Good things

Good things this week....

• Organising my clothes in the new wardrobe
• Blowing the cobwebs away with a refreshing walk along the Sandstone Trail in Manley
• More linoprinting
• Noticing that new leaves are sprouting and plants are starting to bloom which can only mean that spring has arrived :-)
• P surprising me with a lovely bunch of flowers
• Jamie Oliver's onion soup recipe
• Watching the buzzards inspect a nesting site in the trees across the dip using an old telescope that belongs to my parents. God knows what the neighbours think!
• Emails from an old friend
  
• A text message from another old friend
• Serendipity involving garlic bread (a story that's too long for this list)

Writing this list has made me feel rather happy! I will have to do it more often.

Little Wren framed and for sale

£12 including postage

I have 6 of these framed at the moment out of an edition of 25.

The frames are made of wood with a card backing and perspex instead of glass. This is great for posting and is also an advantage if it's for a child's room. Frames are 21.5cm x 16.5cm. Image is 15cm x 10cm.

Little Wren Lino cut

My first attempt at creating a lino cut since primary school. I was inspired by some prints that I bought from littlest flower. Really pleased with how it turned out. They are 145mm x 105mm.

The following photos show the process.

If you would be interested in buying one of these for a small amount, say £10, let me know in the comments and I might put them on etsy or even put a paypal button here (if I can figure out how to do it!). Thanks :-)

ps. Sorry for all the seperate posts. I have just installed new security software on my computer and for some reason I can't turn off the block on the popups so I've had to use Flickr to post the pics.

My very messy table and my notebook with the waiting drawn out lino. Luckily remembered to turn the text around so it would print properly.

Lino cut in progress.

The almost finished, carved lino. I always think that carved lino is more attractive than the prints. Well, most of the time.

Finished linocut printed