WOYWW #580: Blogiversary, Tiny Book and Die-cut Petals

I wanted to link up two weeks ago and again last week - I even had my photos prepared - but just didn't have the time, so I'm writing this well in advance for the nice "round" #580 of WOYWW aka Julia's long standing desk hop, now in its twelfth year! Incidentally, it was my 6th blogiversary earlier this month and as it's customary, I've made a collage of my favourite projects this past year, many of which you probably still remember.

My desk has seen some action in the past two weeks as well. I've made another Tiny Book with the Eileen Hull die (which is not that tiny after all!) and I also got the matching book case die from Craft Stash. I didn't really need these dies but I figured it was my patriotic duty to help the British economy recover, so I'm just doing my bit, as I'm sure you all do too :) My desk actually shows a gelli printing session - it was the easiest way to put paint on my book case and I made some prints as well while I was at it. I covered the Tiny Book with fabric and used the gelli prints on the inside cover and sewed some tea-dyed papers inside. 

The Tiny Book is actually big enough to put something in it, so I've made a sample page featuring postage stamps and die cut rose petals. The petals actually cut very well - they're a bit fragile to work with but no more than tissue paper. I pressed them first for a couple of weeks and they cut just like paper.

And here's a real life petal in a new hanging basket I acquired for the garden - just love that deep purple - hey, wasn't that the name of a band?!

We had this little garden visitor as well - this must be a good summer for hedgehogs as we've seen six of them in just the past three weeks, while none in the previous 3 years!

Thanks for visiting today - I'll be over soon. Look forward to catching up!

Happy #580!