Oh the times, they are a'changin'....
I have recently added yet another avenue to my "social media"...trying to keep up with trends before I am completely passed over...and I am gradually figuring it out.
Twitter...tweet, tweeted, tweeting.... I don't know why the term "twit" isn't in there somewhere....okay..
so maybe it's pretty obvious....
As one of Susan Branch's many many girlfriends, I have found it is a fast and relatively easy way to keep up with other girlfriends...for we have so very much in common.
We all love the Harvest Moon...
...and we love our book about Autumn...
...and little Beatrix Potter people..
...and a hot cup of tea, and a Victoria magazine,
.....and saying "Rabbit, Rabbit" on the first day of the month...
So when I came to organize my organizer.... I looked at my address pages...
...and there was not one space for twitter, tweets, tweet addresses...
so...with a creative spirit, I decided to rework my planner, especially since there were more and more
"irons" appearing in the proverbial fire. This is what I came up with...
From the beginning....
The Franklin Covey organizer I acquired several years ago...
along with the pen I purchased, to carry along. It is perfect, as it includes Blue, Black, and Red ink, along with a mechanical pencil and eraser...
the inside...
The zipper pocket holds my iPhone when I'm out and about.
The back pockets hold stamps, stickers, envelopes, business cards...
I punched holes in one of these craft store envelopes to hold receipts from important purchases...
I created my own Front Page...it needed to be pretty...
I had images I had sketched and painted for a possible sticker book. I decided to use them now, and make a sticker book as we progress...
I made dividers from watercolor paper for every area of my life that needed organizing...
I acquired the stamps from Hobby Lobby and used a brown/sepia ink pad. I hand-painted the lettering for the section name.
I use the Franklin Covey 6 hole punch...
Moving on..
This is for the dreaming...England some day?
Eliza likes to dream, too....see her little motor car above?
I had to have one for Gardening Ideas...also for seasonal decorating ideas (you know, with a pink front door, and all;)
You might spy a familiar pink flower above...I received the darling SB card from friend Belinda, and had to have a mini watercolor lesson. Always learning and growing, and it takes practice and more practice.
Speaking of my garden, I will show you the patch of Lamb's Ear in my garden, from where I plucked a bit for Susan's gift basket. I suppose I should find a tiny lamb instead of tiny rabbits...
...and here is my Moon Flower that has finally bloomed and greeted us before closing up for the day.
I think it's quite significant, as it came the morning after the brightest, fullest Harvest Moon. It had just been a little twig when I brought it home from Mamaw's garden, along with the Lamb's Ear. I tucked them both in my little cottage garden where they have both flourished.
She passed away the day after Mother's Day.
We loved visiting her farm in the Autumn...Grandson Xavier jumping in the piles of leaves and climbing on the tire swing. I've been missing her...and this moon flower blossom reminded me, we are not so very far away.
This was the photo of us on the day we went gathering cedar...the inspiration for the Eliza's Tale..Here we go a'Gathering.. (see blog post November 2011)
And then there are those Christmas Card lists...
I'm working on a system including the year, with sent and recv'd columns.
(Just a note...the cute little copper page points came from www.Levenger.com ....not the link, just the address;)
Now for an Events section... With my son's wedding fast approaching, barn sales, a project for a sister-in-law who is planning a ladies retreat...this is a much needed section, in order to keep up with what/when things need to be completed...
One of the projects for the wedding is the dying of silk ribbon for some of the decorations....
a mossy green is completed...
...and lavenders and purples will be created, next. Photographs will be attached from these ribbons and hang from the chairs/pews along the aisle. (Tattered Angels glimmer mist in Moss)
....And the project for sister-in-law...Bookmarks for a Fall Ladies Retreat for her girlfriends at Church...
And at last, a section for the Girlfriends that tweet...
Of course I had to get the cute little stamp of the VW convertible...had to use the few stickers I had left after Phia raided the sticker stash;) ...and I came across the adorable little chick cupcake topper that I had saved from a batch of carrot cake cupcakes (SB recipe) prepared for a cute little grandson.
Tweet Tweet....U.S. tweeters, U.K. tweeters, and Canadian tweeters are listed with their name, Twitter address and related info.
Then I take one of those teeny tiny pink hearts from the sticker page....
...and affix to their state of residence. I am such a visual/tactile learner, and this helps me remember where each of us lives in relation to each other.
...even when they're in the UK...
I would love a much prettier map...but that little light bulb will go off soon, I'm sure;)
So when the full moon rose last night...The Harvest Moon... we were all gazing up into the sky, knowing it was shining down on all of us... even on our dear friend Susan Branch, who has pulled so many women together, into a wonderful circle of girlfriends, under that very moon...all around the world...and speaking of around the world...
I was also reminded that my mother and father, who are across the ocean in Sierre Leone, establishing two sewing centers in two villages for women, there, to be able to help provide for their families, are also looking up at this moon. Talking to my sister on the phone today, I was reminded that it is during a full moon that Mother feels closest to her children.
So I look up at the moon tonight, for her, remembering her singing the sweet and simple tune when I was a little girl...."I see the moon and the moon sees me. God bless the moon and God bless me."
It is extra bright, tonight...
God bless the moon, God bless the girlfriends, God bless Sister, and God bless Mom and Dad.
Amen