I will call her Hortensia and she shall hang on the Christmas tree.

Pattern from this brilliant book, slightly tweaked. I suspect there will be more crocheted creations to come. Holidays are for craft not writing lectures.

I knew stamp collecting was cool!

Iconic british design on stamps?...thank goodness i didn't throw away my stamp albums. More stamps here.

Paris vs New York....I can't pick

Fantastic work by graphic designer Vahram Muratyan. There are so many more comparisons up on his blog - you must to go check it out. I want them all up in a big frame on my wall.

need to get me some chalk...