As I have quite a lot of stuff left from Saturday's fair, I have decided to have my own fair!! I am inviting everyone I know in the area, and as an added inducement we will be having mulled wine and nibbles. If only you all lived close enough to come along next Wednesday night ...... but perhaps it's just as well you can't all come, as it would be a bit of a squash to fit you all in the studio! On Saturday I was limited as to what I could sell, as I only had half a table, but as I will have lots of room next week, I had a look through my stash to see what else I could make. I found some large notebooks that I bought when Woolworths closed down - so I have had them for several years! I had a trial run yesterday to make a much simpler cover than I usually make, then today I delved into my stash of curtain samples
having made the sample in a dark fabric, I picked out cream/beige fabrics for the others, so that I wouldn't have to change the thread in the machine. By the end of this afternoon, all the books were covered
I can no longer deny that it is getting near Christmas ...... and I certainly can't forget how long it is to go, now that these two little elves have appeared in the kitchen
it has been miserable today ...... snowing when we got up this morning, then turning to heavy rain for the rest of the day. But at least it has got a lot milder, although I still needed the log burner to keep warm in the studio
I took these bird photos on Tuesday
there is always one bird that flies off just as I snap - this time it was a blue tit. You can just make out the outline of its wings
today's prompt for#reverb12 is
Compare the “you” from the beginning of 2012 to the “you” that you are now. What new skills or talents have you learned or discovered this year?
the big difference between how I was at the start of the year, and how I am now, is that I have learned that there is a big difference between a fear and a phobia. I have a fear of heights, and especially heights over water, but it isn't a phobia that prevents me from doing things such as walking over Sydney Harbour Bridge in September. Yes, my heart was racing, and yes, I was hyperventilating, but I was determined to do it ....... and this was my reward
I have also realised recently that although I have always said that I don't like enclosed spaces, I am actually not bothered by small places like toilet cubicles, but I couldn't crawl through a small tunnel. It is lack of height, rather than width that bothers me (I can't watch potholers on tv), so when I was recently stuck in the lift, I could cope because of the design of the lift. It didn't have a roof, and I could see up to the next floor of the building. OK, any excuse for handsome men ...... remember the hunks who rescued us