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Midwinter

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Happy Matariki - Māori New Year to you!

It's the shortest day here today, and the sun has been shining on regardless. We celebrated our winter solstice baby's birthday – Arlo turned 14 the other day (not such a baby anymore), and apart from that, I don't have much to report from these parts.

I made a set of linen napkins for a big family dinner party we held on the weekend, but then got caught up in the party and forgot to put them out for the guests. I used some pieces of beautiful blue linen that my friend Nikki gave me a while ago and I'm sure they'll be put to use soon enough (Tom loves to cook so we have friends around for dinner quite often).

In the last photo above you can see a pile of little tags/cards I made with pressed flowers. I like to have a supply of these on hand for wrapping up gifts and etsy orders. Most of these cards were made using pressed cosmos petals from the summer, leaves and borage flowers. This little contraption has been put to good use!

Other projects I've been working on include some baby-garment knitting for gifts, mending and a bit of embroidery (will show that soon).

I hope you're finding time to work on your projects or do other things you love, these days.

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7 responses to “mid-winter”

  1. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    Melissa, those steps remind me of Wellington!! Cheers, Karen

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  2. muenzeeins Avatar

    love those colors in the pictures… happy birthday to your “baby” :)!
    here in brussels it’s very very hot, too hot even, and the garden starts to dry out.. for once we’re all hoping for some rain :)… happy week! cécile

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  3. tinyhappy Avatar

    thank you cécile and i hope you can enjoy the warmth while it lasts!
    and get some rain too 🙂
    m
    X

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  4. tinyhappy Avatar

    hi karen – yes, they are very wellingtonesque arent they!
    we have 95 steps up to our house – but lots of houses around here have more!
    🙂

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  5. Alicia Avatar
    Alicia

    Happy birthday to Arlo!. It has been really hot for the last three weeks here. I really envy your winter now.
    Lovely tags!

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  6. Lina Avatar
    Lina

    Those tags are so beautiful and clever, I stopped drying flowers because y never knew what to make with them. I am organizing my self to set time to craft, even started to consider the mending pile as hand work. Making use of your hands is good for the soul! Happy week end!

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  7. tinyhappy Avatar

    thanks for the good wishes, alicia! hope it cools down for you soon.
    XX

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