I have read two random lines of text recently that have struck a cord with something within me. The first was
‘Keep hands moving’. It was actually written on a hand dryer in the ladies loo but I think it is good advice, idle hands... devil's work... and all that… I just love to be busy but recently have taken to drifting off into daydream world and loosing big chunks of time. If I kept my hands busy it
grounds me a bit more and I am more likely to get things done.
The second was on a student travel website, it read
‘Make the most of your time on Earth’. At first I thought this was a bit ominous like we’re all going to be abducted by aliens or sent to Pluto or something, but then I realised it is the same as something I used to say a lot - life is too short! Which is true and no one is going to live your life for you. I think
I'm starting to focus a bit more on what I actually want. I used to be super ambitious and then lost that somewhere along the way, however I can just about feel the tingle of it creeping back into my life. I don't want to wait for things to happen, I want to make them happen.
Look look, lots of little wooden hand painted mushrooms. This is how I spent my friday night, wild I know... The blank mushrooms arrived on friday and well I couldn't wait to get started on them.
This is by no means the end of my mushroom/toadstool themed work, I have plans for more.
Following my current obsession with toadstools, I have just bought this ceramic mushroom from Habitat. I was going to paint it but I now love it just the way it is. It looks so at home on top of our little stove. 
The sun has shone and shone and shone some more. It has been super summery. I've spent my time mostly in the office but I've got out by the river whenever possible, sipping the odd cold beer of a warm evening...
I've been reading quite a bit recently so I appreciate a good bookmark. I thought it would be fun to make one as a free gift to send with orders from the shop.
Please note the rounded corners on the final pieces, it makes all the difference don't you think?
This is an idea that kept popping up in my head. I like swirly things, and clouds, and skies, and hearts - so why not mix them all up and make a card out of them. So you can find this little treasure in the shop.
As with my Masters work, I like a bit of shadow detail, paper cut and 3dimensionality so I added a little foam sticky pad just to lift the heart from the backing:
I have been drawing and making hedgehogs just for fun. One of my favourites is this little fellow made from crochet. I know he's not typical hedgehog colours, but I think he looks good.
Here he is in sketch form too:
