New York, New York!

New York was unbelievably amazing, I enjoyed it sooo much more than I thought I would. I was actually quite upset to leave, 1 week was nowhere near enough and we're already talking about going back for a holiday (we were thinking of going in the winter so we can get a carriage round Central Park in the snow to match the ones we had in the sun:) )

As promised here are a few pics of all the touristy things we did for you -

Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge and Empire State (that's actually the view from our room!) are just a few of the places we went, didn't want to make you too jealous :)
 
I'm back now, no more getting sunburnt from the 43 degree sun and starting dissertation research. Anyone want to write 5000 words on how womens fashion changed between 1900 and 1950?

#New York #Empire State building #Statue of Liberty #Brooklyn Bridge #Chrysler building #Central Park #Dissertation

Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today...

Well I'm all handed in, phew, and now packed to head off to New York. I'm a little bit excited!
Had a bit of a fiasco when I was given the work I had to take to Surtex - turns out it wont fit in my suitcase unless I bend it which wouldn't be a good thing to do - so hopefully it'll be ok sticking out of my hand luggage.
I suppose I'll see you in a week, I'll take a photo of the Statue of Liberty for yous :)

#New York #Surtex #Statue of Liberty

New Stuff :)

I've been super busy today (which is like being normally busy but I was wearing a cape :) ), I had quite a bit to do today anyway for deadline on Monday but we had meetings all day which was rather annoying - but I still managed to get some stuff done. Here are some of the things I made from those feathers I was making earlier:

Ta Daaaaa, I do quite like them. They are (Left to Right) earrings, necklace, necklace, brooch, table top ornament.
I've still got a few more at College to do some stuff with and might make some more over the weekend (who needs sleep?) so there's something a bit less expensive than Azadi for people to buy. I showed the earrings to one of the girls in my house and she's already bagsied them for after I've handed in!

#feathers #earrings #necklace #brooch #embroidery #whats the use of wings

Alright, I give in...

I've been sewing more and more feathers - these are bigger ones to hang around my cage in the degree show - and I keep forgetting to photograph them but here are some I prepared earlier (I feel like I'm on Blue Peter lol)

And I've been shouted at for being mean and not showing you Azadi so here's a little preview...

:) I'm not spoiling the surprise by showing you the whole thing

Here's a pretty sunset to cheer you up...

#feathers #bird #cage #sunset #myna bird

Azadi

I finished iiiiiit! My cage is all sewn together and Azadi doesn't look like he's walked into a wall anymore, I'm so happy.
Now, I'm not going to show you a photo of it - you can see it on opening night when everyone else can see it :) but you can look at this feather I'm sewing instead:

#feather #sewing #bird #cage