i don't care for fancy things...

...oh but i do. Tabby and I hosted a little ladies tea party this Sunday with special guests - my old friend, Swifty, who runs a supper club (The Shed) from her sweet summerhouse in her back garden, and Katey, who is an amazingly talented illustrator I recently got to know in London through friends (watch this space...Katey has been kind enough to design something for one of my new projects...more to follow).
I just feel really lucky to have such creative, inspirational people who i can invite to tea...even if my heart almost exploded with the caffeine and sugar intake...

(artwork from katey jean illustration)

...and here, a song i like, that's it. and we did not talk about boys at all today....not at all. Hmm.

My Boys (Animal Collective cover 'My Girls') - Taken By Trees

She & Him swoonfest

...just listened to the Live Lounge session from She & Him on 6music yesterday where they performed a cute cover of Gonna Get Along Without You Now... listen to the show here

tonight i'm gleeful...

..in honour of my new favourite trash obsession, Glee, on which tonight the girls performed Halo...albeit a drug-fuelled fast tempo version..
yes, another cover (i do love a good cover) by yes, Florence & The Machine (she's good at them alright!)....but this is just lovely...

Halo (Beyonce cover) - Florence & The Machine

i know you've been waiting a long time for me...

...i'm a little lost for words on the voices and guitar in this song....it's just beautiful...


Hot Like Fire (Aaliyah cover) - The XX

and she's the moon...

...so who knew? Peter Gabriel's upcoming orchestral indie rock cover album Scratch My Back...worth a listen after this cover of Flume...yes yes, another Bon Iver cover...this one's for crying into your red wine on a dark night....only kidding....not really..

Flume (Bon Iver cover) - Peter Gabriel

these days everything seems to last only a while...

haven't listened to this in a while but it's such a beautiful beautiful song and an amazing cover...you don't see lyrics like this everyday...

‘cause when you’re in pieces, you pick up the bits, and nothing fits, and the wind blows you away

Flakes (Mystery Jets cover) - Florence & The Machine

when i look at you...

this might be the most beautiful song i've heard in a long time...what an amazing cover...

When You Sleep (My Bloody Valentine cover) - The Antlers

what might have been lost...

when i first heard Ellie Goulding I wasn't too sure on my opinion. But i can't deny that she covers one of my favourite Bon Iver songs, Wolves (Acts I & II), with a beautiful haunting quality....