This weekend the Spring Equinox came and gave us some much needed sunny weather. The energies of this festival are perfect for cleansing the heart and mind. Negativity and sorrow are banished from the house with a sweep of the besom. I love walking through leazes park early in the morning when its quiet and [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Eostre
Posted in Uncategorized on March 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
ethical extravaganza
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged daisy green, Dans fund for Burns, Ethical Extravaganza, Pure Tintoria on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On saturday I had a stand at the Ethical Extravaganza. It was organised by Daisy Green and held in the student uni at Newcastle Uni, all funds raised went to Dans fund for burns. I was promoting the use of natural dyes, and everyone was really interested and I hopefully got a few customers for [...]
working 9 to 5
Posted in Uncategorized on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today i have been visual researching for my final project….i started looking at illustrators to get some inspiration. Jenny Hart illustrates using stitch, according to her my space page she is 96!?! according to her website she was born 1972… she certainly doesn’t look 96. She uses stitch to make comtemporay embroideries of famous people. [...]
oo la la
Posted in Uncategorized on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bonjour At the beginning of the month we went to Paris with Uni. We were over there for Indigo a textile trade show…last year I worked the stand all week so this year i chillaxed and shopped. It was a shame the pound was so week though, as it made everything so expensive- I just [...]
ethical extravaganza
Posted in Uncategorized on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am busy making display products for the ethical extravaganza. They are all dyed with plant extracts and hopefully we can generate lots of interest in this eco friendly medium. I get all my extracts from Pure Tintoria, Alison who is the owner has been a darling giving me lots of advice and support, so [...]
daisy green
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged daisy green, eco, ethical, MAG on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Daisy Green ethical magazine has been launched. The magazine went live and its looking good, its packed with all manner of eco/ethical/sustainability goodies and information on companies and products. There will also be regular give aways and swishing events. The charity for the night was MAG, their representative Lisa French was going on the catwalk [...]
here comes the sun?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cuba, project runway on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What is with the weather today, I went for a run this morning and it was gorgeous sunshine. I thought we had finally said goodbye to winter, so I had a spring clean. Then came the snow, so i curled up with a hot chocolate and read fashion babylon for the umteenth time, it got [...]
