All The Live Long Day

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Tattooed Dolls

While I was reading the BUST blog last week, I came across a post about Mimi Kirchner and her formidable doll making skills.

Would you just look at these:

All Photos © Mimi Kirchner

Mimi also makes fashionable foxes, fab fish and picturesque pincushions that you can all go and check out at her blog, Doll and her Etsy shop.

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

A Video...

... featuring 3 cities that are dear to me.

Picture It In Cross Stitch

I recently came across the neat Picture It In Cross Stitch by Jo Verso. It's all about designing very personal heirloom cross stitch samplers that record your own family's history.

The book is full of charts with different designs, from family homes to births and weddings, from people and occupations to pets and hobbies. Jo shares valuable tips on how to design your sampler, how to choose the materials, how to start stitching and how to frame what you accomplish. She also gives great instructions on how to develop your individual, unique motifs. All of this comes with beautiful examples of her own work.
I think that all of Jo's designs are pretty cute. If you are into your cross stitching, this book will almost certainly inspire various projects and you will never run out of presents to give at that christening, house-warming, graduation or birthday.
I bought my copy for £1.99 on eBay, and it's one from 1992. But you will also be able to get an updated version called Picture It In Cross Stitch Today at your book store of choice.

Monday, 4 July 2011

Some Snaps From Canada Day

The Bro & I

Hey hey, we're the Mounties!

I did not quite rise to the challenge of trying to paint tiny maple leaves on my fingers, so hearts it was!

This is how close we were to purchasing poutine when we were first checking out the prices...

This is how close we were when we started looking for the end of the line...

And this is how far away we were from the poutine stall once we had found where the line-up ended...

Aiko was lucky. He chose Molson over Sleeman's and got awarded with this ~~dorky~~ awesome headband.

Finally, the poutine!

How can something that looks so gross taste so delicious?!

Mike Myers had a short stint on stage.

It always amazes me how many Canadians seem to reside in London. It also amazes me that Marco seemed to have headband envy.

Maple Leaf space boppers. Need to find some for next year!

Friday, 1 July 2011

Giveaway At Naptime Momtog

Sarah from Naptime Momtog is giving away three of these cool camera necklaces.

Check out the blog of this skilled photographer lady and follow this link if you would like to enter the givewaway.

Happy Canada Day, Everybody!

Today is Canada Day! And everybody who knows me will also know that I like to think of myself as Canadian at heart. In fact, I do actually think that I must have lived in Canada in a former life. Otherwise I cannot explain the strange attraction I feel towards the True North. So, like every year on July 1st, I will proudly pretend to be Canadian today!

Every year, there is a big celebration in Trafalgar Square, with music, Timmy's donuts, sports displays, Canada Tourism stands, Poutine, and anything else that is Canadian.

The Canadian pub in Covent Garden, The Maple Leaf, will have its busiest day of the year.