Birthday Board No.1

Row 1:

Painting Flowers All Time Low by Whenchemicalscollide via Pinterest,

Day Fifty Two by Big Fat Grey Cat

Row 2:

Balloon House by Tim Walker via Pinterest,

Funambula8 by Chick Named Hermia

Rainbow birthdays. Full of party balloons and festivities.

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Listening: Supergrass - Pumping On Your Stereo

Happy 1st Birthday Blog!

Today is Snow in a Teapot's 1st Birthday!

One year on, I have:

...posted a pathetic 139 times and have apologised for not posting in 138 of them.

...blethered, babbled and rambled my way through every post.

...created 24 mood boards.

...redecorated my front page 3 times.

...made it snow whilst whinging about the snow.

...gained 15 lovely followers.

...lost 1 (but that'll teach me to post more often.)

So, this is Happy Birthday to Snow in a Teapot and thank you to everyone who's stuck around thus far. You are fantastic people for putting up with my sporadic posting methods and rambled comments on design.

Now I have twelve months to up my game! Maybe this time next year I'll be back up to 15 followers! Or maybe if I'm really lucky a couple more.

Love,

Em x

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Listening: The Beatles - Birthday

On the 9th Day of Christmas...

...this blog gave to thee...

...nine balloon dresses...

...eight resolutions...

...seven pretty shoesies...

...six party dresses...

...five gold rings!..

...four collared hangers...

...three Mad Men...

...two hedgehog gloves...

...and a house to dunk into your tea.

"Rie Hosokai is the worldy appreciated balloon artist. Her significant technique and exquisite sense of fashion were proven by winning the international balloon dress competition "Milleniumjam Fashion Award" two years in a row and many other major balloon art contests. She is the most desired artist performances continue to entertain men and women of all ages." - Rie Hosokai.com

I hadn't intended to post twice about dresses, however, I saw these and I was a little smittened.

Rie Hosokai aka Daisy Balloon is a creative designer who began her artistic career bending and twisting balloons into flowers, before graduating to full blown ball gowns. Hosokai's artwork is humorous and incredibly intricate despite the medium. Each gown is designed in such a way that should a rogue nail hit it or any element be pressed too firmly and burst, the integrity of the dress will remain and none of the other balloons be affected. But she is the first to admit it is a stressful and difficult medium, which she fell for whilst working as a florist when she was moved from flowers to balloons.

There's fate at work for you.

Happy New Year! Part ten tomorrow...

Link - Rie "Daisy Balloon" Hosokai

via - Design Fetish

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Listening: Regina Spektor - Us

Monday Mood Board: Birthdays

Happy Birthday Louise & Gran!

Row 1: I am [...] by Nina Matthews, Untitled by Forty-Sixth at Grace, Balloons 2 by Dean Fisher

Row 2: Untitled by Scarborough Fair

Row 3: Danbos' Birthday by Kyracee, Stars by Torpore

It was my little sister and gran's birthday on Friday, so it's been a busy week running up to it and a busy weekend post. Birthdays - much like Christmas - aren't actually as relaxing as they're ever made out to be so there's been no time for blogging. We had a nice day though, despite me having a very sore head due to being up very early to get to work and write clinics, rushing down to town to buy fabric and then spending from lunch time until very late staring at a very dimly lit sewing machine in order to make Louise her very own piece of bunting. How many people get hand-made bunting for their birthdays as well as....

...cakey mini bunting! Yes. I did sew up 15+ tiny little flags and sew them on to a piece of ribbon which my sewing machine kept trying to eat. This was also the point I was starting to doze off! Luckily the elder sibling made a very tasty mocha sponge cake for it to sit in. I want to take a better photo, but that will involve more cake...so you may have to wait for that.

Anyway, for this Monday, we have a birthday inspired mood board with lots of balloons, straws and a bit of sparkle. It isn't a birthday without glitter!

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Listening: The Beatles - Birthday

Monday Mood Board: Rainbows

Row 1: From inside a rainbow... by Joshua Liberman, Jónsi by Lilja Birgisdóttir

Row 2: Rainbow Umbrella #5 by Yein~ , Chihuly 8 by Andi Wolfe

Inspired by my day at the Scottish Bead Fair 2010 on Sunday. So many wonderfully beautiful stones and beads, glass and plastic, natural and unnatural to be hand in every colour and finish imaginable. I spent way too much money but came away with a few ideas and some beautiful stones to play with.

My mum even bought me some glass rods so I can start teaching myself how to make lamp work beads or whatever my little brain can come up with. Very exciting. I've wanted to learn forever!

Shall post my purchases when I get a moment.

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Listening: Radiohead - Nude