I love Nan

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Yes I have a new art crush. . . . Nan Lawson.

Seriously this girl is amazing, she somehow manages to take my favourite characters and turn them into cute drawings that I wish I had the talent to do myself.  From Sherlock to Lady mary and back to Dr Who, plus the two from Once, one of my favourite films - she can do no wrong. . . .Nan I salute you:)

Right, now I'm off to try and choose which one of these will grace my wall.. . .and do the hoovering. How domestic:)
Ps. I have just joined the crazy world of twitter, so if you so fancy please follow me at: https://twitter.com/Pink_Sun_London

So Yeah, things I love right now,take 2

Some of my favourite things at the moment:

1. Crochet Blankets - I have been pinning like crazy pictures of different crochet blankets, this one from cocorose is especially lovely. 

2. Letters - I love getting letters, my friends and I try to send each other ones as often as possible which is great as a few of us live quite far away from each other. I have been collecting inspiration for my letters recently as I think I could be a little more creative with my offerings:) studiomeez is a great source.

3. Raincoats - Need a nice raincoat like this because it has truly been april showers/downpours here in the Uk the last week. Nice and simple with some wellies.

4. Seth Cohen- I have been reminding myself why I fell in love with this man all those years ago:) 

5. Matt Wisniewski - Just beautiful images, quite haunting some of them. I dont think I have seen more beautiful double exposure work.See more of his work here.

6. This photo - Taken by Elliott Erwitt of Robert & Mary frank in Valence, Espagne. 1952.  just love the feel of this photo, intimate and real. Can look at it for hours.

7. This Dress - Sadly too small for me, but I am planning a Jess version for this summer hopefully:)

What have you been loving lately?

Hope you had a lovely weekend, and Happy Monday!

Napoli

We have been back from Italy a week now and I am decidedly Italy-sick.

We had such a amazing time, met some lovely people, ate some incredible food and saw some history.

I really love Naples city. I had heard before we went from some Italian friends of mine that people either love or hate it, but I thought it was really cool. It had a raw energy with its narrow streets with loads of people, washing hanging everywhere, graffiti covering the walls. I could have wondered the streets of the old town for hours.

And Pompei was impressive. Its massive, You forget that it was a town before the eruption, and a rich one at that.
I always suffer a bit from Post Holiday Blues but this time it was quite strong, I think its partly because we made some really amazing friends while we were there who looked after us, and where real kindred spirits.
I am trying to sort my life out today, get back into the swing of things, catch up on my blog-reader and hopefully do some designing for P.S later:)

Hope you all have had a lovely weekend:)
Happy Monday.

April

via Floddertje

via Vintage Winny

Ahhh April, the time of year all the flowers come out:)

I have been craving some blooms the last few days, I think I may just have to treat myself! I am rather excited today because tomorrow I am heading south to Italy for a few weeks with friends:) I am looking forward to the Pizza, Gelato and the sea! So I will be a bit quiet the next few weeks but will be back soon recharged and full of inspiration I am sure.

For Sunday Music this week I have not just one song but many! Discovered This Fleet Foxes tumbler this week and its awesome. Loads of random covers done in the beautiful fleet foxes way:) Especially love the version they have done of Phil Collins In the air tonight! So please check it out if you want some nice Sunday listening.

Happy Sunday everyone and I will see you in a few weeks:)

Steve for spring

There is something so spring/summer like about Steve Alans spring collection its just perfect for the week we have been having. 23 degrees in march you hear????? Mental . . .I'm not complaining though because I'm sure the UK weather will have its way with us and it will snow in august:) 

I have to say though that I have been taken unawares by the beautiful weather and do not feel very prepared clothe wise. I just love this collection, its simple, cute colours and shapes. 

Via Miss Moss

Is the weather nice where you are?? Please share as there is nothing we brits like more than talking about the weather!!

Ps. Am just going out to see hunger games in a few minutes!!! Sooooooooooo excited, hope it lives up to the picture in my head:) May the odds be ever in your favour.
Happy wednesday!! :)

I'm Excited

All Via Busy Bee Lauren

Yes its out today and I am feeling like I am 13 all over again, THAT'S how excited I am about this film!!!!! 

I cant see it till next week because have a crazy weekend, but the suspense is killing me.Waaaaaa!!!

May the odds be ever in your favour :)

Happy friday!

Me myself and I

Isn't the internet amazing? 

Amazing and  little overwhelming at times, the amount of information, images and inspiration out there. I was feeling it this afternoon as I went online for a gander with my cup of tea. So I decided to stick to one medium, photography. And specifically self portraiture. I was brousing through my flicker favourites and came across this photo below again. The visionary behind it is a girl called Rachael Putt.

Almost 100% of her work are self portraits, often based on a specific project or theme, but all with herself as the focal point.This got me thinking of the nature of self portraits. I think you have to be quite brave. To be able to look at yourself objectively can be a tough thing sometimes and requires a honest and yes courageous attitude.

All images by Rachael Putt

I think I am going to give myself a challenge over the next month or so to take at least 10 self portraits. I find them difficult, which is why you wont find that many photos of me on this Blog, I get embarrassed looking at myself! So I think it will be good for me to push myself a bit:)

Have you ever set yourself something similar? to try something new? Please let me know if so, would love to hear about it:)