Bethnal Green’s Affordable Vintage Furniture Flea Market
There was one — alright, two — upsides to giving up a pair of free tickets to Bestival on the weekend, and that was the vintage furniture market held at York Hall in Bethnal Green. I popped up nice ‘n...
View ArticleI’ve Got My Spine, I’ve Got My Orange Crush
Trousers: Zara; blouse: Oliver Bonas; necklace: homemade fimo; moccasins: Office. This isn’t a fashion blog. Oh no. If you want whimsically-edited photos of waifish girls frolicking in the late...
View ArticleNew Goal: To Make Every Project In The Liberty Book of Home Sewing
It arrived! The Liberty Book of Home Sewing, which I pre-ordered back in June, landed on my doorstep last Thursday. Talk about a bumper day. It’s so much beefier than I was expecting, with 25 projects...
View ArticleWhen Renegade Craft Visited London
If you can rate a craft fair’s brilliance on the amount of stuff you purchase, then Renegade Craft’s London fair is easily the best I’ve ever visited. After reading enviously of Renegade Craft’s many...
View ArticleBright Copper Kettles and…
Thanks to Gemma for drawing my attention to Yankee Candle’s new Sound of Music range of candles. You can buy large jars of rainbows on roses; bright copper kettles; warm woollen mittens; crisp apple...
View ArticleBlack and White Horse Arching Among Us
There’s no-one to blame for this purchase (and, ahem, these shoes, and ahem, a neon-yellow tee) that fell into my digital basket the other day, other than my cousin Louise, who developed a penchant...
View ArticleSeveral Reasons I Love Herne Hill Today
A ’50s yard-stick bought for a tenner, and my new Abercrombie & Fitch sou’wester. I could write one of these posts every day of the week, but particularly after the lovely Saturday morning we had...
View ArticleNeon Yellow and Matte Black
I’m not one for high street collaborations (who wants to be seen wearing something Kate Moss “designed”?) but given I had never heard of the three European fashion bloggers (The Blonde Salad, Style...
View ArticlePantone’s Tangerine Tangoes Into Sephora
Just as I was beginning to get fairly sick of seeing the ubiquitous Pantone-branded products popping up everywhere (even Topshop!), along comes Sephora’s exclusive collaboration with Pantone, to...
View ArticleIch Bin Atheist Shoes, Straight From Berlin
Some internet stalker recently accused me of blogging about food too much. Little had I realised this blog — during its now-rare updates — had become something so base. Back to nitty-gritty, hardcore...
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