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Playing the Uke to a baby cousin. :: Videos & Music

A new video is up on my youtube channel (which is kimsmithhappy). It would be awesome if you could like/comment and subscribe as it all helps! 

Since going to Summer In The City 2014 as a stallholder, I've been super dooper inspired to make more videos. It can be such a brilliant community, and a great way to share content. I did take video/vlog about the entire convention, which I'm slowing uploading as I get round to editing (take a peek at the first day here), but in the meantime...

Here's a cute video of my cousin Will and his nearly-1-year-old son Sam listening to me playing some Uke. Will is a pretty awesome graphic designer and I'm sure you'll be hearing more about him as we team up on fun projects (we live close now!). P.S. Do you notice that smashingly orange jumper, the little babe is wearing? I made it! hehe. You might recognise it, actually, from instagram.


 kimxo

p.s. LOOK at that cute face!

That time I used Keek. :: Videos, Vlogs & My Life.

For a few months in 2012, I was experimenting with video apps. One of the ones I liked, but never really caught on was Keek. Here are 14 videos (each 36 seconds long) that I took of random snippets of my life. They are essentially 36 second vlogs. Enjoy. :] 

Mar 30, 2012 | My First Keek!!! How many granny squares? by kimsmithhappy on Keek.com

Mar 31, 2012 | Keek is my new favourite thing. by kimsmithhappy on Keek.com

Mar 31, 2012 | Pulling my hair out editinggg by kimsmithhappy on Keek.com

 

 

 

A Day with Heather. :: Talented Friends & Bristol.

I am so in love with Bristol these days, it's a little out of control, really. Something that makes it such a warm and inviting place for me, is the people that I know that live here or visit often. Two of those people: Heather and Jack. Jack's family have just build a Passive House in thier back yard essentially. It's a stark contrast to the very characterful house that now sits right next to this modern masterpiece. Heather is an artist who has a lot of skills including woodwork, and she helped add some beautiful touches to thier new house. Heather is building a website and needed some photos so of course I said I'd help out. It was mostly just a good excuse to hang out and eat hummous and catch up. We picked a beautiful sunny day and here are some of my favourite photos from the afternnon...
It's so magical to get a peek into someone else's home adventure. I'm feeling very unprepared to take photos of my own house and we've only been here for 4.5 months! ;] Oh well, I know it's a slow process, and of course if you're going to have your house photographed, you're going to have to do some 'dressing'. :] 

Kim xo

P.s. It feels really good to be blogging again. I have a confession to make: I've haven't been using my SLR as much as I used to. I haven't even been carrying it around with me most days! I am, however, using my phone to take snaps a lot... which is kind of where most people are going now, but I gotta admit it was NICE to shoot on a 'real' camera and sit and edit these. It made me miss taking everyday photos this way.

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Yoga in the afternoon. :: Wales & Photographs.

Last year in August, a group of my Bristol friends and I went to a little cottage tucked in the hills and valleys of Wales. The weekend we spent there was one of the most magical trips I've ever taken. It was so quiet, all you could hear was the wind and the sheep in nearby fields. Seeing as it was August, it rained quite a lot of the time, but I didn't mind- it just made the greens richer and brighter. Here are a few snapshots of my friends and I on the first afternoon. A group was cooking delish lunch while the rest of us relaxed and soaked in the countryside.More photos to come. Hope you enjoyed that little peek. Kimxo

P.s. I haven't been blogging much lately because I'm seriously sick! I pushed myself too hard for the the final deadline at college and am now paying the price! Good news is, it's all handed in and the final show (June 15-22nd) is going to be AMAZING.  

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Lucy's Birthday. :: Video & photographs.

It's tuesday, which means it's video day! I took a lot of dark, grainy footage from a birthday party on my friend's boat. They always play the best music when ever I'm visiting, and it's got such a cozy atmosphere. I edited the best shots together with a cute song Sam, Rowan and Josh improvised. I've got some more songs for a later date to share, but for now I wanted to share this special place with you.
See it on Youtube. Like & Subscribe for more!P.S. if you've been a follower of this blog/ my flickr for a long time, you might recognise some these faces from my Bristol days. I still consider them some of my closest friends even if we live in different cities now. :]

-Kimxo
p.p.s. Yaara took this photo of me, and it pretty much sums up how I feel when I'm on the boat. haha. Blissed out with friends and knitting. What could be better?

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Amy's yarn. :: Wool On The Wheel & Spinning.

This weeks Wool on the Wheel : This is a little skein I made up for my friend Amy's birthday/christmas. I had some left over fleece from another project, and they just looked like Amy's colours- so I went with it. It's plied with some grey machine thread & is chunkyish.She made a lovely stripeey circle scarf & used it! Isn't she beautiful? (below photo from Amy's blog.)

Love love love!

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Lomo on my phone. :: Photographs & My life.

I've got to admit, I've not been taking my film cameras out much this last year, but I still have such a huge obsession with Black and White and with Double exposures, and all the 'mistakes' that go along with film photography and Lomography.

I have been much better at making sure I snap a photo of something everyday due to my love of Instagram, though. There's a great app on the iPhone that is my favourite to use because the results feel much more 'organic'- you choose the 'film' and 'lens' beforehand and then you snap away- not knowing what the colours/effects will be until it's 'processed'. It's called ClassicToy. 

All the photos in this post were taken with a B&W 'film' and the Double Exposure 'lens' in that app. I took them during a couple road trips recently. I hope you like them as much as I do...Love, Kimxo

Summer holiday in Devon. :: Friends and Photographs.

When the days were longer and the evenings bright.
Late July, staying in a big Victorian house with friends. In a tiny little town next to the sea. In Devon. Spending the days walking, thrifting, photographing, painting ceramics, goofing around, and crocheting. Spending the evenings down by the estury and driving around the countryside.Such lovely, happy times. Beautiful Devon, I will be back soon. :] 
kimxo
p.s. some of these were taken by Jazz. We just shared all our photos so I forget which ones. hehe! 

...and forget all your troubles. :: Double-Exposure drawings.

Today is for visiting friends and relaxing and playing music and connecting with nature.
I did this drawing of Sam a few months ago. He was staying with me at the time and there were times when I would be knitting and he would be playing guitar and it was lovely and peaceful and we were both taking much needed 'time out' from the busy london life.

London is great, but sometimes I want to run away to the country and live on a farm. And not have to worry about city things. Today is a day for that, I hope. 
Love, Kimxo 

Weekly Craft Club. :: Friends and photographs.

Love this little snapshot from one of our weekly meetings in October. A casual group of us get together every week on a wednesday evening and do a bit of knitting or drawing or macrame or crochet or spinning... or anything that is remotely crafty. It's a brilliant excuse to hang out and there are a few girls who are avid knitters and it's great to catch up on thier projects. Sometimes we have it at my house, and sometimes we go down to my cousin's pub and chill out there. It's a highlight of my week. :]
kimxo