Things I like

For my birthday last month, this rather superb present turned up in the post:

Judy Reeves in silver

It’s a Judy Reeves (my dog) necklace in silver, as made by my lovely friend Elin, who makes beautiful jewellery – her website is here: http://www.elinhorgan.com. I had seen her a few weeks previous to my birthday and she had said she was in the middle of making me something so I was quite excited to find out what it was, but I never imagined this! Apparently she had emailed Chris to ask for some side profile shots of Judy to help with the shape.

Here’s the little lady herself wearing the necklace:

Judy Reeves wearing Judy Reeves

I came across this website via the Pepe and Friends blog:

http://nicolegastonguay.com/gallery/album/72157594343700268/.

In a nutshell, it features cute, big eyed, knitted versions of various food items, animals and household things. This one’s my favourite:

Knitted gherkins!

I wish I this was good at knitting, the most I’ve ever been able to do is a rubbish scarf. I think I’ll stick to the sewing. Anyway, the lady responsible for these items of amazingness is called Nicole and she’s a fiber artist and designer who lives in NYC. You can buy the burger and hot dog from her shop, as well as a cheeky spray can and bottle of moonshine.