FROM JULIA

Received from Julia in Poland, July 2012.

I have got the most stunning and beautiful letter from Julia, full of nature treasuries. Her letter makes me so happy. The blog The Sheer Stories makes me longing for making lovely DIY projects or walking in the grass an early morning.

Love, love, love!!!
Pressed flowers and leaves, all part of her own personal collection. I feel so lucky.
In the top a little crochet flowers she has made herself.

Polypodium vulgare.

On an old postcard with polish children in the higher polish mountains called Tatry, some of the pressed flowers was sticked to the back. I love these flowers which you will see many of in the Spring.

An amazing little flower put inside a handmade piece of paper. And a leaf with a pretty skeleton of threads.
Dear Julia, thank you so much for your beautiful letter. Your Polypodium vulgare is hanging in my studio.

FROM SARA.

Received from Sara in Portugal, July 2012.

Sara from The Weight Of Dreams have send me this beautiful letter. There were so many treasuries in it, so I have sellected a few.
Sara is a teacher and she is right now reading the book: Daughter of the Forest by Jliet Marillier, which is one of favorites.
She is also on flickr with some of her amazing photos.

The whole letter from Sara. I really like the red mailbox.

Old buttons which she has got from her Grandmother, when she was younger and working in Paris.

Two pieces of crochet.

Beautiful old linen fabric with the word HOPE.

A piece of textiles with print, which looks Japanese to me and a beautiful photo.

A pretty yellow rose.

Dear Sara, thank you so much for your lovely letter. The two buttons in red and orange is already hanging at the wall in my studio.

FROM HILLERY.

Received from Hillery in Holland, July 2012.

I'm so happy about my letter from Hillery. She is only 14 and she have send me this so amazing letter, full of beautiful treasuries.
Hillery have her own blog; Dream, Pray and Love. I'm impressed.

The amazing letter from Hillery.

This is my absolutly favorite. A pressed flower.
I love the small lines, like feathers.

Shells!
I too always collect when walking at the beach.

A little piece of dotted textile together with a pretty washi tape.

An angel scraps. These I use to collect when beeing a girl, so I'm so happy Hillery have send me.

Dear Hillery, thank you so much for your lovely letter. As I'm so in love with the pressed flower, it's already hanging in my studio for inspiration.

FROM TERESA.

Received from Teresa in Portugal, June 2012.

Teresa is an amazing young woman. She has just graduated as an Architect and got a Master in Urbanism and Public spaces. Congratulations!

Teresa is in love with the analogne photography, she started doing this when she got an old camera from her Grandfather. If you want to see more of Teresa’s amazing work, you can see it here. She lives in a small village in Vila Nova de Gaia, but is actually from Porto.

My pretty letter, where blue is the “red thread” in the whole letter. So beautiful.

Teresa like collecting small pieces from the nature. I’m totally in love with these little blue flowers, called Miosotis from her garden.

Pretty beach stones.

A crochet doily made by Teresa.

In her freetime Teresa makes crafts like crochet, embroidery, painting or playing with different papers and make collages.

Snapshots of Teresa’s photos, taken in Porto. I think the last one is a little portrait of sweet Teresa herself.

Dear Teresa thank you so much for your lovely letter. Your pretty  Miosotis flower is hanging on my wall.

FROM LIARNIE.

Received from Liarnie in Philippines, June 2012.

Last week a pretty letter where waiting for me in my mailbox. It was from sweet Liarnie in Manila.
Liarnie makes the sweetest drawings which can be seen here. She has tried to study Danish, I'm really impressed as my language is not easy to learn and now she is studying Swedish.

Part of the textile letter from Liarnie.

This handkerchief or panuelo is so pretty and fragile. I'm really in love with it. It's part of a full national costume and is worn by the women, even today.
It's made of pina from the coconut tree and the design on it is two typical scenes: the chestnut tree and the house called "Bahay Kubo". The panuelo is usually made of pina or silk.
This handkerchief is already very special to me, as Liarnie writes that it has belonged to her mother, which has past away many years ago and she also thinks it has belonged to her Grandmother. It's such a beautiful present. Thank you so much.

Liarnie likes to do papercraft at her home.
This heart full of small colorful dots is so pretty.

The card from Liarnie is very fine. The cover looks like mother of pearl and have small butterflies flying on it.

Different kinds of cards. I like these cards with there dreaming motifs.

Flowers in three different designs.

 

I so much love this little card with the text: "Take your passion and make it come true". It is so much true and important to follow your heart and do what you have always dreamt of.

Dear Liarnie, thank you so much for your letter full of treasuries.
The handkerchief is so dear to me, so I will put it on my studiowall and the little card above have I put in my wallet, so I can have it with me everywhere I go, as I believe these words are what life is about.
So a big "tak" to you.

FROM JULIE.

Received from Julie in Holland, June 2012.

Julie has the amazing blog Daisies & Daffodils with the most pretty photos. I like to visit often.

She lives in Haarlem, close to Amsterdam. Today she is working in a bank, being creative with numbers. In her free time she likes to draw, do crochet, write letters and work on little projects. As she writes: "many ideas, only little time, always work in progress".

The envelope itself is a piece of art. I so much love the flowers.

This tiny little button Julie has sent me is so amazing, beautiful and pretty. I wish I had a lot. There is so much detail in the embroidery stitches. I would like to make some of these too.

Other buttons which is pretty together.

Julie’s boyfriend is from Portugal and every year they visit his family. The Portuguese stamps with a lot of details are fantastic. Some look like tiles.

The beautiful letter full of surprises from Julie.

Dear Julie, thank you so much for your letter. The tiny little embroidered button is already hanging on my hall.

FROM OLGA.

Received from Olga in Russia, March the 29.

My textile letter from Olga is so amazing.
Eventhough I don't really know Olga in person face-to-face, there is something about her letter to me and her blog which reminds me of each other, and this is why I think I have got to know Olga even more than a face-to-face meeting.
Olga's blog and her letterwriting is so fragile and I'm so happy to get to know her.

My letter from Olga.

Olga have a White Room, where you can purchase her fantastic jewellry and her prints of watercolor work. Here is an iris and I have putted it together with a perlehyacint, thats what we called in Danish. I think they goes nicely together.

In Danish this little bird is called a Gulspurv. Also a print of a watercolor from Olga's shop. I think the details in the watercolor is so beautiful and it's like I can touch the little bird.

A pretty little blockprint.

Solid colors are so beautiful light.

This blue indigo and white cotton fabric is usually used as towels in the trains of Russia. Simpel, but still so classic!

A little note from Olga to me!!

Olga have been collecting tapes for a long time, and here is a little collection.

These two are my favorites. Especially the simpel white one with the black stripe in a 3-d effect would look nice on a dress.

Full of Spring and happiness. These tapes are so amazing.

Dear Olga, thank you for your fragile textile letter to me, your little bird will soon be hanging at my studio.