Snapshot of my week

This week has been a lovely one, filled with good times and nice food.
It started with a trip to the cinema to see the new Spiderman film (which was pretty good if I say so!). We went to the Electric in Birmingham, the oldest working Cinema in the UK. I find going to the cinema a bit of a chore sometimes, but I love the Electric. The atmosphere and the staff, the decor - I love all the original features, it is just a really great place!

Then we went to Bodega. Bodega is my favourite place to eat! They do amazing South American style food. I have never had a bad meal there, and their cocktails are pretty nice too! They have some great sister Venues too, everyone different and having their own great atmospheres.

I had the pork...

While my man went for the Burrito...

MMmmmm just thinking about it is making me hungry. It was a lovely day, topped off with sneaking a bit of afternoon crochet in. I am making some place mats for my new home, I will update you on these when I have completed them, I don't seem to have much time now...

I hope you look into these places and go visit, they really are great for a special occasion or just because. :)
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Hang Loose

Sometimes a song just fits the moment...

Crochet Rug

Flying the nest and getting your own place is a big deal in everyones life, and I am so excited to be doing it myself. I have so many crafty ideas to fill my new place with, and this was one of them. A crochet circle rug! I have so much yarn in my big box, a lot of it is chunky and I have not got much use for it but to stash it. So I decided to use 3 and a half skeins on making myself a meter diameter rug. Just started with a granny circle and kept going, making sure I increased every row. I kept it plain with cream and beige and then brightened up the edge with a bright red! I am so proud, and cant wait to show it to everyone on my shiney new floor!

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Make your own Canvas

You look around at the canvases on the high street and specialist ones that you can get printed up and they cost an awful lot of money. So what can you do on a budget I asked? Well I have found a great way to make vintage looking canvases.

You will need a canvas (can be picked up in most craft shops), some PVA glue, a paintbrush and the print of your choice either photocopied or printed out (remember that the print will come out backwards).

Paint your canvas with the PVA glue.

Place your picture print down onto the wet PVA glue and smooth out, leave to dry. When dry run under a cold tap, not for too long, but just enough to rub the paper off, not too hard you don't want to rub off the whole picture, and not too wet or it will just come off anyway.

You end up with a very vintage looking picture, mine is of the beautiful Betty Page :) Fabulous!
Happy Canvasing x

New Ceremony

Dry the River are a folk rock band from London. They are another new band for me and this song I love. His voice is really lovely. :)

Hope you like it...

Things I have eyes for...

Leaving home is an important time in everyone's lifetime and when you know its coming it gets quite exciting. I found out 3 weeks ago that I am moving out and ever since I have spent most of my time searching the net/shops for things that I need for my new home. The list it seems, is endless with the things that we need, but we will get there eventually. I love old styles of furniture and things that are a little different to everywhere else. These few things are things that I have spotted along the way that I have my eye on, some a little more pricey than others. The Roberts radio is something I am thinking of treating myself too as I have always wanted one, and if the weathers nice, I can take it with me to sit outside...
I am also looking at lots of new projects to take on to make and do for the new home, tonight I have started crocheting a big circular rug! Its going to be smashing I hope, something a little different... Cant wait to show it to you when its finished!
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1. Wall Mural, 2. Step stool, 3. Radio, 4. Coffee Table, 5. Map Cushion.

Day trip to London

On Friday (22nd June), I went on a day trip to London. We went around lunch time on the train to Euston and from there went to Camden to meet up with my good friend Toni! She moved down to London a few months ago and we miss her greatly, shes working in fashion and has a lovely little blog here. We visited my favourite place Camden Lock Market and Camden Stables Market. I could spend so much money going through all the racks of great vintage items :)

(photo courtesy of here )

Then after spending all the money I had, we popped to a local pub for half a Dead Pony. We sat and had a lovely catch up before making our way to Hammersmith and going to the Apollo. For Friday night, was Jack White night!! YAYE!!

It has been a while since we bought our tickets for this gig and I have been trying not to get too excited about it all. I hate getting excited about things that then turn out to be a let down. But with this gig I had nothing to worry about, it was excellent!!

(photos courtesy of Jackwhiteiii.com)

He was on form with songs from all his bands past and present thrown into the set. There's a great review of the gig here.

All in all it was a great day and I really enjoyed myself. I need to go back to London soon though and spend some more in Camden, I wish I lived nearer!
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