Happy Inauguration Day!

January 20, 2009

Happy Inauguration Day!

I'm going to be glued to BBC1 at 4pm London time today to watch Barack Obama being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. What a happy day.

Obama memorabilia, or "Obamarabilia", will reach fever pitch in Washington DC today. Over on Etsy a search for "Obama" currently yields 3076 results. I think handmade is the most sincere and really comes from the heart.

The hand-screenprinted tea-towels in the photo were actually gifts from friends of friends in New York. We had never met F and J before, yet we were invited to their Brooklyn Heights apartment on Christmas Eve for the most amazing home-made Japanese feast. At the end of dinner, J produced these gifts of tea-towels she had hand screen-printed herself. I was so touched by this act of kindness to strangers – and ultimately, of hope.

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Posted at 10:54 am in Christmas 2008, Craft and handmade, Etsy, New York City | Permalink

Tweet tweet! I love reading all your comments - thanks so much for stopping by.

http://cricketandpip.blogspot.com Anonymous

I really love these towels! No phones ringing today. Everyone here is glued to the TV
Sally

Woohoo! I’ll be watching on the web.
http://makedostyle.blogspot.com Make Do Style

Way hay great tea towels! I know I stood and clapped loads!!
http://www.teaforjoy.blogspot.com Lynne

Oh, I love these. What a perfect little gift – I can never have enough tea towels. I managed to do no work today so have a stressful day tomorrow – but it’s so much fun!
http://hammie-hammiesays.blogspot.com/ hammie

What the world needs now, is more Obamapun related products. Hope indeed.
xx
http://renovationplanning.blogspot.com LexyB

I want, want, want. And Obamarabilia has to be better than that Lady Di stuff, right?
http://renovationplanning.blogspot.com LexyB

I want, want, want. And Obamarabilia has to be better than that Lady Di stuff, right?
http://littlemissrandom.blogspot.com Little Miss Random

Aw, that’s sweet. I went to New York for the first time ever in October, and stayed at a friend’s apartment in Brooklyn Heights. The area was beautiful, and everyone there seemed so friendly!
http://www.dancingdocdesign.blogspot.com bethenais

yes, the kindness of strangers is indeed full of hope- lovely tea towels and thanks for sharing your story– Greeting from France
http://georgienba.blogspot.com georgie

stopping by to say congrats on your Weblog nom!
http://2009.bloggies.com/
http://www.seaandjae.blogspot.com jae

I am really loving that no matter what side of the pond people are on, everyone is so full of hope and excitement over Obama. The tea towels…..very cute and clever.