Brick Lane Love

Seeing as my week living the Brick Lane lifestyle was taken up mainly by exhibitions, celebrations and special coffee and yummy bagels, there wasn't much time to check out the Sunday markets that were going on.

I really wish i could live around this area of London. The atmosphere is amazing, so laid back, welcoming and there's such a sense of community. That might make me sound like such a loser, but you just feel like you're a part of the something. I don't know, i'm just a sentimental fool!

Anyway, i couldn't wait to get back and explore all the little markets that were there. We made it a girly day out, did some shopping and had lunch. A very civilised affair indeed!

There were so many lovely stalls in the UpMarket, loads of pretty jewellery on offer, people making necklaces right before us as well as a great selection of vintage finds, although we did notice the same knitted jumper knocking around quite a few stalls... vintage? Who are you trying to kid!

I bought myself a nice little clock necklace, and decided to surprise the man with a handmade leather satchel he'd been eyeing up the week before!

I'll leave you with some photos from the day and my cravings to go back there!

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ReCap

Ok lets rewind back about 2 or three weeks.

I seems to be constantly making excuses for my lack of blogging and here's the latest... I've been busy going to / being in exhibitions in London, packing up my house at uni to move back home, getting a degree and enjoying the beautiful weather! I'd say that's a pretty good excuse.

Last time i blogged i mentioned my work and I were going to be at Graduate Fashion Week. Well that was all fine and dandy and apparently my portfolio was rather popular amongst the fashion crowd which is always good to hear. Anyway, to finish that week off, it was my final year exhibition in Brick Lane. We were part of the famous Free Range exhibition which is held at the Old Truman Brewery and it proved very successful. We had our private view on the Friday and were there till the Sunday evening.

Book 77 Creators! Naomi Brown & Rebecca Blanchard (myself!)

  It was so exciting to be part of an exhibition in London, and having never been in one before, it was a completely new experience for me. It was so nice to see everyone admiring the work and being so impressed with the outcome. Book 77 was there of course and was a hit, with someone very kindly offering some marketing opportunities for us which is very exciting indeed!

Also, the man had his final year photography exhibition running at the same time too, just down the road at The Rag Factory. Some of the work on show was so impressive and seeing as they had to curate, fund-raise and produce the whole show themselves, the result was amazing and so professional! The retouching wiz that he is, his final work put his skills into practice and ended up with a series of really interesting images that you really have to (without sounding too cheesy..) get up close and personal with!

This is the Man's work. "Imitation of Life".

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So...

Here is the result of the past few weeks

Invite to the Jigsaw Photography Exhibition at The Rag Factory

Complimentary Skinny Cow Hot Choc from GFW

Exclusive Kate Moss for Topshop Dresses and Business Cards

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Graduate Fashion Week

Hey lovely blogging folk!

I have been a complete and utter fool, and as a result of my miserable mood the other day i completely forgot to mention some exciting news!

Graduate Fashion Week! Now i won't blab on about what it is as i'm sure you're all aware of it by now, and if you're not then head over to their site for more info.

Anyway, what i wanted to say is that all my work that could have been selected to show there was! So this means that Book 77 Magazine (issues 1 & 2), my research folder, final portfolio and poster will all be at Earls Court for the work to cast their critical eyes on! I'm so excited and i'm totally going to sound like an egotistical fool here but i'm so proud of myself too. I'm also nominated to the Design and Media award too which is super exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time.

Ok, so today (tuesday) i had to get myself down to Earls Court for the Media and Design award. Now i'm not too sure what exactly this is, and my tutors weren't exactly what you'd call 'clued up' on the whole thing either but i knew the prize was £750 and a ticket for the Gala show. So anywho, i got there and pretty sharpish the judges had pounced on our UCA Rochester stand to scout out the entries from my uni. I had to explain the concept of Book 77, and the inspiration behind the content and art direction etc etc to a very nice lady and gentleman, who were very good at not giving away any hints of what they were thinking! But they seemed to like it. We find tomorrow who was shortlisted so fingers crossed hey!!

I'm back there tomorrow to work my shift on the stand promoting UCA too, so if you're in London pop in and see us and check out all the amazing work Britain's latest fashion graduates have on offer. And if the amazing work isn't enough to tempt you, Skinny Cow have a stand giving away free ice cream and hot chocolate sachets and you can get your nails painted too! MMM MMM

I'm going to have a proper look around all the stands tomorrow so i'll report back and have some pictures for you too. But for now, i'll leave you these quick snaps of my work on the stands.

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Todays Mood

Sia "Breathe Me" from phil tidy on Vimeo.

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Bloglovin'

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I gots me a BlogLovin' account...finally!
Going to be so much easier to keep up to date with countless number of blogs i insist on reading!

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Self Promotion

So here's a little bit of blatant self promotion for you all!

I finally made a little online portfolio for myself so future potential employers (hint hint*) can go have a gander at my work.

It's only on carbonmade until i get around to making myself my own proper website but it's nice and accessible so it suits me fine :)

So go check it out!

http://rebeccablanchard.carbonmade.com/

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