Holiday?

Where did my holiday go? 4 weeks and 1 day til I move back to sunny Preston.

I got a confirmation of my place on the textiles course this year (yay!) and in the envelope was also my holiday project....(grrrr, how could you, UCLan?)...and a letter saying that the uni are running a trip to New York in February/March next year! Better get saving, since it's £600!! Very exciting, I've never been abroad! :D

Going for lunch at my brother's new house with the parents tomorrow, then a friend's birthday party in the evening, then to a festival in Bedfordshire next weekend - hopefully it won't be this rainy! Busy busy busy! My knitting is progressing very slowly.


The holiday project is fairly naff, though...we have to collect things that reflect our personal interests and experience of Summer, put them in a bottle, then do a sketchbook based on the objects. I was thinking of holding it outside in the rain. But that doesn't really reflect my interests... and wouldn't be very fun to draw.

Here are a few bits and pieces I've done so far -

Print blocks

Prints


Ink and Glue

Sneak Peek

I've been working on some new brooches over the past couple of days, there are 17 of them now! Here's a sneaky peek at them... proper photos and listings soon!



This is my Summer reading pile. Good reading makes for a happy Mrs Toad!

Hand Painted Loveliness

I listed three new items today - hand painted faux leather and felt brooches - made from this.




Available in my Folksy shop now, they are £5.00 each.

Primark bags

I bought a cheap little satchel-ish bag from Primark (yes, I know, but there's no point having an expensive bag when it's only going to get covered in paint or glue) a little while ago, and the other day caught the strap on a door handle. Massive un-stitchable rip. :(


Cut it up, and working on some new designs including the fabric from it.



Also going to use the lining as a sketchbook cover, as it's got a zipped pocket stitched in. Discovered whilst disassembling the bag that a hair pin works as a great quick-unpick!


Always better to reuse things, if you can't repair them, eh? :)