Mango

We ate a whole box of delicious mangos in 2 days!
yum
We got our box from TAJ STORES on Brick Lane.

Folly for a Flyover

We went to Folly For a Flyover this weekend, a beautiful wooden folly built in the gap between the East and Westbound traffic of the A12 in Hackney Wick.

Saturday nights show, entitled 'Minnie the Moocher + Gertie and  Her Gaiety', was a fabulous mix of song, dance (mostly tap dancing monkey girls!) & Bettie Boop Cartoons, then a screening of Singing in the Rain, most appropriate for such a wet weekend...

Oh, and some people arrived by rowing boat.

Go!

Happy Birthday Ryan Town

Thanks to Rob Ryan & his team at Ryan Town for a lovely 3rd Birthday party last week!

New work from Beyond Thrilled

This week we received some new work from our old mucker, Beyond Thrilled.

The first to be released in a new series of London districts posters.
B.T. has recently completed a coast to coast walk from Glaisdale to Robin Hood's Bay. Since his return he has continued to walk but now it's an exploration of his urban environment. Walking through neighbourhoods with the eye of a Londoner rather than a tourist his drawings capture unexpected and off the beaten path landmarks.
Can't wait for the next installment.
You can buy one here

Pike Fish

What a beautiful Pike Fish!
Found here thanks to Helen

I Didn't See it Coming

N got the best presents ever in the post last week, from Lesley Barnes
A bear mask & puppet from the launch party of the Beautiful animation she made for Belle & Sebastians track:  'I Didn't See it Coming',  see the blog & animation HERE
She is a very kind lady!

Excellent Childen's Period Footwear

Katy found me this link to Victor & Victorine, the shoes are perfect for period work and pretty cute for contemporary too, N starts school after the summer so there's a search on to find something which conforms in an acceptable way!
Apologies for the poor quality of the picture, we don't have an actual pair to photograph.

garden berries

yum!

Hobby

This is Hobby, drawn by N (4)
It looks really like him, honest.

MOTHER

This beautiful Kite, 'Mother' is by Fredericks and Mae,  in collaboration with Confetti System.

We love it.
Her children are quite special too.

little friends

'lionleopard'
'little toast goat'
'ego'
&;
as yet unnamed...

all over our house these days....

on the shelf

Some things from our shelves.....

Guidos paper creatures

Finally back in stock!!

Paper lobsters & hares, hand embossed using vintage press tools by our friend Guido in Germany.

Use these whole as a picture, or cut them free from each other and create labels for presents, cards, table setting card, the list is endless....

find them here

First (ever) Radish

Miss N pulled up the first ever radish shes planted in her life, this week, to squeals of joy
I'd recommend growing them with kids, she can't wait to eat them up.
We've even planted some at nursery, let see if they survive, the kids were digging seeds up as fast as planting!
Artemis & she could have a radish growing competition.
I am the the one with the job of cutting them into 'star' shapes, sadly no photos, they were eaten too quickly!