I Have Got Mail!

From Scotland this time! How fun is that! I had no idea what I would find inside the envelope, which one of the Artist's Trading Cards would make it all the way to Australia. To my greatest surprise the card turned out to be from Catherine of KnottedCotton, my secret partner for this round of VeryBerryHandmade Artist's Trading Card Swap. The theme for this swap was "Getting Away From It All" and Catherine made this beautiful card for me, a picture of the Bass Rock. You can read about it here and here. I absolutely love the simplicity of the scenery in this tiny card and the way Catherine created the sea. A few different shades of fabric stitched together on top of each other using threads of various colours. So creative! Thank you, Catherine, SO MUCH!

When I saw this card on Flickr Swap Group, I made a comment "it's a view from my childhood... wish this ATC was coming my way".  I had no idea that my wish would come true. Let me show you a photo that I found on Google Images, unfortunately, I don't have my own photo of this place. That's what I saw on every train trip we took when I was little in the city I was growing up in. A small, uninhibited island, not far from the shore that was filled with magic and mysteries in my imagination. Don't you think that it looks a bit like Catherine's card? To me it does. It was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw that ATC.

As a memory of my birth place, I have an oil painting of this island made by a local artist. A constant reminder of my childhood, of a very sweet and dear place to my heart.

So, as you can see, Catherine's card turned out to be not only a beautifully made little piece of art but also a very sentimental reminder for me. Thank you very much, Catherine! Larisa xox