Polaroid News...

Good article here on the BBC website, about the Impossible Project's plans to remake the films. They hope to start producing black & white films again next year, woop!

More Bunting!

Following on from the last post, I spotted this lovely bunting inspired fabric curtains and bedding, which is now available at Ikea! via Design is Mine. (Why is the kids' section always the best?)

Tiny Paper Bunting

I kept seeing these little paper bunting strings about and was finally inspired to make my own after seeing them on Darling Darling. Best 10 minute craft project ever! (In the mirror is some real bunting & some polaroids on my wall.)

Bust Summer Craftacular : London

I really enjoyed the Summer Craftacular! There were lots of lovely handmade items on sale, I bought a pretty necklace from here and enjoyed the tea and cake on offer at the Pop-Up Tea Shoppe. I recognised a lot of the items from different online shops I've visited too, like Eclectic Eccentricity, where my friend bought the necklace below. (Ah, looking at the site makes me want to buy more, nooo!)


Also there were Tatty Devine, (ooh, 50% sale on their website) Lady Luck Rules Ok (where I bought a cheap wooden necklace in the "damaged items" basket, which didn't appear to be damaged! See below - mine just says Bonjour!)

I also loved looking at Gemma Correll's stall, her stuff is so cute and funny! (See below)

Russian Doll Bookends!

These are on my ever expanding "to make" list! They're filled with rice to make them stand up. Tutorial here.

Alice in Waterland

How beautiful are these underwater Alice in Wonderland photos by Elena Kalis. First seen on Milk.

Polaroid Heaven

Image above: A bedroom wall decorated with over 1000 polaroids! - Spotted on you are my fave

Could it be true that polaroids will resume manufacture in early 2010? I read here that production of the extinct films will resume next year, as the Impossible Project are making good progress and are being supported by Urban Outfitters. Yay. I have a line of polaroids round my room but maybe someday it will fill up a whole wall..

Summer Craftacular

This Saturday I am heading to this:

It is held in Bethnal Green in London.. I shall take some pictures and report back!

We Make Words

I came across this blog the other day and thought I'd share it. Amy & Luci make words out of objects and then photograph them, it's that simple! I used to do similar photos as a kid, arranging objects into letters.

Mix CD Swap Details...

Okay a little update - I have emailed most people who signed up for the CD Swap now, partners are as follows:

Mollie & Esther
Parul & Allie
Diana & Lorra
Me & Erika

I didn't receive a reply from a few people emailed though and there's one more person waiting to be swapped with so if anyone has forgotten to send me their details please email me (my email address is on my blogger profile). Cheers!

(Pic at the top from here.)

Knit the City

Spotted this over on Wee Birdy's blog. Knit the City are a group of underground knitters who decorate parts of the city with their 'guerilla knitting'. Read more here!

Made by Julene

Julene Harris has done some beautiful paper cutouts, more of which can be seen here.

Mix CD's!

Hello, thanks to everyone who signed up for the CD swap! I have 9 people altogether now, and just need 1 more to make things even, so if anyone else wants in say now! I will get in touch with everyone who's signed up and swap you and your partner's details soon. (I might request a tape instead of a CD from my partner as I just bought a car with a tape-deck in it!)

UPDATE: I now have 11 people for the CD swap, hurrah!

Here are the swappees: 1. Hannah 2. Diana 3. Lorra 4. Daydream Lily 5. Esther Lee 6. Diane 7. Adeline 8. Allie 9. Justnoey and 10. Me! 11. E

I will email you all soon with instructions for the swap :-)

New polaroids!

I only have 7 pictures left on my last ever polaroid film... I'd better use them wisely eh? Here are some I took recently. (Some of the discoloured ones were taken using a film that Boots sold me that was actually 2 years out of date!)

Customised Bikes!

Now Urban Outfitters have branched out into selling customised bikes in the US. I like how you can choose your own pretty colour combination!

Charity Shop Finds No 5: Owl Teapot

I found an owl teapot in the charity shop, to match my cat teapot, hurrah! I really need to stop buying teapots...

Little tribute to John Hughes...

Some stills from some of my favourite Hughes films..

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Home Alone

Uncle Buck

The Breakfast Club

Pretty in Pink

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Polaroid Love

Stumbled across these brilliant polaroid montages via the lovely Daydream Lily. They are inspired by David Hockney's composite polaroids, and made by Columbian photographer Juan Felipe Rubio, see more on his flickr here. Makes me wish even more that I had an endless supply of Polaroid film to experiment with.. ah.