Days for Me

Hi there,

It's great to be able to check in here, my ibook is STILL out of comission! Seriously how is a girl supposed to get along for over a week without some internet (boo work for monitoring our use).

I've been on a lovely lazy four day holiday at home all by my lonesome so it's all been about me. Rd has been away walking up mountains the whole time and I miss him terribly, but I've been gocco printing, baking, to the movies, and enjoying the sunshine. Oh and I am so close to being ready for the next store update. Can't wait to share with you all.

Have a wonderful rest of the weekend!

LOVE this print by Sandra Juto available here, rd are you taking note? : )

Poppytalk Handmade

I am very excited to announce that I am participating in this months Poppytalk Handmade market! Please drop by and have a look sometime there is some fantastic work up this month, I will be updating the store tomorrow and regularly over the next month. Tonight has been mad last minute gocco printing and I am really pleased with the results. I am so pleased to have an opportunity like this and feel quite excited!

A Few School Elements

So here is a little peek at what I have been working on lately. Making some little hand stitched memo note books, it's a little like being at school again with the brown paper covers and graph paper front and end pages.
I intend to print, with gocco, a design on the cover but I would like to have a larger batch made before I get to that part. In the meantime I find this process quite meditative and am rather enjoying it. I do hope to have them in the store by next week.

A Personal Challenge

I have been a terribly bad blogger lately, or a terribly busy one maybe... who knew a three day work week could end up being so hectic! So for the next seven days I am setting myself the challenge of blogging everyday and hopefully sharing some new creations I have been working on. Yesterday I went and stocked up on new gocco supplies, finding some great colours to work with and a wealth of helpful hints on buring screens (something I've had a bit of an issue with!) I have no excuses now.
So be sure to check back in this week and help me stick to my challenge!
Catherine xx

Store Update

Added to the Store: new gocco print tree gift tags.

Sneak Peek

Hi there,

Just wanted to share a little sneak peek of my christmas cards and tags I have been working on over the past few weeks, I spent quite some time today on my trusty gocco printing away and enjoyed it very much, it can be quite meditative when everything goes smoothly. I have been attached to my scissors and cutting tool working on the designs, not much more to do. It's rather exciting!

Catherine xx

Little Exciting Moments

I am so excited, my heart just leaped a mile. Listening to the new radiohead, a little late I know but last night I went out and saw this (which is the most gorgeous beautiful film I have seen in a very long time not to mention the soundtrack...sigh) anyway there's a track called Nude, which when I heard it turned out to be Big Ideas! I have loved this song for so long and it hasn't been released until now. Very exciting, well for me anyway!
Besides my musical excitment, I am feeling quite inspired to make another gocco attempt. There seems to be so many beautiful things around at the moment that I feel I have no choice but to do something to be a part of it all.
Oh and tomorrow's friday, even better.

Pretty Pink

Hi there,

I started a new project this week, a little felt cosy for my ipod. I made one earlier this year a bit similar, but decided it was time for a new colour. Pink! Bright and cheerful for this time of year. My sewing leaves a lot to be desired, it's kinda frustrating for me, lots of grand ideas but completely lacking the skills to pull it off. I did enjoy making it very much and sat and watched Marie Antoinette at the same time, although perhaps it wasn't the best choice as it's such a beautiful visual film, maybe that's why my stitching is so bad (and why I choose pink)... a good excuse anyway!
I have also done a few designs for a possible gocco print, but after a few expensive failed attempts I want it to be right before I get to the printing stage.
Oh and I have a little question for my blogging friends, I am looking into purchasing a new camera, I really don't have much idea, what do you use? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Hope the week is going well,
Catherine x

From little things

Hi there,
Thought it was about time I shared a few of my ideas with you, some early drawings. I spent sunday morning sitting in my window with the sun on my back drawing away and it was the best feeling, I haven't felt so relaxed for ages. They are only a start, and I am not quite sure where I am going to go with them, I was thinking a gocco print and it would work well with the design but perhaps not the blocked clolour background as they don't seem to print so well. I really like the blue ink on the brown paper but it has been really difficult to photograph so I hope you can get some idea. It's a start and I am pleased about that. As the song goes, from little things big things grow...



Have a great week out there, I am off to watch this

Flowers Everywhere

Thank you all so much for your wonderful kind comments. I am still on cloud nine! This is something that was desperately needed and is going to relieve so much worry in other areas. I got these beautiful roses from rd, they have a wonderful scent.They then sent me off on tangent drawing all different kinds of flowers as ideas for a gocco print, they are a work in progress, and they need a lot of fine tuning but I am getting closer to that illusive idea in my mind.Have a great friday everyone xx

Ready, Set, Go(cco)!

I am all set to print my first proper round of Gocco prints. I really hope they will turn out the way I plan!
So while I am busy working, here are some of my current flickr favourites:

these cupcakes
this desk
this dining room

Have a fantastic friday everyone!
Catherine

This weekend

This weekend I plan to:

Work on some Gocco printed cards
Listen to the new Wilco album over and over, cause Rd bought the delux version for me today! He is so lovely!
Wash the car
Make some caramel slice, I have the best ever recipe (mmm)
Catch up with friends
Read some books

Ahh it all sounds so good.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Soup, Soul and Success!

Ahh monday not a huge fan of mondays! I had a lovely semi-quiet weekend. We went to watch some local football which was a bit of fun, made some fantastic winter veggie soup with the brilliant idea of putting some basil pesto on the top to serve (mmmm), and listened to a lot of Sharon Jones who is a totally amazing soul singer and puts you in such a great mood!
I finally had some success with Gocco prints (well I am very pleased with them), I have had a few failed attempts with screens not fully exposing my designs, and was a little frustrated. I have only had my Gocco for a little while and now I am on track and very excited about the process and possibilities! I will share them sometime soon I promise.
Along with doing some printing I had a bit of a go at painting with gouache, I have never worked with it before and rather liked it. My painting skills aren't great at all and I didn't do anything complicated but I wanted something bold and graphic. Anyway it was just relaxing to sit and be absorbed working on it.