Daily Mail's Charlotte Kemp - Thanks!

So, I have just spent the last hour traipsing around every possible newspaper outlet in this corner of North Yorkshire trying desperately to find a hard copy of today's Daily Mail as the lovely Charlotte Kemp has written an article about Sew Iconic and ... well, it's not every day I get to be in a national newspaper is it?! So... here's the online version of the article... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2155503/Sew-superstar-wardrobe-Fancy-dressing-like-Marilyn-Audrey--breaking-bank-A-new-book-shows-.html 

I have to say the Charlotte has done a great job with the project and even if the end result is not necessarily the most professional of finishes, I am delighted to have inspired her to have a go and rediscover something about herself - making clothes is actually an absorbing, fascinating and very rewarding thing to do. Making them for someone else, I'd wager, is probably even more exciting. I love doing it and would happily spend every day engrossed in these projects.

So, one happy little bunny can settle down for a lovely bath with three copies of the article - so what that it's raining cats and dogs outside? So what that my dear husband of 32 years (who is referred to simply as my 'partner' in the article - a source of great amusement to him!) has had to drive at break-neck speed through five villages and a small town (Malton) to help me out, because I was too excited to actually drive? I only hope that the squeals of delight that accompanied my finding the article didn't completely deafen the poor chap who was innocently purchasing petrol at the petrol station - he'll get over it I think! Yay!

It's been a good day.

Radio interview with Hannah Murray

Hannah Murray

I've just got off the phone with the rather delightful Hannah Murray, from Talk Europe Radio who wanted to chat about Sew Iconic on her afternoon show about latest book releases. You can listen here... http://www.talkradioeurope.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=649&Itemid=117 
 and find the hour for Thursday 7th June 2012, between 14:00 and 15:00 - it starts about 15 minutes into the programme.

It is interesting talking to people about this book, because they all want to know how it came about, what gave me the idea in the first place and it strikes me that it is the spark of creativity that provides an endless source of fascination for people.

I firmly believe that everyone has that spark in them somewhere, and maybe even that's one of the main purposes in life - finding your own spark of creativity. Maybe that's why we're always intrigued by novelty and uniqueness, although some interpretations of this concept may be rather narrow.

I would like to think that we can look upon every day with new, fresh eyes, seeing innovation and originality at every corner and being open to the possibilities that abound, if only we take the time and make the effort to really *see* them. That's what a good day looks like for me!