Wednesday 22 April 2009

Sunny days

We have been enjoying some beautiful sunshine for the last few days - the garden is bursting with greenery! It's lovely to sit outside and have morning coffee, rather than staying indoors.

The lilac in the garden has bloomed, and smells wonderful. Tomorrow I'm going to pick some for the house. Well, actually Jon will pick them since it requires the use of a step ladder (I am not to be trusted...).

The postman has had some lovely things for us over the past couple of days -

Some pretty type from Devon (more to follow too - hooray!)...

And a box full of leather offcuts for bookmaking from the Midlands - lots of black, as well as dark brown, tan, cherry red, dark green and a nice foresty green, and navy blue! We're looking forward to making some new journals with it all over the next couple of weeks. Although the leather will probably be enough to keep us going for several months!

We've also been busy printing reduction lino cuts - they should be finished by tomorrow afternoon, so we'll post about them once they are finished.

In the meantime have a look at our Etsy treasury here. Jon's ordered his gown for graduation this week - he gets to wear a bonnet, no less.

Enjoy the sunshine!

4 comments:

MagicMarkingsArt said...

thanks for leaving your post link in promotions. you have a wonderful blog. we just planted wysteria...can't wait for it to bloom!

Leigh Shepherd said...

Mmmm a bonnet do we get to see a pic? I love visiting here, always lots to see.

Cherry Tart Design said...

I sooo miss my lilac bushes. Thank you for sharing yours!

Celia Hart said...

Is it a velvet bonnet? I'm sure he'll look mighty fine!

Lovely lilac and goodies too.


Best wishes
Celia