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Fitzrovia Radio Hour

2011-01-16T22:28:00.001Z

Took my parents to see this on Saturday. I highly recommend it. It's on till the 5th Feb
http://www.fitzroviaradio.co.uk/

Christmas

2010-12-23T15:24:00.004Z

So far today has been a bit of a nightmare, started the day been hit on the head with the curtain pole as i opened the curtain. Plaster everywhere, hole in wall and a smashed owl. Just what you need before Christmas. So i took myself off to the kitchen put on the B0b Dylan Christmas album and make mince-pies.

Tomorrow i've got a chocolate chestnut cake to make and braised red cabbage.

Sheffield Vintage Fair

2010-10-06T13:55:00.001+01:00

I recently did the Sheffield Vintage fair, but stupidly took no pictures! Heres a write up of the event and a pic of my stall on the vintage fair blog

Bertha's Bewilderments

2010-10-06T13:36:00.003+01:00

So my Mum has finally done it and got herself a unit at 'The Emporium' Clyde road, In Sheffield. She'll be selling with me at the next Sheffield Vintage Fair. She's got some bloody amazing stuff, i'm eying up the owls and the Vases. If anyone would like to buy anything email me.

Latest courtyard Bazzar

2010-09-20T14:03:00.002+01:00

Few pictures from the latest Courtyard Bazaar in Canterbury

I finally sold the sewing boxes after having them for months. Now they've gone it frees up some space for some more stuff. Hurrah
We'll be at the sheffield vintage fair on the 25th Sept.

Jam time

2010-09-02T13:59:00.001+01:00

As Jim was ill on the bank holiday leaving me with nothing to do. I decided to make Jam, Chutney and Pickles.

Dresses

2010-09-02T13:57:00.001+01:00

Anyone who know me knows i love dresses. Look at these 60's/70's beauty's i bought to sell on. Might keep a couple myself.

Courtyard Bazzar

2010-09-02T13:47:00.002+01:00

Some photos from the last 2 Courtyard Bazzars we did in Canterbury. Next ones on the 18th.

Gaggle of bags that need pricing up

2010-08-18T12:49:00.000+01:00

New Haul

2010-08-15T14:40:00.004+01:00

All for the Courtyard Bazaar sale. Although i want to keep some of it for myself!

Stupid cats

2010-08-15T14:36:00.004+01:00

The cats aren't allowed in the spare room. They create too much havoc. I'm getting things ready for the Courtyard Bazaar next weekend. Left the door open for 2 minutes came back and they'd made themselves nice and comfy.

July

2010-08-05T22:23:00.003+01:00

This month i saw loads but took no pictures of it. Idiot.
Books i read

This is where i leave you- Jonathan Tropper
In The Heart of the Canyon-Elisabeth Hyde
Wetlands- Charlotte Roche
One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich- Alecksander Solzhenitsyn
The Silver linings playbook- Matthew Quick

June

2010-07-20T23:33:00.007+01:00

the books I read

Election - Tom Perrotta
The Contortionists Handbook - Craig Clevenger
The average American Male - Chad Kultgen
The Bonfire of the Vanities - Tome Wolfe
The Wishbones - Tom Perrotta
Utterly Monkey - Nick Laird
Change of Heart - Tony Parson
Distance - Tony Parson
Rape a Love Story - Jocye Carol Oates
Bad Haircut - Tom Perrotta

It seems like a lot, but we did go on holiday. And also a lot of Tom Perrotta, but when i find a new author i like i tend to gorge myself.

Some things i saw

Fox

2010-07-09T14:25:00.002+01:00

I was picking blackcurrants down the allotment went we spotted this fox cub. It was quite tame and came real close as it went about its business of moving plant pots from our allotment to our neighbors.

Sewing

2010-06-20T21:10:00.002+01:00

So i start a new job on Monday so have got my arse in gear and finally made the cushions for the camper-van I've been meaning to do ever since i picked the fabric up from a car boot a month ago.

The patterns are from Sublime stiching.

My nails match my computer

2010-05-12T18:24:00.001+01:00

Yes i know i should be looking for a job, but its boring and painting my nails is much more fun.

New Things!

2010-05-09T18:27:00.003+01:00

I acquired all these new things this weekend. I shall be selling them at the Courtyard Bazzar on the 29th hopefully.I seem to have got rather a lot of cats.

New Dream Bike

2010-04-08T18:47:00.004+01:00

This is my new bike. Well i was going to tinker with it then sell it, but i love it. I already have a bike but its pink and doesn't go with my outfit for the up-coming tweed run. So after adjusting the seat on this one and realizing i can reach the pedals, i'm keeping it. Needed some cleaning so i spent the day cleaning it instead of job hunting. Day well spent.

It was covered in oil and some of the chrome was a bit rusty. Bit of elbow grease and it came up a treat.

Bit of internet searching told me you could find out the date the bike was made by looking a number on the hub. Cleaned all the shit off and found out it was made in 1974.

Sunday VW Fun

2010-03-28T20:26:00.004+01:00

So today was the day of the volks world show. We thought we'd go and get some ideas for doing up Bertha.We sat in a traffic jam for 2 fucking hours, slowly crawling to the showground entrance. It was a good looking traffic jam with some lovely campervans queuing but it was a traffic jam non the less. When we got there it was all a bit strange. Everything seemed to be crammed in and they're weren't too many T25's, Lots of Spiltys and Bays. Jim saw some cars he liked but as i girl i can only comment on the colour of them and the interiors. I cant even drive. Looking back i think the queue was the most exciting bit of the day. It was ok but not really what i'd been expecting, maybe summer shows are better, dunno.

Much more exciting was this sandwich i made

Somehow i have got to the age of 29 without ever roasting a joint of beef. On the way back from the camping van show we went to the farm shop. They had joints of beef for 3 quid in the oopps section. So i bought one roasted it, ate some and made the leftovers into me dinner for tomorrow.

We're building a Shanty Town

2010-03-28T20:23:00.001+01:00

No. Jim wants a greenhouse. So were building one pikey style.

Sunday

2010-03-15T13:01:00.003Z

Jim put up a the new bathroom cabinet (under carefully guidance from me).

Had this hanging around for ages, bought it at Hebden Bridge in the summer.
I baked a cakeRosehip Drizzle cake using the rosehip syrup i made in the autumn. Think I'll be making this one again.

The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today

2010-02-16T21:44:00.002Z

went to see this at the Saatchi gallery at the weekend. It was OK. These were my favorite things.

cake

2010-02-16T21:42:00.000Z

i love you too cake. Especially when you're black forest gateau from patisserie valerie

Free Cake!

2010-02-03T17:40:00.004Z

I made a Tea Loaf. It was technically free as i didn't have to go out and buy any special ingredients for it. Very simple cake to make. Tastes good. Win.

Couple of Papercuts i have recently done.

2010-02-02T16:44:00.000Z

Rob Ryan At YSP

2010-01-20T12:33:00.004Z

I've just come back from the North. Whilst up there i went to the Rob Ryan Exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. I'd never been to the YSP before, god knows why its real close to me mums and free.
Rob Ryan has taken over the upper gallery space and done decals for the massive windows. Theres a mix of screenprints, papercuts and other things. Well worth the short trip up the M1. Plus the gift shop is amazing, if i wasn't so poor i could have bought a lot of stuff.

We didn't look round the 500 acres of land outside as it was cold and i didn't have the correct footwear on. However i was more than happy to sit in the cafe with coffee and cake and watch people fall over outside.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Rob Ryan

patchwork-a-gogo

2009-08-04T13:38:00.003+01:00

Not sure what its going to be yet, i'd like it to be a blanket but dont know if i have the concentration to keep at it that long.

campervan

2009-07-03T12:18:00.002+01:00

We bought a campervan.

the snake thing

2009-03-03T16:59:00.002Z

went to the Boys house yesterday to give him his birthday present. I managed to take a picture of the smashing snake/monster draft excluder i made him for christmas

The sheer excitment

2009-03-01T13:33:00.002Z

its potato chitting time!

and i've started some seeds off too, labeling this time so we actually know what we're growing. Useful that is

i made something

2009-02-27T15:23:00.002Z

Made this for a pal whose birthday i missed because i'm an idiot.

back from Abroad

2009-02-21T13:25:00.005Z

in the second hotel we stayed in there was a lack of plug sockets. So to charge batteries and digitize at the same time i had to get creative with the gaffer tape. Well tech

Here's me and Ben at the end of the final cooking shoot. 4hrs to shoot a smoothie and a salad. I lied about how much battery power i had left to try and speed things up. Don't we look happy

abroad

2009-02-18T08:56:00.002Z

whilst people are outside spitting dummies out and loading the van i thought i'd update this. cant upload any pictures as the internet like a lot of things here is shit. 1 sleep from home.

flat pack cat

2009-02-01T21:40:00.001Z

not much happening

2009-01-13T22:10:00.004Z

As you can see pretty much cock all happening down the allotment. Some nice dead/dying chard plants and thats it.

The old dude who has the allotment doesn't like things messing with his lettuce. His entire lettuce bed was rigged up with mouse traps.

Christmas Card

2008-12-09T22:26:00.002Z

Just finished making shit loads of these for family Christmas cards.

im now unemployed

2008-12-02T20:46:00.003Z

I've been up in Sheffield for the last week doing cock all apart from looking in antique shops at amazing old taxideremy. Damn my right on veggie boyfriend. If it wasnt for him the house would look like a hunting lodge. Whilst up there I made this card for me step-dad.

next fun

2008-11-20T00:50:00.002Z

I seem to be doing anything to avoid been on a computer. These are details of something I'm making as a Christmas present.

Alan the squirrel

2008-11-19T12:35:00.002Z

My brother had a pet squirrel. his pal found it on the way to his house. They decided to keep him and named him Alan. Alan died. Probably because he was retarded, prone to fits, had a broken leg and a bit blind. I've done him a papercut of a squirrel.

new best hobby

2008-11-19T12:30:00.004Z

Its my Step-sisters 18th birthday soon and i wanted to make her a card. I decided to try my hand at papercuts. This is my first attempt.

Roxy Disco

2008-11-19T12:24:00.003Z

I like the Roxy Disco in Sheffield. Not the actual disco but the shitty building and sign. Its been turned into a Carling academy so i decided to make my self a commemorative cushion. here it is in progress.

batternburg

2008-11-19T12:18:00.003Z

As everyone knows i like to crochet batternburgs. My pal Holly asked if i would make a draft excluder one for her sister. I stupidly said yes. It was the most epic task.

i made a birthday cake

2008-11-19T12:13:00.004Z

Going through the picture in my phone i came across this one of the birthday cake i made my brother. Nice

building something out of nothing

2008-11-19T10:55:00.016Z

Well not exactly nothing, but something that doesn't cost, pallets. We needed a shed for down the allotment but they cost shit loads and look flimsy, so we decided to make our own out of pallets. We began to start stockpiling pallets, and with no plans began to build.First lay a base of sand.

Sand was one of the few things we bought. We had to use sand as we'd burried shit loads of glass that we'd found under this spot. Next lay foundations, which is a couple of pallets, surprisinglyNext step start putting sides on. To do this we had to break loads of pallets down so we could use the long bits as the supports. remember we're making this up as we go along

At this point we decided to make one side higher than the other so water would drain off the roof.
Bought some feather edge for the outside so that it would be water prrof. spent about £40 on this. Next start putting supports for the roof on.

Done. We've got a door on but i dont have a picture of that.