Missing summer - as usual!

It has been a while since I last wrote a post, but a lot of things happened in my life recently. I'm back with the most tender pic of this summer: Matteo's tiny feet wearing my flip-flops.
This autumn is amazing: pink, red and
golden leaves and shiny sun, but I still miss summer, as I do every year!!

Vintage green hole puch

I'm back since a lot....finally!!
I found the time to take care of my etsy shop and my blog, if also in a rush. I'd like to share with you the newest entry in my shop, a gorgeous green hole punch. I really would like to have a place in my house where to place a vintage desk, supplied with vintage stationery tools like this and rubber stamp set also in my shop. not having such place I prefere to sell them, hoping that someone is able to enjoy them! Let's have a look!

Those stamps...

Aren't they lovely? it is a plesure to find envelopes like these in my mailbox.

Non sono bellissimi? Adoro trovare queste buste nella mia cassetta della posta.

Cacti blossom

Due piccoli cactus ''a palla'' e tre favolosi fiori bianchi: ecco la fioritura annuale più incredibile del mio piccolo balcone!

Fiori effimeri, di breve durata, fotografati al volo col cellulare, la mattina appena sveglia. Al rientro, per pranzo, stavano già sfiorendo.

Meravigliosi, soprattutto quando appaiono ''riempiti di luce'', come nella prima di queste tre foto.

Ci rivedremo l'anno prossimo, fiorellini!

Two small ''bal'' cacti, and three gorgeous withe flowers: here's the yearly amazing bloosom in my tiny balcony.

Ephemeral flowers: they just leasted few hours, but so beautiful, expecially when ''filled'' by the sunlight, like in the first pic above.

See you next year, lovely flowers!

Dreamy laces

Handmade nightrobe, straight form a traditional Italian trousseau. available at Ragnopinolo etsy

Catania, Duomo

April 2014
Can you feel the heat? ;-)

Vittoria, Sicilia

2014

Matteo

My little man taking his steps.

Catania, April 2014

Palmi

New amazing listings in the shop: ring boxes

Look at those beauties: perfect to propose and then to carry rings during the weeding!

Dry phalenopsys flowers

there's something in dry flowers that attracts me a lot, and I found the perfect way to keep them and their appeal: glass holders, another passion of mine. look at this pic to see what I mean.

Italian craft magazine - 60s

New listing on my Etsy shop soon: amazing Italian craft magazines form 60's, you'll love them!

Crocheting, kitting, sewing and much more inside.

The Rolling Stones - Let's spend the night together

My, my, my, my

Don't you worry 'bout what's on your mind (oh my)

I'm in no hurry I can take my time (oh my)

I'm going red and my tongue's getting tied (tongues' getting tied)

I'm off my head and my mouth's getting dry

I'm high, but I try, try, try (oh my)

Let's spend the night together

Now I need you more than ever

Let's spend the night together now

I feel so strong that I can't disguise (oh my)

Let's spend the night together

But I just can't apologize (oh no)

Let's spend the night together

Don't hang me up and don't let me down (don't let me down)

We could have fun just groovin' around, around and around

Oh my, my

Let's spend the night together

Now I need you more than ever

Let's spend the night together

Let's spend the night together

Now I need you more than ever

You know I'm smiling baby

You need some guiding baby

I'm just deciding baby, now

I need you more than ever

Let's spend the night together

Let's spend the night together now

This doesn't happen to me everyday (oh my)

Let's spend the night together

No excuses offered anyway (oh my)

Let's spend the night together

I'll satisfy your every need (your every need)

And I now know you will satisfy me

Oh my, my, my, my, my

Let's spend the night together

Now I need you more than ever

Let's spend the night together now (oh my my my my my my)

Let's spend the night together

Now I need ya, need ya more than ever (oh my)

Let's spend the night together

I satisfy your every need (whoa my)

Let's spend the night together

Now I know, I know you satisfy me (whoa my) Let's spend the night together

I beg ya baby... (Let's spend the night together)

x

We are back!

After 10 dreamy days in Sicily, we are back home! This means in the next days I'm going to post a lot o pic of Sicily...it will be difficult to choose, we've visited amazing places!
in the meantime please enjoy some of my succulents beauties, they shine in the sun!

Here's a little guest: the pinenut spider (ragno pinolo: in Tuscany if they say ''feeling like a pinenut spider'' they mean ''feeling very good'')

Garda lake

few weeks ago I went to garda Lake for a spa weekend with my love: the weather wasn't so good, but we had a lot of relax, food and nice view of the lake indeed!

It is a kind of charming-old-fashoned place, I'l be back soon!

Tiny messy spider in pink and green

Here's a corner of my livingroom: the shelf made from a woodden vintage shutter and  an orchid in a bright pink vase.

But look, there's a spider too....have you ever seen such a messy spiderweb? It seems to be trapped in his own web!

Orchids are amazing to decorate the house!

Magona Castle Tuscany

Magona Castle, Venturina
This beautiful place is in Tuscany, close to Livorno.
Venturina is a thermal place, and I found an amazing spa with an unique open air swimming pool, here's some pics:

Ragnopinolo packaging: this has been shipped to Downunder!

Packing paper, rough twine and handprinted label card: plain and authentic as Ragnopinolo items!

Vintage turtle pendant

This lovely turtle vintage pendant is now available at Ragnopinolo Workshop on Etsy.

Fiat Vintage

Last february we went to Monaciano, a place on the beautiful Chianti hills. Here we found a collection of vintage tarctors, rich in amazing details. Here's a selection to enjoy!

Friday my favourite

Calabria, Italy 2008

It has been a long working week, a lot of hard work ad no satisfacion back. Tomorrow we leave for tuscany, to meet my parents in law...I will be back with amazing pics of that beautiful land!

I'm in love

Here's my baby blonde head! He's 19 months old now, I can't believe how fast is he growing!

I'm busy taking pics of him and spending all the time I can with him, as I can feel that this period of our lives in which we are so deepy connected is going to pass by quickly.

I don't want to miss any second of this precious time, as he's going to became an independent person soon, trying to find his way on his legs without the presence of  his mum... I will be proud of him, but I will be missing our special bond.

Soon I will be looking at those pics with his dad, while he will be living his life.

He's my biggest treasure, the bless of life, my deepest love (toghether with his amazing daddy) and I cannot spend any second without thinking of him.

Yellow beauty

...nails

Can't get enough of pink

Bells

Palmi, 2008

Ring of fire - Johnny Cash

Love is a burning thing

And it makes a fiery ring

Bound by wild desire

I fell into a ring of fire

I fell into a burning ring of fire

I went down, down, down and the flames went higher

And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire

The ring of fire

I fell into a burning ring of fire

I went down, down, down and the flames went higher

And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire

The ring of fire

The taste of love is sweet

When hearts like ours meet

I fell for you like a child

Oh, but the fire went wild

I fell into a burning ring of fire

I went down, down, down and the flames went higher

And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire

The ring of fire

I fell into a burning ring of fire

I went down, down, down and the flames went higher

And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire

The ring of fire

And it burns, burns, burns, the ring of fire

The ring of fire

The ring of fire

The ring of fire

I recently got addicted to this song....

Romantic mood

Salerno, Italy

Salerno seafront

Drawers..a lot of!

Baroque laces in Lecce

white and stunning

Lecce, Italy 2008

Laundry day...

New old boxes

Those two ''new'' beauties joined the tin boxes family in my Etsy shop: vintage boxes are definitely one of our favourite item to look for in Italians flea markets!