The N.T.P

I have previously posted about my fabulous sister's (oh and Wayne's) new tea shop in the heart of Manchester's Norther Quarter - North Tea Power. But here are some images I nicked off their Facebook page so you can all get an idea how fab it is. Don't forget to become their facebook fan and also follow all their twittering at http://twitter.com/northteapower.

They will really appreciate the support - SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES EVERYONE!!!

The big sis hard at work


No ordinary shelves here






Probably the most stylish tea break in the world

Cagey

The cage shoes are long over in the world of fashion, but long live the cage bracelet as seen here on Ana Matronic of the Scissor Sisters - where the hell did she get this from? Let me know if you have any ideas.


p.s. she needs to put a bit of weight on not loving the lollipop head version, she looked fab here...

Party Pooper

Want to go to a truly tremendous party? Well listing to me bang on about the Creators Project has finally paid off!
They are holding a pretty fab party on July 17th (Sat)at Victoria House in old Landon Tawn where you will have the opportunity to check out some brilliant artistic work and listen to some coolio bands such as the Filthy Dukes, Flats and Mark Ronson!

Check out the Creators Project Facebook page here for more details, and I will see you guys there.

Dr Marten Lust

To celebrate Sanrio's 50th Anniversary the beautifully cute Hello Kitty is teaming up with Dr Martens and releasing the cutest boots that the world has ever seen!
The white ones with the little bow are my favourite, I will be racing to the Dr Marten shop in Camden to order these little treats in!
I am in love ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

The Creators Project....again....I know!!

I know this is starting to sound like a creators project blog but I promise it isn't!!!

I just need you all to check this site out as it is freaking amazing. This week look at the amazing United Visual Artists videos.
We all love a good lazer/LED light show when we are out and about or watching our favourite music video and these are the guys who make this shit happen. They have used their LED wizardry in Massive Attack and Battles (woo!) videos.


Go and check this bloody site out and I will stop banging on about it...OK!
THE CREATORS PROJECT.

p.s. The Spike Jonez videos should be up soon, watch out for these bad boys.

Download Festival 2010

I haven't been blogging for a while as I have been gallivanting around the countryside, sitting in muddy fields and perving on bearded tattooed rocker men! This was not by random but because we went to Download festival last weekend, and it was truly amazing. If you have never heard of this festival then you are missing out, this was my first year and I thoroughly regret missing all the previous years. We saw Rage Against The Machine (for the second time in 2 weeks), The Deftones (Chino you are a god), Billy Idol, Five Finger Death Punch, Aerosmith, Slash....aaaahhhh the list of pure rock gods is endless!!
AEROSMITH


BILLY IDOL


THE DEFTONES (Chino Moreno - yum yum yum!)


THE MAN...THE GOD...SLASH!


We also visited the lovely cider festival near Abergavenny in South Wales a couple of weeks ago which was an experience. With over 80 different ciders to try I can honestly say I am sick of the stuff. We did visit a lovely old castle where we just had to buy bows and arrows!! Such children.
Here are a few pics, I will put some more up later xx

The Creators Project - Mark Ronson

Ok, so i keep banging on about this Creators Project but its really worth a look at!

The Creators Project is basically a media outlet for some pretty cool videos with the hippest 'creators' around including Peaches (which I have previously blogged about), Mark Ronson, CSS and coming soon Spike Jonze which I am pretty excited about.

Mark Ronson comes across as quiet a nice guy with lots of ideas to offer, so don't let the whole Daisy Lowe / Lily Allen aspect of him spoil your viewing.

Also don't forget to have a look at the events tab on The Creators Projects homepage for fun events in your neck of the woods.

Feather Earrings

After making friends with a girl at Coachella who was wearing some delicious feather earrings I have been scouring the shops for some of my very own. Well I didn't have to look very far, Etsy of course had a seller with some real treats. Beth Nouveau's shop has loads and loads of feathery delights and in the end I opted for the fabulous Zebra Diva Super Long ones which were a barginous $18. I will post a pic up when I get home of me wearing them.

The Creators Project | Peaches

I love Peaches she is a bot of a mad dog...

She is always inventing herself and always at the top of crazy game. As part of the Creators Project a new media output Peaches has created her own art piece. Go and check out the Creators Project website as it is too much for me to explain on my own!!
But here is Peaches video!
The Creators Project | Peaches

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Kopparberg

I love Kopparberg cider, they sell it in massive crates at Ikea! So just to make me like them even more they have come up with a marvellous competition take a look at the blurb below...


Got a passion for film, music, fashion or photography? Want the inside word on the best new talent the UK has to offer? Then the Kopparberg Klash is the place for you! Kopparberg in association with VICE Magazine have created the Kopparberg Klash to help you discover the new wave of young talent before the mainstream beckons and the commercial world takes over.

If on the other hand, you think you’ve got the talent we’re looking for then submit your work via the links on the right for all to see, and the experts at Vice will put their heads together to shortlist their favourites. These finalists will have their work showcased at one of four events at different locations across East London, with the winners of these being celebrated at one final Kopparberg Klash. This is the ideal opportunity for the best new bands, stylists, photographers and filmmakers to show their skills to a group of like-minded people and maybe even win some great prizes along the way.

Pretty cool hey? Just head to this website to enter and to look at the entry's so far.

Skate 3 at Ramsgate

As a (ahem) avid skateboarder myself, I am very pleased to see the release of the new Skate 3 game on XBox and Playstation 3. This game is amazing and lets players build their ultimate skate team both offline and co-operatively to take on new challenges or competitive battles against other teams. Pretty cool hey.

Vice magazine sent 3 photographers off to Ramsgate and photograph some avid skateboarders, a little disappointed I wasn't invited have they not seen my skateboarding skills!!
Take a look at the interview and more pictures here, also more information on the upcoming game.

A cultural day off

Our work was closed on Monday so instead of doing my usual weekend routine of watching TV and eating crap I decided to explore some of my favourite museums in London the V&A and Natural History Museum. It ended up being a great (and free) day as there is a fashion exhibition at the V&A at the moment which had some great dresses from all the earas including a Alexander McQueen dress, woop!
Here are my pics.

The Alexander McQueen dress


I wanted to smash though the glass and run off with these 2!


How beautiful are these silver tea pots


The V&A garden


I love this archway, its like being back in Rome (sorry I may be a little dull here but its my Archaeology degree talking!)


This is just so crazy they took a whole staircase out of a house in France!


It is worth going to the V&A for these, look how massive the collumns are compared to the people at the bottom!


The entrance hall to the Natural History Museum is so beautiful...aaahh there's a dinasour!!


I love going into the vault at the Natural History Museum to look at all the diamonds, but this is amazing. This gemstone has a mini world living in it.



Elephant Parade - these model elephants are popping up all over London which brings to the forefront the importance of elephant conservation. These will soon all be up for auction in Southebys so get hunting now! (you can also buy mini versions in Selfridges)

Carnaby Street 20% off evening

Get your shopping shoes on and head down to Carnaby Street this Thursday (13th May) for the 20% off shopping evening which they are holding. There are free cocktails, chances to win goodie bags and bands playing along the street.
Its definitely worth heading down, I went to the last one and got very drunk on complementary cocktails and ended up buying loads of things I didn't need! Will head down this time as well but lucky (or is that un-luckily) I have no money at the moment due to my monster hotel and food bills from being stuck in LA for a week extra - thanks volcano!
Just click here to register for your ticket.

Coachella Photos

So my friend Jade and myself were very lucky to become photo journalists for the weekend at the very hot Coachella Festival 2010 in the Indio Valley. We basically had to run around taking pictures of people who we thought looked a bit cool or crazy looking. Check out this link for all the photos, and here are a selection of my favourites below.

Lovely umbrella selling ladies


Wild Wolf men! Love the forest backdrop on this picture.


Red Indian girls


Jade and the lovely couple who gave us Vodka and got us very drunk!


This guy had the tightest trousers!