"Yesterday...

...when I was young, the taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue...

there are so many songs in me that won't be sung.

I feel the beetter taste of tears upon my tongue..."

So sang Charles Aznavour.

Not us though. We feel the bitter taste of beer mostly.

This picture was taken when hairstyles, makeup and clothes such as these were commonplace on young people - whereas now they are only sported by attention-seeking ladies of a certain age wishing to audience-participate at a tribute band night on a cruise.

We have moved on sartorially and are ever so chic these days.

Gotta love Charles though ...

Butterfly Cakes v Cupcakes

We have a problem with cupcakes.

Why all the icing? Bleeeagh.

We also have a niggling suspicion also that they are retrogressive and anti-feminist. A wholesome flapjack could never be accused of this for they uphold the spirit of the Greenham Common Women (look it up, young folks).

Having voiced this opinion one day in the shop an observant customer explained that cupcakes are indeed the bastard offspring of Kath Kidston. Which explains everything.

Time for a revival of the Butterfly Cake as seen here being served up in the garden by some cats who might be familiar if you know our work already.

Its not compulsory to use real butterflies - but they add a touch of sophistication we think.

This design will be appearing on our new china mugs in the Autumn. Pussy lovers take note.

Lush Designs SWANKY NEW website!

We at Lush Designs like to think of ourselves as exciting, elegant and MODERN.

To reflect this excitingness, elegance and modernity we have a new, improved website which we exhort you to click upon with gay abandon...

http://www.lushlampshades.co.uk/

Nutritious

Imagine yourself forking some sausages whilst smoke billows around you.

Well thats what we'll be doing if its nice this weekend.

To ameliorate the effects of charred meat we will be sporting our Lush Designs vegetable aprons.

AND - heres a tip - If the weather's hot we like be quite NUDE underneath our aprons and, providing one always faces frontward no-one is the wiser.

Porcine tray

Its tray and its got wild pigs on it.

Country-style.

Available from the Lush designs shop at 8 College Approach in Greenwich and very soon at www.lushlampshades.co.uk

GREEN

Here's that frolickin' stag lampshade again. Now available in that lovely kind of green that all right-thinking people ADORE .

Its a way of being green whilst doing absolutely nothing to save the planet.

However we also recommend that you look at http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/ and spend some money there.

Eminent visitor from overseas

Just an ordinary day at Lush Designs. The window looks most gay in shades of pink and green.

... look who's here! Why its our dear friend Soyang who is visiting from a faraway land. She's a Doctor of Philosophy and fearfully brainy

Look at her though. She's as daft as a brush.