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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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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 okt 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 mei 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 mei 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 maa 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 maa 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 maa 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 maa 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 maa 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 maa 11

Puzzle Box cake

Ive been very busy in the kitchen this last week with it being British Pie Week, Pancake Day and Marcs Birthday (Thats Mr Fiancé to you).Now, traditionally I ask him what kind of cake he would like f...

12 maa 11

Spring is on its way. Maybe.

Im hoping that spring is on its way. Its still really cold here but this week its been daylight when Ive got up for work. Yay for daylight. I always feel better when I get up and its light outside; g...

02 maa 11

Italian meringue macarons

 I finally got time to try a recipe from Pierre Hermés macaron book. Ive been a little daunted by the idea and not just because of the French text. Anything using hot sugar has generally been a ...

28 feb 11

Beef Wellington

We had a bit of a family celebration at the weekend. To avoid too much work in the kitchen we decided to allocate each course of the meal to a different person and I promised to cook something a bit ...

30 jan 11

Win a Diana Mini Camera

For the easily distracted... is having a Diana Mini week and with Lomography they are giving away a white version of this super cute camera! It takes 35mm film which is still pretty easy to find and ...

19 jan 11

On location

Recently (at my real life job) Ive been working on a very interesting project. It has meant that for the past couple of days I have been taking photos at a video shoot. Its been quite an experience a...

18 jan 11

Photography inspiration: Vivian Maier

Today I came across the work of Vivian Maier. Its a bit of an odd story. No one really saw her pictures when she was alive; but then a guy in Chicago bought a box of her negatives from a sale of thin...

10 jan 11

Macaron book

Happy New Year folks!Check out this cool book Marc got me for Christmas. Its by one of the top chefs in the world of Macarons - Pierre Hermé. Its got loads of recipes for different flavours including...

09 jan 11

Merry Christmas

Yes its true I gave up on my advent calendar. I know, Im bad. I got distracted by Christmas parties and shopping! And I got a Hello Kitty calendar with chocolates in it :) Maybe Ill finish it next ye...

25 dec 10

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