Ribbons and Pearls
A quick make this evening, to match my outfit this weekend (I bought a lovely grey satin and black jersey dress, oops!) I saw a necklace in Topshop recently where it had some large beads tied onto a ribbon. It…
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Pretty Sparkly Things!
Yesterday I recieved these earrings in the post from Zoe. She’s just started making jewellery, and this was a really nice surprise! I wanted to say Thank You here :) Its making me want to use my jewellery making stuff…
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Quick iPhone Case
Its been a while since I’ve used the sewing machine (I was kinda put off since making ~20 meters of bunting for Lou and Naths wedding!) but I thought I should do something with this material which has been lurking…
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10 Years Online
I realised that whilst I’ve been blogging for 8 years, I’ve been online a little longer than that. A more complete version of my geek history can be found here if you’re that interested, but I thought I would share…
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Ode to a Sewing Machine
Oh sewing machine. I love you. You were given to me in 2006, from a very kind lady who answered my Freecycle plea. The wife and I drove 30 miles to collect you from a tiny little beach village called…
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Birthdays and Wishlists
Ooooh, its nearly my birthday. I’ll be 26 next month, and looking back at my list from last year, not that much has changed. I did get my iPhone (and how did I survive without it? Oh Apple, I bloody…
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Sponsored Posts
I’ve been contacted recently by an online vintage swap shop website who would like me to review their website in exchange for some freebies. Obviously my first thought was “Woo hoo! Free shiz!” (I am just a girl, an unemployed…
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Banksy v Bristol Museum
Last weekend, Zoe & James and Helen & Dave came to Bristol to see me, and to go to the Banksy v Bristol Museum exhibit thats been causing massive crowds and queues along Queens Road for a few weeks now….
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My New Obsession
Since being forced by The Wife to get properly measured for a bustenhalter (otherwise known as a bra, it just sounds better in German for some reason!), I’ve been spending more time looking at pretty underwear – although because I…
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Hyde Park
Hyde Park Fountains
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“A Life Changing Sum”
Watching some crappy quiz show on Sky at the weekend (“Don’t Forget The Lyrics”…I wasn’t watching it really, I was at my computer), they used the phrase “life changing amount of money” regarding their top prize of £250,000. I thought…
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That London
(I can’t help it, I always have to say That London when I talk about our capital!) My visit to London on Friday was so much fun with the UK Lady Bloggers – none of us took many pictures sadly,…
