Sending love notes

I’ve started sending love notes to my somebody special courtesy of GF Smith colourplan sample book (thank you GF Smith) I cut off most off the page, leaving a little sample for my colleagues for reference sake. Then using my staedtler fine permanent maker I draw a few doodles combined with a few in your face love messages. I’m trying to send one a week, time in my lunch break permitting.

Any reason to step away from the computer and illustrate.

spring? where?

Yesterday was beautiful, driving around the city a warm feeling filled me, spring is here, summer is coming. Today its gloomy, its raining and there is no sign of the beautiful blue sky. Hmm...easter bank holiday weekend is coming, please mr.sunshine put your hat on and come out to play. The Bridlington beach requires sun!

(image by carpenter)

sudden panic!

must remind myself to 'stay calm' about the future. Suddenly feeling overwhelmed, predicting the future, even though i know things are never as bad as you imagine them

Please please mind-calm down!

Rabbit oh Rabbit wherefore art thou Rabbit?

Come back rabbit and i shall shower you with nonsense post about things i like and love!

flying with wing

I think i want some....

I wishing I was confident enough to pull the gold ones off! But I may have to go with black or white (if I do get them)

Am I trying to hard to stay young by wanting these or are they just plain cool and may allow me to fly out of awkward situations?

vote for a friend

vote for my friend Amy Lappin. I think she's dressed Jeeves pretty darn well!

One a day, everyday....for a vote for amy is a vote for freedom!

www.uk.ask.com/dressjeeves

please equip all men with this knowledge

feels apt.

via www.goodeggs.tumblr.com

nando's-what a place for a celebration

We carpenters hit the nando's this weekend to celebrate little brothers birthday and mothering sunday....

ooo...and some yummy eggless carrot cake. Oh i love a celebration

bows, polka dots and a green cardi

I'm showing you the bows (apologies if this is coming over a little slutty, i just love my bows)

happy st. patricks day

Juicy lucy

we went to the market...

we bought amazing fruit...

we were thirsty...

we made a smoothy!

Happy Mothering sunday

A happy happy mother's day to my mother. She is truly a super woman in my eyes!

I love you the most beautiful, wonderful lady in the world!

The kids in the temple read out some really sweet mother's day poems they wrote themselves. I was close to tear

rabbit and the carpenter's ROAD TRIP!

well its not going to be as outrageous as those american road trips but we plan to have fun! along with the three passengers, including alfie, our mascot, and the two humans, and when we reach our destination we shall be putting out party hats on as well as fancy dress costumes to celebrate rabbits younger siblings birthday!

(A huge thank you to rabbit and her family for inviting me and letting me stay and play)

Happy Birthday Bro!

Happy 19th birthday to my younger brother (for yesterday)

Two memories i have of my bro...

1) if there was one date he learnt even before knowing what it was, it was his birthday, march 11th, march 11th, march 11th.

2) the way he smelt as a baby after mum gave him a bath...infacare!

if you ever read this little bro, you are very important to me and the whole family, we love, be positive and "keep it real!"

(he also got his A level results yesterday (harsh i know) well-done on the D in chemistry (one mark of an C- oh man!) none of us could handle the sciences at college, i'm proud of you)

I would like to say that Shreddies did not keep hunger locked-up til lunch

...its 11am and I am eating a banana

to gym or not to gym

Hmmm....tired! but i couldn't say no to dropping my brother to the train station this morning at 7.10 for a Wolverhampton university open day, can't say no to initiative! so popping into the gym seemed easy enough, its 10minutes from the train station, my gym kit was ready from my not so successful after work session on wednesday, only to find when i got there, it was closed. AW MAN indeed! why would the gym open at 6.30am mon-fri but not sat? hmm......lame!

Holi

If Diwali is the festival of lights then Holi is the festival for community! This year it was on Sunday 28th Feb. We went to the bonfire in our local park, into the fire we offered a variety of sacred ingredients, including three different coloured powders, incense sticks and a coconut etc... The smell of burning coconuts is something that we look forward to every year. Fire has never smelt so good! We always get a burnt coconut back from the fire, which we then share out amongst the family and eat. Sweet and warm coconut has never tasted so GOOD! We just smeared a bit of red powder (kum kum) on each others cheeks, no crazy colour fights broke out, we leave that to the young kids!

I would love to take you one year rabbit.

photos by carpenter

Levis tough kids!

I love these! a hardcore spin on favorite nursery rhymes and tales

Fashion for Relief Haiti

LFW started with Naomi Campbells Fashion for Relief in aid of the Haiti disaster. Designs from Alexander McQueen, Mark Fast, Vivienne Westwood, Dolce & Gabbana, Jenny Packham, Ungaro, Burberry and more all made their way down the catwalk, accessorised with jewels by Stephen Webster all available to buy from Net-a-Porter from March 15th.

A celeb-crammed catwalk included fellow carrot tops Nicola Roberts and Geri Halliwell, Dame Shirley Bassey, Yasmin Le Bon, a preggers Denise Van Outen, David Walliams and James Corden - who shared a passionate smooch after strutting their stuff!

Oh gosh I wish i was there now...instead I'm watching Jeremy Chuffing Kyle.



Kate Moss (Kates second appearance on the catwalk in 6 years!...she is looking a bit on the rough side if you ask me....which i do!) Annabelle Neilson and Naomi Campbell pose in Alexander McQueen designs at Fashion for Relief Haiti

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO6UtwEHVq0

Classic model stacking it! I love it!

pothole gardens

I saw this on 'A cup of Jo' this morning. 3 reasons why it got my attention, no.1 - clever and beautiful at the same time, no.2 - go on you British artist! no.3 - as a driver i am affected by the recent increase in pothole aka craters due to the cold 'burrr' weather, which is causing my car, Lilly, harm as well as giving me a headache from passengers in the car telling me to be careful....i know i know!

Introducing Pete Dunget

Although it may end up looking like road kill by the end of the day!