Another of my favourite flowers, the foxgloves are also out in force. And much loved by the bees! Bees have suffered from some form of disease in recent years and many have died. I read somewhere that if all bees die men will probably only survive for another 4 years after that so it's very pleasing to see that they are back in large numbers here in Macbiehill.
Wednesday 30 June 2010
The first rose and other miracles of nature
Tuesday 29 June 2010
A Wilderness Byway Spread
Monday 28 June 2010
Alpha Stamps Garden Postcard
You can also see this postcard in the Alpha Stamps advertisement in the latest issue (no. 31) from Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine. I received my copy today and it was lovely to discover it on page 87
Sunday 27 June 2010
Casting a shadow
The photo of the peat field was taken because I love the geometry of those long parallels, there is just something about them that speaks to me. Perhaps one day I'll do something inspired by all those pictures, who knows!
Friday 25 June 2010
The flags are out!
So when at the Tibetan Centre I bought a long line of prayer flags with unfinished edges to do this with but then decided that we might as well enjoy them while they were being distressed. I had not gotten around to doing anything with them however and John decided to put them up as a surprise. They look great hanging in the trees and it will be ever so interesting to see what they will look like a year from now! By that time I hope to have thought up a art piece to use them in.
Celebrations
Therefore the surprise to find a rozette enclosed with my quilt was even more special. Apparently Flower Petals had won the 1st Prize in the Theme section of the show (the theme being A Taste of the Tropics) as well as a Judge's Choice. What joy!! I was still blocking this quilt a day before I had to ship it to the show and I'm sure that must have helped. It will be one of the quilts in my exhibition next year but here is a taster of both the whole quilt as well as a detail. It has a wealth of beading on it, as well as Swarovski crystals. It's not for nothing that I'm sometimes referred to as the queen of embellishment! Give me a surface and I will decorate it.
Volunteers Spread
Thursday 24 June 2010
My blog in book form
Tuesday 22 June 2010
Macbiehill Walk
Another Vintage Gluebook spread
Monday 21 June 2010
Sunday 20 June 2010
Tea in Somerset Studio Gallery
Red, White and Blue
I'm particularly pleased about the last ones as they are notoriously difficult to grow but they seemed to have liked the harsh winter and the clump is definitely growing.
Pearl Spread
Saturday 19 June 2010
Garden Party
Friday 18 June 2010
Busy as a Bee spread
Thursday 17 June 2010
Spring Walk
The old railway line makes for a very peaceful path and so does the forest. It's extremely rare to meet anyone else and I can enjoy the beautiful scenery including the horses in the field.
On the way home I came across this large clump of lovely little blue flowers and on coming home and consulting The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady concluded they must be Germander Speedwell or Veronica Chamaedris to give them their Latin name. So pretty!
Wednesday 16 June 2010
Garden Variety Postcard Swap
You can find all information on the swap here and once you sign up you will also receive a wonderful PDF file from Lenna giving all the necessary information as well as a great description of how she made her postcards. Of course the requirement is to use images from Alpha Stamps but this is hardly a punishment as they are so fantastic. Specially for this swap there is an entire page dedicated to the theme of the swap: Garden Variety on the Alpha Stamps website.
I was lucky enough to receive some of these beautiful supplies as a member of the Alpha Stamps Design Team. In fact, it was the last time that I received their Design Team kit as sadly I have decided to leave the team after being in it since 2007. My exhibition next year and various other commitments meant there simply was no time left but of course I will continue to order their collage sheets and join swaps on their Alpha Stamps Yahoo Group. I'll upload the samples I made with my last kit in the next few days but here are the 4 postcards I made for Lenna's swap
These PCs and ATCs will be winging their way to Lenna before too long and if you want to be in with a chance to get them join the swap!