No more ideas for you girly, you've used up your quota !

Extreme sports may not be the first thing that pop into your mind when you think of me. But I have come to realise that I am an adrenaline junkie.

You all know there is nothing ...nothing at all like that rush of a new idea. Nothing like the slight frenzy of wondering whether it's really possible. Even the bajillion attempts at getting something right don't usually dampen my ardour.

The figuring out bit, the problem solving is the bit I love the most.

Once I have figured it out?....meh.... I can walk away.

Of course the between ideas times are the worst, I could re-visit half-finished projects. I could even work on some just started projects, I could write instructions for Milligan, I could even draw up the pattern for my new favourite toy. I could take up yoga, clean the house, write letters to the newspaper or start a political party.

But I won't. I'll just sit here with my embroidery A-Z in my lap, practicing stitches that I could never repeat without the book open in front of me. I'll stitch and stitch and practice and be a veritable model of Austin-esque patience.

Long Range Forecast : Scattered tetchiness, with chance of exploding heads.

Super quick gifts

Yesterday I bought these interesting blanks for key rings, I just grabbed them at the counter with no real idea what I would use them for.

This morning I had an idea !

I simply ironed some Vliesofix to the back of a few scraps and stitched a little picture onto a bit of homespun. To cover the stitching I just put another scrap on the back, popped it into the keyring and pressed the back on.

It took maybe 15 minutes from thought to finished !

Then I got excited and dug out the embroidery hoop to make this letter.

and popped one of my favourite little Auntie cookie characters in the back.

You could put a tiny stitchery in here or a favourite piece of fabric - you know those last wee scraps we save because we just don't want it to be all gone. You could pop in photos or nice papers.......I think they are pretty cute for little gifts , maybe a thankyou !

I might have to go and buy more...

Hi Guys, I'm glad you like these, the more I think about them the more ideas I have. I bought mine locally at a needlework shop for $1.50 each. When I got the first comment about where they came from I thought I could go and buy them and post them off to people , but I don't think they will have enough.

I just did a quick trawl through Ebay - search for keyring blank- and you'll find heaps. The little house one has an insert size of approx 45mm x 28 mm and the round one measures approx 42 mm across the insert.

Ebay has all sorts of shapes and of course the more you buy , the better the deal. The back sort of clicks in quite firmly and are hard to reopen.

Now I'll be stalking blogland to see what everyone else does with them.

*Oh and vliesofix is like wunder under , a double sided iron on adhesive used for applique.