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London's Lost Jewels
You know that huge sigh of repletion you exhale after a delicious filling meal? The sentiment and sensation are what I experienced after exiting the Museum of London's latest visual feast, "The Cheapside Hoard; London's Lost Jewels".
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Not Sew Much
I just visited the Spring Knitting & Stitching Show (London's big sewing crafts bash) and only spent £6.90. On two packs of diamanté brads for card-making (SHINY!) and Clover's Extra Small Pom Pom Makers.
I usually spend about £100+ at this show.
I'm unsure whether to be proud of my frugality, or depressed by my disinterest.
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Put Coloured Glass on Metal & Add Flame
2013 is my ‘Year of Learning Stuff’, I have decided.
January was a Soldering Masterclass with Elizabeth Bone, and February has been an 'Enamelling for Beginners' course with Silvia WeidenbachMy dad taught me how to torch solder enamel when I was about eleven or twelve, and I've loved the technique ever since. I still have some of his enamels from ( Read more... ) -
Yesterday I made a....
Soap Dish!
Simple, easy, cheap and ecologically sound.
Take one Luffa aegyptiaca (£1 from the Pound Store), a hack saw, and a couple of minutes later you have a 1" slice of sponge that will absorb any soap drips, can be used as a basin scrubber, and when it finally gets too tatty to be displayed, can be tossed in with the compost. Perfect.
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And the winner is...
Korea!
Silver went to China.
Bronze went to Japan.
bend_gules and I nipped out before the medal ceremony and are now eating dinner at Ali Baba Egyptian Bistro. Yum.
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Women' Archery Olympics Live from Lords Cricket Oval
Just about to watch Women's Archery Team Final. Wet, cold and hungry - and having a great time.
Finals =
Japan and Russia compete for the bronze
Korea and China for gold and silver
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Olympics 2012 - 7 days to go
The Good:
I have a ticket to see the Women's Team Archery medal event on Sunday 29th!
Yes, thanks to the wonderful bend_gules, I am actually getting to see an event for one of the (actually very few) sports I am interested in. I thought it would be a bit (read: a lot) lame to live in the city hosting the Olympics and not go, especially as this is probably a ' ( Read more... ) -
Numb of hearing
Just been to emergency dentist and had two lower back fillings redone. Ouch! when the drugs wear off.
She stuck the anaesthetic so far back my entire right ear is numb...
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