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no wip friday today, instead a couple of finished items for a change...
a much belated gift, and another for our newborn nephew Rafael, who was born a couple of weeks ago. We're driving down to the Algarve to finally meet him this weekend, but I promise not to bore you with (too many) photos afterwards (ok, just a couple, maybe ;)
Have a great weekend, everyone !

(the embroidery designs are from this book)
 

crafty shopping

or, how I've probably lost my mind, but I really couldn't help myself ...

trims from Adriano Coelho (Rua da Conceição, 121 e 123)



fabrics from Arco Iris a Metro (obrigada pela sugestão, Rosa !)



 

thank you post

another thank you post, just because I've been receiving such wonderful things lately (hey, and it's not even my birthday yet ;), and I wanted to thank the people who sent them and share these with you ...




these beautiful illustrations came from the lovely and talented Monica. she was one of the first people I ever made a swap with, and last night we finally got to meet in person. When I found out she was coming to Lisbon for a visit I just had to order my two favourite ones: "la espera" and "soledades y molinillos", to which she added "el viaje". Monica, it was great to meet you - hope you and Carlos had a nice time yesterday and that you're enjoying yourselves in Lisbon :)



and these came from another of my favourite illustrators, Rute Reimão. When I saw that she had finally decided to sell some of her original work, I had to stop myself from getting all of them. I ended up choosing these two colored ones, and with them came a third delicious drawing.

and if you're wondering where all these are going to, I have plans for them in my new crafts room soon...



and finally this also arrived yesterday, another fabulous package from Glá, full of wonderful brazilian fabrics (Glá, temos mesmo gostos parecidos, não há dúvida !) and other cute goodies. Thank you so much, I'm getting a package out to you this week so keep an eye on your mailbox soon :)

 

life is full of nice surprises ...

obrigada, ricardo :)
 

#209 #210

I haven't shown many bookcovers recently, but I'm finally picking up on them again. I suppose I got tired after making so many after last X-Mas rush, so I needed to make other things to clear my mind. So I'm back to work on my backlog of orders, which I'm hoping to finish by the end of this month. Also, a few wholesale orders too, so August is actually going to be a very crafty month ...


#210 was a special order from S., part of a wedding gift she prepared for her friend, and so I used one of my favourite fabrics on it. I love this fabric, hadn't had the courage to cut it before but I thought it would be perfect for such an occasion. I was putting the finishing touches on it last Sunday when I decided to check my list and saw that I had made the wrong size ... so I actually made two covers with the same designs - #209 is an A5 sized cover and available now at the shop.




(#208 #205 #206)

Stay tuned for new covers soon - I'm full of ideas that I want to put into practice (if time allows), browsing all these new japanese crafts books get me too inspired for my own good sometimes !