My dear friend, Anna, gave me this beautiful cross-stitch heart picture as a wedding gift when I got married back in May.
It is always so special to receive a handmade gift. As a maker, myself, I appreciate the work which goes into something handmade, and it always means so much to me. (I had been secretly hoping for a treasure made by Anna - I was not disappointed!!!)
I thought I'd share it here, as it's so pretty and clever. She picked turquoise colours - as I love them!
Well... I've been thinking of doing this for a while - and today I just went ahead and did it! I've recorded a video for YouTube! I have a new Dinki Dots channel... and I plan to do podcasts every now and then. (Actually, I always thought podcasts were audio only - not video - but in the crafting world everyone seems to call the craft videos podcasts... so I've gone with it...) It is not the most flattering video - I think I need to position my laptop (with webcam) higher, so that I'm not looking down. Also the lighting didn't make me look great - a darkened room would probably do the trick in that area! ;) I was quite nervous as well - it was a weird experience! Hopefully I'll get used to it and will be more relaxed in future. It is certainly not the most polished of videos - but it's a start! If I waited for perfection, I'd never upload anything! I can improve in time, I hope. It's just a short video - about 10 minutes - although it's taking forever to upload. As I type this, there are still 2 hours to go of upload time. Rob says it's because our broadband is rubbish. So, it's lucky I didn't film any longer! When it's uploaded (and when I figure out how) I will embed the video below:
