The last chair to be sanded down and painted… I left some of the sanded wood bare as I thought the pink over the whole chair would be too much and I really liked the sanded down effect. After sanding down each chair I really am amazed at how different they all are?! I’m looking…
GLASTONBURY!
Crazy man, selling something, Gareth told him to try harder Hello everyone, Sorry for a lapse in activity but I have been really busy and then I wasn’t well after Glastonbury, but here is a brief look into my time at the festival. Most of the time I was too busy enjoying to remember…
New Zealand, Bay of Islands
Before I left home for Australia I imagined travelling down the East Coast and visiting Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, by the time I left for New Zealand I’d seen most of the country with exception to Canberra and Tasmania. I’d enjoyed how very different the country had been in landscape and how nice and friendly…
New Zealand, South Island
Abel Tasman National Park Rob Roy track Rob Roy track Mount Cook (the one in The Hobbit Ferg Burger’s in Queenstown http://www.fergburger.com/fullscreen.html Milford Sound kayaking 15000 foot Skydive in Queenstown http://www.nzoneskydive.co.nz/home PHOTOS – https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151683834390727.860147.789390726&type=3&l=94581e07b7
Darwin – Adelaide, in 2 weeks overland…1880 miles
Darwin to Alice Springs Once I got back to Darwin, I checked into another hostel, went food shopping and got ready to go and meet Flo and Barry for a goodbye drink. Darwin is so small it’s very easy to bump into the same people, so as expected we saw most of the people on our…
Adventures on my bicycle
On a Friday night when I haven’t got any plans and I’ve cycled to work I usually ride off on my bike in a different direction to home and explore. My favourite rides have been up the Regents Canal to Little Venice, here are some shots. And I also love cycling to Brick Lane where…
USA Roadtripping
CALIFORNIA Los Angeles We arrived at LAX after an 11 hour flight in which I’d watched a lot of films, Risky Business, GoT, Dexter, Great Gatsby, at 2pm, it was lovely and sunny. Got a shuttle bus to the car hire and picked up a compact car from National, we had a choice of a ford…
Beautiful Bali
I was lucky enough to start this year with a trip to bali to visit my friend Madeline and her gorgeous family. They had just relocated there from Singapore 2 weeks previously so I’d like to think I helped out by being there! It was great to spend the first week with friends, having a…
Turkey: Istanbul, cappadocia, olympos to fethiye
If you ever get the chance to go to Turkey, go, pack your bag, catch a flight and enjoy! It’s an amazing country, beautiful, differing landscapes, warm and hospitable people, super clean and well run hotels and hostels, crystal clear blue waters that are warm to swim in, perfect sunrises and sunsets and an exciting…
Days out around Essex
A few weeks ago I visited Frinton on Sea with my friend Catherine, I love the seaside and the sun was shining so it was a lovely day out. We also popped into the exhibition in the tower in Walton on the Naze, it was really good and very inspiring. Here are a few snaps…
Skiathos, Greece
Hello everyone! Hey everyone, so sorry I haven’t posted for AGES! I’ve been so busy lately, lovely break in Skiathos, lots of gigs and a big fashion media conference in work…all very cool and inspiring, here’s a bit about all of them…event to raise money and awareness for HIV, Annie lennox, Mel C, the Ting Tings…
Fez, Morocco
Last week I went to Fez with 2 of my best friends, Christina and Johannah. Summing Fez up in one word I’d say INTENSE! It was full of colours, smells, people, religion, felt quite claustrophobic as we were staying in the Old Town, an underground medina. There were calls for prayer 5 times a day,…
Mosaicing madness
Recently I have been mosaicing things with my lovely friend Tiana. Her sister is an art teacher in Australia and when Tiana visited her she loved all of the things that she’d mosaiced around her house…she got me involved and we have both started mosaicing anything that doesn’t move! The chair is our joint project…
Customising my Converse…
My very old but comfy and not completely worn out Converse needed to be updated so they looked cleaner and smarter but were also more practical and wearable, so I set about destroying and rebuilding them
Beautiful Edinburgh with Zoe Beck!
Having reached the age of 29 without being to Scotland I decided I needed to this year and booked a trip to Edinburgh with my friend Zoe Beck of Print, Tuft, Fold. We did think we might have to cancel the trip because of the snow early on in December but we got there safely…
Exciting Exhibitions
This week I have been to lots of exhibitions, they’ve all been really good and I came away all inspired and excited about trying new ideas. On Thursday I went to the Barbican to see Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion It was really interesting to see all of the Japanese Fashion Designers creations…
First week down under
Hi everyone, this is my first post since getting to Australia last Thursday. After a 25 hour + flight I was picked up by the wonderful Simon as I touched down at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, dazed and completely confused, I was tired but excited. Simon took me back to his house share in…
Cairns and the North East
Although once in Cairns, I had just a few hours to myself to sunbathe before I’d made a good friend. As soon as I walked in my dorm I was greeted by Ria, a lovely girl from Hornchurch, Essex! She invited me to a BBQ, Shared tips about travelling with me, gave me food and…
The oldest rainforest in the world…
http://dainantarcticaanimal.tripod.com/id1.html So, I was supposed to go to Cape Tribulation on Saturday morning but unfortunately I had a late night in The Woolshed, Cairns the night before and ended up sleeping past the 7.10 departure time! Instead I got to have an extra day in Cairns with my friends and get a few things sorted…
Whitsunday Islands sailing
The Whitsundays trip was amazing, absolutely fantastic, I was on a catamaran with about 30 people and 3 crew, the boat was called Wings 3. The crew were all cool, Dillion the skipper, Ben the chef and Richie the Dive Master. Ben and dillion were from Oz and Richie was from Essex! The first…
Fraser Island and Rainbow Beach
I had to rush to Rainbow Beach as id made my Fraser trip booking for the wrong day! Once I got to Rainbow Beach after an overnight bus, I met an Irish guy called Rob whilst waiting to check in and eating the free pancakes at Dingo’s! I walked into town and stocked up…
Byron Bay
Before I got to Byron Bay everyone had said it was beautiful and that I would fall in love with it…I was withholding judgement and slightly expecting an over developed touristy town or a load of hippies off their heads on weed and LSD! On the bus down from Brisbane I sat next to a…
Art Galleries and Museums in Sydney
Featured Art Galleries and Museums and Festivals include: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Festival, Cockatoo Island…
A beautiful Christmas in sunny wellington!!!
My Australian friend invited me to his parents home for Christmas, I arrived on Christmas Eve as I had just started my new job at the National Art School in Sydney the week before and had to work until then. I got the train at 7am and got in early afternoon to Wellington, 5 hours…
Reasons why I love Australia
I’ll update this post at intervals, when I think of things or see things and take photos! There are lots of reasons though… 1. It’s so much friendlier than England, you can have a good chat to your bus driver, your barista knows your name and what you do, you know your local homeless person…
Darwin and Kakadu National Park
From Perth I got the plane to Darwin, same country, different time zone, 3.5 hour flight! Darwin really reminded me of Thailand, street names, faces, restaurants and restaurants all had south east Asian references and even the humidity was similar! I would rate Darwin as the friendliest Australian City, but it didn’t really feel like…
West Coast of Australia, Perth to Broome
I travelled with Western Exposure/Adventure Tours on the West Coast, Perth to Broome 14 day return safari (More details), I really wanted to go all the way across to Darwin but the Kimberley’s are inaccessible in March when I travelled this part of Australia because of flooding and bad weather conditions. This trip was amazing….
Perth-Augusta-Denmark-Albany
Sarah and I woke up early and went to pick up our hire car and then came back for our bags, after loading up Sarah drove out of the City, having found out it was an automatic car I decided to let Sarah drive first!! We collected my Kindle, which I’d lost in Exmouth, up from…
Rachel Jillions 