Happy easter!

Happy Easter my Bunnies. And on this special day Mum will give you a tour of her most splendid egg collection: some inherited, some collected, some found.
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All in a beautiful basket
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This ceramic one found when she was a teenager - it is to help hens to lay.
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This red one has a tiny red tea set inside.
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Soldiers march out of this nice pink one.
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What's in this one?
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Easter Penguins - they're not so popular as Easter Bunnies because their Easter Eggs taste like fish (as Brian and Richard Know).
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What about this one?
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Ahh - chickens.
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And this one is full of . . . 
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Pigs! This one's from my Great Gran with replacement legs by my Dad.
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And this egg is just full of itself
Have a lovely day - see you on the other side.
x

Exotic creatures

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I bought this nice looking box last year. Then I stowed it in our (redundant) fireplace and forgot about it. I should have cleaned it to put on the stall but somehow I couldn't bring myself to do it straight away because . . . 
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 . . . It had someone's face inside. Some serious Glamazon's face at that, maybe a theatrical star. Grease sticks galore, all in nice sticky packaging, all giving off a powerful musty odour.
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And below the grease sticks blending powder had got loose and was all over everything. A bit like a fragrant old person had dissolved in there.
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Imagine thinking nothing of plopping on some real fur lashes, as if it was no biggy. I don't wear make-up; I'm really prone to rubbing my face and especially sticking my finger into the corner of my eye and wanging it around. But I really admire people who do wear it, and who can put it on properly: mad skill.
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And of course I like all this make-up especially because it's in a rugged tin box and it's heavy duty and totally manky. Toasted Beige - delicious.
Do you wear make-up?


Get your Toot in the door.

Ok you lumpscious bums - it was a slim week Toot wise this week. But I've scraped together some meagre offerings for you.
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A very fine Victorian dish.
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An even finer Danish pot.
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Some nice military water buckets or as I'd call them 'handbags'
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Wholesome woven fabric with a zingy edge.
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A poor creature all covered in pins.
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A box of pencils.
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Nice pattern!
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And a whole load of really nice sketches of dogs! It was a bit dark by the time I got to photo them, sorry for yellowness.
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Is anyone else hankering after a dog these days?
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A few of my friends are having babies at the moment, and that's really exciting.
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But Karen is getting a dog and I'm majorly, poo-in-my-pants, excited. Hoop hoop!
Ok, that's all. See you at Spitalfields tomorrow?
Good.
x

The legend of big toot.

I've been booting! And here are the things I got . . .
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An enamel teapot and spotty tray - looking perfect alongside some original jo waterhouse ceramics.
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A slightly barmy oil painting. Looks like it might be a nice still life of some iced fingers and a glass of wine. I shall call it 'the perfect night in'
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Another nice image, a block print this time. Something deeply heroic looking about this person . . . also just a hint of inbreeding around the eyes.
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Handsome and simple brass hooks.
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Toy tools - for kids to wreak havoc with.
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I picked this up and thought - 'gosh, that's so twee' . . . 'ah crap, I've bought it'
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A little weaving sample.
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A tin especially shaped for epaulettes.
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Very dainty beads made from stone. Nice!
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Plates, previously belonging to David Hodges.
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A nice melamine dish - that is currently cradling my brand new Sweetheart Hoya plant.
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And three of these glorious educational posters!
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So that's how you do it!
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Thank you Bovril! But which part is your favourite? . . . 
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Yes! That's my favourite bit too.
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A length of Liberty fabric in Bauhaus print. Colours!
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And lastly a swarthy, sexy, industrial lighty-job.
That's your lot. Off to market tomorrow - see you there?
x

Moving along.

Yesterday I found this little cartoon in my sketch book: photo P3120618_zpsea07977d.jpg  photo P3120621_zps2cf66ed9.jpg  photo P3120624_zpsa34d63ce.jpgI think it's probably a true feeling for a lot of people who've chosen the creative full-time:
I don't know what the hell I do! But I do it all the f@*#ing time! Alright?! And one day something good will happen! Maybe! Get off my back!
At the moment I've been working really hard - even falling asleep in the studio - and I feel like things could be moving in harmony soon, it's inching closer.
Then maybe I will have an answer to the dreaded question, so what do you do?

So . . . what do you folks do?

Botanical gardens

Enjoying poking around Cambridge Botanical Gardens with some friends. We will be working there together soon. My camera got all steamed up in the greenhouses and made some nice pictures: makes me think of when someone walks into a warm room and their glasses steam up. I like it when that happens, it's like a little bit of cartoon sneaking into everyday life. photo P2250396_zpsaa32cd4f.jpg photo P2250398_zps487bcd26.jpg photo P2250389_zpscad54d34.jpg