What a productive weekend. Tom’s 3D printer is now built and functional and I FINALLY finished the minoru jacket that’s been sat cut out on my floor for the past 6 months. As the weather is more or less the same as it was 6 months ago, it didn’t seem entirely crazy to spend this weekend actually sewing it together. In July.
It has inside pockets and everything! I’m really quite proud of myself. Although if I’m perfectly honest, Tasia’s fantastic sewalong instructions did most of the hard work for me. I spent the rest of the weekend cooking, sleeping, spending my money in Monki and watching Sharpe – that’s about as good as weekends come. Except next weekend when I’m going wedding dress shopping – eeeek!!!
Hope you’ve had a good one? xx
Another year has passed and I’m starting to get unnervingly close to 30. To celebrate, we had picnic in the gardens, complete with lots of Pimms and white wine. It was fun.
We actually started the day by heading to the Ballgown exhibition at the V&A, I was expecting to love it but somehow it fell a bit short. I’m not sure whether it was due to the slightly odd lighting, a somewhat ‘meh’ selection of gowns or that it was absolutely teeming with people, but it didn’t really live up to my expectations. We did however follow it up with a trip to the Animal Inside Out exhibition at the natural history museum. It was a bit gruesome but I can’t recommend it highly enough – it was fascinating and brilliantly presented!
Tom excelled himself this year and I have lots of beautiful new things which will make appearances over the next few weeks. I am particularly enamoured with my new APC shirt. I’ve had SUCH a lovely weekend – what have you all been up to?
We went on walks, ate lots of chocolate, drank lots of wine, went to the zoo, welcomed home my little sister, and erm, I said yes on a pedalo.
Let the wedding planning begin!
January 16, 2012 – 11:10 pm
October 26, 2011 – 10:32 am
Sorry for almost disappearing off the face of the planet – in exactly one week’s time I will be back to my normal blogging, photo taking, going places & sewing self. Just 7 more days of burying my head in books and the highlight of my day being going to the gym.
But look! I did leave the house a couple of weeks ago, albeit wearing a somewhat Bavarian outfit and feeling a little like I was in the ‘Sound of Music’….
October 14, 2011 – 7:53 pm
I appear to have developed a bit of a knitwear obsession. I’ve gone for years without ever having enough jumpers and have somehow managed to buy about 5 in the last weeks. I love this one though – not that you can tell by my face. WHY DO I LOOK SO GRUMPY?? Topshop seem to have loads at the moment – I have so far resisted this polar bear one, but it might only be a matter of time…
How’s the week been? I’m back at work next week after a bit of a college onslaught – but 3 weeks time and it’ll all be over (she says…. fingers crossed), and I can stop moaning, which I think will be preferable for everybody.
And I leave you with some of my favourite internet-y things from the last couple of weeks:
Isla’s incredible skirt
An incredible 50′s photoshoot (complete with Ewan McGregor)
Apple Pie cookies. I love Autumn.
How cute are these collages?!
Some epic pin-ups!
xx
