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Although Paul and John haven't spoken since, they often cast their minds back to the warmth of that embrace at Jenny's infamous party.

Jean [stroking his chin]: Ah, un bateau perdu sur la mer.

John [incredulous]: Don’t be so absurd! It’s a boat lost at sea.



Mildred was happy that she had landed the air traffic control job at Terminal 5 but she was beginning to regret embellishing her CV to read “champion of the skies.” Thankfully, her boss had been too busy with the swarms of protestors to notice.



People always talk of how clearly you can see the stars from the Bolivian Salt Flats. John was shocked into silence when he began to see the constellations of aggressive predators from the animal kingdom

It wasn’t quite the answer the recruitment consultant was expecting, but she had to admit that it probably was an accurate summation of her candidate’s personality.


Air Commander Victor Roger kept his side of the bargain by remaining as still as possible as he sat for his portrait. However, Alberto the artist found it very difficult to keep his brush steady given he was strapped to the wing of a jet fighter and subject to extreme g-forces.



Buzz began the press conference by announcing: “I can finally reveal that there is life in space. And judging by the artefacts I recovered, displayed here before you, I can also reveal that life is rubbish out there too.”



Daniel, the modelling agent, struggled to find the right words after being presented with this application for "family" work. In the end he settled for: “there’s certainly a look. If we have any shoots requiring gypsies and stiffs, I’ll be sure to call.”


Super Superficial is a great little shop that sells amazing, really individual tees, hoodies and sweaters. Based in Covent Garden and Carnaby, London (they also sell online) they use designs from Artists across the globe, featuring quirky ideas and designs.  They also encourage the public to send in their own illustrations for consideration to be made into t-shirts.

I bought the 'I Hate Fancy Dress Parties' tee for my boyfriend about a year ago and he still loves wearing it. It really is refreshing to find somewhere that doesn't churn out mass, commercial designs that saturate most clothes shops. They've recently relaunched their website and I believe they've re-designed their stores as well, so I can't wait for my next trip to Covent Garden to check it out. They also house Gallery 7 downstairs, which every so often hosts a show. I was lucky enough to see 'I married a toyboy' Convict by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy last year, which was fantastic.

If you're in either the Covent Garden or Carnaby area of London, I urge you to go and check either of their shops out, or if not take a look online here for some really exciting t-shirts.

PS I completely forgot to mention how much I love the little stories that go with each design!

A custom piece for Ian's girlfriend, I hope she likes it!
If you're interested in a custom design, please email me here.

My boyfriend, who is perhaps the loveliest person I've ever been lucky enough to know, took me completely by surprise and gave me the beautiful Stolen Thunder brooch I mentioned a couple of weeks ago! It was entirely unnecessary, unprovoked and lovely.

And I haven't stopped wearing it since.

I've put up a few pictures, I apologise for the terrible quality, they were taken in photo booth!

Also, you may or may not know, but I have a somewhat strange connection/ attraction to umbrellas as I've spent the better part of a year photographing them for my Degree. (Yes kids. You can go to University and photograph umbrellas - apparently it's allowed.) So it seemed appropriate to show you a few of those. (Hence the appropriate-ness of the brooch :) )

If you want to see more of my work, please click here.

Anyway, have a good evening everyone :) x

NEW! Coming to Wallpaper Rose soon. I would love to know what you think. x

Outfit Wednesday

Truly Madly Deeply Sailboat Print Sweatshirt - Urban Outfitters (£35)
Tamarack Denim Shorts - Hollister (£30)
Tabitha Anchor Necklace - Wallpaper Rose Jewellery (£12)
Turquoise Rope and Lace Headband - Little Fille (£48)
Coral Reef Nail Varnish - Models Own (£5)
Peacock Green Nail Varnish - Models Own (£5)

Hello everyone, It's been a whole week since my last post! I do apologise, I ran away to London for the weekend to see Mr Wallpaper Rose and have been a bit slack since I've been back! But here is my Outfit Wednesday post. We went to see the Sally Mann exhibition at the Photographer's gallery - which incidentally was incredible and definitely worthy of it's own post, and afterwards we went across the road to Urban Outfitters on Oxford Street. I had a mini mission - I was basically looking for a piece of jewellery with the letter 'P' on (it's a long story) but naturally you're looking for one thing and then you fall in love with another....

The other being this lovely light weight Sailing Boat design sweater! I love the simplicity of the design, both that and the colours are very reminiscent of 80's children's clothing - which is never a bad thing. So while pining for this jumper, I mentally created an outfit to share with you.

I've teamed it with Hollister denim shorts - I actually don't own any denim shorts, I wish I did but I just don't have the legs for them, HOWEVER if I could own a pair, they would be Hollister. Despite their crazy sizing system that I don't pretend to understand, they always look a really nice shape - I like the cut off rough edges. Though equally, and more likely in my case, this sweater would look great with some jeans.

To follow through with the subtle nautical theme I've used the WRJ Tabitha necklace (though this jumper does make me want to make some kind of sail boat creation!) and a rope and lace head band from Little Fille. (Again deserving of it's own blog post.) I've also suggested Models Own Coral Reef or Peacock Green nail varnish, the coral will really compliment the outfit by picking out the red of the sail boats and contrasting the turquoise however if you're wanting something a little more subtle and you're really digging the sea vibe, then the peacock green will really work.

I hope you like. x

This amazing 1950's style, floral dress is from Orion London. I happened to chance upon it in Topshop, Westfields (one of Orion's stockists) and instinctively wanted to purchase it for my Graduation! It's a little on the pricey side, so I didn't, but if I had - this is the outfit I envisaged to accompany it! I don't think Orion's photos truly do the dress justice, as the ditsy print and double breasted button detailing make for a great modern dress with a vintage feel. It's fairly conservative making it the perfect day to night transition dress, just altered with accessories (for instance, I think it would look great with a vintage, beaten leather belt and some slouchy brown boots for day wear!).

Here I've teamed it with Miss Selfridge Nude Seam Platforms (£40), Models Own nail varnish in either Peach Sherbert or True Blue - depending on your mood, though I would probably lean towards the Peach Sherbert ( Topshop did have the perfect cornflower blue shade, but it no longer seems to be on their website!) and I actually loved the dress so much, I tailor made a necklace to go with the outfit.

Annabelle is a small antique silver locket with floral engraving, hung with a small heart charm, a large dark indigo Swarovski crystal and two small peach Swarovski crystals. Originally I had designed it with a lighter blue crystal similar to the colour in the dress, however, the darker blue really brought out the peach shades and I think it will make more of an impact with the dress, not getting so lost in the pattern.

I'll post a link to Annabelle when it reaches the website.
I hope you like.

Cabbage Rose Reversible Quilt - Urban Outfitters
Floral Duvet - Urban Outfitters
Alvine Kvist Quilt Covers - Ikea

Currently, I only have the one duvet cover I like.
Maybe this is the case with most people, but it makes it some what of a depressing affair when I have to change my bed covers. I've actually coveted the Alvine Kvist quilt covers from Ikea for about a year now, but I just haven't been able to justify spending the money (being a penniless student doesn't allow for such things). It combines a pretty floral design in a subtle grey shade that just creates such a lovely crisp, clean and comfy feeling that I have to go and stroke it every time I go to Ikea.

I do very much have my heart set on finding/ owning a floral duvet cover (I see so many pretty ones pop up in my tumblr feed - I wish I knew where they came from) and to make matters worse, Urban Outfitters have release a textiles range! The two above are my absolute favourites, though I do wish the reversible quilt was a duvet cover as it would reduce the price by about £30! So now I have a couple more items to add to my desiring a new duvet list.

I think I'm just going to have to hope that I will come into some disposable income and Urban Outfitters will have a massive sale and the two will phenomenally collide, resulting in my owning one of these beauties!