As you've gathered by now, I have quite an affinity for simple pretty things. And I'm abashedly admitting that up until last week I hadn't fully discovered what is fast becoming the simple, pretty thing in the crafting world. Familiar in appearance though it was, I found myself questing after "that curious red and white twine", wondering excitedly if it might also be found in pink and red. Leave it to Martha Stewart Crafts to both enlighten me and fulfill a vision. Lo and behold, baker's twine in white, pink and red wound 'round six perfectly petite spools.
Snapshots: {Top left} I couldn't resist adorning a miniature pot of strawberry seedlings {Top right} Stickers in blue pin dots and baker's twine in pink and red {Middle} Six striking spools of string {Bottom} I've even found myself tying a snippet around parcels ordered at Natural Historie.
I'm quite pleased to be posting another tutorial here at A Field Journal. It's the second in what I do hope will be a series of sweet and simple papery projects. This one invokes the pastels of spring, the glint of sunlight and a startling assemblage of bold letters in black on white. Gather some crafting supplies and settle in for a spell of paper, paste, ribbon and glitter. Indeed, this avian ornament is quite fit to be crafted on a late April's afternoon.
The week that opened with a spell of sweater weather, I ended poolside - the heat of Friday noon lingering into dusk. A wooded perimeter cast long shadows on the open lawn that slopes toward the blue of swimming pools and shrill echoes of lifeguard whistles. It's among those rare places on campus, unexpectedly idyllic and tauntingly carefree. Reluctantly, I headed home, toward a weekend of the usual textbooks and to-dos.