Quote of the day

What must be done discourages some, others become enthusiastic just visualizing what can be done - Rosie Cash.

So what can be done today? A fulfilling Sunday to all of you!

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ByHand...Summer, sea and shells

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Did you know ?- European Trivia

Did you know that:

• the word denim comes from a kind of fabric made in Nimes, France called toile de Nimes?
• the Spanish do not drink sangria, but tinto de verano, which is made of wine, seltz water and ice?
• the custom of draping oneself in a black shawl when singing Portuguese fado was originated by Maria Severa in 1830 ?
  
• there are 12 protected regional languages in Italy?
• Alençon lace comes from its namesake in Normandie, France and it's an off shoot of Venetian lace?
• the Portuguese gave the Japanese the word for thank you as arigatou is a corruption of obrigado?
• that mayonaise was brought to France from Mahon in Minorca and still called over there salsa mahonesa?

And now for the final wedge and including almost all southern Europe...

Did you know that the opera I Vespri Siciliani by Verdi was based on a French libretto by Scribner and Duveyirer about the duque of Alba and the Spanish occupation of Flanders?

photo by Leo Reynolds

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Little bit o' wisdom

Freehand embroidery by Jenny Karlsson Design, on handbag no. 92 (now sold).
"The longest journey we shall ever take is from the mind to the heart. You will find the way."

Item of the day: Bud bead

This little bud made of glass ressembles of the Lily Tulips in my garden. I have one sort named Marilyn that is white with strokes of lipstick on the petals.


Were it alone, as a focal bead, or toghether with other flower beads - maybe in one of those fabulous garden necklaces.

Pastels

Selected pieces from the studios of European artisans on ArtFire

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