Some recent cards

Cards for some birthdays over the past few days.

Sort of a self portrait

I didn't really mean to draw a self portrait - I was just doodling while sitting in front of a mirror and came up with this.

Miniatures shelf

I'd bought this in a £1 shop in Glasgow a few months ago but wasn't sure what to do with it until I saw this on Ismoyo's blog and from there I saw this on Craft Addictions. I used pink and green patterned papers to match my bedroom. Now I wish that I had bought more of these little houses, and I hope that I can remember which shop I bought them in when I next go to Glasgow (there are a lot of different £1 shops there and I was in them all the day that I bought this!).

I've filled it with lots of little things including a little pink strawberry character that I made, some lovely glass beads, a tiny book I made, and badges by Belle & Boo and Asking for Trouble.

Matchbox madness

I came across a group of people on Flickr devoted to filling matchboxes with tiny objects. They had a challenge to fill a matchbox for Valentine's Day, and although I just found out about it yesterday I decided to have a try myself, since I had decorated the perfect matchbox a few years ago.
The contents of the matchbox are as follows:
1. Butterfly stamp
2. Strawberry stamp
3. Stickers
4. Ribbon bow
5. Sun bead
6. Bird bead in a cage
7. Heart paper fastener
8. Pink paper fastener
9. Jewel paper fastener
10. Shell
11. Necklace clasp
12. Bead
13. Paper clip
14. Miniature spoon
15. Miniature key
16. Jewel eyelet
17. Amethyst chip
18. Heart bead
19. Leaf sequin
20. Apple eyelet
21. Heart eyelet
22. Heart eyelet
23. Polymer clay button
24. Polymer clay button
25. Shell heart
26. Shell heart
27. Shrink plastic heart
28. Shrink plastic heart
29. Polymer clay heart
30. Heart button
31. Ribbon rose
32. Tag from Per Una jeans
33. Tag from Per Una jeans
34. Paper flower
35. Flower clip
36. Bell
37. Feather

My new font

I made this font at Your Fonts from a design that I'd drawn a few years ago when there used to be another free fonts site. I'm looking forward to making some more.

Midori

I've been meaning to draw this for ages, but I finished the first bottle a month ago and kept going to the supermarket on a Sunday morning when you can't buy booze. But I finally got round to buying some more today. I love it with ginger beer.

A little teapot

I bought this little pot in China. It is filled with water through a hole in the base, but when it is turned upright it does not leak.

Leslie House

Some more photographs of Leslie House from my walk today, and some from 4 years ago. I've tried to choose ones taken from roughly the same angle, to show the difference.

Sakura

I've been working on these sakura blossom ideas today that I might turn into rubber stamps sometime. They were inspired by watching a movie called Sakuran.

Fire at Leslie House

Leslie House (about which I have been writing a local history book) caught fire at about 7pm last night. Although the fire is said to have lit up the night sky, I didn't hear about it until I arrived at work this morning. These photos were taken at lunchtime today, while firefighters were still at work. Most of the roof has been destroyed, and all five floors have been gutted, but much of the stonework has remained intact. More photos on Flickr.

Red earrings

I love these red polka dot earrings I got at the £1 shop.

Bagpuss

"Even Bagpuss himself, once he was asleep,
was just an old, saggy cloth cat.
Baggy, and a bit loose at the seams,
But Emily loved him."
(And so did Emma!)

In memory of Oliver Postgate who died in December.