i used to make really excellent gift guides, if i do say so myself. so i am putting together an ad-hoc list of online things that are just nice, and if you like some of these things then feel free to buy them for someone – or yourself?? or send this list to someone as …
with the launch of Threads yesterday I felt a pang of nostalgia for the internet at it’s prime – in my opinion – blogs were at their height, people weren’t monetizing absolutely everything on Instagram, Twitter was popping off, and I was over here sharing things and making music mixes – haha! so, in honour …
i was doing some random browsing in the LIFE image archives when I came across these images titled “Americans Abroad – Chapala, Mexico” photographed by Leonard McCombe. After a bit of digging I discovered they formed part of an article from a 1957 issue of LIFE Magazine called “Yanks Who Don’t Go Home: Expatriates Settle …
I discovered artist Meredith Maher on Tik Tok where the video of the creation of her puzzle-made artwork Pool Party has notched up over 2 million views. I immediately went to look at all her other wonderful work – Dreaming Girl is my favourite. The art that was never supposed to be. The pieces that …
most of you who have been around long enough to know that this blog is now 14 years old, and in all those years i have kept folders and folders of images that i have saved from my internet travels – many of which never made it on to the blog. sometimes i just decided …
I don’t buy accessories often (I, in fact, do not buy any new clothes or anything often, at all, or ever – thanks cost of living crisis and general existential dread about the planet!) but i am really enjoying all the interesting rad bag designs out there right now, especially those by indie creators. I …
There has been a three year gap in my yearly calendars roundup, because 2020-2022 basically melted into one long weird year. 2023 feels like it could be… different? we have perhaps all moved on from the major world event that shall not be named, and even though things are still tough (cough inflation cough) there’s …
if there’s one thing we have been chatting about a lot amongst our friends and family lately, it’s artificial intelligence. specifically the ability to create images and write text and just about everything else using online AI bots – tools that are suddenly available to regular people. i have been playing around with writing copy …
i have a weird thing for monogram necklaces, i actually bought simple sweet alphabet necklaces for each of my bridesmaids at our wedding. so i am always keen to see new and interesting takes on this age old accessory – the Tipia collection by Portuguese jewellery designer Inês Telles definitely hits the spot. Tipia is a …
When these delightful and expressive portraits of dogs by UK artist Sally Muir came on my radar recently I thought, why does she feel so familiar to me? Where have I heard about her before…? Turns out, Sally Muir is one of the original designers of that Princess Diana sweater, when she began knitwear company …
