Christening preparations

Κοριτσάκι μου, μὲς στὸ βουβὸ πηγάδι τοῦ φεγγαριοῦ σοῦ ῾πέσε ἀπόψε τὸ πρῶτο δαχτυλίδι σου. Δὲν πειράζει. Ἀργότερα θὰ φτιάξεις ἄλλο νὰ παντρευτεῖς τὸν κόσμο μὲς στὸν ἥλιο. Γιατὶ δὲν εἶναι κοριτσάκι νὰ μάθεις μόνο ἐκεῖνο ποὺ εἶσαι, ἐκεῖνο ποὺ ἔχεις γίνει, εἶναι νὰ γίνεις ὅ,τι ζητάει ἡ εὐτυχία τοῦ κόσμου. Ἄλλη χαρὰ δὲν εἶναι πιὸ μεγάλη ἀπ᾿ τὴ χαρὰ ποὺ δίνεις Νὰ τὸ θυμᾶσαι κοριτσάκι.

Κοριτσάκι μου, θέλω νὰ σοῦ φέρω τὰ φαναράκια τῶν κρίνων νὰ σοῦ φέγγουν τὸν ὕπνο σου.Θέλω νὰ σοῦ φέρω ἕνα περιβολάκι ζωγραφισμένο μὲ λουλουδόσκονη πάνω στὸ φτερὸ μιᾶς πεταλούδας νὰ σεργιανάει τὸ γαλανὸ ὄνειρό σου. Θέλω νὰ σοῦ φέρω ἕνα σταυρουλάκι αὐγινὸ φῶς δυὸ ἀχτίνες σταυρωτὲς ἀπὸ τοὺς στίχους μου νὰ σοῦ ξορκίζουν τὸ κακὸ νὰ σοῦ φωτᾶνε μὴ σκοντάψεις.

Here are a few photos of the theme of my little one's Christening that is soon approaching: cherubs, a bit of a vintage feel with loads of pink splashes, embroidery, crochet, lace and a hint of sand, white, and turquoise to pay tribute to the Ionian sea, particularly Lefkada and Preveza where it is going to take place. The invitations, the bomboniere, the "martyrika" (witness pins), even the candle are made by mama herself (that's me, oh yes). A big "thank you" to my friend Γιώργος who helped me with the printing and graphic design. Behind the thought cloud pops her precious name...for more photos, wait until after the big event!

xoxoxoxoxoxo

 presies for the 2 Godmothers

and this is her song

Pinch me, am I dreaming?

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”

                              

photo 6: cotton baby blue summer hat H&M.

Microcosmos

I took these shots of a brother and a sister swimming in the pool from my hotel room in Sydney. They remind me of the strong bond I share with my own brother and how much I yearn for the days of our childhood. This one is for you M.




It would be good to give much thought, before
you try to find words for something so lost,
for those long childhood afternoons you knew
that vanished so completely -and why?

We're still reminded-: sometimes by a rain,
but we can no longer say what it means;
life was never again so filled with meeting,
with reunion and with passing on

as back then, when nothing happened to us
except what happens to things and creatures:
we lived their world as something human,
and became filled to the brim with figures.

And became as lonely as a sheperd
and as overburdened by vast distances,
and summoned and stirred as from far away,
and slowly, like a long new thread,
introduced into that picture-sequence
where now having to go on bewilders us.


Rainer Maria Rilke 

   

Little Miss Vintage

Οι επιλογές ανήκουν στην κόρη μου για σήμερα: παιδικά vintage φορέματα από τις δεκαετίες 1930, 1950, και 1960. Είμαι υπερήφανη με το στύλ της. Μπορείτε να τα βρείτε στο dorothea's closet vintage (τα συγκεκριμένα έχουν πωληθεί αλλά θα βρείτε σίγουρα κάτι που θα σας ξετρελάνει)




My daughter picked these vintage looks today: dresses from the 1930's, 1950's and 1960's. Really proud of her style. Find at dorothea's closet vintage(they are already sold but you can find    amazing clothes anyway)

Handmade Shoes: Try this at home

                         

The rise of mums who make their own shoes for their babies (some more successfully than others that they made it a business) is a phenomenon. In order of appearance, adorable handmade shoes for babies by bitsy blossom, Lippy Lou Shoes, twogirlspatterns, Buster BooKids, designlab443, and Bella Baby Boutique.