Papernation » bristol http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:17:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Bristol – an Instagram(ed) perspective http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog/2011/05/04/bristol-an-instagramed-perspective/ http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog/2011/05/04/bristol-an-instagramed-perspective/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 15:48:04 +0000 admin http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog/?p=1495 Bristol is so photogenic, I love taking photos around the city of the different buildings, art, food and anything else that takes my fancy. Here is my small selection of photos I want to share with you. And if you’ve never visited Bristol, I certainly hope it inspires you to visit!

Colston Street Buildings – I never noticed these colourful buildings until I stood outside Snap gallery and looked down at them. So pretty.

Painting by Mike Ogden in Westbury Park

Wills Memorial Building – always surprises me how grand it is whenever I walk in there.

The Downs on a sunny Sunday morning.

Redland Church, which I believe is now functioning as flats

The Harbourside – we were sitting just outside the Arnolfini for this photo.

Colourful houses on Gloucester Road – there is no shortage of colourful houses in Bristol!

Strawberry & Rhubarb Cake from the Boulangerie – I urge you to try this cake, it’s possibly the best I’ve ever tasted!

Street Art just off the Gloucester Road – if anyone knows the artist let me know in the comments!

]]> http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog/2011/05/04/bristol-an-instagramed-perspective/feed/ 1 Friday Link Love – Cats, Instagram & Giant Pencils http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog/2011/04/15/friday-link-love-cats-instagram-giant-pencils/ http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog/2011/04/15/friday-link-love-cats-instagram-giant-pencils/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:26:00 +0000 admin http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog/?p=1441 It’s that time of the week again! Friday is upon us, and here are some of the cool things we’ve found on the internet over the last couple of weeks that we thought you might enjoy.

Art in the Landscape in Finland

  • In case you missed our Twitter update, Cavallini & Co have some new magnets, which are now on our site.
  • If you’re in Bristol, head to the Colston Hall for the Made in Bristol event, which is free :)

And now to end here’s a couple of really cool videos:

This must have taken ages!

And finally check out this amazing paper cut video from the talented Wye Oak:

Wye Oak – Fish from Merge Records on Vimeo.

Have a great weekend everyone!  And good luck to those running the London Marathon on Sunday :)

]]> http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog/2011/04/15/friday-link-love-cats-instagram-giant-pencils/feed/ 0 Hello! Allow me to introduce myself… http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog/2011/03/03/hello-allow-me-to-introduce-myself/ http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog/2011/03/03/hello-allow-me-to-introduce-myself/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:11:57 +0000 admin http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog/?p=1212

Hello!  My name is Sofia and have just started here at the lovely Papernation.  I shall be your resident tweeter, facebooker, blogger and thought it would be nice to introduce myself to you all :)

Some things you might like to know about me:

I have been working in social media for a couple of years now, but actually did my degree in languages…

I’m originally from Chester but have lived in Bristol for the last 8 years.  I came to Uni here and never really felt like leaving! Bristol is like home now.

I like cooking, crochet, the Internet (well, having a job in social media you would kind of expect that…) photography and trapeze/corde lisse (thank you Circomedia!).  Oh yes and of course, owls!  I love owls :)

My favourite place in Bristol would have to be the Gloucester Road – have lived around there most of the time I’ve lived here and in my opinion has the best mix of shops and people anywhere in Bristol.

I’ll be posting more blogs in the future – some about products, others about things in general that I’ve seen around the Internet and want to share, or even posts about Papernation’s life in Bristol.

Sofia x

]]> http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog/2011/03/03/hello-allow-me-to-introduce-myself/feed/ 2 Bristol not quite green enough… http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog/2009/02/24/bristol-not-quite-green-enough/ http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog/2009/02/24/bristol-not-quite-green-enough/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:51:26 +0000 Annette http://www.papernation.co.uk/blog/?p=23 Disappointment all round as Bristol (home of Papernation) misses out on the new 2010 European Green Capital Award, which went to Stockholm.  I guess it’s not such a surprise, given the shortlist included Oslo, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Freiburg and Copenhagen, all of which have a very long history of eco-awareness. You can physically taste how clean the air is in Stockholm, so they’re justified winners! 

I think it’s great though that Bristol got onto the shortlist at all, when faced with such pedigree competition.  2011′s winner of the award was also chosen yesterday – Hamburg.  But here’s to Bristol going all out to win in 2012!

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