Snappy ceramics

I've probably mentioned before something about my love for old school cameras. There is something utterly reassuring about using a proper film camera, a piece of kit that is older than me and doesn't require batteries to make it work. The pictures can be so satisfying, the anticipation of waiting to finish and the develop the film intense and most of all, there's that delicious clunk when you take the shot.  They also look seriously cool, all lined up in a little collection. It's amazing how inventive camera designers have been in the past, creating bodies that look completely different from each other.

I love finding objects created by people who seem to share my delight in camera memorabilia as much as I do. Nancy and Andy of Circa Ceramics on Etsy seems to be just such a duo! This little Lomo Lubitel plate, for example, is completely awesome - you choose the colour, they make the plate, print the design, fire and ship it to you! All handmade and costing just under £20 at the current exchange rate, plus £13 shipping (£7 if you're buying more than one) it's a perfect addition to any camera lover's kitchen!

Not a fan of the Lubitel and more of a Leica fan? What about the little Leica plate in berry red? Or my personal favourite, the Starmite, seen below in dodger blue!

If you're less of a camera fan and more of an audiophile, you might appreciate the little mix tape plate in avocado, or any other colour you might care to choose.

If you're looking for a just a little present for someone, Circa have a sweet range of magnets which cost just over a fiver. Designs include a Hasselblad, a Spartus and a Kiev - no I'm not talking about a chicken kiev, obviously, that would be absurd. 

I originally wrote this post for About Your Dress Blog, you can still find it amongst heaps of other posts by me and two other talented ladies there if you'd like to go and have a peek.

Skaagen mugs

I just want to clarify something here - are we all in agreement that we love tea? Good (okay fine, coffee is allowed too if, like my friend Imogen, you think that tea is 'The Devil's drink'). There's a lot of pleasure to be taken from the simplicity of a nice cuppa. This is made even more comforting when you're supping from an aesthetically pleasing recepticle.

Very Nice Things is a shop which, unsurprisingly, (as I'm posting status updates about every three seconds) I found on Twitter. Run by Emma, it's full of...well, very nice things. She's on my Fantasy Rounders Team and because lovely possessions are her speciality, she assures me if the fantasy ever becomes reality, she's going to bring delightful deckchairs and pretty picnic baskets.

Anyway, back to tea. On the Very Nice Things website Emma's listed these pretty £6 Skagen mugs, which I just want with every inch of my being, except I live with two boys who have successfully broken two full sets of crystal glasses and if they chipped one of these mugs I'd actually have to kill them until they were dead. And I'm rather fond of them, so I don't really want that to happen. I'm just going to have to keep them in my bottom drawer for the Nommie Dream House...

I originally wrote this post for About Your Dress Blog, you can still find it amongst heaps of other posts by me and two other talented ladies there if you'd like to go and have a peek.