It finally feels like spring again. Last night a spring storm rolled through, knocking off a branch from the fully-blossoming magnolia tree. This morning I found magnolia petals trapped between the screen and the window where the wind had blown them in the midst of all that thunder and lightning. So in honor of spring, I’m adding to the Farm Fresh Series I started last year around this time.
These newest limited edition stitch markers are made using vintage mid-century beads from the Baltics. They look particularly like sky blue berries (the kind that have little drupelets on them). When I was looking at the types of berries that are related to the raspberry, I was tickled to discover the unassuming cloudberry, a mainly European species of berry that is rare but well-known in the Scandinavian and Baltic regions. Yes, the real cloudberries are actually a light to reddish orange color, but I like to think this is a “tip of the hat” to them. Enjoy my take on cloudberries.
Cloudberries
These stitch markers join my Farm Fresh collection, which includes a few of my favorite fruit-related sets.
Strawberry Fields Forever
When possible, I’ve tried to use some of my favorite classic song lyrics that relate to the farm fresh fruit in question.
On Blueberry Hill
Check out the rest of the Farm Fresh Series on Etsy!
Exchanging Fire 