This guy has such an amazing voice..........
The Wolves by Ben Howard
If you enjoyed that one please have a listen to his cover of Lana Del Rey's Video Games - pure class..............
Video Games by Ben Howard
26 June 2012
25 June 2012
Sunny (or not!!) Lego Bench Monday
No wonder us Brits are so obsessed with the weather if this is a typical British summer on the beach - spots of rain, lashing wind and the sun hiding behind the clouds! This brave Lego lady will soon be putting on her raincoat, hiding behind a windbreak and clutching a hot cup of tea I bet. No matter what, she'll be staying on that damn beach all day.
Supernatural Lego Bench Monday (from last week!!)
A little delayed as I was away, but Bench Monday did happen last week!
These are the guys from Supernatural that I have put together - we have Dean and Sam on the bench with the Colt, a shotgun, the demon killing knife and a handgun; Castiel the angel is on the left, and Bobby Singer is to the right, holding his rifle.
Can anyone tell I'm suffering from Supernatural withdrawal while I wait for Season 7 to make it to Netflix?!!
19 June 2012
Tuesday Tunes
We're going retro this week with a truely gorgeous classic...I adore this song.......
Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues
13 June 2012
Bring me Sunshine........
So, it looks like I'm a sucker for a 365 project - I finished my 365 self portrait project the other day, and am straight into another one. This time, I'm not the subject (thank God), and I'm allowing myself some freedom so I don't have to take a photo every single day if I'm not in the mood - as long as I have 365 at the end of the year, I'm happy.
Having discovered Obitsu dolls this year, I just knew I had to create one myself. They are so much better than Barbie! So, meet Sunshine. She has a Parabox child head with a sunshine yellow wig, on a 27cm 2-part soft bust white body. I tried her head on the smaller 21cm and 23cm bodies, but I much prefer the shape of the 27cm - it's more curvy, and it's much easier to buy clothes for.
I plan on making some other outfits for her at some point, and converting a cardboard box into a house (well, a room at least). This will make photos easier too, as I'll always have a good backdrop for them. Not quite sure how this will turn out yet, but it will be a work in progress for a good while. I've got quite a few little toys I've collected for props and photos generally, and I'm planning on using lots with her over the year too.
I already know Sunshine loves nature, and I'm sure she shares quite a few of my other interests too, which is handy! If I do run low on ideas I plan on creating some photos for Flickr challenge groups, like Macro Mondays or the These Moments Challenge group, to keep up my interest.
I hope you enjoy seeing what she gets up to this year. Please feel free to comment or ask any questions. It can get a bit lonely here sometimes!!
12 June 2012
11 June 2012
Just One More Lego Bench Monday.......
As great TV detectives go, Columbo is up there with the best. Here is the custom Lego Columbo I made for a birthday gift to a big Columbo fan. Of course, he had to make a visit to the famous bench. Oh, and just one more thing.............
06 June 2012
Project 52 - Rings and Things
Out of all the types of jewellery, rings are my favourite thing to wear - I have lots of them in unusual shapes and styles, and some that mean an awful lot to me. I just couldn't think of a way to photograph them all, and my attempts at wearing as many as I could, didn't quite work out!
My next idea was inspired by the bag of British-themed Haribo sweets I was bought over the Jubilee weekend. It contained lots of yummy jelly rings. My aim was to save them until the following day so I could make a photo out of them, but temptation won over and I scoffed the lot!
An impromptu trip to the local Aldi supermarket on Monday saved the day - here I spotted the last remaining bag of mini Party Rings! I used to loooove Party Rings, and here they were in mini form!! Perfect. My first photos were of them alone, but it was missing the 'and things' part of the theme. My brain suggested children's toys as a colourful accompaniment - and from there, my Alice in Wonderland children's party theme photo was born.
05 June 2012
04 June 2012
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