The holy grail of nautical books....

On Saturday Dianne and I were lucky enough to attend a bloggers preview of the Caird Library at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. It was pretty awesome - we got taken upstairs to the store rooms. The amount of documents and books they have in unbelievable! The lovely people there got out some old artefacts for us to look at which were really interesting but the best part was really just getting to look at their extensive book collection. Dianne spent some time looking over a shelf of colour coordinated books on polar exploration while I drooled over a beautiful bound set of Captain Cook journals. They had a really good selection of books on my two Navy favourites - Cook and Nelson! I copied a few titles down to search for at a later date to add to my own collection.    

Check out Dianne's photos over on her blog! 

Ooh Dianne's new Scott tattoo makes a cheeky appearance in one of the photos below! 

Tattoo.

Just a quick post as I start work in 10 minutes!

Last weekend Dianne and I went to get tattooed at the awesome Gypsy Stables studio on Berwick Street in London. I got my thigh tattooed by Fidgit and then the next day Gary was kind enough to tattoo my hand for me!

Here are some lovely photos snapped by the wife. Tomorrow I'll post some of her getting tattooed! And then I'll probably do a London instagram photo round up!

Wonderhill Market

The lovely wife and I shared a table at Wonderhill Market last Saturday. It was a little quieter than we would've expected on the last weekend before Christmas but we had some amazing mulled apple from Borough market and met some lovely people. 


I also made a few pairs of earrings that will be making their way onto etsy sometime this week. 

Swiss Cottage Antiques

The wife was up for the weekend and the first place I took her was to Swiss Cottage Antiques. This massive antique warehouse just around the corner from my flat. Keep an eye on Dianne's blog for more photos soon as she was LOVING it. 
I made two purchases. This sweet 1953 Coronation mini tankard. I think I'm going to take it to the bars I frequent and insist upon having my cocktails in it!
I also had to buy the framed religious needlepoint. It has a label on the back from the company who framed it but no date. I'd say at the latest it's from the 70s. I just had to get it. I've hung it above my bed. No I'm not religious. I just have a really weird sense of humour! 

Giveaway winner...

I'm pleased to announce the giveaway winner is... Kimberly Wright!!!


Congrats Kim. Your prize is all packaged up and will be in the post tomorrow.


If you didn't win but would still like to treat yourself to some lovely jewellery don't forget that you can get 10% off anything in Dianne's etsy store dearohdeer.etsy.com with the exclusive code BONESOFF until September 3rd. 



Keep checking Dianne's blog too icefloe.blogspot.com she'll be launching her new lookbook and products on September 4th! Very exciting!!

Self.

By Dianne.

By Dianne.

I realised that I started this blog and never did a proper introduction post. So I thought I’d do one now!


Okay... where so I start... I’m Lauren. Lolo to some.

Things I enjoy daydreaming about; being a millionaire living on the French Riviera in the 20s, how amazing it would've been to be friends with Joan Vollmer - all writing, trips to Mexico and volcanos, gin and  benzedrine, hot summer nights in the 1940s American South.


I like; reading, writing, talking, photography, making magic in the darkroom, polaroids, being passionate about things, philosophy, explorers, Naval history, dancing, dancing barefoot, dancing on tables, sloe gin, cocktails, cheese, cats, music, bright lights, rainy streets, big city, big hair, travelling, live music, black, leather, American Apparel, politics, beaches, sun, bare legs, old films, Bette Davis, Tennessee Williams, tattoos, Ryan Adams, bluegrass, alt country music, Hunter S Thompson, large bodies of water, boats, tall trees, new ideas, new people, getting crafty, using my hands, making things. 


I am; always learning, trying to be a better person, trying to think more about the bigger picture.

Other places you can find me
http://twitter.com/#!/lolo_holmes
missholmes.etsy.com
http://www.facebook.com/lolo.holmes
http://www.facebook.com/Lolo-Holmes-Jewellery-Photography


Tell me more about youself! Do we have much in common?! Also leave me links to places where I can learn more about you. People are my thing.

Dear Oh Deer

This weekend I was in London visiting my friend Dianne - check out her blog, it's all kinds of amazing!
The main reason for my visit was to see Ryan Adams play at The Barbican on Monday - which was fantastic! But I went down on Saturday so we could hang out, drink gin and also have some productive photoshoot times. Di wanted to reshoot the jewellery that she makes as she's planning a big relaunch of her etsy store tomorrow.
On Sunday we went to the park and I shot Di wearing her earrings and some of my necklaces, she shot me wearing her necklaces and headbands. 
I think this is my favourite shot of Di, I'm enjoying the depth of field and her face!