tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25964186735495450862024-03-14T08:06:38.340-07:00What Katie Foundwhatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-77648285302987627312013-02-07T10:55:00.001-08:002013-02-07T10:55:15.721-08:00ever fallen in love with something?<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have completely and utterly fallen in love... with painting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have never been much of a painter. Just the thought of it as a student terrified me as I didn't know where to begin. I didn't understand what a 'good' painting looked like so felt I had no aspirations in this area. Now that I am teaching art, I have had no choice but to approach a variety of media and techniques fearlessly and I found new inspiration and a new love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My last post depicted my new found fascination with shadows and light. I have always regarded myself as a 'people person', never drawing inspiration from much outside of portraiture. But now? The way sunlight simply pours into a room through crevices such as a doorway or between curtains is my muse. Perhaps it is because my mind is constantly thinking and constantly worrying that the simplicity of light on a wall is beautiful to me. Maybe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have noticed that much of my work is twinged with blue. I don't think that this necessarily connotes the obvious; sadness. I don't feel sad, but perhaps contemplative?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Too much thinking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, I have set myself a target for this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To make art.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To submit said art to an exhibition.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To then see what happens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For the first time in a very long time, I'm feeling like I could adopt the title of 'artist'. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is a good time. I would love to hear your thoughts, either good or bad (but please be constructive, no one likes criticism for criticism's sake!)</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Please note, these artworks are in progress and more preparatory studies than final pieces.</span></i><br />
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<br />whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-69896309226196144372013-01-27T08:57:00.002-08:002013-01-27T08:57:28.417-08:00How can I fall asleep at night. How will I rest my head.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-66595354433159335792013-01-21T05:29:00.000-08:002013-01-21T05:29:13.168-08:00I am making art<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Today is a snow day - horrah!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I didn't sleep properly last night as the uncertainty regarding whether or not I'd be ploughing my way into work in my wellies was too great. I still woke up at the usual 6am and waited until 6:30am for the email stating that the school that I work at is closed today. Snow days are a rare and odd thing. I must be honest and say that an extra day off is nothing to complain about (especially after all those long hours I was putting in to get work complete last week, karma appears to have balanced things out), but a lack of routine really throws me! I have no timetable to abide to today. After a leisurely time getting myself out of bed, washed and dressed, the most obvious thing to do seemed to be to have a cup of chai tea and a piece of the chocolate cake that I baked yesterday (we were snowed in and we craved chocolate). I then made the executive decision to get on with some of my own artwork. For <u>myself</u> and <b>not</b> for work (just for a change :) ).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I finished an oil pastel picture of myself and Steve first of all, not greatly pleased with the result but I am enjoying using the media again. I created this portrait of our friend Mike a couple of months ago and was far more pleased with this one!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I then moved onto working on my painting of my Dad. I have noticed that my style seems to be to make everything look sort of.... purple. Not sure why or what this says about me. Perhaps this is my version of Picasso's 'blue period', anyone know what purple represents? Maybe it would be best not to know! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am quite pleased with this so far, although I have a real problem with drawing and painting eyes in the correct place (hence my strategically copped image above!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I never really developed my 'core skills' in art (painting, drawing etc) to a point where I felt that I had my own style. A way of doing things that is not only mine but also skilful. It's pretty fun simply having he opportunity to play at the moment and trying to work it all out, but it's also very daunting. It is a scary thing to put your artwork out into the open waters that is the internet, but compliments will only encourage me and criticism will, well, also encourage me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As you can see, I have no definitive style at the moment - although I suppose my colour pallet tends to be the same. You may notice that I also have a habit of using my paper duel purposefully as the artwork <u>and</u> a pallet...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another example of my spontaneity/laziness - the cereal box pallet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I really must buy myself a proper paint pallet...!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's incredible how quickly time flies when you are being creative. It's now 1:30pm and I'm sure it was 11am just a short time ago... I suppose I should really do some lesson planning for tomorrow as I am not going to be so optimistic as to think that school will be closed for a second day!</span></div>
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<br />whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-3553675167295516422013-01-19T11:38:00.000-08:002013-01-19T11:38:05.769-08:00inspiration<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I find that whatever takes up my time the most in my life will soon become my obsession. When I was training as a textiles teacher, I could not get enough of looking through books about crafts and about how to manipulate fabrics and I became incredibly excited about browsing the fabric stalls on the market. Now that I am teaching art, I have developed a strong passion to know more about artists, movements, media and techniques. It is completely amazing to be able to become so immersed in the thing that I have always loved (despite the fact that I moan about teaching on a daily basis!). Studying art for so long, through school, collage and then university, I sadly lost the love. I remember feeling like my passion has been drained out of me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Those three years away from feeling that I <i>had</i> to learn have benefited me greatly. It gave me the time and desire to learn about new things and to develop new interests. In that time between leaving university and training to become a teacher, I learnt how to sew, I attended a dress making course, I started to cook <u>proper</u> food, I was taught how to speak German and I gained a qualification in psychology (to name just a few of my varied and spontaneous interests!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, to get back to why I am writing this post. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My current interest and obsession? Art history. As a teenager, I just had no concern for it. Pure stubbornest paired with the fact that no one ever made me become excited about anything that happened pre-1950s. I have however just recently finished reading a book called <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Story-Art-E-H-Gombrich/dp/0714832472/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358622650&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><i>The History of Art </i></a><i>, </i>although it did take me six months! It is a fantastic book and so easy to read. Besides the yawn fest which was the pages and pages of discussion about the architectural design of churches (sorry, but even with my self motivation to be interested in this, it just did not happen), I started to see myself getting excited about art for the first time in years. Things started to make sense! I now know why Egyptian paintings are the same style no matter who painted them and I know what happened when some of these artists tried to do something new. I now understand why the Mona Lisa is such a big deal and why Leonardo Da Vinci was a genius. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am now reading a new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Story-Art-E-H-Gombrich/dp/0714832472/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358622650&sr=8-1" target="_blank"><i>isms: understanding art</i></a>. Even more easy to read than the book discussed above, this one is rather like a dictionary of art movements. The artists which are currently inspiring me are the impressionists and pre raphaelites. I am utterly devastated that I have now missed the pre raphaelites exhibition which was taking place at Tate Britain. I wanted to go last weekend just before it closed, but I have been writing school reports (approximately 210) and I just couldn't find the time. I have also discovered a television series which was screened in 2009 called <i>Desperate Romantics, </i>a dramatisation of the lives of the pioneers of this movement (The pre raphraelite brotherhood), Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Millais and William Holman Hunt. I have so far only watched one episode, it's not the most gripping thing I have ever seen and I am unsure how historically accurate it is, however it's enjoyable and quite witty. The show has however opened my eyes to consider who the women were who modeled for artists in historical paintings. Elizabeth Siddal is the name of the model who often posed for the members of the pre raphraelite brotherhood. She features in two of my favourite paintings, <i>Ophelia</i> by Millais and <i>Annunciation</i> by Rossetti.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So there we go. The pre raphraelites. My current obsession and inspiration. Who knows who or what will be next judging by my terribly short attention span...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Do you chop and change interests as rapidly as myself or are you dedicated to one true love?</b></i></span>whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-32596892329883127702013-01-01T06:02:00.002-08:002013-01-01T22:52:04.192-08:00Hemmed in: Embroidery and Needlework from MK and beyond<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Is it just me, or is it completely exhilarating when you just <i>stumble</i> across some Art? For example, when we were in <a href="http://whatkatiefound.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/remember-that-heat-wave-that-occurred.html" target="_blank">Norfolk</a> in the summer and we came across and array of sculptures on the beach - it was so exciting!</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On Sunday, all the family went off the the theatre in Milton Keynes to see the panto Cinderella (starring Louie Spence, who I must add was HILARIOUS). My sister and her husband brought us all tickets from Christmas and inventively hid them inside our crackers on Christmas Day.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On arriving at the theatre after the usual maze of roundabouts and one way roads that are what Milton Keynes are all about, I saw that the MK Gallery is situated literally next to the theatre entrance. I knew of a gallery in Milton Keynes however had never visited before as I had no idea where it was.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Then what caught my eye was the poster for their current exhibition - Hemmed in: Embroidery and Needlework from MK and beyond. The exhibition has been organised by the <a href="http://www.embroiderersguildeast.org.uk/branches/branches-k-z/milton-keynes/" target="_blank">MK Embroiderers' Guild</a> and Jamie Chalmers, also known as <a href="http://www.mrxstitch.com/" target="_blank">Mr X Stitch</a> and on display are a selection of artworks from the 1930s to present made by both local and international practitioners. There are more traditional works to view as well as contemporary work which explores the use or more unusual media.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course, having some time to spare before the panto began, in we went! Below are some images of some of my favourite pieces from the show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I felt really inspired by the artwork that I saw. I have recently been thinking about how I can incorporate my knowledge of textiles into my own art practice and the artists in the exhibition really started to get me thinking. It was great to see some male artists working with fabric, such as Ben Venom (above) who created this quilt from found heavy metal t-shirts.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I also picked up a flier for 'MK Calling' - the opportunity to submit work for possible selection for their summer exhibition. Not living in Milton Keynes, I need to investigate to see if I am allowed to submit anything first, however this could be an exciting opportunity to exhibit my own artwork once again. The deadline in early March so I should really get my thinking cap on!</span><br />
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whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-251862670381439792013-01-01T05:24:00.001-08:002013-01-01T05:25:16.923-08:00Tequila<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm not sure if you noticed, but last night was New Years Eve - so happy 2013 everyone!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Being the old lady trapped inside a mid twenty-somethings body that I am, I've never been hugely keen on New Years celebrations. Paying extortionate amounts of money for entry to a pub or club and double rate taxis makes me grumpy (as do many things) and this time of year is COLD. I like being inside, where it's warm and cosy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A couple of years ago, we (myself and Steve) found that the 31st of December was looming and there were not many appealing options. We then decided that we would have a Mexican night - basically cook and eat tonnes of Mexican food, drink tequila and perhaps wear ridiculous Mexican attire. This year, we decided to welcome this idea once again - I think it may now become a tradition - and were joined by two of our closest friends from Leicester.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I can only speak for myself, but I had a great evening! I was however feeling rather warm after cooking up a rather impressive (if I do say so myself) Mexican feast. In my opinion, a perfect way to welcome a brand spanking new year. Friends, games, music, food and tequila. Did I mention tequila?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yesterday afternoon before our friends arrived, I had an urge to bake. I remembered that I had seen recipes for Margarita cupcakes before and was curious to try them out. All the essentials plus a copious amount of limes were present in my kitchen but no butter or buttermilk - so off to Tesco it was, which proved to be a nightmare as expected! I don't know what happens to people at this time of year but people suddenly lose the ability to be in any kind of social situation i.e. cannot navigate around a car park. Anyway, we made it out in one piece with a bag of baking ingredients and home I came to start making <a href="http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/cake/margarita-cupcakes-w-tequila-lime-frosting.html" target="_blank">these</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is an American recipe using cups. I always find that my baking is much more successful when I use cups as opposed to weighing scales. The result was superb! These cupcakes were really delicious (there are two left so a small treat is in order this afternoon) and they were easy peasy. The one alteration that I made to the recipe was to add I quite a bit more icing sugar to the frosting as the recipe produced a topping of a very thin consistency - no good for piping! For all you tequila lovers out there - I thoroughly recommend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope that you all have a fantastic New Years Eve where ever you were and what ever you were doing. Here is to 2013 - time to get super creative.</span>whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-83972804008573784152012-12-16T04:27:00.002-08:002013-01-01T05:25:59.699-08:00200<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So this is my 200th blog post! I'm sure I would have got here a lot sooner if I could keep up regular postings though... More blogging is definitely going to be one of my resolutions for 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I can not quite grasp that Christmas Day is merely nine days away. The whole of December right up to Christmas Eve has and will be a whirlwind of merriment and festivities, not including the fact the I'm at work until the 21st and have a tonne of things to do before I leave school for two weeks. I have also picked up a monstrous cold in the last few days and have been proud that I have been able to power through my usual routine and two social gatherings while running on copious amounts of paracetamol! Today is the first day in ages where I have vowed to do very little, although it feels very unsettling being out of routine and not feeling like things must get done. I think a day of films, creativity and festive food is just what the doctor ordered for me to be feeling better in time for the holidays.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are so many things I want to post, as always, so today's will be the usual accumulation of photographs depicting my recent adventures...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Not sure if you have noticed, but it's been cold. We have so far had one day of snow where we live and lots of lots of frosty mornings. Oh how I hate having to scrape the car windows in the morning, my hands always freeze and then take what seems like forever to warm up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We took a nose dive into December; managing to get almost all of our Christmas shopping completed and we put up our Christmas decorations all on one Saturday early in the month. We were really rather excited to be spending Christmas in a new home and our decorations had all been stored in boxes for two years. We had forgotten quite how much stuff we have, including a ludicrous amount of lights.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Last Monday evening, I went for a Christmas meal with my old department, the lovely Textiles and Catering ladies! This necklace was part of my Secret Santa present and I adore it. It is made from paper which has been folded up, it's beautiful! <br />I had the most amazing soup too, a pumpkin soup with toasted pumpkin seeds on the top and warm ciabatta bread, nom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Even though my cold was in full swing on Friday evening, I managed to get myself to London to catch up with some of my bestest friends for dinner. We went to <a href="http://www.giraffe.net/burgers" target="_blank">Giraffe</a> which is situated just off Oxford Street near Selfridges. It was just what I needed, burger, chips and not breaking my limited budget! Myself and Steve couldn't resist trying a salted caramel milkshake - I cannot explain how delicious it was! We are always trying out salted caramel flavoured things, such as coffees and ice creams, but they are usually disappointing as they just taste like caramel. This however, has the perfect balance of caramel and salt. Wow, really wish I could get my hands on another one of these right about now...<br />My wonderful friend Sophy presented me with this utterly amazing brooch - Ruth also received one brandishing her name. She announced how her children will love it (she teaches year three), I reckon I will come across as a bit of a maniac to my teenage students, but CAN NOT wait to rock this every. single. day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yesterday, we hosted a little Christmas gathering for our immediate family and it was splendid! Everyone crammed into our tiny flat for food, drink, music and merriment! I did some baking - some vanilla cupcakes with oh so cute sugar snowflakes and a swedish cake from a book which I brought from Ikea a while ago - delicious! My Mum made the mince pies using my Nan's recipe and they are so incredibly tasty. Might have to call her later and place an order for more, me and pastry just do not get on.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Merry Christmas!</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">WireWAX is the worlds first taggable video tool. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Phew. Sounds pretty amazing right? </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Well, a few days ago, me and Steve decided to work together to create a video tutorial on something creative. After much deliberation, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I chose to deliver a tutorial on one of my favourite things in the entire world - mono printing. If you have never tried this technique, I thoroughly recommend it. Not only is it fun, but materials are fairly cheap and you can come up with some really interesting and unexpected results.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyway, that's enough from me, here's the video (Eep!!). Hope you enjoy!...</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Pssspt</b>... I've also just renewed a few old favourites on my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/whatkatiefound" target="_blank">Etsy</a> shop. Keep your eyes peeled for more coming soon!..</span></i>whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-81733626743397429002012-11-28T11:51:00.002-08:002012-12-02T02:13:17.150-08:00autumn<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As I have so much catching up to do, I thought it best to present to you a selection of images, a visual treat to summarise my recent goings on.<br />
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It seems like Autumn came and went in a flash and I feel that I missed out on my favourite season this year. Hardly any walks through amber, rust and orange woodlands.<br />
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Winter is most certainly upon us. De icer is my new best friend. </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Steve's birthday torte - the delicious peanut butter and chocolate ensemble that<a href="http://whatkatiefound.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/chocolate-peanut-butter-torte.html" target="_blank"> I made once before</a>.<br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A visit from two very dear friends.<br />
In half term, our friends Ruth and Pat came to visit and we took them for a tour of the local area, including old fashioned tea rooms, the most epic jumble sale ever and a visit to a haunted church. <br />
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whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-39271926055525505372012-11-25T10:24:00.000-08:002012-11-25T10:26:21.401-08:00nostalgia<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, a lot has been happening since I last managed to squeeze out a blog post a couple of months ago.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have been really missing writing my blog and I have missed making things and selling them on Etsy and at fairs. My intention was to get back into the swing of What Katie Found in the summer after I finished my teacher training course (Oh, and I was graded a 1 by the way, which equates to 'outstanding'!). Then, in the middle of August, me and the boy finally got ourselves a new home - hooray! One mammoth Ikea trip commenced and then before I knew it, a new term had begun at school and time has flown by ever since. So to cut a long story short, I have just been far too busy to even think about this wonderful part of my life. I am now teaching Art, after training as a Textiles teacher, so I have a lot to get my head around. My evenings have mostly been spent practicing using media which I have not touched since I was at school myself. Despite the pressure of having to get things prepared in time for lessons, it has been fun to revisit all these things and learn brand new tec<span style="font-size: small;">hniques</span>. I will ensure that some of the things that I have been working on present themselves on this page sometime before 2013!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I held a stall at a craft fair at my old High School on Saturday with my superbly talented friend Vicky who had created a range of Christmas cards - you can view her illustrations <a href="http://vickylysons.co.uk/#!/" target="_blank">here</a>. I did fairly well, selling stock which I made over a year ago and which has been carefully stored away in vintage cases and baskets for almost as long. Sorting through all my makes and presenting all my hard work on a stall really made me miss those days when I could dedicate so much time and effort to it. I really need to become better with the whole 'work/life' balance thing which us new teachers are constantly reminded to ensure that we get right.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Overall, this weekend has been thoroughly enjoyable and I am beginning to feel rather festive! I am extremely excited about Christmas this year and cannot wait to get the decorations out! Tonight I think the Christmas card writing may begin...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Be back soon!</span>whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-62144292311200257832012-08-05T05:31:00.000-07:002012-08-05T05:34:42.857-07:00Dear my old friend, Art.<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
At the village street fair we went to while in Norfolk (see last post!), I came across this rather delightful little paint box for £2. Since being offered my position as an Art teacher, I have been rekindling my passion for the subject. As many of you who have been reading my blog for a while will know - crafts, textiles and dress making have been my outlet for creativity for the past three or so years, which led to me training as a Textiles teacher. Just to recap, my degree was in Fine Art, although even then I focused on more contemporary media, such as video and photography, so it really has been a long time since I have attempted to paint anything properly. I tried to create a watercolour of me and Steve a couple of years ago, but it did not go well! At school, I always found painting quite challenging, preferring to work with dry materials such as charcoal and pencils and my old favourite - the black biro! Now that I am going to be teaching others so many different skills, I really felt that it would be valuable for me to start experimenting with some of these lost techniques again.</div>
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One of the teachers in my new department gave me a beautiful, brown paged A3 sketchbook when I was offered the job - I love it! I am really enjoying having a sketchbook again. When I was at school and sixth form, I would carry mine everywhere, I have not really had one since. I have really loved buying new art materials too and browsing around small, independent art shops, it's just a shame that everything costs so much money, I'm having to give myself a monthly budget at the moment!</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, here are a few of the things that I have been up to, it's quite daunting sharing my art with the world, I never have had much confidence in my work! I would love to hear your thoughts and any top tips to improve though! You never stop learning after all :)</span><br />
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The last image is a painting which is currently unfinished. It's one of those works that you never seem to be happy with, but I am trying really hard to keep improving and to not give up on it!</div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have also recently been reading a book called </span><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Story of Art</i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">, which I borrowed from school. I have become really quite engrossed in it. I have never really had any desire to learn about ancient art, such as Egyptian and Greek, but this book is so well written and easy to understand that I have found it rather fascinating! A really good read for anyone out there who is constantly swayed towards contemporary practice!</span>whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-44372996555534414042012-08-03T06:12:00.001-07:002012-08-03T06:12:39.928-07:00Norfolk adventure - day three<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our final day in Norfolk was a good 'un! Last summer, we really wanted to go on a boat trip to Blakeney point to see the seals, but the weather was so miserable that the tours kept being cancelled. This year though, we did it! I have a strange affinity with the sea and an odd obsession with boats. So obviously, I thought that the whole thing was amazing! I didn't realise quite how much I adored seals until I got so close to them in their natural habitat! We also had to option at stopping off at Blakeney point for an hour, which was exciting and felt a bit like being let loose on a private, remote island (ignoring the other tourists of course). </div>
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We also went to a village street fair which as you can imagine was very exciting! A whole street full of stalls selling bric a brac, food and crafts, activities and games for children and tombola's. The sun was shining and it all felt, well, very British! I brought a little wooden case for my new acrylic paints and Steve finally found a zoetrope - I'm looking forward to seeing what artistic creations he comes up with using this!</div>
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To end our day, we went to Sheringham. After watching some Harley Davidson enthusiastic zooming off on their motorbikes along the high street, we went on a search for a bag of chips to eat on the sea front. A perfect end to a seaside break - not forgetting the mushy peas, nom!</div>
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That little break now seems like ages ago and it has only been one week! I do have lots and lots of other happening taking place in the next couple of months though, so hopefully there will be many more things to keep inspiring me!</div>
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I am holding a stall for the first time in a year tomorrow (eek!). It's at Whetstone Farm in Leicester - you can see the poster <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=481837318494731&set=a.233590796652719.69942.210041435674322&type=1&theater" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm really looking forward to preparing my stall and to be talking to people about my crafts again - if you're local, you should most definitely pop down and say hello!</div>
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In the village of Walsingham where we were staying, there is an old fashioned steam train which runs directly to the coastal town of Wells next the Sea - a favourite of mine! In the morning we caught the train and sat on uncovered seats, which may have been a small mistake as traveling at 5mph for thirty minutes when it's windy was quite uncomfortable! It was great to feel as if you were just cutting through the fields and the woodland though, as the train tracks were so narrow. </div>
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Once in Wells, we walked to the main high street in search of one of the best cakes we have ever tasted (we had one of these when we visited last summer). It is a chocolatey, peanut buttery, nougarty delight and completely indulgent! We had a look around some of the charity shops and old book shops and I purchased one new (old) ladybird book all about how to crochet. A wonderful book to add to my every growing collection and also useful as I have been attempting to learn how to crochet for many months now with little success! On that note, I received the new issue of <a href="http://molliemakes.themakingspot.com/" target="_blank"><i>Mollie Makes </i></a>through my letter box this morning, and the free gift is an oh so cute wooden crochet hook!</div>
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We eventually caught the steam train back to Walsingham (this time opting to sit on covered seats). We then jumped in our car and drove over to Cromer for the remainder of the afternoon. We browsed around a few more charity, junk and book shops, where I picked up a 1950s children's illustrated dictionary for 50 pence and embarked on finding a whippy ice cream to enjoy while we strolled along the pier. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We decided to try out a restaurant in Walsingham for our dinner. There is a fish and chip shop with a restaurant attached called </span><a href="http://www.norfolkriddle.co.uk/" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" target="_blank"><i>The Norfolk Riddle</i></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">. After looking at the menu and seeing no accommodation for vegetarians, I was a little concerned I would be ending up with simply a big plate of chips. However, I must say that I was really impressed with the service of the staff. On stating that I am a vegetarian, the waiter spoke to the chef who then offered me an entire range of dishes to choose from. I opted for a goats cheese, olive and artichoke filo parcel, and it was amazing! Myself and Steve also sampled some local beers and ciders alongside our meals, delicious!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So that was our second day. I already wish I could go back, I feel that I have not yet got my complete fix of seaside this summer! One more stream of photographs to go...</span>whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-14152126623655238362012-07-30T09:00:00.003-07:002012-07-30T09:04:54.101-07:00Norfolk adventures - day one<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Remember that heat wave that occurred last week? Knowing exactly how sporadic British weather is, I was keen to escape to the coast to take in some sea air, eat some chips on the sea front and consume an atrocious amount of ice cream. I scoured the internet last Wednesday to try and find a B&B for me and Steve to stay at for a couple of days and that evening we booked a place in North Norfolk - Walsingham to be precise. This time around, we did not really fancy a camping trip - Latitude was only a few weeks ago and this break was intended to be a time to relax - not get all grumpy while trying to construct a tent in probable extreme weather conditions!</div>
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These photos are from our first day in Norfolk. I have been desperate to take photographs again, so borrowed a digital SLR from Steve for the entire duration of our stay. I think I took over 600 photographs while we were there, so I have had to whittle them down!</div>
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Walsingham is a village that I find quite difficult to describe... it's a very religious place with numerous churches and shops selling a range of religious <span class="query_h1" id="query_h1">paraphernalia. Personally, I found it all a little bit odd however very intriguing. We ventured into Cley in the afternoon (that's where the photographs of the beach and wonderful sculptures were taken!). After and incredible cream tea with warm, homemade scones literally as big as my hand, we walked to the beach. It was a superb surprise to encounter a range of sculptures on the beach! There are snaps of all three of them above. The beach hut had been converted into a giant camera obscura, we stayed in there for ages! I also adored the wall made of wool. I also found some time to attempt some painting - it was quite difficult in some pretty extreme wind conditions though, please note the fly away hair in some of the pictures above!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have now finished my teacher training course, which may I add, I passed with flying colours! I'm not one to 'blow my own trumpet' too often, but I have worked so, so hard this past year. I found training to be a teacher in one year much more stressful than my three year degree! It's absolutely mad how it just takes over your life. I'm very thankful for a six week break now, but I am finding it quite difficult to remember who I am when I am not a teacher!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have a totally real and grown up teaching job to start in September, teaching Art to year 9, GCSE and As Level and also year 9 DT. I am really excited, especially about getting my classroom organised just how I want it - including some amazing displays! I bagged a whole bunch of old maps for £1 at a car boot sale at the weekend and these are destined to be incorporated into my Joseph Cornell display.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Myself and Steve are now on the lookout for a new abode in my home county of Bedfordshire. I can't wait to have somewhere new to live so I can get settled before the new academic year begins. We will soon be living a more rural life which I am excited about after living in cities for many years. I am most definitely going to be buying a bike along with the cliché of a wicker basket (already have one of those!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> I am also hoping to resurrect my <i>What Katie Found</i> Etsy shop and line up some craft/vintage fairs to attend in the run up to Christmas - crafts people out there - please update me on any exciting events, I am completely out the loop! It has just been so long that I have done anything along these lines that it feels like starting again - I don't know where to begin! It would be really good to re brand a little bit and start a fresh I think :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Anyway, for this first blog post in such a long time, I thought I would share with you some photographs that I took on Monday. After a swim at a local pool, myself and Steve went for a walk to the <a href="http://www2.le.ac.uk/institution/botanic-garden/events-1/sculpture/" target="_blank">Botanical Gardens in Leicester to see the annual sculpture exhibition,</a> it was such a beautiful and hot summers day - we don't get many of those in England so we wanted to make the most of it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I really want to get out and see as much Art as I can this summer, in preparation for the scary reality of standing in front of students and being 'the Art expert!'. If you know of anything inspiring happening in the next few weeks, please do share! I'm currently reading a big old book called '</span><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Story of Art</i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">' which is really interesting, it's very easy to read (I'm not a great reader - BIG tendency to drift off into my own world instead of processing the words on the page!) and it discusses the relevance of ancient art up to more contemporary practice. Fantastic!</span></div>
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For more information on tomorrows event, view the </span><a href="http://www.hatchnottingham.org.uk/?p=1371" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hatch</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> website or the </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=513573457#%21/event.php?eid=217602654955556" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Facebook</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> event page.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I will be back soon, I promise!</span>whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-27065911332973216202011-09-04T11:52:00.000-07:002011-09-04T11:52:46.037-07:00he can call me a flower if he wants to<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Do you have a clothing or pattern obsession?</span></b></i>whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-15423226551200176462011-09-01T04:25:00.000-07:002011-09-01T04:25:15.595-07:00chocolate peanut butter torte<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yesterday I thought I would bake for the first time in a while. While we were in Norfolk, we ate this AMAZING cake in a little cafe. It was this sort of layered brownie, caramel, peanut butter thing and it blew my mind! I never used to like peanut butter at all, but living with a peanut fiend for three years has swayed my taste buds.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I searched the internet for a recipe to duplicate this amazing cake, but couldn't quite find the right thing. But then I came across this <a href="http://annies-eats.com/2009/04/10/chocolate-peanut-butter-torte/">chocolate peanut butter torte recipe</a>. The recipe is from a blog called<i> <a href="http://annies-eats.net/">Annie's Eats</a>, </i>and once my torte was complete, I spent some time looking at her other creations. The blog is great, full of sweet and savory recipes and photographs that make you salivate! Definitely one to check out for all of you budding cooks out there.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The recipe involves Oreos, which form the base of the torte, somewhat like a cheesecake. My first attempt ended in disaster after I had placed the base of my spring form tin in the wrong end of the circular part, resulting in a very Oreo-y kitchen floor. So, it was off out again to buy replacement biscuits (and this was only step one!).</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All in all though, the recipe was really easy, and pretty quick to make too - if you don't drop your ingredients like me! Do remember to allow for chilling time though, at least 4 hours but preferably over night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSaKbGIpQ3Qb-csyY2a43psY1fg3GcsKdN6NdITpVRAEKxa9bqGYvi2X3COXeKAptVc7PsYUI5a7PmOdBbS90qtyiil-P_5GFSGdbUwWGw26kMi5Z9mNWHPyUMLxSldAydE_-tBCwNEY/s1600/IMG_0857.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSaKbGIpQ3Qb-csyY2a43psY1fg3GcsKdN6NdITpVRAEKxa9bqGYvi2X3COXeKAptVc7PsYUI5a7PmOdBbS90qtyiil-P_5GFSGdbUwWGw26kMi5Z9mNWHPyUMLxSldAydE_-tBCwNEY/s640/IMG_0857.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMRqwWLadnlhBC7JN4Vx5hOJ9_NW_tJaaOuK6G7WUV0u6RyVomt2SKcvk3tMwD_1pkWVTLMfWUHneAc6eNVy5auZ6EBxV3VopJCT2B95g-ngsoXa9CBBtDXjMfTxLZ6kcFl8y_elwO9pU/s1600/IMG_0862.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMRqwWLadnlhBC7JN4Vx5hOJ9_NW_tJaaOuK6G7WUV0u6RyVomt2SKcvk3tMwD_1pkWVTLMfWUHneAc6eNVy5auZ6EBxV3VopJCT2B95g-ngsoXa9CBBtDXjMfTxLZ6kcFl8y_elwO9pU/s640/IMG_0862.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As you can see, it went down well amongst my friends :)</span>whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-87738589868801894022011-08-31T07:45:00.000-07:002011-08-31T07:45:03.062-07:00cake stands<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTjifsfnoYgGwcbOVNxa0wTSynNGTRsRlR42CXI4fdUR8l4VvmLWv_ksfWpkorgAbtnOWkvAOVN9w1fBiUDlEtOrRfUGUvfHLXeGdDPCdQio485A_AMq6s_lXSCYqAsSlOOOpzmT3-ZQ/s1600/cake+stand+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTjifsfnoYgGwcbOVNxa0wTSynNGTRsRlR42CXI4fdUR8l4VvmLWv_ksfWpkorgAbtnOWkvAOVN9w1fBiUDlEtOrRfUGUvfHLXeGdDPCdQio485A_AMq6s_lXSCYqAsSlOOOpzmT3-ZQ/s640/cake+stand+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-vMVx9LxhAUODD1gFHOodk4PHWW-VboZseiwxrdhPYE-Dsvy0OoBEyro4DuT1C27rw0R1KdqdTHguUzSLXGI0pNfK5jDQ7_vz4ACX898Roiqjp3M6Xae-oBjnaXuJXmh88MDs-FBHNc/s1600/IMG_0804.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-vMVx9LxhAUODD1gFHOodk4PHWW-VboZseiwxrdhPYE-Dsvy0OoBEyro4DuT1C27rw0R1KdqdTHguUzSLXGI0pNfK5jDQ7_vz4ACX898Roiqjp3M6Xae-oBjnaXuJXmh88MDs-FBHNc/s400/IMG_0804.JPG" width="458" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have loved Pierrot clowns since I was a little girl. My older sister had some wallpaper in her bedroom when she was little in early 1980s, and I keep searching eBay and vintage shops for a roll for myself, but so far no luck! I found this little trinket box for 50 pence at a car boot sale, the same one where my Dad found the</span><a href="http://whatkatiefound.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-katies-dad-found.html" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> 1960s dolls house</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">. One day, it shall sit on my vintage dressing table (which I am yet to actually own!)</span>whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-83293138257090419942011-08-28T12:22:00.000-07:002011-08-28T12:22:15.293-07:00Norfolk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKmRMXZg3_h3jkIe_Fs5XoAO180nXylKMl_LX8JUUWbcIelKy6FqR_7hlk9poeCQXLvDSTHV_UFqnGU4zREB2ISaUSVNNqCCtQn4nOdVhEteEaLejoalO6UCS7pYIQMXzTxtGass-jPE/s1600/6085746553_5b39997796_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKmRMXZg3_h3jkIe_Fs5XoAO180nXylKMl_LX8JUUWbcIelKy6FqR_7hlk9poeCQXLvDSTHV_UFqnGU4zREB2ISaUSVNNqCCtQn4nOdVhEteEaLejoalO6UCS7pYIQMXzTxtGass-jPE/s640/6085746553_5b39997796_b.jpg" width="546" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkGGaT92Z24bHBCo5PbBlxY0VY6406sU-7NcNRbWlufwuprn1VBo8VHiE6WRB37nspZiY7c-lr1MO50-P6kNS0wGFYotzmHiRYJvnKDBzL0T_utYFxGLthJOIdW8YvqvykuOMzR701nE/s1600/6086294916_12ecba161f_b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkGGaT92Z24bHBCo5PbBlxY0VY6406sU-7NcNRbWlufwuprn1VBo8VHiE6WRB37nspZiY7c-lr1MO50-P6kNS0wGFYotzmHiRYJvnKDBzL0T_utYFxGLthJOIdW8YvqvykuOMzR701nE/s640/6086294916_12ecba161f_b.jpg" width="484" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKmRMXZg3_h3jkIe_Fs5XoAO180nXylKMl_LX8JUUWbcIelKy6FqR_7hlk9poeCQXLvDSTHV_UFqnGU4zREB2ISaUSVNNqCCtQn4nOdVhEteEaLejoalO6UCS7pYIQMXzTxtGass-jPE/s1600/6085746553_5b39997796_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We decided to take an impromptu trip to Norfolk for a couple of days last week. I called up a campsite and booked us in then off we went, car loaded with tent, food and cameras. We stayed near Blakeney, a part of Norfolk that I had not yet visited. It was really quaint and pretty, with a quay and lots of boats. On our first afternoon there, we had a delicious cream tea, sandwiches, scones, cakes and tea - nom! We ventured into Cromer, Sherringham, Morsten and Wells next the Sea during our stay - all of equal beauty. I really love Norfolk, there are lots of nice places to eat, cute little cafes and interesting shops - and the sights are always awe inspiring. Our campsite was nice, very small and basic but clean (very important!) and everyone was friendly. It bucketed it down on Thursday night, but it was actually quite nice being all snuggled up in layers of blankets and listening to the rain - until the time came to take the tent down and pack everything away! It was a really nice, relaxing break away - just what I needed.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Photographs courtesy of </span><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevepoxsonfotography/">Steve Poxson</a></i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">, who also has a brand new blog showcasing his wide selection of vintage cameras - </span><a href="http://thewaysofseeing.tumblr.com/" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">go and take a look!</a></span></div><br />
whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-77756218221338792482011-08-22T11:59:00.000-07:002011-08-22T11:59:17.456-07:00hello, have we met?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSJbtPCgcN-iM7e1pXuf0H6viAI4Njh9XHvdDdpJWykp0JBBL7xqzQgXV6jF87uyYZo_oDoW7_unDBDY3uTLYvQuiD476V196ORQKoXUXfRG_hqFeVGtSW1cX1xI3Cq80MwDnETrmVeo/s1600/IMG_0784.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSJbtPCgcN-iM7e1pXuf0H6viAI4Njh9XHvdDdpJWykp0JBBL7xqzQgXV6jF87uyYZo_oDoW7_unDBDY3uTLYvQuiD476V196ORQKoXUXfRG_hqFeVGtSW1cX1xI3Cq80MwDnETrmVeo/s640/IMG_0784.JPG" width="460" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7DQX8SGeXlUjfTQpBtcpBhm88EMBnwH6JKVfqui5rg6nIPpV_0Qn4mMT37bEOCbnPNhsw9ICnrZ1PbzH3_lecUsZMol9HTpTKmuGgOToiX6q0vNtZg9y2PaQLHJljFC7lIjONQJUCp4w/s1600/IMG_0799.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7DQX8SGeXlUjfTQpBtcpBhm88EMBnwH6JKVfqui5rg6nIPpV_0Qn4mMT37bEOCbnPNhsw9ICnrZ1PbzH3_lecUsZMol9HTpTKmuGgOToiX6q0vNtZg9y2PaQLHJljFC7lIjONQJUCp4w/s640/IMG_0799.JPG" width="460" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So I made another dress - all by myself and with no big mistakes! I even followed the pattern instructions for a change! This dress was made using the same pattern as my<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1400850760"> red floral one</a><a href="http://whatkatiefound.blogspot.com/2011/07/wonderful-wedding.html">. </a>What do you think of the fabric? It's from Ikea, it's pretty crazy. It has flowers, bananas, cocktails and er, lobsters on it! I really love Ikea fabric, if you've never thought of looking before, I thoroughly recommend giving it a try. I think that this dress pattern is slowly becoming a favourite. I might try a plain version next time.</div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I might wear it tomorrow night, I'm going to see <i>Jimmy Eat World</i> (cue nostalgic sixteen year old gig excitement!).</span>whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-376809072556917232011-08-19T09:09:00.000-07:002011-08-19T09:09:45.575-07:00little orange fille<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjVDJqJThyfhC17_VJ-BqxtmNlUG5AzK3KE40GKbVvIDQliHnZ4b3RA5vIE3DojmswSpEJyeVnImZ3dChPUD2IXArupc0S-etBo6xhhgbN6lkCx1y-wxvtIrIZWSNTXA4lJTKp6rYpow/s1600/IMG_0765.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjVDJqJThyfhC17_VJ-BqxtmNlUG5AzK3KE40GKbVvIDQliHnZ4b3RA5vIE3DojmswSpEJyeVnImZ3dChPUD2IXArupc0S-etBo6xhhgbN6lkCx1y-wxvtIrIZWSNTXA4lJTKp6rYpow/s640/IMG_0765.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixozdAitobAOirVpsxvlnsfXESrMGsywZa8MNM1Rb4SzeKTQQjDfuwa5QHC_F4eaM5_wWEpGsWZclX5699_aeWTMRO8pOYYfFa7RTFplYc1Ca2pLpdZAgcFO-rMZ7KI7cdZMBZFeUsT4Y/s1600/IMG_0778.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixozdAitobAOirVpsxvlnsfXESrMGsywZa8MNM1Rb4SzeKTQQjDfuwa5QHC_F4eaM5_wWEpGsWZclX5699_aeWTMRO8pOYYfFa7RTFplYc1Ca2pLpdZAgcFO-rMZ7KI7cdZMBZFeUsT4Y/s640/IMG_0778.JPG" width="425" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">headband <i>Little Fille</i></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">dress<i> Cow Vintage (Nottingham)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">flip flops</span><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Accessorize</i></span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here I am, proudly wearing the wonderful </span><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.littlefille.com/">Little Fille</a></i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> bow headband that I won in the </span><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://wallpaperrose.blogspot.com/">Wallpaper Rose</a></i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> blog giveaway about a week ago. (I also won a very pretty Wallpaper Rose necklace, but more on that very soon!)</span><br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This dress is the second and final item that I found on the sale rail at <i>Cow</i>, the first being the<a href="http://whatkatiefound.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-i-wore.html"> red skirt.</a> I was a bit worried that it was a tad <b>too</b> orange, but I am embracing it's citrus colour due to the sudden change of weather - it is pleasantly hot! The dress was a bargain price of £5, and like the skirt, it fits really well.</div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have nearly completed another dress, using the same pattern as I did </span><a href="http://whatkatiefound.blogspot.com/2011/07/wonderful-wedding.html" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">here</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">. Inserting the sleeves was </span><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">really</i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> trying my patience last night </span><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and</b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> this morning, but I did it! Hooray! I need to take the dress in at the sides a couple of inches, make the belt and hem it, but then it will be finished - photographs to follow shortly!</span>whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596418673549545086.post-33915059064573111082011-08-18T06:20:00.000-07:002011-08-18T06:20:06.700-07:00all the leaves are brown...<div style="height: 500px; position: relative; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/autumn/set?.embedder=2205975&.mid=embed&id=35459689"><img alt="Autumn" border="0" src="http://embed.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/35459689/id/ynqEF5vJ4BG79U5H-3AOAg/size/x.jpg" title="Autumn" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">...or they may as well be, judging by the terrible August weather we're having here in the UK. Today is so cold and it's been raining for a few hours. I even woke up with a cold today! </div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am loving all of the Autumn/Winter clothes that are in shops at the moment, it's just a pity that I can't really buy </span><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">anything</i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> at the moment! Everything everywhere is shades or orange, brown, yellow and burgundy - my current favourites! I'm very glad to be over my </span><a href="http://whatkatiefound.blogspot.com/2011/01/muffin-through-angry-beige-right-out.html" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">beige phase.</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I know it may seem a bit depressing talking about the weather getting colder already, but Autumn is my favourite season, and I secretly can't wait to pull on some woolly tights, a big knitted cardigan and a cosy scarf :)</span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What's your favourite season?</span></b></i></div>whatkatiefoundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14401141891163860583noreply@blogger.com5