Just a glimpse of one of the goodies I made for the Birdy Fever swap:
At first I thought I'd cut out individual letters to do the quote. When I picked up the book I planned to use (A Quarto Of Modern Literature from 1964, 603 pages) I thought I'd try to find some of the words intact. 'I'm' wasn't too big of a challenge. Nor was the punctuation. When I came across 'bird', the game was on. The word that took me the longest? 'Broken'. I think I finally found it in Ethan Fromme. Even though I bought the book at a thrift store for $1 solely for the purpose of using it for text, there are indeed many great works of literature in there. I was reading an excerpt from Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. It's amazing how relevant the words still sound today, more than 50 years later. I think I may have to bring my copy on our beach vacation this year.
At any rate, my swap goodies are all ready to go, I just have to package them up and set them on their way. I'm pleased with the group of things I put together, I hope my swap partner enjoys them and that I did an okay job estimating how much/what type of stuff to send.
In shopping/decorating news today, I went with a friend this morning to the Pottery Barn Outlet. They seemed to be pretty well stocked but I restrained myself and spent only $20 of my birthday money (from last year). My most exciting find was new sheer curtain panels for the dining room--for $7 each! They are ivory and pin-tucked on the top. They really lighten up the room and make it feel summery.
Which is a good thing considering the thermometer was up to 104 degrees today.
At least the humidity isn't too bad yet...
