On another note...

The photos I promised last time are pretty boring to be honnest, so I am drawing a line under last year and just restarting my blog from now, kind of, but I will put more photos up this year =]

Ok, so I fail

Ok, so like the title says, I fail.

I should have been posting sooo much more than I have been, and I have made it my new years resolution to do so...

So Christmas and New Year were fun, got lots of nice presents and spent all of the time with my lovely and lively family =]

Since then I have been to Amsterdam on a dutch dash, met up with my friend Frank who I had never met in real life before, so that was muchly fun, (the photos are on facebook). I have also done a lot of catching up with friends and family in the time I have been at home =]

And I have been on with a couple of little projects, firstly, the Pandas are coming...

I was inspired by the hat in River Island, but refused to pay £13 for it, so I made my own. Took me 2 days, and £5, but I definitely think it was worth it. A woman actually left the queue in the bank to take a photo of the back of my head while I was wearing it, if I could have thought of something to say I would have, but I was in shock at the time.

Then I worked on Justin (the boyfriend)'s 3 year anniversary of being together, present...

I got the cross stitch pattern off the website http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/ (fantastic website for people who like to make things), then I decided to make a Rubicks Cube for it to go on, (he can solve one in under a minute =]) This took 2 weeks to make and he does love it muchly =]

I am now on with making a scarf, I am really enjoying knitting and making things, but I am going back to Leeds on Sunday and back to college so I will have less time for things, but I PROMISE that this term I will be blogging on a regular basis! I will probably keep blogging on things I have been making or doing =]

Long time no speak!

Soo, yes I know it has been a while, got a lot going on, what with 4 deadlines coming up at an alarmingly fast rate. It would really help if I wasn't in bed right now in pain with my stupid hips, but at least it gives me some time to catch up on here.

The truth is I haven't really got that much to say, all I have been doing is working on the sketch books for my projects, and I know I promised photos, and I will try to put them up as soon as possible!

We have started to do the final design for our skirt project, so that should be taking shape shortly, and I will take some photos. Speaking of designing, a mini task in college the other day was to take a piece of fabric, and without cutting it, design a dress. Ours turned out pretty well, and I took photos, but for some reason they have disappeared off my phone, so I will have to look into that.

Erm, what else? Oh I used a sewing machine for the second time in my life today, would have been a better experience if it wasn't making me go dizzy!

Right, I think that is it for now, I will get into gear and get those photos up!

Just an update!

Hello!

Well I know it has been a little while and I apologise for that, I have had a bit of a hectic time what with family birthday's, parties and Carnage, (what a night!!).

So I thought I would just update you with the fashion work I have done recently.

On Tues 14th Oct I went and had a look at the Marks and Spencer's Archive at Leeds University. The staff in there were very helpful and it is definitely worth a look around if you are near the Parkinson building. I got some information about the history of the company, and I have written off to an archivist at head office to see if I can get hold of some swing tags and point of sale for my research. I took some photos which I might put on here at some point, (I am at home in sunny Flamborough at the moment so I don't have them to upload).

On Weds 15th Oct I went on a college trip to Harrogate, to the Mercer Gallery and the Pump Museum. This was very informative; we looked at garments constructed as early as 1815, and it was amazing to see how much work went into these beautiful clothes. I will definitely upload the photo's when I get back to Leeds. The information we gathered on this trip will help us to create our time lines. At the Pump Museum we got an insight into what life was like in the past and this helps us to appreciate why clothes were the way they were.

After this we had some free time and got lunch and did a little bit of shopping. We visited a fantastic vintage shop, I could have gone mad in there if I had the time and money, and I will definitely be revisiting there!

On Saturday I went for a wander around Leeds with Libby, (pictured below), and discovered a new favourite store: Ark. I had never really heard of it before, let alone been in for a nosey, but they really do have some beautiful, reasonably priced clothes. I nearly bought a dress, I may be back for it yet! We also checked out a couple of vintage stores, and spied a Juicy Couture bag in Oxfam for £45!! If it didn't have a couple of marks on it I would have bought it.

We also went to an arts and crafts fair at Leeds Town Hall. There was some really cool and quirky things in there, I am going to check out the ebay shop of one girl who made really wacky ear-rings out of lego bricks and other crazy things. When I find it I will link it on here =]

And I think that is it really. Possibly going on a trip to London with college in the next few weeks, oh, and I booked my 'Clothes Show Live' ticket... exciting times!

So, I will be posting some photo's soon! Watch this space =]

Harvey Nichols Pics

The Harvey Nichols Photo's...

Me and Libby Libby, Me, Ben (looking dashing =p)

The Fashion show, (beautiful male models...yum!)