resurrection fern

there is a delicate spider crawling out of my pocket

I love to repurpose clothing I find in the thrift shops, like that lovely blue striped chambray shirt. I used lace and linen embroidery thread to create my eight legged companion. The other pictures are some I have taken over the last week  that just seemed well suited to this post.

a little glimpse at a new collaboration between friends

This year I will be sharing with you a collaboration between one of my very first blog friends, elsita and myself. This will be all about the big adventures of two tiny paper cut birds. They will travel with me where ever i happen to go, along with my camera and I just know along the way they will have great adventures and fantastic photo shoots. The adventure started in Mexico. 

Sometimes the pictures will speak for themselves ( or should I say chirp for themselves) and at other times there will be paper feathered stories to unfurl. 

xo

m

wordless wednesday

the casa azul through my eyes

When I saw the posted pictures of the casa azul at night I was a little home sick for mexico. Funny that you can feel so much at home in a place after spending only a week there. With geninne's permission I wanted to share a some of the pictures of her wonderful home through my eyes ( and lens).

yummy, geninne's chilean version of shepherds pie. I wonder if she does delivery:)

whether to knit or crochet a sac

I know it isn't really a difficult question but one that I couldn't really make up my mind about. So inspired by this sac geninne and i adored in San Miguel I decided to make up my own versions.

The first one was knit in organic cotton in shades of bluegrey and neutrals.

The second one was crocheted in jute.

The straps on both are repurposed thrift store leather belts. 

I am using them so much for carrying around my works in progress. 

when winter just won't let go

do a cartwheel and enjoy it

reminder to self

poppytalk's spring color week starts next week :)

thank you

We cannot live only for ourselves.  A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.  ~Herman Melville

My deepest thanks go out to all who purchased something today from the crafting for courage group. My little shop of stones and pebbles sold out in a few minutes after listing. I will be trying to add some more items to the shop next week. For now I am going to take a little break from my online life, get together with friends and family and recharge my batteries a little. 

Here are some nature filled photographs I have taken recently. 

enjoy your weekends and embrace life

xo

m

crafting for courage begins today

My items will go live at around 12 o'clock eastern standard time. There will be covered sea stones, missing pieces stones including the ability to have one custom made for you or someone special. This also marks the introduction of the first natural dyed hand crocheted bamboo stones.  These are  amazing!!!

these ones were dyed with teal, brazilwood and logwood. Please check out all the beautiful hand made articles on the blog. 

a few good stones for courage

I have posted a preview of some of the things I will be listing tomorrow in my shop with 100% of the proceeds going to Save the Children for their japan relief work.  

it was about time i started a dyeing journal

can't wait to fill up the pages with experiments!!

Hope springs eternal is what this next photograph of my garden reminded me of.

Oh and last but not least a little preview of a few of the stones I have made for the crafting for courage sale in my etsy shop that starts on thursday.  I will be unveiling some extra special pebbles tomorrow.