Wave Pictures

I just had to share these amazing images taken by photographer Clark Little, as seen on the Guardian website today.

Favourite Childhood Books - Part 1

I thought I would start a new series, showcasing some of my favourite childhood books, and a little about the authors/illustrators. First up (to celebrate Pancake Day!) is Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. Brown wrote the first Flat Stanley book way back in 1964. As the story goes, Stanley gets flattened one day when a bulletin board lands on him. From then on he has to cope with his altered state, which sometimes comes in handy, for instance when Stanley is able to visit his friends by being posted into a letterbox.

Here, the author explains where he got the simple idea from for the book:

"More than thirty years ago, I was saying goodnight to my now grown-up sons, J.C. and Tony (Flat Stanley is dedicated to them), and JC stalling for my chat time, asked me not to leave the bedroom. He was scared, he claimed, and when I asked him what he was afraid of he couldn't think of anything. As I started out again, he had an inspiration. 'I'm afraid my big bulletin board will fall on me,' he said. I told him that that was ridiculous; the big board on the wall above his bed had been securely mounted by me, and even if it got loose it would do so so slowly that he wouldn't even notice it, just go off to sleep, and by the time it rested fully upon him he'd be sound asleep and wouldn't wake, so the board would just lie there all night. Then I thought of small joke and said: 'Of course, when you wake up in the morning, you'll probably be flat.' Both boys thought that was a hoot and many evenings after that one, we'd make up stories about adventures you could have if you were flat. Best idea I ever had, and I didn't even know I'd had it. Not for many months, until a friend in the kid-book business, who knew about the flat stories, suggested I make them into a book."

Japanese cuteness!

Just wanted to share these sweet prints by artist Risako Masuo. Something to brighten up a Monday! I'd love one as a print.

Light Graffiti

Also on the subject of light, I recently came across these photos by artist Michael Bosanko on the Guardian. They're created using coloured torches and taken with long exposures, no photoshopping allowed! They're pretty cool, and a little bit spooky... see more here.

Make: Heart Badges

I made these little badges using this tutorial and plan on giving them to my girly friends tonight, i think they're quite sweet!

Photo Project week 3

Our latest pics are up on FunStupid, on the subject of "Cosy".. see 'em here. I've decided next week's subject can be "Light" as conveniently this weekend is Nottingham's annual "Light Night," in which the city is lit up and the Nottingham Eye has returned (ha!) Hopefully it will provide the chance for some nice shots.

100th Post!!

Woo i have made it to 100! Thanks for anyone who is still reading :-) Just wanted to post this link Christina sent me.. I love old photobooths and this website animates the frames to make moving images. I just wish the old-style booths still existed, as now they all seem to take 4 identical digital frames, not as good!

Snow Day!

Hope everyone in the country's enjoying the week of snow! it was lovely seeing kids sledging and throwing snowballs in the streets, everyone seemed really cheered by it all!

Make: Marble Cake!

Well I've not really made anything that creative lately, but last weekend I made a really nice marble cake following this recipe. I added a chocolate glace icing and it was so good my housemate made the same one later in the week!