Lucky Girl!

oday, I am a lucky girl.

The postie arrived with well taped up box and I opened it to find my prize for the Advent Christmas Challenge:

Gypsy Dancer made this delightful soap bowl and two sets of chunky ceramic buttons for me. What a great surprise, I had forgotten all about it and wasn't sure what would turn up, but it's just so nice to get a hand crafted present; it has really made my day.

The colours are my favourites, so I suspect that these have been selected especially. Check out her Art of Notions shop on Etsy if you like these- she also makes 'yarn bowls' if you are of the knitterly persuasion.

Experiments

I've been having a little play around with clay and thought I might share one of the experiments. This is a ceramic tile at around A4 size made out of impressed, glazed and fired clay on which I then experimented with image transfer for the blue pattern and the bird using acrylic matte medium

Another Little Bird and a Secret

This is another little bird that I made recently, the obsession  seems to continue. It sits nicely in the hand, rather like a large pebble; perhaps it's a 'worry bird'?

I've been busy sorting out my secret swap package for the Ravelry Knit Love 2010 summer swap. I've been doing all sorts of making which I will share later, once this box in the safe hands of the recipient at the end of July when I meet up with her during Knit Nation (with any luck and the plan of some frantic texting).

Tweet!

I seem to have a growing obsession with birds, not particular birds, but little creatures like these. This little earthernware one sits nicely in the hand and emerged from a quick play around with the clay.