o n e l i t t l e b i r d

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Lucy Chadwick

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I LOOOVE everything about this film created by The Selby for Zara.
The flat, her style, the glasses (!!!), the barn, the tipi, her work..... ah yes. The combination of city life and rural life is perfect and very inspirational!

The (Christmas) Bazaar of Knick Knacks, Rochester - this week!

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Come see us! We got some cool stuff, and Glögg! x

The Bazaar of Knick Knacks

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I'll be getting rid of some of my knick knacks this weekend, come get some for yourself!

Photography & Credits

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Today

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Tuesday Love

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Best coffee uptown - Nude Espresso

I only want to live in peace and plant potatoes and dream!

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Autumn Love

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Lovely collage work by Rachel Loves Bob

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Happy Monday

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Tune of the day

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Workshops

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I will be running a set of 'Upcycled Sessions' this autumn including the Bow-tie and Sockmonkey workshop. Apart from that I'll also be running the Pinhole Photography workshop. To book for my sessions please go here. For the rest check out The Deaf Cat's Facebook page for more info.
(all sessions include drinks and cake!)

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http://youtu.be/joReCIYAV1k

Backyard Market, Brick Lane - London

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Tomorrow Saturday the 17th my ANIMAL NECKLACES and BOWTIE NECKLACES will be travelling uptown to the Backyard Market on Brick Lane, East London, 10am-6pm.

Abby from Keep The Ferret and Luna Lacuna has kindly offered to put my bits on her stall. She will be selling her stock of printed t-shirts plus samples from previous collections, ties, scarfs and more. Please do go and check it out.

More info on the market here.

Workshops

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Me and Laura Brown (The Deaf Cat) are putting together a programme of workshops and kicking it all off this saturday with a drop in session. Come down, make a peaceflag and find out more about our coming workshops, such as: Printmaking, Pattern making, Pinhole photography, Making Upcycled Accessories, Creative writing etc etc.

If you are an artist that are interested in running workshops, please do get in touch or pop down for a chat on saturday or wednesday!
x

Margate Rocks

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Make sure you pay a visit to Margate soon - this scruffy seaside town is cleaning up its act and becoming really interesting.
Pop in to The Blackbird, The Greedy Cow, I Scream and Rock and all the other quirky vintage shops, galleries and cafes that are popping up around town.

Hellre en liten fågel i hjärtat

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Beautiful illustrations by Tovelise. For sale here.
(pic borrowed from her shop)

I think

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Patsy and Edina might have moved in next door!

Eyes All Around

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I am currently part of a group show organised by Medway Eyes, at the Brook Theatre in Chatham. Lots of local artists have come together with a display of mainly photographs but also other prints, collage and sculpture. For more info check out Medway Eyes blog.

Vintage Fair!

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Me and Tracy at Vintage Budgie are arranging a Vintage Fair on the 11th June in Rochester. Please do spread the word, and if you are interested in a stall check out Pollys Vintage Jolly for more info on how to apply!
Find the event on FB here

Caravan Life

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on the Isle of Sheppey can look a bit like this

Whitstable

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in the fog on wednesday 15th.

Moustachio

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Fancy a tash? Have a look at this Etsy treasury. Among them is my pink moustache brooch.

hello

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Come see us here!

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I will be sharing a stall with Zara (Chatham Girl) at tomorrow's Vintage Fair in Bloomsbury Lanes, London. 30+ stall holders, vintage & handmade. Should be a great day! x
More info here.

Sweden

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so far

stopped by in Stockholm to meet my new beautiful godson then spent 10 hours on a coach up north where I am now enjoying -32C, an open fire, cat cuddles and food. Happy Christmas everyone! x

juleTIDE '10 on the lightship! Come along.

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This weekend at LV21 - Christmas fair and workshops onboard the beautiful ship.
I've made a bunch of brooches that I'll sell, what do you think? :) More info on the event here

My Webshop!

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Who'd have thought! :) I've finally managed to list some bits on Etsy. Hurry up and order now to get it in time for christmas - go here or click on the Etsy badge to the right on the blog.

Rochester

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on the last day of November

It's been a month. We have moved. Today is snow day - hello December.

Chatham

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on the last day of October

Light drawings

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On August 11 me, my brother and E ventured out into the Swedish forest to watch and capture the meteor showers on camera. Without much luck we started playing with the torch ... Here's some of the results.

Folkestone

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I went for an interview in Folkestone a couple of days ago. It was a beautiful day.

Isn't there something about this beach that is reminiscent of Venice Beach, L.A.?
Maybe it's the light? The haze and the long beach....? The hills... and the palmtrees.

Oh, and then came October.

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Hello, today you sound like this

Goodbye September 2010. Never will I see you again, but I can remember you like a day at the white cliffs of Dover.

Hey, it's September!

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And in my corner of the world the first day of this month looked a bit like this.

Kellerman Vintage & Mint

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Lovely Fanny outside her shop in Stockholm.

Fanny and her mum Magdalena (both Kellerman's) are running this fantastic vintage shop on Östgötagatan 66 in SoFo, Stockholm. Make sure you pay a visit next time you're in Sweden. Apart from selling vintage clothes, accessories and hats by mum Magdalena and others, they are also running a newly opened gallery in the basement - next to Michael Mc Carthy's photo studio. For more info check out the shops website and Michael's website. Also, Fanny runs a blog where she recently blogged about my new crocheted miniature hats/fascinators that are now in stock in their shop. Read more here.

(these are nicked from her blog)

Buy my stuff here

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I forgot to tell you, I am now selling my Hairflowers, Necklaces, Bow Necklaces, Brooches & Cakestands (made from recycled vintage china) at The Deaf Cat in Rochester high street.

The cabinets are also filled with work by Chatham Girl and other talented makers.

Other One Little Bird stockists are Kellerman Vintage & Mint on Östgötagatan 66 in Stockholm, Sweden, and Pearl and Hemingway Vintage in Whitstable.

Sweden

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One summer's eve in Aspåsböle, Sweden

Fabulous Swedish sisters

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First Aid Kit

Taxi! Taxi!

Fashion no 2

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Luna Lacuna Womenswear A/W 2010

I like this

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timelapse made by my little brother in Umeå, Sweden.
Music by Sébastien Tellier

Fashion dahlink

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Yesterday I did a photoshoot for lovely Abby and her new A/W collection for Luna Lacuna.

Here's the result.

Apart from Luna Lacuna Abby also runs Keep The Ferret - a t-shirt label that collaborates with artists and musicians to promote ethical trade.

On sunday we're shooting Luna Lacuna's womanswear.

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Some jewellery I made for last weekends craft fair.

New cloud necklaces, this time I also tried a bird/cloud one - does it work?

The bow necklaces are made with vintage fabrics.

The bunting, moustache, cloud & umbrella necklaces are made from handcut plastic.

All comes with either copper or silver plated chains.

For saturday's Makers Market

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Some new hairflowers and crocheted mini berets. Will also be selling necklaces, brooches and perhaps have a little sale on some older stock.

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Also, for the following weekend me and Chatham Girl are arranging a MINI MAKERS MARKET during the Dickens Festival in Rochester, Kent.

For more info on stall holders and exhibitors check out our event on FB

I will be

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at the Contemporary Art & Craft fair at Margate Harbour Arm Gallery on bank holiday monday, 31 May.
Come see me and buy some of my new hair-pieces! Got quirky hair flowers, crocheted mini berets/fascinators & hopefully some necklaces and brooches too.

I will be sharing a stall with the talented & lovely ladies Cecily Says So and Keep the Ferret.

Bikers from the Ace Cafe London will be down for the Margate Meltdown as well, so hopefully loads of cool bikes to look at too!

More info here

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I went to America in April. I started out in La la land then headed for adventures in Vegas, Palm Springs, Coachella and eventually Calgary Canada.
In Calgary I did a photoshoot for super talented jewellery designer Ellinor Stenroos. Here's a little preview.

Photos from my journey will come another day :)

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Camber Sands, Sussex. From this trip.

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Deal, Kent

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New work by talented Lupen Crook. Video by Dave Wise.

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My friend Oliver's studio. More of him here.

Wolf Howard

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Wolf Howard - painter, poet, pinhole photographer and drummer - is exhibiting at Brook Theatre in Chatham until May 27th. For more info on the event go here or check out Wolf's website. Some pics from the private view.

spring sprang sprung

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Easter Treasures

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Yesterday, on the way to the seaside, we came across a bootfair. I found an old cigar box for a pound. Inside it was filled with loveliness. A plastic camera and its flash came home too, another pounds worth. In Rye I picked up the old milk bottle.
We went for a walk on Cambersand beach. It was windy and sunny and lovely.

Silence

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I went home to Sweden, it looked like this. ♥

Those flowers

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Bring a bit of spring into town with one of these!

Contact me for prices or more info.

Lots of love ♥

/ Me

Crafty Deaf Cat

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Thanks all for coming last night, here's a couple of images of my stall and my new kitschy hair flowers!

The other sellers:

Keep the Ferret

Like A Magpie

Vampire Sushi Distro - Cecily Says So

Chatham Girl - Albert & Clara

Semla fika!

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If you can't/(don't like to) eat marsipan, melt some dark chocolate with cream in a pot, simmer to thicken. Fill the semla with the chocolate filling, top with raspberries, cream and then more raspberries. Yum. :)

What's the fuss about a semla you wonder?

Here's some interesting facts:

King Adolf Frederick of Sweden died of digestion problems on February 12, 1771 after consuming a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, smoked herring and champagne, which was topped off by 14 servings of semla, with bowls of hot milk. Semla was the king's favorite dessert.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

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If you haven't already watched this movie, do it now! It's a story about the importance of imagination and story telling, making choices, life, death, the devil, beauty, love...
And it is stunning! I love every part of it. The sets and the costumes are absolutely amazing, aaah!
See it.

I Mad Men'd myself

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Not bad :) Try it yourself.

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I changed the blog header. Will do for now.

xxx

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Powerful. Big Mama did the original version of Hound Dog and she is rockin it big time!

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Amazing, in every way

Last week I

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walked on this bridge, in Rochester

made homemade pizza with loads of garlic, mozzarella, olives, sundried tomatoes, onion, sweetcorn and rocket/watercress on top. mm.

crocheted a hat for Nils

wrapped it up with the body suits and sent it off to Sweden

re-arranged a massive bunch of 10 pence (!) flowers

thought about buying new tulips

baked some semlor, mmm! (recipe in Swedish)

started taking down the Christmas fairly lights but left it half way through

waited at a train station with a large coffee

went on a train journey with Big Mama Thornton

did some pages in a travelling art journal, more info here, I based my bit on the fantastic lyrics of Nina Simone's Ain't got no/I got life

It's time again!

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We'll be hosting our 3rd craft fair at the Deaf Cat in Feb. Expect some pretty unique handcrafted items such as; jewelry, hats, clothes, cards, buttons, badges, books, zines and more!
Come down and get yourself, or your valentine, something irresistible.

ps. what do you think of the flyer?
x

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I made some rubber stamps last week. Today I printed some baby bodysuits for my brothers brand new boy, Nils. (Psst, don't tell him)

Stripey nights and pink days

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It's cold. Cold as in nightgown, socks, duvet plus blankets. I got three, nighties, all happen to be stripey - the purple one used to belong to my beloved and much missed grandmother, the others are from Kappahl and Marimekko.

The rosary on the wall once belonged to an Italian big mama, that cooked great food and had big flowery dresses. Or so I'd like to think at least. It's from a flea-market in Rome. There is something very special about rosary's - belief, love, dedication, calmness...

Maybe it will reflect some of it on my life, so it sits next to the bed. And tulips. My favourite flower. The smell, the beauty, the simplicity, the sound. And the promise of spring.

L ♥ V E !

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Illustrations by Cassandra Rhodin at Agent Bauer

I dyed my hair today

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It is very very red.

Late night snow

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Sunday morning, 03.30, after a perfect night out.

Ps. Did I tell you

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that I've got a new studio? It looks a bit like this around there.

Oh deer, it's weekend again!

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Remember this guy. He went from being silvery grey & pink to lovely sky-blue over the Christmas period. I forgot how much fun spray paint is!

Have a great weekend !

Lady Voice!

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I am not a fan of her disco pop, but check this out, what a voice. And the piano, what a fantastic combination. I wish she did more of this loveliness.

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I can't get enough of this song

Hello 2010

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Let's hope this new year will be a bit like this piece of street art - poetic, beautiful, full of colour & love.
Art by Swoon Picture by Guero

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I like this print from Fryd og Design a lot. To get your own, buy it here. Also check out Fryd og Design's beautiful blog (photos from the blog & webshop).
'Fred' means peace in Norwegian. (and Swedish).

Fred to you all. x

Christmas panic?

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Are you running around panicking about presents? Please think again, your family has already said they don't want anything haven't they!? Spare this planet from waste and give to the people that really need it. For the best presents money can buy (and it's all stress free) go to UNICEF'S website . £19 can buy you blankets for 7 babies, for £17.50 you can buy a cooking set for a whole family and for only £10.50 you can buy 500 bowls of porridge that will provide nutrition for children in refugee camps, emergency feeding centres and health centres.
Look after yourself, your family and give a little extra help to people in reel need.
Have a great holiday!
Much love,
xxx

Billy Childish Exhibition Whitstable

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I'm invigilating at the 'Show Off' gallery on Harbour st Whitstable. Come down today and have a look, great work! The show is coming down tomorrow morning.

Billy is having a one man show at the ICA London in February.

Last night Crafty Deaf Cat

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Thanks again all of you that, despite the weather, made it down to the Deaf Cat last night for our Christmas Craft Fair. These are my necklaces, brooches and purses that I was selling. I also had my bows, fascinators, bags and small badges for sale.

For more info on the venue (great coffee!) go here.

Frost

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Remember tomorrow!

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Come down for our craft fair in Rochester tomorrow night! I'll be selling necklaces, brooches, maybe some fascinator hats, purses and little bows.

ps. I dyed my hair. It is red now.

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I want to go red again. Maybe tomorrow... :)

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Hello December

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Think red. Not just for Christmas but for World Aids Day. Stay safe peeps!
x

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More craft fair pics

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From Tukru at Tukru Loves You here
(Tukru runs Vampire Sushi Distro too)

The Crafty Deaf Cat

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Thanks everyone for coming last night, it was a great evening and I met loads of lovely people.
This is what my display looked like.

Recognize the plates and cups...?! :)

I bought a fab t-shirt-dress from Abby of Keep the Ferret
Print design by Nigel Adams. I love it. It's got super long sleeves ♥
Badge by Vampire Sushi Distro

Around the flat

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I've got a new toy

Not just plates and a mad deer...

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... to be continued... ;)

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

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Free download

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Another one from Lupen Crook and The Murderbirds.
The EP is released in support of Young Minds, to download and for more info go here.

picture stolen from their website, photography by Jenny Hardcore.

Come and say hi!

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On the 26/11 me and some friends will be selling our handmade bits and pieces down at the Deaf Cat Coffeebar in Rochester, 6-8 pm. We'll be in the gallery/table area, drinks and cakes will be served as normal - the courtyard will be open and lit up with fairylights and candles. Wrap up warm and you can sit there and enjoy your hot chocolate whilst getting into the winter/christmas spirit.
If it goes well, we might do this as a regular thing, so come down and show your pretty face!
I made this flyer last night, what do you think? Please feel free to repost it on your blog.
x

Wonderful book

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I got this book yesterday from Oxfam. Initially drawn to it by its beautiful cover it turned out the be as lovely on the inside as well, and, these knitting projects seem quite straight forward with 'simple' instructions and illustrated pictures. So, now I'm off downtown to get some knitting needles. I'll attempt to make the close fitting hat. Following patterns isn't really my kind of thing, with my crocheting I just make things up, but maybe, now, I'll try and be patient and follow it through. Wish me good luck. So far I've only ever knitted a pair of legwarmers and a snood-hood.

If you are interested in knowing more about the patterns, let me know and I'll scan some. x
The book was published in 1939.

The finds

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from today's charity shopping.
A navy blue shirt with white dots, a red hat with netting and feathers, a red/white handbag and a teardrop shaped box with vintage flowers - to use for my hats! I also got two smokey colored lampshades made of glass, but they are still in the car so no piccies. All for a total of £4.25!

And, following on the theme of the day, SWAP PARTY, I came across a new SWAP SHOP in Gillingham. These people get to use this empty shop for a couple of months to raise awareness of sustainability and re-useage/re-cycling. They got a corner with clothes and other little bits and pieces. I didn't have anything to swap but they weren't very strict on it, so I was welcome to grab what I liked. I found this little Matryoschka family to come home with me. I also saw a cool pair of pilot glasses but didn't want to seem too greedy... Next time I'll bring some stuff in. I love the inititative!! I'm all for RE-CYCLY, RE-USE AND RE-PRODUCE!
And, they also did some card making workshops in there - for free. And offered tea and coffee.

Ok, gotta go check on that cake now.

x

ps. that smallest of dolls is only 1 cm high. tiny. tiny. x

It's saturday

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and my plan for the day is: Finish my coffee, get dressed, go charity shopping, do some washing up, bake a cake, (nope didn't do it yesterday), sort my studio and prepare it for the clothes swap, buy some wine, sort out a playlist, make soup for dinner, meet the ladies at 7 in my studio. Go home with possibly some new clothes and then, sleep the sleep.

Did I tell you I got a 1940's coat last weekend? I'll show you, I promise. It is green and got beautiful sleeves.

Have a great weekend.
Birdie-Love ♥

Feeling ill

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Tomorrow I'm baking a cake for saturday's clothes and stuff swap in my studio. But now, I will rest. I'm making a cup of fennel tea and taking my laptop to bed to watch movies.
So long.

Patterns

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I bought this dress and cardigan the other day. I like their patterns. Close up the pattern on the dress looks like little paw prints. Bear or lynx perhaps..

(my camera is left in my studio, so mobile pics will have to do, sorry for the poor quality)

Have a fab weekend. I'm attending charity shops and a house warming party tomorrow. x

As I impatiently wait for a book delivery

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I am; drinking coffee, eating cake, printing off inspirational imagery for potential future projects and looking out at the crispy day through condensed windows. Here you go.

Some more of this lovely lady

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Hajen, nowadays under the name Jaw Lesson
I'm hoping she'll tour the UK soon...