school days

just nipping in to let you know i've got a table at poppytalk handmade, you can see it right here. it's a back to school themed market, so i've got all my notebook and sketchbooks there. pop in if you can!

ha! i lasted a day!

well, that's pretty pathetic isn't it? perhaps i should've said that i won't be posting as often...

it's just that the whole point of this blog is to record stuff work-wise and all that, and i couldn't let a mention on poppytalk go by without a mention, now could i? to be fair, it's not for my work - if you're a regular reader of the poppytalk, you probably subscribe to their gorgeous weekly newsletters (i love these, so beautifully put together by jan) and they have an easy 'make it' section - you know the type of thing - blackboard paint on a piece of wood framed in a vintage frame equals funky office blackboard. anyway, i was in the bath reading the newest elle decoration (as you do) and saw these groovy crates by an italian designer. they were cast in aluminium and cost £600 per crate. well, for goodness sake, i thought. get a couple of fruit crates off the market for nothing and some silver or gold spray paint, and bob's yer bleedin' uncle! so i wrote and told jan about it and she included in her newsletter on monday, and it was also on the main blog this morning. so there you go. a mini mention of moi.

good news

oh, how i love an email bearing good tidings...i heard yesterday from jan at poppytalk. i submitted my work into poppytalk handmade, a 'virtual' street market of designer/makers during the month of october. if it's a success, it will be every month with new artists. what a clever idea, and i'm honoured (along with my pal jodie) to be involved.