Monday, February 14, 2011

Endearments

Happy Valentine's Day! Or as the Swedes would have it, Happy "All Hearts' Day," which I think is a sweet and lovely way to put it.

This year I played around with embroidery on paper. For far-away loves, some bits from an atlas (photocopied and then copied again until the right size), with an arrow stitched between our cities:

 

Inspired by



And for my main squeeze:



Inspired by this pillow made by Sarah of The Small Object--but I figured peanut butter and jelly wasn't quite quirky enough to capture what we have.  Mmm, peanut butter and pickle: it sounds so wrong but it tastes so right, and that about sums it up I'd say. (Plus, I like the double meaning: when I'm in a pickle, as I so often am, here he comes to fortify me, just like peanut butter.)


How I wish I'd drawn that pickle just an eighth of an inch higher--but hey, I never claimed to be perfect, so I guess my Valentines aren't going to be either. I'm pretty tickled by those French knot warts though!

Wishing an evening full of love to all you lovely hearts.

5 comments:

  1. So sweet. And? The only Valentine's theme post I've seen that didn't make me want to gag. Thanks! :)

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  2. I agree with Darx. Thanks! Love the arrows connecting the cities. I really appreciate your creativity.

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  3. These are adorable! And, I LOVE how you incorporate stitching on the paper ... it's one of my favorite things.

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  4. Darcy and Jenny--thanks so much! A non-gaggy Valentine's post, I feel like I've reached blogger Nirvana!

    anotheryarn--thanks for your kind words and for dropping by! You too, Jenn--I have very little experience with stitching on paper so I'm especially tickled that it looked good to your more experienced eye.

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