A photo album for my brother

I was looking through old things and found quite a few photos of my brother when he was little. And some embarrassing teenager ones (terrible hair cuts and outfits). So I thought it would only be fair to send them to him. But, instead of just posting the photos, I thought I better put them in an album, because it is way nicer to look at them that way.

I only had one old album from the 80s, with tacky palm trees. So I whipped up a quick album cover whilst I watched some podcasts. I often craft with podcasts from TED or Etsy. This way I feel like I have an excuse to spend my free time in a productive way.

A photo of my gorgeous mum taken by my dad and my favourite needle case (used to be a matches case from a fancy bar in London), the Japanese mouse pad, some embroidery work that I need to frame and those MEN/WOMAN signs my brother sent me and I haven't hung up yet due to earthquakes.

Super quick job, all you need is pinking scissors, embroidery floss & needle, nice felt and a strip of... how do you call this in English? I can never remember... 

Detail of the embroidery, nothing fancy but it represents 'roots' (as this album is to help my brother remember his roots, with photos of childhood)

Love this photo at the bottom, my brother is dressed as a tooth brush and I am the gift pack. At the school fair... we usually always had really funky outfits and won a few prices but this one was super improvised, last minute before heading to school. I love the tooth brush idea!

Gifts for someone special

Back to blogging

2011 and I should be setting myself some goals... one of them is to keep this blog alive. I do have plenty to show here but haven't managed to make the time to publish it. So, here goes the 1st of many to come!!

(ring from my brother, made from an upcycled spoon )

I wanted to show you these gorgeous rings I received from far away this Xmas. One is from my parents and one from my brother and they are both quirky and interesting. Just how I like them!!

(isn't this interesting? I love the intense blue!!)

And my super uber cool new Swatch. I haven't had one for years! I could even say over a decade! And I fancied one this year so I asked my fiancee to get me one in his last trip to Europe. And he surprised me with this... initially I was not so into the face but after wearing it lots I love it. The wristband is just perfect.