Apple Yarn Drawing

Apple Yarn Drawing, originally uploaded by hello trees.

This is another one of my favourite photos from A Simple Book. My husband and I bought a full bushel of Cortland apples from a nearby orchard in October, and we still have quite a few left. When I was photographing my little apple yarn drawing, it was the perfect setting. I love the combination.

I am also selling some of the yarn drawings from the book here, because they are really cute on their own too!

First Snow

I wish I had taken a picture…

Yesterday was the first snow of the season, and it stayed around until morning when I left the house today. It’s all gone now. I am drinking a pot of jasmine green tea to myself to keep warm this evening, and still thinking about wraps, and slippers, and mittens. I’m thinking of crocheting something warm.

P.S.
Also wish I had taken pictures at Canzine on Sunday, but I forgot to get my camera out the whole time. Fourtunately for you Blog TO has some pretty great coverage here.

Shop update!

I have added three new watercolour paintings to my shop! I’m trying to keep busy with making more things and accomplishing more tasks, but I tend to run into a lot of mental road blocks. That, and there never seems to be enough time to do all of things I plan to do. Part of those plans include writing more here in order to set deadlines for myself. Let’s see how it goes.

Today is a grey day in Flesherton. It’s been hailing, rainy, and snowing. As of right now, it just looks wet. It’s really nice heating the house with a woodstove though, because I can sit by it and be warm, but I’m also wishing for more warm sweaters and blankets and slippers. Upstairs in my studio is never quite as warm as sitting by the fire. We have to go pick up our share from our CSA today, but I’d really prefer not to leave the house at all! I must figure out how to get/stay warm.

I am going to start by making pumpkin pie later!

A concertina

I made this book the other day. It’s a concertina binding which I then added a coptic style binding to, to make the spine hold together.

Unfortunately, I didn’t take a picture of the spine.

My book binding inspiration (and instructions) came from this book. I’m going to try to make some more books this week.

A simple book

“A Simple Book.” Now available in my shop!

highland cattle and canzine

highland cattle, originally uploaded by hello trees.

These are the cattle at our CSA in Durham, ON. I love them!

From my new little self published book which will be available soon!
It will be 30 pages, full colour, approximately 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″, and hand bound with waxed linen thread.

They are at the printers today and I’m waiting to see how they turn out, and get them all put together. Really excited!

P.S. If you are in the Toronto area this weekend, don’t miss Canzine at the Gladstone Hotel on Sunday from 1 – 6pm. I will be there!

Wild apples

Wild apples, originally uploaded by hello trees.

These are some of the many wild apple trees in the areas nearby. These ones were brilliant red and very sweet. I want to pick all of the apples I see. If I did, I would have quite a lot.

Tree

tree, originally uploaded by hello trees.

From our hike last month in the Flesherton hills. This tree is so pretty with all of the fungus growing all the way up!

2nd Apple Pie

2nd Apple Pie, originally uploaded by hello trees.

My first was a gluten free one. This one is made with the pastry crust recipe in Veganomicon. It turned out really well!

Neighbourhood

Inspired by patterns, and Japanese prints.