Rain, please go away

Just sat at home in my PJ's, i never have pj days but today feels like i desperately need one. You know, drink tons of coffee and listen to music you have never listened to before.

Last week i recorded a few songs with a friend, just me and my guitar. Alot of my songs have been recorded with different types of instruments and such. These ones are stripped down, raw and it gets right to the point. I will post them up this week sometime.

Had a really crazy week, its weird because Ive realised i cant live without love, its like air to me. Every single song i have written is about love. Even when its not been so fun, i always end up thinking "at least i got a song out of it" hey, it might be a horrible way to thing about it... and it may hurt alot but that's the way us artists get their inspiration from. right?

so now, im on my own, me, my dog and ermmm ha that's it! what more do i want. This is going to be a real turning circle for me.... basically i don't want any kind of romance in my life for at least 6 months hmh tricky because you never know, i might meet the one and sayy "nooooooo, *check my watch* i have 3 months left" who knows!

sooo now I'm going to concentrate on the important things in life....

1, music
2, shop
3, making dresses
4, eating and drinking
5, watching come dine with me constantly

these are going to be my 5 commandments! enjoyable things hey! not only that.... now i have banned myself... yes "banned" from love i will have plenty of time on my hands!

right, best get my act together and eat soup!

SONG OF THE WEEK - Feist - Let it Die
SOUP OF THE WEEK - Celery
PERSON OF THE WEEK - Nathan Baker
ITEM OF THE WEEK - Pixiano
MOST INFLUENTIAL SONG OF THE WEEK - South pacific - gonna wash this man right out of my hair

My Ding-A-Ling

Hola!


Today has been a very very very productive day. I feel like I'm really enjoying doing relaxing things.... (usually im on the go constantly and the only way i can relax is....hmh...never)

When Im in the shop everyday... i cant sit down and do nothing.. Today I made a goooorgeous dusky pink satin dress with a black velvet waist band.... yum....

After work I came over to my friend fifi's (yes, i also have a dog called fifi too) and made a rhubard and apple crumble! it was lovely..

After the cooking I sat down and crocheted a little cup cake. I feel so much better, usually im too tired to do anything so yesss siree, this is the new meee!

The weather is so drab at the moment... not only is totally dull outside but what the hell does one wear? i mean yeah i could grab waterproof trousers and ugg boots but id rather get drenched than look like that.. some of you might think im a snob but if you think about it... back in the 50s women wouldnt of been seen dead in that! The last 20 years in fashion has been a complete dip..... i mean UGG boots are the most unattractive thing ever.. elephant foot springs to mind. Im standing up for all the women out there who love wearing nice dresses... i was actually sat in the shop the other day and a lady said

"excuse me, do you dress like that all the time?"

what kind of answer did she want... that was... an insult....

i should of said:

1, well, only thursday afternoons from 1pm- 3.45pm
2, do YOU dress like that all the time?

people should appreciate fashion instead of being so god damn narrow minded.

I have a gig coming up in manchester at MOHO, check myspace for more info and im also DJing (yes, that does say DJing) at a lovely night called your mammas cookin' on the 12th march!

so i will hopefully try and update as much as possible... although i say that ALL the time! sooo i prob wont!!!

SONG OF THE WEEK - The Mills Brothers - It Don't mean a Thing

Chow xx

Little Things Mean ALOT

Woweeeee..

Things have completly changed for me.. not only have i moved house but i have moved into the city of the man (aka - Manchester) The fact i can roll out of bed in a morning and go to CUP is ideal, let just say the coffee is truly wonderful. and the fact a can walk home and "nip" into a cocktail bar is even better. Dont get me wrong, Hebden Bridge is wonderful and the people are amazing... but i was just craving the citylife. Lets just say i have best of both worlds, work in a quaint town and home is a manic city. My flat is uber cute too. Gonna take some pics soon and show y'all.

Soooo tis the time to be jolly huh? The shop has been so busy and we have some really fantastic stock in at the moment.. which includes a 1950s parisian velvet dress. I would keep it but its that little bit too big. its perfect for a chirstmas party or even NY. Also some GORGEOUS 1940s shoes and tweed jackets. oolala! Tres Chic..

Yesterday I met me when im 50. Hyper as hell woman who was just as speedy as me... we could fit a word in. She was my height, had white hair and dressed quite.... like me! She also yapped on and on and on about being different. my gosh! maybe im going to become loopier....... eeek

so last week on a rather rainy wednesday evening i went along to a "Business womens ONLY party" i went along in my best dress expecting it to be rather dapper but to my suprise it was very relaxing. i was sat their up straight... not being able to breathe!
Now then, on the invitation it read. 'christmas readings also" Im thinking a bunch of hippies reading some stories about jesus and mary.. but to my suprise, a rather eccentric lady called Amber-Rose was doing tarot readings! I have never had my cards read and i dont really have much belief in anything (including god, being re-born and afterlife...ect)

ha I sat down, nervous about the truth... and she started off on a good (but also bad) note saying a looked like i was 12... does this mean im child like? or i have good skin? who knows, only her. so she pulled out these cards which had 1987 on. I was born in 1987. the chances of that hey?

The first lot of cards had the devil in them... haha. As soon as she turned the cards over she gasped. "THE DEVIL, THE DEVIL" almost like she saw a dead body. She told me lots of things, that i already know like.... i still dont believe in it but hey im open to other peoples views and beliefs! Alot of the ladies said "why would i pay someone to tell me my problems when i try to ignore them anyway" which is totally understandable.

So thats it from me, Gonna go buy a small christmas tree now..

Quotes of the week;

"I have finally realized the people i get on with are crackheads coming off crack" Michele Rashman.

"So what do people do with this stuff once they buy it?" Beige looking Lady in the shop.

Christmas...eeeek

Lots of things have happened since i last blogged. Its all very exciting. The shop has been so busy since mother and i did it up. The main thing i wanted to do was make a amazing dressing room, it is the most important part of trying on vintage items. I made the dressing room kind of like a room of inspiration. We all need inspiration in our lives.



I had this most amazing book called "allure" it was big and full of iconic picture dating from the 1900 - 1980. so instead of having these pictures closed in a book, i cut it up and now its on the wall so now i see it everyday! Inspiration everyday baby!

so the shop is looking spiffing, all ready for chirstmas. yesss christmas, scary shit. As soon as they did the Jamie Oliver advert in Hebden Bridge it actually felt like christmas... especially with all the fake snow and stuff.



It was a really funny night, plenty of professional protesters, thats what you get when your making an advert for Sainsburys in a local business town.

sooo my dress making has become an addiction, so much that im rushing, trying to finish things in a day when i should be taking my time.

Ive had plenty of lovely customers in recently and some not so pleasant. soooo many people ask for reduction that ive had to put my sign which says "please wait to be offered discount as a request often offends the management" right on my desk.. one lady was stood their with an item waiting..... i said "how can i help?" she replied "ohh im just waiting for discount" Is it me or is that rude? RUDE. Ive had my lovely shop for about 3 years now and im becoming more and more like the lady in the vintage shop "Didier Ludot" in Paris. Dont get me wrong she was head to toe in Chanel and she had a rather "unusual" yet "classic" hairstyle (Lets say Cruella Deville) but my god she was rude. *french accent* Please do not touch my things!!!! hmh, this is a shop after all.

Anyway, lets not talk about the shop NOMORE! Next week i am moving from my lovely grotto to Manchester. Dont get me wrong, i love living in Hebden and my flat is so cute and well .... cold. My lovely boyfriend and i viewed a flat on Oldham street.. some would say "right in the heart of the bohemian manchester" Now I have lived in Manchester before and i have viewed alot of flats so i pretty much knew what flats in Manchester would look like. but this little beast was GORGEOUS. Art-deco windows and well it hadnt been touched since the 70s. FULL of character, just what i wanted. Thats all that put me off living in Manchester.... the horrible NON character flats. Basically, we hit the nail right on the head. so i have been thinking about furniture and look at this beast i have re-vamped



Thats not the end of it, i have added more and more flowers so the top is literally covered. My bedroom is going to be very much like this.. or should i say ours. Im sure he wouldnt mind it being rather Kitsch... is that just a cool word for extreemley girly?

OK gigs. I have a few coming up, Manchester & London. I will post up the dates and stuff when i know more. I havent done a gig in a while so its very exciting.

Anyway, best go finish my wine and watch more Sex in the City. what a life.x

Dress making to the max.

well, i have been making so many dresses lately. Last week a lady came in looking for a dress, she was in abit of a hurry as the wedding was at the weekend. She couldnt find anything to fit so i offered to make her one. i didnt even measure her up and when she came in to collect it, it fitted her like a glove.

Lots of things happening this month. My mum (who does furniture in the shop) will be moving into the room next door. so in my shop there will be just clothes, so plenty of room to make dresses, i am going to offer a proper dress making facitility where you come in with fabric (or i can supply it) and i will fix up a dress that will last you forever. I know how stressful it is to find the perfect dress so i want to help my customers out as much as possible.

As far as music goes, i have 2 new tracks on myspace. Im not really doing any gigs at the moment, im just concentrating on writing plenty of songs for you lovely people to hear. so hopefully more movement in the next few weeks (new songs & videos!)

Lots of inspiration at the moment. I have been changing my outfits so much. Think this whole Chanel craze doesnt help. I am dressing like a little boy more and more.

Inspirational song of the week - Wendy Rene - After Laughter.

Lots of soul is the key to the end of summer