more of near-'bout the same
Linen patchwork coasters made from this tutorial found here. (again!) I'll be packaging them with a couple of handmade pottery mugs, hot cocoa mix, and a couple of peppermint sticks. Ignore the silly cards--they feel quite vain to me--but maybe they will fool the recipient into thinking it's quite something special :)
On an un-crafty note, we've had such a gorgeous fall here. If we had such a long wait for the fall to finally arrive, it has most certainly been made up in all of the beautiful colors this week. So I set out this morning when I took the children to school with my camera in hand, determined to photograph some of the glorious scenes along the way. Really, I have to catch my breath as I'm driving along. Picturesque can't even come close.
But when I arrived home, my photos really couldn't convey what I see. So frustrating. I'm slowing learning to appreciate my husband's quest for perfect landscape photography using the 'old Deardorff. It is so hard to duplicate what our eyes see into a photograph. (Perhaps a wide-angle lens would help. Hint, hint, Santa!) Anyway, it turns out that the only decent shot was from my very own yard.
An ancient old dogwood with flame-red leaves.
I'm wondering what all of your plans will be during one of the few weekends before winter settles in. How will you all enjoy this last fling of color? I have a brief interruption from all of the gift crafting planned (They may well turn into gifts--but, well, not likely. I do love those little gnomes!) And I have to finish up putting down the remaining cork flooring in the albatross otherwise-known-as-the Lake House. Gorgeous views up there, though!
I hope you all have a colorful and warm and wonderful weekend!
