printed, stitched, beaded

i've been working on a wedding sampler commission this week, in lovely bright colours. it's for a friend of a friend of a friend of my cousin's! which just goes to show that sticking my business cards on the back of them as i made them was a worthwhile activity. it's been nice to get back to making one of these, since i stopped selling them on not on the high street i've not made one for ages. i had to improvise with the print block because most of my usual ones are packed away, but i had a great time making new ones...the gridded design has been made using the polystyrene from a frozen pizza and carving into it with a sharp pencil - a most satisfying procedure and result!

ever had one of those weird days...

when you feel you have accomplished nothing but have actually cleared up a few jobs hanging over your head? i finished this wedding sampler order today, it's the first one i've done in this colourway, it's called 'amish' and it looks really great framed in it's white box frame. i'm also really pleased because i didn't think i'd get it done for the customer to take to the wedding this weekend (she knew this and ordered it anyway) but i did, yay! i hate letting people down, so this has made me very happy. i've also managed to get a piece of work done for an etsy-related secret swap organised by charlotte. i really, really hope the person i've made this for likes their package...i've steered clear of her likes and dislikes, so fingers crossed :)

interruptions

just as i settled down to start a serious amount of binding last night, (saturday night i just couldn't be bothered although i did have an enjoyable evening deciding on what colour silks to bind the paper quilts in whilst watching a million 'csi' type thingies on the box) i was interrupted by my email alert dodah going off and discovered i'd got an order for a wedding sampler and a baby's name plaque. isn't it weird how it never rains but it pours? so anyway that's what i've been up to. between working and getting stressed with the kids, (it's the first day of the holidays, how am i going to cope for 7 weeks?!) it's been an eventful day.