To sit down at the end of a day with a cup of tea, and some magazines that have arrived in the post, always feels like a guilty pleasure.
sipping my tea, I first turn to
Country Living Magazine, and it's 'inspiration' pages.
I love the styling, it's a visual feast, and I always look forward to the 'Autumn' inspiration pages each year.
I know it's not reality, it's a fantasy, which I'm very happy to dip into.
But the articles in which local producers are championed, are very much a reality.
November's issue highlights
Ardanalish, weavers on Mull. Minty and Aeneas Mackay are producing organic cloth from their own native sheep, they sound like gentle, but determined, dynamos.
This tweed coat caught my eye.......... beautiful.
Contrasting nicely with Country Living, is the cutting-edge, and exquisitely designed
Selvedge magazine. Everything in this magazine is very contemporary, but rooted in the tradition of craft. I always like to off-set something with it's opposite. I like the old to be complemented by the new, and the new to reference and respect what has gone before. Which is what Pia Wallen does in her felted pieces, discussed in the article 'cross purposes'.
Her ethos seems to be one of restraint and simplicity, using the ancient medium of felting to create modern pieces. Just another way of seeing things.
I think I should start a collection of
Loop advertistments, they are always so beautiful.
If some interesting knitwear has been featured, I always feel like I've got my moneys worth.
It doesn't have to be wearable or practical, it just has to do what I expect of Selvedge, show me something different, something to make me think and broaden my horizons. Which is what this knitwear by
Sandra Backlund does. I love the way she plays with form. And personally, I would wear these pieces, I think they are beautiful.
My tea cup is now empty, but my head is full of ideas............
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To sit down at the end of a day with a cup of tea, and some magazines that have arrived in the post, always feels like a guilty pleasure.
sipping my tea, I first turn to Country Living Magazine, and it's 'inspiration' pages.
I love the styling, it's a visual feast, and I always look forward to the 'Autumn' inspiration pages each year.
I know it's not reality, it's a fantasy, which I'm very happy to dip into.
But the articles in which local producers are championed, are very much a reality.
November's issue highlights Ardanalish, weavers on Mull. Minty and Aeneas Mackay are producing organic cloth from their own native sheep, they sound like gentle, but determined, dynamos.
This tweed coat caught my eye.......... beautiful.
Contrasting nicely with Country Living, is the cutting-edge, and exquisitely designed Selvedge magazine. Everything in this magazine is very contemporary, but rooted in the tradition of craft. I always like to off-set something with it's opposite. I like the old to be complemented by the new, and the new to reference and respect what has gone before. Which is what Pia Wallen does in her felted pieces, discussed in the article 'cross purposes'.
Her ethos seems to be one of restraint and simplicity, using the ancient medium of felting to create modern pieces. Just another way of seeing things.
I think I should start a collection of Loop advertistments, they are always so beautiful.
If some interesting knitwear has been featured, I always feel like I've got my moneys worth.
It doesn't have to be wearable or practical, it just has to do what I expect of Selvedge, show me something different, something to make me think and broaden my horizons. Which is what this knitwear by Sandra Backlund does. I love the way she plays with form. And personally, I would wear these pieces, I think they are beautiful.
My tea cup is now empty, but my head is full of ideas............
Morning!
I can totally relate to the joy that is Magazines-through-the-post, my December issue of CL has just bumped through the letterbox this morning and ohhhhhhhh!! I am trying to save it until this afternoon as my 3yr old daughter is at playgroup which gives me a luscious, peaceful 2 hour slot for tea-drinking and CL-Love. But I have just taken a sneeky glimpse at the pages and it looks totally delicious and veyr christmassy...... My tea is always in my favourite handmade Susie Watson mug, and yes, I will thoroughly enjoy it from start to finish.
Enjoy the rest of your day, especially your cuppa.
xx
Posted by: Lucy | November 15, 2007 at 12:00 PM
I always love your posts, but this one is fabulous, the photos are wonderful, and I love both those magazines, but subscribe to neither, now I need to go to Borders and hope they have them instock because I need to see more!!!
Posted by: driftwood | November 15, 2007 at 12:15 PM
Oh yes..I always buy Country Living magazine.
I've also passed on a few Selvedge magazines to a friend (who is so creative) The last Selvedge had an article about the marvellous Primmy Chorley.
Posted by: Bee | November 15, 2007 at 01:04 PM
beautiful pics-didnt know about selvedge, but having gone to the site am going to treat myself to v.practical linen apron!!
Posted by: tam | November 15, 2007 at 03:05 PM
I LOVE BOTH OF THESE MAGS,I ALWAYS GET TWITCHY WHILE I AM TURNING THE PAGES...
AND I WANT TO RUSH OFF, AND MAKE
"ANYTHING"OR"EVERYTHING"...
BOTH MAGS A VISUAL FEAST,AND YOUR
PHOTOS ARE A LOVELY STUDY
OF A PERFECT CUP OF TEA...
HOPE YOU HAD A CHOCOLATE BISUIT {:>}!
Posted by: RI | November 15, 2007 at 04:51 PM
OOP'S ...ERROR... BISCUIT
BISCUIT
HOW COULD I NOT SPELL BISCUIT
WELL CHOCOLATE WAS CORRECT !!
Posted by: RI | November 15, 2007 at 05:02 PM
I love the style that you are developing and I loved the header with tiny stars that was up temporarily yesterday!
Posted by: Alice C | November 16, 2007 at 07:20 AM
I love country Living mag but I couldn't help feeling a tad disappionted when I flicked through the Christmas issue...not christmasy enough for me...to understated!
Take care,
Alison x
Posted by: Alison | November 16, 2007 at 10:40 AM