It feels a bit unreal that I will have my book in my hands soon, but the lovely write-up today on the stashbooks blog proves that the day will come very soon.
It's more than 1½ years ago since I got the first mail from Susanne who wanted me to be one of the first authors in C&T Publishing's new book concept stash books. If i remember correctly I thought the first e-mail from Susanne was some kind of spam and I hit the delete button quite fast (sorry about that!). Well, she didn't give up and was very convinced that I should go for it whereas I was seeing all the obstacles in the way, the loss of income during the writing period, the kids home on holiday and me writing a book, disbelief and yada yada... And I had a hard time imagining the process as far as to the finished product. But, then I thought, what the heck, if I could finish half a PhD thesis (that's another story...) it can't be that hard to write a decent craft book! After all it was only going to be my first book, not necessarily my best book (the thought comforted me at the time :). So I went for it. It wasn't fun all the time, I still suffered from serious writer's angst from my previous life at the univeristy, but I did it and I'm proud! And I know it will look awesome because Kristy did such a great job with the layout!
And for those of you who have been thinking that you could as well make one of those tomte stuffies all by yourself (much cheaper) I can pop the news that the pattern will be in the book for you! There he sits on the stove enjoying Christmas (I know I promised not to talk about Christmas in my last post, but I admit it was a mistake so can you forgive me, please?). If you'd rather just look at the pretty pictures in the book I will also be listing some tomtar in the shop soon for those of you who are patiently waiting. I've got some really yummy vintage Christmas fabric waiting in my stash. The lovely picture was taken by my very talented friend and photographer Sanna Peurakoski.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone! I have promised myself to sort out my craft corner today, what are you up to?
And the winner is Maryse, commentator nr 28, drawn by magical Mister Random, she said... so adorable! my favorite is house #7572 with the leaves on the roof. So that concrete box will fly to your ranch house very soon Maryse!