Tuesday's Tees - Pinned!

There are so many lovely things to be found on Pinterest including, you guessed it, tees! But, like with all things on pinterest sometimes the images click through to nothing (does this make anyone else sad?). Most of this lot have an origin of sorts. If they've sold out I at least know which shop they came from but my favourite (the glacier photograph one) is lost in the maze of the interweb :( However, it must belong to someone (it looks like it's hanging behind a door) so maybe one day it'll be tracked down...

they'll never find us

floral

stripey

glacier

pattern

mermaid

brooklyn

stars

tee dresses

Tuesday's Tees - t-rex

My new addition - Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton t-shirt

It's actually not that new but I've only just got round to wearing it for the first time - I love it!

Ah Tee & Cake what wonderful tee-makers you are. This one is particularly favoured as it's grey (they normally do a lot of white ones) and my wardrobe was previously without a grey t-shirt (bizarre! I've probably got one of every other colour)!

This particular gem has sold out online but quench your dinosaur thirst on this lovely number.

Heavy Brachiosaurus

Plasti-scene!

A few weeks back the folks over at Little White Lies magazine set their readers a task: Create a well known scene from a film using plasticine. Never one to allow a creative challenge to pass by (especially one that involved plasticine  - so many childhood hours making monsters and the like with plasticine) Mitch and I set about re-creating a famous movie scene...can you guess which film it's from...

Yes it's that bit where t-rex eats the lawyer off the toilet in Jurassic Park - classic moment and much loved film. Plus it meant that we got to make a dinosaur out of plasticine. Although I roughly shaped the body, Mitch deserves the credit for all the important details on t-rex :)

And here, for all those who are un-familiar with Jurassic Park (I hope there aren't many of you!), here is the real scene from the film.

Work in progress...

Sadly we didn't win the competition but it was great fun playing with plasticine again. Plus, we got to see all the other creative entries some of which are truly awesome. My favs: Little Miss Sunshine (which won), Wall-E, Ghostbusters, King Kong and Up.

See all the plasti-scenes here or on the Little White Lies facebook page.

When I grow up I want to be...

Last weekend a very good friend celebrated her 25th by throwing a fancy dress party, the theme: come as what you wanted to be when you were little. So, I had a good long think about my younger self and what she wanted to do as an adult. I loved drawing, writing and making things - particularly with plasticine - (nothing much has changed there) but I couldn't say that I'd actually wanted to be an artist or writer or animator. I called my mum and asked if she remembered whether I'd expressed any particular interests in possible professions. The answer was no, I'd never really said anything about growing up and doing this or that. I reckon as a child I was probably so involved in the 'now' (whatever character I was drawing or comic I was writing) that the distant future of adult-hood never really caused me much concern, secondary school changed that of course - cue panic about where my life was heading and "career planning". Aside from entering the idea of becoming a writer, and that's certainly taken a back seat, I've never really known what I wanted to do... Anyway back to the party, my mum did say one thing though: I was always very interested in my dinosaurs - trips to the natural history museum were an absolute treat. And so, I went to the party as a dinosaur fanatic, not quite a paleontologist because that includes ALL prehistoric life and I was just all about the dinosaurs. The Iguanodon was my favourite.

The party was awesome, the hosts provided food, jagermeister AND vodka jelly, the flat was v.cool indeed and everyone made lots of effort on their costumes. I was initially worried about the fancy dress element but on reflection it was a brilliant theme not just as conversation starters but also the opportunity for a creative riot! Fav childhood aspirations of others: Indiana Jones, Noel Edmonds and The Pope.

Wedding Guest

Sporting Alternative

After a relatively civilised Saturday, I prepared my vocal chords, psyched up my competitive side and donned my beer helmet (sadly not literally) and headed for the Excel Centre for the Sunday half of Anarchy in the UK - the international roller derby bouts. Teams in attendance: London's Brawling (London), Steel Hurtin' (Pittsburgh USA), Charm City (Baltimore USA) and New Skids on the Block (Montreal, Canada).

The games were fast and high scoring. The teams from across the atlantic were phenomenal, particularly Clitty Clitty Bang Bang when jamming for Charm City - no one could keep her back. Our own London Brawling gave them a tough time - awesome performances from jammers Vagablonde, Kamikaze Kitten and Fox Sake - and a massive whoop of praise for the Blockers who did a superb job at keeping the opposition from scoring and the game together. Since I've been coming to roller derby for a year now I felt it was high time to invest in some merchandise so I got a t-shirt (obv).
www.londonrollergirls.com

Elsewhere I enjoyed a spot of Jurassic Golf. We weren't exactly fighting off T-Rex and pals whilst playing a few holes but it was amusing all the same. I lost and I blamed the disney music (where was the Jurassic Park Soundtrack?) - clever girl.

Cake, Tee & Wheat-Free Fun

Instead of spending another Friday in the office, today I took a holiday to cater for the cast and crew of my sister's short film. The scenes being filmed today were in my parents’ house and so I arrived at midday with ingredients for a pasta bake and cakes (baked and iced the night before). Lunch had to be ready by one'o'clock as my sister had a tight schedule to keep. I figured that an hour was more than enough time to cook a simple veggie bake…

Things I learned from catering today:

1. Cooking for 11 v.hungry people is pressuring (even more so when they are standing around you in the kitchen)

2. Wheat free pasta cooks way quicker than regular pasta.

3. Grating cheese takes longer than you’d think

4. Cooking for more people than I’m used to, within a set time-frame and taking into account people’s dietary requirements was a recipe from Master Chef – my head was filled with pumping dance tunes and JohnTorode’s voice ‘Cooking doesn’t get tougher than this!' (It does of course, but in my mind I was battling it out in the master chef kitchen!)

The food was ready on time and eaten up. The cup-cakes were also a success even my wheat-free chocolate ones (even though they didn't look as pretty)!

Lastly, a little shout out to Tee and Cake who have managed to combine two very special things in my life: t-shirts and cake. They’ve actually managed to add something to the mix (a subject that is also dear to me), creating an awesome trinity if you will…Yes. It’s a dinosaur t-shirt and yes, I totally bought it.