Tuesday 25 October 2011

NEON...AS IF BY MAGIC

So, in response to my previous NEON post a friend of mine sent me a link from Daily Candy with exactly what I wanted. How strange, after all this time, in the very same week the answer pops up in the form of Neon Circus. What a coincidence.


Check out the before...



...and after...



It's exactly what I want. HOORAY!  Although not cheap, oh well. Better start saving and thinking about what I finally want my sign to say.






Thursday 13 October 2011

NEON

A few years ago now I worked in a PR agency in London as a PA. The head honcho had the coolest piece of art given to him as a wedding present by Tracey Emin based on her series of works with Neon lights. It had a heart drawn with his name and her name inside - kinda like this one for George Michael. In fact it's exactly like that.



I've since been mildly obsessed with finding a way of making my own neon sign but with my own handwriting. I mean, if Tracey Emin can do it right?

There are some more examples here from the Frieze Art Fair which just made me want one even more and some pics below (another of Tracey Emin's at the bottom). Where oh where do I find someone who can make me one? 

Ideas on a postcard. Or I could just make friends with Tracey Emin of course, not sure which is more unlikely at the moment...














Thursday 6 October 2011

BUNTING

This blog isn't to do with the fact that I'm having a baby in 3 weeks (touch wood) but, because it's obviously taking over my life at the moment I thought I'd just put in a few things...firstly...bunting.

Bunting has had such a revival recently, not least with the Royal Wedding (and a million other weddings) but at all kinds of parties as well as being used in home decor.



My husband and I were lucky enough to have a holiday in Sri Lanka earlier this year, (the last as just us without any kids...arrgh) and we bought quite a bit of fabric as it was soooo super cheap (about USD$6 a metre). It came from a shop called Kahanda Kanda in Galle Fort but we also bought more from Paradise Road in Colombo (be warned, this shop is amazing and you will find it hard not to buy everything in sight).


As I was just 3 months pregnant on the holiday we succumbed to the below...




We didn't know what we'd make but we have about 8 metres of each so my first foray into using it was bunting for the baby's room. One problem was that we don't know if we're having a boy or a girl so I needed to have it made double sided (pink on one, blue on the other) so we can just flip it over depending on what pops out.


Now, I know on all the blogs the author's are usually incredible crafty and clever but I don't have a sewing machine and wouldn't have a clue where to start. Luckily my lovely cleaner saved the day and whipped away the material and my specifications and knocked it up for me. 




I looked on a few "how to" blogs and found some basic instructions, bought some dark blue binding and cut out a triangular template from card as shown above. 


The result...




As you can see it's not in its final location (I need a big ladder for that and have been banned from going up one as I'm too massive) but you get the picture - blue one side, pink the other... TA DAAAA





Monday 3 October 2011

FLAMINGO FLAMINGOS

A little while ago I stumbled upon KULT Singapore which is, well actually I'm not entirely sure what it is. They are a design collective, they have a magazine, they do exhibitions...hmm, maybe I should be better informed. Anyhow, I picked up a copy of their latest magazine called Animals and fell in love with Stace Tan's Flamingo print. I contacted her and bought one of each colour print on matt archival paper at 28cm x 28cm each. I LOVE them although I'm still not too sure what to do with them yet, how to frame them or where to put them but that's not the point.... 






Cool huh?