Yummy Jewellery

A little while ago I pinched my Dad's camera and took some pictures of my earrings. I made most of these ones from polymer clay but can't wear them because I'm far too whimpy to have my ears pierced.

Nommy apples with a bite out of them (toothmarks and all).

Yummy lollipop pendant, swirly flump earring and tiny chocolate cake earrings. All photographed on nice tea towels!





Then finally I spent some time making a set of licorice allsort jewellery:

Romeo & Juliet

In a nice break from my thesis write up I got to go and see GB Theatre's outdoor performance of Romeo & Juliet in the Peace Gardens. I took Catherine with me as it obviously a first choice tale for someone about to be married?! I had won the tickets in the 'Off the Shelf' competition.

They had switched off the fountains for the night and performed over the spurt-holes. Apparently the Peace Gardens was designed for outdoor performance and though some dancing has happened there before this was the first theatre. An old friend from Tapton was teching and Gabriel Thomson from 'My Family' was Romeo. They all had really nice swords and really ridiculous leggings. Mercutio, Benvolio and the Friar were all particularly awesome. They used guitars, violins and voice beautifully for the sad bits.

Believe it or not this was the first time I had seen or read Romeo and Juliet. Theatre lover and English Graduate but I'd never happened upon it until tonight and I've still not seen Macbeth. Watching theatre I don't get the emotion I used to, the lithium restricts me and I'm so much more objective, casting a director's eye over how things are executed. I wanted to be an actress when other little girls wanted to be ponies.

Can't help think though, that if Juliet hadn't been so willing Romeo would have moved on again in a fortnight like he did from Rosaline. Greatest love story ever told? I don't think so but an excellent portrayal of a teenage crush played out in all its melodrama.

Reasons I wish my housemate was a girl...

A 1.  I’d not need to tell people he isn’t my boyfriend  

Yes he is a boy and I am a girl - no Avril Lavigne this does not make anything obvious. We are

friends. Plenty of people have friends of the opposite sex without feeling the need to do the 

squelchy. Plus, I don't think our respective girlfriend and boyfriend would be that amused.

 2.   Borrowing clothes would be easier

Although saying this boys clothes are much comfier. His pants even have a handy pouch at 

the front for keeping your lipstick in. And I do steal his hoodies in winter. 

 3.   Borrowing make up/tights/bras would be possible

The only variety of these items he owns are ones used for pantomime Dames, and nobody's 

boobs are really that size nor is fuscia pink a lipstick colour I could wear in public/daylight. 

 4.  I would not need to paint a target on the inside of the toilet bowl to help his aim

How hard can it be? Point and shoot. He manages on his playstation.

 5.  It would not annoy me so much that his hands are daintier than mine

He has lady's hands. I do not. (He prefers the term 'pianist's fingers')

6.    I’d be less likely to trip over his shoes

but if I did, the damage of falling over heels would be more dangerous.

A Wedding Challenge

I have a whopping 4 sisters and number 3 is about to get married. I've bought myself a pretty pink dress from Ellis' in Broomhill, it's from a Fairtrade label I'd not heard of before called Goose Island http://www.goose-island.co.uk/

But even more exciting than buying a dress that isn't second hand is my wedding task - I am decorating the cake!

Initially I wanted to do a brightly coloured one or something akin to the huge gypsy wedding ones but then I remembered this wasn't a cake moist dream and I must think a little more traditional - yes, my mother will most certainly be wearing a hat!

So I settled on a cake that resembled her dress:

This swinging number is from Justin Alexander and it looks so cool on my sister. So, the three tiers are going to be:

• Top Tier - 3D sugarpaste flowers hand painted with lustre and with pearly stamens.
• Middle Tier - Buttercream in a textured sweep(like the sash) with brown sugar to give it a nice colour
• Bottom Tier - Plain ivory trimmed with a toffee coloured ribbon

Wish me luck!