Wednesday, 25 November 2009

papernstitch...

...it's not long now, one month til christmas ~ eeek!

...have you started your pressie buying yet!?

...i think i'm doing okay this year, i have a few things waiting in the cupboard, one or two things waiting to be made and plenty of ideas for the rest. hopefully i haven't forgotten anyone and hopefully i have plenty of time to make everything i want to, but no doubt on christmas eve i'll be frantically finishing the ends on a scarf and desperately trying to wrap everything for the next morning! it just wouldn't be christmas if everything was finished and ready on time, or there wasn't that sense that you had forgotten something quite crucial... ;)

...but maybe that's just me! maybe you've already got all yours and they're sitting in the cupboard already perfectly wrapped!? ~ i hope not... ;)

...anyway, if you are in need of more ideas then pop over to papernstitch, the newest exhibition just launched on monday. there are tons of beautiful shops this month with some really lovely gift ideas, as well as some great festive decorating ideas too. here are just a few of my favourites...

...clockwise from top left ~ My Fine Garden : newivystyle : Inklore : noussnouss...

...clockwise from top left ~ ninon : go make me : namolio : fric de mentol...

...clockwise from top left ~ nice package : Sleepy king : kitty rogers photography : Wiyomu...

...and if you look really closely you may just find one or two granny chic goodies lurking in the corner... ;)

emma
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Tuesday, 24 November 2009

colour your tuesday happy...

...inspired by 'sit back and relax'...

...untitled by abbytrysagain...

...Posy's Sofa by pluuperi...

...A cozy corner... by Edera Jewelry...

...II by les brumes...

...yarnetsyimage by laurensh...

...i'm running a wee bit late this week, it has been a long and restful weekend ~ lots of sleeping, watching movies back to back and recovering from a nasty winter bug...
...thankfully my man is back to full health and back at work today, giving me lots of time to catch up with all the pretty goings on here in cyberland. after almost three days of not popping in for a wee peek at my blog, flickr or etsy, i think today i'm going to 'sit back and relax' with a cuppa in hand and catch up with all the goings on...

...one 'going on' that i did already notice was that the lovely Victoria (of sfgirlbybay) featured my forever flower garlands, along with the mosaic from my last post, in this lovely post on friday ~ thank you Victoria :)

emma
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Friday, 20 November 2009

weekend inspiration and a touch of 'glee'...

...i think a wee pick me up, with some weekend inspiration from flickr, is the perfect way to round off the week. somehow i always find a few minutes for browsing flickr, updating groups and adding lots of pretty pics to my favourites, but it's been a wee while since i've been able to indulge myself by playing with the mosaic maker. today i have treated myself to just that and looking through my favourites i found these lovelies...

...1. Faire Houre ~ decor8, 2. a 'cluster of glee'... ~ dottie angel, 3. Untitled ~ *piou*, 4. Untitled ~ lobster and swan, 5. Untitled ~ sandra juto, 6. _MG_9158 ~ simplygrove, 7. more soft trees! ~ the purl bee, 8. Untitled ~ hrsmithjones, 9. around the house ~ super ninon...

...i think my favourite colour combination has to be these non-colours (cream, white, grey, beige and black) with lovely snippets of red, olive, mustard, teal and orange. i can't help combining them in my crochet work and i love seeing them being applied so beautifully in these pics...

...and especially in this gorgeous festive door ornament that miss Tif (aka ~ dottie angel) posted this on her blog yesterday as part of her 'week of glee'. miss Tif was also lovely enough to tell all of how she made this 'cluster of glee' in her post...

...if i can find a few odd balls of yarn that i'm willing to part with i shall definitely be adding a wee bit of festive, granny chic 'glee' to my studio...

...have a fabulous weekend everyone!
emma
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ps ~ thank you to the lovely Lucy (of Attic24) for metioning me in her granny chic post, and a warm welcome to all the new faces who have stopped by my wee corner of blogland in the last few days, it's really lovely to meet you all... :)

Thursday, 19 November 2009

a quiet day...

...i'm having a quiet day today, actually we're all having a quiet day today...

...it is raining relentlessly outside, the park was flooded this morning and the wee man almost refused to go for his walk at all. he hates getting wet, he hates getting his paws wet especially. (but for some reason only drinks from a puddle if he's stood right in the middle of it ~ don't ask me, i've got no idea how his wee brain works sometimes!?) but he endured, and after his twenty minute ordeal he was dried off, popped in his bed with a blanket over him and is now happily snoozing away the afternoon...

...he's not the only one, we also have my man at home today. he's also snoozing away the afternoon, but not the good kind of afternoon snooze that is usually enjoyed on a lazy sunday afternoon. no, he's feeling extremely sorry for himself and very poorly indeed as he was up all night worshipping the 'porcelain gods' with some nasty winter vomiting bug...
...and me? well, i'm feeling a wee bit fuzzy around the edges today, a wee bit sleepy and a lot like i don't want to do very much at all. i've got a pile of crocheting to do but i think that can wait, instead i have pottered about here on my blog...

...at first i thought of just tweaking a few things, doing a bit of tidying up and rearranging. but before i knew it i was redesigning, paring back and de-cluttering. i know i did a wee re-vamp just the other week but i wasn't perfectly happy with it, it still felt cluttered and fussy. so this morning, after pondering over the 'look' i wanted to achieve, i came to this layout. lots of clean lines an lots of white interspersed with splashes of yummy colours...

...i think there is probably a wee bit more tweaking to be done, some of those widgets aren't sitting as nicely as i'd like and some of them may get the boot all together. i think i'll look at again in a few days with fresh eyes and a much less sleepy head. even then i'm sure there will be some wee niggle that i won't be able to leave alone...

emma
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009

jo hamilton...

...i can't believe i've only just discovered the crochet talent of Jo Hamilton!

...how incredible are these portraits!? i'm utterly fascinated by her attention to colour and detail, and how she has captured such a wonderful sense of depth and character. i would really love to see one of these pieces up close to read the stitches and study the construction. i think it's probably lost a wee bit in these pics, but they must have an wonderful texture too...

...even though the portraits are quite special i think my favourite piece has to be this city scape of Portland, i'm completely mesmerised by the mix of colours and the geometry of the whole thing...

...if you check out her website you can see more of her crochet pieces alongside some of her drawings and paintings. info is a wee bit thin on the ground, but as far as i can tell she studied at Glasgow School of Art and now exhibits in the US. if anyone knows any more about her or her work i would love to hear it ~ thank you :)

...and i think if i ever get my portrait done it's going to have to be in crochet and maybe made into a granny cushion, or possibly a pot holder ~ what do you think!?

emma
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