Hello! Welcome to
Handmade Monday!
Well, it's not hard to figure out the highlights of my week include my visit to London and the UK Pinterest party on Thursday evening.
Pinterest goody bag
Do you use
Pinterest? I can't imagine life
without Pinterest, which probably makes me sound like a bit of a geek without a real life. Interestingly, it was probably my
slightly obsessive pinning habit that got me onto the guest list - funny how staying at home and drooling over cool images can lead to a posh party invite! It's a crazy world!
I think I need to do a separate post on the party and introduce you to some of the amazing bloggers I met there. Watch out for it this coming week. Oh, and
my Pinterest boards are here, just in case you haven't discovered the joy that is Pinterest. Is there anyone out there who hasn't yet? I'm currently finding it invaluable for collecting inspiration for my new digital stamp images. It's like a giant digital scrapbook - with links!
Back to London. London is a place full of surprises. Traffic and tall buildings, of course - and...er, herons...
out for lunch in south west London
and farm animals...
with lambs and goats happily feeding from their mums
aah!
I very much like the way perfectly gorgeous snippets of nature are dovetailed into sometimes quite a small space creating what seems like a mini-getaway that can be enjoyed by many. I have never really understood London living (to me it seems busy, cramped and overpriced with a liveliness and culture that might of course appeal but at what cost?) but I am beginning to see why my daughter loves it. She's a city girl at heart, though, and I'm just not.
This was another surprise...
the world's first unattended city shop.
Hope they've taken the keys out of the ignition...
I didn't visit the honesty shop, but maybe next time. It's housed in an old double-decker bus parked in a place that hosts a weekend market with craft stalls and things that are just a bit different - so I'm told. I wasn't there over the weekend this time, so maybe I'll visit it next time I'm in London - it's just a short walk from where my daughter lives and most of the walk is along that heron-populated river.
In other news, if you'd be up for some digital stamp testing for me, please
have a look here for free digi stamps in exchange for feedback.
Oh, and yes, the vanbag got finished - more on that soon!
And that's it from me for now - over to you for Handmade Monday's lovely blog hopping...
