Friday, 28 January 2011

This week...
































...I've been dreaming up ways to use these beautiful vintage keys,

























eldest began to write independently and she announced that her toy monkey had become a girl,



a tiny rainbow appeared on the kitchen wall,



I began a new book,



I took the plunge and decided to start teaching workshops again.



































I met with Gina and Celia for a treat: a sunlit walk at the Anglesey Abbey winter gardens.


All in all it was a good week.
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40 comments:

  1. dragonfly28 January 2011 at 16:32

    A very good week. I like those kind of weeks. Mine was very similar... talk of workshops, winter walks with friends, I *finished* a book...

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  2. kirsty28 January 2011 at 16:35

    Hi Emma
    Your last photo is stunning!
    What are you going to use your keys for? I have 2 in my bathroom as light pulls - and they look lovely as decorative touches on presents!

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  3. Rachel28 January 2011 at 16:47

    It sounds like a wonderful week!

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  4. Crafts @ Home28 January 2011 at 16:53

    I LOVE those keys.... My son was given a box full of keys when he was little as he was fascinated by them... I can't find them these days so I suspect I de-cluttered at some stage :(

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  5. Thimbleanna28 January 2011 at 17:09

    It sounds like you had a perfect week Emma! If only I lived nearby -- I would LOVE to take a workshop from you. Can't wait to see what you do with those keys!

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  6. driftwood28 January 2011 at 17:44

    oooh a lovely week! hurray for workshops, one day I might be able to come!

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  7. Anonymous28 January 2011 at 17:51

    What a lovely week! Love the last photo, so springlike. :)
    Vivienne x

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  8. Gina28 January 2011 at 17:53

    It sounds like a perfect week and we couldn't have picked a better day for our walk. It was lovely to see you. I'm seriously impressed with that photo. I haven't looked at mine yet.

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  9. Unknown28 January 2011 at 18:05

    A silver clay workshop? Might have to come learn from you. Sounds like you had a fun and productive week - In January consider that a great achievement!! Have a lovely weekend to finish it off.xx

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  10. Ali28 January 2011 at 18:21

    Your keys are glorious. Teaching the workshops sounds like a very good idea to me - you're sure to be inundated.

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  11. Catherine28 January 2011 at 18:23

    A very good week. It's so thrilling when your children begin to write. I can imagine how pretty that bracelet will look when its finished and love the photograph of the witch hazel tree

    x C

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  12. Celia Hart28 January 2011 at 18:26

    So good to meet up again, and wan't it wonderful!!

    Your photo of the Witch Hazel is stunning.

    Celia
    xx

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  13. Itchin' Stitchin'28 January 2011 at 18:33

    I love the keys!! Congrats on teaching workshops again.

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  14. Elderberry-Rob28 January 2011 at 18:34

    The keys are beautiful - I think I would wear them ! maybe hanging from a chain or a belt or something. Looks like it's been a good week for you.

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  15. Anja28 January 2011 at 18:43

    Love all these photos. I have a key much like the largest one which I put on a necklace. Love old keys, so much history.

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  16. dottycookie28 January 2011 at 18:58

    Sounds like a lovely week. A huge well done to your clever big writing girl - my smaller one won a certificate this week for her writing too!

    I was so sorry to have missed you today, but I thought about you all.

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  17. Su28 January 2011 at 19:11

    Oh such a lot of lovely things in your week. I love the keys, I always wish they could talk and tell of who has held them and which doors they opened.

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  18. Lyn28 January 2011 at 19:52

    what a lovely post, a perfect week-hope it continues over the weekend too
    love
    Lyn
    xxx

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  19. Twiggy28 January 2011 at 19:57

    Lovely stuff. Emma, I wore the lovely bracelet that you made for me for a job interview last week, I'm sure it brought me luck :)
    Twiggy x

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  20. Unknown28 January 2011 at 20:16

    Sounds like a lovely week! Good luck with the teaching workshops again, though I'm sure you don't need it! Love the keys! :) x

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  21. Jenny28 January 2011 at 20:33

    Thanks for your lovely comment on my blog just now Emma, so weird as I was literally just reading this post on yours! spooky:) haha! love those keys too, my mum has a big bunch of old keys too which she has decorating the bathroom wall! jenny x

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  22. Teresa Kasner28 January 2011 at 21:46

    Emma, love the idea of the vintage keys in jewelry. I'm sooooo in "wantie" of a Tiffany key charm! In rose gold, with diamonds.. :-)

    I do jewelry too, would love to have you take a look at my jewelry, there is a link on the top right of my blog. I would like to teach classes too, but currently am selling my things in a gallery in a historic building in the Columbia River Gorge - the Vista House. Kind of fun.

    We're kindred spiritds! :-)

    Teresa in Oregon USA

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  23. sea-blue-sky & abstracts28 January 2011 at 22:53

    Hi Emma, so glad that you have enjoyed your week - and a milestone too, those first 'proper' written words by your little girl. Sometimes I come across saved scraps penned by my two when they were young, and smile at the memories. x

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  24. Miriam Weaver28 January 2011 at 23:03

    Sounds like a lovely end to your week! Hope you have a lovely weekend too!

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  25. Jackie28 January 2011 at 23:53

    I do love the keys. They fall into my 'same but different' category along with rolling pins, bread boards and scissors. The function is the same but each one has its own idiosyncratic twiddles.
    Your week sounds lovely. I hope you went to the picnic.

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  26. Harriet29 January 2011 at 00:03

    Beautiful witch hazel. Thank you.

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  27. Bobo Bun29 January 2011 at 00:15

    Well done for your wee one on her writing. Lovely world that's opening up to her now.
    Your walk sounds very civilised Emma, bet you had a wonderful time.

    Have a lovely weekend.

    Lisa x

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  28. Naturally Carol29 January 2011 at 04:58

    Wow...I could really see that you were moving forward in a big way this week..isn't it funny how sometimes we take tiny steps and other times we leap forward! Leaping Lizards Silverpebble!!

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  29. The Coffee Lady29 January 2011 at 08:07

    Pah. The child is a genius. Littlest is holding out on the writing, and she is a full year ahead.

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  30. menopausalmusing29 January 2011 at 11:39

    A pretty good week, I'd say. We have a lovely set of old rusty keys on our kitchen windowsill and I love them. Those little scraps of writing are such precious things....

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  31. Tara29 January 2011 at 13:46

    Who could resist such an invitation to a picnic?

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  32. Anonymous29 January 2011 at 18:43

    Beautiful post. Keys to me say 'infinite possibilities' and I have a little collection too. That book, I read it when I was about 17 and living in a bedsit and I still think decades later that it was the most meaningful book I read ~ because of the time and also the potency of it. Rainbows on walls, I spend so much time capturing and making the merans to acquiire them fleetingly...

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  33. Kitty29 January 2011 at 20:57

    Sounds like a very good week. Will you show us what you do with the keys - the look lovely. :) x

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  34. Anonymous29 January 2011 at 23:40

    Vintage keys and surprise rainbows - gorgeous!

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  35. periwinkle30 January 2011 at 22:16

    I love those keys but have never managed to find any - lucky you and I'm sure you will find something brilliant to do with them .

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  36. A time to dance31 January 2011 at 17:32

    Beautiful pictures especially the last one...the keys are wonderful cant wait to see what you do with them

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  37. Cathy31 January 2011 at 20:29

    I love the photo of the little kitchen rainbow and those keys are amazing. The huge one looks like maybe a church door or something similar. I love old keys too. So much history to them. Good luck with finding a use for them.

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  38. mrspao1 February 2011 at 00:39

    A very good week and I'm glad you are starting to teach classes again :)

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  39. kristina1 February 2011 at 21:46

    Those keys are fabulous! And I love your flowers on the wall. So wish I lived close enough to do a workshop...

    K x

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  40. Locket Pocket3 February 2011 at 18:07

    It sounds like a wonderful week! Love Little P's writing - so adorable. Does monkey show any signs of minding about his/her sex change? Hope not! L x

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