What a beauty

Guinness

Remember the old Guinness ad? Well AMV BBDO have recreated this iconic ad and from this little taster below, it looks like its going to be a good'un. The new ad is not released until October but simply enjoy the beautiful imagery instead....

Stages of Decay

Julia Solis, Stages of Decay sent from my sister/explorer, Hannah. Places to discover and lose yourself.

Quarter - life crisis

Recently everyone has been talking about the Quarter-life crisis, I thought it was just a bit of a joke until I did some looking into it.  So here is what the internet had to say about the quarter-life crisis:

• It occurs shortly after a young person enters the real world (tick, I have been working for 3 years now).
• A person begins to feel doubtful about their own lives, brought on by the stress of becoming an adult (tick, constant doubts about life path).
• Common symptoms of a quarter life crisis are often feelings of being "lost, scared, lonely or confused".
• Unemployment and choosing a career path is a major cause for young persons to undergo stress or anxiety (tick, been considering life selling coconuts on the beach in Indonesia)
• Learning to cope without parental help (tick, although "cope without" is a loose term) 

I'm going to combat this quarter-life crisis (although I'm 1 year shy of it) by dip dying my hair (or contemplating it). 

Gustavo Piqueira

Love these prints from Brazilian designer Gustavo Piqueira's new book. He uses early 20th century printers' 'clichés' to address stereotypical views of his country and its history. But I am less interested in the guff behind them...I just love the prints and the colours. 

Cayman Wedding

I keep forgetting to take pictures of the work I do before it disappears off to its new home on someone's wall. Back in April I attended Tory and Pete's wedding in the Cayman Islands and as a wedding present sewed them a pair of cayman parrots, here is a not so good shot of the unfinished piece.

Let's escape

My parents recently escaped to Iceland for a couple of days. I literally got an email from them the day before with a brief "we are off to Iceland tomorrow, so may be out of contact" (as you do!) Their last trip was to Costa Rica where much to my sisters and mine amusement they spent the time trekking through the jungle, hanging out with sloths and zip wiring. Several reasons why I need to become a travel writer. 

So every couple of months I dream of escaping. My whole live I have travelled around the world and find it hard to see myself settling in one place. So while funds are limited, I can but dream of the places I want to escape to......

Chile, Bora Bora, China, Svalbard, America.....Scotland.