Autumn inspiration, an EtsyTwitter Team treasury

'Texture and Color' by SewDanish

Today has been the most amazing autumn day with beautiful saturated yet fading colors and stunning textures.

Fingerless Gloves, PDF Croc... crochetgal $	Sea Salt Spa Soap Vegan Unsc... AquarianBath $3.50	Hand Knit Fashion Sassy Wrap... FoxyGknits $60.00
Twisty Copper Ring with Ligh... capecodjewel $15.00	ON SALE Madeira Citrine Vint... FirebirdHouse $11.20	Women's Slippers Mary Ja... kimwhitecreati... $22.00
Gorgeous Rare Silkstone 14K ... WellspringCrea... $54.00	Baa Baa Black Sheep Notecard... TheCheckerdRab... $2.50	Reykjavik necklace anapinatelier $14.00
Spa Set HandmadeBySand... $15.00	Rustic Circle fine silver ne... PunkyJane $45.00	Olive Branches Print by Robi... RobinMariaPedr... $20.00
e-book...... Make your very ... AbbyChaseDesig... $9.95	Organic Cotton Market Bag JaybirdDesigns $45.00	Pineapple Crush Soap Bar soaprehab $

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My husband and I went yesterday for such a wonderful walk through the gentle landscape of Suffolk, East Anglia which inspired me to create this treasury. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I enjoyed putting it together, browsing through some of the wonderful shops of the Etsytwitter team members.

Hiking in Yellowstone

The last week in August my husband and I spend the most fantastic time hiking. The first three days we hiked on our own in The Grand Tetons. It was absolutely great. We hiked from lake to lake up and down the mountain sides totally enjoying our selves.

Then we drove up to Yellowstone National Park where we joined a group for 4 days of hiking with a guide. When we had started planning our vacation back in the spring, we had talked about doing our own hiking in Yellowstone, but decided against it. Neither of us were familiar with that part of the US, nature and wildlife so we decided to do it the safe way. We had a superb guide who took us of the beaten track and introduced us to stunning areas of Yellowstone. She knew where the great wildlife spotting outlooks were and except for the very elusive bears we saw lots of wildlife. Even saw wolves in spotting scopes which was very exciting. And we were taught about the safety aspect of hiking which was great, as we now would feel very comfortable returning to Yellowstone hiking on our own.

I took loads of pictures especially of the geysers, hot springs and hot pools. Very fascinating areas and so different to anything else that I've seen. The colours and textures were stunning and I'm really pleased how well the photos came out. I've printed some of the in full size for my next body of design work.

My Etsy treasury making debut.

Back in August I decided to get my act together and finally tried making a treasury. Over the last couple of years lots of lovely fellow Etsians have added my items to their beautiful treasuries and I'm deeply grateful for their kindness. I still have a long way to go before I have said thank you to everyone, but at least I've finally made a start. It was a lot of fun spending time looking through wonderful shops. The amount of creativity out there is amazing.
Here are my first two treasuries ever. The first of many more to come :-)

'I love....' by SewDanish

Some of my favorite items :-)

Big Soft Pink Blooms - Photo... SimplyPictures $33.00	Hanging Test Tube Vase PigeonToeCeram... $	Gypsy Cuffs bracelet, Silver... jennyhoople $19.00
cozy/cuff - reusable cup sle... meganauman $	Dots Of Pink Clutch meplusmolly $25.00	Damask 3 - An Original Mixed... paint1chris $7.00
$	linen choker with spots of c... kjoo $140.00	Palm Tree Custom Rubber Addr... foryoo $21.95
$	Quilt Pop Bobby Pin. LemonJitters $4.00	8x8 Morning Pink and Green B... blackbird72 $20.00
White Stripe Porcelain Knotc... JuliesAtelier $20.00	Flowers, original mixed medi... Cesart64 $10.00	fresh picked lemon bracelet Ziporgiabella $25.00

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'Handmade by The Unique Women In Business (UWIB)' by SewDanish

Please enjoy this selection of superb items from members of the very active and supportive Unique Women In Business Team (UWIB).

Bulky pompon neckwarmer with... Ayca $42.00	Egyptian Beauty Bracelet AudreyGardenLa... $30.00	Earth Rocks Rock Print, 13 x... papersquid $30.00
Word PATIENCE and PATIENT Di... CobwebCorner $9.95	Road Less Traveled Wallet Japip $6.00	Earrings - Sweet Banana Slic... dirtroadsouth $5.00
Enter At Your Own Risk Note ... DawnCorrespond... $14.50	Frosty crochet wildflower...... SuppliesbyAyca $	FREE SHIPPING Little Pixie N... FashionTouch $25.00
Blue Butterfly, Recycled pap... earthexpressio... $	Spa Fusion - Energizing Herb... SoapyPleasure $4.50	Emery Pincushion - Kiwi NAKPUNAR $12.00
Yellow Rose of Texas Ring MommaGoddess $8.00	the Slytherin House scarf. missindie $40.00	SONG tm Perfume Roll On Isl... themefragrance $18.50

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Tantalizing, Translucent and Manipulated with Pauline Verrinder

I just spend 5 fabulous days doing nothing but sewing and sewing and sewing. It was fantastic! In January I had signed up for a summer school with the yummy heading: 'Tantalizing, Translucent and Manipulated'. And was I in for a treat! The summer school took place at Cottenham Village College, North of Cambridge (GB) Our tutor was Pauline Verrinder a wonderful textile artist, international tutor and author. Did she keep us busy? OH YES!
Over the 5 days we looked at several ways of creating transparent and semi transparent backgrounds for stitch. Amongst others, we worked with cocoon strippings, different types of water soluble fabrics, laminate pouches, silk chiffon, sheers, cotton organdy and much more.


Some of the techniques I had touched base with before, but as always it was great to be reminded. I never ever mind revisiting seemingly familiar techniques. There is always so much to explore with in a technique. 'Been there done that' is not a phrase that for me applies to contemporary, free style machine embroidery. The potential for developing and pushing the boundaries even further, is always there. It is such a freedom to play, and that is probably one of the reasons, why I like this type of embroidery so much.
The amount of work that was produced during these 5 days was totally impressive. So inspirational to see the different and very individual results.

Hiking in Wales.

A couple of weeks ago my husband and I were hiking in Snowdonia, the central and northern part of Wales. We had only been to Wales once before horseback riding, and that was quite some years ago. We had wanted to come back ever since, but never made it. An opportunity came up and we decided to extend the stay exploring Wales and doing a spot of hiking. We stayed in a lovely B&B
Aberconwy House
in Bewtsy Coed which was very centrally located for the areas that we wanted to explore. The B&B had the most amazing scramble eggs with smoked salmon and fried tomatoes on the side as one of their yummy breakfast options. It was delicious :-)



During our three night stay in Wales we covered a lot of ground, by car as well as by foot. Armed with our detailed hiking/walking books we averaged about 9 miles (12km) each day up and down the mountains. Great exercise and a nice change from our relatively flat local area here in Suffolk. There for sure is a big difference between a Suffolk mile and a Welsh mile!
Snowdonia/Wales was just as lovely as I had imagined. Fabulous nature, waterfalls, sheep everywhere, wild flowers coloring the landscape, stunning panoramic views. The stillness was stunning. The ladder stiles climbing over the beautiful typical Welsh stone walls were a lot of fun. I took at lot of wall photos as design inspiration for future works. We had a wonderful stay and we so want to go back.


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