Well that went quick ......

I picked up these little pretties on Spitalfield Market when we were in London.

They are meant to be flower crowns.  At a £1 each I couldn't/would'nt want to make them myself.

I've got a feeling I'm going to kick myself for not getting more.  I think they will come in handy for one of my craft workshop projects.  They look nice around this button hoop I made.

Brick Lane, Backyard Market.  Spitalfield Market

Columbia Road, London

my favourite shop of all time

Poor Philip

Here's Philip after a few Mulled Ciders and tired of waiting for me to come out of the 

Jessie Chorley Shop

 

Here's a good song for him

"My man is a sweet man

My man is a kind man

I know he's a fine man

Cos he's mine all mine"

I was singing it to him when we came out of Motown the Musical

WE HAD A FANTASTIC TIME IN LONDON

YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT IT ON MY BLOG PAGES OVER THE WEEK JUST GONE
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT DAY

Have a great smiley weekend everyone

I'm off to see whats putting a smile on faces over at Annie's blog

ANNIE'S BLOG

Well that went quick ......

I picked up these little pretties on Spitalfield Market when we were in London.

They are meant to be flower crowns.  At a £1 each I couldn't/would'nt want to make them myself.

I've got a feeling I'm going to kick myself for not getting more.  I think they will come in handy for one of my craft workshop projects.  They look nice around this button hoop I made.

Brick Lane, Backyard Market.  Spitalfield Market

Columbia Road, London

my favourite shop of all time

Poor Philip

Here's Philip after a few Mulled Ciders and tired of waiting for me to come out of the 

Jessie Chorley Shop

 

Here's a good song for him

"My man is a sweet man

My man is a kind man

I know he's a fine man

Cos he's mine all mine"

I was singing it to him when we came out of Motown the Musical

WE HAD A FANTASTIC TIME IN LONDON

YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT IT ON MY BLOG PAGES OVER THE WEEK JUST GONE
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT DAY

Have a great smiley weekend everyone

I'm off to see whats putting a smile on faces over at Annie's blog

ANNIE'S BLOG

It doesn't take much ...

It doesn't take a lot to make me happy

A roll of sellotape, some paperclips and some black fineliner pens

Bliss !

I resisted buying any of the fabulous wooden print blocks on Covent Garden market from trader Daniel Fenton (lovely man) of THE OLD PRINTING SHOP, family company

I certainly wouldn't succumb to the totally mad prices of Liberty Shop. 

We only went into to look at the old wooden interior, which is fantastic.

£155 for a scarf and that was one of the cheaper ones. 

 

It was great fun seeing all the lively characters and models outside London Fashion Week off Carnaby Street.  We fell upon it by accident.

There's a few more pics to come of when we went down Brick Lane 

and Columbia Road on Sunday. So stay tuned.

It doesn't take much ...

It doesn't take a lot to make me happy

A roll of sellotape, some paperclips and some black fineliner pens

Bliss !

I resisted buying any of the fabulous wooden print blocks on Covent Garden market from trader Daniel Fenton (lovely man) of THE OLD PRINTING SHOP, family company

I certainly wouldn't succumb to the totally mad prices of Liberty Shop. 

We only went into to look at the old wooden interior, which is fantastic.

£155 for a scarf and that was one of the cheaper ones. 

 

It was great fun seeing all the lively characters and models outside London Fashion Week off Carnaby Street.  We fell upon it by accident.

There's a few more pics to come of when we went down Brick Lane 

and Columbia Road on Sunday. So stay tuned.

A desk full of goodies

I've been to London and not had time to do much on the desk

except play with my new things

How do you like the little print trays I got off Covent Garden market.

I got chatting with the stallholder Daniel Fenton and he told me that his father had been a printer for many years and his father before him.  He had some fabulous stuff and gave me a good price for my little stash.

THE OLD PRINTING SHOP

I know this is supposed to be a Tealight holder but as most people know I never use anything for what its supposed to be used for. So watch this space.

 

This is a book and a scrap pack I got from my most favourite shop in London

JESSIE CHORLEY on COLUMBIA ROAD

www.jessiechorley.com

Anyone who likes papercrafting, textile art, messing around with haberdashery etc will love this place.

Jessie also runs workshops. Good job I don't live down there or I would never be away.

If you go to Columbia Road make sure its on a Sunday when its the flower market.  The whole area is buzzing and there's lots of quirky shops and stalls.

I will be writing more about our trip to London this week on my blog

But now it's time for a bit of desk hopping over at Mrs D's place

WOYWW

A desk full of goodies

I've been to London and not had time to do much on the desk

except play with my new things

How do you like the little print trays I got off Covent Garden market.

I got chatting with the stallholder Daniel Fenton and he told me that his father had been a printer for many years and his father before him.  He had some fabulous stuff and gave me a good price for my little stash.

THE OLD PRINTING SHOP

I know this is supposed to be a Tealight holder but as most people know I never use anything for what its supposed to be used for. So watch this space.

 

This is a book and a scrap pack I got from my most favourite shop in London

JESSIE CHORLEY on COLUMBIA ROAD

www.jessiechorley.com

Anyone who likes papercrafting, textile art, messing around with haberdashery etc will love this place.

Jessie also runs workshops. Good job I don't live down there or I would never be away.

If you go to Columbia Road make sure its on a Sunday when its the flower market.  The whole area is buzzing and there's lots of quirky shops and stalls.

I will be writing more about our trip to London this week on my blog

But now it's time for a bit of desk hopping over at Mrs D's place

WOYWW

Look out London we've arrived

"Westminster Abbey, the Tower of Big Ben

The rosy red cheeks of the little children"

Guess where we've been this weekend

No I'm not on my mobile, I'm listening to the audio tour 

while we go round the Houses of Parliament.

Now here's a thing, firstly I'm not politically minded (Philip makes up for that in our house) and while I find it a magnificent building and I am proud of our architecture, I can't reconcile that with the cost of it all. 

For me it's like the opulence of many of our churches. 

How could they justify spending all that money.

Anyway I'm glad I've been and I've seen it  and it was a good fifteen quids worth but I am left wondering.

Philip thinks I could get a part in "Call The Midwife"

in my vintage clobber

We got some cheap tickets for the "Kinky Boots" musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre.  Its about a shoemaking company in the north of England that needs to move with the times so they start making kinky boots for transvestites.  Its hysterical, got fantastic music and the costumes and "ladies" are unforgettable.  Put it on your to do list.

More of our London trip to follow

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