tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367808452024-03-12T21:52:50.171-07:00sarah shepherd--- textiles +--+- patterns +--++- inspirations ---sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-75417982253787686042017-07-14T03:04:00.002-07:002017-07-14T03:04:52.950-07:00Check out my new website<a href="https://www.sarahshepherdmakes.com/"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VJS-waoB5OQ/WWiW11hDPyI/AAAAAAAAmic/i0Z7Bk7Q1psIWvhwe6QrEZbRB4QVnLJFQCLcBGAs/s1600/Logo%2Bpic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VJS-waoB5OQ/WWiW11hDPyI/AAAAAAAAmic/i0Z7Bk7Q1psIWvhwe6QrEZbRB4QVnLJFQCLcBGAs/s320/Logo%2Bpic.jpg" width="320" height="320" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1600" /></a></div></a>
I've moved and now have my own online knitting home <a href="https://www.sarahshepherdmakes.com/">www.sarahshepherdmake.com</a>, click on the link to check it out.sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-178198907672836112016-06-30T04:25:00.000-07:002016-06-30T04:26:54.742-07:00Not long now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uVPlohLs9s0/V3T9f71UvcI/AAAAAAAAfgY/P6fT0_nGI8M77gTFxNDtxwNT4yiRVr4xgCLcB/s1600/crop%2Bfront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uVPlohLs9s0/V3T9f71UvcI/AAAAAAAAfgY/P6fT0_nGI8M77gTFxNDtxwNT4yiRVr4xgCLcB/s320/crop%2Bfront.jpg" width="258" height="320" /></a></div>
Almost there ... I'm on the final edits of a new top pattern called Remedy Light. Its lighter than the original <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sage-remedy-top">Sage remedy top</a> and swaps the worsted for a fingering weight yarn.
The yarn is<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/kettle-yarn-co-beyul"> Kettle Yarn Co.'s Beyul </a>a gorgeous mix of yak, merino and silk fibres which knits beautifully. I'm quite in love with Beyul, its so very soft and has a beautiful drape. It also crosses seasons well, being warm in winter and cool in summer.
Look out for the pattern in <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/designers/sarah-shepherd">my ravelry store</a> at the end of next week.
sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-91520349052558695552011-10-09T01:45:00.000-07:002011-10-09T01:56:32.880-07:00Unfurling<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BAqneBRfNiA/TpFfTThZWrI/AAAAAAAAAr4/AlkaCjTXehY/s1600/library%2Bcardigan%2Bi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BAqneBRfNiA/TpFfTThZWrI/AAAAAAAAAr4/AlkaCjTXehY/s400/library%2Bcardigan%2Bi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661410991843924658" /></a><br />In early June a darling daughter arrived into my world. Its been an amazing 4 months and while I'm sad to be leaving the intensity of nurturing a newborn ... this next stage of unfurling from our oneness into our two-ness is exciting and I feel wonderfully energised by the prospect of having a little more space.<br /><br />So to my design. Knitting and textiles. First up, a cardigan I think. As usual its something I want for myself. A warm but easy cardigan with a little bit of interest. Now I must get on and knit some samples and write some pattern.sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-44816676855681845312011-03-08T05:00:00.000-08:002011-03-08T05:38:15.084-08:00On my needles<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ej97UUGABHI/TXYrlalLaFI/AAAAAAAAArk/pDdTSrNUdOY/s1600/IMG_9193.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ej97UUGABHI/TXYrlalLaFI/AAAAAAAAArk/pDdTSrNUdOY/s400/IMG_9193.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581696709962721362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6XGBOvBD0cQ/TXYrlH08r0I/AAAAAAAAArc/7IIHWFHNres/s1600/IMG_9190.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6XGBOvBD0cQ/TXYrlH08r0I/AAAAAAAAArc/7IIHWFHNres/s400/IMG_9190.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581696704928591682" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Pattern</span>: <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEss10/PATTquesera.php">Que Sera by Kirsten Kapur</a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Yarn</span>: Blue Sky Alpacas Dyed Cotton<br />It is with pleasure that I speak of my current knitting project. Both the yarn and the lace pattern are so enjoyable to my fingers and mind. Being made of the luscious Blue Sky Alpaca Dyed Cotton, the yarn is soft and plump and easily glides over my fingers. The knitting pattern is <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEss10/PATTquesera.php">Que Sera from Knitty spring summer 2010</a> and once you've done a few repeats its easy to work without checking the notes. So, zen-like, I find myself flying through the rows ... enjoying every second of it. <br /><br />On Saturday I went to <a href="http://www.loopknitting.com/">Loop in Angel, </a> and found some gorgeous buttons to adorn my finished creation (not finished yet, sleeves and upper back still to do). Loop is my candy store, I'm positively drooling every time I go there. Everything about it is dreamy, I find it difficult to purchase as I get so overwhelmed with all the many delights it contains. However this time I was able to single out a yarn: <a href="http://www.loopknittingshop.com/product/3635/BC_Garn_Semilla_Organic_DK">Semilla</a> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xzdslgT5e2U/TXYrls0CczI/AAAAAAAAArs/jOWjviqF23k/s1600/IMG_9195.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xzdslgT5e2U/TXYrls0CczI/AAAAAAAAArs/jOWjviqF23k/s400/IMG_9195.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581696714856887090" /></a><br />It was really difficult choosing a colour from the many gorgeous hues on offer, there was stiff competition between the blue grey, relish yellow and rose. Obviously it was the later that made into my handbag.sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-37783444166882302462011-02-18T13:49:00.000-08:002011-02-18T14:35:55.958-08:00I remember in my previous blogging life, before the arrival of the delicious time vacuum that is my daughter Audrey, I found I would get frustrated by my ability to spend more time looking at other's crafting productivity than producing my own craft.<br /><br />I had a similarly 'humphf' moment this week when I realised that I'd spent hours (and hours) on the craft blog internet circuit, leaving my many WIP to gather dust. Don't get my wrong ... I was inspired and excited by much of what I saw out there ... but like going to an art gallery, there comes a point when you want to go home and get your knitting needles out. And if you don't get your knitting needles or sewing machine or sketch pad out ... its like all that inspiration seeps slowly out of you and all is forgotten. <br /><br />But it seems I have actually been crafting of late, I took a look at the recently finished projects and there's quite a lot kicking about ... so I'm going to begin my show and tell with cushions: <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zyWNqI2iekM/TV7sdBuH2cI/AAAAAAAAArE/BUcHyOjm4vw/s1600/IMG_9118.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zyWNqI2iekM/TV7sdBuH2cI/AAAAAAAAArE/BUcHyOjm4vw/s400/IMG_9118.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575153372153502146" /></a><br />This is a cushion I made a couple of months back from two woollen jerseys I found at a charity store. I felted them in the washing machine then cut little scales and sewed them down. Not the neatest sewing ever, but I like the result nonetheless.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y-ThbBBhZPc/TV7sd1MzEGI/AAAAAAAAArM/tEiCusNi390/s1600/IMG_9120.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y-ThbBBhZPc/TV7sd1MzEGI/AAAAAAAAArM/tEiCusNi390/s400/IMG_9120.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575153385972371554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S7_Jypg1dPo/TV7seddIpnI/AAAAAAAAArU/uRDNUikRPTQ/s1600/IMG_9113.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S7_Jypg1dPo/TV7seddIpnI/AAAAAAAAArU/uRDNUikRPTQ/s400/IMG_9113.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575153396778313330" /></a><br />I made these last three from <a href="http://superbuzzy.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&zenid=fd73ce9a04ad88697ec41342b89799bc&keyword=echino&x=0&y=0">Echino fabrics sourced from Superbuzzy</a>. I love their bright colours on a natural base, really gorgeous.sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-23725176023231753832011-02-13T11:21:00.000-08:002011-02-14T05:48:26.470-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DDPoNN2EzLM/TVg2JqOAvNI/AAAAAAAAAqs/ZCmY_bAe678/s1600/IMG_8789.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DDPoNN2EzLM/TVg2JqOAvNI/AAAAAAAAAqs/ZCmY_bAe678/s400/IMG_8789.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573264078450769106" /></a><br /><br />It was Christmas time and being New Zealand orphans living in London we didn't have the usual family obligations for our festive celebrations. <br /><br />So it was decided that we would go 'somewhere'. Oh the fabulous destinations we toyed with ... Sardinia, Luxembourg, Rome. But the snow came down and the fabulous destinations list came down with it. <br /><br />So where to go? Well fate directed us toward the Devon/Dorset coast, specifically Lyme Regis. My obsession with River Cottage meant I had Axminster (a nearby town) on my list of things-to-do-before-we-go-home. <br /><br />And oh, what a truly wintry English holiday we had. Three days of fog, unable to see the country side or sea views we had read about. Three days of changing directions as activities we had planned (albeit planned earlier than morning) were thwarted by Christmas closing times.<br /><br />But as to be expected, the clouds did hold some silvery linings for us and I have some wonderful memories of our foggy, activity starved holiday in wintry England. <br /><br />One of my favourite being the walk on the pebbly beach, unable to see much of the sea at all, but instead inspired by the colours of the boats,nets and buoys so richly revealed by the low lying cloud. Still and cold it was like walking into a postcard.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YQ0AZmNfrOo/TVkyZQ6Q8II/AAAAAAAAAq8/mFfpljwB_ps/s1600/IMG_8795.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YQ0AZmNfrOo/TVkyZQ6Q8II/AAAAAAAAAq8/mFfpljwB_ps/s400/IMG_8795.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573541423465164930" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NYDEhh9cyRI/TVgvrN6Np4I/AAAAAAAAAqk/Y0shGTJsuP8/s1600/IMG_8794.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NYDEhh9cyRI/TVgvrN6Np4I/AAAAAAAAAqk/Y0shGTJsuP8/s400/IMG_8794.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573256958385694594" /></a>sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-10730074190437193282011-01-29T03:12:00.000-08:002011-01-29T03:30:40.897-08:00A bright start<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/TUP3ocA7X3I/AAAAAAAAAqY/N0o_BAMqTBs/s1600/IMG_9061.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/TUP3ocA7X3I/AAAAAAAAAqY/N0o_BAMqTBs/s400/IMG_9061.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567565838446976882" /></a><br />Yikes Audrey is almost 2 and I haven't blogged since she was born. So to begin again agin again ... alot has been happening, knitting, sewing, cooking, but I've been keeping it to myself. Time to change all that ... I've missed having a reason to take photos, so back to the blog. <br /><br />How better to arrive back then with a photo of the Seville Orange marmalade I made a couple of days ago. A zesty brilliantly coloured preserve that has renewed my enthusiasm for marmalade. As to be expected I turned to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jan/25/seville-orange-marmalade-recipe">Nigel Slater</a> for guidance ... he is currently my kitchen hero. I love nothing better than reading and rereading his latest cookbooks, 'Tender'. The recipes are always a success, they're mostly quite simple and always delicious.sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-43496249728191165762009-05-02T12:13:00.000-07:002009-05-02T12:13:12.619-07:00<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SfybSMISzTI/AAAAAAAAAqA/tFiRe_-bqi8/s1600-h/April+09+022.JPG'><img src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SfybSMISzTI/AAAAAAAAAqA/tFiRe_-bqi8/s320/April+09+022.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br />I've been busy ... knitting tea cosies and having a baby. The tea cosy was hard work ... ;-)<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-6590398846403601952008-12-10T02:31:00.000-08:002008-12-10T02:56:09.119-08:00oui je t'aime la droguerie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/ST-amyfbVrI/AAAAAAAAAoI/23WM8TegukI/s1600-h/cable+hat+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 297px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/ST-amyfbVrI/AAAAAAAAAoI/23WM8TegukI/s320/cable+hat+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278107279480805042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/ST-am3jZTcI/AAAAAAAAAoA/5hBdEbWyyCg/s1600-h/cable+hat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/ST-am3jZTcI/AAAAAAAAAoA/5hBdEbWyyCg/s320/cable+hat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278107280839626178" border="0" /></a>Poor neglected blog ... prechristmas busy-ness and work demands have meant the blog has been ignored. There's some Paris photos waiting in the wings ... but until I get a little more than 15 minutes to sort them out they won't be moving. I have however managed to upload pictures of Parisian alpaca yarn transformed into a hat for my beloved. Finished last night at knit group.<br /><br />The Parisian source was <a href="http://www.ladroguerie.com/">La droguerie</a>, the most delicious lolly shop of yarns and haberdashery. I spent the first 15 minutes there with my mouth hanging open with shear delight and joy. I can't tell you how beautiful it was ... thought I'd died and gone to heaven. They have all the yarns in skeins hanging in their fibre content/ply sections on poles in a sort of industrial modern meets ye-olde wooden shelved hardware store. (I found a blog with photos of another La droguerie <a href="http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/6818/droguerie036mn.jpg&imgrefurl=http://argone.over-blog.com/article-1473965.html&usg=__OKTyD7r5o3ShobpaUcFE-ETETA4=&h=375&w=500&sz=69&hl=en&start=5&um=1&tbnid=_KThaiOgTg9xYM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dla%2Bdroguerie%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG">here</a>). Once you have decided on the yarn(s) you want, an assistant then retrieves it for you from out the back of the shop in the weight that you require. All neatly wound into a ball.<br /><br />As soon as I was off the Eurostar ... it was dpns out and a cable hat was created. I made up the cables as I went along ... generally enjoying the feel of the alpaca and the look of it winding into cables.<br /><br />I'm planning my return to the shop already! Is it too extravagant to go to Paris just to visit one store?sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-61415279099604353632008-11-18T00:38:00.000-08:002008-11-18T01:16:10.909-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SSKFLy_ImAI/AAAAAAAAAn4/XOzgoFRRN3U/s1600-h/IMG_5188.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SSKFLy_ImAI/AAAAAAAAAn4/XOzgoFRRN3U/s320/IMG_5188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269920951688534018" border="0" /></a>its been a while ... almost a month. things are pretty busy around these parts ... there's been snow, falling leaves and much a do about <a href="http://cabbagesandfrocks.co.uk/">markets</a>, new contracts and <a href="http://www.chestofdrawers.co.uk/#">new stores</a> (<a href="http://www.lucky-devil.com/">more stores</a>, <a href="http://www.broadwaymarket.co.uk/">more markets</a>). all good. oh, and another market this weekend ...<br /><br /><p class="style9" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Saturday 22nd November - Chiswick NCT Christmas Fair</p> <p class="style7" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">10.30am - 4pm</p> St. Michael and All Angels Church, Bath Road, London W4 1TTsarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-36758582313702265582008-09-25T08:40:00.000-07:002008-09-25T08:52:06.862-07:00sketching bunnies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SNuxLLhk_xI/AAAAAAAAAdY/GoimuVcS0nM/s1600-h/bunnies.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SNuxLLhk_xI/AAAAAAAAAdY/GoimuVcS0nM/s320/bunnies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249984596260749074" border="0" /></a>Perhaps I was inspired by Delphine Doreau at <a href="http://del4yo.blogs.com/">Non dairy Diary</a> who's been drawing hens ... perhaps it was the kozyndan prints we have on our wall (<a href="http://www.kozyndan.com/assets/March_illus/GR_28_cover.jpg">this one</a> and <a href="http://www.kozyndan.com/assets/the_bunnies_fall.jpg">this one</a>) ... perhaps it was that I had an idea to embroider some bunnies onto a quilt I'm working on ... anyway I now have a collection of bunny sketches, that don't really work, scale wise, on my quilt ... but I'm sure I can find a use for them somewhere. hmmm?sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-65635601575601630502008-09-23T03:27:00.000-07:002008-09-23T03:40:14.182-07:00wellington wall<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/2881245103_3dfa843740.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/2881245103_3dfa843740.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />This pic was taken a wee while ago, in Wellington. I think its quite beautiful. I love the way a pattern can be unconsciously created. <br /><br />First the bricklayer placed each brick systematically in its position, then the painter sealed the bricks with some white paint. But it seems that things did not stop there, more layers were attached and the wall performed its intended task of protecting its inhabitants from the elements.<br /><br />Then the demolition team and perhaps the weather (it is Wellington after all), pulled away at the extra layers ... revealing a beautiful texture.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/2882080774_6e937aed9a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/2882080774_6e937aed9a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-74256776311887329212008-09-19T03:53:00.000-07:002008-09-19T05:26:45.380-07:00why i knit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SNOHoRPB7pI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/S4NmENDKjB4/s1600-h/nell%27s+scarf+square.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SNOHoRPB7pI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/S4NmENDKjB4/s320/nell%27s+scarf+square.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247687116707720850" border="0" /></a>I could let the picture do the talking. But I won't as I'm too thrilled at the wearer's appreciation of the scarf I knit her.<br /><br />Nell is 5 years old ... just off to School. A few weeks before her 5th birthday Aunty Sarah looked through her yarn stash and collected up the most colourful yarns and made a simple scarf. After a couple of weeks the scarf was long enough to cast off. It had to be long enough to be 'grown up' and short enough not to drag in the mud.<br /><br />A few days later Nell received the parcel in New Zealand.<br /><br />Much to my delight Nell absolutely loved the scarf ...<br />"its 10 metres long Aunty Sarah!" she exclaimed over the phone<br />"10 metres long Nell ... are you sure?" her ever sensible Aunty replied<br />"oh silly me, perhaps I'll have to count again"<br />Her mum reported that a metre for Nell is one of her feet ... she had placed the scarf down on the ground and walked next to it to measure it. How cute.<br /><br />So now Nell wears the scarf TO and FROM school ... not at school as she thinks it may get lost and she wouldn't like that. And each time Aunty Sarah calls she tells me that she's wearing the scarf. Brilliant.sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-57332279709486871342008-09-12T01:08:00.000-07:002008-09-12T01:22:24.210-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMomRINTRZI/AAAAAAAAAcg/ZrA32kNump8/s1600-h/iggy-peck-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMomRINTRZI/AAAAAAAAAcg/ZrA32kNump8/s320/iggy-peck-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245046791729268114" border="0" /></a>How cute are these illustrations. They're from a children's book, 'Iggy Peck, Architect' (ISBN 13: 978-0-8109-1106-2) and the illustrations are by David Roberts.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMomRSl4c7I/AAAAAAAAAco/qqLfoJ0x-D8/s1600-h/iggy-peck-5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMomRSl4c7I/AAAAAAAAAco/qqLfoJ0x-D8/s320/iggy-peck-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245046794516722610" border="0" /></a>I want to make clothes like the ones in his illustrations ... with all their stripes and patterns and colours.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMomRe4pMxI/AAAAAAAAAcw/fQ3Vc25Sgqk/s1600-h/iggy-peck-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMomRe4pMxI/AAAAAAAAAcw/fQ3Vc25Sgqk/s320/iggy-peck-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245046797816640274" border="0" /></a>I quite like this cushion also ... hmmm?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMomRrX7zHI/AAAAAAAAAc4/RRacAu2T300/s1600-h/iggy-peck-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMomRrX7zHI/AAAAAAAAAc4/RRacAu2T300/s320/iggy-peck-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245046801169108082" border="0" /></a>sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-10613183657811305842008-09-11T00:50:00.000-07:002008-09-11T01:02:39.516-07:00c'est beau<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMjOGI17nUI/AAAAAAAAAbw/yTYLgsfXfLE/s1600-h/french-grasshopper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMjOGI17nUI/AAAAAAAAAbw/yTYLgsfXfLE/s320/french-grasshopper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244668370921168194" border="0" /></a>Isn't he beautiful. This little fulla was found while on a walk up to <a href="http://www.alpina-tourisme.fr/Galeries/Moyennes-montagnes/Brianconais/Photo-brianconnais1.htm">Lac de L'orceyrette</a>. At the top of the lac there is a type of grass/marshlands where I took the following photo ... the colours were beautiful ... had to make a colour palette from it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMjOGFk_ffI/AAAAAAAAAb4/SlSQ1huNFLc/s1600-h/mountain-swamp-colour-palet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMjOGFk_ffI/AAAAAAAAAb4/SlSQ1huNFLc/s320/mountain-swamp-colour-palet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244668370044812786" border="0" /></a>After spending the majority of our time in the Alps we visited a friend near Lyon. He lives in a beautiful rural area near his very hospitiable family. We were spoilt with their good food and company. <br /><br />I was taken by this little road which resembled something of a patchwork quilt. Perhaps I'll design one inspired by the patterns on this road!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMjOGQxj9NI/AAAAAAAAAcA/MwCF-lflqO8/s1600-h/patchwork-pattern.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMjOGQxj9NI/AAAAAAAAAcA/MwCF-lflqO8/s320/patchwork-pattern.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244668373050324178" border="0" /></a>sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-79903600151170661232008-09-10T03:19:00.000-07:002008-09-10T03:28:43.219-07:00a weekend in the french alps<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMefjZEKyDI/AAAAAAAAAbg/_cnHiuQIS_c/s1600-h/serre-chevalier-range.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMefjZEKyDI/AAAAAAAAAbg/_cnHiuQIS_c/s320/serre-chevalier-range.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244335721468839986" border="0" /></a><br />I've been away ... and it was lovely. Adam and I went to the French Alps for a friend's wedding. We went to <a href="http://www.serre-chevalier.com/-english-">Serre Chevalier</a> and stayed in my favourite town there, <a href="http://pagesperso-orange.fr/cormont/images/villages/Monetier.jpg">Monetier</a>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMefjraC5TI/AAAAAAAAAbo/YATHN0XnMe4/s1600-h/mountain-colours.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SMefjraC5TI/AAAAAAAAAbo/YATHN0XnMe4/s320/mountain-colours.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244335726392436018" border="0" /></a>sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-57060135958904348962008-09-04T01:16:00.000-07:002008-09-04T01:19:57.936-07:00happy shopping<a href="http://www.sarahshepherd.com/products.php"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SL-ZkCyXHJI/AAAAAAAAAbY/CtwoD0Ee4B4/s1600-h/sml+sale+banner.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SL-ZkCyXHJI/AAAAAAAAAbY/CtwoD0Ee4B4/s320/sml+sale+banner.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242077335784987794" /></a></a><br />Its sale time. Check out <a href="http://www.sarahshepherd.com/products.php">my shop</a> for lots of savings.sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-76903779600322661172008-09-02T08:34:00.000-07:002008-09-02T12:27:01.348-07:00onion teatowel sketch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SL2SmyXw30I/AAAAAAAAAaw/IHrjVBqr_VA/s1600-h/onion-close+up.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SL2SmyXw30I/AAAAAAAAAaw/IHrjVBqr_VA/s320/onion-close+up.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241506736383254338" /></a><br />The beautiful text sitting amongst the onions is by my friend Rachel Smith. Its part I of a two part poem ... stand by for the next installment. I hope to print this one on Thursday at the studio ... it needs a bit of cleaning up tomorrow but I pretty happy with it overall. The roots look a bit mushy and the text is a little hard to read in places ... oh and I need to put a capital T on the first word ... but these things aside ... its working for me. You'll need to click on the image to really see it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SL2Qle_cGmI/AAAAAAAAAao/xHXHDZFpZr8/s1600-h/onion-1-with-text.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SL2Qle_cGmI/AAAAAAAAAao/xHXHDZFpZr8/s320/onion-1-with-text.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241504514977831522" /></a>sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-31309632452949646912008-09-02T01:25:00.000-07:002008-09-02T01:30:59.734-07:00tomato red<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SLz4zy9CirI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/cN9pr0H9UA4/s1600-h/tomato-red.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SLz4zy9CirI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/cN9pr0H9UA4/s320/tomato-red.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241337635087223474" /></a><br />My first tomato! This big fulla has been hanging out on my tomato plant for AGES ... the weather hasn't really been warm enough to redden him up ... till now ... the last couple of weeks have had a couple of deliciously warm days ... and voila ... Mr Tom was able to show his true colours! He was absolutely delicious on a piece of Vogel's Soy and Linseed, with butter, salt, pepper and basil ... mmmmmmmm.sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-11363937756312058982008-08-26T11:40:00.000-07:002008-08-26T11:50:22.494-07:00As I was going to St Ives ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SLROcGwZ5bI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/tszgMm0zB_I/s1600-h/cornwall-coastal-rocks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SLROcGwZ5bI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/tszgMm0zB_I/s320/cornwall-coastal-rocks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238898511295669682" /></a><br />Went to Cornwall for the weekend. Tidy little villages meet wild and rugged landscapes. Inspiring.<br /><br />Inspired by these coastal rocks ... the colours and the textures.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SLRObUrgDjI/AAAAAAAAAZs/dLsX8hVF58w/s1600-h/rocks-colour-palette.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SLRObUrgDjI/AAAAAAAAAZs/dLsX8hVF58w/s320/rocks-colour-palette.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238898497853328946" /></a>sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-10408988386347248372008-08-20T09:28:00.000-07:002008-08-20T23:37:48.270-07:00oh onion you are so beautiful<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/37177349@N00/2781819192/" title="onion study by shepz, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2336/2781819192_ee0690b36e_b.jpg" width="227.67" height="341.3" alt="onion study" /></a><br />I'm embarking on a wee project with a friend ... which involves me exploring vegetables ... starting with the onion. <br />I love the way nature seems to explode as you look closer. An onion, a crispy brown skin encasing a whiteish greenish smelly cooking ingredient that makes you cry ... simple. <br />But start looking and its actually a pinky rust coloured casing with lines expanding through the middle and contracting at the ends. Peel this layer away and the most beautiful greens are revealed fading into white. <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/37177349@N00/2781821850/" title="onion minus fairy wing by shepz, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2781821850_66e773ac97_b.jpg" width="341.3" height="227.67" alt="onion minus fairy wing" /></a><br /> Then look at the peel ... and its actually <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/37177349@N00/2781820940/" title="I found a fairy's wing by shepz, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/2781820940_712881b89a_b.jpg" width="341.3" height="227.67" alt="I found a fairy's wing" /></a><br />a fairy's wing? <br /><br />There are so many nuances to the different layers ... some have an almost synthetic electronic quality with tiny surfaces reflecting light in different directions. While other layers are really matt and paper like. <br /><br />And now for the nudie shot ... quite explicit really.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/37177349@N00/2780961041/" title="naked onion by shepz, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/2780961041_4255c1c743_b.jpg" width="341.3" height="227.67" alt="naked onion" /></a>sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-43445670388671289512008-08-19T00:29:00.000-07:002008-08-19T00:31:03.190-07:00Italian surfaces<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKp2nUJKpJI/AAAAAAAAAZE/mX4d8IuUNAM/s1600-h/surfaces-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKp2nUJKpJI/AAAAAAAAAZE/mX4d8IuUNAM/s320/surfaces-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236127934565754002" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKp2nrcNJ5I/AAAAAAAAAZM/xubkngzOKNc/s1600-h/surfaces-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKp2nrcNJ5I/AAAAAAAAAZM/xubkngzOKNc/s320/surfaces-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236127940819625874" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKp2n9F3XYI/AAAAAAAAAZU/SkvL2nfS6xo/s1600-h/surfaces-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKp2n9F3XYI/AAAAAAAAAZU/SkvL2nfS6xo/s320/surfaces-3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236127945557761410" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKp2oKhxnaI/AAAAAAAAAZc/gfrMHfTUIfU/s1600-h/surfaces-4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKp2oKhxnaI/AAAAAAAAAZc/gfrMHfTUIfU/s320/surfaces-4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236127949164486050" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKp2oWJnnPI/AAAAAAAAAZk/jswFcy2l48o/s1600-h/surfaces-5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKp2oWJnnPI/AAAAAAAAAZk/jswFcy2l48o/s320/surfaces-5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236127952284392690" /></a>sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-60702426345371923642008-08-18T06:15:00.000-07:002008-08-18T09:31:05.045-07:00catch up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKl2PvCEd7I/AAAAAAAAAYs/cjvHBmBi1xE/s1600-h/city-rising-from-the-sea.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKl2PvCEd7I/AAAAAAAAAYs/cjvHBmBi1xE/s320/city-rising-from-the-sea.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235846054490175410" /></a><br />I've been ignoring my blog ... apart from the odd ssd product update ... there's been no photos of things that inspire me ... I guess I've been busy ... I guess its been summer(ish) ... I guess its time to start posting again. So lets take ourselves back two and a half months to our trip to Puglia, in Southern Italy. Ahhhh ... just thinking about it warms me up and relaxes me. The city rising from the sea above is Polignano a Mare.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKl31mPn3fI/AAAAAAAAAY0/pmhQS7zY7xk/s1600-h/city-built-into-the-rock2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKl31mPn3fI/AAAAAAAAAY0/pmhQS7zY7xk/s320/city-built-into-the-rock2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235847804477758962" /></a><br />These buildings are part of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matera,_Italy">Sassi di Matera</a>, an ancient town which began as a prehistoric cave settlement. Most of these buildings are actually the built entrances to caves.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKl5kbRRwXI/AAAAAAAAAY8/gfIw8UkzTzI/s1600-h/nice-hairdo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SKl5kbRRwXI/AAAAAAAAAY8/gfIw8UkzTzI/s320/nice-hairdo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235849708497387890" /></a><br />The people in Puglia were incredibly friendly and generous. Especially in the towns were tourists weren't common. We were given fruit for free, people refused our tips, and generally people were very patient with our dreadful Italian.sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-78060049007520379252008-07-10T00:25:00.001-07:002008-07-10T00:31:12.601-07:00in store now!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SHW6UcYul_I/AAAAAAAAAYE/vXFSngSd074/s1600-h/toitoi-teatowel-set.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SHW6UcYul_I/AAAAAAAAAYE/vXFSngSd074/s320/toitoi-teatowel-set.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221284203386017778" /></a><br /><br />After much organising ... I'm online with my products ... yeeehaa! If you click on 'my work' you'll be taken through to <a href="http://www.sarahshepherd.com">my website</a> where you will be able to see what I've been up to these past few months.sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36780845.post-91446715427932537112008-07-09T00:45:00.000-07:002008-07-09T00:56:06.988-07:00revealed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SHRs4YzYglI/AAAAAAAAAXs/MbWaRAIxOy0/s1600-h/single-tree.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SHRs4YzYglI/AAAAAAAAAXs/MbWaRAIxOy0/s320/single-tree.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220917584015688274" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SHRs4cDwDsI/AAAAAAAAAX0/_dyGThp0jjs/s1600-h/we+three+trees.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Xa42jgRnuWo/SHRs4cDwDsI/AAAAAAAAAX0/_dyGThp0jjs/s320/we+three+trees.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220917584889646786" /></a><br /><a href="http://hellozukzuk.blogspot.com/">zukzuk</a> asked to see the whole print (a showed a wee smidgen in June 13th's post). 'We three trees' ... a christmas design, not sure what I'm going to do with it for the next 6 months! Being summertime it felt like Christmas was approaching (I grew up in the southern hemisphere!).sarah shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064380409181061189noreply@blogger.com1