It's Beginning to Feel Like Christmas!

December has come around so quickly.

Christmas gift buying is suddenly becoming the main focus in people's thoughts.   This is the time for choosing something really special for those we love.  And what is more special than a book.

It may be a special author, it may be a book on a subject that you know will fascinate someone special. Perhaps a set of collectible Dickens?     What about Enid Blyton's Noddy?    Stephanie Alexanders "The Cook's Companion"?   Gardening Books?   Fiction?  Non-fiction?   There's a book for everybody!

When you visit the bookshop, do take time to have a look at the beautiful hand-folded Christmas Tree in the Window with a small angel sitting on top.   This hand-folded Christmas Tree is the work of Meryll in her spare time!   It's amazing just what you can make from old books!

TAKE TIME TO VISIT THE BOOKSHOP AND BROWSE.

YOU'LL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AT WHAT YOU FIND

IN THE BOOKSHELVES AT RAINY DAY BOOKS.

The ENJOYMENT of a LATE NIGHT KNITTER!

Starting the day in the very early hours then spending all day in the shop, it must be nice for Meryll to put up her feet after the evening news just to relax.

Now there are some who will say that even picking up knitting needles takes too much energy.  But those who know Meryll also know that she is almost a workaholic.  So that means her "leisure" time is just as busy as her normal working day.

As a tea-lover, a few weeks back Meryll came across a book called, aptly, "Tea Cozies".  This particular book has a variety of tea cosies, some very funky indeed.

So believing that  there's nothing better than to dress up a favourite teapot with a coat of its very own,  Meryll began to knit.
 
Meryll's  multicoloured "Funky Fish" was entered into the Mareeba (Queensland) Small Farm Day Tea Cosy Competition in October and ran away with two prizes.  Firstly the Organiser's Choice Prize and the Public Choice Prize.

Then with a vivid imagination, Meryll decided to make the most unusual tea cosy she could think of.  Hence another prize.  "The World's Most Useless Tea Cosy", made from barbed wire.  

There's no doubt that one can have fun, at any age, by reading, and then making things.  

Why not start a new hobby?   Visit the bookshop and browse through the many shelves of craft books - you're sure to find something that appeals to you.

Mother's Day 2012

Mother’s Day is just around the corner and for all who are lucky enough to have a mother to show your appreciation to on this special day there are lovely books available at Rainy Day Books.

The window looks a picture with several great books suitable for gifts or you could give a gift voucher if it’s too hard to choose.

Meryll is always there with some good suggestions, a cook book, light reading, gardening book or maybe the latest murder thriller would suit your special Mum.

It's not only "books"

If you thought that Rainy Day Books ONLY sold books, then expand your thoughts because this little bookshop is always well worth a visit.

You'll be pleasantly surprised at what is in this wonderful bookshop.

Firstly let's start with some "old and preloved" knitting books.   (Yes, knitting is popular at all times, and many of the older pattern books are quickly sold and even become part of "personal collections").  The following selection are Patons Knitting Books from around the late 1940s and 1950s.

© Rosemary (a regular visitor to Rainy Day Books)