I realised while photographing this post that I haven't done a book haul since January, so these are all the books I've added to my shelves in the last 6 months. My friend gave me this Doctor Who comic and Captain Marvel on DVD for my birthday, thank you again! These two duologies were books I… Continue reading Mid-Year Book Haul
Tag: Books
Anything related to, or featuring, a book of some sort.
Finished Hoop
My latest embroidery hoop is finished! I'm very pleased with it overall, but especially with the wave break, all those little knots give it great texture. I also really like this brain coral, the chain stitch worked really well. Here's the quote on the page... ...and the book the quote and story are in! It's… Continue reading Finished Hoop
Clockwork Angel
The final Infernal Devices badge is finished, and it's Tessa's clockwork angel. I would have liked to have added something above the angel, but I had the idea after it was glued to the paperboard backing. Don't they look great? You can see the background colour gradient I was going for, though I think the jump… Continue reading Clockwork Angel
Violin Strings
I finished the second of my Infernal Devices badges, this one is inspired by Jem Carstairs (who might just be my favourite of the two boys). I was reminded with this badge just how difficult embroidering on jersey is! I must find some more plain cottons, especially in grey. I think I would've preferred the jade pendant… Continue reading Violin Strings
Making Waves
I've been starting a new embroidery hoop recently, based on one of the stories from The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo. I don't have the patience to embroider those big sections of wave entirely, so I'm using pieces of felt to block in a base colour... ...then stitching on heaps of lines to convey the… Continue reading Making Waves
Othala Badge
I made another badge recently, featuring the othala rune from Ship of the Dead, the final Magnus Chase book. This means I've finally completed a full set of book badges, hooray! Don't they look great all together? I chose the yellow background for the colour of the boat Magnus and his friends use in the… Continue reading Othala Badge
The Library Expands
*dundunnn* The real drama is finding space on my shelves for these books, which I bought with some Christmas vouchers (thank you!). I just finished reading all of these Doctor Who books, and I definitely enjoyed them all! I plan on starting Crimes of Grindelwald next, then I'll re-read Leah on the Offbeat. Anyways, see… Continue reading The Library Expands
Project Roundup
I've made two new badges recently; the red one on the right is a quote from the book Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli based on a design I saw online. The Captain Marvel one (on the left) is currently attached to a bag of mine, and I'm quite proud of it, because… Continue reading Project Roundup
Project Roundup
I've been spending a lot of time rolling paper into bowls, ready to be filled with teeny portions of cereal. I've also made the cereal boxes as well as some waffle boxes. I still need to fill the bowls with cereal, and I want to make a waffle machine as well as some waffles, though… Continue reading Project Roundup
Patience
Guess what book I bought recently. *over-excited squealing* I've only been waiting two years for this beautiful book, and it's finally here! Kingdom of Ash is about 100 pages longer than Winter, at 980~ compared to Winter's 824 pages, making KoA my longest novel. It came with this promotional bookmark, which has the entire series on… Continue reading Patience
My Life in Miniature 