Ginger Fresh!

It's a new item in my Etsy shop!

Matt and I took a drive to some antique shops in Coventry yesterday. I was on my button quest. I found lots! Maybe 100 different buttons for about $9. Here are two sets on beautiful vintage cards:

Here are closeups of the cards.

Check out the little boy and his toy rabbit and the little girl and her dog. I love these!

And I bought this. I don't know if it's vintage. I doubt it and I don't care. I just think it's so appropriate that I have it:

It was cold yesterday. After we were done shopping we rented a couple of movies, Miracle at St. Anna and Seven Pounds. I cried at the end of Miracle and bawled my eyes out at Seven Pounds.

Coffee and Tobacco Friday

No, not smokes, but a new crocheted choker, East Windsor Linen Choker, I completed this morning. Again, in the tobacco/ginger color linen. It's such a great color, neutral but not blah.

It's also Coffee Friday with new coffee finds on Etsy. Check out these coffee-liscious selections:

I love retro stuff. This is Vintage Sunbeam Coffeemaster Coffee Filters from Jazzies Junque.

If I was single or had complete control over my domain, this is what I would put on my wall! It's Coffee in the Morning Wall Decal by Circle Line Studio.

I love the Eiffel Tower - with a cafe au lait! Eiffel Tower Coffee Break bracelet by Memai.

I Love Coffee Scrabble Tile pendant by Blue Finger Studios.

I love these! Little beans, too! Starbux Coffee Stitch Markers by Scary Merry.

Treasury on Etsy!

One of my handwoven towels is featured in a Treasury on Etsy. Thank you to Sley the Dent! This particular treasury is a tribute to handwoven towels. They are beautiful and as unique as the weavers but they are also meant to be used! They make great housewarming gifts, too.

Visit the treasury to see the other beautiful selections.

Crackle Weave

Two views of crackle weave on my loom. It's a dynamic weave design that enhances color combinations. Treadling is pattern weave, tabby weave, pattern weave, tabby weave, etc. The tabby, or plain weave is the simple over, under of each warp and weft.

This picture shows the simple plain weave I did for two inches at the beginning of the project. This will serve as the hem I will fold over and sew after I take the runner off the loom. But I like this look very much, so I am considering doing one runner solely in plain weave.

I'm also thinking about doing another crackle weave project using a solid warp but changing the weft colors. This would make a nice shawl, too.

Here is my latest purchase, vintage buttons, from Shane Lily Rain on Etsy:

I spent some time yesterday driving out to some antique stores yesterday only to find they are cloed on Mondays and Tuesday. I want to go out again today but I really need to get some work done today.

Newly Posted on Etsy yesterday . . .

And sold! Here's another picture:

It is crocheted of linen and decorated with various buttons. I was just playing around with a design for a second one, so now I really need to get busy!

Friday

I think the yard may be done, except for one little raspberry bush. Here is what we did:

McIntosh apple tree

Fuji apple tree

Raspberry bush 1

Relocated tree

Little Leyland, the Cypress

Not much crafting last weekend, but I am doing well this week. I hope to thread a new project on the loom and bead a crocheted necklace.

No pics of those yet. Where does the time go?

Here is a cute find for this Friday:

blue skies floral garden/craft apron by Pam Wares

Pink Bird of Hope by Middleburg

Good Finds Friday

That Best Academy Window Ornament by Coffee Break Designs

Large Notebook / Flower Painting No.11 by Field and Sea

Coral-Pink Triangle Lucite Hoops by Gwynevere's Creations

Golden Cotton Fabric Clutch in Amy Butler Fabric with Large Button Closure - a Beatrice Studio Original by Beatrice's Studio

Organic Echinacea Coneflower White Swan Seeds from Smoky Mist Gardens

Sunflowers Gourds by Gourds by Design

Some things from my favorite Etsy shops. Mother's Day is coming, so maybe these will give you some ideas!