tagged...

so i have been tagged by jen from numptynumpty and you know the rules I'm sure...7 facts about me and i have to tag 7 people...now don't be angry with me..ill happily give 7 facts about me..buy I'm gonna leave the tagging open to you guys...i don't wanna impose anything on anyone...sorry...tag yourself...why not..

1..it was 10 years since i graduated from fashion college..i thought i would have taken over the world by now..but you know what, i now couldn't care less about all that pretentious rubbish..i hate clothes shopping..if it fits me and does not make me look fatter than i am then I'm happy..

2..I'm already finding it hard to think of fact number 2 so I'm gonna just say if i could live in any country it would be the US of A..I'm built for their portion sizes and refillable drinks and i like the trashy daytime telly which is soooo much better than ours..

3..i help out in a shop called carry me home and look after the website and blog and serve customers..and its here where i make most of the things i sell..or try to sell.

4..i dislike most sports immensely and find myself repulsed by the most overly passionate supporters...however i do like watching tennis and recently whilst watching at Wimbledon i got so angry i wanted to run on the court and show the rubbish player how to hit the ball over the net and not into it...i turned into a hooligan for a few seconds..

5..i would love to move away from London and live in the countryside or near the seaside...London makes me agitated and uncomfortable and its too busy and expensive.

6..i have the most amazing vivid dreams where many exciting unexplainable things all happen at once..

7..i would love to see all the worlds sights and views but i fear the only ones i will see are gonna be Disney related..i have been on a Disney holiday 5 times in the past 3 years...and i love it more every time...

boring facts but i never know what to put...your turn now...go tag yourself...

errm....

so does this corner of my house give you a bad head...make your eyes wince in pain, or make you feel queasy and dizzy...it kinda makes me feel all 3 at once and i think i need to do something about it...i find myself sitting on my sofa looking at this corner and thinking how the hell did that happen...

the thing is me and my David live in rental hell with a cat who likes to scratch and a dog who thinks the chairs are hers and her basket is a decorative thing not to be sat in...so i have to cover the chairs in throws that make me feel like a student...i hate them...but seriously does one corner really need this much contrasting colors and patterns...i LOVE surrounding myself with brightness but sometimes i have to stop and tell myself to take a chill pill...what do you think...?

i dont read them..i frame them

so last week we went to the sunny seaside town of eastbourne to watch some tennis..my David loves the tennis..i love being by the seaside..so we both get something out of the day away..but this time i scored big time in a local charity shop when i spotted a big pile of old comics...most of them are old warlord comics but some of them were so visually brilliant that they are mine forever and I'm gonna frame them..i don't read them i just love the colors and the illustrations and the graphics...the other ones will be in my etsy soon...they are perfect for collages or scrap books..or if your just like me..for a frame...what you think ?...

recognition

so this little post is just to send out a massive thanks from little me to holly from decor8 blog who a few days ago featured my 2 etsy shops...and what a nice feeling it gave me..i read decor 8 every day..and use it as a guide to whats new and whats happening out there in the big colorful world..and me being part of her daily visual treats made my heart go boom boom boom...thanks holly..you rocked my world...oh and thanks for buying yourself a little something from me..hope you like them...

i have actually made something that sells

so for a while now i have been making things that just don't seem to sell..and whilst that's a shame..ill cope with it as i live by the rule that the right person has not seen them yet...and when that person does..the stuff i make will sell..i hope, but i have actually made a few things recently that sold almost as soon as i put them on the shop floor..these colourful quilts that i made for my friends shop carry me home are simply a big soft bright square of fun and they are lots of fun to make..

now please don't confuse me with someone who follows any traditional quilting rules...coz i don't, and frankly i don't know what those rules actually are..i just know that as long as they keep selling..i will keep making them..and i might even get a few listed in etsy..

in love with an old maid

so i returned to London to be greeted by a fab parcel of goodness that i had bought from etsy...that place is dangerous to me...my mentality is that one day in the not too distant future i will have a massive house that i can decorate with all the goodies i buy...and these amazing cards from a game called old maid will feature prominently somewhere in my crib..as the cool kids call it....i got them from the loveliest supplies shop called sweet kate just look at the illustrations, just look at the names...but what i liked the best was how they were packaged with a brilliant little vintage ticket as a nice feature...and he shop is full of excellent things....i know its a shop ill be buying from again soon...for my big massive imaginary house....

i want to move home....

so i never ever thought i would want to leave London and return home to the north of England...but i do...and after a few days there, that i have just returned from, the feeling is stronger than ever...

i miss my family..especially my niece who i adore..and the fun we had this last few days was the best ever...just look at us star jumping...i have never laughed so much doing such a silly thing...

you should all run out now and try and capture that moment when it looks like your floating...how i never broke an ankle ill never know....

and just look at the scenery that is around every corner...I'm from a town on the west coast of cumbria..which is so far north west England that its nearly Scotland...and its just a short ride away from the lake district...one of the most amazingly lovely places you could ever wish to visit.....

London is amazing..but I'm tired of it..its too expensive and too busy...and i wish for the option of just popping in on my niece and telling her to 1, 2, 3, jump.

its all childs play

so you knew i helped out in my friends children's shop, right ?...well i do and last week we created what i think can be called the best window display we have ever done..and its to celebrate 3 years since the shop threw open its doors.. so we decided on a storybook theme and got some vintage kids books and gently stuck them all over the walls and floor,(we will be re-using these in other projects soon)

we then stacked books and used them to display products from the shop..and we strung up a washing line to display some clothes....and viola..the best window display ever in the world ever..or so we think...makes me want to cover a wall in my house with old books...what do you think ?