Thursday, April 28, 2011

Spring Inspirations and a Kitten

Hello! I hope everyone has been enjoying the spring weather, I know it's been unusually pleasant here. I have been happily observing a mother dove dutifully warming her eggs. I wonder, when and for how long does she leave her nest to feed herself? There is also a robust blue jay that has taken to our water fountain.
        Yesterday was also rather eventful, on my way walking home from the bus stop, I could hear a faint mewing. That was curious enough, so I looked around for a kitty meowing (that I could possibly pet, of course). I didn't see a cat, but I did spot a tiny gray lump across the street and went to investigate. I'm sure you can infer by now what happened, but I found a very tiny, very scared, very hungry crying kitten. It did not look injured or like a stray, but I called my Mom over and asked her for some tuna. She isn't a cat person, but I was able to coax her over to the kitten. I was especially worried because of the number of dogs in the neighborhood and the fact she was next to a road, so I knew we needed to help her. We were able to convince a cat-loving family across the street to look after the (cutely hissing) little kitten. I haven't head that much back yet but he or she seems to be doing find. Hopefully she's not sick or anything like that (any hopefully they will keep her :) Wheh! That was a long story about a kitten... It's just nice sometimes to have a break from a mundane routine (and help little animals).

The kitten looked a bit like this (from We Heart It)



Anyways, back to the original reason for this post. The other day I accidentally found a plethora of Japanese mori-esque/natural-kei/zakka embroidery books. Many of the designs are fairly simple and absolutely adorable! I thought that they would be perfect for a bit of spring crafting, the books are full of berry, wildflower and vegetable patterns. The Etsy shop Japan Lovely Crafts has a great variety, and here are my favorites:
  1. EMBROIDERY OF GARDEN FLOWERS BY KAZUE SAKURAI
  2. WILDFLOWER GARDEN BY KAZUKO AOKI

  3. Wonderful Embroidery by Onoe Megumi

  4. THE BASICS OF EMBROIDERY AND APPLIQUE BY AYAKO OTSUKA

  5. RIBBON STITCHES BY YUKIKO OGURA

    More embroidery inspiration :)



1 comment:

  1. Eep! I love that you found these books, I'm really getting into needlework, I cannot wait to go and pick them up. Thank-you!

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