Purple Rain, Purple Rain....

Mathew Street Festival, Liverpool, Sunday 26th August....

After falling lucky with the weather & having a nice, warm sunny day with blue skies, we spent the afternoon at Mathew Street Festival in Liverpool.... We watched a number of great bands & singers taking off their idols.... This is me with "Prince".... Great singer!  Had to grab a picture with him, especially as the first concert I went to was to see Prince in Manchester... The atmosphere was fabulous throughout the whole afternoon....

I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date!....

Whilst on a trip to Llandudno in Wales, I came across a sculpture of the rabbit from Alice In Wonderland....

One Summers Day....

One summers day, leading up to the bank holiday weekend of August, there were quite a few Butterfly's that seemed to fly about & congregate in our back garden....

Managed to snap a shot of one having a rest in the sun....

Dunham Massey

Sunday 22nd July

After staying at my sister's house on the Saturday evening, we decided to go to Dunham Massey the following morning.  I hadn't been for a few years & it was somewhere that my parents used to take me, my brother & sister as young children.  This time it was me, my boyfriend (his first visit), my sister, her boyfriend & their little boy/my nephew who is 20 months old that paid a visit.  

It was a really nice, warm day with the sun shining down on us as we strolled around enjoying the sights.  My nephew loves being outside & it was great to see him running around & enjoying himself although the occasional asking of 'up' from him meant he wanted to be carried & have a little rest before  he carried on with his walks & runs....

When we first got in to the grounds, the Deer were all happily grazing in the sunshine & were quite happy with people watching them & taking photos.  I thought I would take a few myself & share them with you....  It also comes in handy for my module at Uni as my theme is animals!

Playing With Ideas

These are just a few ideas that I have started from some of my research....My aim is to eventually produce final ideas & designs that can be used in children's interiors....Wallpapers, ceramics, pictures, fabrics for chairs....

Research, Drawing & Painting

It's been a while since I have actually posted something on here.... I tend to come on & look at other blogs & gain inspiration & see what others have been up to....  As I am part time at uni, I am only so far in to my third year & thought I would share some images I have produced as part of my research module which is based on an animal/animal kingdom theme, using a combination of techniques & media such as drawing, painting, collage & stitch....  My intentions are to eventually produce final pieces & products aimed at children's interiors for my final degree show....

Paper Objects by Jennifer Collier

Map Baby Shoes

Teabag Wellingtons

Little Women Shoes

Letter Dress

Map SLR Camera

Singer Sewing Machine

Typewriter

I find these pieces of work by Jennifer Collier really fascinating and thanks to her say so, I have been able to share them with you on here.... I could just look and look at her pieces of work and never get tired of going back and having another look.... I even had the pleasure of seeing the pieces in person when I went to visit The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair in Manchester in October 2011....

Thank you to Jennifer for letting me share them....

Jennifer Collier's website is http://jennifercollier.co.uk/

You can see more of her fabulous work on here and even follow her on twitter....