Newness !!!

Welcome to my brand new blog!

I am still flying around and obsessing over the knowledge base, but something tells me i quite like it here and will soon be something close to organised and settled.
I would say that i am about 60% established, with only a few categories and links to bring over from my old blogger pages, which i intend to keep running (without posting) for the sake of posterity, and also to have access to previous posts and comments.
I spent many hours designing and printing new business cards a few nights back, so you can imagine i'm none to joyous about having to redo them all with my new blog address, bah!
But slowly, slowly, it will happen....

Lots of postal joys too, today! (and yesterday)
My new Amazon order arrived, which contained 4 wonderful books that will be joining the steadily growing queue of other wonderful books that are teetering in a tall pile beside my bed, awaiting long, overdue attention.
Two of them were by Neil Gaiman: I'm new to this writer, but i expect good things!

The other Gaiman book is Coraline, a book that i have been meaning to purchase for a very long time.  Well now i have it, at last!
I also ordered two good old fashioned compilations of ghost stories (im an addict, particularly for the Victorian/Edwardian variety) by Sheridan Le Fanu and E.Nesbit. Le Fanu is one of my all time favourites.

And yet another delight : the arrival of two exquisite art prints from Marjorie (marmee craft).
The Good Lace Collar and The Red Balloon -  
And oh dear, i find myself drawn towards this now...........

I like it when a postman can make me smile.

I would also like to share this little picture of my cutie Mirlo before i sign off.

The little black prince and his ultimate favourite toy - the mechanical white rat (which dashes about the room like a maniac when fully wound;)
Also pictured are a few sheets of giftwrap that i bought today, which of course he likes to covet, simply because it is new, and mine, and he knows how good he looks sat posing beside it like a perfect little statuette. He is quite the neatest little soul i have ever known.
Right this moment, he lies curled in a little C-shape beside me, uttering occasional kittenish squeaks to let me know just how adorable he really is. As if i didn't know. The thing about cats is, they like you to know it just a little bit more than you did just a moment before.

And finally, for today, i must thank every last one of my blogger contacts and friends for supporting my work and endless ramblings over at my blogger pages for the duration of my short stay there, and i hope to see you over here very soon!

(especial thankyou's to Emily of the blackapple and Marjorie of marmee craft for typepad advice and guidance!)

And fiiiiiiinally, thankyou eternally to Brandon, for so gently guiding me through the underworld (blogger template) almost all of yesterday, and also for introducing me to this........

Until later,
Enjoy!

Lou xxx

Comments

[Your Gracious Host]

Such splendidness is abound in your new digs! I've brought some McDonald's crumpets for a housewarming celebration--surely they have such a thing in the UK??--and a giant ball of emerald-shaded yarn with a catnip surprise in the center (for Mirlo, naturally, though feel free to indulge if he doesn't mind sharing).

Enjoy your new lodgings and know that my tech support center is open 'round the clock (excepting the occasional slumber I need every now and then). Really, it all looks absolutely enchanting!

[lou]

and im happy to be here!

crumpets sound very good indeed:)
i will run and get the party hats!

[kiwi]

Huzzah for new blogs! Congrats

[Marjorie/ MarmeeCraft]

'Yeay' for your new Typepad home! It looks so lovely! I am thinking of adding a banner to my site...I worked a little on it last night...we shall see! : )

Thank you SO much for your very kind comments about my work and shop! And, you are very welcome for any little help that I could give in the Typepading...(I guess that could be a new verb, huh?)

Mirlo is adorable, by the way! : )

Happy new blog day to you!

[stilettoheights]

Lou!!!

Love the new blog, ok.....you will love Coraline, and please let me know if you need any more of the Gaiman books I can usually get them for wholesale!!

Um, and thank you for showing off the blocks you got from me, that is the most wonderful thing!! You will be happy to know that tonight I am going to watch Picnic at Hanging Rock, I have been saving it all week.

xoxoxoxo

[emily]

oh, LOU!!

It looks so beautiful over here. The banner, everything...incredible. I can't wait to come visit here all the time :)

xoxo

[Maren]

congratulations on the new site. i shall follow as soon as i am settled! i love "your photo" and need to order it in large. that series was when i first found you. i specifically remember a giant ball of twine as well... :) and your banner is fantastic!!! you know how to make a place look cozy and magical. i want to walk through that door into your world...

[Museum of Fire]

What a smashing new pad you have here Louise - its delights needing no further testimony than that look of knowing contentment adorning Master Mirlo's visage.

Crumpets and a cup of tea seem perfect for the housewarming - which reminds me, i've discovered a delectable recipe for home-made crumpets that simply have to be tasted to be believed, if anyone out there is interested...

[lou]

thankyou for all of your very lovely comments - i have answered most of them via email, and yet i am still quite unused to this system of replying outside of the blog itself.....so have patience with me, i am still getting the hang of things here....:)

also, when i leave a note here, it sends me an email notification that artandghosts has left a comment for artandghosts! oddness!

[abby]

Yay for typepad! I'll be sure to update my link. Isn't Marjorie the best? I need to get stuff of hers - and of Yours for that matter.

[leonie]

I was wondering if you have see a book called Alice in wonderland by Suzy Lee? The inside cover says www.corraini.com

It is magic. Black and white photography.

If not I have two copies and am happy to send you one....

Leonie (twopinkrabbits)

[pat]

first of all l must say how very much l enjoy
browsing through your wonderful work. you are very talented. l can now understand your
fascination with dolls, it.s just marvellous
what you create from them. your silhouettes
are very prettily done so delicate and they
seem to have a calming effect (on me anyway)
your writing l found particularly interesting
as you wrote things about yourself that even l didn,t know,(we will speak about them when
we next meet) all in all l am very proud of
you promise me you will carry on doing what
you do best. and let the rest of the world
go by.
love always, your mumxxxxxxxxx

[lou]

Mother, you make even angels seem somehow flawed:)

i do what i love because i have the freedom to do so, and much of this is thanks to you.
xxx