cakes and hearts and makes

hello dearest ones, i cannot believe how long i have been away and how much has happened in that time in between!!! it has gone super dooper fast.
I went home and celebrated my grandmothers birthday. we had a raclette, which we have not had in so long!!! so much fun and giggles and yumminess!! there was tons of cake, of all different varieties, which i enjoyed very much!!! wine and tea, candles in the shapes of stars. music and laughing. new snuggley socks. wonderful!!



and i met teeny weeny chanel. it was beautiful, she was beautiful. her teeny fingers wrapped around mine, ever so soft, her tiny delicate finger nails. lovely long eyelashes and big sparkling eyes. her big sister, who is also very tiny, insisted she was mummy, and had to have lots of cuddes with her, and kisses, and holding tiny fingers. it was adorable and lovely and i didnt ever want to leave!!


as soon as i came back it was ever so ever so busy, more than i could have imagined. I had a group exhibition, there were four of us, and we had to curate the exhibition as well as be the artist, and give a seminar and invidulate. there was only one week to go, so there was lots of putting up and last minute changes and preparation. but we did it!!! and it was ever so much fun. i absolutely loved it, and we were all very pleased with how we had done. the exhibition was called [in]significance, as we all had pieces of work made by or based on things that people do not see as being very important or significant, but how we had used them in our work made them significant, and they were significant to us. for example, mary made pieces using tiny pins, and i used old dress patterns that are never used in a final product, just the planning. and my toothfairy piece was based on a childs beliefs and imagination, that are seen as silly by adults but are incredibly important to the child. we chose the dark space in the studios for the exhibition, and used very soft lighting by using little spotlights, which made interesting shadows and effects. we also labelled our work by writing directly onto the wall in pencil. it went better than we could ever have imagined. we asked people to give feedback by making a comment on a post it and sticking it to the wall on the way out, and they were so lovely!!!! and i was overwhelmed as so many people said my toothfairy was their favourite piece!! a third year girl acually cried, telling me how movig it was and how she was remined of peices of her childhood she had forgotten. i was amazed, i honestly was, and so grateful!!

(the first three images are of my work, the rest are of the other work in the exhibition)

and then there was valentines day!!! happy valentines day to you all, i am ever so sorry for such a late wish!! i did not expect one little thing as we have so very little money. i decided to make a card for my love, and i put up an 'i love you' banner and brought a pretend toy rose for 99p!! i also set up his artist manequin so he was holding a clay heart i made. i also set out games such as guess who? and the yes and no game for us to play. and i decided to make him eggy bread for breakfast, beef wellington for dinner, and brought some mint choc chip ice cream for pudding :) i woke up to three envolopes, numbered, and opened them one by one. one was a fuzzy picture, and i had to guess what it was of. the next was the picture properly, and as he makes 3d work on the computer, he had made me heart houses, and labelled which one was mine, that we would live in together!! it was so cute and pretty, i wish it could be real. the last envolope had a sweet sweet letter inside, on old, worn paper, which was so lovely :) and i recieved a beautiful little card from the wonderful little lottie, and a huge bouquet of flowers arrived from my mother and father!! it was wonderful and perfect and small and cheap and giggley and fun. although i did burn the eggy bread, and the fire alarm went off!!!! everyone in the falts around us and all the buildings around ours had to evacuate, and i desperately tried to explain it was just my eggy bread!!! oh dear. my cheeks flushed so very rosie indeed!!

oh!!! and i must tell you all about the snow!!!! it has been beautiful and magical, lots of playfulness and wonder. i made snowman joe with my teeny brother, and two more snowmen with my love. lots wearing my new glittery mittens, and wrapping up warm.
I have been tagged by wonderful wonderful lottie to do the four tag! thank you dearest!!

A: Four places that I go to over and over:

home, topshop, the isle of wight, my local art gallery at home

B: Four people who email me regularly:

lovely lovely lottie, mother, my love, facebook

C: Four favourite smells:

old books, a roast dinner, grandads smell, my love ♥

D: Four places I would rather be right now:

watching tv in bed with my lovely love and curly, at home with my family and a cup of tea,

on holiday on the isle of wight or in scotland in a little cottage, at the cinema watching moonacre with lottie moon long lost twin :)
E: Four people I tag:

la la, chloe, anywhere i lay my head, sara

F: Four TV shows I watch: freinds, charlie and lola, masterchef, this morning

and the sweetest angel, my moon bestest friend, also gave me the sparkliest of awards you ever did see!!! made by the lovely little poppet herself! it is beautiful and my favouritest, so thank you ever so ever so much sweetest ♥


i give it straight back to her, as hers is also a special and starry and sparkley little blog!!! i will also award it to:
sara
capture the castle
quiet milk

before i go, i must ask you all for a teeny bit of help. for my studio work, i am looking at things from our childhood that made us feel different or that we wanted to hide. when i was younger at school i didnt like anyone knowing that i had arthritus, and didnt like it when i had to sit on chairs when everyone else was on the floor, for example. so sometimes i would do thiings even though they were painful, just so people wouldnt notice and ak questions. i want to explore how other people dealt with insecurities when they were younger or at school, so would be ever so grateful if you would possibly tell me some of yours??

i must go of to bed now my sweethearted bloggers. i will will will reply to your comments, i have been reading them all, and your blogs, and they make me smile and smile. i will comment as soon as i can!! the sweetest starriest dreams to you all.

*oopsy!! i have just realised that this post published half way through me making it, and i have already recieved some comments!!! oh dear. sorry sweets!!*

x ♥