Haze...

Some recent pictures from my wee world...

December Words

Push

My eyes are shut and I see the shapes.

The strength and colours that build my frame.

I squat right down and I touch the bar.

Feel the might rushing through my arms.

Tingles open, closing paths and doors.

Building work sets off hungry alarms.

Winter is half way and I am determined.

I've said that before but this is different.

Spring brings blooms of flowers and fruits.

Building and preparing and getting through.

I hope Spring will see me also shoot.

These soft lilacs fill the soul, brain and room.

Lavender dreams helping to relax and soothe.

A hot spring dream, filtering through.

With every push, sip, swallow and move.

No more fake smiles I begin to push.

In other news...

Circus Girl Vintage

I have lots of things to upload and will be doing so between Christmas and Hogmanay!  I hope you enjoy a wee sneak!  Many more Miss Kitty Lavender dolls!  And some of you may have seen on instagram, I have been sewing some Lavender bees, stuffed with organic lavender like my kittens.  These wee bees are my new sewing addiction so expect more!  I acquired a bag of vintage lace and so have lots of beautiful wee bits to make wings out of.  I have also been making some hair flowers in different styles and Oh! Of course these adorable wee vintage brooches will be uploaded shortly too, enjoy! =^..^=

Give-away # two... Three winners!

I wanted to do another give-away and thought what better a time to do it than now, mid-winter!  We have made it through these cauld driecth days and celebrations are starting the world over.  I don't know what you are celebrating but I hope your wee world is full of smiles and warmth.  I am thankful for the support my loved ones have shown me and I want to do something nice for them this mid-winter.  For you guys?  Thanks for reading and I am chuffed you like my pictures and creations!  I hope you would enjoy a wee miss kitty lavender for your chest of drawers, suitcase or pillow ;) or that you have been searching for the perfect space robot to fill that space robot shaped hole you feel is missing in your life or that you adore this darling lilac floral cardigan worn only once by me! 

To enter this give-away you have to be a follower of some sort.  As that is who this is for!  Follow via:

 ★ Google Friend Connect ★

♥ Facebook Circus Girl Vintage Shop ♥

★ Instagram @zoewinters ★

For extra entries do all!  I will pick three names out of a hat.  Oh, and leave a wee comment on this post telling me which order you would prefer to win in!  Like for example robot - kitten - cardigan or what not!  I am sure you are used to this kind of thing!  Probably more-so than me! ;)  I will update you with the winners in my next blog post, early January, promise ;)  But make sure there is a link/email in your comment so I can contact you in a private message!  Oh and it is open to every follower worldwide!

Instagram - @zoewinters

Have braw times! 

x

November Blues, Shhh! ;)

Some recent pictures from my wee world...

November Words

The glittering moon in velvet sky dress

the night we made it despite your chest.

The moment when wearing my warm wolf hat

under the moon as you took a quick snap.

The bad journey worth it, back in our room,

full of smiles, cuddling up, forgotten doom.

Circus Girl Vintage
A wee re-stock this week of more moon and star brooches and some bee brooches in glass glitter and some just shimmer golden.  Also a re-stock of the wee Miss Kitty Lavender in black velvet =^..^=

Instagram - @zoewinters

Have a braw December!

x

October Moon and Stars...

Some recent pictures from my wee world... (click to enlarge in gallery view...)

October Words / Better Late Than Never...

October 2012 saw our seven year anniversary with an amazing date through in Glasgow to see Gaz Coombes play his new songs.  It saw my painful wisdom tooth removal, sewing, playing with flowers, plate photography, yoga, moons, stars and my smoothies!  It also sadly saw my computer die, hence the late post!  I've lost a lot of work I hadn't backed up and I am pretty gutted about it.  But moving onwards and upwards!  I picked up my five year old machine yesterday and thanks to my wonderful uncle Stuart it has a new hd inside!  So here I am, back in blogland... And here is something I wrote for Mark...

Lucky Seven

Ages with a wee thoughtful bairn.
Wiser as we reach the shimmers.
I hold onto you with every last breathe.
For it's with you, Ive shared seven winters.

The musical notes tingle our brains.
The blues wash away I feel lucky again.
I hold onto you with a smile in my chest.
For it's with you, I foraged these green winters.

Blowing smoke in the darkest room.
The moon holds it's gaze as candles glitter.
I hold onto you with hormones biting deep.
For it's with you, I will enjoy new winters.

Circus Girl Vintage

In my wee Circus Girl Vintage Shop I have added some new hair crowns, hair slides, brooches, bows and Miss Kitty Lavenders.  These wee circus girl kittens are stuffed with organic lavender as usual and are all handmade by me!  The larger Miss Kitty Lavender dolls are in their wee sequin outfits ready to dance some lavender into your home and the wee ones are in soft Autumnal and winter-y coloured velvets and rescued vintage fabrics.  I made some bows from the same fabrics too and I am uploading them all starting...now!  I hope you enjoy a wee peak!

Instagram... @zoewinters 

Have a braw week whoever you are and thanks for popping by! Oh, do you like my smoke monster? x

A whole lot of fruit later...

Some recent pictures from my wee world... (click to enlarge in gallery view)

 September Words

When my mither was in Australia she met a cousin who had helped with other family members to clear out my great grandparents house when that sad time came to be.  Her son had picked up my great grandpa's camera and it had apparently been sitting on his shelf since.  When she found I was a photographer she sweetly put it that I should be the one in the family to have it as I might get use out of it!  I had no idea of this until a package arrived with this dashingly beautiful camera in the sweetest case!  I wonder what pictures he took.  I love the autograph panel and the stylus!  It even had some very old Adelaide tram tickets from his adventures, scrunched up and shoved in the depths of the star pocket!  Woah!  Happy wee bee, I can't wait to shoot with it after it gets a loving clean!

As you can see I am still hand stitching kittens!  I feel the coldness of our Scottish weather creeping in through the wee opening of the window, the space where the cats sit when it is too driecht for even them to venture out!  The days are shorter and I sit in our wee darkened room illuminated by glittering candles which bounce off my sequin curtains and mirrors.  I am thinking I need to make some fitted velvet trousers as I no longer own any trousers and fear for my legs when the snow starts to fall.

A Scottish Winter on it's Way

Autumn is falling near and fast

Mourning flowers dry to last

Stretching, walking, eating through days

Picking, foraging, found new ways.

Coating plates in the darkness

Wakening to meaws before light hits

Fresh fruit fae near and far

Giving power to my wee mitochondria.

Pausing goals, dismissing hype

I ken I'm talented if I'm alive

My great grandpa's camera fae 1914

Focus and enjoy getting it clean.

Silver nitrate needs to rest

Just like me, it's for the best

Spring will be a prize to win

Get through the winter with dry plate sin. 

My Every day Breakfast Smoothie:
-Ten bananas
-Twenty strawberries
-Twenty blueberries
-Twenty red grapes
-Two apples
-Two oranges
-Two kiwis
-One cup of coconut milk
-half a cup / cup of beetroot juice
-half a cup of cold water 
(some days I mix it up with other fruits too).

Which is about- 1717kcal, 10g fat, 425g carbs, 56g fiber, 21g protein, 5476 potassium, 125 sodium, 64%calcium, 38%iron, 46%vitamin A, 700% Vitamin C.

It is really important to get fiber in your diet, if you do not eat very many fruits and veggies you should perhaps introduce a wee smoothie into your day as fiber only comes from plant foods.  I had a friend who died of bowel cancer, one of Britain's worst killers and usually the number one nasty is that people do not have enough fiber in their diets.  Do yourself a favor!  Mark's nutrition course is doing us both a lot of good!  Oh and just because, we hear it often, I do not eat too many bananas!  hehe!  My potassium levels are fine, to 'over-dose' or get close to on potassium you would have to eat something stupid and impossible like 400 bananas in thirty seconds!   It is a rare occasion that I get to thirty in a day!  The human body is a genius regulator, it processes fruits and veggies way easier than any other food type and bananas are wonderful! In the last four years I simply have not felt this healthy. ;) x 

Four Pounds Of Hope In The Jungle

Some recent pictures from my wee world... (click to enlarge in gallery view)

Miss Kitty Lavender, the circus girl.

I am uploading some more kittens into my etsy shop!  These new bad girls have wonderful new eyes and golden tails!  Again, each is individual and numbered and stuffed with organic lavender!  I am now stitching up some mini kittens and hair bows, made from lots of different vintage fabrics!

August Words

My mither came back, my toothache remains, my wonderful granny has passed away.  My weight went down but building it up a wee bit again.  I'm not going to lie, things have been tough! I need to stay focused, sewing, printing, eating and doing my yoga.  As you can see in my pictures honeysuckle bloomed with nettles all over a favourite shelter, which maybe you remember.  Today I was taking a self portrait whilst sewing at the window when a playful Cecil was running about chasing her own tail amongst the curtains!  What a beautiful animal you are Cecil.

Oceans, Lands and Seeds

My mither fell fae an Australian Tree.

An epic boat journey when she was three.

Her folks settled in Scotland, momentarily.

She grew, met my dad, had my brother and me.

My grandparent's stories made the land seem so near.

She'd read us gumnut tales and banksia were feart.

I grew up with their accents tingling my ears.

Was always jealous, compared my pale skin to theirs.

After so many years, my mither returned by air.

Meeting cousins and travelling here and there.

So happy to get her adventure postcards of where.

I dream of saving for my own airplane fare.

Four Pounds Of Hope In The Jungle
My Mither's Muma, my Granny D.
Your son and daughters there, faithfully.
A wee room in the doctor's grand house.
Made it to ninety and what beautiful grounds.
 My eyes take your picture and I hold your gaze.
I wonder if you see me as you drift away.
Your wedding ring on, MD's girl.
Tears are cried but time is known.
An inspiration, you guys and your stories.
I sank and I smoked and I think of your life.
I smile and I eat and I gained 4 pounds.
Thank you for being there and for having my mum.
For having my uncle and my aunts.
Art, Literature and Sciences. 
It all trickles down.
I hope you'd be proud.

x

Lavendar Dreams and Travels

Some recent pictures from my wee world... (click to enlarge in gallery view!)

Words

Despite nothing but rain and no sunshine July started well.  I was printing, doing yoga every day, making amazing food, gaining much needed lbs, sewing, enjoying a good routine... and then my wisdom tooth came for a pain party.  This last week or so has been very painful and very disrupted!  

I need to get another day of printing before I can upload any prints for sale and feel like I have achieved anything in that area!  I love printing with my wee frame!  What I have started to upload in my wee shop are some old cabinet photos, handmade glass glitter star crowns, hair bows and these lavender kittens!  These kittens are inspired by my lovely mither who has always made wee lavender guys for gifts, she is rad.

 

Introducing Miss Kitty Lavender, The Circus Girl!

Put her in your chest of drawers, suitcase, under your pillow or let her do aerobatic dances in your wardrobe!  Miss Kitty Lavender is a character I have been sewing for a few months.  I make her out of vintage, handmade and organic materials.  Each is stuffed with organic lavender and made by hand.  I have numbered each one as they are all individual and I have decided to make more, lots of wee circus girls!  I will be adding them one by one starting this Monday, July the 23rd!

A wee message for my mither in Adelaide ;)

Safe travels x