July 2009

Obsession No. 295 - Mini Art Quilts

Posted on 31 July 2009 in Craft

Yes indeed, I have a new obsession! Inspired by Sew Somerset magazine and various other lovely sources on Flickr e.g here, here and here… I got the bug and simply HAD to make one myself. Here’s the results: So do…

Amusement from Wife and Home Magazine

Posted on 27 July 2009 in Fun stuff

I bought two copies of 1947 Wife and Home magazines from a vintage shop recently. They’re very amusing, and a real eye-opener. One the most interesting thing about them are the adverts. For one thing, the names of the…

How Can I Tell Which Bits You’ve Written?

Posted on 26 July 2009 in Writing

As you may know I’m currently co-writing a book on feminism with my friend Kristin Aune. One of the questions a few people have asked me now is “how do you write with another person?” or as my parents…

Hmm…

Posted on 16 July 2009 in Writing

The robot of productivity seems to have been replaced by the Spherey* of laziness. *Don’t know what Spherey is? It’s a knitting phenomenon….

Wedding Card

Posted on 15 July 2009 in Craft

I made a card for my brother’s wedding at the weekend. It took me ages, but I’m pretty pleased with the result. I got the idea for the shape from a book on card making that I have, but I…

Colour Palette

Posted on 15 July 2009 in Craft

For a long time I’ve found it difficult to define my own colour palette for my own craft and art activities - something that seems, at least from admiring others’ work, to be a major part of developing a personal…

New Obsession No. 456

Posted on 10 July 2009 in Craft

I just bought this AMAZING book about paper art, called Paper, by Black Dog Publishing. Every page features an incredible piece of work by some talented artist or other. Sitting on the tube flicking through, I was literally gasping at…

Cool things about working from home No. 12

Posted on 10 July 2009 in Writing

Not having to be ‘professional’…

Can you tell what it is yet?

Posted on 6 July 2009 in Craft

3rd July 2009 - Productivity report

Posted on 3 July 2009 in Writing

The productivity robot demands an answer. “Beep. What have you done today? Please report.” Well robot, I have: Finished reading The Noughtie Girl’s Guide to Feminism. Hoovered the entire house. Met up with Helen & Jane. Done some writing….

Cheesiest image used in a Records Management advert, EVER

Posted on 3 July 2009 in Records Management

This image is taken from an advert which was in the Records Management Society’s magazine. I thought it was hilarious, and stuck it up on our office wall to ‘prove’ to everyone that records management was cool. My colleague…

2nd July 2009 - A Boring List of Things I Did

Posted on 2 July 2009 in Writing

I’m currently off work by choice, as I’m trying to finish my book. However, without the structure of work, I’m finding it really difficult to actually make myself DO anything. So, in a desperate attempt to motivate myself, I thought…

My Trip to 1947 Youth Hostel Lakeland

Posted on 2 July 2009 in Walking

At the start of June I’d booked myself a trip to the Lakes, but apart from knowing that I was going to be using Youth Hostels to save costs, I wasn’t sure what to actually do with my walking…

Hello

Posted on 1 July 2009 in

Erm… hi. (shuffles nervously) I hate these first post things. So, I’ve decided it’s time to have a personal blog. As indicated by the title, it’s going to be a bit random. I have a lot of different interests…