There are people who don't have many dreams and continue through life following the same path their forefathers paved.

Then there are those who dream up ideas and revel in them, boasting 'Yep, I've got dreams!' But then pack their dreams in a little box, revisiting them once in a while, making certain those dreams are still there. They may be great dreams, but they never even get out of the box.

It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, 'How good or how bad am I?' This is where courage comes in. I recall my old boss used to always say that I had courage. I have always tried to bring my dreams alive and have struggled in so many ways with my business. But, I believe there is a change coming and it's all good. No actually, it's great. After years of hard work, dedication and positive thought, after so many knocks, I have always risen above the challenges and I know my time is just around the corner, I can smell it. I intend on grabbing it by the horns and riding the wild wave to a prosperous future.

I am currently working on my NEW very exciting range of handmade jewellery which will shortly be available on Not On The High Street.com

My heavenly scented aromatherapy candles will also be available there too, also available via my own website handmadedesignerjewellery.biz

One of my favourite Artists:

"Lines of Communication; they get broken & mended, but they still work if love is true"
Angela Smyth...I love, love, love her work

Being Who You Are:

People of high self-esteem are not driven to make themself superior to others. They do not seek to prove their value by measuring themselves against a comparative standard. Their joy is being who they are, not in being better than someone else. Nathanial Brendan

Misinterpreted

Tears cried are not weakness
Smiles are not strength
Angry but forgiving
Ignored and tired of breath

Mirror shattered
Bruised and raw
But the touch of baby
Brings hope and warmth

Melinda xx

Fab Fashion Quote

Attention all Ladies, keep this quote on the edge of your tongue when negotiating your next season's shopping budget with your husband and his platinum credit card:
"You have a better life if you wear impressive clothes!" Vivienne Westwood.
And she would know.

Wax lyrical - To blog, or not to blog

I was thinking about this strangely enchanting world of blog. There is so much to read about, it's mind blowing. And the idea of being able to type all your thoughts into this space has become, well, addictive.
Like last night, when i was in the zone again and started to play with words, in bed (whoppee). So i thought that it might be fun to perhaps have a regular "blog lyrical" if you like.
Now it's based on famous quotes, in music, films and perhaps the odd philosophy, so here's the start:

"Blogs away...." The Dam busters (Dad would love this one)
"We will, we will, BLOG YOU" - Queen
"By blogs, she's got it" - My fair Lady
"Your only supposed to blow the bloody blogs off" - The Italian Job
"She must be a blogger" - Sean Connery as James Bond
"To blog, or not to blog, that is the question?" Shakespeare
"How does that work? You go to bed one night, wake up the next morning, and poof - you're a blogger?" - Carrie Bradshaw: Sex and the City
"My momma always said life was like a log of blogs…you never know what you're gonna get!" - Forrest Gump
"Just blogging is not enough, one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower" - Hans Christian Anderson
"Life's a bitch and then you blog" - Nasir Jones
"Like a virgin, blogged for the very first time" - madonna

he, hee, heee..... and this is only just the start....

Thought for the month

The BUTTERFLY of FREEDOM

"Why do you fly outside the box?"
"I fly outside the box because I can."
"But we know the box. We are SAFE inside the box."
"That, my friend, is why I leave it. For YOU may be SAFE....

..... but I AM FREE!"

This philosophical quotation is the musings in art form by artist Edward Monkton. Available as hand pulled silkscreen limited editions from various galleries.