happy mother's day

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polka dot teapot

so, yesterday after feeling like i could get everything done but not knowing anything to do i sat down with some sewing stuff, put on eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and sewed.

i watched that film twice and the extras too. i love it.
anyway, this:

is what i ended up with.
i think it'd look lovely on your wall, don't worry it'll be in the shop once it's all up and running.

i told will he was warm like a bear in a jumper and clearly then had to draw a bear in a jumper.
meet tarquin:

i felt really productive today but haven't had anything definate to do, so my productive-ness has got a bit wasted. i think i'm going to do some sewing and see if anything worthwhile comes out of it.

i hope it gets warm soon.
i'm fed up of being cold.

x

did you steal my tarts?

i don't feel like i've done much the past couple of days but i have made these notebooks for the shop.

i've ordered some small prints as a test of print/paper quality etc to see if i want to order some proper sized prints, so hopefully they'll be arriving in the post soon. i love getting post even if i have sent it to myself.
i also need to go into london to get more card for notebook covers.
and i just generally need some more designs for things.
hello? inspiration? are you there???
i'm sure it'll kick in again soon. i think i'm feeling a bit stuck because i have a few vague ideas but they aren't quite ready to exist yet. in the mean time i'm going to try food shopping online for the first time and i'm going to drink tea in the hope that it will turn the ideas into real things.
tea is magic like that.

oh and go see tim burton's alice in wonderland. will took me to test run the 2d copy and it was brilliant.
johnny depp's mad hatter is actually mad and a little scary. awesome. i want a ring that is a small pin cushion. and i think i'm in love with helena bonham carter, 'i love my fat boys'. in fact, the whole cast is amazing.
go see it!!!! we're going again next week.
(i think 3d is silly. just because it's new, which it mostly isn't anyway, doesn't mean it's better)
x

alice in wonderland 1903

will showed this to me last night and i was amazed by it.
it's the first ever film version of alice in wonderland, it's only about 10 minutes long and it's so pretty.
it's quite damaged but i think that's part of it's charm, it makes it even more precious.

embroidery and blood

today i did this:

it was a drawing i'd already done, i just used carbon paper to trace it onto the fabric and then sewed round the lines. the slightly pinkish glow on the lines is the tracing line. you're meant to do that on the back so you can't see it but seeing as it was just a test to see if my pictures would look good like this i did it on the front so it was easier to follow.

guess what?

i stabbed myself with the needle. that would be my bleeding thumb. i'm amazed at how perfectly round it came out, it doesn't look real.

i walked as far as town with will when he went to work for a bit of fresh air and then took a scenic route home seeing as the sun was out. it has been a good first day of the month, still cold but i could feel the sun on my legs, it was awesome.
anyway the day isn't finished yet. i'm going to find myself some dinner and then have a think about some new brooch designs i have in my head.

also if you use a printer for printing good quality (like sellable as art or use in a portfolio good) prints of images i'd appreciate it if you let me know what make the printer is and any thoughts you have on it. we need a new printer and we don't even really know where to start looking so hearing about some first hand experience would be helpful.
thanks

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back pain and brooches

will came into the living room last night and found me like this:

and proceeded to abuse me with the camera:

the flash almost blinded me. i spent the next few minutes watching little purple things chase each other round the ceiling.



this is not a good picture, infact i'm off to cut my face out of it... but it shows off my pretty dress. aw pretty. doesn't mr.wilde look lovely...

i was laying on the floor because the cinema is trying to kill me with back pain (i seriously need to make money a different way) and i need a new chair for my desk because the one i've got at the moment isn't low enough.

yesterday mummy came to see me :)
we went into welwyn and had a wander round but there isn't really much to look at. i got some threads i needed and we had cute attacks in the pet shop then went and had some tea. she also bought me and will a cup of pick n mix from smiths. we are happy.

then i came home and spent the rest of the afternoon and evening making these. not just these 2 but lots of them for the shop. i'm excited, there's more and more stuff for my website all the time. i'm hoping by the end of march it'll be up and running but i still have a lot to do.

by the way, will wasn't abusing me on purpose, his camera flash is just freakishly bright.

x

p.s. hi march, you're looking rather lovely this morning. i hope you make this sort of effort every day.