@pomplamoose - Always in the Season (Give a Goat)

Just a quick post to let you all know about @pomplamoose who make some wonderful music, including this beutiful Christmas song. Thanks to @PurpleSteve (my boyfriend) for coming across them ☺The message at the end of the video is especially wonderful! Give a goat (or duck) this Christmas...

Their music is available on itunes and you also can find Pomplamoose on Youtube, Myspace and of course Twitter.

Always in the Season, by Pomplamoose

mistle toe and silver snow,
and ivy growing on the walls,
i wish i could erase these dreams, i do.

but all my days are running by
in shopping malls with endless lines
i don't know how i got here, do you?

somewhere between the catalogs
of what to get for him
somewhere amidst the china dolls
my vision starts to spin

'cause i thought christmas was supposed to be
more than lighting up the christmas tree
more than filling up our socks with toys
more than all of this tremendous noise

so all i really mean to say
is let's not throw this time away
i'd rather just sip chocolate with you

and if you'd like to treat me nice
don't wait for snow don't wait for ice
i'm always in the season, are you?

somewhere on santa's list
my name's been crossed off with a slash
somewhere i'm gonna find a better way
to spend my cash

'cause i thought christmas was supposed to be
more than lighting up the christmas tree
more than filling up our socks with toys
more than all of this tremendous noise

i'm always in the season, are you?



<3

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - like you've never seen her before...

I was very excited to read on Camille Rose Garcia's website that she was working on illustrating the classic Lewis Carol's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

And here is the cover! Wow, I'm looking forward to this book so much that I've pre-ordered it from Amazon.co.uk already.

If you've never heard of Camille Rose Garcia and you are as impressed with the cover as I am, it's a safe bet that you will love this book.

It's due out Feb 2010.

a Narnia of Notebooks - my collection

This is the majority of my notebook collection (not including all my sketchbooks, mini notebooks and others misplaced around the house)
The box in the foreground is about 6" deep and is filled with notebooks of all sizes, including a couple I've bound myself.

I'm not majorly picky about where I get my notebooks from, I love my Ciak and Rhodia as much as I love some of my Tesco brand notebooks that cost as little as £1.50.
Lately I've been inclined to match my notebooks, I have one turquoise sketchbook and one lined turquoise notebook, it pleases me that I can use them both in sync.

I love the notebooks and journals made by/for WH Smiths (I'm in the UK) They tend to be pretty good quality and come in some lovely patterns and styles. My favourite range recently is the Globetrotters range: black pinstripe fabric, brown leather, tan leather and they even have refillable journals.

Another thing I like to do with my journals/notebooks/sketchbooks is take a rather plain black one and cover it in fur fabric (in the photo above, the green box, you can just see the edge of my pink and black zebra stripe journal)


If you'd like to see some more photos you can visit my previous blog post notebook collection +part1+ and I'll hopefully have some more photos to use in +part2+

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Details of Pens for Sale via eBay o.0

Set of 10 Zebra RE-USE Markers from Japan, double ended with one chisel tip and one bullet tip, water based.

re-usable with RWY-3A / RWY-3B refills

Colours are: Black, Blue, Light Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, Orange, Red, Purple and Brown.

Listed as used because I tested one or two of them, but they have hardly been used so are like new.

Set of 12 Uni paint markers, medium-fine bullet point, oil based, opaque and marks on anything!

Colours are: White, Black, Brown, Blue, Green, Purple, Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Silver and Gold.

Listed as used because I've used the white and the purple, but they have hardly been used and both are still in great condition with plenty of use left.

Set of 10 Zebra Sarasa stick Gel pens, 0.3 point, brand new (bought from Japan via ebay)

Colours are: Black, Blue/Black, Blue, Purple, Turquoise, Green, Light Green, Orange, Pink and Red.

Set of 2 Pilot FriXion erasable rollerball pens in Orange and Red. Brand new. 0.5 point.

Set of 7 Pentel Hybrid Luminous SWEET gel grip pens from Japan, pigment ink formula, waterproof and fade resistance.

Colours are: Yellow, Orange, Green, Pink, Blue, Purple and White.

Listed as used because I've used the pink and purple, but they both have plenty of use left in them. The other colours are new.

Set of 5 Letraset Promarker pens in grey tones, twin-tip, alcohol based.

I've used two of the pens for one small sketch but they are otherwise un-used.

Set of 20 Staedtler Triplus fineliners, 0.3mm point, dry safe.

Mixed colours as shown in picture.

Listed as used because I've tested the pink, light blue and the light grey, but they have hardly been used, only the light grey didn't work quite so well as the other two.

Set of 8 Uni-Ball SIGNO gel pens, 0.7 point, brand new.

Colours are: Pink, Red, Orange, Green, Light Blue, Blue, Violet and Black.

Set of 4 BENCH fineliners, fine point (neither the packet or pen says what the nib size is exactly) Very stylish looking pens, come in a zip pouch with the Bench logo on it, the pouch also has a rubber charm dangling from it.

Colours are: Blue, Green, Red and Black.

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See my eBay page for bid on/buy now prices.

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p.s. sorry for all the sales info to those of you who want to see more art, I promise there's some coming soon. Money is a bit of a stress, so things need to get sorted out.

Much love.

Sarah.

Pens, pens, pens for sale!!

Due to it being so close to Christmas and because I'm so low in cash, I've decided to downsize my pen collection.

I'm selling pen sets, paint markers, gel pens, fineliners etc.....by brands such as Uni, Pentel, Letraset, Staedtler, Zebra.... and will be uploading more either tonight or tomorow. (Sarasa Stick gel pens, two Pilot FriXion pens, set of 4 retractable Sharpies and another set)

Most of the sets have been listed as 'used' because I've tested one or two pens out of each pack.

If your interested and bid/buy let me know before you pay that you read my blog and I'll give you a £1 discount!!

and I will ship internationally just send me a message before buying/bidding and I'll let you know what postage will be.

You can view the pens here.

absence +1

Sorry for the lack of updates, I was ill for a couple of weeks and just lacking the drive to do anything. But I did recieve some pens while I was ill and am excited to be able to finally use them. I got a set of Zebra watersoluable pens, I haven't used soluable pens since I was in college so this is very exciting. I also got some mini fountain pens in various colours which are just a joy to write with. Well I must go for now but I hope to be updating more frequently from now on. <3