Lusting After: Journey of Wool Mugs. . .

Aren't these new Wool Journey Mugs from Herdy just wonderful?  Each woodcut depicts a different stage in the process of getting the wool from the sheep into a woven or knitted fabric. Available on a tea towel too. I love them!  I visited the Herdy shop in Grasmere over the summer as the town was a stop on our Coast to Coast walk and I have some Herdy stitch markers that are very cute, and this landscape mug (don't you just love the sheep peeping out of the inside?

What's great about this company is that they donate part of their profits to maintaining the beauty of the Lake District where of course Herdwick sheep are bountiful.

An early little xmas gift - for me. . .

I've been searching for quite some time for a slim console table with a shelf to place alongside my sofa arm and I've finally found the perfect one at Pier 1 Imports. I love the style which reminds me of summer days browsing sidewalk stands outside of used bookstores. The colour works perfectly with my decor and it fits the space to the millimetre! The clincher was its "name" - The Bookseller. It was obviously meant to be and so I splurged; it looks absolutely terrific in my apartment. The middle trough I'm using for books on the go or those I'm most anxious to tackle and the bottom shelf will house magazines and a few oversized art books. My mug of tea - on a coaster of course - will sit very nicely on the top, along with a few dictionaries and key reference books.