croque-choux

Gimme gimme

Oh my god... look! A beaded robot?! I gotta have this little book. Too late for my birthday book list; will have to go on the Christmas wishlist, unless maybe... 

B-Day

 
Wednesday, the 20th was my birthday and my husband brought Japanese food home for  the 4 of us and 2 Japanese craft books for little old me! I don't know what impressed me more: the food, the craft books from Junko , or my little boy discovering that he loves California maki :o) Oh yeah, and the pendants I ordered from Chu Ling's Etsy shop   arrived today, and they are even prettier than I expected. This was my first time buying anything from Etsy, but from now on, I think that I will have to hide my credit card every time I "window shop" over there! And last but not least, some very special people (dear friends and dear daughter) called me at work and sung Happy Birthday on the phone. That was so sweet! Totally made my day.

Unfortunately I also got a migraine for my birthday, but I tried not to think about it too much and went to bed early with my new books. Thursday I rolled into work at 12 because I had that "baseball bat upside the head" feeling and actually missed the "Sandra's last day at work" surprise my co-workers had planned. Duh. Oh, how lame I felt. Well, as a consolation prize (hihihi) they asked if I could come in 2 or 3 more days more because they can't be short one oar in the galley just yet. They also gave me a giant bouquet of flowers, so guess who's going back to work on Monday? Okay I'll stop being cynical, because if you forget about the work load, they were all nice people to work with.

Clicking: faves of the day

Things I've been doing

Signing myself up for a class in stained glass.
(I know, I need another hobby like a hole in the head).

Buying pretty things from LingGlass's Etsy shop.

Crocheting an amineko (amigurumi kitty).

Admiring Marieke's felt creations.

Adding things to my Wists (wishlist to dream with).

Finally posting photos of the two Artist Trading Cards I received awhile ago from Amy. I love them.

Links I'm liking

I'm still here, but have been too tired to blog because of the demanding temp job I have right now and feeling bad at the same time because I haven't had anything creative to post lately. Some evenings I'm too fatigued to do anything else but a little mindless web surfing. The least I can do is share some fun links I found recently!

• art dolls by Georgette Benisty*
• trade ya! gimme your stuff
• awesome amigurumis by Elizabeth- (I wanna crochet like this!)
• extreme needlefelting
• inspiration for people who design logos
• stitch a pentagon box (tutorial)
• useful & fun: make yourself a pocket mod!
• computer gotta have: marimekko mouse
• making books with children
• at grandma's graphics: vintage illustrations from children's storybooks (avatars, decorative letters, etc.). I promise you will like these as much as I do! That's where I found the illustrations for this post. I especially like this dragonfly, and hope to use it somehow in a future textile project...



*note to self: reminds me a little of some sketches I made 18 months ago- gotta find my art journal! Where did I put it?