fields.

There was a beautiful parc in a castle not very far and the little dolls enjoyed pretending they were the ladies of the place.

Spring was here for sure!

Tünde (who felt very special in her new romantic outfit ) was enjoying the old bench, then wanted to give a close look at the pink camelia that had entirely captured her heart.

Suddenly, she heard Sadie's voice shouting in the distance: "Hurry! Quick!!!Come and see!!!"

Tünde rushed accross the parc to see her friend sitting in a tree.

Sadie was fine.
She asked Tünde to climb up so she could have a better view.

And this is what the little dolls could see.

An ocean of Daffodils!

Charlotte , who had heard Sadie shout, arrived soon after and couldn't believe her eyes.

The view was taking her breath away.

The 3 little dolls layed in the moss amongst the flowers and silently enjoyed this peaceful moment where they felt they were making one with Nature.

We had to share this special moment with you, you see?

Hope you are all fine.
This post is for whoever needs a bit of sunshine.
Stay as long as you want, lay in the moss,it is so nice to have you here with us.


This heavenly place where the photos were taken is called Chiddingstone Castle. It is only 30 mins walk accross the fiels from my cottage.
You can see the website here.

Tünde is a travelling doll made by Laurence of FeltOOlala
Sadie is by Evelyn Santiago.

Ooooooooh before I forget!

I have now a set of postcards in my Boutique!

Love to you all!