flickr is my new bff

I have a new love affair, and it's flickr. Or you could call it a new way for me to spend too much time on the computer! I am probably late to this, but it is so fun!! I think I will call it "market research," that sounds a little more productive. Anyway, for a while I have been looking at Anna Maria Horner's flickr groups for her little folks, and good folks lines. I love to see what folks are making (and I have added to the little folks pool recently :) ). It actually is good creativity research. And recently I have been searching more and more on flickr. This picture is from the group Ikea Lovers


Ikea is the awesome swedish based furniture and etc. store. I love swedish/scandinavian style. So that has been a fun one.


Ok, this is just another beauty. I mean look at those granny squares, so colorful. I am going to make one one day!


And another. Pictures like this just make me smile. Hexagons seem so hard and I have been seeing them everywhere. You have to do what's called paper piecing, and I just don't know anything about that. But I could find out, and I just might. That is how I learned to do those granny squares. I saw a picture and wanted to be able to do that and now I know how! Learning IS fun!


So I just wanted to share the fun I've been having on flickr. I also want to wish everyone a joyful weekend and Memorial Day. I LOVE our country, and give great thanks to all the men and women who have defended her. As the saying goes, "freedom isn't free," and I am just so thankful for the peace and protection we enjoy because there are people willing to die to protect us. It is because of their sacrifice that we are free to pursue the lovely things we love.