easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in inspiration, shopping on Jan 29th, 2010
I have to confess that I hadn’t looked at the Nomads website recently. I’d always associated Nomads with gothy dresses and plenty of tie-dye, so I sort of assumed they wouldn’t have anything I’d like these days. I can’t remember what drew me to have a look at their website today, but I was very [...]
Posted in inspiration, shoes, shopping on Jan 25th, 2010
My friend Patrick is a Very Bad Influence. We were talking about shoes, and he pointed me in the direction of Jeffery-West. Now we’re both coveting beautiful shoes that we can’t afford - and they aren’t even made in my size! (And I still haven’t saved up enough money to go on a shoemaking course.)
These [...]
Posted in design, inspiration on Dec 26th, 2009
Over Christmas we watched A Series of Unfortunate Events, the Lemony Snicket movie. We’d seen it before, but it’s a film that I’m always happy to watch over and over again, so that I can get a really good look at Violet’s costumes.
There are so many things about the dress that I love. The layers [...]
Posted in inspiration, nature, photos on Dec 18th, 2009
I went for a walk in the snow this morning. I took a grand total of 99 pictures, then came back and edited them down to just 9. I went out rather early, so although there was a lot of light reflecting from the snow, it wasn’t really daylight yet. As a result a lot [...]
Posted in inspiration, shoes, shopping on Nov 30th, 2009
It’s a good job I’m not a goth any more. Nor a costumer, nor simply a collector of amazing shoes.
Otherwise I’d have to buy these:
Probably in the black velvet.
(Available here, for £60. They’re by Pleaser.)
Seeing these has put me straight into the mood for wearing the most enormous skirt, and a tailored jacket or frock [...]
Posted in inspiration, knitting on Nov 20th, 2009
I popped into town the other day, and while I was waiting for a bus I decided to nip into Jacksons. I’m glad I did, because they just happened to have a great big basket of Sirdar Hug for just £1.20 a ball! This means that for just £14.40, I now have enough wool to [...]
Posted in inspiration, nature, photos on Nov 18th, 2009
This is the big fat frog that hopped out from underneath the broken fence as we were pulling it down. He didn’t seem too keen to get out of our way - Paul had to rather unceremoniously pick him up and plop him down in next door’s plant pot!
This morning, whilst wandering around on Flickr, [...]
Posted in inspiration, sewing, trousers on Oct 4th, 2009
I was browsing through the Vogue website today, looking for a jacket pattern. I rather like Vogue 8604 - I have a fondness for both cropped jackets and kimono sleeves. The trouser pattern is included, so I popped the pattern on my shopping list. (I only ever buy Vogue pattern when they’re on sale - [...]
Posted in exhibitions, inspiration, nature, photos on Sep 25th, 2009
This skinny little fellow is the skeleton of a Slender Loris.
One of the projects I’m currently working on as a volunteer is rebuilding the website for the Cole Museum of Zoology, so I thought it would be useful to go and have a look around. I’m so glad I did!
If you’re freaked out by skeletons [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, inspiration, shopping on Sep 12th, 2009
Now that the honeymoon’s booked (hooray!), I’ve started to think about what I’ll need to take with me on our trip. We’ll be walking around the city all day, and we’ll be carrying heavy cameras, so I need a comfortable bag to fit everything into.
This is a bag that I have already - a Crumpler [...]