i realized i never did show you the gorgeous painting geninne gave me for my birthday
it sits on my desk, for now, reminding me of the beauty and warmth of that place on this earth
and of our friendship
i can't wait to visit again and see the casa gris, an oasis in the oak trees
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sending the last blog giveaway off into the world
in a fine indigo blue way
i bet from the title you thought this was another post about lilith
because well she is sooooo pretty ( having spent some time with her after work today)
but no this post is to let you know that you can preorder a book I contributed to
authored by the very talented amy palanjian and published by chronicle books.
The title is so pretty crochet and I can attest that it is just that and more.
Thank you amy for inviting me to participate and thank you also for inviting one of my very first
flickr/etsy friends and the one person that inspired me to take up the hook again after a very great
many years. Maria Ribeiro was also the first flickr friend I had the pleasure of meeting in real life.
thank you edgar for helping mark the page:)
my daughter loves how her old t shirts have ended up in a book:)
trying my darndest to get my feet back on the ground
and focus on some work for an upcoming show
i am thinking that sharing a few glimpses
will motivate me
until my mind
drifts away
thinking
about
lilith
btw
lilith seems to have blue eyes
this was really one of my most favorite gathering of stones and pebbles
they are on their merry ways off for great adventures all around the world
i love the group portraits taken before they are packaged and posted
don't they remind you of a box of macarons
xo
m
one day i was working on some stones for the shop update
i had some plain white coated stones on one side of my desk
and some freshly dyed indigo vintage fabrics and threads on the other side
and it seemed natural that they would come together in my hands
here are a few little glimpses
i think these will be part of my show in feb at bookhou
completely devoted to natural blues
speaking of bookhou
also working on my ornaments
for the upcoming
ornament show there
xo
m
The weather is turning cool this week and may even tip just below freezing overnight. Time to bring the color indoors and find a suitable warm cozy place for the indigo and woad fermentation vats. I am thinking the warm south facing kitchen will be the best choice. That is where I was was shooting the product shots for my etsy shop. It was also a wonderful surprise to see my favorite etsy shop couple as the featured sellers today.
This was really such a happy colorful family of stones and pebbles that it will be hard for me to send them out into the world.
ps there are still some beautiful hand dyed stones and scarves in the shop. This might be the last update before the season of giving. If you would like any of the bamboo pebbles turned in to brooches just send a little message after purchase.
xo
m
7 pm eastern standard time
i dare say this is the most colorful update ever!!
xo
so many fantastic giveaways happening this week I decided to add to the fun.
Tell me your favorite thing about the autumn season by midnight sunday and you could win a few natural dyed crochet covered pebbles and your very own spore print ( if I can figure out a way to mail them without getting smudged).
(porch tabel with some of the treasures I brought home from Nova Scotia and some spore printing happening in the far right lower corner)
have a wonderful weekend
xo
m
