Best Crafty bits of 2022 🪄✨
Showcasing at a private event to Royalty! Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex
Sophie was intrigued with our WINK logo and eco clothing journey. We even ended up on the @RoyalFamily Instagram stories!! 👑✊
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Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover arrived home to a crowd of neighbors and shared a powerful message
"Let's be this more. Let's be neighbors. God told us to love Him with all that we are and love our neighbors as ourselves."
18 yrs ago, I was violently assaulted & raped while walking alone. Every year on the anniversary of that day, I go on a solo hike to remind myself that there is still beauty in this world & I can enjoy it. This yr, I pushed myself & did a few days of the Southwest Coast Path…
@EddieTrunk Because it’s an epic song and he’s in Minneapolis and this would have been amazing to see. Period. Doing covers pays the utmost respect…. Especially when you do have a huge catalogue like Bruce. Prince is all-time. Let them artists be .
After ten years of saving lives, police dog Indy heard his name on the radio for the last time, and in the silence that followed, even the toughest officer broke down in tears.
*One month before her 95th birthday, Patricia Routledge wrote something that still gently echoes:*
**“I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.”**
My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found.
At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me.
At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.
At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.
At 80, I took up watercolor painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.
Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.
**I’m writing this to tell you something simple:**
**Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again.**
Let these years ahead be your *treasure years*.
You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless.
You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours.
*With love and gentleness,*
— Patricia Routledge
These ones..
C'est bon Ruby ! Good choice ;)
New pieces 2025/26
Autumn Winter 🪡🧵
Crafty Wink Mode
#creativity
Adventures of a hairdresser & fashion designer from Northern Ireland in France
Pride ready 🌈🏳️🌈
Wear as Pins Badges Brooches or pin to any necklace! Crafty ;)
Handmade in Northern Ireland & France
Fancy one? Or maybe a few to gift?!
A pocket full of rainbows! 🌈
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