Little Doodles

I just wanted to say a quick hello to any new readers and a big thank you to Heather of wonderful Dooce for featuring one of my prints in her Daily Style section.

Hmm...opinions?

I ended up going into hospital to have all of my wisdom teeth out in one go. I now resemble a chipmonk, which on the one hand is bad because my face hurts and is swollen but on the other hand, of all the animals you could resemble, a chipmonk is quite cute isn't it?!

So I'm spending the rest of the week resting up and relaxing, doodling and generally lazing around.
Have a good weekend all :)

Inspired by Queen Michelle's quite understandable devotion to ruffles...I give you these ruffletastic Bruno Frisoni shoes...

ps. For some reason this doodle comes out clearer on my flickr page...click away for eye crossing inducing dots)

The lovely Vanessa (take a look at her blog, I'm addicted and inspired all at the same time) tagged me a long time ago...I'm sorry for the looong delay!

1) What was I doing 10 years ago?
Hmm, I was 13, so probably riding around on my bike trying to look cool (probably failing, I think I was a "young" 13!)

2) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today
Spend some time doodling, finishing the never ending bracelet pic!
Sort the ever increasing piles of stuff on my desk and attempt to organise my drawers (I have the feeling this isn't going to happen)
Flick through the 2 books I bought in Liberty's yesterday, and try and learn crochet for the umpteenth time!
Have a look at all of the exhibitons I want to visit next week, there are some great ones in London at the moment and I'm feeling like a bit of a cultural week!
Eat as much beetroot as possible (unexplainable addiction of mine)

3) Snacks I enjoy:
Oops...I should have read ahead...see above for one of them! Add to that, cold fresh pineapple and grapes. I guess they're kind of healthy for snacks but I crave weird things sometimes :)

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire
Open my own little shops selling everything from crafty bits and pieces to jewellery sourced from all over the world. It would be a treasure trove of oddities...the best way I can describe it is kind of like a crazy old ladies collection of odd yet beautiful things.

5)Places I have lived before
I've always been based in London, and although sometimes I crave to be elsewhere, really I don't think I would want to live anywhere else :)

Best named flowers ever

I've spent the afternoon making a birthday present for my mum (mum if you're reading this...avert your eyes!!)

The perfect weekend, celebrating fathers day, starting with breakfast here

(it's apple and carrot by the way)

Plus it was the first outing for...ta da...the new camera! I opted for the Canon which came highly remommended (thank you everyone for the help!) so here are the obligatory flower photos that have to be taken with a new camera :)

And finally, carrying on with the floral theme, of all of the Marimekko collaborations, this one has to be one of my favourites

Thank you for the little pieces of advice and encouragment, I still feel guilty about my last post and am in two minds about keeping it up. It honestly isn't meant maliciously, I just don't want to get the point where I feel I have to start sending out emails (most probably because I wouldn't know what to write!). I'm not one for confrontation so I'm going to carry on doing what I do and accept the whole situation as a form of flattery, the glass is half full, no?

Have a lovely day everyone :)

Um...just seeking a quick piece of advice...what do you do if you notice someone's work has become precariously similar to yours?  I'm all for nurturing new talent and I love to see upcoming illustrators drawings but when you see increasing similarities in styles/themes etc is it wrong to feel slightly put out?  I'm sure this happens in every field of work and I feel slightly guilty at the fact that I have to write a post on it...but I wasn't really sure how else to approach it! Sorry, its not meant to be a rant, accusation or anything along those lines...just a little note from a little blogger :)

A big thank to you all of the well wishers about my arm...thankfully only a bit of bruising and no breaking! The evil tooth is being seen to very soon which I'm not looking forward to but to distract myself I'm happily spending the morning back doodling and looking over some of my pressies from last week.


I got a great little collection of books which I'm currently poring over, and woke up to a birthday cupcake from here (unfortunately devoured before I could take a snap of it) and everything was topped off by these...

I wouldn't have previously called myself a chunky boot kind of girl but the thought of wearing these with little dresses was just too much...kind of a contrast to my usual light trainers or little brogues but a change is good once in a while! I'm looking forward to stomping around in them :)

Plus...goodbye old camera...

hopefully hello new

Posting will hopefully resume very soon...I spent the morning in a&e getting my arm x-rayed (my doodling arm....nooo!) after falling over last night. Apart from Monday, which was a lovely birthday indeed, it's just been one of those weeks!

In the mean time it's things like this that make smile on days like these