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Last night...

I had a dream that I was looking after a little kid and when I turned my head for one minute, he climbed out of the cot to go on a little adventure. Only problem was, he was the size of my nose stud and we were somewhere that resembled the Grand Canyon. After managing to find him on top of a wardrobe, in a bath bag, I was suddenly with my Mum and sneakily trying to change the present labels over on the three Betsey Bags pictured below in this blog. A friend of my Mum's had bought one each for me, my sister and my brother (?!) but my sister had got the one with the telephones all over it and I REALLY wanted it. I think it might be because I am heading over to Leah's for some jerk chicken and a game of Dreamphone later but I cannot explain the nose-stud-sized child.

Soon...

Los Angeles (& Las Vegas) - Part two of the trip! The photos are colourful. There is loads to show (apart from the signs I already posted) and loads to tell but you're just going to have to wait! HA

Hawaiian Paradise

Sorry but it had to be done. I couldn't go to Hawaii, immerse myself in paradise and not make you all a bit jealous... Now that I have done all the design-related posts, here are a select few of my favourite hedonistic moments:

Some of the Best Hawaiian Vehicles

A 'Loves' Van that delivers all their mini-doughnuts and chocolate pies to the various stores. If I could use my 'Roll your Own' hippy-van converting book to convert any van into a liveable space it would be this one. One day, One Day. (I'll get it shipped back with my psychedelic sofa that still resides in the Hamptons...)



Rainbow Shave Ice Convert-a-Car



Some sort of Voodoo Van?




Brickwork ride. The most superior of all whips.

Psychedelic Hawaii

Some bits I saw and collected on my travels. Tape-pattern window art- brilliant use of a pane of glass. It reminded me of Mr Jamie Brown's work which was a nice reminder of home.





A Showtime cup I ate lots of popcorn out of whilst quenching my salty thirst with a nice Longboard beer, Bling Grills for Anna, no explanations needed here.



Good old-fashioned candy floss sugar packaging.



Lastly but not leastly, three outrageous bags for Betseyville by Betsey Johnson. Knowing my obsession for Ice-Cream, some of my favourite ladies bought it for me as a leaving present. Really sweet.

Funny signs in Hawaii and LA

Now I have started blogging, I have quite a lot to catch up on. Just because I haven't been blogging, doesn't mean I haven't been looking, finding and recording. One eye looking at you, one eye looking for you. Always. I have put things into categories becasue there is so much (or maybe just because I am OCD and I find it satisfying)

HAWAII:

My personal favourite is probably Duane's simple, straight to the point post-it note business card. What's the need for fancy marketing when getting your message across can be this straight forward?


LA:













There are some WEIRdoes in LA. Straight up. At least I know where my next birthday is going to be though...

Mahalo

So, I timidly begin this blog, knowing full well that I have not posted for yeonks. I have been putting it off as I just don't know where to begin. So much has happened in the last few months. Back from my adventures in Hawaii, I am in a period of transition and still don't quite feel settled again yet. Mainly, this is because I am anxiously waiting for my new house to be in a liveable state so that I can move in and make it homely. There has been lots of ripping out walls, ceilings, floors and then electrics, plumbing and plastering. I have been grafting where possible but I have left the boys to the heavy work and I will get involved with the painting and interior stuff. Choosing kitchens, and trying to locate a cheap, salvaged spiral staircase (Victorian ornate or repro Victorian ornate....) are high on the agenda. If anyone has any links for staircases, send 'em this way! I am aching to distribute the wealth of oddities contained in my not-so-big bedroom throughout my new house. This includes three cocktail cabinets, a number of mannequin parts, numerous tool boxes, hundreds and millions of books... I even had a clear out but it doesn't look any different! Cabin fever to say the least.

Apart from the move, I have been busy catching up with friends, fam and the work crew. Anna and I have hopefully got a few very exciting projects coming up so watch this space. Other than that, whilst Anna is busy getting down to work with her MA, I have a couple of new solo ventures that I am about to embark on. I have been busy sketching, researching sourcing and planning. All I need now is my own little studio corner to get making. All will be revealed very soon. One venture is inspired by my time in Hawaii and I got my first tattoo, en route to the airport as a little souvenir/symbol to get me started:





I thought it would really hurt but it didn't. That is kind of scary as I fear I may go back for more...

Now I have done this first blog, I feel ready to grace the page with more posts about my time in Hawaii. First I eat dinner though.

The places I went, the things I saw.

Epsom High Steet-Hoxton Square

SE1-Deptford

Kentish Town-Harrow Road

tings!

Er yeah well the less mentioned about the lack of posts the better! We have been busy! and it would be good to work out how to do this from our phones so blogging could happen on the move! Iphone lessons welcome trust me!

I want to get some of this fabric! it's great. African screen-printed fabric, but instead of traditional batique style patters, old skool mobiles and computers! I love it. I found it on the internet but surely only a matter of time till I can get it over here?




I did some stuff with a friend of mine called Pixie Felton. We had a really fun afternoon in the studio doing a shot based on the idea of fame. I will endeavor to update the website with everything that has been happening. Just need to find a spare day over easter. Here is a sneaky peak at some of the props that I used.




Also I had a show last week at the Cafe Gallery in Southwark Park. It;s a lovely space. I kept it a bit quite because I'm just trying out some ideas at the moment, I reckon they need alot of development but I love a challenge and a new experience! But also it was mothers day so most peeps were busy. Next time maybe I'll feel brave enough to put it out there for the masses.