CARTOON: The Crafty Fox Market

Two weekends ago, I attended the Nuffnang Workshop - on blogging and small creative business owning - which was so awesome and inspiring! After the workshop, we headed down to the Crafty Fox market to have a look at all the Christmas goodies. Let me just say, that it is a market FULL of beautiful, creative wares from a crowd of unbelievably talented people. My mind was literally blown and every single inch of the trendy art/pub space was filled with awesomeness. I am DEF keen to get involved and get a stand for my "artsy-stuffs" at their next markets! Anyway. The husband and I had agreed to have a "date night" at Winter Wonderland after the workshop was finished and he was phoning me (while I was in the middle of the Crafty Fox market) to find out where to meet me...



Warren: To meet at Waterloo? Is that cool?
Husband: Ok. so... hello?
Me: whoooo... it's so pretty!
Husband: Can you hear me?
Me: Everything! It's SO LOVELY!
Husband: Hey... so... what are we doing?
Me: wow... it's so... everything! Everything... wow!
Husband: I need to know where to meet you, I won't have signal soon underground

At one point, I even tried walking OUT of the market into the street to be able to actually engage with husband on the phone, but it was a futile effort and within 37 seconds I was mysteriously back inside the market next to ALL. THE. PRETTY. THINGS. How did that happen?!?



Husband: For Christmas, I would like you to tell me where to meet you before I have to go underground.
Me: No. Be serious! I am surrounded by beautiful things and I need to buy you something.
Husband: Ok fine, buy me something beautiful - something I can use.
Me: Ok! Got it!*

* and I did find the "perfect beautiful, practical gift for him!

The husband eventually got it out of me that we should meet at Waterloo (unfortunately I got sucked into all the pretty things and chatting to Tom, Lulu and Elizabeth - so he ended up phoning me from Waterloo - asking where I was, when I actually hadn't moved more than 2 metres, haha - sorry Warr). (Tom has also written an awesome review on the market - so go check out his blog!)

Eventually husband and I met up for our date night:

 
Husband: Why did you tell me?
Me: I don't know - I just couldn't take the suspense ANY longer! I know. I ruined the surprise. Anyway - LOOK! it's so beautiful! And it has cork to stick your things on! WOW!! hey!! WOWW!!!!

witshop.co.uk

(Go check out this store! I LOVE their stuff!)

After I had whipped out the beautiful calendar from my bag, I struggled to get it back in -

And so began our date night.

I absolutely loved the Crafty Fox market and I am super keen to get involved at their next markets - probably in the Spring! Excitement! Look out for my next post on a few of the other goodies I bought at the market and my take on the "importance of supporting handmade"

The baby brother arrived in London yesterday and the husband is taking a few days off work this week - happy girl! x

Date Night Clue 4

The Warr and I are going on Date Night tonight. I have planned something fun for us and have been giving Warr clues all week to see if he can work it out. Here is the final clue -

 figured it out?

Maybe you need a re-cap...

Clue # 1:

Clue # 2:

Clue # 3:


So to highlight the key features:

Princess
Green
Loving someone for what's on the inside... 

and:

Got it?

*winks*

The Answer:

Yep, hehe, Warr and I are off to see Shrek- The Musical tonight and the kid inside me is very excited...

I've booked a private box at The Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. This is right in Covent Garden - where most of the other London Theatres are and there are a bunch of delicious restaurants there too - so hopefully if we have enough time - we can stop off for a little munching before the show.... yay!

Date Night: Clue 3

I have a fun date planned for The Warr and I for tomorrow. This week, I've been giving him some clues about The Date to see if he can figure out what it is... You can see the past two clues by clicking back. Here's the third clue -

Date Night Clue #3:

"Even although you're so devilishly-good-looking... I love you for what's on the inside"

Date Night: Clue 2

Following on from yesterday's Date Night Clues - Here is today's clue -

yep.

That's it.

Date Night: Clue 1

So, I've planned a fun date night for The Warr and I for Thursday. From now until then, I'm going to give him a clue each day to see if he can guess what it is. Here is today's clue -

Date Night Clue # 1: 

"I'll always be your princess no matter how old and ugly I get, right? Right."

Do you know what our date will involve?
Next clue tomorrow. ha 

happy LUUURVVE day

Happy Valentines day everyone! I had a lovely loveday yesterday....
inspired by some gorgeous photos i received in the mail of a Cape Town inspired date:

and the beautiful heart brooch made by laura

i got myself fancy and took myself on a che date :)

my favourite kind! :)

first some tv-series in bed, with a double whammy of cereal and yogurt.

then a gym session... where i saw the most epic thing. i would not even be able to do justice to what i witnessed today so i'm not even going to try. basically it was a Korean-couple gym session involving 12 hand-claps, front and back, Korean man yelling at Korean wife whilst doing supersonic-gyrating-pelvic thrusts side-by-side, followed by both of them lying on their backs, legs and arms in the air flailing about like a pair of frying ants.

i had a great workout. I hope they did too.

*then off to Seoul*

First stop, coffee shop with delicious (extra hot) cappuccino, a lemon tart and my sketch book :)

I had to dodge a few of these guys (i did hi-five the giant blue bunny):

did some Stationery shopping:

and then decided to see a movie. 

I have been wanting to see Black Swan, but at the good advice of not seeing it alone, i decided not to. (also, it wasn't showing.)

she let me buy a ticket :) 

the movie was good and i hadn't even heard of it until then so I didn't realise that Natalie Portman was in it - It was basically exactly like Black Swan.

I had a lovely loveDay  - i love che dates :) and my philosophical point of advice for the day is you might as well learn to love spending time with yourself, because from now until you die, you're always going to be in your own company- so make it fabulous :)

*hope everyone had a magical day*