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in love with my new duck-scissors *sigh

friday night at the V&A

had an ace time with my super talented friend Lesley at the V&A last night. she had an illustration being scrrenprinted in one of the exhibition's workshop along with Abby, both beautiful images inspired by Yohji Yamamoto's dresses. great as ever to catch up with Lesley and really lovely to meet Abby and Rachel in person. after the event we went for that necessary friday drink and laughed and had so much fun. Lesley took home my big head bow as a promise she will be back in London real soon to bring it back... all in all a cracking start for the weekend :) happy times!

happiness

you know when you keep an eye out for something for so long you almost believe you'll never find it? this was the case with my new vintage wood briefcase portfolio! i finally found the perfect one, just as i'd pictured in my mind... it was in Camden Lock market :) so i'm still organizing stuff in it, etc. what do you think?
another slice of happiness arrived in the post last week from Lesley. a quiet tiger, a happy wolf and a dancing bear, all in one parcel. just adorable! every bit of it.
and speaking of Lesley, we're meeting at V&A museum tomorrow as she'll have some work in action there. details on her blog. it should be ace. if you live in London too, come along and say hello to us!

a fab week off

i know it's been a little quiet around here... well, my beautiful friend Cecilia was over from Brazil for a week and since we hadn't seen each other in quite a long time, a week off to catch up just had to happen for me too :) we had so much fun around London. went to Camden Town, Battersea carboot sale, inspiring east london, drank lots of good wine in the garden amongst other places.

finally made it to Nobrow shop (ace!) and Cecilia fell in love with Diego's cousin ( also handcrafted by the wonderful Jay ) so she went back there monday on a last minute shopping spree and got him too! last night they happily flew back to Brazil... i'm now wondering if her little gentleman will ever make a sneaky appearance in one of her films.

// she's a film maker, director and producer here //
today i'm slowly returning to work, replying to emails and sketching for a new job... hope you're all well and enjoying the sunshine... back soon!

this guy...

this guy is possibly going to be making an appearance on this job i'm working on... i kinda like him :)

a dress for Lesley

i spent this sunny saturday afternoon playing with more dresses, but one in particular (first photo) which is for my good friend Lesley. she also needs a hat as it's for her brother's wedding! so much fun. it'll be in the post tomorrow Lesley :)
the others, depending on how they turn out i might put a couple up for sale in my shop.
now it's time for a chilled belgium beer in the sunny garden. enjoy your weekend too!
ps: lots of your comments have vanished in thin air due to blogger meltdown in the last few days... they say it'll all return to normal soon. thank you, i got them in time.

pattern dresses

drawing flowers, making patterns and daydreaming of spring dresses. which one would you wear?

cat in a box

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pattern play

i've been playing with pattern making lately. the technical process can be quite tricky but, as they say, practice makes perfect...

so i'm persisting :)
now it's time to sit in the garden and have a beer in the sun. enjoy your weekend too!

spring characters

every year around this time, a little group of characters appear on my bedroom window, wake me up and invite me to play :)

a spring walk

we met Mr Squirrel :) i just love spring so much. all the beautiful colours... enjoying every minute. happy monday off!