Glorious Goldfinches

I love goldfinches. They are such pretty birds... and I have stitched a lot of them over the years!

I've only occasionally seen them "in real life" though, as they're an infrequent visitor to our garden.

So I was quite delighted last week when our birdfeeder was host to not one...

... not two...

... but THREE lovely goldfinches!

 

They've come back several times since then, it is such a joy to see them. I couldn't resist taking a little video of a pair of them enjoying the seeds. Birds are so awesome :)

(Can't see the video? Click here to view it on Google Plus.)

I am feeling quite inspired to work on some bird-themed patterns now!

Goldfinches

In my workbox at the moment: a trio of goldfinches ready to be turned into sweet bird brooches...

Finished Goldfinches

I've been doing lots of tinkering with my online shops this weekend, adding a few items, editing a few descriptions and translating lots of my DaWanda listings into German. I've also been taking advantage of the spring sunshine to retake a few product photos that got lost when my hard-drive died last year. Lots of bits and pieces of admin, basically! Dull, but very necessary.

When I was taking photos I couldn't resist taking a quick snap of lots of finished Goldfinch brooches all lined up before I packed them away...

All lined up

I spent yesterday afternoon listening to a Hercule Poirot audiobook and doing lots of sewing - really lovely after a week filled with emails and packing and admin and other non-creative stuff.

I was working on goldfinch brooches and white & peach cherry blossoms which will become brooches and hairbands.


Whenever I make things in batches, I always line them up neatly. It gives me a real sense of progress as I work down the row adding the next felt shape, etc, and I love seeing them all lined up finished before I pack them away in my storage boxes.

I'll be sewing these onto brooch backs and hairbands this afternoon then it's on to the next thing in my wip box...

New New New

I spent a lovely relaxing day yesterday making some new things - very exciting stuff - and then amidst all the dreary grey rain we've had this weekend it was magically sunny for half an hour & I got a chance to take some photos of them all...

A sweet goldfinch ornament:
A fun camera badge/brooch, adapted from a larger custom piece I made last year:

Plus because it's the season for hanging things on tress, I've made a camera ornament too: