It’s been such beautiful weather I have spent lots of time outside, plus this weekend we had a embroidery exhibit that I will write more about later. But today I thought I’d show you some of the cute stuff that has been raining in here. Thanks my friends!
I won a wonderful sponsor giveaway at Sweet Tidings. I got a whole box of yummy stuff which made me feel very lucky indeed. Soft wool, three cute fat quarters of fabric, magnets, tea towels and a vintage Jack and Jill with cartoon illustrations that are super sweet!
I did a swap with Deborah and got one of her previous year zines. I think this is one of my favorites. It is called Small Art Quilts and it is about how you can design a series of small quilts. It’s a great tutorial and inspiration, and she also talks about elements and principles of design, and binding and finishing techniques. Fun read. I’m so into fabric right now!
Here are a few peeks of the inside;
And more fun stuff;
Chris of Prism Trail sent me this cute miniature painting as a gift. It now hangs above my bed, beside some paintings I painted last summer when experimenting with my own art.
Oh, and since I’m posting pretty items today, for my birthday I got mail from my friend Maria:
Skull card, green cloud pencil case and ?ber cute Japanese letter and envelope kit. Plus, a towel with owls:
From my cousin I got a small notebook, a card with a sweet promise of future fun and candles bought at Bangkok airport. Lucky me.
This week I bought a skein of yarn, not for knitting but something else. Appliqu? beneath embroidery perhaps, or wrapping string? I’ll be back tomorrow.
aawwwwwww :D
Such fun goodies.
Can’t wait to see what you’ll do with those beautiful fabrics and yarn.
Hugs,
Sophie
Those colorful gifts will become treasured
creations. Happy late Birthday!
Happy belated birthday! looks like it was a good one.
Happy Belated Birthday! The presents look so cute!
Hanna! I’m sorry my birthday wish for you is late, but WOW! You got some pretty, colorful things. Those owls are cool! And a great zine. So nice.
Thank you for the shout-out. I’m so glad you like my little painting. I think painting may be my favorite thing and I’m learning a lot. And the things you share on your site always open the world of arty possibilities up to me and make me want to learn more of everything.
take care!
Chris
such wonderful goodies!
I love reading this theme of posts by you.
owl ‘towl’ is really cute and I love Chris’ painting!!
Happy Birthday to you too :)
You have receive such ‘yummy’ goodies.
belated birthday wishes Hanna! Hope you enjoy your giveaway wins!
[…] It kind of reminds me of Deborah’s zine Small Art Quilts that I’ve talked about before because it is so project oriented, almost like a long continues tutorial. I love that kind of stuff because reading about how others create always inspires me to jump up and create myself. I guess that is why I own so many yummy books about art and keep reading blogs that inspire me. […]