Woof!

Earlier this week on my journey home from work, I was, as usual on the Overground train from Camden Road to Stratford…. and as usual I was plugged into my Ipod and had my nose buried in a book on the very damp train (it was bucketing it down all that day).
I happened to look up [...]

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Dress Making Machine!

I’ve been a busy little sewing bee recently, I’ve just finished Cinderella’s Ball gown for the Woodhouse Players panto . It’s a gorgeous velvet & satin Navy vision!

My second project, which actually something I’ve been commissioned to make, is a lovely little empire line silk dupion dress.
I just had to take a picture of the fabric as [...]

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Festive

Look at the lovely Christmas lights that are all along St Christophers Place this Year, I spotted these whilst caning my debit card today in the West End looking for a Christmas Dress….

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the Lark Costumes

sorry this has taken so long, i’ve been so busy over the last couple of weeks i just don’t know where i am anymore! anywhoo finally the production pics from the Lark are ready, here are my favourites but you can see them all including a couple that i am in here….. there’s no need [...]

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Lark Song

this weekend is rather an exciting one actually, after weeks & weeks of slaving away behind a sewing machine & getting high off spray paint i have finally finished the costumes for the Lark ! here are couple of sneaky photo’s i’ve pinched from the clever lighting designer Emerson….

now if i haven’t flogged this pony enough [...]

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visitation north

i’ve spent the weekend up in Lincolnshire visiting my mummy, shopping (as always), country shows and pretty towns full of lovely architecture….my new favourite town center is in Newark (which is actually in Nottinghamshire, but my mum lives near the county border so we tend to stray over it from time to time). It’s wonderful [...]

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PETRA STORRS

i love everything this lady touches, please be informed …… PETRA STORRS  
xoxo

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guerilla ice cream

whilst shoe shopping for Sebbinty’s feet we stumbled across what is currently happening in the Ultralounge of Selfridges…a guerilla luxury ice cream parlour by the Icecreamists called “god save the cream”. live bands, patent leather armchairs, it looks like a very trendy bar from the outside but all they serve is icecream!
this is what i [...]

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glorious glyndebourne

i am overwhelmed with sadness because there is a serious lacking of magical feelings today, i was thoroughly overloaded by them yesterday, when i made my first visit to the Glyndebourne opera house in Lewes to watch Rusalka. For the ones that don’t know Glyndebourne is part of ”the season” in the same realms of Royal Ascot [...]

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inspired

this weekend i have been in Cornwall for a family wedding, anyone that’s on facebook will of seen evidence of my disastrous attempts at dancing under the influence of many a glass of Addlestones….anyway we also got to do some sightseeing of some of my favourite Cornish places, Mounts Bay, Cape Cornwall & St Ives…whilst [...]

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