Everythings finished - almost

There are two kinds finished around here when it comes to craft work.

There is totally finished, as in the project could be wrapped and given away type finished, but more often than not, things around here just get "blog finished".

Blog finished is when something is almost finished, it just has a few details (usually unnoticeable) left to go. Or it could mean finished enough to take a photo that won't show the pins still tucked in the back.

So this week I blog finished a few things.

Craft-at-work embroidery is blog finished, I ran out of cotton on that last little spot.

Craft -at-work carry bag is blog finished, stills need a magnetic closure and maybe a firm base.

Mirabel dolly quilt is blog finished -

Binding needs hand sewing on at the back.

Mirabel dolly clothes are blog finished - they just need press studs, elastic, buttons etc.

This week I intend to get all those blog finished things , actually finished.

I have been auditioning fabrics this afternoon, for a new scarf.

Isn't it frustrating when you know what you want to achieve but you don't have the fabric and can't seem to find it anywhere. Maybe it doesn't exist?

I want grey, I want bleak, I want sharp lines and slightly spooky. I want Johnny Depp in a frock coat(who doesn't?), strolling through mist. I want longing and darkness and cold poetry and maybe some branches.....I want texture and dirty shine..........

Anyone got a piece of that in their stash?

The new camera - or the worlds most boring title

I have been fiddling with the new camera.

Most importantly I wanted to check out the close up function - very important for those crafty shots you know.

and by accident the sharp close-up, fuzzy background shot

Then I figured out the black and white trick......................

Tonight I went for a walk to the local park to get some night shots.

You'll need to turn your heads on the side for this one - I haven't figured out the rotate thing yet.

I didn't do any editing to these pics, just uploaded them and blogged them and apart from changing to night setting or macro setting I didn't do anything fancy to the camera- you should see the instructions !!!!

In an effort to maintain day-job sanity and because I saw the idea over at futuregirls blog, Annie and I have now got a CRAFT-AT-WORK challenge for ourselves.

We each have 24 linen squares measuring 6.5 inches. We each have a week to complete a small stitchery on each square during our lunchtimes at work. We can prepare (iron on the stabiliser etc) at home, but the stitching is at work. Of course we will make up or change the rules as we feel like it.

I am hopeless at stitching - I only know blanket stitch and stem stitch and I just do it bigger and smaller as I need it , so Annie is charged with teaching me something a bit more exciting.

We aren't sure what the squares will become and I am yet to decide if I will have a unifying theme to the squares, in case they all end up together or whether I might just wing it...... suggestions anyone????