Not so sloppy Giuseppe

woven cord and raffia made a great summertime wedge

heavy beading and a killer heel on Chic Meca

cute soft bows from the new collection

leopard print from one of my favorite blogs

I think every pair of shoes he creates are just the perfect shape. I'm quite fussy when shoe shopping and always want a heel to curve just so, or the proportions to be a certain way, it's often really difficult to find. All of these are on my wish list, I can but dream....

In the frame

1Tim Walker
2Flyinsauce
3Alex Webb

Coming soon: Granada

I'm not long back from a holiday in Granada and still need to sift through the photos and get them up on here. In the meantime here's a tiny taster, wall mosiacs from inside the Alahambra Palace and a pimped out dolorosa (a float with the Virgin Mary). Out of all the floats that passed by this was the only tacky one, which was ironic since it was in the chapel within the palace; a monument to history, serenity, grandeur ....and as it turns out LED lights.

Spotlight: Thornback and Peel

Thornback and Peel have given classic imagery their own twist in their range of iconic prints. Design duo Juliette and Delia get inspiration from fairtytales and victorian wood carvings creating a distinctive realism that they print on to linen, cotton and silk then wrap beautifully in boxes and ribbon. What I really like about them is there passion to keep production in Britain. Their studios are in London, print is sent out to Leamington Spa and their next move into plates and crockery will be done in Staffordshire helping to support the famous ceramics industry in the area. I can't wait to see what they create next! 

Drink: Speakeasy

This weekend I'm having the girls round for drinks and am feeling pretty inspired by some of these lovelys...

Blog: Cabin Porn

Fantastic blog title, sometimes when you come across an amazing house, wallpaper or illustration you just think phwoar. With this website it definately does what it says on the tin. Although could confuse many a parent if found on their childs laptop.....

Rabbits

Who doesn't want a little ceramic bunny wearing a pair of gold pants? I have this lapin earmarked for a friends bday, her name is Jessica so it's really quite fitting.

On the rabbit note, two very different beasts shared my childhood, one the endearing, naughty, vegetable loving kind, the other was the long lost twin of General Woundwart . I have a beautiful set of Beatrix Potter books that were given to me as a gift when I was little, and they were the main fixture at story time (The Tales of Mrs Tiggy-winkle was a favorite). I loved listening to the mischief that the characters got up to, and when I could read on my own I delved into the world of Peter Rabbit like I was visiting old friends.

Flip side: my brother and I persuaded my parents to get a rabbit of our own, "Dwarf" it read on the hutch, "won't grow much bigger than it is now, and very mild mannered" the salesman said. LIES. I called it Flopsy (Peter's sister) and we played with her, fed her, cleaned her out, until it became to big for us to hold her, the back legs kicking became too strong for us too keep her in our arms and It's red eyes in the dark made us too scared to approach the hutch. In short, It was hostile, the rabbits hate for us akin to our fear of the rabbit. Numerous escape plots were scuppered and you could tell It was pissed off. To example the capacity for evil, we kept a guniea pig, Frankie, in there with It sometimes, and It bullied the poor thing until his hair fell out and was hospitalised for stress, the scratch and bite marks lasting reminders. So there we have it, two very different rabbits and one very confused child.