( pins & keys )

i'm not entirely sure

how it's possible that i did not

have a pincushion.

i've made due with a bit of discarded cork

but this weekend i found

the perfect place to nest my needles.

lucky strike extra?

it opens to reveal a little hidey hole

for thimbles, threaders or buttons!

i'm pleased as punch.

and, and, and

i brought home a rather odd

family heirloom.

a collection of keys.

it's been in the family for years.

the board is made from wood salvaged

from my grandparent's bicentennial farm.

and the keys have been collected from all over.

{there are more keys that hang from the bottom

that i'm still trying to track down from the depths of our

collective family basements. }

oddness. i love it.