she calls it flower architecture

i ffffound these images tonight while browsing around like anyone does and came across a particular lady making incredible things out of fabric, emersonmade she calls it flower architecture. whatever it is, its amazing. id really love a diy tutorial on these beautiful flower pins and arrangements. simple and completely charming.

arent they lovely?

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lace covered rocks.

lace rocks from mary made me

pretty rocks covered in lace. i think these are the nicest paper weights i've seen. paper weights or just sitting on a shelf, holding down the table cloth in a windy day in the yard, or on my balcony now that i dont have a yard. one more simple project to add to my ever-growing list of diy projects i want to do soon. at some point in the free time i dont seem to have. next time i head to granny's house, ill scope out the attic for old pieces of lace, i know shes got some curtains, and the garden for some smooth and good-shaped rocks for this.

mary writes that she glued felt to the bottom to hold the lace in place.

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pattern drafting & libraries

an original design by the lady behind the wildflowers::pretty  blog. the dress is perfect for spring. it has two things i love on a dress, buttons down the front and cute sleeves. i think its absolutely adorable. she promised to make up some more. id love to learn how to draft up pattern as well, im going to check out the british library this weekend to see if they have any pattern books, maybe some embroidery ones too.

i miss that most, i miss sitting in the library and taking out a pile books, so many that i cannot barely carry them. i like renting cds and dvds from the library, old botanical bibles and foreign language dictionaries. i havent been to a library in months now, its about time i get a library card here and find an english library. at last.

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saturday was a walking day, sunday is a walking day too

i finally took my film camera for a walk yesterday. through the sunny streets (not to be confused with warm sunny streets since it was only 2 or 3 degrees) and to margaret island. you can get there by bridge and then walk all the way up and down it. it is the largest island in the danube in budapest. covered in little forests with big old trees that have their trunks protected by ivy. in the 12th c there was a monastery and a small church still stands there. it has a bell which is believe to be the oldest in hungary.

there are dogs everywhere, finally stretching their legs. i always scoffed before at people keeping dogs in budapest's city centre. i know how small apartments are here but seeing to many owners with their dogs off the leash and playing around with them was nice to see. margaret island is a great spot and its right in the centre of the city, almost. we explored the little zoo there too which was full of squawking peacocks and funny hoofed friends, walked along the banks and were entertained by a dog, choki, trying to get his red ball that had fallen into the water. i still dont know if he got his ball or not.

our first big walk of spring. what a feeling. i like to walk and walk so long that your legs hurt when you get home. we were gone three hours and covered a lot of ground. our legs got tired from not moving all winter. if this is how spring will be, welcome! i love it.

it is equally sunny out today too. so i proposed to go shopping for some more spring-like second hand goodies. i know just the place too.

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fixed gear bikes. again.

aujourd'hui c'est vendredi.

david went to the hungarian bike expo and now we're dreaming of fixy bikes again. especially since the weather is turning nice. recently ive found out about a new phenomenon, which i think is mostly still in japan but it is fixed gear bike polo. it looks somewhat hardcore but how fun is that to smash a ball around, weaving in and out of other cyclists. id like to give this sport a try.

giorgio vianini  (both images)

spring also means that critical mass starts again. hallelujah.

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wednesday the third of march

last year at this time i was stressing over an art exhibition, sewing papers to muslin and trying to learn how to drive standard. good grief. this time this year i am overwhelmed in hungarian antics and occasional homesick thoughts about canada, trying to really adapt to an office job.

i really thing wednesday is the hardest day to get through. and im glad it is finished, almost.

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lazy / busy / occupied / hmm

i can say that i've been really busy this last week, hardly having time to write emails or hand-written letters or anything internety but when i look in my moleskin actually most of the pages are blank, a reminder here a reminder there. not so much.

i feel at least somewhat productive, finally making a long scarf out of all the yarn i found at granny's place. mix and match, textures and colours. i was inspired by this scarf i found on at swim two birds. i think its mix is very lovely and so im working on my own.

does anyone knit on the metro? i was thinking to start doing it on my morning commute. its only about 20 minutes but i could get some rows in here and there. i was just wondering if anyone knits and walks or knits and commutes. i wonder if it is too weird for hungarians to see someone knit on the metro. i would be surprised too.

scarf from at-swim-two-birds 

my scarf in the works

i am craving spanish avocadoes and im thinking about granada again. a good friend from halle who i met in granada might come for a visit in a few weeks from germany. i couldnt be more excited to have her here for a long long weekend. she even travelled to canada to visit me. susi makes some really nice installations too.

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