resurrection fern

pick 2

picked 2 photographs for a sunday evening

hope you had a lovely weekend 

xo

m

 

exchanging gifts between friends

It has been ages since I hung out with my dear friend arounna. In fact I hadn't even had a chance to give her the birthday gift I made. Her birthday was quite a while ago. She fell in love with the sisal feed sac purse she saw on a woman in san miquel de allende and I wanted to make something similar. I crocheted it using organic natural linen from quince and co. I also naturally dyed some of the very same linen for her in different colours to inspire her. 

I wasn't expecting anything from her but she surprised me with one of her twisted leather bracelets :) and the very first thing she made from her new "stones" screen. She told me that this design was inspired by my crochet covered stones. It is so wonderfully perfect.

Thank you so much arounna. 

mothers

be gentle with yourselves today

 

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

mahatma gandhi

 

(a few pictures taken from the resurrectionfern archives)

(embroidered words by cathy cullis)

not much to show

i had to set aside my indigo work for a little bit

to take up the hook for a large commissioned piece

that unfortunately i can't show you quite yet

but I did make a little extra to go along with it

that was all a flutter to have it's picture taken

it really is as warm as it looks in these photographs:)

indigo mail

sending the last blog giveaway off into the world

in a fine indigo blue way

so pretty

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:)

back to work in progress

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

arriving soon around the world

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

off on a slight tangent

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

bringing in the indigo

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