Sunday 27 November 2011

Lord knows it would be the first time

Today I was woken up at about 7:45 by a squirrel barking. Barking. I didn't know squirrels could bark?!!? I thought it was a yappy little dog. It was right there on the window ledge and wouldn't move even when I banged on the glass. Strange.

On another note, I can't get that smiths song that's on the John Lewis advert out of my head! I like it but I only know that one line so it's getting on my nerves...

I'm going to make some more flower crowns tomorrow! Well. Exciting.

Thursday 24 November 2011

Issue One!

Yay! The first issue of Grin and Bear It zine is now here! It contains a few illustrations, a collage, some little anecdotes and a page about my foray into flower crown making. Eventually I would like to sell these on here, but I'm not sure how yet...




Flower Crowns

So, one of my favourite websites is http://www.rookiemag.com which is edited by Tavi Gevinson (she's brilliant!). I guess at 19 I'm a little older than the intended audience, but saying that, I think anyone can really enjoy it. I just wish that something like Rookie had been around a few years ago, it would have made being an awkward 13/14/15 year old a lot less, well, awkward.
The photographer Petra Collins (she's brilliant too!) often contributes to the site, and in October posted a DIY video on how to make these amazing flower crowns as inspired by Meadham Kirchhoff ss11 (go watch it! http://rookiemag.com/2011/10/crown-of-love/). How great is the room they are making them in?!?! Anywho, here are some examples of what I'm talking about (first picture credited to Meadham Kirchhoff and Petra Collins), and beneath is my attempt to make one myself! It's just a prototype as I wanted to try out my glue gun (yay), and also because I didn't have a hairband really wide enough. But I think it turned out ok! I'm going to make one for my friend as part of her christmas present (more on that later)!!











At Last

Hey there!

Welcome to my new blog! My name is Annabel, and this is just a space for my artwork/zine/pretty pictures/glitter whatever...
Um, yeah, enjoy!

xxx