Hidden details from our Thai Engagement

These are some of the hidden details we missed on our elegant Thai Engagement morning.

 

Thank you Bridesmaid - here are some gifts for you

Cute Bridesmaid Keepsake Box - perfect as thank you gift, £12.25 from Bridal Tales.  Also available with matching Bridesmaid Thank You card, only £2.95.

Have you seen this?

Sushi - but not ordinary sushi

They are .......Glow in the Dark Sushi........

These are big hits across the Big Pond at the moment - in case you haven't heard, Glofish is a brand of genetically modified fish designed to glow in the dark.  These fluorescent fish are available for purchase in pet shops.  But I suppose peoplen have a different idea to just watch them swim about, so they decided to try them out in recipes.  And that’s how glow in the dark sushi was invented.

I bet it won't be long until these will be available in the UK!  If you've had a try then let me know if it tastes any different to normal sushi :-)

The GM glofish were originally invented not for home décor purposes, but for environmental reasons.  The fish were meant to glow when rivers become contaminated, thus acting as an indicator for pollutants.  But when the first fish that glowed constantly was perfected, it became the rage and was made accessible to the public.  Glofish are now available in five interesting colors – Electric Green, Starfire Red, Cosmic Blue, Sunburst Orange and Galactic Purple.

Aren't they the cutest?

I was thinking of baking something this weekend for the Mother's Day and needed some inspirations.  I came across these from Cutestfood site and can't wait to get in the kitchen.

 Alpaca donuts

ice cream cookies 

ice cream cookie pops

 

ice cream cone cupcakes

So the hardest task now is to choose which of of these gorgeous cakes to make.  How about you, what will you be making?!?!?!

Have you seen these?

I saw them recently and thought I must share....

Julian Hakes is an award winning architect turns shoes designer who recently launched his collection at London Fashion Week.

Aren't the weired and wonderful?  What do you think?  The only problem now is to choose which colour to pick!

 
Here’s Julian's journey to these stunning Mojito shoes:

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One late summer night in the studio I was thinking about the design of shoes in general.

I wondered why there was the need for a foot plate in shoes such as high heels.

When I look at a foot print on sand it is very clear to see that the main force goes to the heel and ball.

With a high heel providing the heel is supported, even by standing on a wooden block the foot naturally ‘spans’ the gap naturally, with bones and tendons.

The foot has its own inbuilt strength and support so why duplicate this. You would not have a jumper with rigid arms between elbow and wrist.

So this raised the question, if the design of a shoe was an evolution of the early sandal and how can new materials and design techniques provide new solution?

So I set to exploring this question in a similar way to how I would design a bridge, examining the forces and looking at the most simple, elegant yet poetic expression of the forces at play within the materials used.

With this approach I then set about wrapping my foot in tracing paper, then binding it up in masking tape and then drawings various geometries onto and over the form of my foot.

The next stage was rather dangerous as I had to cut the shape off my foot with a scalpel and not damage the pattern or my foot.

The design this produced is a single wrapped geometry which starts under the ball of the foot and then over the bridge, then sweeping down below the heel before then twisting back on itself to provide the support for the heel and ankle.

This form felt light and airy on the foot. So we called it the ‘Mojito’ as it was rather like a twist of lime skin.

The material choice is simple: The shoe is a laminate with Carbon fibre for the core which gives the shoe its spring and strength, leather on the foot side and rubber on the walking wearing side. 3 materials, each doing a specific job.

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