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Gothic Lolita Sewing and Other Amusements
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Gothic Lolita, classic Lolita and sweet Lolita sewing, patterns, ideas, fabrics and other amusements fit for a young lady such as reading, baking and of course shopping.
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Make your own totally* free rubber stamps

*Okay, not totally free but almost.I had this idea the other day, its probably been done before (for the net is vast and infinite) but I was hit by a flash of inspiration and had to try it ...

19 may 12

Recent triumphs and disasters in the kitchen

Well, hello there. Today I want to talk to you about some of my recent culinary adventures. In the main my savoury endeavours have been triumphant and my baking more on the disastrous side. ...

07 may 12

Getting healthy

One of my goals this year is to work on getting more healthy. Id like to lose a bit of weight too, but thats not specifically my aim. Id like to eat less processed food, make better choices and do mo...

28 apr 12

You might have noticed a couple of changes around here over the weekend. The most notable being that Other Amusements has moved to: www.otheramusements.com T his name not only reflects the c...

23 apr 12

Week in the life project

Ali Edwards is a scrapbooker and graphic designer who teaches classes and designs digital assets for the scrapbooking community. Her work is usually very modern and has a nice clean style.Every year ...

22 apr 12

Easter treats

So, Easter. We are not religious at all, but we do like to celebrate. In the way that Christmas is our winter feast, Easter is our Spring shindig. We usually have a tasty family dinner and then eat l...

20 apr 12

Our wedding invitations

Hello there. Today I was taken by the idea of photographing our wedding invitations. There was some light coming in through the windows which was ideal, and you want to see, right?I didnt write much ...

15 apr 12

Discoveries

I have discovered tea, podcasts and Instagram. Yes, I am behind the times. Several thousand years with tea.People are very surprised if you dont like tea, especially if you dont like coffee either. P...

28 feb 12

Book club journal page

Ive joined a book club. I said that I wanted to read something which I wouldnt normally choose and my wish was answered. The book for the February meeting was The Elegance of the Hedgehog, it was wri...

17 feb 12

First Snow

This weekend weve had the first snow of the season, its nothing compared to last winter but its still got everyone excited. There wasnt enough for a snowman (mope). But it was nice and bright on Sund...

07 feb 12

Happy New Year / Introducing my Lomokino

Happy new year! How are you feeling about 2012 so far? Ive got lots of plans and Im excited about starting some new projects to share with you. First of all Ive decided Id like to read some different...

05 feb 12

Art journals

Hello there. You may notice I have a new obsession up on the top left. Unless you happen to be viewing this in your reader. In which case you wont see ... so Ill just tell you. Ive swapped my Wedding...

16 nov 11 1 person likes this

Happy Halloween

Trick ... or Treat?Halloween has actually been going on for a week at our house as last weekend we went to see Halloween at the cinema. It was an original film print with all the lines and crackles -...

31 oct 11

A trip to the country

I went for a little get away with some of my lady friends recently. We dont get to see each other very often so we hired a place out in the coutryside and drank wine and chatted for hours.The place w...

11 sep 11

My awesome birthday and cake

Its been a while since my birthday. A few months actually, but I really wanted to write about it because everyone made it such a special occasion for me!Let me give you a little back story. I had a b...

08 sep 11

Caramalised onion and sun-dried tomato palmiers

These pastry based savouries are perfect for a picnic. They are only two bites big but huge on flavour and use only three main ingredients. Okay it is a bit of a cheat as one of the ingredients is re...

05 sep 11

Wedding plans

Well hello! Ive not been around as much as usual lately as Ive been kinda busy with wedding stuff. It seems to take up a lot of my time. Actually thats not -technically- true. It takes up a lot of th...

02 sep 11

Experiments in pasta: Fregola

Fregola. Fregola? Have you heard of it?I hadnt seen it before today. I just happened to be watching a programme about Italian cooking and saw them making it. Its a pasta made from semolina. Kinda lik...

14 jul 11

Photography: urban exploration & post processing

This week the weather has been really changeable. Sunny one minute, raining the next, not great for taking photos. So I ended up bypassing my Saturday morning lie in to take some pictures before the ...

12 jun 11

Home made granola bars recipe

Did I mention Im trying to cut back on my baking? Well, not so much the baking as the eating of the baked goods. These are a bit of an in-between. Im not sure they can honestly be called healthy. The...

11 may 11

New project: wedding bolero prototype

Yes, a new sewing project! Wow its been a long time. I suppose Ive had less reason to sew recently but with the wedding planning getting going again I was inspired to start something new.Its quite ex...

08 may 11

Easter baking

I hope you had a nice Easter if thats your kind of thing. We had a lovely long weekend off work and the weather was absolutely beautiful on Friday.Marc was working on his latest comic creation on Sat...

27 apr 11

Now with added Twitter

Hello there. I am now on Twitter. Actually I was on Twitter before, but now I am tweeting about the things I am interested in on a more regular basis.That means thoughts about, and links to, other am...

14 apr 11

Cherry Pie macarons

As you may know if youve visited here before, Ive got a thing pour les macarons. I am now going to have to admit something kind of embarrassing. I also love Warrants Cherry Pie. Its a classic (though...

03 apr 11

Biscuiteering

Have you ever seen the Biscuiteers website? They make these fantastic iced biscuits that you can send through the post, kinda like sending flowers but more tasty. Their designs are pretty cool and ev...

26 mar 11

Diana Mini giveaway from Dainty Squid

Kaylah at The Dainty Squid is having a giveaway and the prize is this great limited edition Diana Mini camera. The Love is in the Air camera was brought out earlier this year for Valentines day. Its ...

25 mar 11

Mango macaron in the wild

shhh. If youre very lucky you might see a macaron in its natural habitat.  My second attempt at the Italian meringue method of macaron creation went a bit better than the first. I wanted to try ...

24 mar 11

Super moon

Did you see the Super moon at the weekend? Apparently on Saturday night the moon was closer to the earth than it normally is. I had a go at taking some pictures. These are my first attempts at photog...

22 mar 11

Happy Spring!

Today is technically the first day of spring. The weather really made the effort and it felt lovely to be outside.

21 mar 11

I heart lomography video

We had a video competition at my work and I won a prize! We had a mini awards ceremony and everything. It was only an internal event but we had several different categories and I won the gold award f...

20 mar 11

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