Bit o' Merriment

Well hello blogosphere, it's been a while. I blame a precise and deadly regimen of facebooking (has it become a verb yet?), combined with essays and my super successful craft fair last week! It was a fabulous affair and starting Monday morning Pearlswirl will be back in all her glory, with lots of new goodies.

Here's the proof that my craft senses still tingle. The first sewing I've done since getting here, but fo'sho' not the last. It's now so close to being done and after a trip to the button shop tomorrow I think we'll have a masterpiece.

Here's Jenners these days. Ordinarily I'd be getting psyched up for Thanksgiving right now, but I shan't be having one this year. We may attempt a small-scale feast in our flat, but the general sense of anticipation's not there. So I have allowed myself to Christmas-frenzy this year well before I normally would.

Oh how I love thee, fair Scotland.

Perfection.

Showtime.

Pearlswirl is closed for a week during the Cancer Research UK Holiday Craft Fair. Come visit!

Adam House, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1LT

November 17 through 22, 2009.

Tuesday-Friday: 10:30 to 6

Saturday: 10 to 4

Hope to see you there for lots of quality handmade gift shopping; and bring friends!

I'll be back after the break with many new items and special Christmas deals!

And now, ze photos!

'Ere are ze photos; one from my seester's viseet and, bien sur, from 'Alloween!

Et voila! A cancan dancer. Une danseuse de cancan. I am so een love wis zis period of 'istory. Paris is my favoreet citee and Moulin Rouge my favoreet film.

Bonsoir.

Water frozen in a latex glove, unpeeled, and thrown into the Halloween punch! It melted fast, but for the first few minutes it was oh-so-spooky!

Easy Like Sunday Morning

A bouquet of flowers from a special someone to brighten up a rainy and grey Sunday. These make me smile...

I'm actually posting this to distract myself from my history of art essay... guess I better get back to it. I'll be back tomorrow with pictures of Hah-lah-ween.

Operation Schwessie in T-Minus 1 Hour

In a few minutes I'm leaving to take a bus to the airport to pick up my very bestest schwessie!

I am sooo excited right now. I can hardly wait to blow off the schedule I planned for us. I can hardly wait to go shopping in the rain (because oh, yes, it is raining). I can hardly wait to eat haggis and speak in bizarre accents and sneak her into a lecture and then sneak her into the pub.

I leave you with a light-hearted tune about seizing the day and moving on and other stuff ...

Marché Marché

Marché Marché: a fabulously adorable one-day-only craft fair, flea market and live music extravaganza.

What a lovely day for a craft fair, today.

Wonky lamps.

Vintage and repurposed jewelry designs by Emily Chandler of Lost in the Forest, and some painted ladybug rocks in the back.

Lost in the Forest.

Haberdashery and Herbs display by susiemaroon.

Display by Wooden Tree.

Painted ceramic earrings, pendants and brooches with an original twist by the illustrator Lindsay Grime.

I am now the proud owner of these drop-dead-divine post heart earrings. First I thought I might give them as a Christmas present. Tis the season, you know. But who was I kidding?? Obviously that would be a waste; nobody could possibly appreciate their beauty as much as me. So that was that.

I've decided to end all blog posts with a clip of whatever song I'm currently obsessed with. Today it's Carla Bruni, the very bizarre Mrs. President of France. Whatever your feelings about the state of politics in France (I think most of you know mine...), forget them! This is smoky acoustic at its best. Enjoy.

Fabric Graffiti, etc.

That's what I've decided to call this random doodling with embroidery floss. I love it! So much in fact, that I had to dig through my laundry basket so I could show you the completed work.

Mr. Tic Tac Toe and his five-tentacled friend.

My heart on my sleeve. That's how I roll.

Masterpiece.

It's getting to be holiday craft fair season! I'm all signed up and registered for this jewelry and craft fair, partly in support of Cancer Research UK. It's the week of 17-22 November, so send out good vibes. Or, better yet, send out your friends armed with credit cards and naked ears. For anyone in the area, this is held in Adam House, on Chambers Street from 10:30 to 6, Tuesday through Friday, and 10 to 4 on Saturday. See you there!

I just ordered this dress from Ruche, where I also got my deliciously divine shoes. I simply cannot wait to wear them together. I'm choosing to ignore that whole "no-brown-with-black" rule. I have a new rule. Wear pretty things. The end.

Freestylin'

The other day I bought a few little solid tank tops, a.k.a. blank canvases. :) I started stitching this without a pattern or any kind of idea and I'm just going with it. The stitching's quite bad and it's not the best material to embroider on but that's why I love it. I can work on it for as long as I want and when I get bored of working on it I'll have (at best) a cute tank top or (at worst) a new bathmat. And yes, I edited out the shop name. The only product placement allowed on this blog is for pearlswirl. :D

Some new pieces for my shop. These will be listed in the next few days. Any name suggestions?

I repurposed the charm from a stray earring my mom gave me so it's completely one of a kind.

Coming soon in more colors.

I've joined the Create Society here, and it's full of those people just like me. So even if trivial things like school work keep me down, at least I'll have something new to show you every week.

Random photo of the day: My trusty old work apron faithfully protecting my pretty outfit from the hazards of leek pie eating.