flea market finds

You may or may not be surprised to know that I can barely walk past this little wooden telephone without picking up the receiver and putting it to my ear... even when my daughter's gone to bed. I think I need to accept that I buy toys as much for me as her!

For more finds visit Sophie...

cushion swap - in and out

I was really nervous when I signed up for Vic's cushion swap - what if I stuff up my project and send my swap recipient a dud, or end up being really late sending it, and getting in trouble with Vic?

or... what if I really don't like the cushion I receive?

I think I've been lucky on both counts...

Here's the cushion I received - from the lovely Melissa. Isn't it amazing - and it fits our place perfectly. The big question is - do I add it to our vintage sheet bedding plans for our daughter's "big bed" - or do I keep it for myself? I'm keeping it for myself for a while as I make up my mind...

I was lucky with my swap recipient too - I got to spend some time "researching" on her lovely blog and checking out her Pinterest pics, and working out what she might like. I discovered that she loves books (and is fond of books arranged by colour order), likes flowers, and likes a bit of vintage...

so I made her a rainbow vintage floral bookshelf cushion! I really loved the process of making it, and found myself racing to finish it in excitement (instead of my normal hurrying to meet a deadline). I really hope she likes it too.

Thanks, Vic - this swap was fun!

something for zac (my creative space)

Zac is my husband's good friend.

He is a blogger and a knitter, but not a knitting blogger - his blog is of the literary kind.

He was the first real-life person I knew outside our house to learn about my blog, and helped me enormously when I was just starting out.

It was his birthday this week, and it was my very great pleasure to make him something (and to do my first bit of not-just-garter-stitch-knitting in quite a while!).

I hope you liked it, Zac! Happy Birthday, and thank you x

More creative spaces here.

PS: pattern for TARDIS dishcloth found here, with slight modifications by me

surprise giveaway winner

Drawing the winner of my little giveaway was harder than I'd originally planned, after Blogger had a crisis and lost some comments... luckily I hadn't deleted (or, I'm afraid, replied to) my email notifications.

So, after a quick cross-check, and a visit to random.org, I found a winner....

Cathie!

Please email me your address, and I'll pop a little pressie in the mail for you.

Wishing you all a happy week

xx

my creative space

This week I have four different little knitting projects on the go, and I'm loving it!

What are you doing? I might see you over here, in this new "spaces" place... (but first we're going away for a couple of days - yay!).

PS: giveaway here (of the surprise kind - my guess is there will be something knitted in the prize!)