J U S T / T H E / M E A S U R E //

W A N T //

W A H / N A I L S //

M.I.A. / B A D / G I R L S //

M.I.A. is bad ass. With a bad ass wardrobe. And lyrics to match. Nuff said.

M A D E / B Y / B R O M L E Y //

Back in 2010 I ordered a tee online from a friend-of-a-friend in the UK skate scene. It was hand-screen printed, monochrome and at a bargain price. It came with this rad little card with a message from the maker on the back...

A few months later and I had moved from Kent to East London. In the October of the same year I was attending my friend Lilli's birthday party at The Stag in Hampstead. As we finished our last round of drinks and were bagging up Lilli's presents and getting ready to head to Lilli's flat, I was handed one of these from a guy called Bromley...

The penny dropped! It was the guy behind the mysterious NGU Sucker tee and most of all, that rad little Gnar Bunga Mutants card. :)

Last April I went to Jaguar Shoes' 'THREEDEE' exhibition opening night. Bromley was there again, this time exhibiting a rather large 3-D totem pole featuring some more of his colourful characters.

Then in August I went to the 'Out of Stock' exhibition opening night at Stolen Space. Bromley again was representing with a larger than life 'Stockwell Slasher Goblin'. Amazing night, surrounded by amazing people, looking at some amazing skate-related art. Washed down with lots of free booze. Which in turn, got us all hyped-up for the 'Vans Downtown Showdown' a few days later round the corner at Old Spitalfields Market.

The day of the 'Vans Downtown Showdown' arrived and along with it, the rain. I made my way to the Lovenskate stall inside the market to catch up with my friends, sink some ciders and grab a load of freebie Vans goodies (although I really wanted one of those massive orange foam hands. I didn't manage to get one. and none of my friends who had managed to get one would give me theirs. boo.) and wait for the weather to clear.

I had a load of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle bandannas in my bag, Bromley caught sight of them and asked if he could look at them. He asked if he could have one, I said I had a duplicate 'Michaelangelo' one at home so he could have the other one I had with me. I think he was pretty stoked. ;)

In return for the bandanna, he said he would post me some of his prints...

...these two rad prints landed on my doormat a week or so later. :)

I haven't seen Bromley since last year. Well, not in person that is. But I've been spotting his work around East London.

Shutters around Brick Lane & Redchurch Street have been an explosion of colour since the likes of Malarky, Lucas, Mr Penfold, Mr Gauky, Sweet Toof and Billy have been hitting up their magic. So great to see Bromley joining the ranks too!

Seeing my East London as bright and as colourful as I like to be, makes me seriously RADDED OUT by it.

Catch up with Bromley and all his goblins, mutants and zombies at;

MADE BY BROMLEY

W H A T ' S / I N / M Y / B E D R O O M //

I'm a nosey bugger me. I love seeing through the windows of people's lit-up properties whilst sitting on the top deck of a bus on dark nights. I also love flicking through interior decorating magazines for inspiration and reading the articles about the people behind the spaces. So when I was approached by fellow Instagramer your_bedroom at the tail-end of summer last year to have my bedroom photographed for her blog What's in your bedroom..., I was excited and intrigued, but also a bit nervous as I was having to find somewhere new to live at the time.

Roll on September 2011 and I had found a new place to live in East London and was settling in nicely. Roll on a further six weeks (due to some clashing diary niggles) and I finally got to meet Olivia and her trusty camera.

It was lovely to finally put a face to a name, find out where the idea for the blog came from and ultimately get to know the lady behind the lens a little bit better. We chatted about everything and anything (for those who know me well enough will know that it was probably me doing most of the talking), we also hit upon our fondness for the British artist Tracey Emin. I lent Olivia 'Strangeland', Emin's autobiography and a friendship was born.

You can see/read my entry here;

THE GIRL OF STUFF - EAST LONDON

I bought a new desk shortly after appearing on What's in your bedroom... Shame. Maybe I'll do it all again the next time I move.

E S S I M A R //

I have recently discovered the totally brillogs Essimar (Esther Ramirez). What this lady can't do with a bit of paper or washi tape, quite frankly isn't worth one's salt. So with Mother's Day soon approaching I thought I'd try my hand at my own Essimar inspired card....

Essimar also has a tonne of gift wrapping ideas on her Flickr account;

ORIGINAL GIFT WRAPPING by ESSIMAR

WASHI MT GIFT WRAPPING

I am literally in awe! My girl-crush count is steadily increasing.

G I V E / C O L O R F U L L Y //

Totally in love with this short video from the ever-so-clever gang at Kate Spade. I would live and give this colourfully every day if I could! VIVA EL COLOR!

O V E R H E A R D //

I have been keeping a little visual diary over the last few years, filled with bits and bobs collected along the way, photos, bus tickets, addresses, flyers, notes from friends, maps, rotas for work, appointments etc... they're slighty smaller than A5, and it was in an attempt for me to stop hoarding memories. If it fits in the book, it stays.. if it doesn't, it has to go.

These are a collection of phrases and funny thing overheard by friends and strangers that I particularly liked or found funny. They were a big hit with everyone who had a look through my little black books.

I've been really slack of late, so thought if I put them up on here it would remind me to keep my ears open and jot down the results.

Hopefully I'll have more to add soon...