This beautiful and personal artwork was made for me by Margie of Resurrection Fern. It arrived today, here at the bottom of the world, all the way from the top (Ontario, Canada.) Margie has carefully crocheted together pieces of Liberty lawn as well as small pieces of my own fabric. It's a big, but delicate missing…

(ceramic swallow made by paula, rocket-flowers in the vege patch) Thank you for your comments on my last post- you are the best. Thanks to your support of my fundraising efforts on Wednesday, I was able to make a good donation to the earthquake relief fund. And thank you, too, for your messages of sympathy…

Yesterday was a dark day for New Zealand. Just before 1 pm, the biggest city in our beautiful South Island was hit by yet another earthquake, but this time the damage was much worse than the quake suffered last September. People were out and about in the central city as the spire crumbled from the…

It's a grey Tuesday here, and I'm so thankful for the rain that's just started falling. The garden was getting dry and worn-out, with only the dandelions having a good time. They're so hardy. I took some from the compost-heap to use for inspiration for some ceramic-illustrations I've been working on this week. They are…

Here we have some flowers from the garden at the back of the house: geraniums, snapdragons and herbs that have flowered and nearly gone to seed. I do love this time of the year. This past weekend saw me busy at the sewing machine, working on a project for a family wedding: the flowergirl dresses.…

I've always wanted to try making my own stamps, and the discovery of two brand-new erasers on my desk (combined with a desire to delay doing the housework) resulted in these rather humble efforts. I made two simple stamps from medium-sized rubber erasers (Staedtler brand) and some fine-tipped linocutting tools. So far, I've used the…

I was out walking last night and took these photos along the way. They show parts of our neighbourhood. My favourite, slightly wild parts. Running through our suburb is a reserve, where people can walk or cycle, and while there has been a lot of planting and care of the land on either side of…

Something I'd like to do this year is 'make more' for little ones- babies and children alike. I've been making my reversible baby shoes now for nearly 6 years, can you believe it? I still like making them, especially when my friends and family have babies. But I'd like to stock up my shop with…

A few scenes from the kitchen today: – On the table, I've had lots of linen and threads laid out while working on some small embroideries of nature collections. These are to be sewn up to make childrens' foraging bags. – I got some more of my hellebore cards printed for my shop. Lately, I've found…

Happy St. Valentine's Day. I don't usually celebrate it but I couldn't resist the opportunity to make pink heart-shaped biscuits for the school lunch boxes.  Wishing you a lovely day. X