it's friday afternoon with only an hour left, and i'm so not wanting to be at work. besides the usual friday afternoon malaise, i know that i have two new craft books waiting at home for me!


the first is weekend sewing by heather ross. i was finally suckered into buying this after seeing all the buzz about it on blogland and flickr...that, and i can't resist a good craft/sewing book.

the second is linen, wool, cotton by akiko mano. i love japanese craft books, which is a pricey addiction, but haven't actually made anything, yet (not being able to read japanese is a little intimidating). this lovely is in english, so that should get me over my language hesitation.

i actually decided to get this book as soon as i saw this awesome bag (cuz i need another bag?!)

(i swiped a picture of the bag from this lovely blog, since i'm not able to post one of my own just yet)