belated birthday gift

so remember a few weeks back i said wait till you see what my David had bought me for my birthday..well it finally arrived today..with a big fat customs charge as an added treat for me...never mind...because as i slowly unwrapped it i knew i was slowly falling in love...

i saw this a few weeks ago in one of my favorite etsy shops..that belongs to marmee craft...i love her blog and have wanted to get something for a while..but I'm not a fan of prints of originals as it just seems like a photocopy to me...i wanted originals...and when i saw this i quickly called my David and asked if he would buy it for me for my birthday..and he said yes...hurrah for husbands..the packaging was lovely and she sent me some nice little cards as added extras..but the main thing itself was what i wanted...

just look at it..its called best friends and its now my best friend...and its gonna be with me forever..and even the back of the canvas panel looks lovely..

and look at my cat cheese..i think she now knows when the camera is out that if shes lucky she can be part of the scene too...but as long as i have a bunny and a cat linking arms in my life i know all will be well...

please shop for me ...

so there i was browsing some of my fave blogs when i came across these recycled letters from urban outfitters...and now i will let them say how i feel...





I'm sad because i live in crappy London, and our urban outfitters does not have such fab things...so I'm sending out an s o s...will someone please go shopping for me and ship a few over for me from the grand old U S of A ?...ill pay of course,...you don't get unless you ask do ya ?....the even sadder thing is that i was meant to be having a trip to new york in September but i think that's on hold now...i am going to Florida in December so maybe ill be patient and get them then..oh i love them so much...

poodle power

so its been ages since my last blog post..id like to tell you its because i have been hard at work crafting up a storm...but the truth is i have been simply sat on my fat ass staring at my new etsy purchase...these poodle cards...look at them...do they not make a small tear of joy run down your cheek...do they make your heart beat faster than it should...no ?...just me then...they had me at hello...i got them from here, a fab etsy shop full of lovely stuff....oh and just wait to you see what my David has bought me for my birthday..ill do a blog about that soon..

my etsy purchase..

so the package i have been waiting for from etsy arrived..and it was even better than i could have hoped for..so did you guess what i had bought from my etsy fave list ?...no...well look at this...its the best est thing in the world ever..and its from karaku fabric

it came beautifully wrapped and karaku had included a few freebie extras..some more fab fabric and some hello Kittie tissues..so cute it made my heart go boom boom boom, and look at the card she included...she wished i like it...and i like it very much...but now the dilemma of what to do with it...cushion ?..or should i frame it...or just walk around with it like a comfort blanket...but seen as I'm a massive 32 yr old bear of a man that might look strange.

my favorite part is the hula hooping bunny...if only etsy sold them..

its my birthday soon..hint hint

so these are some of my current etsy faves..and one of them i actually bought...can you guess which...i will blog about it when it arrives...i cant wait..oh and yeah..hint hint...its my birthday soon...

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 ?

divas and ledgends

so this is just a quick post to document for my own amusement the fact that the last few weeks since i got back from Florida seems to have been spent watching some divas and legends perform in concert...first it was Celine Dion who performed at the gigantic O2 arena in front of 20.000 screaming fans...well my David was screaming...i was just politely applauding,..she was very brilliant but it all seemed so fake and posed...and she punched the air at the end of every song as if to say..I'm skinny and amazing and you cant sing like me.
and a few days ago i went to see Liza Minnelli perform at a relatively small theatre in London to an audience that consisted of posh people and many well groomed gay couples...and a few celebrities, oh and some Saudi prince who i watched dancing like an idiot in his special box...and i can honestly say from the moment she appeared silhouetted against a white backdrop till the moment she took her final bow wearing a sparkly red number, it was one of the most amazing things i have ever been to..i feel privileged to have been there..it was like watching history on stage..and i loved every bit of it...

my feet

so i just thought you would all like to see my big fat hairy feet..OK maybe you will be more interested in the patterns around them..i was just looking through my holiday pics and made this collage to show you..everywhere in Disney it seemed that the carpets and tiles under my feet were overly detailed and stupidly colourful..in a good way though...look..

and even the wallpaper in the hotel i stayed in was richly detailed..can you spot the certain hidden Disney logo ?...not so well hidden really..but just an indication of how well thought out every detail is...i so wanna go back...oh i am..at Christmas..I'm already counting down the days....