paper flowers

i sorted through my paper drawer today and turned it into 2 paper drawers by emptying a drawer under my desk so the paper had more space because it kept getting caught whenever i opened the drawer. some might say, 'throw away some of the paper you crazy hoarder'. i say, 'that would be crazy'.

i found some beauties i'd forgotten about

i love this label. it's gold as seen in the next picture and it's awesome. and on awesome paper too.

we went for 2 short walks today because i need air. and we also needed magnums.

spring is pretty.
i wish it'd actually get a bit warmer though.

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i'm feeling more settled recently so i'm going to try and do a sketch a day again, i didn't do it for very long last time. but i was still in the horrid house and at stupid uni.
i think it'll be particularly important on days like today when i don't have anything specific that i can get on with creatively but i should still do something art based.

this went alright i think, though her facial features aren't quite angled enough for the tilt of her head. or they're just wrong. faces are my downfall. and in my lazyness i decided to not even try and add the tattoos. but at least i did something while i was being lazy on the sofa rather than just being lazy on the sofa.



last night will made hotdogs with chilli. and he actually made the chilli, none of that out of a tin nonsense for us. and there's some left for lunch!! i'm actually excited and i don't even care.

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sunglasses, toadstools, the wonders of the internet

i have to show off my new sunglasses. i saw them with will a couple of weeks ago and it was on my list of things to buy if i had any money left this pay day. i went out with mum and dad yesterday and they bought them for me because they're lovely :)
you may think, 'what's the big deal, they're just black sunglasses...'

but...

look at the inside!! i know it's the inside and you can't see it when you're wearing them but i don't care, they're awesome. and you can see a bit of the red round the edges which is quite cool.
anyway, i'm in love with them and i'm really chuffed that i don't have to spend another year squinting.


also yesterday i made another set of notebooks.


i'm excited, my website is well on it's way to being awesome.


also yesterday i took part in the 'day in the life of' group on flickr. which is essentially just taking loads of photos throughout the day and then showing them off. it's quite cool becuase it makes you think more about what you're doing throughout the day just incase it'd make a cool photo whereas i'd normally just get on with it and then later think 'hang on i should have taken a photo of that' and it's too late.

here's my set so you can have a look if you choose

and i have to mention, last night i listened to a live stream of amanda palmer's performance in poland. i'm amazed by it. i was in the uk peeling potatoes and hearing her be amazing in poland at the actual time it was actually happening!
and i am now even more excited about the evelyn evelyn gig in april!

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toadstools

more notebooks on the way.

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spinnerette

i've always loved the distillers and i've always loved brody. i knew a while ago she'd got a new band but i've only just really listened to them. and now i hope i have enough money left after rent and such to get their album.
it also brings back a want to cut up t-shirts and tie them back together again.
awesome.

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on the way home

this is how we found it.
i think it's oddly pretty.

this morning the gardener has cut the grass for the first time this year. hello hayfever.


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we went to london yesterday. we got to a crossing so we waited like you do in order to not get run over. most people in london don't understand this and just run around absorbed in their own self importance. while we were waiting to cross this particular road some people ran across just infront of a securicor van and he beeped at them as he came round the corner and then went past us, still standing on the pavement not getting beeped at and

he gave us a thumbs up!

i have never seen anyone in london recognise that you're being polite and proper and sane, they just steal their chance to push past you.
don't get me wrong, i love london but almost everyone is mental and rude. not this guy though.
he was just plain awesome.

thumbs up all round to the securicor man!

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