Inside All of Us is a Wild Thing

I am bubbling over with excitement about the new movie, Where the Wild Things Are...

What a delicious trailer, don't you think?  Utter gorgeousness for my eyes (breathtaking scenery...looks like Oregon but apparently it's Australia) and ears (I love love love Arcade Fire).  What could be better?

This movie has so much going for it.  Great story by Maurice Sendak, cute Jim Henson characters, directed by Spike Jonze, produced by Tom Hanks, soundtrack by Karen O with contributions from some Raconteurs members.  Frankly for me it is pure heaven on celluloid.

It releases in the UK on the 11th December.  I will be there with jingle bells on!

xoxo

Nine Simple Things

Inspired by the fantastic Brigitte Dale and her latest "20 Seconds for 20 Days" video blog, here's my 9 simple things that make me happy:

1. Seeing a rainbow
2. Waking up and realising it's Saturday
3. Toasted peanut butter bagels
4. Eyeliner
5. Finishing a book and starting a new one
6. My Doorbell by The White Stripes
7. Fairy lights
8. Shiny taps
9. Post-facemask skin

What 9 simple things make you happy?
xoxo

Tea is a Cup of Life

Having been totally enchanted like never before by Ukraine's Got Talent 2009 winner, Kseniya Simonova, and her beautiful sandart, I was really excited to see the three new Twinings Tea adverts.  My particular favourite being the Lady Grey ad.

But there's another for their Speciality teas...



And another for their English Breakfast tea...

I think they're just beautiful, and actually made from tea leaves, not sand in this instance.  However, imagine my surprise when I found out that these adverts were not by the hugely talented Kseniya, but by another sand artist (and perhaps the original!), Ilana Yahav.  Opening up a whole new world of sand art to my eyes via her Sand Fantasy website.

I think in these modern times of computer graphics, CGI and the like, it's just so refreshing to see such wonderful TV ads made by really talented artists using tangible materials, and all done in one take to boot!  Simply marvellous.

Now, all this talk of tea can only lead to one thing....  xoxo