Things I want to buy today...

Clifton Burt's art from 20 x 200

The Election Collection from Chris Piascik

I'm buying handmade...

Finally gave in to the charms of Mister Rob and picked up this tile from his Etsy shop (click the image to be taken straight there). Alys's house is full of art by Rob Ryan and i've been trying to make my mind up about buying something from him for ages. The other day I saw his latest blog post, featuring this tile, and I headed right over to Etsy that moment before I had time to change my mind.

Another find on Etsy, i've seen loads of lovely calendars mentioned in other people's blogs, but none of them made me laugh/sigh as much as this one did. A bargain at only $10 from Gordon Henderson (aka Nib Geebles)

Lovely friendship postcards from Anne Wendlandt (aka Enna on Etsy)



Super cute mini notebook from Cabin+ Cub



A bear lady from Julianna Swaney



Vintage postcard with painting on by the lovely Alys Paterson

Itchy feet

Great things for today:

My Bloody Valentine reunion- ticket on sale tomorrow wahhhhh tickets sold out by 9.15 this morning...

Tickets for the symposium Fabrications: Craft in the 21st Century at the V+A next Friday in the post

Janet has agreed to be my Adorn magazine supplier for this issue, I wish they'd hurry up and offer subscriptions to overseas people.

The Mighty Boosh are back on tv

Jessica from Heroes and Criminals, offering to trade zines with me

This awesome book arriving in the mail:

I have a grand total of $8.14 in my paypal account and i'm itching to spend it- suggestions please (or donations to increase the amount so I can buy...diamonds and gold and stuff like that)

I bid on a Lomo LC-A on eBay and i'm 'winning' it at the moment, it was a spur of the moment thing, and i'm sure to be out bid, but I really really miss my old Lomo that broke when I was in LA a few years ago. In a way I hope i'm outbid, because that $8.14 isn't really going to cover it, but there's another part of me that's thinking 'i'll find the money from somewhere' and wondering if I should raise my maximum bid...

ps- hello Tracy if you're reading

uh-oh I am a girl after all

While I was in Bristol today I had some time to kill and I spent it browsing in Debenhams. Since I moved away from the 'big city' I rarely get to see the inside of a department store, and I think maybe that's a good thing. In the ten minutes or so I was inside the shop I fell in love with a bunch of clothes, and was delighted to discover that all of John Rocha's designs go up to a size 22, and that there is a new range called 'Gorgeous' that features clothes in sizes 16-26 (although i'm sure I saw a skirt that was a size 32 when I was in there). The clothing was all priced out of my price range, but I think for anyone doing a 'proper job' and earning 'proper money' it wouldn't be too bad, especially when I consider the prices i've paid for some pretty bog standard stuff in Evans in the past.

I was smitten by the pretty-prettyness of this dress and jacket, I would never have a need to wear anything like this in a million years, but maybe I can hold out for someone I know getting married?

This skirt and long length top are the sort of thing I think i'd wear if I was actually in a position to spend money on clothes and get all dressed up for everyday, rather than just for weddings and funerals

This skirt actually looks completely different in real life (maybe it's just because this is a different colour) In the shop it was a bright apple green and I was really drawn to it- i'm sure it would make me look super frumpy if I was going to wear it, but I liked the heavy weight of the fabric and the colour (which you can't see)

I just loved the colour of this jacket and wished I was brave enough to walk around with it on, a bit like this dress- bright satiny teal party dress, that I would only ever be able to wear if I were a pop star/art star, but I was taken with it's swishy nature and ridulous image of me wearing it to college.

And finally- a lime green swing jacket, I love the shape of these jackets, but they are exactly the wrong shape for me to wear, so I must continue to love them from afar (I have reconciled myself to never being able to wear this jacket from Evans:

even though it calls my name- i tried it on, despite knowing it was going to be a disaster)

This has all come as a bit of a suprise to me as most of the time I wander around in patched up jeans and scruffy t-shirts. It seems that since the sun has come out again (hurrah for British Summer Time) I am actually feeling like i'd like to shed my winter layers and dance around in pretty girl clothes. Sadly/luckily I just don't have the money to buy anything other than maybe a few yards of fabric to make something new from.