Wednesday, 19 November 2008

lovely post



about this time last year I joined a pay it forward from pink green, the idea being to promise a gift within a year if the recipient passed on the promise. I made little felt flowers, posted them off, and promptly forgot about it, so I was very delighted when this gorgeous little parcel landed on the doormat yesterday. A pin cushion, needle case, oh so pretty beaded keyring, and a tiny babuskha brooch. Thanks so much Cathy.

Also on the door mat were these labels



I've been dithering for MONTHS about whether to order some, and from which site, I liked these, but they were more expensive than the cash ones which I went for in the end. As for the colour choices, well they were endless - in fact that's another reason I went for the cash site, less choices - easier to make my mind up. Then there was the choice of font, text, logo or not, and then how many to order....... you can see why it took me so long. I'm quite pleased with them, but they're darker than I expected, I hadn't accounted for the fact that the blue thread would be solid on the back, and show through, and they're more mushroom than cream, but I've just had fun sewing one in a bag - show and tell tomorrow - when I might finally get round to finishing Lisa's tag, and join in with Nancy's shoe week.

Friday, 14 November 2008

flowers



flowers for Anna (garden girl), because she's just got out of hospital.
Get well soon sweetie.
Go visit her, and leave her a get well message.

Thursday, 13 November 2008

bags and more bags

I've started to try and make a few Christmas gifts, it will probably all end in tears, probably by the end of the week, but for now I have a pile of handles and pockets,



a pile of little totes, (although the dino thinks he is a big one!)



some teeny bags for sweets


and using scraps leftover from this, some little present bags, instead of wrapping paper - apparently last year in the UK we used 83 sq km of wrapping paper, enough to wrap Guernsey...


of course what I really want to be doing is playing with my new fabric from sew mama sew, which I finally ordered with my voucher.




so pretty!

Wednesday, 12 November 2008

kitchen poetry 7



blackberry and banana smoothie - Sunday morning breakfast, utterly delicious, except if you are a child, when it's not at all nice, even when mummy re-names it purple brain juice........
oh, well more for me!

the delay in finishing kitchen poetry week was caused by the camera battery, which is no problem at all, as it's rechargeable --- as long as you can find the charger........

Saturday, 8 November 2008

kitchen poetry 6



room with a view

Friday, 7 November 2008

kitchen poetry 5



friday night........

Thursday, 6 November 2008

kitchen poetry 4

frozen peas = kitchen 1st aid



which is what I needed yesterday when I knelt on my pin cushion...