• the route. http://t.co/tdS3zQtD
  • RT @FrydDesign: 3 BY FRYD is out. I´m so so happy and really need some sleep now! http://t.co/mCxOA8PU
  • from a walk in the fields, between one stile and the next. http://t.co/QzR2NPeR
  • piglets squealing in the barn! http://t.co/snUIQn8c
  • crossing the farm after a last afternoon of woodwork.
  • tried & true: tailor's chalk. http://t.co/cwavZpZX
  • a field of rye. http://t.co/uGAYq1Ar
  • one last bit of wheel-throwing at the pottery studio. http://t.co/BYhLSvTo
  • cottontail sitting out in the bright morning garden. such a day.
  • a story of the concord grape: http://t.co/HLhn852q

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apothecary

elisa | 20/09/2011 | 6 comments | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: apothecary, herbs, infusion, lotions, medicinal, potions, salve, tincture, traditional, vancouver

potter's wheel studies

elisa | 15/09/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, handcrafted
tags: clay, learning, pots, pottery, studio, throwing, turning, wheel

through the viewfinder

elisa | 13/09/2011 | 6 comments | categories: summer, tried & true
tags: apple turnover, deck chair, digital, film, janis nicolay, photography

foraging with alÿs fowler

elisa | 12/09/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: alÿs fowler, apple, canada, cordial, edible garden, england, fat hen, foraging, granny, hedgerow, jelly, quince, rose, rosehips, scrumping, sloes, sonny, thistle, wild fruit, wild veg, wildcrafting

blacksmithing

elisa | 06/09/2011 | 8 comments | categories: summer, handcrafted
tags: al macisaac, beeswax, blacksmith, forge, french, ironwork, learning, metalwork, steel, traditional, vancouver, welding, workshop

jar lifter

elisa | 05/09/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, tried & true
tags: ashley english, bees, book, cheese-making, chickens, chutney, homemade living, jam, jar lifter, pickling, preserving, small measure, tools

baking apple turnovers

elisa | 05/09/2011 | 7 comments | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: anniversary, apple turnover, apple-turnover, appleturnover, baking, country cottages, fratelli, janis nicolay, learning, recipe, sussex, vancouver

elderberry cordial

elisa | 24/08/2011 | 2 comments | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: blackberry, canada, cordial, elderberry, foraging, grandmother, handbook, infusion, london, preserving, quarterly, river cottage, sussex, vinegar, wild fruit

quoits

elisa | 23/08/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, tried & true
tags: england, games, greece, history, horseshoes, national trust, skipping rope, toys, usa, woodwork

knitting in art history

elisa | 23/08/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, keepsakes
tags: art history, bouguereau, cassat, drawing, knitting, millet, painting, van gogh

elderberrying

elisa | 22/08/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: berries, damsons, elderberry, elderflower, foraging, greenway, hawthorn, hedgerow, london, mark diacono, mirabelles, plums, preserving, quarterly, river cottage, wild fruit, wildcrafting

button press

elisa | 17/08/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, handcrafted
tags: assembly of text, badge, button maker, learning, letters, main street, press, stamp, tea, typewriter, vancouver, wool, writing

yixing teapot

elisa | 17/08/2011 | 3 comments | categories: summer, tried & true
tags: country cottages, earl grey, knitting, refinishing, ritual, sling, studio, tea, tea warmer, teapot, tray

edwardian larder

elisa | 16/08/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, keepsakes
tags: bbc, design, edwardian, history, larder, pantry, preserving, tea

huckleberry shrub

elisa | 15/08/2011 | 2 comments | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: preserving

street banners

elisa | 11/08/2011 | 2 comments | categories: summer, early work, handcrafted
tags: burrard street, cambie street, city hall, digital, early work, georgia street, photography, postage stamp, street banners, vancouver, video

recipe box

elisa | 10/08/2011 | 2 comments | categories: summer, tried & true
tags: assembly of text, recipe

preserving community

elisa | 09/08/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, keepsakes
tags: activism, community, england, preserving

cherry liqueur

elisa | 08/08/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: canada, england, fruit, infusion, liqueur, pantry

spinning wheels

elisa | 04/08/2011 | 2 comments | categories: summer, handcrafted
tags: antique, carding, crochet, felt, knitting, learning, spinning, wool, yarn

postage stamp machine

elisa | 03/08/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, early work, handcrafted
tags: appleturnovershop, art metropole, charles scott gallery, early work, england, halifax, ica gallery, london, postage stamp, vancouver, whitechapel gallery

violin maker

elisa | 02/08/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, keepsakes
tags: canada, film, finland, luthier, music, nfb, violin, woodwork

smocked sundress

elisa | 28/07/2011 | 7 comments | categories: summer, handcrafted
tags: apothecary, dressmaking, frock, pattern, sewing, smocking, still room

tea with natalie purschwitz

elisa | 27/07/2011 | 4 comments | categories: summer, tea parties
tags: dressmaking, felt, germany, hunt & gather, london, makeshift project, millinery, paris, sewing, shoemaking, vancouver, vancouver art gallery

daily bread

elisa | 25/07/2011 | 2 comments | categories: summer, keepsakes
tags: archives, baking, bread, country cottages, diet, farming, local, nfb, organic, plaw hatch farm, sourdough

red huckleberries

elisa | 25/07/2011 | 2 comments | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: berries, canada, foraging, indigenous, jelly, wild fruit

fruit fly trap

elisa | 21/07/2011 | 4 comments | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: blueberry, flytrap, fruit, vinegar

deck chair

elisa | 20/07/2011 | 4 comments | categories: summer, tried & true
tags: beach, deck chair, england, furniture, history, janis nicolay, photography, picnic, vancouver

swimming

elisa | 19/07/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, keepsakes
tags: archives, beach, country cottages, lido, london, swimming, vancouver, wild swimming

lazy susan

elisa | 18/07/2011 | 2 comments | categories: summer, tried & true
tags: organising, simplify 101

flax to linen

elisa | 12/07/2011 | 6 comments | categories: summer, keepsakes
tags: canada, fabric, farming, history, linens, nfb, pioneer, spinning, traditional

skipping stones

elisa | 11/07/2011 | 2 comments | categories: summer, tried & true
tags: beach, canada, games, toys, traditional

tea with tamara bond

elisa | 08/07/2011 | 2 comments | categories: summer, tea parties
tags: art, baking, brewing, drawing, fish, fishing, jam, liqueur, local, mangle, pickling, preserving, renovations, river cottage, root cellar, sauerkraut, seasonal, sewing, smoking, sourdough, still, stockpiling, whittling

skipping rope

elisa | 07/07/2011 | 2 comments | categories: summer, tried & true
tags: games, health, history, poetry, rhymes, toys, traditional

royal tour

elisa | 05/07/2011 | 2 comments | categories: summer, keepsakes
tags: archives, flask, history, knitting, pinboard

rose petal salve

elisa | 04/07/2011 | 2 comments | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: beeswax, calendula, coconut oil, elderflower, essential oils, handmade, lavender, natural, non-toxic, recipe, rose, salve, shea butter

the wool spinner

elisa | 30/06/2011 | 4 comments | categories: summer, keepsakes
tags: archives, canada, carding, film, fleece, history, nfb, old faithful, pioneer, print, spinning, wool, yarn

salmonberries

elisa | 29/06/2011 | 4 comments | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: berries, canada, england, foraging, jam, liqueur, preserving, wild fruit

little peasant dress

elisa | 29/06/2011 | 4 comments | categories: summer, handcrafted
tags: dressmaking, fabric, frock, pattern, sewing

old faithful shop

elisa | 27/06/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, tried & true
tags: coffee, decanting, loofah, moma, old faithful, preserving, soap

naalbinding

elisa | 23/06/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, handcrafted, tried & true
tags: ancient, crochet, knitting, scandinavian, skills, traditional

lavender sugar

elisa | 22/06/2011 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: baking, flowers, infusion, lavender

birch bark rings

elisa | 21/06/2011 | 4 comments | categories: summer, handcrafted
tags: birch, finland, handmade, jewelry, sauna, traditional, travel

blueberry jam

elisa | 24/09/2010 | 4 comments | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: blueberry, jam, preserving

blackberry season

elisa | 20/09/2010 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: blackberry, drawing, equinox

raspberry liqueur

elisa | 17/09/2010 | 4 comments | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: infusion, liqueur, preserving, raspberry

raspberry cordial

elisa | 16/09/2010 | 2 comments | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: cordial, preserving, raspberry

raspberry vinegar

elisa | 15/09/2010 | 3 comments | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: preserve, raspberry, vinegar

raspberry jam

elisa | 14/09/2010 | 4 comments | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: preserving, raspberry

the berry picker

elisa | 14/09/2010 | be the first to comment | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: drawing, foraging

antiquing fabric

elisa | 10/09/2010 | 2 comments | categories: summer, handcrafted
tags: antique, dyeing

elderflower cordial

elisa | 07/09/2010 | 2 comments | categories: summer, kitchen garden
tags: cordial, elderflower, preserving

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