I can still feel...

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the sun on my face...


You will just have to bear with me for a few days while I still daydream of Sweden.. I promise I will snap out of if soon.. A little it anyways.

I have to take some pictures of my little garden and show you. When we came back the tomatoes had grown to some monster plants and are HUGE. My cilantro unfortunate I think have died. And the deer ate all my lettuce and broccoli leafs... But the rest seem to be thriving!

Yesterday we picked up the p90x exercise where we left off. Arms and shoulders.. Sore today.. But it feels good to be back. I have two weeks before my friend Harsha comes over. We are going to NY to go dress shopping.. Very scary indeed. Need to work on that muffin top :o)

Lots of love!
~tess

a refreshed, softer me..

forget me nots
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I found myself in a little corner of my mother's garden. And there they were. Small yet stunning. The little forget me nots that I love so much.

I feel rejuvenated
bursting with inspiration

An explosion of colors
so many shapes and a million different textures

All fighting in my head to get out
in one way or another

Some will be precious jewels for you to wear
other will be precious memories for me to hold on


I have a hard time expressing what I feel. So many impressions, meetings, conversations to sort out in my head.
I know I love sweden so much and I will always refer to it as my home. But I realized that this is also my home. Here in the states. Here with David. With the little furbabies. Here in my studio where I can make magic and frame stones with my memories.

And here where I will start my next adventure with yet another shop. I know you must be curious and so am I. My head is filled with peonies, dandelions, roses and other flowers that are just dying to get out. I can't wait to get to my studio and pull out all my fabrics. Soft, colorful and beautiful fabrics. Cut petals after petals. Gently put them together until they become alive.

I can't wait to show you my softer side. :o)

love ~tess

slowly returning

smitingen
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I think I might be suffering from post vacation depression...

but who wouldn't if you had to leave this to come back to a very hot apartment and a desk job...

It was wonderful to see my family and friends again. I needed that so much. And I needed a time out from internet and blogging and all that stuff. I needed to just be. Be in the present. To just breathe. I just wish it could have lasted longer. There were more friends and family I wanted to see, more places I wanted to show David, but there simple wasn't enough time.

If you click on the photo it will take you to my Flickr page where these is tons of more pictures. I know you are curious to what I was up to :o)
And honestly I was mostly laying on the beach soaking up the sun, eating good food and talking to friends all night long...

Now it's back to reality but I want to hold on to this feeling forever. I don't want it to ever go away!

Lots of love!
~tess