Holiday time!

It feels like forever since I posted on here... though I feel like I was taking blogging notes at various points in the holidays...
We took some time off and went to North Devon and stayed at a wonderful house being rented out by a very creative family. It was amazing to be surrounded by so much creative energy. The pictures don't articulate enough just how lovely this place is. About twenty minutes from the coast and with loads of garden space, it reminded me of the holidays we took as children in Sri Lanka.

The art was found object and hand made and pattern was in every nook and cranny of the house.  The branch on the far right is a bad picture of a gratitude branch. Luggage tags with wonderful messages of gratitude hang off it. My personal favorite was of course the giraffe on the wall. A lovely patterned decal that reminded me of far away places...

A line from the chandelier to the window that holds all the childhood bits and bobs, invitations and cards etc...
and my lovely niece enjoying the trampoline in a dress I made her :)

 

 

 Cricket in the garden and boogie boarding in the sea to end a perfect vacation...

August doings...

The summer is almost over and it seems like a long time since school finished. I was very sad at the end of the term as my first class group is done and are moving on. So very proud that so many of them are in the textiles program and are continuing on their creative journey. We all finished projects towards the end of term and I love the dress! Very pretty and finished just in time. Good luck to them all.