Tidbits : Skirt, Balance and Swap

OK, this was again not my best week.... After the flu from last week I got terrible balance problems. In the hospital they found out that I have Morbus Ménière and Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Got some medicines and I have to perform some special head maneuvers during the day. Very sad about all this, and I have not registered any improvement yet.
Last Sunday I managed to finish the skirt for my friend Anne, just before the balance problems started. Hubby took some lovely pics of her yesterday.


And the end of this week was a bit happier too because of the secret winter swap from the European Street Team on Etsy. I received it yesterday and was so happy with it. The nauli sisters were my swap partners, and they sent me a lovely book and some gorgeous buttons. Thanks Eva-Dewi and Johanna ! I decided I am going to use the book as a portfolio for my button art, when my balance is right again.....

Buttons : spring swap wreath

The European Street Team organized a secret spring swap last month and I received my present last week; it's a gorgeous button wreath made by the talented florist Vaida from Lithuania. Have a look at her lovely creations in her Etsy shop kaleda. She has a great blog too. Vaida made me something really special, and she also wrote that if I wanted the buttons after a while I could easily take them off because they are not glued ! So thoughtful, don't you think ?

I decided to hang the wreath at the left door of my atelier / workspace which is mostly closed; the right door is mostly open in summer; so all tourists coming to visit see the wreath immediately !

It was difficult to take pics because of the refection of the glass door, but I hope you can see how lovely the wreath is. And finally a very strange picture from this morning when the sun came through; I like it somehow ....