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Well mes amis<\/em>, this is it, 2009 has rolled on by. I cannot believe it is December and that the end of the year is near. I am about to hop on a plane to the other side of the world, to “my other life” down under<\/a> and so I will bid you farewell for the year, here, today, as I have decided to take a little time off. I will only be taking a couple of weeks holiday as I have lots of work to do in 2010, but two weeks is two weeks and I am very much looking forward to it. I have had an extraordinarily busy year and my body, mind and spirit are in need of some serious rest and recreation.\u00c2\u00a0 I will begin posting intermittently at the beginning of the new year while I am in Sydney.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ll be there for a couple of months this time ’round. I’m so excited to be heading to sunshine, sea and sand.<\/p>\n

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But this is not the only “something wonderful” I have to tell you. Cast your mind back to well, around the beginning of this here blog<\/a>, two years ago. In January of 2007 I announced an idea I’d been forming for an art project that involved you. I asked you to send in photos of your wandering hearts. Do you remember? Well the idea took off, and went completely out of control – I received so many images that I lost all ability to keep up to date. All the while I was consumed with the task of writing my very first book Paris: Made by Hand,<\/a> and then my second to be published this coming April\u00c2\u00a0 – Amsterdam: Made By Hand<\/a>, as well as keeping up my freelance styling work here in Europe. But it got crazier – in between all that I was asked if I would write another book. A book about my own personal journey of how I got here: the journey of\u00c2\u00a0 following my wandering heart. Today is the first time I’ve been able to tell you this “something wonderful” that I’ve known for a while now, I was just waiting to catch my breath.<\/p>\n

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And although at this early stage I cannot reveal much, I wanted to let you know about it since you have all been such a wonderful part of this journey – dear friends who have been encouraging me every step of the way, lifting me up<\/a>, holding my hand<\/a>, and guiding me gently<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, what will this book be about? Well, here is a little description…<\/p>\n

“This is a beautiful, lavishly photographed, illustrated and designed book <\/em>by Pia Jane Bijkerk. It is a travel memoir, a love story, a story about searching for home and making homes in new places, a photographic love letter to the charms and delights of Paris, France, Amsterdam and Italy, and a story of finding inspiration in the everyday.”<\/p>\n

I am very pleased to announce that My Heart Wanders<\/em> will be published by Murdoch Books<\/a> and will be released in 2011.<\/p>\n

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While I am writing and shooting it over the coming months, I thought it might be a lovely idea to open up the initial blog project again, and post images that you sent in as there were so many that I was not able to post and now that the book has evolved into a more personal journey that marks the beginning of it all, I will be able to share the first fabulous group of images sent in from around the globe.\u00c2\u00a0 So starting in 2010 I will re-open the artist studio<\/a> as a place for wandering hearts. I will post an image every day or so that was sent in during the initial project, and then you will be welcome to send in more images throughout the year.<\/p>\n

I also want to take this opportunity as my last post for the year to say thank you: for everything. Your kindness, your encouragement and constant presence this year here in the (blog)house has been overwhelming. I never imagined in my wildest dreams that this blog would be the catapult for so much wonder in my life. You are without doubt, the best readers a blogging girl could ever have.<\/p>\n

Have a fabulous festive season. See you in the New Year!!<\/p>\n

xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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