It cost HOW MUCH...

...£400,000...someone's 'aving a larf!



That "thing" on the right cost £400,000 to design, by some highflying design firm - the man on the street could do better, and from the examples in the press, he has done...

Oh, and just to try and make things seem better...it comes in a choice of four different colours - wuppee, it don't think!

In the space of a couple of days around 40K folk have expressed their loathing of this logo by signing an on-line petition yet the Olympic 'bigwigs' have stated they are happy with it and are going to stick with it...they aren't the ones who are being expected to foot the bill whether they want to or not. That honour will fall to good old 'Joe-public'.

I work in what can only be described as the hub of 'Olympic ville 2012' - Stratford, East London. I joined with the rest of the folk to celebrate our success at winning the right to stage the Olympics. However...little can be seen of the promised Urban Regeneration and there is very little to be seen that could be said to resemble the super scale models and computer generated images that we were all encouraged to go and view...and it's only five years, and counting.

It would seem that the 'bigwigs' are of the opinion - it cost a lot so it must be good (doh!!!).

£400,000 - just think what better use that could have been put to...

Why did this have to be put out to a design company? Someone in todays paper suggested that a National school competition would have helped folk to feel more involved and even awarding prizes of Bronze (£30K), Silver (£40K) and Gold (£50K) to the three schools with the top three entries would have been cheaper.

Still, if nothing else, this logo has united the Nation in one thing - its dislike of that 'thing' above.

The Metro news paper challenged commuters to re-arrange the 'blocks' that make up the logo and come up with other images - imaginations have really gotten behind this and there have been some super 'fun' alternatives. If you are not lucky enough to travel in an area where the Metro is available you can view the pics on their website...metro.co.uk

I'm sure this is going to run for a while but how long will it be before someone holds up their hands and admits - they got it wrong...

I think I have...

..."Commuters elbow"!!!

No!...Don't you dare laugh...It's not funny (I can hear you sniggering)...IT HURTS!

The last couple of days my right elbow has been really painful and I can only put it down to the fact that when standing on a train I hold-on with my right hand and my elbow, wrist and shoulder regularly get jolted as a result of the drivers' superb driving skills...:o(

It also doesn't help that, being right-handed, this is the arm I use to operate my mouse and obviously write with (hurumf!!!).

I'm sure it is to do with the commuting...it couldn't possibly be anything to do with crafting, no way Jose, lol.

Still, if anyone thinks this is going to stop me attending the crop tomorrow...think again Batman...

Anyone remember...

...my New Year post and the pic that I used?

For those who missed it :o) here is a reminder...

Well, you are probably wondering where I'm going with this so I won't beat-around-the-bush. I have been having a bit of a knitting session again, trying to use up some of the yarn that just seems to multiply (funny that, my scrapbook stash has the same tendancies LOL) and I found a couple of balls of yarn that had the colour described as 'fire'.

I decided that the colour & yarn was just right for a scarf so made a start. It wasn't until I was some way into the knitting that things started to look a little familiar.

Spooky, or what...

A Handbagggggg...

ain't it sweet.

(this is the second attempt at this posting - lost it all trying to get rid of those darned gaps...grrrrrrrrrr. Can't save until the gaps are sorted otherwise they have to stay).

Yesterday was the June crop at Artbase and another great day for those who attended. However, typical of our great British weather, we were all stuck indoors on a day when the sun had decided to make a re-appearance.

The BoBunny kit was lovely to do (who thinks of things like a handbag shaped scrap album?) and there were plenty of bits left over so Emma had prepared a page as an idea for using up all the bits. There were some new faces and a few old ones that we hadn't seen for a while.

What is it about a group of women gathered together that causes the conversation to get a bit naughty...:o)...I won't go into detail here as you really had to be present to get the gist of the inuendo that was passing around the table (LOL).

We were all looking forward to being entertained in the afternoon as the grounds of Langtons Registry office are behind the hall and there was an advertised musical event. Unfortunately, the only place you could hear the music was in the 'Ladies'...a bit dis-concerting (no pun intended) when you are sitting there getting blasted by the strains of the "Can-Can".

So, another Sunday crop has been and gone and I am booked and all paid up, ready for the July crop. Emma is not letting on about the kit other than to say that it might involve stamping...

It might not be Wedgewood...

...but it is my own work!
Mum bought me these plaques some time ago but I just hadn't gotten around to doing anything with them (where have I heard that excuse before...lol). So I finally knuckled down and painted them.

Colonial blue, all over and then some 'dry-brushing' with white to add detail and depth. I have to say, I'm rather pleased with the results.

Now I just have to decide where they are going to hang...

A quick peek...

...at my LO using the page designed by Margaret (Artbase) for UKScrappers.

I just fell in love with the colours and it finally gave me the 'push' that I needed to make a start on a scrap album using my wedding photos (the original album is sooooooooooo boring...).

It will probably take forever to get this album done, lol, but at least I have one page ready to show next week at the crop which also happens to be my anniversary (not saying how many years :o) just suffice to say, it has taken a verrrrrrrrry long time to make a start on this).

Any more ideas Margaret as I still have a lot of pics to deal with...

I will up date...

...soon, promise :o)

In the meantime here's a pic of Robbie............