17 February 2006
Hello! On Wednesday, the following was waiting for me at home:
I ordered these from Nichola's Etsy shop, and you should too. They're smaller than I expected, and all the cuter for it. I haven't decided what to do with them yet, other than stare at them and put them in order from most favourite to least.
I've been playing with the yarn left over from my tea cozy:
I haven't been sooo into the whole crochet flower thing (more of a lack of interest than negative feelings), but I liked the petals on my cozy, so I used the same technique here. Added some beads to the centre, and they're done -- one for me, and one for a pal.
Lastly, some stampedy action:
I wanted to carve a stamp that looked like lace, and I'm halfway happy with this one. I definitely could have done a better job with both the design and the carving, and I didn't try hard enough to make sure the ends would match up (to repeat the pattern). Still! The stamp plus some very old, very pink cards (they came with my letterpress) and my big 'a' stamp from Frankfurt (I had to speak actual German to buy that!), and I'm pleased with the overall effect. They'll be good for tucking in with packages.
I'm feeling quite sedate right now, but I was actually VERY pleased with the cards and the crochet flowers earlier today. I made up an entire song about how clever I was, but -- unfortunately -- only Rob had the pleasure of hearing it.
Oh, Anna, what a pretty post! I love it all, and I think the initial cards are lovely! How cool that you carved the stamp yourself. That's excellent.The "a" is darling, too. Love it all.
posted by Alicia at February 17, 2006 07:56 PM
pretty, pretty! :)
posted by joleen at February 17, 2006 08:23 PM
Very lovely and now I've seen these I know for sure you'll like some of what I've picked out to send you! x
posted by cally at February 17, 2006 11:31 PM
wow!! i love the carved lace stamp, very cool idea!
posted by sarah n. at February 24, 2006 01:00 AM