Monday, February 9, 2009

my kids in floss

During the recent local Craftstravaganza events I was lucky enough to befriend the very talented young artist Corinne Loperfido (who doesn't have a website or Etsy shop but should!). She was working on an embroidered portrait of a friend of hers and I was completely blown away. I hired her to do a portrait of my kids and I just got it from her over the weekend. I couldn't be more thrilled, it's awesome!

Here's the photo I gave her:

And here's what she came up with (knowing that my favorite color is orange):

:I can't wait to frame it and hang it up!

Corinne also made these lovely little braided "rugs"--they'll be great as a little placemat or table decoration. I couldn't resist:

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As part of our neighborhood chicken collective our family is responsible for the needs of the hens on Sundays. Here's what the gals gave us as thanks, fresh from the coop:

Always so good!
Posted by Victoria van der Laan at 8:07 PM
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3 comments:

  1. Modernsnap !February 9, 2009 at 9:29 PM

    Great post! Love the embroidery AND the eggs. A neighborhood chicken coop? That's the kookiest thing I've ever heard! :)

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2009 at 1:00 PM

    love that embroidery. check out this blog: http://littleyellowbirds.blogspot.com/
    i've been lurking there for the past week or so, imagining how much better my life would be if i were better at embroidery. love the one you showed yesterday too.

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  3. Victoria van der LaanFebruary 10, 2009 at 3:15 PM

    Sometime I'll do a blog post about my kooky neighborhood, there's plenty to write about!

    Mara--I'm dying over that website... embroidery was what I started on as a kid but I did mostly cross stitch and am not very good at the fine stuff. I so envy those who are!

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