Where did today go? If you know please tell....I can't believe how late I am running. I have left the girls unattended in class, dread to think what's happening over there. I must confess that it could well be this book, the background to my tiny samples. I bought this book ages ago and put my hand on it this morning whilst I was searching for a background that wasn't my table for photographs. I can't claim any credit for the book, that goes to Marks and Spencer's.
I then got to thinking that it may cross your mind that I'm lazy, that I should create my own backgrounds. Then I got to thinking that maybe that is a train of thought that could lead me who knows where, that I will be overwhelmed by the desire to create my own backgrounds. Oh my.....do I really need another distraction? Is my life going to be long enough to fit everything in. I have always been a frustrated illustrator. I have a burning desire to be successful with illustration. It's a dream, I have neither the training nor the skill but maybe now is the time to try.
It's a distraction, it will continue to distract but it may provide ''doodling'' moments when I am searching for inspiration with regard to something else. Just to say too, don't you just love the sentiment in the third image? ( the small print at the bottom)
But back to my work, to the things I can take credit for today....two new pieces of paperwork. They're tiny, they are samples. I will mount them either in a ledger or on a sheet....we shall see. The cross stitch is mine too and the lace cloth square, the other piece of fabric is vintage, a rescued scrap.