Chevron Fever

These days I have some time on my hands, for how long who knows... So, I need to move upstairs into the large bedroom. I feel this room is rather plain, as I had rented it out and didn't really decorate it, but now it's my room and it needs some colour! Most of my home is white with hints of turquoise or some form of blue.

Argh!!! The main word being COLOUR! Here are the choices below; oh, did I mention that I'm doing stripes? Chevron stripes to be more exact. It took me two hours to measure up and do one stripe, hopefully it will be done by the weekend!

Sorry for the poor photo in which I took at midnight. I want to keep the white and use one of the colours below, which would you choose?

So here are the colour choices: Pratt & Lambert "Beau Geste"

Next choice is: Pratt & Lambert "Gig's Grey"

And lastly: Sherwin Williams "Buoyant Blue"

Another thing to consider is the bed. I have an Ikea bed, pictured below - I wish it was white. However, the bedding is. What are your opinions? I'm partial to Sherwin Williams "Buoyant Blue".

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner

So with all of the lead up to Will and Kate's wedding, the TV is array with back-to-back shows on the Royal family and Di's wedding. It's got me nostalgic for my childhood in London. I was a Brownie and faithfully every Tuesday night there I was ready to pledge my Brownie promise:

I promise that I will do my best,

To love my God,

To serve the Queen and my country,

To help other people,

And to keep the Brownie Guide Law.

I think I was there to play the games and earn my badges as well as meet my friends. I have some precious memories; one of them was the celebration of Prince Charles and Lady Diana's wedding. We had a mock wedding celebration in which each of us had to draw names from a hat. I was Earl Spencer, Diana's father and sported a moustache, even thought he didn't have one my mum felt it was the only way for people to know that I was a man! I loved that day and even the prep - my friend Alicia was Prince Charles, her mum came up with the idea to use lollipops for medals ~ ingenious!!! We even had a cake for the party!!!

Anyway I'm proud to be British even though I no longer live there and I'll always be a Londoner because I think of her wherever I go!

Happy Year of the Rabbit

Just wanted to wish you all a wonderful lunar new year!!!

새 해 복 많이 받으세요
Kung Hei Fat Choi
Xin Nian Kuai Le

Oh Monday!

I'm not normally a Monday hater, but today was certainly a blue day. So I did this little sketch to try and cheer myself up. Hope your Monday was a lot better than mine.

OMG I miss Seoul!!!

Amongst the alleys

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I'm so excited and delighted to see on Desgin Sponge today a City Guide based on one of my favourite places ~ Seoul! Asah!

Check it out!!!

Cute and Fun

I'm totally in love with Isak. You have to check the website out. I have to restrain myself from making a purchase as I'm over my budget for the moment ~ but ooh oh ooh I love supporting other artists ;P And oh did I mention that she lives in England and her name is Sandra Isaksson originally from Sweden a country that I'm really eager to visit as I have a love for the design sense that is so fresh, young, quirky and full of storytelling. OOoh nothing but love for the Swedish!!!

Check out the print I'm soooooooo in love with here: ❤

Vote for Stella

Stella has finally been entered in the Munny competition please vote for her here.
Thank You :)

Which expression?

which-expression
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I'm having a hard time figuring out Stella's expression. What do you guys think?

Stella Munny in Progress

I've been pretty busy and can't believe that I practically used a whole box of Super Sculpey. I can't wait to cure her and then painting. I have quite the deadline June 30th so fingers crossed!

Munny Time

It's been a while since I've been in the land of the living, I'm slowly coming back to my normal creative self again. I've been thinking to enter the Munny competition and I really don't have much time to think as I have little time to act. So I did some supply shopping and cleaned the studio up to make space, so now it's time to buckle down and start working.

I've been admiring just the shape of Munny and it seems to be really quiet right now, I have what it wants to be when it grows up and slowly it's finding it's voice.

Here's a sketch I quickly put together. I'm not liking the mouth, she seems a little angry.

So there's more to come soon...

Zilu Goodness

I love finding unique handmade items, and here's another website to fall in love with, Zilu. Just awesome goodness and everything is my style, maybe this isn't a good thing for my bank account ;P

The first month is almost over in 2010!

Well happy new year folks, I don't know about you but I was certainly happy to say good bye to 2009 and eagerly welcome 2010. Already January has flown by, which wasn't a bad month at all. I got to see my old and dear friend from Yarnageddon who I hadn't seen in about a year. I love catching up with such dear friends, but would love to live within the same area so that we could meet up more often. Well I guess I need to do a Vancouver trip soon, as there's a few people I need to see.

Oh and talking of Mandy, check out her new book and her interview on You Tube also the Yarn Bombing website!

Yay Mandy!!!

Procrastination is taking over!!!

Etsy Buy Handmade cheekynado

Gosh some evenings I just get glued to all the wonderful things people make, I envy their skills, imagination and motivation. I'm such a lazy artist these days, I used to create everyday; what happened???

I am thinking that this book maybe useful for Cheeky Nado table display.Folding Patterns for Display and Publicity, Agile Rabbit Editions So many ideas rolling around in the old noodle but body is not in agreement and seems to be on strike ~ argh! I guess they call it procrastination!!!

Made ~ setup

Made ~ setup
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I was in Lethbridge over the weekend to attend: Made.
It was great to meet new people and talk to the local Lethbians as well get exposure. I didn't sell as much as I had anticipated, however I most certainly don't regret the trip. I still managed to make enough to pay for the table. :)
I have so many ideas as these shows give me a lot of inspiration, even just eaves dropping on what potential clients say, opens up a lot of possibilities of where to push my creativity.

Also how can I forget that I got to visit with Jeff, Amber, Olivia and Ella! I had a great time, thanks for putting me up and feeding me :) And Thank you Amber for inviting me to join Made, I enjoyed it!!!

Thanks Lethbridge :)

Hhhhmmmm Upholstery Inspirations

Calgary Craigslist find: Tulip Chairs and table
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Loving the work of ljindustries. I've been meaning to work on my first Craigslist purchase above. But once I move in and figure the colors then I will consider what fabric to use I love the designs at Ikea as well what Julia of ljindustries used below.

Gunvor at Ikea

Amy Butler has some great work

Valori Wells

Cicada Studio

Any favourites?

What I wore today... Sept 23

One of the teachers at work was talking about an artist friend that she admired and how he without fail would produce a drawing or a painting everyday. This is something that I have tried and failed on many occasions and I too admire the diligence and passion an artist has to upkeep the practice.

So surfing around as I usually do I came across Aesthetic Outburst's blog and was inspired by other artists who drew what they wore today. Simple and an effective way to keep the daily drawing challenge going. So below is my attempt as I felt like a queen today with what I wore :)

One Giant Step Closer!

Slowly but surely I will be moving into my new home. I already started packing and hopefully the closing of the above home will go smoothly to start feeling excited. So far I'm still being reserved as it's been a roller coaster of emotions recently. I advise when looking for a house to go with someone, it's no fun alone especially for someone who can't make snappy decisions.

I'm also busily looking for furniture as I need to furnish a three bedroom home and get some students in as soon as I can. So if you have stuff, give me a shout :)

Home where art thou home?

Well, I did find a house that I liked, put in an offer but didn't go through. I was a bit upset with how the realtor for the seller behaved. My realtor spent the day trying to contact the realtor after faxing the offer the night before and only after she talked to his manager did she hear from him.

The realtor was pretty blunt saying that they recieved the same offer earlier. Well it wasn't from me, as this is my first time to buy a home. He hadn't even told his client about it and said that he wasn't going to even bother with this offer. How rude!!! I did give a low offer, only because I need to redo the roof as it shows it's age as well as the flooring.

Oh well, there's a better house out there :)

In the mean time until I find a home, what inspires me is a pop of pink amongst the clean white and turquoise with black lines.


Or a nice clean white and well organized kitchen, I would love to have a wall painted with blackboard paint. As I'm a little forgetful at times ;P I can't wait to have space to start cooking again!

Something for my students

Cambridge University Press has a great site with an interactive Phonemic Chart. Click here

Also the British Council has one that you can download and keep on your computer. Click Here

Also MacMillan English has one too. Click Here

Hopes that helps ~ take care and all the best :)

Need to go shopping in Korea

I miss shopping in Korea, there was always something fresh. I think many Korean designers are underrated as their talents really need to shine through.

I found this brilliant USB table that I really would love to have and put my tablet on top of. It's not bad for 44,00won (Korean).

How about this adorable tea for two, but it looks to be a Japanese designer, which is all good :)

These felt coasters are really cool, it gives me some ideas to make my own.... ;P

Got to love the cute clean up box for your desk!