Saturday, August 14, 2010

2nd wedding anniversary gifts!

Two years ago on August 11th, Steven and I got married!


8/11/2008



Last year was our "paper" anniversary, when Steven gave me a gorgeous book that he made for me, and I gave him some bird prints from the very talented Josh Brill of Lumadessa.

The second anniversary is for cotton. We have a cotton-themed collaborative art project in the works but in the meantime, we gave eachother a couple of little cottony gifts to hold us over until that's done. 

Steven picked my gifts up at the marvelous Clay, Wood and Cotton, right here on Beacon's Main Street. We *love*love*love* letterpress, so I wasn't surprised that he chose this sweet card from Ink & Wit:





And this adorable pillow, made by Diane Patmos (you can check out her etsy shop, called snowdrop, here!):





As you may have read in earlier posts (here and here), Steven and I are a little crazy about owls. So I decided to give him an owl card from the Natural History Museum:





...and an owl plushie that I picked up from one of my other favorite Beacon shops, the echo boutique and toystore:





Happy second anniversary, honey!

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Summer break

Is your summer just flying by? It certainly feels that way at our house. I haven't had a moment to pick up a needle or even think about what my next needlepoint project should be in weeks. 


I did manage to take a few moments to appreciate the summer scene in our yard this weekend. Here's what I saw:


Lots of blooming in the front yard
Black-eyed susies
Somebody has been nibbling on our purple cone-flowers!
Probably the chief nibbler
I really should thank him for keeping our grass neatly trimmed
I hope you're surrounded by pretty summer scenes too!