Interim post

From LL's blog and LL's camera – my (and clearly LL's) favourite mannequin and her uppity friend. Near Bloor and Markham.

Japanese quilts...

Junko Maeda ISBN: 4766000617
Originally uploaded by movinghands.

...blow my mind every time. This image is from, I think, a Japanese craft magazine. The quilt looks tiny, and check out the design! Some pinwheels (triangles), some plain squares, and great use of colour.

Hurry up, March. I want more time to make stuff.

P.S. Today's bonus photo is from my front lawn:

Lost and found

This one is for Martine.

You-know-who plus plus

I don't often post other people's pictures, but this one was too good to pass up.

I've recently discovered a whole new pocket of inspiring websites that have links to one million wonderful things around the internet. Here are three of my favs for your perusal. Note: if you're like me, whole days will be sucked away looking at these. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Apartment Therapy: New York (always New York) – Q&A on making your apartment cooler and more design-ful. Brilliant suggestions and great links.

Design*Sponge – the internet is a wonderful place, and that's all I've got to say about that.

Karin Eriksson's Style Blog (my mother's name is Karen Erickson!) – more beautiful things: `day-to-day inspirations of a Sweden-based designer/maker of functional ceramics.'

Two more

I brought these two fridge magnets to one of my works, which is where you see them in this picture. Note the old school ROLODEX on the left-hand side. On top is teatime at the end of the pier in Dover (by the white cliffs), and on bottom is the Gates in Central Park.

I heart fridge magnets and you-know-who

Here are a couple of the fridge magnets I've made; these ones use pictures from my trip to London in the spring. The image on the right is a chandelier from Canterbury Cathedral (I shot in black and white there); who knows where the image on the left is from? Anyone? It's a bit obscure, but not if you've been to London in the past six or so years...

Other news: Eric's MOM got me a present!! I love it.

More movement

Since my last post, I have in fact started to take my camera with me more, and it's been extraordinarily satisfying. Check out flickr for the results. I'll probably post a few of my favourites here on the blog to distract you from the lack of crafts.

Progress HAS been made, mind you, on the blue quilt. Pictures to follow.

And, I did actually finish something in the meanwhile.


Baby steps, I tell you. I'll finish the other sock.. someday. P.S. My grandma crocheted the red afghan in the background.