If I were taller and didn’t have such enormous ‘bloggers’ boobs’, I would definitely be buying one of these from House of Holland (in fact, I might still have to get one or two to wear in bed –  but they’re massively sold out now of course). 

Or else I may just buy Little Doodles’ fabulous version, if she ever adds it to her Etsy shop. (She’s on a bit of a bird kick at the moment, which is a shame because I much prefer her fashion and interiors stuff.  But that’s mostly because I’m phobic about birds, so ignore me).

One of the most unwelcome things about motherhood is the fact that I have to lug a huge bag full of stuff around with me EVERYWHERE I go. 

Admittedly it’s not as bad as it used to be, but I still routinely have nappies, an Elmo beaker, snacks, assorted books, bibs and cutlery, wipes etc. etc as well as all my own gubbins dangling about my person. 

My old velvet carpet bag bought on Portobello Market is finally giving up the ghost and so I desperately need a new bag.

If it were winter I would be buying this gorgeous hand-felted messenger bag by the super-talented Jamie Irene. (I first saw these at the Urban Craft Uprising and they’re marvellous – beautiful soft felting with really lovely heavy distressed leather straps).

 

If I didn’t have to lug so much stuff I’d buy one of her Sweet Thang bags, but I’m a bit afraid things will fall out the top, and I really need a messenger to keep my hands free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And if I were having a winter wedding I would definitely consider one of these.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately, having said all that we’re just, finally, coming into summer, and it so isn’t the season for felted wool.  Has anyone got any good ideas for where I can find a gorgeous summer-weight messenger bag?

CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG                                  NICOLE KIDMAN

Just saw this turquoise silk clutch bag on Net-a-Porter.  Just loving that clasp (minus the signature – I’m not really a labelhound).

Living on the West Coast means I finally get to watch awards shows as they happen and not in the form of 40 seconds of highlights at the end of the news.

So this evening I was to be found on my sofa with a tub of Haagen-Dazs Dulce de Leche icecream to revel in watching the Golden Globes.

It was a fab night for British actors who won tons of awards and gave all the best acceptance speeches – Sacha Baron Cohen did us particularly proud (you need to turn up your speakers to hear this).

The ‘mirrormirror’ horriblest dress awards go to Cameron Diaz, who had come dressed as the Sugar Plum Fairy with too much lipstick;  and Sienna Miller, who was wearing a strange armour-plated affair and hadn’t bothered to wash her hair before putting it up in a peculiar German milkmaid ‘do’.

I appears that this is not the first time that these two have been fugly together.

Are we really supposed to be taking fashion advice from this woman?

 

It makes me sad that someone so intrinsically lacking in any sense of personal style can be hyped into becoming a fashion guru.

All the controversy about skinny models will soon be old hat. HP have now developed a new ‘slimming’ feature for their digital cameras, which makes people thinner at the touch of a button (found via Seth’s blog).

Which has left me rather confused. I hate to think of the sort of world I’m bringing my daughter up into and the images of ‘beauty’ with which she is already being bombarded.

But I know that if I had such a camera the temptation to use the slimming button would be utterly irresistible.