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I was lucky over the weekend- I was given an armful of the most beautiful roses from my Mum's garden (thanks Mum) AND an iPhone that was previously Tom's, because he received a new one from his workplace. I must admit I'm pretty excited about this new technology but it will take some getting used to, especially because i've never really used a cellphone in my everyday life (it always seemed too hard to look after, along with everything else and my old phone had a habit of sending all sorts of people strange messages from the depths of my satchel).

I think my friends will be safer from such correspondence now that i have this swish little gadget, and, with all the extra features, it should also come in handy for the kids the next time we're waiting in the post office line. I used Mum's garden flowers for inspiration and made a cosy home for it (embroidered in hand-dyed silk threads on black wool fabric and padded for safekeeping.) I like the marrying of new technology with old-school stuff like embroidery. 

Happy new week to you!

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16 responses to “old and new technology”

  1. Lindsay Avatar

    What lovely flowers!
    I recently got an iPhone and I can’t put it down!

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  2. Marine Avatar
    Marine

    Very pretty pouch!

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  3. Jacq Avatar

    love my iphone 🙂 beautiful work as always 🙂

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  4. Donna Topp Avatar
    Donna Topp

    I love my Iphone as well and think that I might like one of these wee bags sometime!! They are easy to work …. I can do it!

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  5. Jill Wignall Avatar

    It’s wonderful Melissa! Did you hand dye the silks your self?

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  6. louana Avatar

    I love the pouch and those beautiful flowers, from the garden flowers are much better than a florist bought bouquet. Now I must be the last person not to have an iphone!

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  7. rachelle Avatar

    SNAP! I swear. I made one using this design for my phone (just like u showed me) when I finished ur class. I used that old skool jersery and some eco-coloured silk, stitched it by hand of course and it now holds my phone too!

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  8. Margaret Oomen Avatar

    i am technophobic to some degree but i LOVE my iphone.
    your embroidery is so lovely

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  9. betty Avatar

    Love the pouch but I am still stuck in the past with the same “habit of sending all sorts of people strange messages from the depths of my satchel” from an old thing I still don’t really know how to use… I’m only 34 but so out of touch with modern technology – not sure how it happened – I blame having children!

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  10. Nichole Avatar

    You will grow to love the iPhone, because it is so much more than a phone! I was resistant for so long, but as a young single girl in the city without a car, it became a safety issue to know where the buses were, or where I was if I got lost, etc.
    I love the pouch you embroidered for it, how perfect!

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  11. special K Avatar

    I love that you made such an impersonal, sterile thing such a warm and cosy, personal home.

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  12. Carol Avatar

    Wonderful flowers, memories of summer just gone.
    I need a new mobile and keep debating what to buy, everyone seems to just love their iphones more than any other gadget. What a lovely pouch.
    Carol xx

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  13. coco Avatar

    although i love snowy wintery photo, i like coming to your place as this is one of most cozy place for me. it always make me feel so warm to see your daily world. thanks melissa.

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  14. tinyhappy Avatar

    me too donna, they’re great, aren’t they?
    🙂

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  15. tinyhappy Avatar

    cheers jill, no, a friend dyed the threads but i love using them. 🙂

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  16. tinyhappy Avatar

    thank you, coco! x

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