Finding My Way And Of Course Jane Austen

It has been along time since I have been in the blogging world. I know that times have change so I am going to be going thru a learning curve that I will struggle with. HTML coding has changed so that will take me a bit to learn all of that again. Which I am so up for. So many things have happened in my life these last few years. I went from having 3 kids still at home when I started this blog. To only having one at home now. To being a grandmother, to moving myself all the way across the country from Idaho to the St.Louis area. To living by myself with my daughter and navigating that.

So I have come to find myself again. I have to say I do love where my life is right now. I have taken control of the direction of my life and am following my own path. It isn't all a bed of roses(cue up 80's hair band ballad), but I am not giving up or giving in. I am living my best life right now. I know that where ever you are right now in the world, wither it is Lock down/self quarantine we are all in this together. None of us know what the new normal is going to look like, but I am going to keep going forward with my life.

I am revamping my blogs, plus starting to navigate new social media platforms that I have not really used a whole lot. So that is going to be a wild ride for me.I am also going to be starting an online only business. That is a huge new project to navigate thru at this time in my life. So I am scared and incredibly excited at the same time. It is something that I am passionate about so hopefully that can drive me thru all of this.


I have always shared more of my daily life, like things I do to save money. Products I use, to how I like to decorate, I share family things and all that daily life brings my way. So since my life and family have changed, I hope you find things as crazy and interesting, and I find new adventures around every corner. So I hope you will come along on this ride with me.




So this Sunday is Mother's Day here in the US. I am not sure when/if other countries have Mother's day, if not then make it your own tradition with your Mom. I have done something for quite awhile now, it is my Mother's day gift. Everyone Has to take care of themselves and I spend the whole day with Jane Austen. I watch Jane Austen movies all day and read only Jane Austen on that day. It has become something I look forward to all year. It is like the most amazing day for me. Nothing is better then spending a day with Jane.



Now I am going to mention some fun Jane things to get you inspired.

One thing I enjoy doing is Cross Stitch. One of my favorite designers is:

Tanya from The Sampler Girl Blog. She loves to read she loves to knit and other things. Please if you are a Janeite in anyway you will totally love her.

She does Jane Austen inspired samplers among other things also. I have bought many patterns from her and finished some. She has even done Christmas ornament designs for Just Cross Stitch. Which of course I have bought.

This is one of the piece I have done. I am still unpacking boxes so many of my other cross stitch pieces are packed away.

This is from my Favorite Jane Austen Novel. Yes Pride and Prejudice has always been my ultimate favorite. When I was in college I had to read Persuasion, I totally hated it. Then I decided years later to try it again. I am so in love with it. It is my favorite. So this is a Quote by Captain Wentworth in a letter (You know Jane and the letters in her books) to Anne Eliot. Their love defeated time and misunderstandings. It makes me swoon every time. So It is a pattern from The sampler girl. I don't know if it is available, but if she doesn't have it on her store message her she does alot of her patterns electronically.  She is the nicest person, plus it never hurts to ask.

I found this amazing ETSY artist who does paintings and sells them and her prints.Her store is called Janet Hill Studio. She does so many amazing things. If I could I would buy like 1 of everything. So like 10 years ago for Mother's day I bought this print the title of it is called Jane Dresses.

It is always the first thing I hang up beside my bed every time I move. I will have to see if she has a link and a store still so I can give her credit for it. I know there was alot of light flooding into the windows today so it has a bit of a glare. So hopefully I will get a better picture later. I just want to have my posts done. So I could share them while I am getting everything set up. You can even see my actual rusty tiara hanging.

So I hope that everyone can have an amazing Mother's Day or can at lest celebrate the life their Mother had. 

Please stay safe and at home, follow what your governments and the doctors are telling us with COVID-19. Please listen and take all the precautions they recommend. We are all in this together, the whole world so no one is alone in this. Please remember this, reach out Skype or Zoom or Facetime, or call. Don't suffer with feeling alone by yourself. I send all my love and prayers to everyone out there suffering from loss or are sick or just alone. Reach out don't suffer in silence. 

Keep Your Tiaras On
Wear Them Proud
Never Let Anyone Dull Your Sparkle 

See Ya'll Soon
Jennifer
The Rusty Tiara