Spanish fun

Alex and I are just back from a few days away with Alison and Daisy. We stayed in their lovely house in Spain, which is really pretty. I do love Spain. A few photos from the trip.

 

April 29th

My friend Jackie started me thinking about April 29th and what to do, which started me looking at what goodies there are to buy. Here's a selection of what I found.

Tote bag by Simeon Farrar

Paper party plates

Party cupcake cases and toppers

Willim and Kate tea bags

Small Britannia plate

Pretty teacup, saucer and plate to take to your street party.

I've just seen these lovely cupcake kits by Meri Meri

Gaby Young and Other Animals

A while ago Dean and I went along to The Barbican to see The Irrepressibles who we'd seen at Latitude a couple of times. The bad news was they weren't very good, but the good news was we got to see Gaby Young and Other Animals who were really fun.
So here's a link if you fancy a look

My Mum

Sorry I'm rubbish and aren't with you to say Happy Birthday.

Hope you are going to enjoy your day just like you promised.

Jimmie Martin

Ever since I saw Gayle's powerpoint she made for the styling project I've been racking my brains to think of the name of the designer I saw a couple of years ago, because the chairs with rabbits on (in her powerpoint) had reminded me of his work.

I've finally, thanks to the usually wonderful and sometimes frustrating Google, tracked him down - Jimmie Martin.

He can turn his hand to other furniture as well as chairs

and everyone should know I'm a sucker for a chandelier.

Too busy

I know I promised to complete my St Petersburgh posts soon, but I'm just so busy at work that it will have to wait a little while, well a few weeks probably. But I didn't want to abandon my posting totally as I had just got back into it after a gap over the Christmas holidays.

Anyway last night was spent at college for an open evening helped by 4 extremely helpful and fun students, Becca and Courtney (Foundation Art) and Becky and Ellie (As Textiles), so I decided that to supplement all the lovely student's work which Gayle, Brooke and I had laid out we would play some videos. For me it had to start with some Alexander McQueen catwalk/runway shows. But later on Becca got us all hooked on the work of Holly Fulton who I have seen before, but never looked at in detail. Anyway here's a peek at some of her designs from S/S 2011 and A/W 2011.









and just for Becca the dress she's losing sleep over at the moment.


 

Day 2 and 3 - the Mariinsky Theatre

               



The Mariinsky is certainly a wonderful theatre and without doubt this was the best production of a ballet I have ever seen.



A seat at the opera



A seat at the ballet



 








The best seat in the house



The ballet was the most beautiful event and definitely no falling asleep.

Students all dressed up and looking lovely.