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Jammin'. CHANNEL :: BA Illustration & Video.

There is a short 5 min video that shows Sam and Jack jamming on the boat- Sam lives there with another friend. It's a beautiful place, with a beautiful vibe. Originally this was meant to be 20 min long as well, but I lost a lot of photos/videos due to a harddisk failure. Luckily, I've still got this to share. [:STREAMING LIVE HERE at 17:45
(Not in London? See what time it is here.)

Natural Tie&Dye CHANNEL! :: BA Illustration & Video.

STREAMING LIVE HERE at 13:30
(Not in London? See what time it is here.) 

Spend 20 min with me today, and learn how to Tie & Dye your clothes the natural way- using dyes that can be found in nature & your kitchen!!
If you learn best by getting all the facts and having a friend explain it to you then the first 10 min is for you. I talk about loads of important things (like mordanting and making your own rubber bands and how not to achieve zombie hands!) in a vlog format.
If you learn best by just watching someone do it- then the last 10 is for you! A really pretty and detailed step-by-step video for the visual learners out there. All set to some beautiful music by Sam and Jack.STREAMING LIVE HERE at 13:30
(Not in London? See what time it is here.) 

This has been my baby for the last 3 months. Endless dye experiments and hours of planning and tests and sleepless nights of editing. I REALLY hope you enjoy it. It's silly and fun and hopefully you'll learn something new. [: I don't want to give too much away yet, you just gotta watch it! But besides leaving with a nice little bit of knowledge on Natural Dying, you'll also know 3 different techniques of tie dye! See you there!

Want to know more about Channel? Find all the info here.

Watch Channel!! 24 hours of T.V! :: BA Illustration.

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Our big day is tomorrow! The fun starts at 9am Thursday the 10th of May! If you're local, you can come get involved or watch online here. Below is the full Channel schedule:

As you can see- I'm on at 13:30! Make sure you tune in- Here's a little peek & I'll be posting some more sneaks right before I go live!If you're curious as to what it's about- I can say it's a D.I.Y. type show where I share how to do Tie-Dye the natural way! And it's sort of a mix of vlog and pretty visual explanations. I think you're really going to like it- It's affectionately named: Craft-Time with Kim. haha. MAKE SURE YOU TUNE IN!

There are loads of fun programs going on throughout the day. I'll be giving little shoutouts in real-time tomorrow, and of course Instagramming! Seriously, you don't want to miss this! Kimxo

Pick Me Up London. :: London & Illustration. & Photography

(18 photo stitch. Click to view larger.)

This is one of my first attempts at doing a Boken Panorama. Although, I obviously forgot to switch to manual instead of Av... see the lighter bits on his shirt. haha. This was taken at Pick Me Up, which is an annual big fair/exhibition held at Somerset House. Mario is standing in front of a wall of colleges made at the fair at a workshop. Mario is a Graphic Design student at Camberwell, and is also doing the Channel project at the moment.
I digress. I'm supposed to be talking about Pick Me Up. Right. Peep Show had a big thing there and the workshop we did was organised by them. A few kids from my class were there helping out so there were lots of friendly faces. Lots of good work. Lots of smiles. I also took some video but I'll post that at a later date. Here are some snaps from the day:(14 photo stitch. Click to view larger!)

And some that Mario took. We've both got the same camera- so there was lots of fun happening.
Yay! Thanks Mario for the pictures. [: And last but certainly not least:This beautiful drawing by Lizzy Stewart (Many Hands) that she drew at the show & now sits happily in my house. Good job Pick Me Up!

Knitting socks on a boat. :: Knitting & My life.

I've started a pair of socks that I'm going to try something a litle different with... It's a very simple shape (my tried and tested pattern), but the colourwork is going to be a bit like a story. This is just the start. I did about half of this rib on Sunday while I was visiting my friend's house.His house just happens to be a really cozy boat. Such a special, beautiful place full of love and peace. Jazz, Sam and I sat around the fire and drew and knitted and sang badly and told stories and acted like children and smiled and cuddled and filled our lungs with incense and fresh cold air. There were even a few boat cats that greeted us. As I was sitting by the candle light, and doing knit two, purl two, knit two, purl two... with the gentle sway of the freezing water, I felt completely at ease, completely relaxed. It's so good to be able to do a rib in the near-darkness and find out that you haven't messed it up. It was magical.We also ate chocolate and drank out of wooden goblets and wrote in his guestbook and ate vegan dinner and slept under a lot of duvets. My friends are the best. It was the perfect chilled sunday and I never wanted to leave. [:
kimxo 

Craft Club at 'old Brown. :: Knitting & London.

Every wednesday a few girls and I head down to my cousins pub  (which has a lot of red lights! haha) and have a drink and maybe some potato wedges and do a bit of knitting. It's a good chance to catch up and talk about projects and also gives me a chance to see my cousin (who is, actually my 2nd cousin and about 10 years older than me... but whose counting.. :] ). It's a really nice weekly ritual and keeps me on my knitting toes! We are all getting some yarn together to start a Jumper together! We've picked out a pattern and Emma has even done her tension square!All these photos were taken by Jazz, a regular member. There's no editing on these at all. It's really red! :] And that's Dan, my cous' in the last photo. We don't usually stay till 'last orders'! hehe. Imagine the state of our socks if we did. :]
If you're ever around Oval and are looking for a nice laid back pub with a bit of a vintage vibe- stop by The Brown Derby, it's a good'un.
Kimxo 

Snow with Jazz! :: London & My Life.

This weekend has been all about girly sleepovers and staying up late and drinking lots of tea! It snowed last night so we had to go out and play around a bit in it. [: These photos are taken around my neighbourhood. It's funny how the snow makes everything more beautiful- even if it's gone a bit slushy.Have you been having fun in the cold? I bet you've got loads more snow than we do. Happy snow days from South London! Kim & Jazz.

Instagram catchup! :: My Life

Hello blogland! I'm back again from my crazy deadline times. Here's some of the moments I captured on my phone while I was 'away':Finally being able to knit guilt free with new colours! And working hard at college on my book.Girl dates and craft club with Jazz. And the cutest kitty for company.We had our hand-on on monday and then this week we were sorting out the exhibition space, which needed a lot of work. It's looking good now. I also got to see a dear friend who had been studying abroad. And it's been snowing tonight!
I hope you've have a nice week. See you tomorrow for fun blog posts! kimxo 

That time we did Renegade... :: My life & Photos & Style.

Early mornings when Brick Lane was pretty empty. Spending all day in the Truman Brewery. Crafts everywhere! Smiles all the times and lots of hugs and sillyness. Renegade London 2011 was pretty awesome. I've shared a lot of photos of the event- but here are some silly ones of me and helper, miss Amy!If I do say so myself- we were a pretty good team!Hehe- I had some rules about dress code for anyone working at the ArtEqualsHappy booth- you had to wear something vintagey- florals prefered, and something yellow/brown. :] I love how much we matched- and Amy's outfits were super pretty!Such good memories! <3 Photos taken in Oct 2011.

Camberwell Christmas Markets! :: BA Illustration.

This year, at college I was lucky enough to be involved in Two christmas markets! One was in the afternoon, in the 3rd year Illustration studio and was organised by them. It was nice with the smell of mulled wine and chai, and paper chains all over the studio. The lovely lady who organised it was super sweet and they made me feel at home (even though I was a second year. haha). 

Then, at 4:30- it was off to Blackheath to participate in our year's market. It was our first fundraiser for our final show and went pretty well! A lot of the class had tables- some selling cakes or christmas cards or prints or cute badges, and some with vintage or homemade chutney! Yum! There was also cute workshops for kids! Blackheath is a sweet little town and we loved being there. My camera battery died earlier so most of these photos are from people on facebook (thank you!).Jazz and I had stalls next to eachother. Obviously. [:
I wore my festive elf hat, and had yummy Pecan Tarts.
Saara and Alice made delishious chutney. And Ali was rushing around organising everything. Amazing!
Jazz's table looked great! She's been doing a lot of lino-cut prints in her bedroom, and painting ceramics! Those christmas pudding cards are my favourite. [:
It was fun to hang out with my Uni buddies in a festive atmosphere. I had to get a photo of me and Ame, because we are good friends, but look totally different. haha! Love it! (Mods and Rockers? haha)And she's selling her christmas cards on Etsy! Some of them are Letterpressed (see below) and others are handmade. She's pretty clever.
Yay! Friends and Crafts and Merriment all in one place. It was a perfect (admittetly busy) day. kxo