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TTSS: a notebook on life.

  • Words to live by

  • Things I’m grateful for (this week)

    Having a relatively stress free Monday. Banana, honey, almond and pumpkin seed smoothies. Having an actual clown make me (and everyone else) smile on the tube journey home. Crawling into an electric blanket warmed bed. Lastly, this video. HILARIOUS.

  • Things I’m grateful for (from the weekend)

    Sipping really great coffee Finding the perfect polka dot dress Spending time at home Letting someone else own my beautiful vintage boots Being woken up by someone I care about   What are you grateful for?

  • Saturday at the BBC

    Yesterday Jess from Roamkix and I headed down to the Balham Bowls Club (sorry, not the television network!) for The Vintage Event. Since their first event in August, they’ve commandeered the upstairs of the pub too so we were sure to take a good nose around. The day was a little quieter than usual, though we still had a…

  • Today’s pick from TTSS’s private collection

      Vintage Wool Coat …available to buy at the Vintage Event, Balham TODAY!

  • What are you grateful for?

    At the risk of sounding like a biscuit short of a packet, I’ve been reading (and thinking) a lot about meditation and embracing a spiritual leader of late. Amongst the deluge of thoughts about this – including “This is exactly what my life is missing,” and intelligently, “What a load of tosh” – I still…

  • Today’s pick from Roamkix

    Navy Ditsy Floral Shift …available to buy this Saturday at the Vintage Event, Balham (or if you can’t wait, here!)

  • Today’s pick from TTSS’s private collection

    White Vintage Heels …available to buy this Saturday at the Vintage Event, Balham.

  • Today’s pick from Roamkix

    Daisy Print Floral Vintage Dress …available to buy this Saturday at the Vintage Event, Balham (or if you can’t wait, here!)      

  • Oh, Mr. Postman, today you really are my best friend…

  • Roamkix & TTSS at The Balham Vintage Event (this Saturday!)

    Incase you haven’t caught wind already, Tinker-Tailor-Soldier-Sailor will be teaming up with vintage experts Roamkix at The Balham Vintage Event this Saturday. Together we’ll be setting up our wares (including a gorgeous lemon yellow winter coat and many more one-of-a-kind finds) at Balham’s Bowling Club. We’ll be there from 12 – 6pm so come join…

  • Ibiza closing: two days, three clubs

    I’m just back from Ibiza (and thankfully, not in bits). I was out primarily for Cocoon closing at Amnesia, and as usual, was far from dissapointed – it was ace. But what about the rest? Here’s the trip’s highlights, low-lights, and all the bits in-between… We Love closing at Space, Sunday 24th September We got…

  • In the beginning there was batter…

    Then, there was mango honey pancakes.

  • Letters from the past #2 (13 years to the day)

  • A song of love

    Ever since I found myself singing this song to niece #1 (left looking after her for the first time…ummmm), there’s been something about it that’s stuck with me. I love it. Simple as that. x x x x Mister Sandman, bring me a dream Make him the cutest that I’ve ever seen Give him two…

  • Another time, another place

    Music has an incredible power to transport you. If you close your eyes, a track can (at the risk of sounding cliché and revealing my inner hippie) take you to another dimension. I’ve always been good at daydreaming, and this little piece of harmonic beauty so swiftly transports me into reverie. It’s there that I’m…

  • Tunes for Tuesday

    Ahhhhh the long bank holiday weekend, filled with glorious sunshine-doused outdoor fun. Well, we can but dream, huh? The reality was that the weekend was a bit of a wash-out – at least when it came to the weather. However, the 10th anniversary party of Secretsundaze on Saturday did a glorious job of lifting spirits,…

  • I Exist Because of You – Henrik Schwarz

    Maybe it’s a little premature, but I’m starting to get pretty excited about my closing party extravaganza in Ibiza next month. And, after watching Henrik Schwarz in action at the Roundhouse last night, I’ve spent the majority of the day getting reacquainted with his music. This little baby of a track has sunshine fun and…

  • An afternoon with Hokusai

    Always Marry An April Girl Praise the spells and bless the charms, I found April in my arms. April golden, April cloudy, gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy; April soft in flowered languor, April cold with sudden anger, Ever changing, ever true — I love April, I love you.  OGDEN NASH (1902 – 1971)

  • The Vintage Event at Balham Bowls Club

    As the sun shines and Londoners put the riots to the back of their minds, today was a day of celebration for all – at least in Balham, where the Vintage Event came to town. The event is organised by a mother and daughter duo and plotted itself up in the most perfect of locations;…

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