A losing battle...

I was very excited on Monday, for two reasons, (1) O2 Priority moments were running a 40% discount on Odeon cinema tickets (2) I and two others had decided to go and see the film: Battlefield...

Simply Simon's cat!

Apple-y ever after

If you've been paying attention, you will have noticed that I recently had reason to be a tad disgruntled at my treatment from Apple when it came to the service provided for my apple Mac. Well, credit where credit's due, I am happy to say that my faith in their service has been fully restored. I now have a fully working Apple Mac and I am very satisfied with the service received. Particular thanks go to James Greenwood, who helped me through the whole process and was a pleasure to deal with, I am sure all of the genius team are fabulous, but I can only speak of James as I dealt directly with him.

So for all of you who are going through, or may go through the same frustrating scenario with Apple products, know that you will get there in the end, just persevere. Some of their processes may leave a little to be desired, but the end result for me has been a good one.

The hunger games

As you know, Sci-Fi is my genre of choice, and I was keen to see this one as it ticked all the boxes: futuristic, strong female lead, interesting storyline and some excellent cinematography.

Directed by Gary Ross, who also directed Seabiscuit and Pleasantville,Starring: Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen and Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Melark, as well as some big cast names like Donald Sutherland, Woody Harrelson and Stanley Tucci to name but a few...

Cool cookies

If you wanted a cookie that just oozes cool, then you are in the right place. These cookies are not only current, but tasty too. As a designer I certainly live by PANTONE books and of course, because I can due to current trending, I surround myself with everything PANTONE, such as mugs, tins, tea-towels, even my in-tray! But I have never eaten anything PANTONE, until now...

Ere...look at that!

Ok, so I take my hat off to people who make these, they are dinky! Do they just have very, very small hands? Thank you to Mandy for these, not sure about earrings, but I would def have a keyring or two ...in pink of course. I am guessing that once you master the technique of 'extreme crochet' the world is your oyster, or indeed, your little green frog!

To check out the instructions, take a look here... and let me know how you get on. I expect photos if anyone tackles these wee beasties, of course. Cool site too, Have a mooch around the website and see if it gives you any creative inspiration...

A fishy tale...

You know the stories, you've heard them told 'it really was this big...' and we're talking fish here if you are a little lost already. Well, I took advantage of the warm spell and headed up North (not the wisest move I know, but it was still warm up there, honestly. Having stopped off briefly to collect my Dad, we headed a little further up the M6 to our favoured trout fishing lake and set about the serious task of catching some supper...