Beautiful skirt

I'm getting quite into this making clothes malarky! Following my success with the skirt for Melissa, I have made another skirt, for my lovely new Brighton friend Helen. I found some fabulous yellow 50s sateen curtains in the Emmaus charity shop in Port Slade, with no particular project in mind, but quickly realised that they'd make a glorious skirt for Helen.

Unfortunately I didn't take any photos of the skirt before I gave it to Helen, but thankfully she and her lovely fiance took some snaps when the skirt made its inaugural trip abroad (they had a long weekend in Brussels). Hopefully Diarmuid won't mind but I nicked some photos from his facebook page so you can see the loveliness!

The Elephant Bed

On Saturday, Rob and I nipped into town to do some errands, and happened to stumble across a gorgeous exhibition: "The Elephant Bed", by John Grade.

It really took my breath away, so I got a bit carried away snapping on my camera phone (alas, I didn't have my decent camera with me). The shots came out better than expected, but don't really do it justice, so if you are around Brighton before 31st August I would highly recommend popping into the Fabrica gallery on Duke Street (opposite Heals) and wander in (it's free!).

Typography spotting

Rob's Dad came to stay with us the other weekend, which was lovely. On the Sunday, we headed over to Lewes for a bit of a snoop, as we hadn't made it there before. It was a surprisingly cool place! I didn't realise that Lewes has close links with Thomas Paine, so it being the 4th July there was a bit of a festival going on. I really like it when you visit a place and unexpectedly find it's got some cultural activity going on, it makes me feel more alive!

On a slightly disconnected note, I snapped this sign with my phone, as I just loved the typography! It really reminded me of the "Keep Calm, Carry On" poster font, and I just love the way they've typeset the St. Perhaps this could be a new game for me, collecting great examples of typography when I'm out and about? Oh dear, I feel a new obsession coming on....

quick craft

I have a serious pen addiction, and recently it's been threatening to take over my desk at work. I'd been keeping an eye out for some funky storage ideas, but everything I've seen has been too pricey for my current tight budget. So, one night, I had a flash of inspiration. Some washed soup cans, bits of wrapping paper from my stationery stash, and some double-sided tape, and 10 minutes later, voila! Custom pen pots!