1 July 2014

June favourites

I saw this post by Elise Blaha the other day and totally fell for the format so here is my attempt....

These are things that have been making me happy in the last month...

EATING- Strawberries. Summer fruit is the best. My brother's birthday falls in mid June and my mum always makes a raspberry gateau for him. Just perfect.


LISTENING TO- "All of me" by John legend. Gorgeous song and gorgeous lyrics. I have also been enjoying Joshua Radin and a bit of Paper Aeroplanes for some slow summer music.


MAKING- Quilts and quilt squares. Lots of quilts on the go. Lots of pinning and piecing to be done. Quilting is making my heart happy at the moment.


PRACTICING- Hand lettering. Drawing fonts is hard but it is possibly the most relaxing craft I have tried. 


DRINKING- Tea. Always tea. The teabag variety at uni and the much nicer loose leaf type at home.

LOVING- Simple little stork scissors. These are kept by my sewing machine. They are super sharp, very delicate and and wonderfully pretty. Such a joy to use. I totally recommend having a pair to snip off all those ends of thread from your sewing projects. 


 What have been your favourites this last month?

9 comments:

Deb @ PaperTurtle said...

I loved Elise's post too, and your post today is awesome, Abi. Love the photo format and the pictures of what you are currently up to. Such a sweet and simple way to document your current loves. xo

Karen said...

What a lovely post! I've never seen stork scissors, but if I ever do, I'll be picking up a pair. I, too, have been working on practicing hand lettering (and doodling).

Lea Lacoste said...

i've been listening to All of Me a lot too, beautiful song <3
definitely need those scissors!!

Lizzie said...

Lovely things and lovely times, Abi!
I do like strawberries. We learned to make a "Strawberry Butterfly Sponge" at school (soooo many years ago!!), with fresh cream and fresh strawberries. It was so pretty and tasted so good - always a hit when I made it! Raspberry Pavlova is always yummy too - though these days, I rarely get something like this, as I can't have dairy cream...

Quilting and font-drawing.. isn't it lovely to have time to do these things? Have a lovely summer break! X

Julie said...

Your teaspoon with the oak leaf handle is stunning.

Sian said...

There are few things to beat the satisfaction of using a very sharp pair of scissors: you are right, I think I need to look for a new pair

alexa said...

What pretty scissors! I can see why you have them close. I do love a sharp pair of scissors - and woe betide anyone who cuts paper with them :). A lovely, calm post of pretty things.

Maria Ontiveros said...

YOur photos today are perfect in their simplicity and focus.
Rinda

Sinead said...

Gorgeous Abi! I saw this on Elise's blog too and I love your take on it. Beautiful pictures :)