Today I sent off my contribution to the 'art of the note gocco swap' run over at
clothpaperstring. Great idea and Sarah who ran it all has taken on a mammoth job. Over 50 contributors - wow! I was really happy with how my little note cards turned out, they measure about 10cm square and I handmade all the envelopes. Big job. What do you think? I searched high and low for this kraft card. Anyone know somewhere I can get some more? Preferably in Australia.
So this is my idea of a boy doll. Yeah I know, it's a boy in a skirt, but I love the wee little scotty boy and his lil' bagpipes. I thought I could name all these softies, ie Hamish MacDougall and his bag-blowin' mate Angus McTaggart. I cut these wee boys from lino and stamped onto some lovely fine weave cotton. On the back is a lovely brush cotton tartan. On the front, of course, is a lovely ginger scotty boy. The back looks like a chop- mmm tasty! I think they're cute. Thoughts anyone? Would you buy yer wee barn a chop-like, skirt wearing, ginger, bag pipe equipped, scotty boy softie?
Just to share - this is my current obsession. Wooden forks and spoons - sparked from a few blog posts back. Sourced from a local packaging place I am in love with these wooden lovelies. They also come in bamboo, but these ones are made from pine. I don't know what I'm going to do with them, probably just stay obsessed for a while and look, touch and rearrange them.
Well it was a beautiful day at the markets, but being a non-regular got the crappiest spot ever!!!! Me and Naomi got there early which made absolutely no difference, even though we had pre-booked, and saw our coveted spots being whipped out from under us. Number 33 was the spot we were after and wouldn't you believe it the guy who dithered before us took OUR spot. Bugger it! And the swappers were driving me and Naomi insane. They would dither for ages on what spot they wanted and then went back and swapped it for another spot, argh. A tight ship it aint at Glebe. Anyway, had a lovely day and sold a few things. Would have liked to sell more, but considering our tiny spot it wasn't too bad. I was happy to sell two scottie dolls to appreciative buyers. I love those lil' man friends and just want to spread the scottie love far and wide. Seems like everyone, including me, has some Scot connection in Australia. Those crazy gingers are everywhere I tell you.
And just to catch up with some bloggy swaps. Here is the printsy exchange swap I participated in. I did the one in the bottom left hand corner. I printed it on material so people could make it into something. Me, I like a bit of functional art so I thought it would be fun to make a purse or patch with my seasons print. Thanks everyone who participated. Thanks Nate who collated it all. 
And here is the round up on the gocco card swap organised by clothpaperstring. Thanks Sarah! I was put in two swap groups so I received a couple from another group which are just gorgeous. I'll be sending those girls some cards as soon as this market business winds up next weekend and have a bit of time to reprint. They are all great and I don't think I'll be able to give all of them out. Some are just begging for a frame.
