"Grow Your Blog" Party 2013

"Shabby Royale".......

     Hi everyone,

     A warm welcome to my blog. So happy you're taking time to visit.
     Thank you so much Vicki  for hosting this party to grow our blogs and frienships !!!

     I decided to explain in this post ,in short ,the name "Shabby Royale",
     that sounds a bit French too.
     My name is Wilma, I'm almost 59, married for 38 years now.
     I'm mother of two sons and grandmother of two lovely, little boys.
    Was raised  in a (Baptist)preachersfamily, and second of six children.

     I love the "Shabby chic" style. Love to craft in many ways ,
     altering and mixed media art and making the first steps .

     One of my first projects was the altering of two cobalt bottles in shabby chic style
     and because of the "crownjewel" I decided to call them "Shabby Royale".
     The French "Royale" is because I like the pronunciation ,and
     I wanted the name to start with............ "Shabby".

     In Dutch you say "royaal" also when you have a lot of.............what ever..........anything.
     So here was ......a lot of shabby......."Shabby Royale".
     Does that sound to complicated ,I hope not ,
     for my English doesn't get any better then this ,I'm afraid : ).

    There's another meaning to this .  I discovered that it stands for my own life.

     I have been ,deep down in , living in the "shabby".
     Not knowing myself or what to do with myself.
     It really took me a lot of time to find out the bottem of my soul.
     (read a bit more on post Broken and Healed... newyears eve 2012).
     Psalm 118.
     In guidance of the Holy Spirit ,Who came in my life through Jesus Christ
     in august 1982 ,step by step I found myself and learned to know myself.

     In all "shabbyness" I found the "Royal" way to BE and to LIVE.

     I learned to ENJOY too..............and that is what my blog , for me , is all about.

     To enjoy life in its beauty ,and relationships..... with all my senses.
     My creativity ,that was blocked for atleast 16 years ,came back !!
     and so I decided to start blogging , ........to share...........

     I hope you'll sense this in the things you see and read on my blog and .......

                                                    Enjoy......!

     Here's the image I now use following other blogs.
     It's from a picture with my older sister when I was four/five years old.

Hope you'll feel at home ! I look forward visiting you on your blogs.

With Love,

       

                  Wilma.