Positive quote - shoot for the moon

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss
you will land among the stars.

Les Brown

What are limitations? Why do we apply them?

Do we apply them to ourselves, or are

they applied TO us by others?

How many of us left school feeling like a failure,

having been told that we're stupid by one or

more teachers? How many were humiliated over

their inability to understand whatever concept the

teacher was unable to explain properly?

I know I was.

Who has the right to tell you that you're a failure?

Why do we allow others to say that we can't possibly

be a success in what we do? Why do we believe them?

Why do we still believe them, years and years later?

By aiming high, we are empowered.

We choose to make the best of everything.

We know that we ARE worth it.

We believe in ourselves.

About the selected item

As soon as I saw this beautiful print, shine by AlisaPaints, I knew it was perfect for my quotation. I love the image of the little girl staring past the barbed wire fence towards the distant stars, and can feel her yearning for freedom. Isn't it absolutely beautiful?

Friday's Fancies - feeling fruity!

Peaches and apricots are piled high at the greengrocers, glowing like little candles. The sweet scent of baskets of ripe strawberries wafts over the market. A lusciously ripe mango, dripping with juice, fills the air with sweetness. Heady, claret coloured raspberries glow like stained glass, while currant bushes are swathed and garnished with tiny red and black jewels that hang in heavy clusters to the ground.

Start the day with delicious strawberry-jam-and-sweet-vanilla-cream soap from solsticescents.

That's the outfit chosen. Now the accessories...hmmm. How about this? fruit-tart pendant from PetitPlat?

Now for a bit of crafting and I've got just the wool to work with. This yummy looking fruit-cup merino/tussah silk blend from CorgiHillFarm is just what I want! 

A new piece of inspirational photography for my mood wall - luscious cherry photograph  from sixthandmain will add a splash of colour to my day.

Have you done a Friday's Fancies treasury?

Add a link to your appropriate blog page below and let us all take a peek!





We really want our team members to have fun with this feature and do their own ones, and to be able to tell us all about it.

PLEASE don't add unrelated links.
Use of this box for anything other than links to your own Friday's Fancies blog posts means that we will delete the entire section. Unfortunately we cannot isolate rogue posts so will have to delete every link.

A Team Contest!!! :)

Good Wednesday Morning, Team!!!

We're rolling out a new feature on the blog this week!

Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, we'll be holding a Team Contest. We administrators will start the first one out. Here's how it goes:

We will choose the first theme for this month. Since the earth is covered in blossoms in many places of the world right now, the first theme will be 


"Flowers".

You have the next three weeks to create and list an item in your shop that has something to do with the theme "Flowers". This must be an item that you have created specifically for the Contest. When you have listed the item, come on back to the blog and leave a comment with a link to your new item on this post. We will add photos of your listings as we receive them.

In three weeks {July 7th}, we team administrators will close the contest, and choose a winner. The winner will be notified by me, Kate. The winner will then choose the theme for the next month's contest and his/her item will be displayed on the blog. This theme will be introduced on the 2nd Wednesday of next month, July 14th. The winner of this month's contest will also choose the winner of the Theme that they introduce. So, every monthly winner will choose the theme for the next contest and choose the winner of it at the end of the month.

There will be no physical prize for the winner of the contest. And this is, of course, a friendly competition! :) 

We believe this will be a great opportunity for exposure of your Etsy shop and items, and will promote team spirit. 

Monthly themes can be anything! {No vulgur or inappropriate themes, please . . . let's keep this child-friendly . . . and, of course, POSITIVE :)}. We've chosen a simple theme for this month's contest, but if you win the contest, you may want to choose something more in-depth such as: "My Childhood Memories", or "A Trip to the Sea", or it can be a color-theme, such as "My Favorite Color is . . .", or "Something Red".

The contest every month will be headed up by me, Kate from katesCottage2, as I will be the contact person for the contests.

Here's something I've been working on that appropriately fits the theme for this month's contest: FLOWERS . Hope it gets your creative juices flowing! :)

{Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary}

Remember, once you've created and listed an item fitting this month's theme, come on back here and leave a comment and link to the item in this post!

We can't wait to see what you all come up with!!! :)

Fondly, Kate

P.S. I hope this is self-explanatory. If anyone is unclear about it, please contact me via my Etsy shop or leave a comment on this post and I will try to clarify it. :)

Here's SoleDeVita's Lovely Pins Entry:

{Pinback buttons fern flower}
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And HardLoveApparel's Unique Tank:

{White Rose Bouquet Tank}

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A Stunning Bracelet from Rose Petals Jewelry

{Crystal Blue Flowers Surround Your Wrist}
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An Heirloom Entry from Scrap Happy Lyrebird

{Victorian Rose Keepsake Box}
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Lovely Roses from Distinctive Dezigns

{Vintage Rose Bracelet}

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Flowery Cuff by Bluebell Design

{Catalina Cuff}
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Relaxing Flower Ball from Piece Unique

{Fabric Ball Flower}
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A Unique Platter Mirror by Valnorthwoods

{Mirror Mosaic Platter}
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Glass Flowers from Electric Penguin

{Glass Flower and Wood Choker}
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A Flowery Beaded Anklet from Groovy Anklets

{Bright Summer Flowery Anklet}