Record Store Day!

This year the Arctic Monkeys are releasing a limited edition 7" purple vinyl of R U Mine?/Electricity and I need it in my life. 

How likely it is that I am going to get one? Not very. I'm at work tomorrow, and it's been featured in NME so all the fanboys will be out. If I was off I would absolutely queue all day with the rest of the nerds to get my hands on one, my plan at the moment is to pop in on the off chance on my break!

In celebration of the joy of vinyl, however, what record would you queue all day to get your hands on?  

Vogue Young Writer's Contest

I have just submitted my first and last entry for the British Vogue Young Writer's competition this year!
It's always been something I have wanted to do and I have finally done it. As much as I would love to win £1000 and a month's paid work experience at Vogue House, it's just good for me to have submitted.
Sometimes it's pretty hard to actually achieve the things that you really want to do. Stay tuned for news, although we probably won't find out until October!

My Anthro Picks

My picks from the Anthropologie spring sale:

Heal's Spring Oriental Range

Love, love, love this new range from Heal's! Bright colours, clean lines and Orient -inspired prints create something really fresh for Spring 2012. Although not too cheap, around £8.50 an item, my plan is to get a core, basic white crockery set from Ikea or similar, and then supplement every so often with more expensive patterned stuff. Not only will this be cheaper but I'm not a huge fan of the matchy-matchy look. I think that flea markets and charity shops are also a good place to find one off bits and bobs!

Enamelware

With the new job and new opportunities on the horizon also, my thoughts keep turning to moving and flat hunting. With that goes the feathering of the nest, and I have always been a fervent featherer. I like simplicity with a vintage feel, especially in the kitchen and what fits that description better than the original Falcon enamelware? The roasting tins are particularly good for making stews and pie fillings but the tins are great for a Sunday dinner or a traybake. Practical and beautiful!

The People's Pennant

There's a lot of the little things in life that go uncelebrated; cherry blossom, a new magazine, quiet afternoons in the pub but no more! A company in America has decided to celebrate those special small moments through the medium of the sports pennant! I think there's something very cool about sports pennants as a design item and to have them subverted in this way to celebrate the everyday is delightful! What little moments would you celebrate?

Check them out here.

Interiors and Proportion

I love interiors. I spent many hours reading the Ikea catalogue when I was younger and I still use it as a source of inspiration. 

I'm by no means a minimalist, although I do enjoy organisation. I always wonder where the stuff is in people's houses in those magazine spreads where the only thing they have in their concrete open plan condo is a vase with some twigs in.

This is my idea of minimalism:

via Living Etc

I think your decor should reflect your personality and shouldn't take itself too seriously. A good way to inject fun into interiors is to add something oversized. How cool would this be propped up against the wall in a home office for instance?

via DeviantArt

 On the same office theme, the oversized scissors really add to the vitality of the room.

via Living Etc

 The following are items that will be mine. Oh yes. They will be mine. They have long been lusted after, and I need them in my life to be fulfilled. I have love, I have health, now I need a giant teacup.

Gitta Gschwendtner teacup planter

Holly Palmer Teacup stool via Domestic Sluttery

via Made.com

Sarah Olaerts Lightbulb lamp

madslauritzen knife and fork via cribcandy.com

 I just like the pure fun of a giant object, something familiar like the knife and fork or lightbulb in huge proportion. Plus the teacups add just enough Alice in Wonderland to a plain bathroom or kitchen. Coming soon to Emma's abode ...well, soonish!