I want to ride my Bicycle....

OOh.... Frolic blogged today about Bobbin Bicyles and now i am in love...

I have wanted an old fashioned bike with a basket for ages and after many unsuccesful searches on ebay for 'old bikes!' had nearly given up but Bobbin Bicycles sell exactly what I am after..... now that the sun is out too I am inagining cycle rides down to Greenwich with a picnic.....

They are still quite expensive though (around £300) and i am tres worried about having it stolen while chained up somewhere... (do these bikes have that removable wheel thingy) also I would have to lug it up the many flights of stairs when i get home and either chain it outside my front door in put it in the living room.....

Practicalities aside though they are too lovely... (roll on next months pay cheque!)

Crush...

I love Natalia Vodianova, she always looks amazing.. Particularly here in these lovely pics by Carter Smith.....

Tuesdays child is full of grace...

last night derren brown was able to acurately guess many members of the audiences birth days.. I wonder if he used this poem to help...

Mondays child is fair of face,

Tuesdays child is full of grace,

Wednesdays child is full of woe,

Thursdays child has far to go,

Fridays child is loving and giving,

Saturdays child works hard for his living,

And the child that is born on the Sabbath dayIs bonny and blithe, and good and gay.

Drama... (not just on stage)

I went to the theatre last night to see Derren Brown, however i went with the ex-boyf so there was the inevitable cry and drama and I also had my phone stolen! great! I spent most of the night hoping it was a cruel Derren Brown trick and that at the end i'd be called up on stage and have my phone handed back to me... it didn't happen!

Anyway.... my main dissapointment from the evening is that people just dont dress up for the theatre any more. I wish that evening wear was still compulsorary and that everyone looked elegant... or at least that jeans and trainers weren't allowed... it would make the event so much more exciting (and considering that most theatre tickets are £50 its already not a chep night out!)

ahem

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Mini Me.

Mini me…

I currently have an obsession with all things mini… (Actually I lie…. This is a long time obsession). When I was a child I used to write tiny mini notes to the tooth fairy and was entranced by an aunts mini pencil earrings that really wrote!

Just as the Japanese are ever shrinking technology, everyday items when shrunk are suddenly so desirable!

I don’t know if this is the childlike dollhouse attraction or a late blooming obsession with the borrowers but I suddenly want to hang knives and forks round my neck!!!

My favourites are…

helplessromantic, who make Small things cut out of Perspex (tatty devine style)

The French factory.. Absolutely irresistible mini bits (I want it all)

Etsy.com – soop – I love the layering effect that you can achieve with these rings…

Tilly bloom – beautiful illustrations made into broaches and necklaces, in a decoupage style.

J Davis studio also on etsy – beautiful mini silver monopoly houses and streets.

And of course.. mini mania… lovely. xx

2 new mags!!!

New magazines!!!

as if there weren't enough!! (actually there are never enough!)

Online magazine Ponystep goes live today....

Created by Richard Mortimer, the founder of club night BoomBox, this magazine should prove interesting ...

http://www.ponystep.com/

Also the BBC launches online ethical fashion magazine Thread

apparently this one is aimed at 'fashion conscious individuals who care about where their clothes come from'. hmm jumping on the eco bandwagon does spring to mind.... The magazine covers a range of issues from the environmental footprint of clothing manufacture to the impact of the fashion industry on human and animal rights. Thread was launched on April 22 in conjunction with Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts, a four-part BBC series which documents six young fashion lovers who head to India to experience making clothes for the British High Street.... carbon footprint anyone!!!???
www.bbc.co.uk/thread