A few random thoughts on this unseasonably crisp (but beautiful and perfect) summer evening.
-I sold another book sling in my Etsy shop! Yea-hoo! The buyer told me she wanted me to use the solid colors of brown and banana (read: yellow) as the main fabrics, and then gave me the creative freedom to add a bit of flair to it. Gotta love that. So this is what I created for her son, Nolan.
It looks a little wobbly there because the books are only on one end.
I made it reversible, so she can use either the lower case or uppercase side, or she can just go with plain brown or banana by flipping the whole thing inside out.
For you newcomers, this is what a whole book sling looks like (Bo's room was a mess today, so I didn't get a good wide shot):
Someone must have a put up a new link to my Etsy shop, because I'm getting a lot of book sling inquiries lately. You never know if a conversation with a potential customer will really pan out, though, so you might see more examples here in the near future. Or you might not.
Selling on Etsy is way less profitable than my other life as a freelance journalist, but boy is it fun when someone honors you by wanting to buy something you made.
-For you locals, check out my post on Dwell Well about what looks like another great funky junky fair this weekend near Spokane. It's called the Vintage Barn Antique Show, and it was featured in "Country Living" mag last summer.
-Cherries for sale! Cherries for sale! Organically grown, ripe cherries for sale!
And hopefully you don't get a cup with some of Magpie's half-eaten ones inside.
Good to see the ballet recital costume is getting good use, especially since it never made it on stage during the actual recital. A repeat of her mom's (lack of) performance back in 1977.
Bo kept telling people a cup of cherries cost $5 instead of 5 cents.
I'd like to build the girls a sturdy wooden stand like this one.
-My friend Joe alerted me to this. (WARNING! BAD WORDS.) I told him I need something along those lines for my front door warning people not to knock when the girls are napping. It's not quite as neighborly as what I had in mind, but it sure would get the message across, don't you think?
Update: Bo is sitting with me and just shouted "Mr. Obama!" when I clicked on that link. Cute.
-I'm in love with this nursery. Do you think it would translate well into a master bedroom? Hmmm ...
-And in other bloggy good news, Sew Mama Sew featured my daily planner today! Remember it? I'm so flattered.
If you found Penny Carnival through that post, welcome.
I subscribe to the design sponge RSS feed and they just had the day bed on there. They were talking about how she made the it out of old pallets.I did not even know it was a nursery, I thought it was a guest room or something. I think it could definately be an adult room!
~M
Posted by: Mariah Neeson | July 10, 2009 at 01:24 AM
Tell the kids I want to buy one of those $5 cherry bowls when they come here next week.
Posted by: Papa | July 10, 2009 at 07:02 PM
H, good ! I like it very much,but If you can add more video and pictures can be much better,
I have never read such a lovely article and I am coming back tomorrow to continue
Posted by: Generic Cialis | July 22, 2011 at 05:09 PM
Penny,
I am looking to purchase a book sling, are you still making them?
Posted by: Amber Gould | January 28, 2012 at 06:48 PM