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Brighton & Hove, UK
Interests: knitting, craft, christianity, fashion, tea, textiles, bjork, glitter, pop, baths, charity shops, tord boontje, cider, peter blake, elizabeth i, museums, tim burton, johnny depp, teenage fanclub, black books, sequins, etsy, green wing, brighton, edwyn collins, french knitting, grainne morton, jewellery, julie cockburn, kirsty maccoll, laura cantrell, mark radcliffe, monsoon wedding, muriel's wedding, nora fok, paul smith, pompoms, schiaparelli, smack the pony, ticky lowe, vivienne westwood, bill viola, jesus christ, jane eyre, turquoise, belle & sebastian, lavender, jean-pierre jeunet, father ted, andrew logan, bill bailey, book art, breakfast at tiffanys, buses, david shrigley, david starkey, dermot o'leary, diamante, freddie robins, fried bread, hot pink, janet ahlberg, kenickie, kylie, manchester, mary chapin carpenter, maureen lipman, michael brennand-wood, pattern, pete fowler, philipa gregory, quentin blake, solange azagury partridge, susie macmurray, textile art, the good life, tom phillips, victoria wood, voice of the beehive, white musk, zandra rhodes, elle decoration, lauren laverne
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Free flowers!
Posted Jun 6, 2013 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Scott & Bailey help Greater Manchester Police track down wanted boy
Posted Jun 6, 2013 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Portrait of the Artist as a Tea Drinker
Posted Apr 27, 2013 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Too Dirty To Love: a Charlotte Blacker animation for Caspar Babypants
Yay! Another lovely collaboration between animator Charlotte Blacker and musician-for-kids Caspar Babypants (a.k.a. Chris Ballew from The Presidents of the United States of America). Caspar says: "Charlotte Blacker (Stompy the Bear) is back and made this little dreamy world for... Continue reading
Posted Apr 27, 2013 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Big Issue vendors design their own adverts
Posted Mar 13, 2013 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Heartease for Kids Company: knit something special for deprived kids
Posted Mar 13, 2013 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Hi Clare - I think it's also by Jean Greenhowe, she did rag dolls as well as knitted ones. I found this magazine pullout on ebay but it doesn't identify which magazine. I would agree with Golden Hands, or maybe Women's Weekly.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JEAN-GREENHOWE-RAG-DOLL-CINDERELLA-RAGS-TO-RICHES-TOY-SEWING-PATTERN-/300847554922?pt=UK_Crafts_SewingPatterns_EH&hash=item460be9616a&nma=true&si=IRFKmI9Xrtz%252BoGbpVkKMQMAE91s%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Kristen :)
Commented Mar 1, 2013 on Hey Cinderella at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
Hey Cinderella
The other day, my cousin Lisa and I were tallking about our favourite childhood presents. I was saying how brilliant her mum, my Auntie Sue, was at choosing gifts - a Crayola Crayon Caddy (64 different colours!), a Fashion Wheel, and later, my first proper sketchbook and a tin of Derwent ...
Wizard of Oz card for Cathy
Posted Feb 17, 2013 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Miranda Hart in Absolutely Fabulous
Posted Feb 17, 2013 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Bear brooch by Gabi Reith for Small Stories
Posted Feb 10, 2013 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Black Holes: Spaghettification animation by Grace Helmer
Black Holes from Grace Helmer on Vimeo This witty hand-drawn animation presents some seriously weird science in a way even I can understand! You can see more of Grace's illustration work on her website: www.gracehelmer.co.uk * SONG OF THE DAY:... Continue reading
Posted Feb 9, 2013 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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The Cardiff Bus Song
A Welsh hymn to their capital city's many bus routes, this is today's Thoughts At The Bus Stop... * SONG OF THE DAY: The Cardiff Bus Song (c) I Loves The 'Diff * Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2013 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Christmas Jumper Day for Save the Children
Posted Nov 25, 2012 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Sheep loveheart for Sean & Aileen
Posted Oct 21, 2012 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Bear With
Posted Oct 21, 2012 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Glitter On The Highway
Posted Oct 21, 2012 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Thanks Rackers! Kx
Commented Sep 12, 2012 on Swiss diorama for Sarah's 30th at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
Swiss diorama for Sarah's 30th
Design and images (c) Kristen Bailey 2012 Sarah and Tim love travelling round Switzerland, so for Sarah's 30th birthday I thought I'd try and recreate a Swiss landscape for her in a diorama, with some Swiss-style road signs for her name and age. She loves it - hooray! (Or yodelay-hee-hoo! ...
Thank you Margaret!
Commented Sep 12, 2012 on Knitting for new mums in Sierra Leone (Freedom from Fistula Foundation) at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
Knitting for new mums in Sierra Leone (Freedom from Fistula Foundation)
Mother and baby doing well thanks to the Freedom from Fistula Foundation In Sierra Leone, the Freedom from Fistula Foundation manages The Aberdeen Women's Centre. This centre currently provides free surgeries to women injured in childbirth, runs a children's clinic, and now has a maternity c...
Knitting for new mums in Sierra Leone (Freedom from Fistula Foundation)
Posted Sep 10, 2012 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Aleksandr, the Last Knitter
Aleksandr (english subtitle) from Aleksandr Team on Vimeo. This lovely animation tells the tale of Aleksandr, the last knitter in a community who live above the clouds. They've been up there for so long, they can't remember why... Continue reading
Posted Sep 9, 2012 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Dad is 70!
Posted Sep 2, 2012 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Dad is 65!
Posted Sep 2, 2012 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Does your heart go boom?
Pondering the delicate nature of attraction last night, I was very happy to have Helen Love's Punk Boy pop into my head: Does your heart go boom when he walks in the room? Do rainclouds scatter and fall? Do you... Continue reading
Posted Sep 2, 2012 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Early Doors: Giro Jim
Posted Sep 2, 2012 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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Spurious Fame Points
It turns out that my reflexologist (in her previous life as a sculptor) once made a sculpture for U2's Larry Mullen. Does that earn me more Spurious Fame Points than being in the same knitting group as Little Boots' mother-in-law?... Continue reading
Posted Sep 1, 2012 at Thoughts from the Bus Stop
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