Wee Birdy: Happy Inauguration Day!

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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.

20 Jan 2009 10:54:50 | Christmas 2008, Craft and handmade, Etsy, New York City

11 Comments

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

Posted by: | January 20, 2009 at 03:41 PM

Woohoo! I'll be watching on the web.

Posted by: Sally | January 20, 2009 at 03:56 PM

Way hay great tea towels! I know I stood and clapped loads!!

Posted by: Make Do Style | January 20, 2009 at 07:14 PM

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!

Posted by: Lynne | January 20, 2009 at 09:05 PM

What the world needs now, is more Obamapun related products. Hope indeed.
xx

Posted by: hammie | January 21, 2009 at 07:51 AM

I want, want, want. And Obamarabilia has to be better than that Lady Di stuff, right?

Posted by: LexyB | January 21, 2009 at 11:19 AM

I want, want, want. And Obamarabilia has to be better than that Lady Di stuff, right?

Posted by: LexyB | January 21, 2009 at 11:21 AM

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!

Posted by: Little Miss Random | January 21, 2009 at 08:30 PM

yes, the kindness of strangers is indeed full of hope- lovely tea towels and thanks for sharing your story-- Greeting from France

Posted by: bethenais | January 21, 2009 at 09:34 PM

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

Posted by: georgie | January 22, 2009 at 08:19 PM

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.

Posted by: jae | January 26, 2009 at 01:21 AM

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