This is a pretty unoriginal post. And also, quite an unoriginal project. But after making this the other day, I just had to make another one, because everyone in the family except me was using it. It was such a simple, but actually quite lovely, thing. A very heavy, overstuffed feather pillow. With a piece…

These birds are not geese, I'm afraid, but seagulls. I hardly ever see a flock of geese passing overhead. Gulls are more our thing in our coastal city. But I found them beautiful, nevertheless. I mention geese because I made some coin purses for my shop from a stack of 'flying geese' blocks that I'd…

The yellow lupins were captured here at the beginning of summer, and the ferns were snapped a couple of weeks ago. Lush and crinkly, those ferns. I love them so. I got cards printed up from some of my photographs and have been having a good time writing notes to friends. Postcards are do-able because there's only…

I've admired the art of Fleur Wickes for ages, and recently I bought a piece to give to T. as a gift, though it's sort of for me too, because it will go into a frame in our room. It's called 'Cinderella Valentine' and is printed on thick black photo-paper. (Click on the photo for…

The kitchen has been a busy place this summer, with visiting family and friends and extra kids racing around and the door permanently open to let bees, flies and sometimes cicadas in. I've got the children making iceblocks, and in the photo above K is holding the family favourite variety, which is made by whisking…

Here's a recent small project I finished: a reading pillow. I bought the green handwoven fabric over the summer (wrote about it here) and couldn't bear to use it for its intended purpose (imagining instant lasagne contact, etc) So I sewed it up into a cover for a big fat feather pillow and reading happiness…

I haven't felt like doing anything much this past week (though have had to go work regardless, alas), but the other day I sat down with Keira and her friend and did some drawing and painting with them. I got out a stack of old magazines and we cut them up- K made collages in…