valentines

I finally finished a couple of heart pieces to put in the café next door

almost missed my deadline!

they take so much longer than I think they will......

but I like they way they came out

hope everyone else does too!

I am going to try and maybe do a couple more

maybe make them less elaborate (if possible) so they won't take so long

it is a grey and rainy, rainy, rainy day today

boo

and now.......back away form the computer, Anne - and get to work!!

so much to do.........

so little focus

thank you to each one of you that takes the time to come by my blog - and especially to leave a message

and a BIG HELLO to those of you who have recently started “following” my blog

welcome -

really appreciate all of you

__a

just a little something

here’s a little something I have made for a friend I am hoping to meet up with this weekend. I am going to visit the village in Germany we lived in for 3 years.......she is very important to me and made my life while there so much easier.

had more to write, but have to go now!

have a nice weekend - I hope somebody somewhere gets to see some sunshine!

thanks to everyone for their comments - and for coming back to read my little bits

__anne

Exciting news; all three of the valentine pictures I had in the cafe next door, the Buttercup, have sold!

thank you so much for that

I am new to selling my work and this has been quite a boost. My only slight sadness is that noone seemed interested in my stuffed hearts.

Oh well......

I have added more photos to my slideshow, so please take a minute to check them out and am now planning on a few more bird pictures in the near future, I think

Perhaps this will encourage Spring to hurry up and arrive!

At the beginning of May, S and I have signed up for a Dawn Chorus walk. It will be at Sheffield Park Garden in Sussex. We arrive at 5am and walk through the gardens with a guide until 7am, listening to all the birds singing through the dawn. I have always wanted to do this and am very excited about it.

A special thank you to the people who have signed up to “follow” my blog - I cannot figure out how to reach a couple of you to thank you in person, so hopefully you will see this;

Thank You!

oh, and one more thing - I am, again in the near future, planning to set up an etsy site and make my work more accessible for anyone to buy - so will keep you posted on that too

here is the heart I have made......and will slip it into our neighbours’ post box to thank them for the lovely sprinkling of hearts they (I think) did for Valentine’s Day

Hi again

I hope everyone had a nice weekend -

I just wanted to tell you what happened to me Saturday night. I live on a tiny little street with just 4 houses on it. It isn’t really a street, just sort of a walkway.

S and I got home from watching our friend’s band. When we got to our street we saw someone had cut hearts out of different printed papers and sizes and stuck them on all our doors and windows! They also sprinkled hearts all over the ground in front of our doors. It was such a beautiful surprise!

We have had a bit of sadness creeping around us for a couple of weeks, so it was so nice to see this and know someone was trying bring a little love into all our lives.

I suspect it was our new neighbours, so am spending today making a stitched heart to give to them (anonymously) to thank them for what they did.......

I hope it WAS them, but cannot think of anyone else

thanks to everyone who made comments about my hearts, and please, again, go see what Rebecca Sower is doing to help Haiti and how you can get involved

heart sessions

“Wind to thy wings. Light to thy path. Dreams to thy heart.” ~ unknown

this is what I have done today - I like the second one......but feel it needs more; I just don’t know what that means yet!

not sure if you can see the little shiny beads that go all the way around the heart, which is needle felted

the first image is the one I posted the other day.......feeling I should leave it alone, start something else, go back to it and then see what happens

well, this is what happened and I am not liking it - but oh well - can’t win em all!

well, I was right in thinking I would put the previous piece aside.......so this is what I have been working on today - pretty sure some beading needs to happen......and more stitching - machine for sure

and possibly embroidery? oh and the shape of the heart is a little suspect

am slightly worried that it might look a little bloody and veiny......oh well, makes it more interesting and less saccharine!

still am going to photograph my stuffed hearts - so you will be able to see those soon too

5pm and it is still light outside - woo-hoo!! altho it quickly went dark......and cold

thanks for stopping by and seeing what I have been up to

I am supposed to be doing some “hearty” pieces to hang in the café next to my studio for February, but am not feeling very.......“hearty” - this is what I have come up with so far....but am not lovin it

I think I will let it sit for a bit and start on something else and see what happens

I also made some stuffed hearts for Xmas tree ornaments - but will be hanging those in the café too - will take some photos of them and post soon