You don't bring me flowers

Favourite cafe in South London at the moment award goes to 'You Don't Bring me Flowers' in Hither Green. A scrumptious menu (Bree and spicy pear sandwich for me please), a gallery and a florist boutique all in one...and nicest of all; somewhere I can sit with my friends for an entire afternoon of chatting and inspiration with beautiful surroundings and delicious home made treats... Now I just need more excuses to frequent...who wants to come??

Shoe box living

I stumbled across this on my way to a meeting at the Royal Festival Hall last week; Shoe box living - 'an exhibition by Kids Company created by 125 children between the ages of eight and ten who were asked to recreate a room from their home in a shoe box and give it a short description. The results provide a fascinating snapshot of the lives of children in urban Britain'. My fave is the one with the purple tummies waster slouching on the couch next to a chocolate gateaux with a vintage print bed cover... just my style!

Coke re-appropriated

I find myself in a fine art studio and come accross some loveliness, finding another use (other than curing a hangover) for the dreaded coke brand...make upsidedown oxegen generators / hanging baskets. This will be happening in my kitchen windowsill very soon let me tell you!

Fashion Film by Robyn Dombey

Look what one of my lovely students made last week! Lovely, genius and uplifting it was on a Friday afternoon and a bleak Monday morning! Thanks Robyn!

the colour junkie is getting stronger

My inner colour monster is getting stronger and stronger... but the outside world is demanding paper work, presentations and trips to the post office; so there are only mere moments in the day to dream in colour. I feel as spring comes it will get more and more out of control until my studio resembles the town where the munchkins live at the end of the yellow brick road.

Museum of everything

Can you squeeze in one last visit to the museum of everything before it closes at the end of the week! Circus freaks and shell grotto's, squirrel dinner parties and two headed lambs.... plus a crazy farmers mini mechanical fairground! = inspired! Go to the cafe and sip strong coffee whilst noting down your inspirations and listen to little tiny children declaring that all the dollies in the exhibition should be theirs.... Challenged not to go home and cut up my newspapers and get out the colouring pencils.

Favourite quotes:

"I bought four or five machines that didn't work...our family motto is who wants to be normal anyway?"

"Artists like Ted (Wilcox) probably start off wanting to achieve something, but do not quite have the means to do it. So they invent means. Somewhere in between the intention, the ambition and the finished product, the outsider artist invents his own way of doing it."

Hard core colour junkies!