A few years ago P and I went for a long weekend to Oslo. The felted goods they had for sale there were just fantastic - as were the prices - and, sadly, the only thing I could sensibly afford to bring back as a souvenir was a felted keyring. The keyring was great as the large piece of felt on the end of it meant I could always find my keys in the bottom of any bag. Of course, this often meant heavy pulling on the felt part and so, eventually, the felt came away from the keyring. I did toy with the idea of trying to mend it but somehow I never got around to the job, and I'm not sure how well it would have held together anyway. For the past few months I've been keeping my eyes open for a nice replacement keyring, but I've never found one I really liked. Until Saturday that is. DN, Mum, my sister and I were strolling along Corn Street in Bristol (site of the Bristol Nails - origin of the saying 'cash on the nail'), having a look at the rather nice craft stalls that were there, when I spied a stall selling painted wooden Russian Matryoshka dolls - and keyrings.
She's sweetly pretty and beautifully painted. DN picked out his favourite colour for me and for £1.50 I was all set up with just the sort of keyring I had been looking for. Large enough to find my keys in the bottom of my bag, and just that little bit unusual. I was well pleased!! Of course, I wish now I'd bought a few more but hey ho! perhaps the stall will be there again when I next visit Bristol.
She's so cute, I've noticed Matroyshka dolls are everywhere at the moment. I love this cushion at Plumo http://www.plumo.com/images/popup_img/Babushka%20cushions.jpg and have a real fancy to make one like it. You've a nice souvenir of your stay with your Mum.
Posted by: Gill | 04/08/2008 at 07:57 PM