I spent a chunk of Sunday improving my self-esteem creating the above passably cute (I think) red dragon from a pattern provided by wyrm - created by a guy 'nogal' - I am always impressed by men that can sew!I have to confess that I am a huge fan of what I call "pretty blogs" - for example: posy gets cosy - which also features a cameo appearance from man that can sew! And this one here
These blogs are awesome - beautifully put together, nicely written and full of pictures of beautiful things, pets, recipes, crafting tips etc etc. They speak to the girly me of me that dreams of domestic goddess-hood - of pottering around in my lovely (imaginary) olde-worlde house growing herbs and sewing smocks for the daughter whilst whipping up a fair trade-vegan-organic-macrobiotic feast and then darting off to my 'office' to blog about it and post photographs of my achievements.
Yes, when I started blogging that was what I had in mind - turning my desolate landscape of a garden into a flowery herb-scented paradise and my galley kitchen into the backdrop of organic gastronomy. Sadly this has not transpired but I am inclined to think it's not a bad thing. Christ almighty! Imagine the pressure of trying to take artistic pictures of my home to showcase my design flare and vintage chic style, ecspecially when our home can really only be (generously) described as compact. The effort involved in convincing daughter to make her bed and of encouraging the maltese to shift himself from the couch (without requiring me to rush to the emergency room for stitches) combine to make the very idea of 'pretty-blogging' damn near a risky and terrifying concept and certainly not one that I could contemplate. I will leave that to the professionals - do visit their blogs they really are fabulous and a wonderful form of escapism while contemplating your computer screen at work.
Because it's my blog and I can - I'm sending a gift of a virtual mustard bath to my soul seestah who has a lurgy.
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