T stands for Tuesday, TIOT and more

Hi Everybody!

There's a lot going on again today, so I'll start off

straightaway.

On Tuesday we are starting a new challenge at TIOT -

Lady in red.

As always you have 2 weeks to join our challenge,

and projects of all formats are welcome.

 For my DT piece I paper pieced the evening dress for my lady, using

scraps of handmade paper, which I sewed together. The verse written 

around the decoration at the top is from Hillaire Belloc's

'Cautionary Tales'. I loved his work as a kid, and still do. 

The background has been paper pieced out of squares 

cut from a dictionary:

Today is Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so a hearty welcome to 

all of the nice ladies of the T Gang.

This is the lovely Francesca who always serves my cappuccino:

Sorry, no cake this week, I am too exhausted just now to even

think about baking!

Some photos from my Sunday walk:

Today's wonderful sunrise:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Hats, headgear and more

Hi Everybody!

We had another clear and sunny day, a real Sunday

as the name implies. It's so nice to feel the sun on your face

or back while walking out.

For Tag Tuesday, Michele's 'hats and Headgear' challenge,

I made another tag, also meant for the Allsorts challenge blog,

ladies and girls. I made a very feminine tag, with an

animal print background behind the black, both tags sewn together

with white zig-zag stitch.I used some fussy cut images, a quote 

from Dyelusions and a pair of sparkly shoes. A pink pearl-pin, 

some feathers and some flowers were used as embellishments.

You still have a week to join the challenge,

and Michele is offering a prize from Lunagirl Images:

This card arrived from dear Annie in Australia,

she knows that I adore the house mouse images -

thanks Sweetie, your card is gorgeous, as all of your

work is. If you don't know Annie, hop over and take a look!

The crocuses and other spring blooms are much in evidence everywhere:

Stretching at the Rhine:

The Ship restaurant:

And more crocuses:

The moon last night:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Weekend

Hi Everybody!

Today the sun is shining, and I enjoyed a nice

walk along the Rhine. It's still quite chilly, but when

the sun shines it just feels better! Thanks to those who wrote 

and asked if I was okay when I didn't post - I am just

very tired when I get back from the clinic each afternoon

and can't post everyday, but no cause for alarm!

For Go tag Thursday, men or boys, I have a 10" tag. I found a piece 

of DP with town motives which I sewed onto a manila tag and a

peeled cardboard backing. I dipped the edges into Frantage aged

gold EP. The 'sandwich man' stamp was from a company which

no longer exists. I used to love seeing the Sandwich men walking up 

and down the main shopping streets when I was a kid, but it was

probably a tedious job for low pay. Mr UM has been cut from

an old almanac cover, and is bearing adverts out of sympathy for 

the Sandwich man.

I am also linking to More mixed media, anything goes

I walked along the stream, and everything is slowly turning green:

The ducks were enjoying the sun, too:

 The Rhine is full after all the rain of the past weeks:

Great name:

This wood pigeon is already busy:

Beautiful spring flowers all around the castle ruins:

 Mr Music was playing happily as always:

Some different gulls were out today:

 Our little town looks like spring:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks for coming by: