From memory to journal to fabric

Memories are part of the fabric of who we have become.  The sweetness of yesterday always makes me feel joyful when I reflect, especially on those Once Upon A Time days when my girls were little.

I remember sitting on the steps in front of our little townhome in a place called Repulse Bay in Hong Kong. This was what our townhomes looked like at Burnside Estates.




I was poking around the Internet trying to find a great site to share Hong Kong, I found and amazing site called China Odyssey Tours.  I am not associated in any way, but gee they have a fabulous site truly capturing the essence of China and Hong Kong.




Sarah has eight and Ashley was six.



Typically Halloween is something that is not celebrated by many cultures, but was celebrated then because there were so many ex-pats living there.  We wanted our little ones to celebrate our traditions from back home.



Pumpkins were lit with candles, and we all gathered in our little community pretending we were back home on the other side of the world.



Ashley wanted to be Casper the Ghost and Sarah wanted to be a witch. Costumes in Hong Kong cost the price of a first born child, so I decided to make their costumes.



The kids were so cute, and we had so many trick or treaters



that I completely forgot for an evening that we were still in Hong Kong.



Later when the girls had counted all of their candy and hung their costumes for another day, I stayed up into the wee hours of the morning painting my little witch.



The year was 1996 and I had started a calligraphy journal, with keepsakes.



I have since turned this design into prints, cards and a host of things.  More recently I took the design and created this fabric.  If you click on this image below you can see what it will look like as fabric.



You might be thinking Halloween already?  But I know that there might be crafters out there creating something for Halloween for their little witches.



Memories are the fabric or who we are, and I still feel so excited to turn my memory pieces into actual fabric.  This way I can have my memories on wall hangings as reminders, hung from the windows in curtains, the table set on my memory tablecloths and glancing at throw pillows of memories,  decorating my life.






oday is Mosaic Monday, and Mary from Little Red House, is hosting this this lovely Monday.  Please stop by and view all the beautiful mosaics that blogger create.  The song for this post is from good old Charlie Brown...The Great Pumpkin!










What fun, Bobbi stopped by and told me about Spooky Monday, hosted by Wendy's Adventures in Wonderland.  Now that was Serendipity!  Stop by and she has some really fun music too.