the bees knees

yay. after two weeks of separation i have been reunited with my most beloved piece of jewellery. my alex monroe bumble. i sent him off to be gold plated because be was looking a little tired. everything feels better now he's back, all super-shiny & looking brand new.

the illustrated london news

there was such a lot of sad news over the weekend that i just didn’t fancy reading the sunday papers today & so when browsing the second-hand bookshop next door to my flat this caught my eye.

it’s a copy of the illustrated london news, dated 1^st december 1934 & this particular edition was marking the royal nuptials of prince phillip, the duke of kent (queen elizabeth’s uncle) & princess marina of greece. the details of the wedding were amazing but what really made me smile were the advertisements…



i googled prince phill & turns out he was quite the monkey. he had a string of affairs, before & after his marriage, with both men & women & apparently had an illegitimate lovechild with barbara cartland!



i love bertie a whole clock

jb & i dog-sat for this gorgeous pooch a while back. cutest. pup. ever. he is called bertie & i really miss him.

i love you a whole clock

i went home to muma sue's & found one for the first cards i ever made...

i love papercutting a whole clock

the papercutting workshop is less than a week away & i've been having a big think about my own design to take along.

papercutting is such a beautiful art form. i met rob ryan briefly at the pick me up graphics exhibition at sommerset house last year. i asked him how long his pieces take to finish. he said that it takes about 50 hours to sketch out the design & another 50 to cut out, about 2 weeks in total.  i was quite surprised & thought that it would take longer but i guess nowadays he is pretty nifty with that craft knife…

http://www.misterrob.co.uk/

via betty magazine that i blogged about recently i came across the work of lou taylor. lou has a different style of paper cutting to mr ryan & it is absolutely lovely. the alphalashes are completely incredible & so unique; they were a project commissioned by matt setchell.

my favourite of lou’s designs is pop-up-A, which is a 3d piece that was used for a really cute piece of animation for twenty-6 magazine (click on the link to have a peek):




http://www.twenty-6.co.uk/issue-a/art/animate

 

thank you lou for sending through the images; they are wonderful.

http://www.lou-taylor.co.uk/

my final discovery is elsa mora, a cuban based multimedia artist who now lives in la. her work is beautifully magical & makes me think about fairy tales.

http://elsita.typepad.com/allaboutpapercutting/

she has a blog, dedicated solely to papercuting, ‘the heart of papercuts’, which she describes as paperland. i think i would like to visit a land of paper. these rings are amazing:

i definitely love papercutting a whole clock & hope the workshop is super-successful.

i saw this sign outside a cafe in soho at the weekend & despite the spelling mistake, it made me smile

jour de marché

we had super-good-fun at the hackney handmade & vintage market on saturday. we weathered all the seasons in just one day but the sun eventually came out & the shoppers did too.

we met some really lovely people. this is the pearly king & queen of hackney; the pearly queen of hommerton didn’t want to be photographed as she didn’t have her hat on.  

this nice man was called peter & he just looked do dapper:

this mini stall was called ubsiquitous bakehouse – this lady has this uber gorgeous trunk, which she packs full of goodies & then sets up at market. she said that she didn’t have a car so she just packs her case & off she goes…

 

  

 http://www.ubisquitous.co.uk/

here’s a snap of my stall & of s.d’s gorgeous fabrics – there is vintage william morris & liberty prints in there...

& finally, my favourite thing of the day:

s.d gave me a lovely ‘H’ which belonged to her grandma, who was also called hannah. i love it sd & will look after it forever! thank you. xxxxx

this little piggy is off to market...

market day is just around the corner & the whole clock production line has been in full swing. here's a peek...

greetings cards hand made with love £2.50



alphabet note cards £2.00 (these are also made with love)



 and my partner in crime, s.d, will be there too with all of her gorgeous treasure, buttons & beautiful fabrics:



see you saturday lovelies...

http://www.hackneyhomemade.com/?page_id=514





i love jarvis a whole clock...but foals a whole clock & a little bit more

today's fuzzy head & pestering yawns were more than a fair trade for the wonderful day i had yesterday at wireless festi, hyde park. it was a lovely-line up, which kicked off with metronomey, who were great but i particularly loved the crafti-self-portraits going on behind them.

next up were foals...who were totally, unbelievably brilliant. i had wanted to see them for ages & they didn't disappoint one small bit. in my humble opinion, foals' second album, total life forever, doesn't feature a bad track & they delivered a perfect performance.

i would have been more than happy to head on home after foals, but the biggest treat was yet to come. pulp. jarvis is just such a fantastic front man. he seemed to be made of plasticine as he moved about the stage in his bendy, funny old way. awesome. and don't get me started on the lights. i thought their whole set was incred. it was a big old amazing day.

i love betty a whole clock

today was supposed to be dedicated to crafting prep for market day next weekend...

however...via pretty much penniless blog, i have discovered betty magazine & have spent the last hour pouring over it with an endless supply of tea:

super-cute publication & a lovely new blog to add to my ever-growing list. there is an interview with the girls who run drink shop do, in king's cross - which is most defo worth a visit. i'm quite jelly that they're living their dream - i would very much like to craft all day & still be able to pay the bills...

happy weekend xxx

http://www.drinkshopdo.com/

i love arcade fire a whole clock

last night i went to hyde park to see the amazing arcade fire. it was an incredible gig with lovely friends & a beautiful summer's evening to boot.

 they totally rocked...