This weekend I wore a hat that I made.

My Olympic nails.

Crafted with Orly Instant Artist varnish (white and red), Accesorize in Cosmic and Dior top coat.

Two awesome books landed on my desk this morning.

Stitching, Petra style.

Right now I’m in Jordan, and apart from all the incredible temples and buildings, the thing that caught my eye in Petra was this needle and pin from the museum.

Let’s celebrate the announcement of the iPad 3 with ….

… a reminder of all  the wonderful tragicrafting that happened when Steve Jobs died.

 

 

P-A-R-T——Y…. because I gotta.

And, because today marks the first day that I’m back to blogging.

(ps. If you so wanted, you could pre-order my book, Material World: The Modern Craft Bible. I realise that would be a massive eight months in advance, but, y’know, I figured it was worth a mention seeing as it’s the reason I’ve been away for the last six months.)

There is a reason I’m not blogging at the moment.

For the last six months I’ve spent my evenings and weekends writing a book. It’s all very exciting, but also a hell of a lot of work. I figured I’d give the blog a rest while I concentrated on that. I figured you’d all forgive me.

I’ll be back to the blog in January, when the manuscript is filed. Looking forward to catching up with you all then.

(It’s called Material World, by the way, and it’s being published by Virgin books next October. I CANNOT WAIT to show you all. And, of course, it’s all about craft.)

I’m breaking my blogging rule just once …

… because these Christmas cards are the most beautiful I’ve seen on Etsy and Folksy (on an unrelated note, go see the newly-designed Folksy website design – it’s much prettier).

Buy from VickiliciousDesigns on Etsy.

Out of office

I am still around. I am still tweeting. But I have a very hefty freelance project on at the moment and, what with that and the 9-5 job at Psychologies, it doesn’t leave much time for blogging.

I will be back though, with all kinds of exciting craft nuggets as soon as I have a spare moment.

Ooh, French Connection really love knitting.

Look at the window of their Oxford Street store…