Lordy Lord

I'd almost forgotten about blogging! Well, seeing as whoever 'Cuckeeboo' is has bugged off and left us with no stealable internet connection at home, the computer has been for business only and only in business hours too I might admit (in the sweatbox that is my studio at the moment)

We need a bit of a catch up don't wee? pooh?

It's been holiday time in Sallyland (and some passing of death-defying events) and also busy busy in the throws of festival season with all it's glorious rain-ruining qualities!

First off, we had a big party for the opening of The Beer Gallery a Amersham Garden redesign I curated. I invited loads of terribly talented paintbrush holders to come and splurge their creative brains all over our garden walls, and the results were so magnificent that a good old party was a must. Beer, BBQ, Beats, and Buddies.


I even painted the windows to inform New Cross:



Then it was off on holiday's for me and the one we call 'Sandig' heading to her native Dresden for a big family party, massages for breakfast, too much schnaps, and the beginnings of a new addiction to sausages.....
......and balloons
A hop, skip and a coach full of drunkern teenagers later we joined our friends in Benicassim for round 3 of the festival there.
Some nice relaxing on the beach, messing around with massive black inflatable sausages was just what the doctor ordered, until.........

....God got royally pissed at all the merrimaking, and send a fat bastard wind storm to cancel Kings of Leon and left us holding onto the corners of our tents for dear life. Thanks God.

Needless to say, after a cuddle and an eyebath we were fine and got back to cowering from the blistering heat.


Back to business and last weekend hosted round 2 of our involvement at Field Day Festival, in Victoria Park. After last years day long drizzle, Maddy and Saddy did so many rain dances that they had to invoice for new shoes.

It worked (nearly) and the decorations we made for the new TimeOut hosted 'Do you come here often?' Cabaret Tent held up for the entire day

......poundshop reader's wives bunting

We also saw our Vend-A-Party make it's second outing, decking out the festival revellers with everything they might of forgotten for an amazing festival (mustaches, party hats, silly glasses, bowties, cakes - you know the score) We had a queue for most of the day WOOP!

This photo is for the lovely girls at Lady Luck Rules OK fanks lucky ladies!



Next has been a little comission to decorate the Popbitch golfbuggy of silliness at Big Chill Festival. A competition box, couple of signs and.....

......one hundered Michael Jackson masks (50 sans nose)
oooooo and we've got a market tomorrow.......A Little Bazaar, 12pm-6pm, 131 Upper Street, Islington




Until next time pop pickers!

summer is just around the corner....i can smell it!

Benicassim 2007

VERY EXCITEDNESSABLE 

Me and anne my german sister booked Benicassim tickets last night on a bit of a whim, and it has cheered me out of cold winterness no end! We've been to beni twice before and made some amazing memories, so i'm very excited that we've got it to look forward to.

I've been invited to go to Dresden the week before for anne's birthday/her parent wedding anniversary, so we'll have more fun there too! and then mosey on down to our spanish adventure!  

The top picture is of the dance arena at beni, it's AMAZING! It has these mist things in the roof, that spray you every now and again so you keep cool (it's still ridiculously hot at 6am!YES)

2009 is going to be BLOOMIN MARVELOUS!

Country bumpkins

RARGH!

i think i'm definitely gonna have to make a new years resolution to write in my blog more.

I love reading other people's blogs and checking in on what they've been up to, but mine is no fun cos the post's are all old! MUST BE MORE DISCIPLINED.....

I went on holiday last week, to a cottage in the middle of nowhere in East Sussex. All the assistant managers at our wonderful pubs got treated to the trip as a thank you for our hard work (granted last year they went to Morocco, but hey - time's are hard, and it was lovely!)

We had a cosy 3 days in this old traditional cottage in Kirdford, and had many alcohol fueled laughs, including hide and seek in the dark (which was hard because the walls were so thin, you had to be extra quiet) and trips to the local pub for quizzes and really bad darts playing (well just me)

The cottage also had an AGA which was really nice to look at but a bit rubbish to cook in (I think ours was broken, but it took ages to cook to chickens for our roast)

Today i've spent the morning in bed trailing the internet, which is one of my most favourite things to do, and also because my heater has broke (well the plug has melted into the socket?! eek!) 

I'm furiously making christmas presents at the moment, today I think it's my sister's turn. 

Amy is the most wonderful person, and i'm so lucky to have her as a sister. She is fantastic at what she does (all manner of theatre based goodness, directing, workshops, teaching etc)

she just won an award - the Manchester evening news award for best studio production for 'Dr Korczak's Example'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/jun/12/theatre2

Brilliant!