ITALO XXXMAS!

HAHAHAHA! THIS is xmas decorations, Italian style. At a cafe on the lake which is overlooked by "Tom Cruise and Katie's Wedding castle"! Bet THEY could have afforded a life-size one at their bash! ;-)

BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY!

Also, among all the designer shops in Roma centro, CHECK OUT quite how GLAM and DIVA-licious the FENDI xmas lights are!!! FABULOUS DAAAAAH-LING! ;-) x

NATALE A ROMA!

PHEWWWW!

Thanks so much to all of my lovely christmas customers! Hope your gifts went down a storm yesterday! Here's a small selection of some of the Special Commission Charm Bracelets I was busy making the last couple of months!

MESSY XMAS!!!

Have yourselves an amazing little christmas! May your days be light. Next year let's just hope cannot be quite so shi*e! ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES!!! ;-) x

TOO MUCH TO DREAM!

I got asked to curate a DJ SET for Upitup Records. Here it is available for free download and streaming!

XMAS SALE # TWO!

I helped Laura B to put together another Yuletide Bazaar at the Kaz, and yesterday was the day! I also tried to sort out an idea I've had for ages, for a group / co-op band merch distro shop! Tested it out as a stall at the market, and eventually had input items from around 15 bands/artists, and volunteers to man the stall too. There was even an in-stall kraut jam! The whole day was super-cosy, and I was visited at my stall by loooads of friendly faces! All the stalls were real pretty, and the vibe was ace. Afterwards we packed up our stalls and had an impromptu staff stay-behind with the remainder of the mulled wine, and were serenaded by Rob's band. HAPPY XMAS Kazimier crew! :-) x

MADE HERE MARKET!

Did a sale today at the upper level of a shopping arcade on Bold Street, for MADE HERE, who recently approached me to start selling BUG POP from their website. Think we suffered a lot from being set off of the main street, in an otherwise unused platform, but it was still a great day, and I managed to make money on top of my stall fee, so I was happy! Howie came and played the hero at the end of the day, appearing to help me drag everything accross to The Kazimier for storage until tomorrow! (N.B. Bottom pic added later from Linziloop's Blog!)

TODAY...

... I will not only be working from home, but working from bed, because I have a death-cold! And working from bed, by the way, means this! ...

PLEASE WELCOME... TRUDIE PUGH!

My lovely Aunty Pauline knits amazing retro tea cosies and shimmery dress-scarves. They sell like hot cakes in a local handmade shop called Landbaby (see her facebook page here) but for ages I've been telling her that a little branding would be the cherry on top. So for her birthday I've designed her a logo (she decided to go with her middle name Gertrude!) TRUDIE PUGH. And have had her a set of business cards / hang tags made, using vintage wool-related pictures, and also adapted two different Alice illustrations to show one of her tea-cosies...

JUST A SOUP-SONG!

Today The Hive is filled with smell of lovely winter lentil soup with homemade croutons!

ARTWERK!

Made the art for my upcoming mix on UPITUP Records. Went with the Kaftewerk "The Model" cover, with a BBC off-air screen, and a vintage curio I found in a 70s science textbook! Now I've just got to make the mix!