Oh it's been a funny old day today. On the one hand I am waaaaay beyond excited about writing this post, and on the other hand, well, I am very apprehensive.
I have almost just deleted it in fact. Almost.
I am not one who naturally likes to blow my own trumpet. I don't like to question things too much, I don't like to try too hard.
I just like to be ME. Just little old me, pottering about in the Attic, gazing out the window at the view, doing the odd bit of crochet, a bit of baking, admiring pretty things.
It's not ground breaking stuff really is it, the stuff of Attic24?? It's just normal, everyday, domesticated, fairly mundane stuff really.
Bright and colourful, yes, it is that. Creative too? Well yes, it is I guess.
But to make it into a magazine??????????? You WhAt?????? Are you kidding me here???????
But it appears to be true.
The Attic is In Print.
Not once, but twice.
Firstly I was approached by the lovely Cara who is the creative editor of a well known scrap booking publication in the UK, called Scrapbook Inspirations.
And lo and behold, a little while later, PLOP!! The March issue comes through my letterbox and I find myself leaping off the furniture with delight.
Because there on page 10 are my crochet flowers!
And I am called an "Inspirational Woman"!!!
Oh jeez, you should have seen me when I read that.
Words cannot describe.
Secondly, day before yesterday, I start to receive one or two comments about me being "famous" and that the blog is mentioned in "Simply Knitting" magazine.
Eh?? What?? Are you sure??? Is it true????
I know nothing of this I might add, have had no forewarning.
I have to wait until today to go to the supermarket and buy a copy.
I rush outside and rip open the plastic packaging.
I stand in the middle of the supermarket car park, scanning the pages of Simply Knitting, no doubt looking slightly bonkers.
And then there it is, towards the back on page 77.
Attic24. My face. Me. It's me, my blog.
Sh*t!!! It really is true then!
A blog like a rainbow.
A blog like a rainbow.
I still can't quite take it in.
But I am chuffed, oh Lordy I certainly am.
I would be telling big fat fibs if I said this sort of thing goes over my head and means nothing.
I mean, it's not important in the big scheme of things, but just lately my friends I have been feeling a little off kilter, a little doubtful about my life, my abilities, my direction if you like.
You could say I've been having a bit of a wobble.
So between the magazine print and your generous comments left here on the blog, I am beginning to feel very much better. I am realising that it's OK to just be Me, that possessing Direction is not necessarily essential, that it's OK to muddle along, to wobble every so often.
Thank you, as always for your support, enthusiasm and friendship, it means a lot.
Thank you :: thank you :: thank you.
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That is so freakin' exciting! Of course everyone was destined to find your amazing blog. you truely are everthing they said. P.S. tell your hubby you deserve a dinner out, but wear large sunglasses to hide from the fans.
Posted by: kim | February 26, 2009 at 04:57 PM
oh how lovely! Well done you. Enjoy your 15 minutes (or quite possibly more! Yes definitely more!). xx
Posted by: Deb | February 26, 2009 at 05:04 PM
This is so wonderful, Lucy. Enjoy every minute of your fame - you deserve it. You are such a wonderful, generous. talented person. I know everyone will agree with me - keep it up - attic 24 is the greatest.
Posted by: Anne | February 26, 2009 at 05:04 PM
wow!! I know someone famous, I've always wanted to know someone famous and now I feel I'm part of the 'incowd' see you bring joy to us all. Seriously though I'm really chuffed for you its fabulous that you are print. Enjoy the moment Lucy may there me many more xxx
Posted by: Janette | February 26, 2009 at 05:04 PM
Oh Lucy! Oh Lucy! Oh Lucy! I'm positively jumping out of my seat for you!!! How thrilling! Congratulations, you are one talented woman, and you do bring so much cheer and inspiration to all of us. Yay!!!! :~)
Posted by: gardenymph | February 26, 2009 at 05:11 PM
Congratulations Lucy, that's simply wonderful! You do deserve it, I agree with the comments above! Happy days! xxSal
Posted by: Sal | February 26, 2009 at 05:11 PM
You go Girl!!!!
Well done, it's so exciting, I once got excited to have a letter printed in a magazine, strange but true!
love
Lyn
xxxx
Posted by: Lyn | February 26, 2009 at 05:11 PM
Well done Lucy ! At last "they" took some notice of what we your Attic24 fans have known for ages.....you are good, very very good at what you do. xx
Posted by: susan hall | February 26, 2009 at 05:12 PM
I read your blog every day after finding you in Scrapbook Inpsirations and have crocheted my first flower. Not bad for someone who until a fortnight ago couldn't crochet, so Thank You :)
Posted by: Liz Lee | February 26, 2009 at 05:16 PM
Congratulations! It is so well deserved, your blog is a breath of fresh air in a world obsessed with consumerism and it makes me stop and look at things in a fresh and colourful light. Thankyou
Posted by: louise | February 26, 2009 at 05:17 PM
Oh Lucy, this is wonderful and you so deserve it! I must say, your photos look fab in both mags. I'm glad more of the world will discover all the pleasure that I have through your blog. You go on muddling along as you like because we all think everything you do is just fabby! Celebrate tonight...
Hen x
P.S. Good time to get that Etsy shop on the go, girl!
Posted by: Hen | February 26, 2009 at 05:19 PM
Good for you!!!! Your site is fun and beautiful. I enjoy it so much,it's the first page I go to when I open my computer.Now everyone is going to know how special you have made your little attic 24 corner of the world.
Posted by: Shelly | February 26, 2009 at 05:20 PM
Can I have your autograph?!! Well done Lucy, your blog is soooo lovely and inspirational. AND through your blog I have learnt to crochet, so a big ThAnK yOu from me. Well done. Kathyx
Posted by: kathy | February 26, 2009 at 05:21 PM
Congratulations!!! That's absolutely thrilling! Thoroughly deserved for filling our lives with such colour! Cat x
Posted by: Cat | February 26, 2009 at 05:24 PM
Wow, Lucy - I'm so excited for you. See I told you you are an inspiration all over the world. In fact my sister sent me pictures of her new flowers she bought for her house. I said what inspired you? She said Attic24!
You are doing what you love and that proves that if you do what you love - you prosper. (and we do too! for that matter - wink - wink)
xoxoxoxo Jen in Boise Idaho!
Posted by: Jennifer | February 26, 2009 at 05:24 PM
You've had me glue for ages, well done you.
lynn x
Posted by: Lynn | February 26, 2009 at 05:39 PM
Lovely! Well done! If it was me I'd go crazy - wow!!!
Posted by: Attila | February 26, 2009 at 05:39 PM
Congratulations - great to share yor celebrations - well deserved!
Posted by: Heather Thorp | February 26, 2009 at 05:42 PM
you very much deserve the accolade !!! a blog like a rainbow should be your tag line :-)
well done you certainly have inspired me and i am another crocheter thanks to you :-)
Lesley x
Posted by: Lesley | February 26, 2009 at 05:43 PM
Congrats! You are an Inspirational Woman! Thank you so much for your blog and sharing bits and pieces of your life and and crocheting projects. Thanks to you learned how to crochet & I love it!
Posted by: Jen Gough | February 26, 2009 at 05:44 PM
YEAH Luce!!!! I am dancing all over the place here for you! How absolutely exciting! Pee'ing my pants I tell you! LOL!!!
It is so nice to see that a sweet, kind, utterly adorable, very creative, inspirational gal as yourself is recognized for just being your awesomeness.
This has brightened this gray day here in Idaho a great deal I tell you. Way to go missy! Have a most wonderful rest of the day.
toodles noodles! xxxxx
Posted by: Kar | February 26, 2009 at 05:44 PM
(Eeek & Squeak!!)Well done you!
I think everyone has a wobble at times, it makes you reflect, ponder, focus & count your chickens/blessings (whichever you like to do!) You keep up the fabby work....
Congratulations, you deserve it
Love Lydia xx
Posted by: Lydia | February 26, 2009 at 05:45 PM
Congratulations! I just found my way to your "spot" yesterday and am certainly enjoying it.
Posted by: ellen | February 26, 2009 at 05:45 PM
I stumbled across your blog a few weeks ago now and I love it, and visit it most days. You are an inspiration, because of you I am now attempting my first blanket (I couldn't even crochet until about 5mths ago!). I am also in the proceeds of updating my rather neglected blog and if I can achieve something half as good as your blog I will be more than satisfied. Your walks through the Yorkshire countryside make me yearn to visit again (we used to live in Catterick, York and Hull - now back in Notts).
Congratulations on appearing in two publications - so very well deserved. I know just how you felt on seeing yourself in print as I recently had a design printed in a beading magazine - it's a great feeling and should be cherished.
Posted by: Alison | February 26, 2009 at 05:49 PM
Yay you! How exciting!!!!!!
Posted by: betz | February 26, 2009 at 05:57 PM