Cunning Plans & Fiendish Plots

A classic subject for blogs and other discussions on writing is plotting and whether one is a ‘pantser’ (someone who flies by the seat of their pants, not someone who writes pants/crap plots) or a ‘planner’.  And who am I to argue with such time-honoured traditions?  Except for when it suits me, of course, but [...]

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From Duct Tape Dummies to Dreamy Fabric

Alas, there is still no sign of the internet finding its way to my apartment any time soon, dear reader!  However, I have discovered that my favourite Nottingham café has free wireless, so I intend to pop over there one day this week and do a proper post with photographs taken by yours truly.  Especially [...]

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This week I have been mostly …

I just wanted to give you lovelies a quick update on what I’ve been up to … Applications – a couple for jobs and a couple for PGCEs.  They take up a lot of time and are quite dull, but they need doing, alas! Tulle skirt.  Meh.  It’s finished, but it looks frumpy and I’m [...]

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You Should Read This…

As I am still internetless, I am swapping The Saturday Shoe for a Sunday Read (which I am typing in my lunch break at work on Friday).  I’ve read a few things lately which made me go “Oh yes!!” and I want to share them – call these my Valentine’s gift to you: The Dreamstress’s [...]

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You know you’ve read too much fantasy when …

… you mis-read “major explosion” as “magical explosion”. Oh dear.

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For the Love of Damask

Squeeee!  Please excuse my excited and brief post, but I just won this gorgeous fabric on eBay: Pink cotton damask, 2.6m by 1.25m. OK, I know it’s not 18th century, but I thought it looked rather 17th Century and I love it.  Oh, and did I mention I got it for £1.04? Yaaaaaaaay!  I want [...]

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Cover Up – Or initial musings on what to wear over stays

Not having the internet at your beck and call suddenly makes you get on with a lot of other things (or at least it does me).  In the time I’d usually spend researching and looking up things, I’ve been pondering what to make to go over my stays.  Of course, there are things I would [...]

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Oh Bum

Thanks to the ineptness of a particular telecoms company, I am without internet until 18th February.  (Yeah, I know!)  So I am afraid my posts might be fewer and further between than usual for the next couple of weeks, but I will try to blog from the library or other similar places (or even work [...]

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Cupcakes!

What is it that people love so much about cupcakes? I’m afraid I don’t have an answer, but I do have an addiction to the darn things.  So when I saw this book for £5 at my office’s book club, I just couldn’t resist: Huzzah for many different recipes (for the cake and icing) and [...]

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Stays – The Mock-Up (Or mockery?!)

The mock-up is done!  And The Boy was good enough to help me try them on (note to self – front-lacing stays in future – I hadn’t appreciated before just how much of a pain it is having to wait for someone else to help you dress!). I took a few pics to help me [...]

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