Ali, as in AliMarie, a twitter-buddy turned friend (I have Tina to thank for that!) who through reading and writing, endless conversations and support became another of my very very dear to me friends. Ali is from England --unfortunately never been there but it's in my plans so brace yourself Ali, I will come! lol-- and the first thing that comes to mind when I think of England is tea!
Read MoreSo...not to brag about my daughter or something but if You remember a previous post titled "Pointe" I mentioned that she was going to dance parts in the Nutcracker ballet with all the girls and boys from "Isidora Galatopoulou Ballet and Dance School".
Read MoreThe time has come and tomorrow (Jun.14) is the last day of school here in Greece. My little girl has English lessons after school and she came home with an "Excellent" on her last big test (proud mama moment here :D ).
Read MoreIt doesn't look like it with the first glance, maybe not even with the second but when a classy lady needs a somewhat classy pen-holder a vase-like form comes to my mind. And when this classy lady is my friend (through love of the same book/movie characters and twitter), as always for my friends, I wanna do the best I possibly can!
Read MoreI have my own everything-blog-and-Photoshop related fairy, named Sylvia. But to start things from the beginning I have to say that she's much more than that! I first "heard" of her while reading one of her fanfiction story. In no time at all she climbed on my fave author list, than became a dear friend and now she makes her own magic with this blog's graphic (changing little details again and again just because I asked her) and more!
Read MoreWhen a common/mutual cause (fandom, goal, love for something) brings new people into your life you nurture the new-found relationship and you find yourself after a while calling those people FRIENDS. The last three years I've "met" brilliant people -authors, mainly through reading their stories and fellow readers- and connected with them through twitter and other social media etc. I've come to cherish and love them despite the possibility of never having the chance to meet them in person!
Read MoreWhen you're feeling down you can escape RL in many ways. For some any physical activity will release that pent-up stress that clouds the mind. For others anything art-related can bring solace like music either you're "just" listening to it or actually writing or playing. In the same way reading or writing a book is a great way to let yourself carried away into another world.
Read MoreMay is a busy month what with Summer so near, school-year close to the finish line, exams, recitals, concerts, you name it we've done it this month! In addition, on the very last day of May it's my Father's birthday. He likes to read, listen to music and collects postal stamps so I've combined all these things and made him a matchbox style book
Read MoreInitially I created this lamp for a friend not the contest, so it's done with the colors and theme she likes. I noticed butterflies are a popular embellishment and still the color-combo and other embellishments used make every lamp unique!
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