Cosma

Yes yes. I'm being a bit lazy.

But I found these photos of Cosma, Fil's gorgeously dyed Makie on looking through my photo files and thought they were too gorgeous to not blog again.

It's far too hot...

...to be doing things like blogging, sewing, customising or for that matter, photographing much. I hope you'll forgive me whilst Makie Couture has a bit of a holiday to appreciate the (un)seasonal UK weather. The long-suffering Boyfriend and I have also been trying out a bit of archery, which is great fun and just the thing for getting outdoors in the sunshine. Hooray for boosting vitamin D stores!

The girls are having a fine time of it, without me, no worries there. Plink and Melchie have been practicing their high-diving off of the fence into the birdbath (much to the disgust of the newly fledged baby birds), Elin, Plum and Esme are working with Madame Sylvie on the autumn/winter fashion house collection and Aspen is getting better acquainted with Batson the Beastlie... whether she likes it or not.

Lex seems to take a similar approach to the sunshine as I do... A nice spot in the garden, close enough to the house to get on the wifi, wearing a selection of clothing designed to a) tan the bits that need a tanning b) scare the neighbours.

Long may it last!

Sunshine!

Wow, wasn't it a gloriously sunny weekend? (Alright, so slightly tempered by the pouring rain yesterday, but I was back in work so I don't care hahaha). 

I picked up my camera to take a few shots of Pirate the Cat looking ridiculous this morning and found there were some photos on it... 

Looks like Plink and Melchie were enjoying the sunshine too. 

Having a nice bask, Plink? 

Ooh, some fizzy bubbles? Alrighty then... 

Er... what?! Hey! You're... oh crikey... 

WHAT IS IT WITH YOU TWO AND TAKING YOUR CLOTHES OFF? 

Just hope the neighbours weren't watching.

YOU GUYS!

Dudes, I'll interrupt your regularly scheduled Makie Mischief to announce that I've been invited to the best wedding ever! 

One of my oldest friends is getting married in September which is in itself epically cool. But the coolest thing yet is that she's having a sort of 'pick your own historical costume including LARP and Steampunk and oh, there are PENALTIES for not dressing up' theme for the wedding which means, oh yes, I GET TO DRESS UP. 

I'm plotting already. 

I could rock the Steampunk look? 

Perhaps a bit Victorian?

Or... well. There's not contest really, is there? There's a certain lady who's been completely rocking the cosplay scene this last couple of years, and I reckon she's my greatest fashion inspiration at the moment... 

HELL YES CERSEI LANNISTER

I know. I KNOW. Short, rather plump things like me shouldn't even bother trying to out lion the lioness, but I've got a corset, a few months to think about it and some plans involving hedgehogs... oh, and dressing the long-suffering boyfriend up as Littlefinger. Har. 

This space, you should watch it. 

TINY THINGS

I love tiny things.

I love Re-ment in particular.

Yes, those are tiny pins, tiny thread reels, tiny thread snippers, three different coloured tiny tailor's chalks, a tiny tape measure and tiny scissors which open and close!

It's no surprise, therefore, that I was delighted to find John Lewis' range of tiny (well, small-ish) things for people who like sewing. They also had boxes of pins (all kinds, including safety), tape measures, thimbles and so forth.

The stork scissors are bloody lovely and very sharp, right to the tips.

Mmm, retro packaging. I'm amazed I only purchased three!

Er... whoops...

Yeah.

You know how people have these dolls that they really, really want, and they call them 'grail girls'.

Well.

Mine just happened to be the glorious Tailor Gibson. From the days of releases with a whole bucket of stock, these girls don't come up very often in one piece unless they're way into the 'naughty' bracket of my price range.

But I must have been very, very good recently. Because this little beauty just happened to be made available at the right time and the right price!

She came with every little last bit of stock! Even the thread reels!

(By 'right', I mean 'only marginally into my naughty price range.)

Say 'hello to Madame Sylvie, everyone! ...actually, better make that 'bonjour'. I don't think she speaks much English.

If you want to see how much Takara standards have dropped, just take a look at her bloomers.
... Oh dear. I'm getting a LOOK. 

Hooray for Holidays!

Aaah, as much as I like being at home, it's nice to get away for a bit... even if it did mean leaving Plink and Melchett unsupervised for the weekend.

The Bloke's birthday was a good excuse to book a couple of nights in a relatively swanky hotel on the coast in Dorset, and given it was a special occasion I was more than happy to splash out a bit extra on a room with a sea view.

We were very lucky with the weather and managed to get sunburn on the Saturday!

I know there's nothing more boring on this planet than looking at someone else's holiday photos...

...but we really did have a lovely time...

...and I'm sure you're all jealous...

...but...

...do you think Melchie's been here before?!