My latest blog reading addiction is from the creative genius of the New Dress A Day blog. She has given herself the challenge of spending on $365 for the year to buy clothing from thrift stores, then re-fashion them into amazing, up-to-date marvels. If only I had half this talent.
Look what she can do with something as hideous as this....
and skillfully change it into something as pretty as this...
Hurrah!
This is Carmenland. You should click on the link and have a little adventure for yourself in this very whimsical website. I think it's possibly the cleverest website I have seen in ages. It also happens to belong to a very lovely lady I have just met, thanks to the Maker Faire in Newcastle.
I like the postcard feature of her website. Perhaps I shall send several to all of the friends that I have left behind in Newcastle. Maybe these cards should contain begging messages of 'Please please please visit me! Let's explore my new city together.'
Skippity skippity. Off to Carmenland I go. Followed by a trip to Grovelling for Funding Land. The latter not so much fun as the next stop is usually to Rejectionville and Re-do Your Application City.
I heart this sign. Will have to treat myself to this at the end of the month if all things far exceed the breaking even point.
http://shop.misofunky.com/ for more 'emo-broidery.' Warning: Some colourful words on display..and I'm not just talking hot pink and lime green.
Sometimes, only sometimes, I give myself permission to play a bit during my lunch half hour. Just to click and follow links and to see what gorgeous things I can find out there. As I am feeling very under the weather today, I haven't committed much time to actual work. Can't focus. Feeling too sorry for myself. Pathetic, I know.
It was during my ramble through the gazillion pages of internet stuff, where I found this most delicious blog: Hostess with the Mostess. Party advice for Bridal, Birthday and Beyond. Cupcake recipes. Gifts galore. It's so full of funness and happy lovely things, it's so easy to get lost in it. But that's okay. It's a delicious place to be.
The above photo is just one example from one of their party pages.
Along this theme of happy, I am also currently diggin Kirstie's Home Made Home, found on Channel 4, Thursday at 8pm. It has been lovely watching her deck out her delapidated house in her homemade craftiness. Ah. If only there were more shows like this.
Word. I have recently joined the Mini Card Toting Posse. The first time I saw one of these little cards was when I met Dr Payne (real name...I just want to say to him...Why hello Dr Payne. Mwahahahahahahahahahaha HA HA HAH!), but I won't...because that would be an incredible embarassment to myself. Where was I?
Oh Yes. The Mini Card Toting Posse. London based moo.com offers a groovy alternative to boring business cards and self promotion devices. Here you can choose to have up to 99 different designs to the backs of your business cards, you can create stickers of your pictures, product photos or artwork...it's all just so totally fun and amazing and good quality that I won't go on and on about it. Just trust me. Give them a go and you will feel terribly smug and pleased with your good decision.
I'm not sure what's happening to me. Is it old age? (eh-hem...I'm not THAT old). Is it the anxiety of others swaying my decisions? Is it Sarah Beany telling me about the baddies in many cosmetic products when she isn't telling me to re-check my house renovations plans? And even though that little show was on over a year ago, why am I only now making an informative decision.
Whatever it is, I am suddenly very wary of what gets slathered on my person. It's parabens that I'm specifically talking about. This is only one type of baddy found in many cosmetics and creams. So, last night I thought I would do a little hunt to see what I could find that was sans paraben. Come to fine out, the Naked range (found at any good Boots store) is mad about parabens and other nasties.
Hope to NAKED to find out more.
Pant. Drool. Pant. One lucky lady received a pair of these for Christmas. And that lucky lady is ME! Okay, I bought them myself at the sales with Christmas money. I have been wearing them around the house, glancing down at my feet and gasping 'Oh how lovely!' These are the new addition to my growing family of Solea shoes. Funky. Fun. I can actually walk in them. What more does a girl need?
Other Indulgences:
Pumpkin pie in a tin - My brother-in-law brought two cans back from the states. A pie is in the oven now and I shall soon eat it all and not gain a single pound. I am one of those annoying little creatures with sky high metabolism caused by nervous energy. It's like I'm constantly fizzing.
Knitting whilst drinking something hot and watching Nigella cooking shows.
Chocolate in all its various confectionary wonderousnesses. (I'm American. I'm allowed to make up words as I wish).
Watching the birds outside glide across the water.
Playing my new game Settlers of Catan, which my parents in the states had searched for MONTHS to find. They enjoyed playing the game so much at a summer family holiday that they were on a mission to find it and give it to my brother and sister and I. Mission Successful.
Coffee by Taylors of Harrogate. Lazy Sunday, specifically.
I love this notebook. There are other cheeky varieties, which can be found at Beautiful Things. As I was flipping through the current Essentials Magazine, I did spy with my little eye a notebook that had on its cover declaring quite boldly 'I'm going to be really rather naughty and this is my plan...'
I may have to get the latter for myself. My number one naughty plan at the moment is to trick my husband into allowing a brown Labrador puppy into the family. I have already picked out names: Lolly for a girl and Simon for a boy. How can he even think of breaking my heart by turning me down?
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