new old look

i know i should be out xmas shopping but i loathe the crowds at this time of the year so i thought i would give my little table a bit of a facelift...i think the lampshade started this..

so i had some cath kidston oilcloth and voila..a new old look...

a new old lampshade.

i have just had a new lampshade made for my standard lamp..

i used one of my favorite cath kidston fabrics [ now obsolete ] called posie .

i absolutely love it to bits..xxxxx

on my needles at the moment

thought i might have a change of direction...

you all know i am an addicted sock knitter and i work on addi needles size 2mm ..that is small..

now i am at the other end of the scale and using 15mm rosewood needles.

i am of course knitting a throw in colinette point 5 and giotto together..hmm ..it's a little different i can tell you..

i'm not thinkin of xmas..yet!

i'm not thinkin of xmas ..yet..how can i ? ..when i am stood in the indian ocean in 39 degree heat and the gentle waves lapping and cooling my body as i gaze toward africa....how does it feel like xmas???is that snow on the horizon?? nah it's a great big pelican!!

my beautiful friend...

my beautiful friend ..danielle.. gave me a gift at work the other day..i was a little taken a back at the time ..i know how much time and effort and not forgetting ..THE LOVE.. that went into this creation.

the enormatiy of it did not hit me until i got home and i did shed one or two tears when i looked at it again..

they were tears of joy that this wonderful person has come into my life and adds so much to it.

i thank u and treasure the gifts u have given to me ..you have a heart as big as tassie..

i am truly priviliged to have u in my life both on the creative and on the friendship side..

thank u danielle...

xmas already???

is xmas coming already??

where did the year go?

do any of you feel that way?

anyway i thought i would treat myself to a ponsettia ..you know ...just to remind me that xmas is really COMING...

i feel a bit like a vintage mercury glass bauble... a tad fragile!...

inspiration...

i love my job...

especially when we have had a new delivery..

when i went to work [check out debs new blog ..calicoandivy.blogspot.com ] yesterday the new kaffe fassett collective had just arrived and i snaffled a couple of fabrics...shell melange by phillip jacobs and a couple of the most contempary circles in the most amazing colors..

then as i was doing a bit of searching thru my cath kidston i had to put some colors together to make these dear little yoyo's..

oh ! and before i shoot off the new heather bailey felt rolls are a must have ..