Wednesday, 26 November 2008

Swelling with excitement!

This post is actually nothing to do with my jewellery, but it is dedicated to the lovely UK sellers that frequent the Etsy UK Chat community thread.

For those of you that have not been on this thread before, the main topic of conversation is, more often than not, Stephen Fry. As proud Brits, there is no one that we love more than this national treasure, and we have had numerous conversations about him and his regular tweets on Twitter. So when I got tickets to see him talk about his new America series at the V&A, my fellow etsians dared me to make a banner...

...so I did. And here's the proof!



Can you believe it?! Me and the man himself! Needless to say I was VERY embarrassed asking him to do me this favour, but it was really a once in a lifetime opportunity. Plus, I was DOUBLE dared, so it had to be done!

If you have ever watched Mr Fry on television or in a film and thought to yourself, 'Wow, Stephen Fry seems a rather nice chap!" you'd be absolutely right! Witty, self-deprecating and just a thoroughly decent bloke. It was a really brilliant night, and if you ever get the opportunity to hear him do a talk - take it!

I will actually blog about jewellery-related things soon. Promise.

Much love,

Frankie

x

18 comments:

  1. I like your courageous go-for-it spirit!
    (And of course, no self respecting person could ignore a double dare!)
    xo

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  2. omg! well done you! (I am of course a fellow-follower of the great man on twitter)

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  3. Have you tweeted this blog to him?

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  4. wow that is so freaking hilarious!! You should email this pic to Etsy!!

    Kate (paperleaf)

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  5. Oh my goodness, you totally did it! SO PROUD!!

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  6. What a thrill! I'm so impressed you had the nerve to do this. I sat next to Bonnie Raitt at a restaurant once, and my friends and I talked the whole time about whether to approach her or not. We didn't.

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  7. That's fantastic, I'd love to meet him too. Had he even heard of Etsy (never mind our little chat thread) though? :D

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  8. Well done pet! I'm proud of you - you've made my day after the treble dare I issued yesterday. Get you!

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  9. hahaha this is GREAT

    He looks utterly confused.

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  10. that's Brilliant! I wonder if he's noticed that he is twitter-stalked by all of us UK etsians :D

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  11. Love it!

    (could you get me Alan Bennett some time?)

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  12. swell..that is fabulous!!!

    I am jealous of you meeting him and love the preprepared sign!!!

    Ouissi x

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  13. OMG, you have guts! It was nice of him to pose for a photo with it though ^_^ Awww, I love him. I envy you!

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  14. OMG.... another Stephen Fry lover......!

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  15. Ahh! How great!
    Doesn't he look so tanned!

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