catherines confessions

Purple is a wonderful colour in winter. If you are wearing black, it gives you that little extra sutble touch of colour! Think purple, violet, lavender, mauve and auburgin! Wonderful hues between red and blue. This stretch necklace is available from my Etsy-shop "parltradet". For more details please click here. First commenter: Theresa's Treasures

This is one of the necklaces that I sell on Etsy. Click here to find out more about it. If you would like to win this handmade (by me) stretch-necklace , please leave a comment and tell me something about yourself and why you would like to win it. Please write your name and email and I’ll choose a winner and announce the winner here on my blog. Good luck!

It is April 29th at five or six in the morning, the sun rising early this time of year, and it's soon a holiday in Sweden. The pale green hue of all of the tiny new leaves are out, after a year of waiting for them. Jag pause to think about everything that has happened in the past year and want to happen in the coming. Spring gives us strength and courage to dare to think about what's up ahead. But actually it is NOW, the present moment, that begs for attention. Snowdrops and crocus are relieved from duty by tulips and daffodils. The minature magnolia's fragrant, white blossoms opened the day before yesterday. The entire garden is decked with flowers, bejewelled with spring blossoms. Bejewelled. But it is not flowering plants but jewellery made of beads and metal, that I have chosen to work with, dispite my short experience. I am a newcomer to this craft and this venture, but not a novice when it comes to the arts, design and other crafts. I have just changed direction, take...