A cup of rosie with your home made cosy

I love tea. I estimated the other day that on average I drink around 2080 cups of tea a year and my work colleagues believe it's likely to be much more than this. Tea for me equals a breather. It's funny our little routines, my tea o clock schedule in the week goes a little something like this: 6.30am, 9am, 11am, 2pm, 4pm and then 7pm. And often there's a cheeky cup or 2 snuck in inbetween. I'm actually quite alarmed as I type this!!

Anyway, as I was drinking my tea today, I spotted my rather sorry looking tea cosy - a vintage one I picked up in a charity shop a few years ago. I would love to get a Jan Constantine tea cosy but at £66.50 and being into craft, it would seem a real shame not to make my own. And so I share with you this great little piece from the Guardian on How to make a tea cosy. Guardian online is great for handmade projects and you can keep online clippings of your favourites. I'll make sure I post a picture of my finished tea cosy!

I like a good nose

I don't know about you but I love looking round other people's houses. In particular creative people's homes. I find it fascinating seeing how other people live, other people's passions and comforts. Which is why I love the work of Todd Selby, a New York based photographer who takes photographs of very interesting people in their homes. Be them candid or incredibly contrived, they are an insight into that person and who they are. Here's some shots chez Monsieur Starck who, I will quite happily admit, is on my celebrity cheat sheet! I think it's the French accent.

Anyway, I digress. Getting back to nosing at other people's homes. Local to me photographer: Daniela Exley takes beautiful captures of interesting people's homes in Hastings and St Leonards and one of her recent visits was to the home of artists Peter Quinnell and Claire Fletcher. Owning many prints by Claire and having been taught by Peter, it's fascinating to look at their trinkets of inspiration and see their living arrangements are as pretty and sugar coated as Claire's illustrations.

I love eclectic interiors that represent their owners and tell a story. Once I finish getting my house together, maybe I'll treat you to a nose chez moi. x

My kinda heaven

On my next visit to the big smoke I will most certainly be paying a visit to the V&As's new Reading Room. For you folks based in London, pay it a visit and tell me what you think! Ooh, and guess whose wallpaper features inside - (local to me) designer Deborah Bowness whose work I'm a big fan of.

Source: Remodelista

Danke Schoen

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is one of my favourite films of all time. So much so that my official funeral song is going to be Wayne Newton's Danke Schoen. Anyway, I got emailed about this today via The Mid-Century Modernist : Cameron's House for sale. Love it.

Love:

Apothecary Shower Curtain by Izola.

Source: Remodelista

Deja-vu

I haven't submitted an illo to Illustration Friday for an age but my blogpal over at Maldito Columpio inspired me to get to work. So here's a little something for this week's topic 'Deja-vu'. It's been my first week back at work after the festivities and my daily commute most definitely feels like deja vu. This one's dedicated to all you commuters who travel a little further to do a job you love.