a tiny treasure

cissy and clogs

hiro is another very cute and sweet little kitty!

he sleeps with the fishes

today i had a sneeky wee peek of the upcoming 'he sleeps with the fishes' exhibition of drawings by emily chappell at the tron glasgow. emily was busy getting her work ready for viewing in the long gallery. it runs until 28th march and the preview is tomorrow between 6-8pm.

felt workshop

i am going to be teaching a felt jewellery workshop over at the amazing welcome home in glasgow. more details here. places are limited so if you live nearby and fancy making a fabby wee necklace or two to add to your spring wardrobe book now!

cool orange thingy

orla's not too happy that emily gave me this cool orange thingy to hold my yarn in. now she can't knock my balls of wool on the floor and run off with them anymore....

sunday

for those who wake with a blind headache

who must be still

who will sit and wait

for sunday to be monday

yeah it will be ok

do nothing today

give yourself a break

let your imagination run away!

i love this song about sunday

i spent most of today here at a talk by this great guy and felt super chilled out. the perfect way to spend a sunday! hope you are having a relaxing sunday too whatever you are doing!

i like it wild

every thursday in blogging land i look forward to we like it wild on design sponge by studio choo. congrats to the girls over in san fransisco as they have just opened a fabby wee shop!

sadly as one door opens another one closes. the very wonderful mieke willems shop in amsterdam is having to close. i wish the owners mieke and veronik all the very best for the future.

love sweet love

what the world needs now is love sweet love

that's the only thing that there's just too little of

what he world needs now is love sweet love

no not just for some but for everyone la la la la la...

happy love day everyone! i have been getting all soppy and reminiscing today: he sent me all 9 of these valentines cards, year after year from when i was about 6 years old! i found them again this week and got a wee bit sentimental. she taught me what it was to be loved and to love unconditionally, and that's the best kind of love! only this man will forever be the love of my life.

today i am grateful for all the love in my life past and present!

strawberry fields forever

i am recovering from a chest infection right now so have not been able to go see this exhibition yet at welcome home. when i have a bit more energy i hope to pop over and check out the featured artist's contributions that include the very talented lizzy stewart.

kitty dish

how cute is this sweet wee plate that i recently rediscovered hidden away in my kitchen cupboards? i used to eat my dinner off it when i was a kiddy. it looks like someone used it for mixing paints on after that, and now my Kitty's use are using it as a water dish!

put on a happy face!

i fancy treating myself to a fabby sticker set that can change any old boring lightswitch into a happy face! (or one with a mustache!) they can be found at welcome home here in glasgow, if you want some too but don't live nearby, no worries you can get yours here for a mere six quid!

quaint living

i just love these images of canal boats in the snow taken by alice and found on her beautiful blog quaint living (where she also shares some very yummy recipes including this one i fancy making for banana walnut bread.)

winter warmers

some current cozy faves from my wee hyggelig happy group. so nice to look at on a cold dreary day like today!

many thanks to the owners of these beautiful images: SWNKDLLR, bamsesayaka, yokoo and hogan wren.

julino

julino is so very happy that we are soon going to have a wee interview with his fabby creator right here on this blog! yeah! he really is and so am i!

dear mr boden

dearest johnnie

thank you for kindly sending me your spring brochure. however i would be most grateful if you stopped posting any out more to me for a while. i am skint and therefore cannot purchase anything from you. i know we go back a long way and i have taken much delight in 'better times' in getting a wee parcel from you through my letterbox. i hope we will once again become acquainted in the future, but really mr boden, i mean, come on stop teasing me with the things you know that have made me part with my pennies in the past, all these lovely stripy and spotty things i like, have you no shame! oh and you know that taking photos of your model's camping 'down at the farm' and wandering about downtown manhattan is going to make me want your 'must have' items even more. hope this is ok, and don't worry i'm sure my friend sheila will put in an order or two to keep you in business.

kindest regards

kim xxx

a little bit of hope

i have just added a few thing's to my etsy shop to help donate towards oxfam's haiti earthquake appeal including a sweet little babushka doll. i will add more soon. the proceeds of this brooch will buy a hygiene kit for a family. i have also donated this little cotton onzie to craft hope's etsy shop.

feeling grateful

i have just spent a few horrible day's with no running water or flushing loo due to burst frozen pipes. it made me realise that we are so lucky to take these things for granted when so much of the world can't. the stress of it all has faded into insignificance on hearing and seeing the terrible disaster in haiti.

i am busy making some things to sell in my shop (including wool felt jewelery and valentine's cards), for which i will donate a percentage of the sale so i can help in some small way (i hope to add them in a couple of days). juliane is already doing this with her beautiful doll hot water botttles, and lena has listed other designer's wanting to help.

some things that have cheered me up lately, letters from two very special little people, re learning to crochet again (and loving it!), beautiful roving wool colours, and watching this and this, both such amazing little videos.

birdy footprints

we have had more snow overnight. it's very cold here so lots of hot chocolate and cozy blankets are needed! i spotted some cute little birdy footprints in the snow today.

givaway polar bear winner

thanks to everyone who entered my givaway, i loved all your comments. here is the little bear i made for the winner, he has a cloud and raindrops and is my favorite one i have made. cissy tried to help me pick a name out the hat, and the winner is the wonderful art and ghosts. congrats - please email me your address and this little polar bear will come and keep you cozy!

twenty ten

happy new year to you all. wishing you all many good things!

remember this photo i took last year? i have made it into a card and added it to my shop.