tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46962040185266777602024-03-13T11:59:12.609-07:00Valiant VThe adventures of our heroine V, crafty or otherwise.Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-66853398732308400612012-07-07T03:09:00.000-07:002012-07-07T03:09:48.007-07:00Juicing Adventures Begin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I bought a juicer the other day. For health and shite like that.</div>
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So far only tried a few different combinations, mostly fruit.</div>
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Like this one:</div>
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2 Apple</div>
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1 Carrot</div>
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1/2 Lemon</div>
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Awwww shiny beautiful drinking juuuuuice.</div>
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This morning I thought I'd get more serious and juice a mostly veg recipe:</div>
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Large Leaf Spinach</div>
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Well, I think because I added only a little bit of sweetness. Like V8 juice with a splash of apple juice. Just weird.</div>
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<b>The Queen's Diamond Jubilee at Battersea Park!</b></div>
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More specifically, my booth, in the vintage village section of the festival.</div>
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See my pretty display! It all came together.</div>
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My lovely interns and I placed the final touches on our display before getting down to the business of actually teaching them how to make the darn things. hehe. I'd say they did a pretty good job!</div>
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My volunteers arrive and get stuck right in. Thanks for helping out <a href="http://ericaurech.com/">Erica</a>!</div>
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It got swarmed a few times. Steady most of the time with busy crafters. Everyone loved the idea.</div>
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Even had some face painters flown in. Wish I had time to get one myself. Cheers <a href="http://yasminhood.com/">Yasmin</a>!</div>
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Closed up shop a bit early as I ran out of everything! Shoulda done it in shifts. Lesson learned.</div>
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Got to leave a little early. Just in time for the walk across the bridge with sideways rain....awesome.</div>
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This is my "done" face, all droopy and wet on the doubledecker. But I did really have a fun time. Could not have gone smoother. People were asking about doing workshops at their schools with kids and encouraging me to do more with these. Got very motivated and excited for more.</div>
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Well that's it, shows over, nothing to see here, move along please!</div>
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So this is what's been keepin me busy for a while. Im heading up a flower headpiece salon in the vintage village of <a href="http://www1.thamesdiamondjubileepageant.org/DiamondJubileeFestival.aspx">Battersea Park's Diamond Jubilee Festival</a>. </div>
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The event is sold out! A little daunting but it's happening tomorrow and there's no stopping it so...why worry?</div>
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These pics are from some of the prep work I've been doing lately.</div>
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First: Photo shoot for part of the tent salon decor. Big thanks to Joe the photographer & location scout hehe. </div>
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Next: Finding a florist to provide our flowers for Sunday. Of course you need to head over to <a href="http://www.newcoventgardenmarket.com/flowers/guide-to-flower-market">New Covent Garden Flower Market</a>. So many beautiful flowers and it's open to the public so you can go check it out too! </div>
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My lovely helpers for the weekend. Thanks to Martha and Isabel for all your help. </div>
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Look! Final version of hippie-warhol Mariana. Another huge thank you to <a href="http://www.vintagefestival.co.uk/">Hemingway Vintage</a> design team for helping me perfect my original idea. </div>
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I feel like Im giving a speech with all these thank you's but it was definitely a team effort. Could not have done this on my own without all you guys, especially Leona our fearless leader. Can't wait for tomorrow! More pictures to come of the final products and fun during the day. Watch this space.</div>
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My puppeteering friend <a href="http://kochansky.org/">Justina</a> asked for help running a little event the other weekend.</div>
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She showed children how to create and perform with simple shadow puppets.</div>
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Specifically animals that could be found in her local (Stoke Newington) Abney Park where the workshop was being held.</div>
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It was a small crowd that day but it led to some creative channels and impromptu story lines. </div>
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Like this floating legless cat jumping from star to start to reach the moon. </div>
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Desk lamp, white sheet, construction paper, scissors, tape and sticks. Chiggity check man!</div>
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She's actually creating puppets for a <a href="http://kochansky.org/jokasta/">puppet opera</a> that's going to take place in the chapel on the grounds. How awesome is that?! There's still tickets available, gonna be a goodin.</div>
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So happy to have a random creative fun time with new friends from london. Hopefully not that last of this kind of adventure. </div>
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~Valiant V</div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-67698778962588524802012-05-13T12:45:00.000-07:002012-05-13T12:46:19.426-07:00Life Update, Avert Your Eyes Uninterested PartiesOk not so much has been happening in my life as of late but the few things that have have taken over. I passed my Montessori exams and graduated. Yay and Phew and Bleh. Still have to turn in some papers and homework before it's official so that's still tugging at the butterflies in my stomach. I just want it to be over with. :(<br />
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I've moved positions in my school as a new Children's House teaching assistant. Its been a huge challenge for me to get back into the swing of strongly followed montessori practice in this new classroom and adding to the fact that I've never worked in a 3-6yr old class before. Eek. But a new challenge that I am slowly breaking through.<br />
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The stress of it all made me flare up. I had tests done last year and only just got the results back. They're going to put me on Remicade finally (American doctors have been dangling that option in my face for the past 7 years but never officially tried it), but they have to apply for funding for it first. So lots of red tape to muck through but finally things are looking better. In the meantime Im back on prednisone again for a few weeks. Moon face here I come. Completely not looking forward to that at all. But Id rather feel normal in other areas of my body at the moment thank you very much. Apparently there is the future possibility of surgery for some things that need to be sorted once Im back to normal. Whoopie. Dear Lord.<br />
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Huge creative project happening at the beginning of June. Biggest thing I've ever worked on. Scary and fun at the same time. Lots of last minute prep and scrambling around but isn't that when we do our best work? I think so. Going to blog a separate post about it later.<br />
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It was nice catching up. How are you doing?<br />
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~Valiant VValiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-86949292886396792692012-03-02T01:57:00.009-08:002012-03-02T02:55:27.173-08:00London Fashion Weekend at Somerset House<div style="text-align: center;">It wasn't originally on my list of "Things I Must Do While Living In Britain" but it was somewhere I recently wanted to check out.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/">Somerset House</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">A lovely HUGE old building that houses all sorts of events.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFB2eD5J3wir7TUVZxEWDl7j4tRWff58WT_mD6R0OvU8nx4WVNK5ggHu4i_XKBBkiBMP-1HQabEjeo5yIT4f7TPp058dWrq-MRQFS_7qg0z_ox3VI7voFslZ1crX79YBSzkcji6P-RyM/s400/londonfashionweekstreetstylefeb20122.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715241819420451506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> <a href="http://www.lesgarconsdeglasgow.com/2012/02/sylvie-somerset-house-london.html">Originally From</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are all these street style photo blogs that capture fashionable people on the street</div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2xVN06HEIdZclL6HbXtVDUFBU4WsIR1m9a6FyXYqo3PaZpB00M0EmppR6GF4aiaf7bnue820WXoqm-u8G-wQwqj6uvPl-esiUEJX_dGuHxbgRAdG9f1X6x3tyLkJ5LrmlWLIjEdfKx0/s400/004oliviapalermolfw_wt11wp3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715241794296951202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> <a href="http://www.waynetippetts.com/?tag=olivia-palermo-london-fashion-week">Originally From</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"> but it seems to be a high concentration of them are standing around this old looking white stone building. And I finally found out where this place was. And THEN I got invited to do a flower headpiece workshop (like the ones <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8772746@N08/sets/72157629104711770/">Tatiana</a> did at the Peckham jumble) in the vintage section of <a href="http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/fashion/london-fashion-weekend">London Fashion Weekend</a>, a separate event from the rest of the fashion week happenings earlier in the...week. Im saying week a lot...anyway.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwK8_Ytvo82srqaCOg-2z-Kyl4AylwqlecnvrLxjVTGb981USqjv3_oMvcQEsYHlhsfb8K59_P3VJ3MPDub9ogVdOA5emkcmvVSqCwBJRRdTZWaMAzH6gkG1MYxDQWPMVxWXexn_h9kK4/s400/DSC00466.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715247192156878194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I attempted to make my little table interesting for the masses.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It was a crazy event. Loads of designers selling their wares at a discount and I was stationed in the vintage section, curated by the </span><a href="http://www.vintagefestival.co.uk/about/vintage-festival"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Vintage by Hemingway</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> company, I was smack dab in the middle of the cupcakes and tea counters on one of these gorgeous vintage tables lended from an antique shop. It was a ticketed event and so most people were more interested in finding great designer deals rather than having a crafty sit down with me. But there were a few lovely souls who had a go at it. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fRpHf8WJQnB5nz063ngTw0uK39zUkl-h5wfaiKMqS8bz4RiBPzFT8migdQSnNRDMbvZnETeQxwmiysmkyOUPH_-9n30WK3ayn_7l_NvXcaoJgRZkB6lovnTBqo_WPBgES0wta32S_k8/s1600/DSC00479.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fRpHf8WJQnB5nz063ngTw0uK39zUkl-h5wfaiKMqS8bz4RiBPzFT8migdQSnNRDMbvZnETeQxwmiysmkyOUPH_-9n30WK3ayn_7l_NvXcaoJgRZkB6lovnTBqo_WPBgES0wta32S_k8/s400/DSC00479.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715247233034271474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-aWKxp73DjAPZq1sOWoN1BpypAy2mkbUI1MDL9Kkmyfq8l5u02tq-nHnpkJ-LvaK5NFepxgshu7dnh7Sw7WMmi2Gl1anUUoCQM1zRxEsWGI9ShXyScJ7d2EPMhcUbZCkz-rbYTNBABM/s1600/DSC00475.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-aWKxp73DjAPZq1sOWoN1BpypAy2mkbUI1MDL9Kkmyfq8l5u02tq-nHnpkJ-LvaK5NFepxgshu7dnh7Sw7WMmi2Gl1anUUoCQM1zRxEsWGI9ShXyScJ7d2EPMhcUbZCkz-rbYTNBABM/s400/DSC00475.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715247223289484562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlw648-UztprEQdrOQ1z4hjh0ugLU_ApTDn2U5nJgj0HkSfW7ECMklEP02ZovFmJmCD4dRr2dlchk6fwYs0UdoMF05qXhUJ7UIHHguG-Exv0BmCdhToZBz7s7u1WeN99RVist-7PEYJdM/s1600/DSC00472.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlw648-UztprEQdrOQ1z4hjh0ugLU_ApTDn2U5nJgj0HkSfW7ECMklEP02ZovFmJmCD4dRr2dlchk6fwYs0UdoMF05qXhUJ7UIHHguG-Exv0BmCdhToZBz7s7u1WeN99RVist-7PEYJdM/s400/DSC00472.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715247209170388370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWXqu5hcDSzh485LtKldVH5SgFcAnb9ItNSAUNWmhQLKv5TyAESkhUfW7CcqJTNkIPBRuWbCcJF9-B0XIAy6h7pExtbcjDiKIGSZD3sSi0pywI5zPjxVg3bkZ58arnZiDx1DPTS4RHmY/s400/DSC00471.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715247203660572914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Great creative experience to get me out of this funk I've been in. I have one month to go until my montessori exams and then something big is happening in June. Hopefully there will be more things blog worthy in my life in the meantime. Sorry for the huge gap in posts.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Love and un-funkness,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">~Valiant V</div></div></div></div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-457212612207544062011-09-03T04:12:00.000-07:002011-10-01T05:43:43.252-07:00Birthday Blues Shake Down<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyVRh_WproZ73XS0ClRiUpBpz_ncAWw8gRoU2yId3CdhWFMc8Y2TnYYOYg5bBnzdGicQ7jRSetEiSNlvhi_rOR7OfBjGLOPdu7sw67TWU7Ih28pAdcvlKaifmhGtKi-Ui-4eDDnTftd8/s1600/297133_203104349755089_100001665759132_481960_829492232_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;">My birthday came and went. I am twenty friggin eight people. And as well as that fact rearing its ugly head, Im in a funk. Creatively I have no drive at the moment. And this is the blog post to prove it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I originally planned on using this special day as a dealine of sorts. To try and pack as much creativity in the 20 days up to my birthday and maybe beyond. Shake myself out of this funk. It started off alright but then soon faded and died. Here are some of my creative exploits in pictorial form.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8gRYHo7NpfsCjl921AGQrmSfEShd7_x0buU3HkmNmBbwdVkwPdJRxrKwCcMTkalxq8leya68w0XQgp0yJAxLmbJkkzOXEvSaeZBPZQbaJBQee8RVsz4E5KZpu5RUaDRAPRO_B0HGPRI/s400/338086_215195051869016_152977521424103_529841_4418052_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648097445718712786" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Did a few aerial silks classes. But really this is cheating cause I've been doing it for a few months now already. But man I got some great guns for my birthday. </div><div style="text-align: center;">You got tickets?...Tickets to the gun show!.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCqXb4mhxY8KreVG5eeGlViCtrk2uB-IX8x1emMuVkLkf-UGi4pMF9wbI0JhpvCDv7WCybgGMpzahH4JcuT_1G1FoQb-XB6iJaviW6Z22FeTgb7Yqw-MDPDAIbp-C6TP2upYB63-Jcx8/s1600/Photo+169.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCqXb4mhxY8KreVG5eeGlViCtrk2uB-IX8x1emMuVkLkf-UGi4pMF9wbI0JhpvCDv7WCybgGMpzahH4JcuT_1G1FoQb-XB6iJaviW6Z22FeTgb7Yqw-MDPDAIbp-C6TP2upYB63-Jcx8/s400/Photo+169.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648100387018160930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a>I've been filling up this folder on my computer with pictures I've happened upon during my travels through the interwebs. They immediately grabbed my attention and made me think "hey I could copy that". This was the first and only one I attempted. I would love to have the desire to draw more regularly.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNBkBAlO2Zdlwdy9gEMnckCGqUKGiZjTOVvDMk0ptYKoRjWKaqFEWk8-Pirwa2rSfOSC8S3AG7ZvzxXmq_AW9dCS-BSDhsaAO5GYeEffEcseGz4CGLqGke5YStV8QDUgAp1Fu8aDWWm0/s1600/2wayneandjeffrey1970.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNBkBAlO2Zdlwdy9gEMnckCGqUKGiZjTOVvDMk0ptYKoRjWKaqFEWk8-Pirwa2rSfOSC8S3AG7ZvzxXmq_AW9dCS-BSDhsaAO5GYeEffEcseGz4CGLqGke5YStV8QDUgAp1Fu8aDWWm0/s400/2wayneandjeffrey1970.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648100386733966114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I might try again, feel I messed up the little brother in my first try.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5laAksB8t_hXP4OCQk8TejJ48TBW2G6aBLVB21ZEaqoNym9mc0bocvDOghVvuoqE2OuXHjR_9-tJR5fJ7qgdWd61xjZgaulNmvf6SMd3AnB1yL72_K7qu8lrTe6h_7qE76I40u3yAu4/s400/P1060942.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658488814001422482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wrote a letter to my good friend Jill. Dip pen and all baby!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiA2ZgUQZcEeqk8ZzASvMIHrXMNvIJ6hP8_3NjMvcUr1fqx0bTSeBdwltAOtPjl_cpclc_M2uRPahQ_lwvrVggRfzMSklmjd4IzqqJhVKKvvpTsvneNIOyn9c7EXaAIaxipRWfY2K3UYA/s400/P1060945.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658488818490609682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I feel it's such a dying art that it has become creative rather than commonplace. And to add bonus dork points I made it out of pages from a book I was reading. I wrote on the blank backside of one page and turned another page into the envelope.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aqSmtIY6fou7u8BWJxd34Krgvp6Z-d67C9OLvVAPh83JSzp9cZjgP3zaeWeTwGfns4tnP6rRe1EsJag5RQkBRwdKQfeSqgQKyehBuJaAOOe8Y5zE4bZ9GyuHp0JW1clgFfJTormAxBc/s400/P1060947.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658488820024022770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLy_5geCebNuhRolHyZvqQujdWVB7DPTbSRk8zpZ28YCFcl85VRlKaDadVanTbav_I7521t0_IVJGso8i0ORiZPWF_KD-z2yKoWy7oikW7-4pLVvJhJ9EOBWAUNi590TW-Pv4xRP5HUI/s1600/P1060949.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLy_5geCebNuhRolHyZvqQujdWVB7DPTbSRk8zpZ28YCFcl85VRlKaDadVanTbav_I7521t0_IVJGso8i0ORiZPWF_KD-z2yKoWy7oikW7-4pLVvJhJ9EOBWAUNi590TW-Pv4xRP5HUI/s400/P1060949.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658488830640691602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a>And it wouldn't be complete without the wax seal. The pyro in me loves these opportunities. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1k0izlQd_ow_O5cV9YNTIIdUfBvaAiqWqmFaUs_OA12sHCCQUS4k5-Dkyc20xQ8q2ONbARlVr8jKh-QuvjNu37akcsw2u1bR2scjWvIx3U1O74HXrBM1agIAFQxb5wByzRB7NhpoAxs/s1600/P1060963.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1k0izlQd_ow_O5cV9YNTIIdUfBvaAiqWqmFaUs_OA12sHCCQUS4k5-Dkyc20xQ8q2ONbARlVr8jKh-QuvjNu37akcsw2u1bR2scjWvIx3U1O74HXrBM1agIAFQxb5wByzRB7NhpoAxs/s400/P1060963.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658489659759995042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a>I finally figured out what to do with these resin molds I made years ago. I had experimented with resin and found objects and glitter and then I didn't know what to do with them. A necklace? a brooch? Then I remembered the ring bases I had bought some time ago and whammo.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHpPpqm_IHplujKFHY45vrvX-gHrrL_tVpUD5nrPQ7gzMqy3gFfZxRqEGAnI6wW8r9apjQFyqvNYfxX0huL1gHS1IlWWKb4ipDdq0uY5J_6KsU69eKdsokD5EgbY_cphAUJiuF6Z9j0M/s1600/P1060957.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHpPpqm_IHplujKFHY45vrvX-gHrrL_tVpUD5nrPQ7gzMqy3gFfZxRqEGAnI6wW8r9apjQFyqvNYfxX0huL1gHS1IlWWKb4ipDdq0uY5J_6KsU69eKdsokD5EgbY_cphAUJiuF6Z9j0M/s400/P1060957.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658488834810289298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bling Bling Dolla Dolla Bill Yo. I just want to keep all of these. Love them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2NZEoxvGTFRf3J6aQsagqlt9iUzb61AZmkQnGOgZVCFWCcTTPOs5C5oKaK52ti6El15Ov7ACPgrGN5xjdLSC9AonGmZS8Qg8oNfuY0f8AIgwY25yohpv2zrcF2JeGJBQ27A_fEXfdAo/s1600/Photo+159.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2NZEoxvGTFRf3J6aQsagqlt9iUzb61AZmkQnGOgZVCFWCcTTPOs5C5oKaK52ti6El15Ov7ACPgrGN5xjdLSC9AonGmZS8Qg8oNfuY0f8AIgwY25yohpv2zrcF2JeGJBQ27A_fEXfdAo/s400/Photo+159.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658489664161956066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also tried out a new, big version of my feather accessories. Kind of a combination of feathers and fascinator. Nothing complete yet though. Meh.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyVRh_WproZ73XS0ClRiUpBpz_ncAWw8gRoU2yId3CdhWFMc8Y2TnYYOYg5bBnzdGicQ7jRSetEiSNlvhi_rOR7OfBjGLOPdu7sw67TWU7Ih28pAdcvlKaifmhGtKi-Ui-4eDDnTftd8/s1600/297133_203104349755089_100001665759132_481960_829492232_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyVRh_WproZ73XS0ClRiUpBpz_ncAWw8gRoU2yId3CdhWFMc8Y2TnYYOYg5bBnzdGicQ7jRSetEiSNlvhi_rOR7OfBjGLOPdu7sw67TWU7Ih28pAdcvlKaifmhGtKi-Ui-4eDDnTftd8/s400/297133_203104349755089_100001665759132_481960_829492232_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658492863621536658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And of course my ultimate creativity cheat. The jumble sale I attend monthly. I look a little manic here but it's a great picture of Tatiana, the creator and amazing girl behind this eco friendly jumble. Head piece workshops happen every sale among the other various free workshops. I always have a great time here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So all in all I was a little more creative than usual, but it didn't jump start me into doing anything more in my life. But honestly right now I should be focusing on my career and my training. So for now I have cleaned off my work table and turned it into a study table. I'll still be creative in my life I think but not as much as I'd like to. But for now. We'll see. Procrastination and avoidance of homework usually ends up with me being all sorts of creative. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Love and Happy Birthday me,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">~Valiant V</div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-52607918053512736912011-08-14T06:18:00.000-07:002011-09-02T12:59:53.492-07:00Photoswap 2011<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">PHOTOSWAP 2011!!!!!</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>-------------------------------------</b></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLLE2FYEVoiOgkcyepR7wnCSDfV6DqvnUnZdOQ1Wnh8WyELnEYVc0lTJj566R_Rs06c-dK4Gg_SkLP09ZH-aJyYcMmkUbouPGREyHVwJQ-ndrNg8bn5GwSD964XH2sF1ETQPKmzC0vUo/s1600/45870016.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>Remember last year when I did <a href="http://valiantv.blogspot.com/2010/09/photoswap-2010.html">this</a>? No? Then you just got here, get with the program people!<div>
<br /> <div>So this lovely blogger <a href="http://fortheeasilydistracted.blogspot.com/2011/05/its-photoswap-2011.html">Rhianne</a> decided to set this awesome event up once a year. Basically I trade rolls of film with a complete stranger from across the seas and develop their roll and see what they did and wait in anticipation for them to do the same. Here are some of my favorites from her roll. </div><div>
<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLLE2FYEVoiOgkcyepR7wnCSDfV6DqvnUnZdOQ1Wnh8WyELnEYVc0lTJj566R_Rs06c-dK4Gg_SkLP09ZH-aJyYcMmkUbouPGREyHVwJQ-ndrNg8bn5GwSD964XH2sF1ETQPKmzC0vUo/s1600/45870016.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqLLE2FYEVoiOgkcyepR7wnCSDfV6DqvnUnZdOQ1Wnh8WyELnEYVc0lTJj566R_Rs06c-dK4Gg_SkLP09ZH-aJyYcMmkUbouPGREyHVwJQ-ndrNg8bn5GwSD964XH2sF1ETQPKmzC0vUo/s400/45870016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647849098212847858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px; " /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9CqKNzJzcetR0MEygJTOE6mVHBcw_SC57nJz8uv-ulEgI60ceUwcUyhzrDo0WI8xrSo7yMTG9oGfLTJiBObbflMCHUzeoRll8bSMQrpTjQzJgYECM6wsZWT1zRG___zH24j0d3QqwAI/s1600/45870022.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9CqKNzJzcetR0MEygJTOE6mVHBcw_SC57nJz8uv-ulEgI60ceUwcUyhzrDo0WI8xrSo7yMTG9oGfLTJiBObbflMCHUzeoRll8bSMQrpTjQzJgYECM6wsZWT1zRG___zH24j0d3QqwAI/s400/45870022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647137941926270674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px; " /></a> Her name is Charity. Say hi Charity! She too has a lovely little blog set up. <a href="http://alovelylittleworld.blogspot.com/">Go see!</a></div><div><a href="http://alovelylittleworld.blogspot.com/"></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSGo0e60CbcvgfyFZpkL0DD1OUkIjB_k7Dm31rx7oRQ2K2k5wE2q6CyyCsff-BUnvBL-FEMespbgoUzfeJ7nAxsRvNrAVXnpLd7SwrT6206hLhJAXIvNNxPTq8EmIfIWQs8HaLEAKqTk/s1600/45870017.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSGo0e60CbcvgfyFZpkL0DD1OUkIjB_k7Dm31rx7oRQ2K2k5wE2q6CyyCsff-BUnvBL-FEMespbgoUzfeJ7nAxsRvNrAVXnpLd7SwrT6206hLhJAXIvNNxPTq8EmIfIWQs8HaLEAKqTk/s400/45870017.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647137937421821010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px; " /></a>
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<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyt-njuJNOY3dVRfXd2TsVGZ7wan5yM3TLdVs6G0SUpXJADf0I48FqypclCwuQX2u6CE4mfR1kqCZgVliax9YNQR9i73J-kdYqVtA3-Xf2dkDcLaHNg9JdkjUSuofsNFabuahekxmdsoY/s1600/45870004.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyt-njuJNOY3dVRfXd2TsVGZ7wan5yM3TLdVs6G0SUpXJADf0I48FqypclCwuQX2u6CE4mfR1kqCZgVliax9YNQR9i73J-kdYqVtA3-Xf2dkDcLaHNg9JdkjUSuofsNFabuahekxmdsoY/s400/45870004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647137926668182850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I think she's from Canada....</div></div><div>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Wx8QAhIs9wNqW0wzsx73XEyTD0ogx8-UHYK5Yf3JmI5dXaE0QqboMesLTm0iZFpaILy0Y8BBYPbw3cAtnTdRqhUxdoqtbn8RUDjermflnPfV6pKD9vD-cGtlzNsxBqXABLVF-9JNYqk/s1600/45870002.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Wx8QAhIs9wNqW0wzsx73XEyTD0ogx8-UHYK5Yf3JmI5dXaE0QqboMesLTm0iZFpaILy0Y8BBYPbw3cAtnTdRqhUxdoqtbn8RUDjermflnPfV6pKD9vD-cGtlzNsxBqXABLVF-9JNYqk/s400/45870002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647137923003887538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px; " /></a></div><div>
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<br /></div><div>If you want to see more check out my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8772746@N08/sets/72157627433224974/">flickr</a> set of the rest. And if you want to see what I did then you'll have to search through the groups <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/photoswap2011/">photos</a> to find mine (rubs hands together menacingly) muwahahahaha! I used a quad cam that took four photos in one shot so actually Im not hard to find in the group.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>THE BEST PART!: you can participate too! Yeah anyone can do it.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>THE WORST PART!: it overrrrrrr!!!! This year's photoswap is complete, but hopefully the world won't end and you won't be dead and you can still take photos next year ok? </div><div>
<br /></div><div>ok thanks bye.</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>Love and Strangers Photos,</div><div>
<br /></div><div>~Valiant V</div></div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-28097262565794859602011-07-30T06:33:00.000-07:002011-07-30T07:08:17.254-07:00Things I Must Do In London: The Ascot Racecourse<div style="text-align: center;">I have a list of things that I feel I must do while I am living in London. Iconic, and sometimes very touristy things that I think should be done to truly experience Great Britain.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_L7j1qTyzw8NuW-oxGlLdmQb8cGpxIDijCAkdeG7vtYu3XM-MyJJWVtlbcnF2j7shM6jz-vylOpmTH11cpBUYGAS3U5xyKQgdH2MK2eHjXWaGAKiNHv-nJBaBNaaOdRsSmpfp4vsXAhI/s400/AscotPic4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635142801000244338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><b>#15 on my list</b>: <b>Feel like My Fair Lady and attend </b><a href="http://www.ascot.co.uk/?page=Groups"><b>the Ascot races</b></a><b>. </b></div><div><br /></div><div>It's really just horse racing, but it's so much more than that. Like most things in london, it's very old and fairly posh. Basically you dress up fancy, kind of like you're attending a daytime wedding, wear an outrageously big or flamboyant hat or fascinator (think sputnik floating around your head made entirely out of feathers)</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-oUcoets4UJCNIxtqHbkaChnFAsTPalaLafRB0IIGAt7kIHzL4ni5PZWDUrp3Jfy9lP2xtL46y6wyN1lHI0dobUw3D6o8rjr5qIMOML7Y0uHvt_rfmozYvvW8bVB24iRN5-Th1hhUyxA/s400/audrey-hepburn-ascot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635142795579858194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></span><div> and drink a huge glass of pimms while watching the horses gallop by. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewr8xytWY-dIlcB6z-mxPcyao5Vv5L6OBHEK9vMdeI8SuHXUErEZgySEzcDh5GrpXFx11chyphenhyphenp7iJoWNc7HlNtJByQ-DCzTUel6nxoepFXe5XR8tWTFKhtUlJ1fbHCJcqf7Y_kZA34SQ8/s400/DSC00194.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635143987252948082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebGSLbUT8ovJ4gbStB5bfSSTweeh2dY3XvnGa6le-k6t-ad5EOUI_XowQ96Jnf0oHXg7qB8zuXZVMvdLehmBFr1nFUxTW6KXxfU8sDrYHM5wSF_ixvrJ59jr_hec09TIPV9xxec3p36M/s400/DSC00190.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635142808933121954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div>The place is pretty and HUGE. You can bring your own picnic and grab a space on the grassy area. </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifK6sQG57xfMZF2gv3CiojJ9szs8lBO-bAHQCFUSbj8RP6gO3aQvpHF5vK60NJuUdsdpRyEI7Yv22xEbK4RwMlXNOxw3wXQSWQ8O-rBesjk3j3ENsXRk0ikq96i24JoBkgGC2E4mamjfo/s400/DSC00191.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635142815724407714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div>I was blessed with tickets to the premier area and it was nice to see how the other side lived. Actually, they lived pretty much like the grandstand ticket holders did only you couldn't bring your own food and drink in because you were supposed to be rich enough to buy their stuffs.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway. As I said, I was given tickets to the event but very much last minute. So I had to improvise and make my own fancy fascinator. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-sUWUlrdXVxNQxZcGYdGJo9WhlBpyKchffwbQczuznbyDFAMVnetoTj73NxaCe1-uW6PtG__UjeWXIOCMhpd04j3_HUPEcK0vkDGsPYFmVUAHmxgGxFop3GIm-m2skESD7VbYoqy7nOQ/s400/Photo+166.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635142805188368386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's basically felt, thick paper and pipe cleaners. I loved making it and thought it stood out among the others that day :) I'd make a tutorial about it but it happened too quickly and fairly late at night that I didn't make time to take pictures of the steps.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufoWK2gbdOdiu2r6GQP5PZe2vwM8NTIxTveqw_VR3zTk7vhGzSIo25e_nrl8LSgazfPPYtNfR2HpiFvXj68W2p1Npo9pWXDdxSG3ZTYxGf7olueV59yV_c9DjbgXCVd-dVcAZr6cDmyY/s400/DSC00197.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635143988183477458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had a great time there and I think I found a new creative craft. There are a few more events on my list that require crazy head gear and I can't wait to make more.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Love and Horse Races,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">~Valiant V</div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-6937065098672037822011-06-19T10:28:00.000-07:002011-06-19T14:00:57.521-07:00Life Update Exploring My Hood<div style="text-align: center;">Im so sorry for not posting anything on here lately. I haven't been really busy lately but mostly I just didn't feel like anything I was doing was interesting enough to post on here. And I was just busy enough to not have time to make a tutorial for anything. So for now here are some photos of my recent escapades.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And by recent I mean it all happened this weekend. Why I only just started taking pictures on my phone this weekend I don't know.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl1m1jNh8z_Jm2h5PeurIacPN6uOP21RHHjGXKBxn_jY4XLxz9XcQSZ-O9LIsJkvDRxBX3Nds2ceIdYsNNsUZc9OS-Q9Dxqg0MRlTF9L_O2MxA-cqUn1B_bN2YBI59nTtfl8Lkxi651lw/s1600/DSC00125.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl1m1jNh8z_Jm2h5PeurIacPN6uOP21RHHjGXKBxn_jY4XLxz9XcQSZ-O9LIsJkvDRxBX3Nds2ceIdYsNNsUZc9OS-Q9Dxqg0MRlTF9L_O2MxA-cqUn1B_bN2YBI59nTtfl8Lkxi651lw/s400/DSC00125.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620000744414377234" /></a>There was a festival at the park near my house and they had setup a neat little stage. So cute but I missed the last show! Shucks. Hopefully I'll see these guys somewhere else in London.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6I8Vzniy_4nbIivZBAnAtk74_gE2ua-oNiSLbdidaAqltatAE5slvzSSHC-fexGaCdlGN-KbkILWV1YZwiEvbr_boWJaHHTYJywLQreSHwb3TIDSSyh1B7aK6XhpDesdFi_NL0P_eHMs/s400/DSC00091.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619993773499679682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Yesterday was the New Gallery jumble sale that I regularly attend every third saturday of the month. Here's the lovely lady in charge, Tatiana, taking photos of some headband making enthusiasts. </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwshyphenhyphenzBRIFVhWOC2sGo355ABpkQQdwAWFi_NOk6Le9RC8buQWwmQo8mzbNK20TXqKm68kSpC6W8GLCSBzmZq5D0TViwRkF1A1qw-iU8xZ3zqW3VWXL1kaI5YoAWQr3_qNn7LHYu7X9978/s1600/DSC00096.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwshyphenhyphenzBRIFVhWOC2sGo355ABpkQQdwAWFi_NOk6Le9RC8buQWwmQo8mzbNK20TXqKm68kSpC6W8GLCSBzmZq5D0TViwRkF1A1qw-iU8xZ3zqW3VWXL1kaI5YoAWQr3_qNn7LHYu7X9978/s1600/DSC00096.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwshyphenhyphenzBRIFVhWOC2sGo355ABpkQQdwAWFi_NOk6Le9RC8buQWwmQo8mzbNK20TXqKm68kSpC6W8GLCSBzmZq5D0TViwRkF1A1qw-iU8xZ3zqW3VWXL1kaI5YoAWQr3_qNn7LHYu7X9978/s400/DSC00096.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620000736571077666" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSH-Air6lsxPPLeln5sW15wavEwNCpXTekHV-358tOIzN5FpXhSUgTp2obdx1DQfhO3lF8p5KY9Nvb0kmkrVYxfftcsEaLTOTK7lhnseOktSiLL6UwTz2ayyQcc8dlfxriNiTwFI9N7Y/s400/DSC00094.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620023525221001106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span>When she finished hers I immediately thought in my head "want, gimme now!". I just had to take photos of the purtyness.</div><div><br /></div><div>I also did some exploring of my surrounding neighborhoods on Sunday. This weekend was my first experience of Queen's Park. A posh little section with an awesome farmers market.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippQ4nwJoFzTsxrTxf6j5BWfYdsaK7rPQ2707s0kW0JttDIOriHy3_pJg7JnAVrII2z_bo9I8NEVwrUy-Xx6Vql044FePkspgkTKwb_UxL91xh1BVgqFndqJCtMqQf_MV5JlVpBw9gBPI/s1600/DSC00100.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippQ4nwJoFzTsxrTxf6j5BWfYdsaK7rPQ2707s0kW0JttDIOriHy3_pJg7JnAVrII2z_bo9I8NEVwrUy-Xx6Vql044FePkspgkTKwb_UxL91xh1BVgqFndqJCtMqQf_MV5JlVpBw9gBPI/s400/DSC00100.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619993749722786818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtjUBhBlPV9NftHPM2TobYrjZlLyRIU-DK7KvvUsV2WsABIl2B2WzE0epUwvnpRUj0TjgWcMWOCGEFbA_n4q1ZS6WZDZ_hFpwxznaiFwF5HtYFCGZ734bxxjFetpPobvx0ot4Qegokn4/s1600/DSC00101.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtjUBhBlPV9NftHPM2TobYrjZlLyRIU-DK7KvvUsV2WsABIl2B2WzE0epUwvnpRUj0TjgWcMWOCGEFbA_n4q1ZS6WZDZ_hFpwxznaiFwF5HtYFCGZ734bxxjFetpPobvx0ot4Qegokn4/s1600/DSC00101.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtjUBhBlPV9NftHPM2TobYrjZlLyRIU-DK7KvvUsV2WsABIl2B2WzE0epUwvnpRUj0TjgWcMWOCGEFbA_n4q1ZS6WZDZ_hFpwxznaiFwF5HtYFCGZ734bxxjFetpPobvx0ot4Qegokn4/s400/DSC00101.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619993749209698002" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a>I am definitely coming back again for some Sunday dinner supplies. They even had fresh squid I was looking for last month when I tried to make thai squid salad for the first time. Yay my recipe will now be complete!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-G0PV5weVrP1OLVyzxRGSaNisJHggarHcwvA5UIWfsz3XbYnPrFrKsOoHj09w0ivzDPbSKqg16SgflKqMA-gr8Igrh48Suv_RA5ueuBx9d-IlajH8EWGvvE3jTIoASkDgPh6G6gWG-7Y/s400/DSC00107.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619993758095871170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div>Ventured around other areas like Kensal Rise and found some cool graffiti and a store with a beautiful mirror that I want in my bedroom. I love my new phone. It has internet and a gps system so that I can venture around but not really be too lost.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiST8SgXwWjH_FKgBmyWfP8dTpgT5c2QswZqm_U8axasJkDq2618MuG7bYJpVdIj8gBIcWu4c6z27m00b02jHwA3yrQ3Plk0xQopudRhSuoC9vh2ZLHrFrF5xoRfhbU21fRNZEePJbmHzI/s1600/DSC00110.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiST8SgXwWjH_FKgBmyWfP8dTpgT5c2QswZqm_U8axasJkDq2618MuG7bYJpVdIj8gBIcWu4c6z27m00b02jHwA3yrQ3Plk0xQopudRhSuoC9vh2ZLHrFrF5xoRfhbU21fRNZEePJbmHzI/s400/DSC00110.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619993765669179218" /></a>mmm, golden tree mirror. And a wonderfully cute little store. </div><div><br /></div><div>I haven't been working on anything new lately but hopefully I will get back into the swing of crafty things soon. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Love and Catching Up,</div><div>~Valiant V</div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-35232959334176566872011-05-15T08:51:00.000-07:002011-05-19T13:28:41.006-07:00New Project<div style="text-align: center;">It started with felt feathers. Then I kept seeing real ones along my walk to work and thought, hey...why not? They're free and purty and up for grabs. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKZtIpzB_iKjjtGYbNpOPEyuteI6_t57sdOOGt5ZWSe9TtzwaXF1mWZo8M1X8tz6gBoRfQM6CFk5LjEYZkv_ppP5JY8X8HMQEUVyd49ahtUi3CnUCXcumdwOqcHiL1KJoh1XwLBuLkQo/s1600/P1060823.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKZtIpzB_iKjjtGYbNpOPEyuteI6_t57sdOOGt5ZWSe9TtzwaXF1mWZo8M1X8tz6gBoRfQM6CFk5LjEYZkv_ppP5JY8X8HMQEUVyd49ahtUi3CnUCXcumdwOqcHiL1KJoh1XwLBuLkQo/s400/P1060823.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606971764968594434" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;">THEN I finally found a bead store in London that sold bits and bobs to make my famed <a href="http://valiantv.blogspot.com/2010/05/ooh-ooh.html">bow necklaces</a>. So I bought some things to make earrings as well and...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBNBYSUXB_n2gCTcnJBARQJ5sKYa7SQ6OsDy4CLZV9Y0boq0H-pAsODSW0vaDgM2sFeoRtbIcG7t4Liwi5uPh7GsJSpCLAJT5FUswF1gjMAO8v6Va_efrnGuSR1-H94PFcwbwT_g8Cbcw/s1600/P1060826.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBNBYSUXB_n2gCTcnJBARQJ5sKYa7SQ6OsDy4CLZV9Y0boq0H-pAsODSW0vaDgM2sFeoRtbIcG7t4Liwi5uPh7GsJSpCLAJT5FUswF1gjMAO8v6Va_efrnGuSR1-H94PFcwbwT_g8Cbcw/s400/P1060826.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606971754149594962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Voila!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJMiYb1XXZNr04H9rqzgJYaX4PAbLRUtEqDN138Kctdx9Z3NtvYiGsB-cRo0uPXlxNLoOp8Vvkl_o6wk8crHoc_bePCQm8Oz2x5eI-rztFROZrT-UxNHeCzFGk2A2K_tT0BZKdHHmN8Q/s1600/P1060838.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJMiYb1XXZNr04H9rqzgJYaX4PAbLRUtEqDN138Kctdx9Z3NtvYiGsB-cRo0uPXlxNLoOp8Vvkl_o6wk8crHoc_bePCQm8Oz2x5eI-rztFROZrT-UxNHeCzFGk2A2K_tT0BZKdHHmN8Q/s400/P1060838.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606971745735915490" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It's a real feather, dipped in gold fabric paint. Meh, not sure about this one BUT maybe if I find some more interesting specimens they would look better. We'll see, still working on it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Love and Exploring,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">~Valiant V </div></div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-59391860506700157832011-05-13T13:58:00.000-07:002011-05-16T12:06:24.249-07:00Manor Family Fun Day<div style="text-align: center;">Man that was a fun day! Here are some pictorial highlights of said event...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My booth all set up in the beautiful roundwood park. I felt like I was lacking inventory, not too many flowers this time, but it was just the right amount I guess because I sold a bunch of items!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BepCDlrQ0eDTvndLHUBmUJ9MsaFDxfk0caxeZBB8XWBq1W-I0S_y8s57scvkpem1aosnc-rJZtUDsZReW5HWPmm183eBaqt5K6Dy0agCTIYbGhwOTCIB9ZiPkxO0vCNviE4TxEEyCew/s1600/P1060799.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BepCDlrQ0eDTvndLHUBmUJ9MsaFDxfk0caxeZBB8XWBq1W-I0S_y8s57scvkpem1aosnc-rJZtUDsZReW5HWPmm183eBaqt5K6Dy0agCTIYbGhwOTCIB9ZiPkxO0vCNviE4TxEEyCew/s400/P1060799.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606961318128986978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdBdYv9H_sKHAo9QljrZhbjRBOuKSe8hyphenhyphenSvWO34D7X0FB5PmPgn3EC4xBzPpxPprB7ulVoUzYEjQ3v0WUKW-djPpl6y2IwmXTH93OyARzMbWAatQxDvnC38Sa4C11mNppg6pbTAo5a8A/s1600/P1060798.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of my cutie customers. The bow looks so great in her hair yes?! She was quite the little salesperson herself actually. Working at her dads jumble table next to me.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1dFQvUHlVxOBmv3xBUK-8IuZxIi2xxZ7YLyuytoLZyd7hnGeOQr5WTl3OIHlviWn8Eg3EIhek-c5V05zmJmI-npNY2fmmBtS3H7-GDuAEkhliCQiUfz2jcw8Ea777OyPRnpMkj05M34A/s1600/P1060808.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1dFQvUHlVxOBmv3xBUK-8IuZxIi2xxZ7YLyuytoLZyd7hnGeOQr5WTl3OIHlviWn8Eg3EIhek-c5V05zmJmI-npNY2fmmBtS3H7-GDuAEkhliCQiUfz2jcw8Ea777OyPRnpMkj05M34A/s400/P1060808.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606308899020908418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another table selling starter kits of different kinds of spring flowers and plants. With instructions and everything. So cute, and an automatic easy bonding activity with your children.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsYiI2-Y6HQDN3HF2SF0mcPDLNFN8OfiCjDIwJPTkQNTMZpT7W-daxHFLFcNp2Ziig4exSqivVnrjLz15N2jmoDRyp1NSbBgsVTyE7gP58keJ-5333QJMBaZfNT2qe6TGODlEudbyB7w/s1600/P1060794.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsYiI2-Y6HQDN3HF2SF0mcPDLNFN8OfiCjDIwJPTkQNTMZpT7W-daxHFLFcNp2Ziig4exSqivVnrjLz15N2jmoDRyp1NSbBgsVTyE7gP58keJ-5333QJMBaZfNT2qe6TGODlEudbyB7w/s400/P1060794.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606308895410052114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My amazing coworker Beth helping the book stall set up. She introduced me to the event.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqn_cZzoYvKbCZ2XiYnhb1__tTMB6vNAfaMCB8yCTEYF7KbKyvUmbMzSqYRGNgSLPAfMjcJrrAR6ck1m__oR970l3lpdaSyd6Dd061Ye18VHx3FybGtjTnuez7LnHE40XzzTMoehjomA/s1600/P1060795.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqn_cZzoYvKbCZ2XiYnhb1__tTMB6vNAfaMCB8yCTEYF7KbKyvUmbMzSqYRGNgSLPAfMjcJrrAR6ck1m__oR970l3lpdaSyd6Dd061Ye18VHx3FybGtjTnuez7LnHE40XzzTMoehjomA/s400/P1060795.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606308887925093138" /></a><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">5 pounds for 10 minute massage? Yes please! Too bad I had to keep an eye on the table. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8jvt3wwxiR_BRDmX4JuIVkDgZIM8odx9xf13JOoy5-irdqGadGZjVGK8R8ahKD-gS214H0hqiAaJFtpm2ZXcPTCc6Itu1rimqf4yZs87tyt4SbPrv1i_7hyzYKSnEmbGMUgfvU_KpiI/s400/P1060801.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606961328622978322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The attraction that might have been the major reason for my success. </div><div style="text-align: center;">A very unsafe looking jumpy house! </div><div style="text-align: center;">All the kiddies were having a blast on it while the parents had a look around the tables.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3G1eqSPnCnuVM_49kCRWxtukq-j8rbNmOceohPakXOL2jaSXq9IgDtmjorcG37JidN7JLZdbic8ymEpoRv30axC4ZMR6vk4DM85Au_aspZtMDlnMFkXQaWVZBU349r5la7yGFebxCNJI/s1600/P1060792.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3G1eqSPnCnuVM_49kCRWxtukq-j8rbNmOceohPakXOL2jaSXq9IgDtmjorcG37JidN7JLZdbic8ymEpoRv30axC4ZMR6vk4DM85Au_aspZtMDlnMFkXQaWVZBU349r5la7yGFebxCNJI/s400/P1060792.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606308877307120194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the fuel that kept me going (until the Pimms arrived). </div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgKTyhM30f6py40SQrKsHvMCvN_Bphc86XaODEpM-92PstCMpSOXtGH5RD5SZLKDsGSn1tFID6R83ihYZjK5W5ABb2B4cNRDbXyoyonuEGvByoQwGqMSis7PNOEduKPqhdLd3M4o7brc/s1600/P1060803.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgKTyhM30f6py40SQrKsHvMCvN_Bphc86XaODEpM-92PstCMpSOXtGH5RD5SZLKDsGSn1tFID6R83ihYZjK5W5ABb2B4cNRDbXyoyonuEGvByoQwGqMSis7PNOEduKPqhdLd3M4o7brc/s400/P1060803.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606961320492501266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div>Thank you to the Roundwood Park Cafe for hosting this event and to Jo for wanting to make the Manor Special school playground a better place.</div><div><br /></div><div>Love and Charity Jumbles (I did it all for the kiddies),</div><div><br /></div><div>~Valiant V</div></div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-35485902273017415202011-05-04T14:13:00.000-07:002011-05-04T15:33:00.636-07:00Upcoming Events<div>Roll up! Roll up! Just a quick announcement for my local readers....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VYuVv83_IwhW0ovHDKRcbOr2pgPBi4KPtibDNLFTff_P4eq2TzAYbHNLUagtGJZhbsGhwDC1Pu3Xe0kMs6Iy23wQvxnusXg33sQddoEDIde3j1_4easvca1yBjNulMJdUeuasvmzS3k/s1600/funday+flyer.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0VYuVv83_IwhW0ovHDKRcbOr2pgPBi4KPtibDNLFTff_P4eq2TzAYbHNLUagtGJZhbsGhwDC1Pu3Xe0kMs6Iy23wQvxnusXg33sQddoEDIde3j1_4easvca1yBjNulMJdUeuasvmzS3k/s400/funday+flyer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602972147348634706" /></a><br /><div>I'm participating in a local family fun day as part of a charity fun day for my local special school!</div><div><br /></div><div>So come on down May 7th from 11-3pm and help out the kiddies while getting your face painted with a brownie in your mouth in a jumpy house. </div><div><br /></div><div>Cause that's exactly what Im going to try and do while Im there.</div><div><br /></div><div>Love and Multitasking Fun!</div><div>~Valiant V</div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-9163247730997708642011-04-23T08:24:00.000-07:002011-04-23T08:24:00.692-07:00Repurposing Clothes AKA Old New Clothes!<div style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure what's gotten into me, maybe it's the great weather we've been having, but I'm on a crafty role lately. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been trying my hand at repurposing some clothing items.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Was given a grey blazer (thanks Jason!) that didn't quite look right as is. But there's a recent trend of the <a href="http://www.shopstyle.co.uk/browse?fts=sleeveless+blazer">sleeveless blazer</a> so I though Id give it a go.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibhrHITUagyLnLr_zELrqzWNi-SJFyz8WIWeb32sA-sH6vx8YOa0SErJnog3gI6ijWuDV2hgR7vKTeKiBpMYFUIKVpaosG1lke18blyVHFHexcyhWTneZ7Se7O5xjHWt_-FoDyKXGnOms/s1600/P1060665.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibhrHITUagyLnLr_zELrqzWNi-SJFyz8WIWeb32sA-sH6vx8YOa0SErJnog3gI6ijWuDV2hgR7vKTeKiBpMYFUIKVpaosG1lke18blyVHFHexcyhWTneZ7Se7O5xjHWt_-FoDyKXGnOms/s400/P1060665.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596574133992478946" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">I learned that I hate working on sleeve holes. Haaaaate. So my work is a little sloppy.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUBBEMTsYUhleSaAw8LlHvhHeoUBx0GYOhcgBQ9ROG510HEFbf2x7faGSHRQCAYfQhFZiwdI3lK3K8QVJuzIlVlJ0ec3IM9-Vzc5sch8aGU0N0XCQSbJtx3sKpKQ2m1fWyrF8-xA8sfw/s400/P1060693.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598441081954201442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Will post more pictures if I actually am able to style this nicely with anything else I own. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also found some wide leg jeans for (1 pound!) at the new gallery jumble sale and turned them into the shorts I plan on living in this summer.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWPen_COxkEKbwu432XClNPmA9tkqvlDXtxYJwIvCKdV9ZP2wXALUUbEvva3GOrUWc52l4jVsR2A-sayopNwPIeTMAbru1zq0CI0kq_rNnYWrR-I9xLlnw6KB1HMRKDbytDpzZcNIygpw/s1600/P1060676.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWPen_COxkEKbwu432XClNPmA9tkqvlDXtxYJwIvCKdV9ZP2wXALUUbEvva3GOrUWc52l4jVsR2A-sayopNwPIeTMAbru1zq0CI0kq_rNnYWrR-I9xLlnw6KB1HMRKDbytDpzZcNIygpw/s400/P1060676.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596574120092923714" /></a><br /></div><div>It's so great, adding things to your wardrobe for next to nothing.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Love and new old clothes,</div><div><br /></div><div>~Valiant V</div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-71844844928245368672011-04-22T13:00:00.000-07:002011-04-23T03:17:30.649-07:00Lazy Lunches Creme Sauce Ya'll<div style="text-align: center;">Another lazy lunch entry. I had purchased some pesto sauce from the store but wanted to make it a little more interesting. So I thought I'd try my hand at making a cream sauce.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Pesto Cream Sauce Pasta</b></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikGUdjBI8GOEvvHyOLurI3c606Na1Z7OJLNKIgJ2QqvHK6WktoD19NheHDoJPe4IWLiS17DN-QRSc_0UmUyQ90Pz1WV_IdKZOXRwOdTHdc6x82DUkt7XK3cyBbhp72FLRgA3CmdDrEJ5M/s1600/P1060741.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYH-043HiTQhGvB6u5xVhS_Z__pSaYYa1Cnz4uP2dQ080lcHHr2hu34eCVGKe6_b5wWg2D-6pVBmEQ1jj0JI-3ATwRbvMWGTPgUye19WJNqDBoIAgtSJ05MI3ls-ssOpZ0Z7b8HwbE134/s1600/P1060687.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYH-043HiTQhGvB6u5xVhS_Z__pSaYYa1Cnz4uP2dQ080lcHHr2hu34eCVGKe6_b5wWg2D-6pVBmEQ1jj0JI-3ATwRbvMWGTPgUye19WJNqDBoIAgtSJ05MI3ls-ssOpZ0Z7b8HwbE134/s400/P1060687.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598444876537561442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Again my food pictures are not the best but it was tasty indeed and you need to try it</span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Technically its called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauce_b%C3%A9chamel">Bechamel</a> sauce. It involves fat, wheat flour and cream. But the cream is usually heated a bit with onion and herbs like bay leaves before the strained product is added to the other ingredients. There's all kinds of variants and I made a really basic version with skimmed milk that wasn't "flavored". I know theres a proper chef-y word for that but whatevs. So I made a basic creme sauce base, then added some pesto sauce that I had purchased et voila!<div><br /></div><div>Go for it ya'll!!<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Love and turning ho hum into oh yum!,</div><div><br /></div><div>~Valiant V</div></div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-87673641957550575942011-04-19T08:27:00.000-07:002011-04-20T02:06:45.338-07:00New Gallery Jumble Sale April '11<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">MY SECOND LONDON JUMBLE SALE!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I took part in a jumble sale in an <a href="http://www.newgallerylondon.co.uk/new_gallery_londo_1./New_Gallery_London.html">art gallery</a> space in Peckham. Wonderful day. Met lots of cool creative people. Got my portrait drawn, had some yummy cocktails during their happy hour later. fun fun.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>My little booth! </b></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdic66DewVVwAjrh151XmsAu2GTInIxy5Q9ku27BbpJwc_KiY2TtFH1LHUwHv-NYRGFeEfm-Vjrg-3RzgxCTnbut4D-0gD-5P19mY3Z5HYwIXDxX-Sgt2JhICkc_COxNm2uZAGrW-Jt8/s1600/P1060651.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdic66DewVVwAjrh151XmsAu2GTInIxy5Q9ku27BbpJwc_KiY2TtFH1LHUwHv-NYRGFeEfm-Vjrg-3RzgxCTnbut4D-0gD-5P19mY3Z5HYwIXDxX-Sgt2JhICkc_COxNm2uZAGrW-Jt8/s400/P1060651.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596575674858450626" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The lower level are some odds and ends I thought people would be interested in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A sewing circle. </b></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22enckucWnTzHjl-tjHkStHt2iPanAre8564vARM4DB4Q1dDXsz-VfaWqfWdYjhdbam8YcNhrb2UDPXQVDVBjXA1vhg7IVtJLZ9A5P8cVxK-omtKjQm7Ur-iJ1FGLfJ4rQsugqNHgh1A/s1600/P1060653.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22enckucWnTzHjl-tjHkStHt2iPanAre8564vARM4DB4Q1dDXsz-VfaWqfWdYjhdbam8YcNhrb2UDPXQVDVBjXA1vhg7IVtJLZ9A5P8cVxK-omtKjQm7Ur-iJ1FGLfJ4rQsugqNHgh1A/s400/P1060653.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596575668002145666" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">They have workshops throughout the day in the space as well. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/handmadehomecraft">Ellie</a> was the teacher this time helping people to make mini cushions. so cute. People started making other things like fabric crowns and rag dolls and embroidering naughty words on their cushions.</div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Some of the other tables. </b></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWfDV09baX7C64d4cY7PeZgxMIpvxk8hyphenhyphengOoUCMeg4UNUR_C-DXc0QYVijcXFuZaRDkhusN5LMjnhn9L7IHyZi0bms2aWvqwXXx1Em2v4UXRGhUAsKbN755DfSTHINRuVpS4a6gXNL6c/s1600/P1060655.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWfDV09baX7C64d4cY7PeZgxMIpvxk8hyphenhyphengOoUCMeg4UNUR_C-DXc0QYVijcXFuZaRDkhusN5LMjnhn9L7IHyZi0bms2aWvqwXXx1Em2v4UXRGhUAsKbN755DfSTHINRuVpS4a6gXNL6c/s400/P1060655.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596575660503226290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/will90?sk=info">Will</a> makes wallets and bags and oyster card holders made out of old plastic grocery bags! he fuses them together to make single sheets of this plastic then turns them into these lovely items. so awesome.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/handmadehomecraft">Ellie's</a> table of repurposed fabric goodies. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Yh_ja1TbCm_sZuheuXCSH7N9CbW9iwhCMgp7fuHw6hA5cW1S-2bH-3MJ5_MEIE0btA9Logmq3F3p4HeFPkqMJUhzEmNjB4FfbGEH3SvEHbphY9Vl2G05Vrhfw_WFcSKargP7agDaTvc/s1600/P1060656.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Yh_ja1TbCm_sZuheuXCSH7N9CbW9iwhCMgp7fuHw6hA5cW1S-2bH-3MJ5_MEIE0btA9Logmq3F3p4HeFPkqMJUhzEmNjB4FfbGEH3SvEHbphY9Vl2G05Vrhfw_WFcSKargP7agDaTvc/s400/P1060656.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596575650682991890" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Big cushiony pillows and aprons and totes too! And pretty teacup candles. I want to try and make those some day. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">They had a portrait booth (instead of a photobooth) and I got a two minute session with the portraitist <a href="http://www.clarewallis.com/">Clare Wallis</a>. So purty.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQ7VFjHhK9TjhInH3Hx0XNfDdPItaZrI8Wwgt2n5GvdVMHSlt2qc7R39K9hwKK43YinTCX8K9wlHmnrKMfagn71eCEwUgxgiy0I0MMUgtgh93wetR9CXoBm7L4U_SqTTfzVJFX7PGnTw/s1600/P1060657.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQ7VFjHhK9TjhInH3Hx0XNfDdPItaZrI8Wwgt2n5GvdVMHSlt2qc7R39K9hwKK43YinTCX8K9wlHmnrKMfagn71eCEwUgxgiy0I0MMUgtgh93wetR9CXoBm7L4U_SqTTfzVJFX7PGnTw/s400/P1060657.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596575648500080530" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Love and Crafty Adventures,</div><div><br /></div><div>~Valiant V</div></div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-20086311846423504512011-04-17T04:27:00.000-07:002011-04-17T02:05:55.391-07:00Cool Finds Around The Interwebs<div style="text-align: center;">Things that I found that are too cool and easy not to pass around. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I found these on <a href="http://www.designspongeonline.com/">Design*Sponge</a>, one of my regular blog skims of the week. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.designspongeonline.com/2011/04/diy-project-vintage-fabric-garden-markers.html">Fabric Garden Markers</a></span><a href="http://www.designspongeonline.com/2011/04/diy-project-vintage-fabric-garden-markers.html">.</a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"> I would so make these right now if I had rubber cement lying around. So coooot!</div> <div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBj-sSHvHWYw-cN5hZHf_cPzl2cWOayurI2KX-j7WAVk-XmX5HoC6YqHp4TZ5aRA_XR-oqSW6dts6n-5A7dqPh-K3REgZTytcy-p_J-v-odCYLG3VlUW-c_QRHw04ikqqEnWoPjYwX3eo/s400/4.11diygardenflags-10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593917184113818322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 336px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ojWPgA1YaK009Gr_PJVdzkQY_F5gYkxw8n03dSvmNlc1DbMlh2cV7gfsD4LFCZygSuw8OfHu0jZB5Qnmnlou9FIPtJjQhyphenhyphenqHBHwN1vuuX4ffcCX09LDGux3hvHAUl0FQQ-XYf_4j1e4/s400/4.11diygardenflags-08.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593917184503690434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">And...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.designspongeonline.com/2011/04/diy-project-paper-marquee-letter-lamp.html">Paper Marquee Letter Lamp</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIo_PpQbAPiWYGfFvdnvuwZEDu2ho0idYFqs2uAnWDZ2vB4c4ZAARPNjg34niiKh91RVKA5Cs7FFN9ldkh_JMOUqiLzy-FqaxVWjDmkJQYqvVyMHRMvXJ3pLNjXCnkOVUXBegAxX4lGU/s1600/bml_step9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIo_PpQbAPiWYGfFvdnvuwZEDu2ho0idYFqs2uAnWDZ2vB4c4ZAARPNjg34niiKh91RVKA5Cs7FFN9ldkh_JMOUqiLzy-FqaxVWjDmkJQYqvVyMHRMvXJ3pLNjXCnkOVUXBegAxX4lGU/s400/bml_step9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593917189081628274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1OpLLVUo-lUattYOAdD5fDHWJu4z3vy7LSFFUVHtxQWfK2FqzyrxnG8ffN9K1SN-9wz6AUT6dkQQmbLF1FtgpWEPi_XTCzd_B7YQPM0jKNff28ipLyIyfHu9iDhoj0KS38U5mXo1DJQ/s1600/bml_lit.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1OpLLVUo-lUattYOAdD5fDHWJu4z3vy7LSFFUVHtxQWfK2FqzyrxnG8ffN9K1SN-9wz6AUT6dkQQmbLF1FtgpWEPi_XTCzd_B7YQPM0jKNff28ipLyIyfHu9iDhoj0KS38U5mXo1DJQ/s400/bml_lit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593917183813729282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Awesome no?! Christmas lights and cardboard people, done! Simple way to chic up a shelf.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Love and Interwebs,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">~Valiant V</div></div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-44564518462061920122011-04-13T03:57:00.000-07:002011-04-14T11:02:52.110-07:00Craft Update! Feathers are Flying Over Here.<div style="text-align: center;">Got my feather mojo back and I'm really diggin the bright colors. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I think it's the weather and the upcoming Easter escapades that's motivating this drive....that and possibly avoidance of doing homework. teehee :)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymsOUWYjPD87m7E-5hvhqDpamzzxApOzP10KJx2JwzeKwX_DDtRGOeUx4VStpraIw9hnRRwiRKcba4x5u1KC0LMQYgDCKt8NGWfQ3s5bWhu-ApmBDHiL74uNzKouFOS6C5EwbH5i-_UE/s1600/P1060630.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymsOUWYjPD87m7E-5hvhqDpamzzxApOzP10KJx2JwzeKwX_DDtRGOeUx4VStpraIw9hnRRwiRKcba4x5u1KC0LMQYgDCKt8NGWfQ3s5bWhu-ApmBDHiL74uNzKouFOS6C5EwbH5i-_UE/s400/P1060630.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593908009186098546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Look at my little pretties basking in the sun. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have other ideas for use of my feathers but I haven't yet executed said ideas. We'll see! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Love and Feathers and this great weather!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">~Valiant V<br /><br /></div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-11443901641324886982011-04-10T15:20:00.000-07:002011-04-10T01:51:13.389-07:00Lazy Lunches<div>What do you do when you want an omelette but don't want to have to wash all the dishes from it <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">because you live with a commune style kitchen system where you have to cook, wash and put away things before going back upstairs to eat your food in your room</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">)</span>? </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">FRIED EGG CHEESE "SANDWICH"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2euJdydRWYVk4m4UaPChYXRsXHYoT5rSiWMja7yPtLZ3s6PuIVxDmfoZK8TBHYjyGTjoOZIrTZXzXFnobryuPbK3P-epnvRw09gbU8n_niJZM0c88idSlPS8XCwGOTUZ3uPQ_2g9RU1M/s1600/P1060599.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2euJdydRWYVk4m4UaPChYXRsXHYoT5rSiWMja7yPtLZ3s6PuIVxDmfoZK8TBHYjyGTjoOZIrTZXzXFnobryuPbK3P-epnvRw09gbU8n_niJZM0c88idSlPS8XCwGOTUZ3uPQ_2g9RU1M/s400/P1060599.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591486101159553346" /></a>Fry up some onions, fry up some eggs, layer egg then cheese then egg then sprinkle with the onions. Simple!! This way, the only things needed to wash right away are a cutting board, frying pan and spatula <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">unless you can hide those under the sink like everyone else does for later, bonus!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">)</span>. <div><br /></div><div>This time with a little nod to the coming easter holidays. I toasted up some hot cross buns to go with it. They're sliced and buttered but you can't see the golden glory that is. Oh but I tasted it, yes sir. mmmm. And they were on sale. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Love and Lazy Times,</div><div><br /></div><div>~Valiant V</div><div><br /></div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-14555898605246868632011-04-03T16:25:00.001-07:002011-04-07T14:10:21.446-07:00Jumble Sale Review<div style="text-align: center;">My first UK jumble sale at <a href="http://www.thevictoriae3.com/">The Victoria</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A great american style divey rock a billy bar. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJCGg6X0bK8LxGy5o7uaYMkaGB9VlE75V3avWi7cEZ2nrb09b9URxQ-RCvb_BC5tJhrxFrYWWd1qvuB5t9pJmUPf8-_X7VKYnz0gqUtZQDkb90hxv4LCMdT7DPt8kmdwCLhP7v47h6wiw/s1600/P1060618.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJCGg6X0bK8LxGy5o7uaYMkaGB9VlE75V3avWi7cEZ2nrb09b9URxQ-RCvb_BC5tJhrxFrYWWd1qvuB5t9pJmUPf8-_X7VKYnz0gqUtZQDkb90hxv4LCMdT7DPt8kmdwCLhP7v47h6wiw/s400/P1060618.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591502877085495906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My own little table! I got so excited that I forgot to take photos of it before people came to peruse...then I was too embarrassed to take a long time with pictures in front of said peoples.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTn8ovFru_DoxNkixYPi9MUWE3Q757csHIA6aC_SpyMpsr6XOdag6RiuChN9YucATx02ZQZTQT4-038pGnyHr6OcIT9DB2_KeE6FGuVVGKScVCEUyr51TM2-LMYtAjefnIHgo-b7P8c_E/s1600/P1060617.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTn8ovFru_DoxNkixYPi9MUWE3Q757csHIA6aC_SpyMpsr6XOdag6RiuChN9YucATx02ZQZTQT4-038pGnyHr6OcIT9DB2_KeE6FGuVVGKScVCEUyr51TM2-LMYtAjefnIHgo-b7P8c_E/s400/P1060617.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591502865198451602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I brought along some lucky charms, can you see them? Mostly for luck, partly to fill empty spaces if the table was huge. But I was the first one there that day so I had my pick of spots and this cute little combo was just right for my stash.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And see my little matching price tags and cards next to my framed sign? I was stamping up a storm the day before. and writing my web address on anything that wasn't tied down. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The place was great. A pub that has a regluar monthly jumble sale. Free table, great family run business. Was a lovely first experience. I ended up selling only one bow and spending more money on pancakes with american bacon and cider for courage. But fun none the less. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Up next! A jumble sale at an art gallery in Peckham. <a href="http://eventful.com/london/events/new-gallery-jumble-/E0-001-036467616-0@2011041613">New Gallery</a> to be precise. I think this one might be more of a success. The coordinator is a promotional powder keg! Girl knows how to sell it. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Love and Jumbles!!</div><div><br /></div><div>~Valiant V</div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-81572315645806261642011-04-03T14:06:00.000-07:002011-04-04T16:00:54.876-07:00Leftover Lovelies and Lazy Lunches<div style="text-align: center;">Another segment I thought I'd try to add</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><b>LEFTOVER LOVELIES </b></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Things I do with leftover food items)</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">and/or </div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><b>LAZY LUNCHES</b> </div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">(Things I make that are tasty but simple because my kitchen space sucks at the moment)</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">First up a Leftover Lovely... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">PESTO PITA PIZZA </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Say that five times fast :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9FUtC984yLGvbi2kBbp4e4EOtJ9aSNlDJGGrgM07pq0LqYxWq5oYzNu3aC-a6qAj70COGM1OogdgjjrAQo_eVpkrazlaYu8UiT7TqsH9dDsAHPWsY7ps_fx16pvWHmX0ytyO4OvtmrI/s1600/P1060601.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9FUtC984yLGvbi2kBbp4e4EOtJ9aSNlDJGGrgM07pq0LqYxWq5oYzNu3aC-a6qAj70COGM1OogdgjjrAQo_eVpkrazlaYu8UiT7TqsH9dDsAHPWsY7ps_fx16pvWHmX0ytyO4OvtmrI/s400/P1060601.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591468010918838994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;">Ingredients: Leftovers from various dinners and lunches of the previous weeks</div></div><div style="text-align: left;">-Pita Bread</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Fresh Red Chili</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Garlic</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Pesto</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Cheddar Cheese</div><div style="text-align: left;">-Grana Padano Cheese (like parmesan)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYbVpWI3zyL4aLUtkFn1iSlRFsVhkLAw4_rgvV09ULOUysrY9MuZ1U8bKPetMxZS5SyQdiQemcUz3q-9-8baNePRH6HRbP_Mow9q9FHBI1C2LrpE8eJham3Dwy2PAWkvjIMaesPXMHac/s1600/P1060603.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYbVpWI3zyL4aLUtkFn1iSlRFsVhkLAw4_rgvV09ULOUysrY9MuZ1U8bKPetMxZS5SyQdiQemcUz3q-9-8baNePRH6HRbP_Mow9q9FHBI1C2LrpE8eJham3Dwy2PAWkvjIMaesPXMHac/s400/P1060603.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591467999018119682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Alright I know it looks a little strange but oh my goodness ya'll this was delicious. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Brown up the garlic and chili in a little olive oil while the pita toasts a bit in the oven. Take out the pita, spread on some pesto, top with cheeses and the garlic chili oil awesome you just made. Put back in oven to melt. YU FRIGGIN UM.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry, I get excited when I don't waste food AND the result tastes good. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Try it out if you ever get this combination of things leftover in your fridge.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Love and Leftovers,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">~Valiant V</div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-29314210666489989292011-04-02T08:47:00.001-07:002011-04-03T15:18:59.608-07:00Life Update<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bYOVjuWcSs3uZ5WkDWqMzUf0OUmMWGURNET6ej7DqQGWYcoFlaMkcjnCU-zstsfFXmVdJgyzM1aydKHJFtW03teNX4YYzfedBrgPefDQj-Gvspf94iN6i_MZlMaHKwr3VHl7YHJ_-bM/s1600/P1060614.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_uW4P2BNEq7vzlbG-VBh3iidycYnMS9_tWpT8S3KZM_i4gE00f396ae0qKit3ek18dmlojWbtn4BRPmnJncb7qTt4yemPHfORhyvrmk3QY1rj1T46KSJcDGIlPose8ASicQ3PhS1_ps/s400/P1060605.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591014491952576386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is my crazy face.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You wanna know why? Because I'm making more items for a jumble sale I am participating in this weekend! My first jumble sale in London since I've been here. Very excited. Hope to sell some of my stock that I've had forever. But also wanted to make some new things. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIP4e-6kKyb_U5aJ4nVAPFfZii0H6BumZnKT-RLvfCSd9vn6BNJ3a1gWhtoeDTLOJbQUBedTZz-WS4XDOipjyEjkQzPyhmB-dstqM5589Yi-WeFWBMeE6tam47KRnzztUpUBXjgvZ5Vgw/s400/P1060610.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591014500586459778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Messy hair aside I'm liking the results.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzChDP1amBQsmtVGp3XENveaU3nP8tROFvn96JnXT7lpcEZyzMsoTmLNhH2hcP9XLOmW5FBzJMdV745Ug0s4VKnOb-_t6sjFl_eBiW_Czj5Sz3jwFZNp5HbZZEcDrzBjgxJMeqrhWV2KE/s400/P1060613.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591475192400271506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also ran out of my professional <a href="http://uk.moo.com/products/minicards.html">mini moo cards</a> and had to make some impromptu handmade ones with what I had. And to make it all spiffy I made matching price tags.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bYOVjuWcSs3uZ5WkDWqMzUf0OUmMWGURNET6ej7DqQGWYcoFlaMkcjnCU-zstsfFXmVdJgyzM1aydKHJFtW03teNX4YYzfedBrgPefDQj-Gvspf94iN6i_MZlMaHKwr3VHl7YHJ_-bM/s1600/P1060614.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bYOVjuWcSs3uZ5WkDWqMzUf0OUmMWGURNET6ej7DqQGWYcoFlaMkcjnCU-zstsfFXmVdJgyzM1aydKHJFtW03teNX4YYzfedBrgPefDQj-Gvspf94iN6i_MZlMaHKwr3VHl7YHJ_-bM/s400/P1060614.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591475201084476914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a>Remember these! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">I was having a hard time motivating myself to remake these feathered friends again but the block is gone! Gonna go feather crazy for the spring time. </span></span></div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-67321892847296046982011-02-08T10:59:00.000-08:002011-02-08T14:04:38.468-08:00Mid-Week Creative Speak!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2AJAWUGaR-2Ch8GYzioJKhELFZcWjgw-7x20w28xWbhLk0KMCV53lcbJUzBUUdT_DCx6uSd2V6m6Pcn-9Z_Vuvokcbb9vNBTQq4dLPVgGdtLr81dtOxTw-CtcX3nrr-2VO5NvB-noQIM/s1600/bea+arthur.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjweWH9vr_8xVsotTpBYjWET4CR3ERa-4l2a_rZGoH-i1X0SBJ_vc-URFXke22NLp4XAJOtg6216V93CPWPswBXUi8TmsopXpVDSWbr5FBBS02syOD7-lhCZHuqsfwRkzy0dG4IzmOr9sc/s1600/P1030922.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjweWH9vr_8xVsotTpBYjWET4CR3ERa-4l2a_rZGoH-i1X0SBJ_vc-URFXke22NLp4XAJOtg6216V93CPWPswBXUi8TmsopXpVDSWbr5FBBS02syOD7-lhCZHuqsfwRkzy0dG4IzmOr9sc/s400/P1030922.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571436180650003122" /></a><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia, serif;">I have so many creative and artistic friends. So blessed am I. Artists, musicians, writers, poets, dancers, actors et cetera et cetera et cetera.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Yes folks its back...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Interesting Interviews With Creative People From Arouuuunnddd The Woooorrrlllldd!!!! </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">AKA: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Mid-Week Creative Speak</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-----------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Ok so this used to be a weekly segment where I interviewed artistic, creative people, so that you may know, how awesome they are...because you should. It's probably not going to be as often as weekly but I am certainly determined to start this up again. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">This week is my buddy <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">Brian's</span></span> turn.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpUfagG9WCKzhnnCf7bJ28el9gyT_ogx_s7QhlyIjkoRPH-RLkoC5gqKmjj0bv5PWsNKBsl4-ImMZAmtMUSkDxMvr_s3qS_2d9_wAAIlBIeYxQXe88SD-wiqiilrEocY6paT1DNMk0m8/s400/BriBri.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571434437594289218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 381px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I have known Bri for many years now and always as a writer among many things.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOMcqRLLKq3EoAsk_Jc6J_sm5Ks0qnk54ALYb767n1GKZfVwLKadttKAzvvtA2uRvMOZXN5w0lOlvf5aih76DFkwDxM_IOIvrQlrPtSiPU1sE7lWFob-fG-xqbV_wyQvbuQNuWf2d8IgM/s400/P1030875.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571435416696308914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">A fellow food and drink critic...Oh lets face it we love to judge anything and anybody.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> Dirty habit. tee hee :)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b>When did you first consider yourself a writer?</b><br /><br />When I was in fourth grade our class had a year-long project to write stories and have them bound into an anthology. I remember writing my first stories during that time period and really enjoying it. Making stuff up and writing it down made sense to me. And when you're that age you can get away with the utter dreck. No one is expecting any different from an eleven year old.<br /><br /><b>What is your creative process?</b><br /><br />If an idea or thought comes to me I usually write it down. Pretty standard stuff. I don't work in order as far as sequence. I flesh out individual ideas as they come to me and leave them if I run out of thread. I've found that my best material has come out of looping together two or more unrelated ideas. Stories rarely come to me 'completed'. It's patchwork. In a nutshell: banging on the keyboard to forge something out of smaller pieces.<br /><br /><b>Is it difficult for you to come up with things to write about?</b><br /><br />Oh I always have ideas. That's not problem for me. It's convincing myself that they are worth putting down and general output that are my problems as a writer. That and being a novice at taking this craft seriously. I have much to learn.<br /><br /><b>Do you have a preferred medium?</b><br /><br />Not really. I spend a lot of my time at a computer and I read a lot of web-related work because I'm already there. Digital media means that we have more content in one place. This is both good and bad. Good in the sense that if we really HAVE to read this great book by so and so and are too lazy to go down to a bookstore to pick it up we can always grab the e-book version. On the other hand, it means there can be too much content to consume at any given time. For our generation in particular, computers are our televisions. I know more people with laptops and internet access than I do folks with television and cable. Of course many folks have both, but given the choice? You can pry my laptop from my cold dead hands, thank you.<br /><br />There is something to physical media. It's a worn argument, but I do like the fact that a book is just a book and can't also play my mp3s. Single purpose things have a place.<br /><br />To me, it's all words. Either printed out or on a glossy screen, I don't consume them any differently.<br /><br /><b>What's the grossest, saddest, fattest, oldest, whateverist thats bad thing you've ever eaten?</b><br /><br />Ketchup on wheat toast. Let's move on.<br /><br /><b>Would you eat it again?</b><br /><br />Never say never.<br /><br /><b>Do you have any plans on trying to get published one day? in a zine or in the Times!?! Or do you want to keep your work secret until you die and then become famous?</b><br /><br />I don't really have aspirations to get famous from my writing. I would be fine with earning a living producing work that I'm proud of. Sounds silly, but it's true. I've spent a lot of time doing work that at the end of the day I'd rather not be doing.<br /><br /><b>Have you ever gotten anything published before?</b><br /><br />Not in the literary journal or novel sense. More along the lines of angst-ridden live-journals and school newspapers. We all have to start somewhere.<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b>Do you admire any modern writers? Or have any muses/inspirations of the moment?</b><br /><br />There are so many. At the moment I'm smitten with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Johnson">Denis Johnson</a>. I just finished reading his first collection of stories, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Son-Stories-Denis-Johnson/dp/0060975776">Jesus' Son</a>. Absolutely devastating.<br /><br /><b>What would you do if you were able to do anything you wanted? I mean there was no need to work for survival purposes and you can just choose to do things in your life for the pure joy of it.</b><br /><br />This answer will bore you: travel and write.<br /><br /><b>Who's your favorite Golden Girl?</b><br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2AJAWUGaR-2Ch8GYzioJKhELFZcWjgw-7x20w28xWbhLk0KMCV53lcbJUzBUUdT_DCx6uSd2V6m6Pcn-9Z_Vuvokcbb9vNBTQq4dLPVgGdtLr81dtOxTw-CtcX3nrr-2VO5NvB-noQIM/s400/bea+arthur.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571436187344192386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 400px; " /></span>Dorothy! That lady could throw down.</span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thanks for answering my questions Brian! If you have any more questions for my writer friend send them my way and I'll tack em on.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I miss my buddy over in Oaktown CaleeforNyay :( But I'm on the look out for interesting and creative friends over on this side of the pond. We'll see who we can meet. Yay new adventures and new people!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Love and Creative Speak,</div><div>~Valiant V</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696204018526677760.post-321960613783006912011-02-06T11:32:00.000-08:002011-02-06T13:46:44.951-08:00Super Sunday Movie Review!<div style="text-align: center;">It seems that British television has the best worst movies playing almost all the time, especially on Sundays. This Sunday's selection included a gem of an 80's movie that I had yet to see.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">D.A.R.Y.L.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMvakz0GEiFsvMiHUuJG7JM5XN4OgSxouiLjaf3ga5-bw3-Tuzs82r8QJ3ofXmKwaQQl9ZhsatzayoWZl_tbtYrJpkrViiHngwg_f7DtI8FON61AgMxhjkNIBR1-gkUIWfcZPEA45CRw/s1600/daryl-movie-poster-1020467975.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMvakz0GEiFsvMiHUuJG7JM5XN4OgSxouiLjaf3ga5-bw3-Tuzs82r8QJ3ofXmKwaQQl9ZhsatzayoWZl_tbtYrJpkrViiHngwg_f7DtI8FON61AgMxhjkNIBR1-gkUIWfcZPEA45CRw/s400/daryl-movie-poster-1020467975.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570672549159796018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px; " /></a>A child with no memory of his past is brought to a foster family and we soon discover that there is more to this little boy than meets the eye. There's a couple of well choreographed car chases too! Good mix of action and story line and comedy and feel good. Just a very enjoyable movie with lots of great random actors.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBzLBIftiJm3dU5SJksHhq-VBvyhJ_qyerbggtmu_1tedMkE2iROBqyZQInYZ3XxPLqtPPXAPtqVuC_Kpr5he1xPKgmNyo3DE2UVcmm3ipmAoLQN322eP6wFQAxmMWYPudinMOwg9TRc/s1600/bastianbook.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBzLBIftiJm3dU5SJksHhq-VBvyhJ_qyerbggtmu_1tedMkE2iROBqyZQInYZ3XxPLqtPPXAPtqVuC_Kpr5he1xPKgmNyo3DE2UVcmm3ipmAoLQN322eP6wFQAxmMWYPudinMOwg9TRc/s400/bastianbook.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570670473409032258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 377px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Like the kid from The Neverending Story! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JSe5OS7Qh6w3QNOEx9CbT3F2D-Sasv3PDVd7M3t3rdDtZdKvaNPNfW-fIl8i-g7TrphDFJT1LoY1q_DN4dC5O79s5-7VaCQ1Ds7KdA2URycCTt736wMwvNsjBVYmTjGNV4X5zWUXP-s/s400/McKean_Mich60002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570693019913162002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">And Michael McKean who is in all those great Christopher Guest movies. </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1teLT47GB3tds6QpmqH8FfnUHKiRCDrD7TgOiU1JN9Ghnh30Ct0shJUIjK0eVnvCzK4ijyYK8vzI9DOVRc_SuEca5ZoWUMTA_B1pfiA-ovp0ocQWniX1q7d81TxIB3VN5wb7XUud4GxI/s400/45391.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570693260347212642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">And the dad from Pete n Pete has a cameo!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As for most of these older movies that cause nostalgia I become interested in what the actors are doing now. And sometimes that gets me into trouble. I looked up my lovely little Bastian from the movie that I grew up loving. And this is the only photo that might be remotely accurate. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7nX2csQnh0Ba0KhXt0HwyQtYa8t6PLZ-F1SjbwJcYOvkso5ECEHHD2hduW6rVG3MRQEx8sy3nWfCj-gXHsw7wmRQ5Dhy1HC3NlN4QVnq1GOxiHQo7G1DsXpTWen3X6gZ2hUXp0wN5Mk/s1600/barrett+older.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7nX2csQnh0Ba0KhXt0HwyQtYa8t6PLZ-F1SjbwJcYOvkso5ECEHHD2hduW6rVG3MRQEx8sy3nWfCj-gXHsw7wmRQ5Dhy1HC3NlN4QVnq1GOxiHQo7G1DsXpTWen3X6gZ2hUXp0wN5Mk/s400/barrett+older.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570670469213857362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">oh god please don't let this balding dread locked scraggly looking pedo be my bastian. Ok fine he's probably really cool and down to earth and not creepily checking out that little girl in the foreground. But still, makes me sad to see that things change and he's not even remotely the same looking as he was as a child. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But anyways! Great movie. Check it out and let me know what you think.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Love and New Movie Discoveries,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">~Valiant V</div>Valiant Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00087486959950491260noreply@blogger.com0