Gifts & Toadstools
Please excuse the blog’n'run. I just wanted to show you Jane’s gift to me, from mixtogether while I have a ’spare’ moment (not that it really is. Is it ever?) Anyhoo:
Jane sewed this lovely ‘portfolio’ for me - on the inside, there are journals left and right, and a spot for things to write with:
On the left side is this journal, a compendium of different bits and pieces (music stave, graph paper, vellum, recycled photocopy paper) bound together by Jane. I love this idea, it makes a wonderful eclectic little book. Great for doodling bits and ideas in:
And on the right (not actually pictured, because the camera battery ran flat just at that moment!) is a larger size Moleskine journal - my very first ever of the ‘legendary’ Moleskines. A nice big unlined Moleskine definitely demands something more classy than doodles or todo lists as long as one’s arm (which is what I have today)… I shall have to take up watercolour painting or something!
Also. While I am showing off gifties, I must apologise to Barbara, who sent me this wee little floss tag a little while ago as a Thank You for sending her a chart. Aren’t these just the cross-stitch ‘thing-of-the-moment’? I love it, and I am definitely going to have to make some more of these. Niamh snaffled it the moment it arrived, as you can see:
(This was an ‘experimental-bed-in-the-loungeroom’ day. Did I mention already I was not coping with the demise of the Afternoon Nap?)
Also, just very quickly (because this has turned into less of a drive-by blogging, and more of an essay!), a little snap of my toadstool pincushion from Brown Owls on Monday night. You might have seen them doing the blog rounds already, but here’s mine. Complete with ‘ten-minutes-left-to-go-what-shall-I-do-now’ ladybird addition (which is also out of focus, I am just now noticing. Pfft).
One of the things I love about Brown Owls is the spontaneity of the projects. Normally at home I will agonize over materials and details for way too long. But once a month or so on a Monday, there’s a whole lot less ‘how should it look’, and a whole lot more ‘let’s just have some fun’ (and some tea and some biscuits and some gossip chatter). Cool.
August 13 2008 05:41 pm | Other Craft and Sewing
CurlyPops on 13 Aug 2008 at 5.58 pm #
Yours was deifintely the ‘mushie of the meet’ with the cute little ladybird…that was such a fab idea!
Kirsty on 13 Aug 2008 at 7.03 pm #
I do love that little ladybird.
Little Cat on 13 Aug 2008 at 7.11 pm #
Too cute toadstool! What great gifts you’ve received recently :o)
Handmaiden on 13 Aug 2008 at 7.39 pm #
You must have been in seventh heaven with your journal. That ladybird is sensational
Sharon
Claire - Matching Pegs on 13 Aug 2008 at 7.54 pm #
We have a fair bit of desperate “will you have a little lie down on the couch” action after the demise of the nap here too. Sometimes it even works.
I love the mushie, and we loooovvve ladybirds here in the matching pegs house. Brown Owls sounds like so much fun.
Karin on 14 Aug 2008 at 1.19 pm #
Fantastic items! I love the little brown owls toadstool.
Lara (thornberry) on 14 Aug 2008 at 4.10 pm #
Luuuuuurve that ladybird! Clare wants to know why our toadstool doesn’t have one. Here’s a link to the crocheted baby cardigan we were talking about - the one using embroidery floss. http://poppalina.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/07/wedding_jacket.html
Marita on 16 Aug 2008 at 9.09 pm #
Love the toadstool and Niamh is equally adorable.