retreat

My last retreat was about 28 years ago, when I was
in the elementary school. I'm not a religious person,
but I remember, I enjoyed it - getting in touch with
my spirit, to calm down, to stop and look.

So, when I saw this, I thought, it's my chance. Don't
know, how it would be, but I'm always open for a
new experience.


Sarah Blasko

dust bunnies

I'm working on my new felt collection. I'm not sure
I should call it a collection, as I'm pretty sure, as ideas
keep on flowing it'll end somewhere else than it has
begun. So, maybe it'll be a collection of some tiny
collections LOL



This is only a little part of how my kitchen table look
like at the moment - there's no place left to eat on
the table (but I have time to let it look this way, as
my son will be first back on Tuesday ;)). But the
dust bunnies of the wool are in every corner of the
apartment. I'm a HUGE mess worker, as I have only
eyes for my work when I'm on the roll. I work while
I'm sitting or standing or walking. So when I cut the
felt the scrap falls just where I was and while I'm
walking I take the dust with me. And right after I
vacuum the dust, I make new one - I'm horrible!!!!
But I don't really care, as I'm happy with the result :)

I won't show and tell at the moment, till I have the
collection ready - which I hope, at the latest next
Sunday. I'm so excited! Can you feel my excitement?
^_^

sweden

I was talking about our favorite jazz singers and bands
with an old friend lately after the last gig, when we
suddenly noticed, many of them come from the Northern
part of Europe. Koop is a group from Sweden that I
really, really love (you might have seen on the right
bar, I've been listening to their music again this week).

This morning I was 'googling' for typography for my
felt work (which I could hopefully show you soon ;)),
when I stumbled upon the work of Thomas Broomé,
also from Sweden. I love esp. his Modern Mantra
series, not only because I love typography in general,
but because I've always been exploring the use of
typography in pictures.


Two doodles I made at work last Monday.

On Etsy, of course, there are also sellers from Sweden.
I looked up only for Stockholm, but there could/must
be more. Some of my fave list...


ExoticFlavour, cristinapires, aCatsNest,
kannor, suzzieholler, birribe,
Couturetime, Saltsyrup, percerosso,
Myling, Antracitproduction, britou

hearts

So, I've made another item with felted hearts. It isn't
for my shop though. It's for the Hearts for Haiti.


I will update this post with the item link, as soon as it's
listed in the shop.
It's there now! :)

on a gray day

I've collected colors on my way home from work today.
Tonight: a gig with the choir.

Happy Weekend to you all!