3 owls 1 bird

The New Patti Smith

am i right? shes like a Patti smith , Joan jett love child

Peaking Order

I love these! how epic would they be in a living room? or kitchen or bathroom?

Id love them for book storage and collection display

199 $ CAD

dimensions: Tower. 12"sq.x64.75"H

pecking order. Chicken coop cubbies rise single file, five high, in handmade iron frame and mesh with exposed brass welding. Dipped in acid bath for raw industrial patina. Hairpin legs reference mid-century. Great organizer for bath, skinny spaces, or grid the wall with multiples

I Found these nifty organizers while flipping through October's edition of Chatelaine

They can be bought from CB2

First letter

So I received my first correspondance from my sponsor child Lucia from Mozambique today.

I learned that she lives near the capital city of Maputo,

which it near the bottom of Mozambique it's self.

• It is Mozambique's largest city and its administrative, communications, and commercial center.
• Most of the city's large Portuguese population left and its name was changed to Maputo
• Capital and chief port of Mozambique on Maputo Bay
• a city first named ‘Bay of the Lagoon
• renamed after the Portuguese trader, Lourenço Marques
• It was renamed in 1976 after the Maputo River

My favorite part of the letter was her picture and also the tracing of her hand in pink marker.

makes her seem closer some how.

So far i know that she wants to be a nurse,

She lives in a mud hut complete with straw grass roof,

and she want to know if there are a lot of schools where i live.

I hope to learn more about her and her country as I continue to sponsor her.

Huzza Hufflepuff!

"You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true,
And unafraid of toil"

—The Sorting Hat

I either want to buy these or at least get the pattern from Ann Kingstone

Since I recently found out that I belong to the house of Hufflepuff :)

little butterfly

Electronic Butterfly that I bought at Walmart :)

The Reality After TV

^ Jersey Shore

^ True Blood

Yarn Storage

In a Pot

(^Photo by :melissa hiebert)

On a wall

In a rack

In containers

Under a desk
ohhh the endless possibilities of yarn storage.

no longer do you need to store your stash in a clunky blue storage bin!

I personally like storing away my stash in a couple

dresser draws.

keeps my stash safe from ella-roo my 3 years old German Shepard.

If i had the wall space i would love to store each ball of fluff individually in its own

container as shown above.

I must say tho that i wine rack seems to be a better idea for yarn storage then,

lets see a book self :P

So here's the question,

how do you store your yarn?

funky porch

So I took it upon myself to make over the porch that me , tails and mel share.

Starting with tea lights,moving on to pinwheels, next a table and presently a straw rug.

All the porch needs is a wicker love seat,

and some metal wall art installments.

:)

( all photos taken by : Melissa Hiebert)

owls

My apartment has become the roost of many decorative owls.

They cover my walls,live on my bookselfs, chill on the side tables,

perch on top of refrigerators and sit on our dinning tables.

More pictures of my feathered friends later

(photo taken by Melissa Hiebert)

back to school cool

W.I.Ps

Tim Horton's Coffee cup cozies

In blue,Purple,camy and any other colour i can get my hands on.

They are fun 1 skein projects and you can make more than one in a day.

And you dont have to stick  to one style either :)

Ive been playing with drop stitch,double ribbing and mixing in seed stitch here and there

Fun. Fast. Affordable.