Linda's Magic Workshop - Linda Britt Design

Over the years and many moves later, I’m cleaning out my current master closet.   It is a long narrow closet with shelves and more room than I’m used to having.   That is where the ‘family boxes’ were stored when we moved to this house.   Those boxes have not been opened for a number of years for one reason or another.   Now I have time,   a vintage etsy store and not many family members who are interested in the contents.   http://www.lindabrittdesign.blogspot.com/2012_11_01_archive.html Last month I came across the box of ladies handkerchiefs.   This week I opened a box of crocheted and knitted children’s clothes.   Not many items, but enough to revive the stories in my memory.    My mother had a pen-pal in England and they shared letters, stories and sent gifts.   This brown hand-knitted dress was one of those gifts for me as a little girl.   The pen-pal in England was a woman, a wife, a mother who had tw...

 A few years ago, Peter and I went on a 'musical keyboard' tour in England and Scotland. I've been going through my photos and was reminded of this 'AHA' moment.  I wanted to share the story with you.  Walking along Cromwell Street in London on the way to Victoria and Albert Museum , I stopped and took pictures of a side street lined with sunlit townhouses.   The repetition of the building styles combined with the sunlight was quite a sight. Just as I was putting my camera away, a gentleman down on his luck, came up and started talking to me.   My first reaction, I’m sorry to say was, “I don’t have any money to give him.”   Instead I answered his first question, “Where are you from?” and listened to a very interesting piece of history.   “You can always tell that particular architect by the style of his decorative detail. The layout of each house was designed the same.   The first floor was for welcoming guests and entertaining;...