My 8th Postcard

This is a postcard from Julia at Ju North (blogroll). I just love it, soft to touch but also lots of crunchy texture, delicious colors & glinting stitches onto a silky background.

I am enraptured, thank you.

I'm late with my squares again, only so much brain space at a time! I will catch up, I can do these postcards because of the squares, I am enabled (but still late!)

My 7th birthday postcard

I opened another  card today from Linda Stokes at Linda Stokes Textile Artist (blogroll)

It is exquisite, more lovely favorite colors & all that stitching, fabulous.

I am overwhelmed with it all.

I had the great honor of photographing a Wren for the first time thismorning, I barely even see them, usually just hear them. Is she not the sweetest little thing, just hanging on to the edge of the urn?

Birthday card No 6

no. 6

My 6th birthday postcard is from Norma Bullen (nee McPherson) a friend of Ro Bruhn. I was delighted when Ro put my swap on her blog & suddenly I had people wanting to swap from Austrailia, the UK Sweden & Denmark. Others have since come from Linda at Blue Eyed Girl & Mixed Media Julie. I'm delighted that everyone is putting my postcards on their blogs - I feel totally famous!

Norma doesn't have a blog but is lucky enought to have regular sessions with Ro, over there in Victoria. We can enjoy all this vocariously & I'm so glad the slow tantalising opening of these cards is appreciated by more than just me & my family - they do try to get out of earshot as I open them!

To her card!

This is inspired by the outback & I can just imagine walking thru these lovely colors, as intended by Norma; soft to the touch, embellisher felted & beaded with sparkles.

This card is wonderful, I feel warmed, thank you

I have had some great comments - the clematis does well here - even tho a thug if it's hardy, I'll have it (well, within reason) . Yes I would gladly come to New England to plant one!

Hello to sparkly fairy, I can't see your blog!

This is the first collage that's come out of the postcards & in the true spirit of a swap I've given it away to my good friend Jo (no blog or computer even!) who's birthday is tomorrow. We had a delicious lunch & she brought the cake - I was going to make one, honest ;) Excuse the glare, I really should take the pic before I foil it.

I'm behind/missed seed sewing but I had my first rather unripe strawberry from the greenhouse 6 days ago. Today they were sweet & juicy. I've got 3 pots I bring in early spring & lots of pretty flowers on the plants ouside.

It's still sunny & a breeze to keep the midges away - I'm off out to get the cabbage plants bought last weekend in!

My 5th postcard

Today's postcard is from Ro Bruhn at Ro Bruhn Art (blogroll). It is stunning, how did she know I loved flowers so much? Those colors, & I'm so amazed at all the work that has gone into all these cards, lots of beautiful, careful  stitches.

And I looked on the back of course for the happy birthday message everyone has kindly written - it's double sided!

I am so happy & so grateful.

It's raining, first time in ages. Luckily I took these pics of clematis Montana earlier this week.

My fourth postcard

I got a card from Jo Reimer - One A Day (blogroll) & it is fabulous. It's  a colorful 'remains of the day', a collection of bits & pieces, colors & text & a beautifully drawn  palm tree I can just imagine I'm sitting under, with all that buzzing around me.

I am in love with it, thanks!

See the inner envelope smooshed with paint

Below is the order I'm opening my lovely cards - it's a spread out stack of them taken yesterday so Jo's is at the bottom, next up is tomorrows! Oh the restraint!

My third postcard

My third postcard is from Marion at Embroidered Origionals. I'm hoping to meet her at Gardening Scotland next week, but we might not be there on the same day.

What can I say? I knew Marion was studying ethnic patterns, but look at this.

This is gorgeous, finely cut sparkly organza, such colors. All three cards have had beautiful tiny stitches.

I am spellbound. Thank you so much.

Last night I went on a studio visit over to Plockton, about a 40 minute drive on the mainland, with a friend from the Sleat peninsular, Patricia Shone a ceramicist. It was organised by a new group called Aos (said ooze, meaning a collective, I think, in Gaelic) formed when the Art Certre in Portree closed down. They arrange visits, talks & workshops & send regular info about what's happening here & away. Vital when you're living on a faraway island. The Treeroot Studio is owned by Jane Inglis, showing her jewellery & mixed media pieces, her mother Barbara's textile pieces,Patricias pots  & another member of the group's work, Emma Noble, a printmaker. All of it really beautiful work.

On the way home the view just before the house looked pretty great, so I took a shot - you can just about see the narrow rainbow in the passing shower.

My second postcard & a bee in a flower

Today I opened my second postcard from Penny at Fibrefrolics (blogroll)

It is so lovely - I nearly came across it on her blog, had a small heart attack & switched off! I wanted to be able to touch the soft velvety pieces first.  The colors of them both, they might have been planning it!

I am so pleased. Thank you.

My squares, They are quite wordy this week, once you (I) start collecting you keep seeing & then I'm ripping, &sticking. Can't help it, really!

I finally got a pic with a bee in it! It seemed very important to me to acheive that ( ! )

The first roses, Rosa Rugosa, very hardy, perfect,  oh the smell!

I keep going to look at my cards, to touch them.