I'm as Warm as Warm Can Be......

Tonight? The fire is lit,the terrible Wednesday night television is on (Medium, anyone?), lots of tea, and this:

The Hand Warmers are coming along swimmingly....no pattern as usual, just making it up as I go along! They'll end up looking a bit mental, but then I'm a little mental, so I suppose that makes sense!

I also managed to invest in some good winter clothes today, a pair of yummy wooly leggings from Kookai in a charcoal grey, and I black hoodie from a teeny-bopper chainstore that I'm ashamed to mention....but I tell you, I'm much warmer (and far lees grumpy) today!

Thanks so much for all the advice on places to shop and ways to keep warm, I'll definately be shopping for a hat soon, and if I can track myself down some yummy cashmere yarn, my chilly bones will be very grateful!

The Lovely Rhiannon was kind enough to provide me with a list of her favourite online shops, so I thought I would share the love....

For lush, lush, jewel toned ceramics,

Cul de Sac

For the cutest skirts you'll ever see....

Made With Love by Hannah

For the most amazing, hand made books,

Black Spot Books

For weird and wonderful printed t-shirts:

Owl Movement

Lovely, lovely, lovely clothes....(someone please buy me this as a present!)

Laura Dawson

Wonderful, kitsch, tapestry bags....

Mokka

Phew! That PayPal balance won't be safe for too much longer!

Covet Central

Today, after a very dissapointing Thrifted Tuesday yesterday, where I arrived home EMPTY HANDED (!), I am a little grumpy and have not much to post about.

Except for the fact that I want this:

This cup is part of a collection from Bethan Laura Wood where the cup is glazed in such a way that it starts off white, and as you drink tea from it, the tea stains the cup, allowing an image to appear in the glaze. Gorgeous, just gorgeous.
I found her site via Bloesem, whose blog is pretty much an entire Covet Central, I want practically everything on there!

Well, that it for today I'm afraid, I'm off to see The Black Keys!

Covet Central.....

Today I am coveting fabrics....

This is Sandy Klop's American Jane....

Kokka Fabrics' Charcoal Pear....

ANYTHING by Etsuko Furuya....this is Blue Birds....

They can all be found at Purl, where I would spend all my money but the exchange rate and postage costs from the States are a tiny bit prohibitive......(not quite enough though, so I may be in danger next pay packet.......)

In the meantime, I have consoled myself by buying a few vintage kimono peices and a vintage war poster off the net, and as soon as they arrive, I'll be sure to show you!

There's also a work in progress, which I may unveil tomorrow.....see you then!