West Elm : Earlier This Year !

The trouble with missing weeks on the blog is falling behind with current shop reports ! These photo's were taken in the West Elm shop in Salt Lake City a few months ago, but the look is still very relevant, with lots of greys and geometrics that are also there for this autumn too !

Such well thought out design and so well priced too ! 

Music : Ylvis : The Fox (What Does The Fox Say) ? !

Okay it's been way too long !

It's been the year of the owl for ever, but this year is going to be the year of the fox ! Our friend Andrea in Ohio sent us this link to a really quirky video by Ylvis called The Fox.

Ylvis are from Norway, and have been talk show hosts for several years, the video has had over 70 million hits ! 

Enjoy ! 

Surtex Asia - August 25th - 27th 2013 !

Well we took the plunge and will be showing at SurtexAsia in Shanghai from August the 25th to the 27th ! The organisers have made a big effort to make the business experience in China as smooth as possible, so hopefully this will be the right time to be exhibiting in Shanghai, with Intertextile following on directly after SurtexAsia.

We will be in Booth Number 1 in the Kerry hotel.

Kings Of Leon : Tennents Belfast

In spite of the looming threat of rain it was obvious this was going to be packed ! We got there early and got ourselves positioned on the crowd barrier that circled the mosh pit at the front, so it was an excellent view and not too far away from the stage. This years fashion statements are the cut off jeans or hot pants and the multi patterned welly boots ! I am sure that was last years fashion statement too, though festival goers always dress in the hope of a sunny day, rather than the reality that it IS going to rain ! The billing only named Kings Of Leon and the Vaccines but the show kicked off with an Irish band called The Minutes. The least said about them the better, and they were followed by The Undertones, reformed without Feargal Sharkey but great entertainment none the less ! They packed 22 songs into about an hour including Teenage Kicks, Here Comes The Summer, Jimmy Jimmy, My Perfect Cousin, and got a lot of smiles with their Irish humour between songs. There was a lot of build up and expectation for the Vaccines, and they did play a very tight set but the sound was badly mixed, so despite all their energy and enthusiasm it came across as a bit flat. There were a few highlights and the crowd responded to two or three songs like If You Wanna, which is a real future classic.

Right from the off Kings Of Leon were stunning, this is the third time we have seen them now and this show feels like this is what they have been working towards over the years. The crowd knows most of the songs but the band still play each one like it's the first time. Even the new single Supersoaker had a lot of people singing, I am sure the new album due out next month is going to be a huge hit. It was great to see Caleb smiling, there were several moments in the set that the whole crowd were singing, and he was obviously enjoying those moments. You could see the rain coming down in the lights but no one seemed to notice, what's a little rain to a hardened Irish crowd ? It's difficult to get good photo's in conditions like these, but here are a few that came out okay :     

Tonight's the Night !

It's finally come round, Kings of Leon are playing in Belfast tonight ! Just heard that Northern Ireland are playing Russia at football this evening at Windsor Park a mile down the road, so we might have a little trouble parking. Oh and rain is forecast too, but we are used to that right, we won't let a little rain spoil our fun will we ?! The Kings have a new single out called Supersoaker :

The support band is The Vaccines, we have featured them on the blog in the past so hope they will be good live too ! 

Williamsburg Brooklyn !

New Yorkers have been hearing that Brooklyn is the up and coming area for the last ten years ! We thought it was about time to check it out, there are loads of restaurants and specialist independent retailers, and lots of wall art too ! Even though it was a cloudy day it was great fun exploring ! Here are some photo's :

We had a great lunch in here ! 

It would be great to spend some more time here on our next trip to New York ! 

Printsource July 2013 !

It's been rush rush rush lately what with travelling to see clients, and this year Printsource is in the middle of July ! We will be in Booth F7 again, here are a couple of flyers for the show :

You can see all the these images on the Print Pattern blog as well, along with a review of Oodles Of Doodles ! Print Pattern also has a big preview of the Paperchase Autumn Winter 2013 collection, go check it out !