pinklady

ghost town

2010-10-06T12:45:00.000+01:00

deserted leadenhall market - the city at the weekend is a beautiful ghost town... plus scaffolding! 2 of my favourite things!

lonely chair in the middle of the road...

er.....

2010-05-07T18:27:00.001+01:00

Y E S P L E A S E !

RUMMAGE jumble sale

2010-04-29T22:27:00.002+01:00

I'm super-psyched to be taking part in this Sunday's RUMMAGE jumble sale : the Illustrators special at Superette!

Superette was formerly a technicolour emporium and stockist of girlgang, but has now been transformed into a minty-fresh and cool gallery and event space, run by my friend Leona Baker.
This is the first of a series of specially themed jumble sales and there'll be a whole team of illustrator types selling their spring-cleaned-out bits and bobs alongside me this Sunday, 2nd May - so come and join us :)

Here's the facebook event page with the full details

My table will be featuring 80's VHS tapes, a-mazing earrings, old-but-good magazines and books and er, well, any other cool junk I come across before then... oh, and I'm sure a few girlgang samples will work their way in there!

See you there :)
x

happy bidet!

2010-04-28T10:52:00.000+01:00

pound shop playground

2010-04-28T10:47:00.004+01:00

Fred Butler's very beautiful windows for Selfridges:::::

my very tiny part to play was helping Rosy Nicholas make the big hanging nests from colourful junk :)

on the 94

2010-04-28T10:01:00.001+01:00

hot pink mess

2010-04-28T09:58:00.001+01:00

um, I'm mid spring clean in my studio....

chaka khan?

2010-04-26T16:26:00.002+01:00

another beauty...

... and if you don't know about Krush Groove???

get to know:::::

lush life

2010-04-25T20:43:00.005+01:00

I have no idea if I like any of the songs on this album..... whatevs!

Like books, I judge all albums by their covers, and this one is one of my classic faves of all time!

i ♡ gold

2010-04-25T20:40:00.001+01:00

my nails are well ridgey but I think it looks cool - like facets on a chrystal!

out of sight...

2010-04-25T20:25:00.002+01:00

but not out of mind - thought I'd lost these bad boys the other day and nearly threw up with panic!!!!

pork and cabbage!

2010-04-07T19:45:00.004+01:00

the Polish jewel in elephant and castle shopping centre's crown:::

£24 = 3 very full girls

p.s.

... they have spoons hanging from chains by the counter seats...

I can't think of a non-gross/weird explanation for this...

but the bigos is awesome!

WOW

2010-04-05T20:16:00.004+01:00

I didn't think colouring in could actually get any better than it already is - what a fool I was...

thank you pound shop for continuing to bring unexpected joy to my life!

oops

2010-03-26T12:09:00.002Z

just totally spoiled my lunch with these...

If you ever want to buy me a present...

2010-03-05T14:28:00.003Z

... then I would like this bangle from Kabiri please...

... it's only £38,480

I think we can all agree that's money well spent.

rude

2010-02-15T18:49:00.005Z

this song is always playing on the radio first thing in the morning

songs about sex on the school run anyone????

... I think my outrage means I'm old....

whatevs!

despite the rather obvious MIA rip offs, I love this video::::

espesh the dancehall vibes and the haring-esque set::::

I wanna go and print here!

2010-02-04T12:01:00.002Z

...pity Wisconsin is thousands of miles away, this place is amazing!

I really hope the resurgence in interest in craft gets people using facilities like this more - not just to learn the skills but as professionals too, otherwise they'll just disappear along with Norb and co :(

SKILL

2010-02-03T16:45:00.004Z

need a valentine's card???

at long last my friend Hannah and I have revived our gocco printed card biz, SKILL!

check out our etsy shop...

weareskill

my tax return...

2010-01-27T17:48:00.006Z

... is still not filed as I have been looking at this picture for hours instead...

it's the tube map made real!

see the big version here

new year, new attitude!

2010-01-25T13:45:00.007Z

I've just stolen this from the aroundthewaygirls blog but had to share - this is way better than a life coach, no?...

I wish Patti WAS my life coach...

My new attitude can be summed up by the white nails/orange lipstick combo - this will take me far in 2010...

maximalism

2009-11-24T18:17:00.009Z

just a reminder...

2009-11-16T11:11:00.003Z

... to myself

i also ♡ autumn

2009-11-12T16:30:00.005Z

it's like they're on fire!

I ♡ diwali

2009-11-12T16:28:00.001Z

ropey

2009-11-12T15:34:00.006Z

inspired by those rad mcqueen leggings in my polyvore post

twit twoo

2009-11-11T11:51:00.002Z

I am a twit!

Follow me here ::::

http://twitter.com/one_pinklady

and girlgang here ::::

http://twitter.com/girlganglondon

words to live by

2009-11-11T11:35:00.005Z

for christmas I would like this please ::::

oh, and this as well :::::

buy them for me here please thanks x

i ♡ polyvore

2009-11-08T15:12:00.005Z

this is my new favourite distraction! (procrastination)

I started to put up loads of girlgang items for peeps to play with.... and ten minutes later got totally sucked into this time wasting vortex :)

... ok, so I'm not a teenager and should (definitely) be doing other things with my time... but this is CRAZY FUUUUN!!!

think pink! by onepinklady featuring Vivienne Westwood accessories

Items in this set:
Uniqlo jacket, 60 GBP
Peacocks.co.uk boots, 15 GBP
Versace scarf, $298
McQ by Alexander McQueen tights, 135 GBP
Vivienne Westwood brooch, 75 GBP

paisley perfection

2009-10-08T11:10:00.005+01:00

oh. my. god.

these have gone straight to the top of my wishlist!!!

Clarks have reinvented their classic desert boot in a few new styles to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the design - but this Liberty print version is the killer...

... although I'm also liking very much these purple fringy ones....

salty

2009-09-29T19:36:00.001+01:00

chocolate + salt = the bizzzzzzz

FACT.

it's autumn....

2009-09-13T11:48:00.001+01:00

jumpers ON !

i ♡ louboutin

2009-09-11T18:40:00.009+01:00

the other day I spent over an hour in Louboutin prancing around in these, totally falling in LOVE::::

... and praying that my feet would magically grow bigger!

They've completely sold out of my size everywhere :(

... forever probably

never mind, I got these bad boys instead! ;P

toot toooot!

S H I N Y N E W W E B S I T E !

2009-09-04T15:08:00.004+01:00

the all new, sparkly, super-fresh-n-wild girlgang website is officially LIVE, woo hoo!

take a look around and let me know what you think :)

to celebrate the site launch, we're offering free shipping on all orders placed between now and midnight GMT on Sunday 6th September, so get in quick and shop 'til you POP!

just enter discount code: POP! at checkout

don’t forget to join the gang so you can leave comments and review products, and we can let you know about new super-amazing-exciting-dope-hot stuff and special offers!

big love pinklady x

top o the pops

2009-09-02T22:29:00.005+01:00

some new graphics for the new girlgang site::::::

check it out here!

I'm sooo proud of it :)

It's taken months of hard work and preparation - much like I imagine writing a book/having a baby/stalking someone might be like - but it's all been SO worth it!

N U T S

2009-09-01T16:40:00.007+01:00

whenever I feel a bit down or grumpy, I look at old sesame street animations on youtube and the next thing I know, I'm laughing my head off with happiness!!!

try it.

I love all the literal typography :)

"roootttaaate all abooouuuut"

see.

black and gold

2009-08-31T15:22:00.006+01:00

my carnival fun was confined to yesterday, as today I am mostly calligraphising these black and gold envelopes for a certain high fashion shoe brand's fashion week event...

... er, where's my invite, hmm???

la cage aux folles

2009-08-30T12:34:00.004+01:00

this little robin has been hanging out in my local sainsburys for 2 days!

No-one can catch it as he keeps flying off over the maze of aisles :(

I now regard the supermarket as a ruddy great birdcage...

leopard print bread

2009-08-29T10:39:00.004+01:00

continuing my obsession with all things leopard, into the kitchen... and my tummy!

tastes good :)

cool cats

2009-08-29T10:28:00.007+01:00

the other night I was strolling down hackney road with my friend stef when we happened upon this mysterious gang of cats:::::

so weird - 6 black and white cats just hanging out together?

Dogs do packs, but cats?...

... I'm suspicious... what are they up to?...

pretty city

2009-08-29T10:19:00.002+01:00

aaah, sarf london so pretty...

sunny sunday

2009-08-28T13:43:00.006+01:00

the start of my sundays::::

the end of my sundays::::

...I don't actually end up in church - just at the pub next door...

uh oh...

2009-08-28T13:39:00.001+01:00

pretty in pink though...

cassette graveyard

2009-08-27T13:45:00.007+01:00

I've got 2 drawers full of ancient tapes that I can't bring myself to chuck, despite being that most are 20+ years old, and stored next to a radiator, so have now taken on a charming warbling effect during playback...

I've also got all manner of nice big vintage tape players to listen to them on - the most impressively big being my 16 year old peugeot 106 - but the warbling thing is just plain fucking annoying!

So I just occasionally look at them and mourn all the music of my youth I can't be bothered to replace on mp3, sigh....

Until now!

Ok, so I'm supremely late on spotify - only just discovered it's greatnessssss :0

And I'm now randomly plucking tapes from the drawer and looking them up in a whirlwind frenzy!

... it's gonna take me years to listen to all this shit again...

...but the rush of memories you get is just too good!

First out was Mary J Blige, My Life:

.... But I now have this on repeat so will blatantly never get round to all the other tapes...

my fave track with a lauren hill remixxxx:

BANANAS!!!

2009-08-20T15:18:00.003+01:00

this is the best thing I ever did seeeeeeee.......

gwarn blondinette!

the original::::::

YESSSSSSSS!

2009-05-08T18:24:00.005+01:00

Rootling through a cigar box of ‘stuff’ on my desk, I just un-earthed my favourite nail polish of all time!

Thought I’d lost that shit!

Mmmm, water-shine juicy bubblegum, thanks maybelline – don’t think they make this one any more though L

So good job I’ve got half a bottle left, yip peee!

RIP SAMSUNG

2009-05-08T18:03:00.007+01:00

I recently succumbed to the lure of the iphone – I’m really glad as it’s super-fun and useful – however, there are a couple of fundamental things about my old Samsung that will be sorely missed:

1 – it’s pink, durr…

2 – it actually writes numbers out as you tap them in - with a fountain pen!

Scribble sound effects in effect too!

Sigh… that was pure joy to me…

Also, touch screen is fun and fantastic… until you realise how smeary it always looks, urgh

POP!

2009-05-08T17:31:00.007+01:00

So here I go – I’m going to use this blog to purge my over-stuffed tiny mind of all the imagery and nonsense it decides to hoard – it’s a big job...

It’ll be a welcome surprise if anyone out there is at all interested!

I’ll also be posting on the girlgang blog of course – but it’ll be nice to put up some of the other stuff /nonsense I do here :)