~ goodbye summer ~

Hello everyone!

 it 's one of those times that I'm  happy to be managing to come here 

 and post despite the late hour of the day.

 So first things first,

 let me wish you a great new month ahead,

 together with the new season...

 whenever September comes, it makes me look back to my school years

or even the ones I was working as an English teacher back in Greece...

I remember the bittersweetness it brought with it at the beginning...

on the one hand so eager to begin something new,

on the other hand still wishing that there would be more days

free left for swimming & a relaxed way of life

but then, which kid {and teacher} doesn't love having a great excuse to 

 get their hands on new stationary?

see my point ; )

anyways, 

 before I move on to current news and autumn related stuff

{coming tomorrow}

I wanted to say the sweetest goodbye to this summer,

and cherish some of its wonderful moments 

 one of these was our preparation for a mini 5 day vacation

 on Kos {a Dodecanesean Greek island}

and off course the heavenly delighful days

 we spent there, for which you can read about it 

{here}

 As you have probably suspected from the pictures floating around this post,

 one of my favorite part of the trip's preparation was packing for the trip

& 

having the chance to use the new Tote that has just arrived at our door.

in a perfect size, perfectly sewn & double sided in beautiful black & white

cotton fabric,

I was so pleased to have ordered this 

from the {etsy shop} of a very {creative woman},

who also happens to be a marine scientist

living in Faro, Portugal.

Rita's passion is to sew and she certainly does a fabulous job!

I discovered her shop after she placed an order

of a {love & luck paper boat garland}.

So happy she did!

not only for honouring me by choosing somethimg handmade & thought off by me,

but also cause I got to the chance to get familiar with

 her wonderful bags, more of which you can see {here}

this is my order shortly after I opened it {the bag is folded in the middle here} 

 it was nicely wrapped,

 there was a thoughtful personal letter

&

a proof of having contributed to a good cause with my purchase!

I like that so much!

 the cherry on the top of the cake,

was a very practical & pretty present:

a tissue "pocket"

however of a detail it might be,

I really disliked having to carry my tissues in their plastic package

so this little accessory has been making my day 

everytime I need to pull out

or to offer a tissue!

Even though I have already since a long time personally thanked Rita,

I had also promised to link you to a few 

shops connected to bags,

worthy of their price

and 

{Ogato tigrado} is certainly one of them.

Thank you Rita,

I spent a fantastic summer carrying your bag!

it accompanied me from the beaches in Greece,

to the Spa in Frankfurt

&

the river in our neighbourhood,

carrying blankets to set on the grass...

 and now that the season has changed and so do the colours of the wardrobe,

it is finding it's space around our home,

other times filled with magazines

&

others with crafting supplies.

still I think "she" was at her happiest right there: 

Good bye summer... till next year!

have a good night everyone

&

a warm hearted welcome to all new readers

I'm so glad to see you here and be reading your comments 

Thank you so much : )

 c u all tomorrow... 

  with  more posts

 {one of which was planned for today, which is being posted with a little delay though}

better late than never said the Greeks ; )