I was going to skip this as it’s a bit late now but my Feedly is filling up with saved links so I’ll just do a quick one.
My 4 favourite photos
from my Instagram (L-R, top-bottom)
- When my laser cutting arrives perfectly set up for a photo
- A plate full of cute gingerbread cookies from Waitrose
- A very special visitor arrived for Christmas – Origami Li.stbot!
- Angel Bunny in the Christmas tree
Fave 5 4 from the blog
- Looking back at a year of patterns
- Recap of the Glasgow Etsy Made Local market
- Meet the Maker Week
- My cute Christmas decorations
New stuff in my shops
- Solar System pencil cases
- Temporary tattoos
- Sad Bitten Cookie polymer stamps
- Pancake & Egg polymer stamps
- 2017 Calendar postcards & magnets
li.st highlights
- Competition Christmas lights in my town square, ranked
- Things in my home that are difficult to explain 🏠🤔
- TEN GOOD THINGS
- Things keeping me going this week
- How to make a tea towel
- Guess who’s come for Christmas? 🤖🎄
- 5 Star Books I Read in 2016 📚⭐️
- It’s a Secret Santa Christmas miracle! 🎄☃️🎅🏻🎁
- My Favourite Non-Art Museums
- Hogmanay 🕰🎉
Links I Loved
- Design*Sponge shared 10 things people don’t talk about in business (but should) and I wish more people would too.
- This list of space nerd books on Metafilter has broken my Amazon wish list.
- This 10 year retrospective of the AV Club’s annual lists of terrible/great band names is the best.
- Kaila visited the Miyagi Zao Fox Village in Japan and it’s adorable.
- Pretty Christmas gift wrapping ideas that could work all year round.
- As a Star Wars nerd, I enjoyed this article about how Rogue One connects to all the other movies.
- Caustic Cover Critic has one of the best books of the year lists.
- I enjoyed this newbie and veteran 4 part play through of Pokemon Sun/Moon
- Watch Earthrise from the Moon!
Reading
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Sequel to Six of Crows. It’s not quite as unputdownable but just as exciting with plots within plots and all manner of twists. I really liked the ending too – tying up most things but not fixing anyone’s problems and leaving a lot open for possible sequels. I need more Wylan & Jesper being adorable please.
Shackleton’s Journey by William Grill 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
This has been on my wish list forever so I was pretty excited to get it for Christmas. It’s technically a kids book but I’ll take beautifully illustrated history books at any age. It covers all the details of Shackleton’s epic Antarctica expedition including the cutest tiny portraits of all the members (and dogs!). Even knowing the story well, I learned a few things and enjoyed it immensely.
Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
So well imagined. It has the plot and style of a Jane Austen novel but all the characters are dragons! I really enjoyed all the details about their society, laws and customs and I hope she writes more in this universe.
