Fun stuff

Doodles

Posted on 18 October 2011 in Art, Creative life, Fun stuff

Oh I did some good doodles last week:…

Happy Monday!

Posted on 17 October 2011 in Fun stuff

It’s Monday, it’s time for nice pictures! 1. Natalie, in one line, 2. Hurt never again, 3. pensieri zine5, 4. pensieri zine2, 5. IMG_1653, 6. Large owl - Owl Be Your Friend, 7. Daisy Red, 8. guest book, 9….

Ordinary life

Posted on 12 October 2011 in Art, Fun stuff

I thought I’d post up some old cartoons I did back in 2008. If you like this, you might like my zine made whilst walking the Coast to Coast!…

Happy Friday!

Posted on 7 October 2011 in Fun stuff

1. Sea Life Bunting, 2. Somewhere down the crazy river, 3. detail 3, 4. 20100906_5325, 5. Almost Autumn, 6. pencil sketch of fashion girl with bow belt, 7. Sweet Child, 8. Bluegrass, Hiking & Beer, 9. Clippy London Bag…

On Bow Fell, Langdale

Posted on 3 October 2011 in Fun stuff, Walking

So, the other weekend Andrew and I went to the Lakes and did some walking. As usual, as you can see, it rained! Anyway, he made a very exciting video about it and I’m included! Check it out here….

Recent Flickr Favourites

Posted on 6 September 2011 in Fun stuff

1. What I might be, 2. yes, 3. Art Journaling, 4. Embroidered Heart Talisman, 5. Paul Klee: “Prizewinning apple” (1934), 6. you are a wonderful expression of the universe, 7. Dancing Animation c1800s, 8. Little White House Trailer, 9….

Shopping trip

Posted on 21 August 2011 in Creative life, Fun stuff

I ended up at Spitalfields market today and made me way home via Blade Rubber Stamps and Magma (which may be my favourite shop EVER). It’s a good job, for the sake of my bank balance, that I don’t…

Flickr Favourites on a Friday!

Posted on 19 August 2011 in Fun stuff

These are all so amazing! 1. Boy’s Octorabbit (or similar!), 2. Honeysuckle Sunlight, 3. Untitled, 4. completed black work initial, 5. Junk Mail Artist’s Book ONLINE CLASS, 6. Buttons Scissors & Sew : Love Token Brooch, 7. kite flying,…

Doodles

Posted on 16 August 2011 in Fun stuff

I seem to find it very difficult to throw anything away, even the scrappiest doodle or piece of ephemera. Not because it’s so amazing or special, or because I’m particularly proud of it, or because it’s memorable in some…

Testing a Theory

Posted on 13 August 2011 in Fun stuff

This post is a test! You didn’t see nuffin right? As you were!…

Mosaic on a Monday

Posted on 13 June 2011 in Art, Craft, Creative life, Fun stuff

1. in-progress art quilt (detail 1), 2. Index Card 01, 3. small portrait, 4. journal-page, 5. Paper is Lovely, 6. A Sister’s ‘HuG’, 7. For Cory, 8. Book spines, 9. The Board of stuff Created with fd’s Flickr Toys…

South West Jumble

Posted on 6 June 2011 in Art, Craft, Creative life, Fun stuff

On Sunday we had a potter round South West Jumble, a craft event that I recently discovered just down the road from me! It’s held in the stunning Tooting Tram & Social pub which has a very eclectic design:…

Peanut

Posted on 18 May 2011 in Art, Fun stuff

Let me introduce you to someone…

Posted on 7 May 2011 in Art, Fun stuff

Worried square is entirely fictitious and any resemblance to real persons is purely coincidental….

Edinburgh trip as seen by cartoon shapes

Posted on 16 April 2011 in Art, Fun stuff

One year we went to Edinburgh to visit my brother and a couple of friends came too… You’ll notice that Lorna was not in the lounge car, that is because she sensibly went to sleep instead… The next morning… We…

Blossom Gift

Posted on 6 April 2011 in Fun stuff

There are some beautiful blossom trees on the road near me and when walking past the other day I noticed that someone had tied a little gift high up in the branches….

Tutorial: Jet Set Willy Cross Stitch Key Ring

Posted on 26 March 2011 in Craft, Fun stuff, Tutorial

Do you remember Jet Set Willy? If not here’s a little reminder: Ages ago I made a little tribute, a key ring with Willy on one side and Maria on the other (the identity of Maria seems to be disputed…

A Coast to Coast Journal

Posted on 28 December 2010 in Art, Folksy, Fun stuff, Walking

I’m so excited! I made my first ever proper zine! I’m a massive fan of zines (I mainly read feminist ones) and really love their DIY style and personality. I even had a zine stall at my book launch (kindly…

Snoopers Paradise

Posted on 22 August 2009 in Fun stuff

Yesterday I went to Brighton. It’s a lovely place and I just love all the really interesting shops around the North Laine section. I ended up stumbling absent-mindedly into a shop called Snoopers Paradise, a massive antiques place / flea…

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…