Nesting time

I don't know whether its the time of year, but I've recently succumbed to the nesting bug. I've just started working for the vintagesecret website, and the lady who runs it has the most amazing collection of vintage crockery and tea sets that I've been eyeing up very enviously.In my hurry to find something to serve cupcakes on,  I also dropped one of my favourite plates the other night and as a result of all these things, I have been dreaming of teapots, sugar bowls and milk jugs.

Here are my top choices:

Bailey doesn't bark :

 Ants on your teacups never looked so cute

Esther Coombs:Who can resist a plate permanently bearing bourbons and custard creams?

Trixiedelicious : reworked vintage china including sets of the seven heavenly virtues and the seven deadly sins. Almost cool enough to bring back hanging your plates on the wall.Almost.

My Spring jewellery wishlist

• Stephanie Simek's gold lined quail egg necklace: perfect for Easter time, and a lot less fattening than the chocolate kind. See other beautiful jewellery by Stephanie, including eyelash necklaces, on her website
  
• Mamaslittlebabies- one of my favourite Etsy finds, this seller's butterfly necklace is beautiful; check out the Etsy store for quirkier treats like tattooed men and women circus pendants.
  
• Bjorg jewellery- all Alice in Wonderland and Tim Burton-esque stuff, see their gorgeous promotional mini-film at their site: www.bjorgjewellery.com
  
• OctopusMe- another Etsy gem, I LOVE these slightly creepy tentacular delights
  
• Erin Wasson's jewellery line Low Luv is unbelievably cool but also unbelievably expensive-rather than fork out over $1000 for one of her chain halter necklaces, bag one for a lot less at Blisslau.
  
• Buddug- gorgeous trinketty pieces made from tiny teacups, vintage photos, feathers and other lovely stuff.
  
• Comfort Station- loving the website
  

Hot Bunnies..

Cadbury's Caramel bunny has returned just in time for Easter, oozing more sweet sex appeal than ever. She's apparently now curvier and wears more make up-she is getting on a bit I suppose. Wonder if they'll be bringing back the sexy fruit and nut bar lady that used to sing into the bloke's pencil.

Some other hot bunnies:

1. Jessica Rabbit- obviously not a real rabbit, but married to one.
   
2. The Duracell Bunny- he just keeps on going. Exactly what you need in a ma.., er I mean rabbit.
   
3. The 'Rabbit'- I won't go into this, but obviously its the one thats generally used with bunny no 2.
   

Cushions and blankets I LOVE ..

Love blanket: from www.RockettStGeorge.co.uk
Love Scrabble cushions: 'Pillowhappy' on www.etsy.com  just type ' LOVE cushion' into the Etsy search tool and you'll get a whole list of amazing handmade pillows- buy from sellers or get inspiration for your own projects

Books are the new Music

Music festivals are so last year; Literary festivals are the new cool. Choose from:

• 24th-26th July: Port Eliot Literature Festival- described as the Glastonbury of book fests, this is one of the oldest and the best.Camping in the grounds of a Cornish castle, with amazing acts and guests including Gavin Turk's House of Fairytales (whether his own festival will come off this year, who knows-last year it was cancelled at the last minute, check here for updates: www.houseoffairytales.org)
  
• 21st-31st May: Hay Literature festival: sponsored by The Guardian, this has become the Daddy of literary events, launching the festival season
  
• 7th-25th March: London Word Festival- happening now, right here in London town!
  
• 29th March-5th April: The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival- great speakers including Philip Pullman who'll be talking about the new Dark Materials book...
  

5 style icons who prove the Hoody-haters wrong

Hoodies are not just for the broken homed,underprivileged, knife-wielding youth of today-no! There is a rich heritage of hoody wearing amongst perfectly respectable do-gooders!

• Princess Leia-she is definitely a good girl.
  
• The Jedi knights- they are definitely good guys.
  
• Kylie in that video- you know the one where she wears the white hooded slitty thing.Its good.
  
• Donnie Darko- All dark and brooding, Donnie has all the attractiveness of a bad boy, but wait!He's good!What more could you want?
  
• The woman in the Scottish widow ad-she's a widow, she can't be bad.

Good magazines that you probably haven't heard of

Bored of Vogue?Here are some great lesser-known reads:

• Amelia's magazine-sadly the current edition is the last one in print, but the website will keep running.  www.ameliasmagazine.com
  
• Lula- www.lulamag.com
  
• War- www.warmagazine.com
  
• Chew- www.chewthemagazine.com
  
• Let them eat cake- www.cakeit.net
  
• V - www.vmagazine.com
• Wonderland- www.wonderlandmagazine.com

My favourite TV shows

• The Wire-simply the best written TV show ever.FACT.
  
• The West Wing- though not so much in demand now we have a real life democrat president
  
• Carnivale (pictured, bottom)-great HBO series with best intro sequence ever.
  
• Firefly- series behind the film Serenity from Joss(Buffy)Wheelan
  
• Arrested Development
  
• Flight of the Conchords
  
• Battlestar Galactica- cylons are machines who rebel and try to wipe us out- and then they evolve to look like people-oh nos!
  
• The Thick of it- only British series on here, jeesh.
  
• Deadwood-(pictured, top)Lovejoy plays a dirty, mean old SOB in the town with no laws.
  
• 6 feet under- death and stuff, dark as hell but bloody good.