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Monthly Archives: April 2012

May desktop calendar

I thought it would be fun to have a desktop calendar for May and looked to the Mondrian/Nicholson exhibition for inspiration.  Very luckily, I won an exhibition catalogue and have been reading it – did you know Piet Mondrian was a brilliant dancer? It also details (well at least the first few chapters I’ve read)…

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Five Friday photos | diagonal lines

It’s quite late, but here is today’s post, after having spent most of the day shooting a wedding. I count myself lucky working with such lovely clients and with no rain at all this afternoon.  Today’s five photos theme started with some slightly random shooting of the line of beautiful flower boxes in Mayfair a…

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Upper Case + Ray Stitch

Islington haberdashery shop and cafe Ray Stitch hosted a Meet and Greet for UPPERCASE magazine publisher, editor and designer Janine Vangool on Friday night.  Amongst glasses of wine, delicious mozzarella, roquette and tomato open sandwiches and brownie squares, Janine and a shop-full of UPPERCASE fans chatted and exchanged ideas.  Janine was in London for London Book…

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Five Friday photos | light and rain

This week’s changeable weather has been the inspiration for these five photographs. The sudden downpours followed by startling shafts of sunshine are maddening to cope with in a practical sense, but exciting in a photographic one.  Shadows are intense, puddles give a host of reflective possibilities and bright light sharpens architecture against engorged clouds. A…

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Watercolours inspired by Selina Lake and Homespun Style

I went to the launch of the third book by  Selina Lake -  Homespun Style – on Friday afternoon, which was combined with a market event – stalls selling homewares and stationery at Hanbury Hall, Spitalfields. It was a delightful set-up with cuteness everywhere. Selina very kindly signed her book for me and it came with a…

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