Saturday, February 25, 2006

japanese craftbooks continued...

sorry it's taken me a while to get back to the books...


i first saw this book over in the inspiring images from craftbooks group pool on flickr, such a great place to while-away a few hours... and then the finder of all things cute posted a review here... the rest as they say, is history...

Friday, February 24, 2006

crazy happy...

firstly because we've been playing with paper dolls all day long... and secondly because staying up until 2.00 am in the morning for amy's mailorder was so worthwhile...

Saturday, February 18, 2006

habu = love part II

and the day just got better...


a gorgeous parcel of the yummiest biscuits from the lovely bel...


also perfect for luring little hands away from the habu...



thanks bel, we all loved them!

Friday, February 17, 2006

habu = love


from the first time i caught a glimpse of habu i've been dreaming of the moment we might meet, resigning myself to the fact that it would probably be a long time coming... little did i suspect that the moment was close at hand... there i am, standing at the counter at threads & more... i'm about to pay for some buttons and yarn for a hat, when i look down and there they are... tiny bundles much more special than i could have imagined... it's love at first sight and almost impossible to choose, i want to bring them all home with me...

and i'm not even a knitter...

Thursday, February 16, 2006

four things...

thanks to pyglet, eireann, bel and christy for the tag, i've been trying to get to this for ages so here goes...

jobs i've had...
-library assistant
-shop girl
-sometimes display girl
-only three so far, i would love one day to be a bookbinder...

movies i could watch over and over...
-the royal tannebaums
-amelie
-lost in translation
-funny face

places i've lived...
-nottingham (fleetingly at the very beginning of my life)
-melbourne
-brisbane
-that's it, only two and a half places... quite fancy living somewhere exotic for a time but we really are perfectly happy here...

television shows i love...

-seinfeld
-the oc (i just can't help it!)
-charlie and lola (it's back on in the mornings)
-i do love a good british drama, "the forsyth saga', "in a land of plenty" and "the house of elliot" are among my favourites... (ooh and "cutting it")

places i've vacationed...
-
paris
-prague
-new york
-new zealand

favourite dishes... (more like my favourite flavours)
-
fresh pasta
-anything thai or vietnamese
-lemon delicious (my gran made the best ever and i still pine for it)
-dark chocolate and peppermint in any shape or form

sites i visit daily...
-
bloglines, to visit all of you!
-flickr
-gmail
-go fug yourself (again i just can't help it)

places i'd rather be...
-
somewhere in japan
-shopping at liberty
-holidaying in new york
-walking down the high street with my auntie darling whilst eating a "birds" egg custard tart!

people i'm tagging...
-i'm sure everyone's already been tagged for this one, so pick it up if you want to and instead i leave you with four books that i adore...


have a lovely day...

Friday, February 10, 2006

on japanese craft books...

as you know, the postman has been exceedingly kind this week... i can't possibly show you all the books at once for fear that you will think me terribly extravagant!
so here is the first...


isbn4277311474...

i love all the little inspirations in this one... lately i am finding myself drawn to the idea of embroidery and daily details, snippets of this and that...

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

great excitement...


there is great excitement around here, one of miss j's exquisite plates has been featured in the new issue of inside out magazine... go and have a look, it's on page 38...

oh and there has been a delivery from you know who...

Sunday, February 05, 2006

sometimes things aren't ready to be finished...


or perhaps it's just a romantic way of thinking about some of the unfinished objects around these parts...


this weekend i've been playing around with pulled ribbon & fabric ruffles and it seems they are just the thing for this patchwork scarf that i made last year and that never seemed quite right...


i'm quite pleased with the unfinished look, with the depth of the charcoal grograin...


and especially with those frayed edges again...

Friday, February 03, 2006

mannered...


i've oftened wondered, but never enquired of anyone if there is such a thing as comment ettiquette in the blogging world... i like to think of myself as well-mannered, but i must confess to sometimes floundering about in pursuit of the best way to respond to the lovely comments received... blogger certainly doesn't make comment response easy, and while i'm aware that there are probably things that would ease my way, i find myself without the precious time and know-how to implement them... so, i try where possible to email a response and failing that leave a comment in reply... knowing what a thrill it is to receive comments, i figure this is probably alright...

in the mean time, all this blogging and sewing has seen some serious deterioration in my eyesight... so i am sporting new spectacles and am about to consult miss spade who i know will advocate the virtue of the hand written thank-you note... let's hope such traditions never leave us...