...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...
...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
x
...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...
...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...
...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...
