I find that CAKE usually gets the attention of bloggers! This was my offering for the table at our fund-raising teaparty in a pretty garden in the village. We had so many kind people offering to bake cakes that I was able to be very generous with the size of the slices we served to go with the dainty cucumber sandwiches. Can you see my bunting on the trellis?
More cake - this time for my birthday lunch and made for me by a kind friend.
Today is the exciting day that the Postman's Knock cards are all received. This stunning version of my New York! New York! theme is from Joanna, who made a lovely envelope out of an old map of North America and inside was the very bling version of Liberty against a backdrop of the Manhattan street grids. Liberty is portrayed as a version of the goddess Kali, who is perhaps enticing emigrants into Ellis Island with promises of prosperity. I thought it was a most thoughtful interpretation and a very precious addition to my collection.
I forgot to take a photo of the Taking Flight one I sent to Lesley this time, but it's on the Postman's Knock blog if you care to see it.
Another big treat today was a visit to Gina's Open Studio. And it was 'two for the price of one' on meeting-the-bloggers front, as Gill from VintageRockChick was there too. I had met Gina before when she came to talk to our Embroiderers Guild, but it was great to get to talk to Gill for the first time, having laughed at her blog for so long!
We knew we were in the right place when we caught sight of the red phone box that Gina had decorated with her mobile-phoning figures. They were incredible close-up!
I think my favourite thing when visiting someone's studio is to explore their sketchbooks - I love to see how ideas develop and are recorded, which is something I'm just hopeless at. Gina's were real works of art. I did have a bone to pick with her, though, because her tidy studio was held up to me by my husband as the epitome of how a workroom should be kept. He rode rough-shod over my stuttering excuses. Nothing for it then, I'll need to have a clear-out.......
If you can get to Gina's studio, it is open again next weekend and the details are on her blog. There's lots of exquisite work on display and great fun to be had with her sock monkeys and 'More Tea Vicar' teacosies!
Hope you're having a lovely weekend!
Chrissie
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