Sunshine

Guten Tag!

Last week Jam and I went on a little mini break to Munich. We were there briefly in the Summer of 2008 when we were travelling around Europe and it's always been high up on our list of places we'd like to revisit and explore. Granted, it was a lot hotter that first time and the German's in the 'Englischer Garten' were all naked...
Despite our first day of traipsing around involving constant rain/snow and freezing temperatures, we had a really lovely time! It was funny to revisit places we remembered from travelling, particularly ones normal folk wouldn't set foot in..like the Jaeger Hostel Bar...
Sadly we failed entirely to find any good places to shop and spent all our monies on beer and food. We were trying for ages to find a huge vintage shop we remembered, the sort that was half full of lederhosen and dirndl's and half with actual decent vintage stuff. When we did finally stumble across it completely by accident it wasn't nearly as amazing as we remembered..I think it's quite hard to rival Brighton in the vintage stakes!
One of our favourite parts of the trip were the two modern art museums we visited on our second day, one had loads of Andy Warhol's Hammer and Sickle series which were pretty awesome. We're not really big Warhol fans or anything but as screen printers you have to be a little bit enthralled by the sheer scale of his work and the graphic shapes. 
Jam got to eat bratwursts during the day and was therefore very happy to dine at the most AMAZING veggie/vegan restaurant every eve. Yep, we went back to the same restaurant three times in a row! But it was just magical, selling beautiful dishes from India, China, Japan, Italy...you name it!
Ok, maybe everywhere but Germany! :D
The last day was the absolute greatest...FINALLY the sun shone and so we made the most of it by hanging out in the giant Englischer Garten, drinking giant beers and eating giant pretzels. We stumbled across the amazing river surfers (see below) there as well...absolutely mesmerising to watch!

Play your cards right

If you haven't seen them already this is our brand new shiny card collection! We think they're rather lovely, if we do say so ourselves! The 'My Mum's Lovely' card is already going down rather well on our NOTHS shop, just over 2 weeks now until Mum Day!


My Mum's Lovely card, Big Kiss card, YAY card, #appy Bday card all available in the hello DODO shop
We're off to Munich on Sunday for four days so expect to be inundated with pictures of sausages and lederhosen when we return! Ooh and don't forget it's still 15% off in our Etsy shop until 6pm tomorrow, use code GUTENTAG. Have a great weekend! :o)

Life lately...

put a bird on it

Where have the days gone?! I can't believe it's the last bit of February already! I had a lovely unexpected 5 days off over my Birthday last week which we crammed full of activities...a yummy meal out (Chilli Pickle Brighton is AMAZING), a day in London shopping and museuming, a (slightly messy) night out celebrating with friends and then a brief flying visit to Wales to meet my newborn baby niece Matilda!
We're both feeling a little jaded after such a whirlwind week! The 7 hour journey back from Wales didn't help either.. (I HATE YOU replacement bus service!) Luckily it's less than two weeks now until we pop to Munich for a little city break :o)
Whenever I go and visit my parents in Wales I love to watch the birds in the garden...you don't see these little beauties from our teeny top floor flat in Brighton, just great big noisy seagulls!

Bbrrrighton lately

Maker's Boutique - Brighton

Last weekend we took part in the Maker's Boutique at Brighton's Unitarian Church. 
It was a lovely day surrounded by lots of talented, friendly sellers all showcasing original hand crafted items. For any Brighton based people we would definitely recommend visiting. It's great to meet local makers, chat to them about their craft and get inspired...


We'll definitely be there again sometime as buyers and sellers during 2012 :o) 


click here for the 2012 markets dates



Mmmmm free coffee for all sellers... (bring your own mug) YAY :o)