I’ve been a bit lax of late at showing all the happy mail that’s been tumbling through the letter box requiring me to make trips up to the sorting office. Here are all the goodies that I have received of late:
My name badge for the FQ Retreat in June from Charlotte:
My winnings from Ali’s recent giveaway, courtesy of Emma’s Fabric Studio:
My Trimmings entry fabrics (of course!)
My Liberty charms I ordered from Ali. Liberty seems to go so well with linen that I could see this being useful for all sorts of Zakka style projects
Now this probably doesn’t look terribly exciting, but when I tell you it’s extra wide fabric for backing (108″) from Brenda, you should be excited…
And finally, a lovely package from Julie. She was sending me these for a project I’m doing for the Intrepid Thread newsletter in June:
So of course I needed to put some a bundle of other things in the envelope to keep them company ;o)
Then there’s the non-sewing related things:
Score and CD for the piece I’ll be singing at the Albert Hall on the 8th July, along with my mum (and a few thousand others)
And finally Cybil and Sabine.
This pair arrived back around Easter time, but I forgot to show them to you before now. They do need a bit of background though, so let me take you back about 18 months to when I adopted this little guy, Pip.
You may not believe it, but I have a horribly sentimental side, and I feel sorry for poor and maligned things (even inanimate objects!) so when I saw Pip my heart melted, such a sorrowful expression! Anyway, the pay gods conspired so that I couldn’t get him until just after halloween (although the adoption gods were obviously looking favourably on me by not letting him go until then). Poor wee Pip sits on my sofa surrounded by beary friends, and he even has a snowman, Chilly, that also came from Kelly, the genius behind these wee guys, to play with too. He still looked so sad though, and when he realised he had sisters up for adoption he turned those sad eyes on me. What to do when you’ve adopted the saddest little pumpkin in the patch? Again, the pay gods needed to be appeased, and I felt I couldn’t adopt one sister without the other, so they remained for quite a while, sitting in Kelly’s shop, while Pip looked sadder by the minute! Then the pay gods, and a sale aligned for me, and Cybil and Sabine were duly dispatched. I think Pip looks marginally cheerier now, what do you think?
hey, that looks familiar 😉
Pip looks like he has tears of gratitude now for adopting his sisters. 🙂 As a trio, they are quite cute. Are you beyond excited to be signing in such a large venue?
All hail the pay gods! If only they could buy us some TIME. >_<
oh my goodness! Your post box must be overflowing!
Lovely nametag 🙂 And stop making me drool with the fabrics…
Your name tag is gorgeous! And Pip looks suitably impressed to not be the only of his species any more. I am sure he will break into a smile any time now!!
There is so much more to you than meets the eye! How a pumpkin can look sad beats me, but they do.
Brilliant wee label.
You lost me after the Summersville… you are bonkers!
Love the pumpkin siblings. They're precious and Pip does look a tad happier. It could be he just has one of those faces that look sad no matter what. Your name tag is super and the stacks of fabric should even make Pip smile. Gotta love the pay gods. ;o}
Not. Jealous. At. All.
Those pumpkins are awesome! Can't wait to see what you come up with for Julie!
What sweet little pumpkins. Siblings united, that's a good thing. :O)
Hugs
Iris
I love your name badge!! The whole name badge swapping thing is such a great idea! It's good to keep the Postie busy!!
I didnt know you could sing as well as strip – this ups our chances on the road trip a lot more, if i dont lose you in vegas as a showgirl. Pip is so cute! And so is your name tag
LOVE your name tag! How cute is that?
Your badge is ace! And you are completely bonkers! Hehe! You big softie that you are!
You get great mail!
I learned something new…you sing? Wow! That is one thing people ask me NOT to do
I learned something new…you sing? Wow! That is one thing people ask me NOT to do
think pip should go to the sewing summit by the way might cheer him a bit more :))))
i got my pile of summersville this week too. it is heavenly!