Tatted earrings

The first tatted earrings I ever saw were ballet pink, huge, and somehow apologetic-looking, despite their size. I thought they were a really lame idea. But then I got sucked into the online tatting world, and discovered the most beautiful things: intricate, dramatic, and very, very pretty. And then I won this pair in Krystledawne's giveaway! I can't get enough of them; I want to wear them all the time.


There's a lot more loveliness in her Etsy shop, where she also sells handpainted specialty tatting thread - and I was lucky enough to get some of that too.


Tatting weekend, here I come!

Morning Cuppa Ritual

Thaya from Beatnik Bazaar tagged me to show my morning cuppa ritual: always, a double shot of foamy coffee in my Skinny laMinx mug, and at the moment, gooseberries from the garden. (Yes, dear neighbours, those aren't straggly neglected weeds in the front garden, they're my breakfast patch!)

I'm tagging Flower Press, Mrs Eliot Books, and Notions (who have all, incidentally, had really nice things to say about my new prints - thank you!) And.... Flower Press has some beautiful new fabric, Notions has gorgeous card/brooches to give away, and Mrs Eliot has some new tea towels coming soon, so go and have a look!

Emile picks a winner

I asked Emile to help me pick the winner of the chocolates. It took a few moments for him to understand what was required.

Then a lightening-fast draw!


And the winner is: Lawre!


Thank you all so much for the great comments, you were really helpful, and there were some splendid ideas! And Lawre, please email me so I can get your address, and I'll pop them in the post right away.

As a reward for his hard work, Emile got a carrot, his favourite snack, and just about the only thing he'll do tricks for.


Sit. Down. Roll over! Good boy!

Shopping

There's a new vintage shop down the road!

All kinds of lovely things, but the prints are the real draw for me.


Wendy's Vintage Store is at 128 Lower Main Road in Observatory* and it's open on Sundays!

*Cape Town. Sorry.

Giving away chocolate!

No, really, I am. To cut to the chase, scroll down to the bottom of this post.

I've been fiddling around with scraps of old linen and lace, improving, I think, on the last batch of ornaments.

I like them. And I don't. They're still not the neat symmetrical things I imagined, but they are puffy and pretty and frilly. And there are so many options. Lace or no lace? Coloured border or not? Printed background or plain? Different colour printed background or not?


So here's the deal: please tell me what you like or don't like about them, and I'll pick a commenter at random next Wednesday (the 18th) and send you the whole bunch.


(I realise it makes no sense to comment if you don't want ornaments, but you could always unpick them and sew patches over the holes in your jeans. Or something. They're really good scraps of linen!)

Another shop update

I've listed some linocut prints on paper in my shop.

I promise this is the last shop update post for a while, and thank you for being so patient! I'll do something different tomorrow - what about a sort of a giveaway? (I'll give something away, but you'll have to work a bit for it....)

Buttony things

I've packed the shelves of my shop with new fabric panels, pencil cases, and, to continue the theme of yesterday's button post (sort of), embroidered brooches.