I found out about Kate Micucci through one of my favourite TV shows Scubs and this is one of her collaborations. Very Cute!
Life Drawing
My awesome sister put me on to these two sites for life drawing by pixelovely.com. One is for Humans the other for Animals. You choose what you would like to view (male/female, dog/cat etc) and then the length of time (30 seconds/5 mins/1 hour etc) and then it just cycles through photos for you to practice your sketching/painting/whatever. Cool hey?
I {heart} Group Love
Here's a clip of my latest favourite band - Group Love - performing 'Colours'. Their EP only has 6 songs but I love every one! Hope they tour Aus soon...
The things I've found recently
So, how do I begin to catch up on 6 months of blogging? Well I could post many many photos of my kitty-kats which I find hilarious but you may not (the Chrsitmas tree went up yesterday and now the game is apparently to remove as many ornaments as possible - they got 6 overnight but none broken). But, instead, here are some web-based things I've found that might interest you a little more:
-high school graduation speech that speaks out against schooling (amazingly articulate for a high school speech) and corresponding YouTube clip
-Nerd Boyfriend
-typography for your home via design*sponge
-Crumpled City Maps (Must get one of these next time I travel - how can you resist things that are made to be scrunched up and shoved in your bag?)
-Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar - This one kills two birds with one stone for me - my love of space and all things space related and the absence of an advent calendar in our house this year. Found a really cool one to make at design*sponge but went to a few crafty/sewing stores and no-one had little paper bags! How disappointing :( But I am loving these images :) (this one looks like a panther about to eat a star for me)
-COWL from thehouseofhemp Etsy store
-Wings for my shoes from smallfly Etsy store (don't care if they're meant for kids - I want them!!)
-Badge by kokorobee on Etsy
Whew! That list was long! More to come in the next little bit, hopefully my blogs will be more regular in the next few months. Merry Christmas!
-high school graduation speech that speaks out against schooling (amazingly articulate for a high school speech) and corresponding YouTube clip
-Nerd Boyfriend
-typography for your home via design*sponge
-Crumpled City Maps (Must get one of these next time I travel - how can you resist things that are made to be scrunched up and shoved in your bag?)
-Sugar Paper Stationery - can't resist anything nautical!
-COATT jewelry - Morse Code Necklaces (I really want one of these - the one below says 'dandy')
-KOOSTICK speakers - natural amplification - no batteries required!
-Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar - This one kills two birds with one stone for me - my love of space and all things space related and the absence of an advent calendar in our house this year. Found a really cool one to make at design*sponge but went to a few crafty/sewing stores and no-one had little paper bags! How disappointing :( But I am loving these images :) (this one looks like a panther about to eat a star for me)
-COWL from thehouseofhemp Etsy store
-Wings for my shoes from smallfly Etsy store (don't care if they're meant for kids - I want them!!)
-Badge by kokorobee on Etsy
also:
-COWL from SprattersandJayne Etsy store
-Leggings by cotylee on Etsy, and
-Beardcap (coveted by steve for many many months) by Birkiland
Whew! That list was long! More to come in the next little bit, hopefully my blogs will be more regular in the next few months. Merry Christmas!
Paris Vs New York
While looking for poster inspiration, I came across this lovely series called Paris vs New York. A self-described "friendly visual match between two cities", it seeks to compare not to compete.
Paris vs New York
Paris vs New York
Oh, it's been a while, hasn't it?
So it looks like it's almost been 6 months between blogs, how tardy of me! My second semester of studies proved much busier than I thought and just for the fun of it I took on some extra work as well. Now, however, the academic year is done and I am back! (at least till semester starts in March 2011 :)) I've been having problems viewing my blog at home but not anywhere else so I hope that I'm the only one having issues - it seems that sometimes when I go to the home page it brings up another company's website - oh dear, I've already hit panic stations but managed to calm myself and fire off a help email. Have also tried googling the problem but to no avail. Hopefully it will be sorted soon and I look forward to blogging heaps more this weekend!!
Science Tattoos
I've found a great gallery of Science-y tattoos, might even convince Steve to get one at the Loom.
Keep Calm Gallery
I love posters with words and am in the process of doing up a few of mine own to have printed and hang up at home but in the mean time here's a great gallery I found here.
Our Print Is On It's Way
So a little while back I featured some beautiful prints from Nan Lawson and I ended up ordering a custom print for our anni coming up in May and I got the final electronic versin yesterday! The hard copy should be in the post soon and I am soooo excited. Since I know Steve won't read my blog, here it is!
Astra Taylor on the Unschooled Life
I found this great lecture via Marvelous Kiddo about what it was like to be raised as an unschooler. I must admit I am totally fascinated by this idea if not convinced. The video is about an hour long and i listened to it while doing some of my Drawing projects for my course on the weekend and found it totally worth a listen, even if it's only for a little bit.
Phoenix/John Hughes mash up
So, saw Phoenix in Brisbane about a week ago it was soooo awesome. Gotta love whoever did this John Hughes Mash-up, the song totally sounds like his movies to me.
What I Wore Today ... In Drawings
Check out this awesome blog What I Wore Today ... In Drawings. It is such a novel idea. I'm also meant to be looking out for hand rendered drawings for the drawing subject of my graphic design course and this seems to fit the bill perfectly.
Sewing Weekender
So this weekend I will be sewing. I've already made two great jersey dresses this year (a black and a grey) but have other really simple projects that I've been thinking about that I just need to do soon before my course that started this week takes over all my sewing time. So this weekend I will make:
Yep, I wear a lot of black, what can I say. Also, it would be super neat if I could do just one square of my quilt. Just super.
- black linen pinafore
- black zipper skirt to replace one that I had bought and subsequently ripped and that I loved so much that I need another one ASAP
- black cotton easy dress
Yep, I wear a lot of black, what can I say. Also, it would be super neat if I could do just one square of my quilt. Just super.
Finders Keepers Market
I loved this market when I went last year so am very keen to go again this year. Here are the Brisbane Dates:
Brisbane held at The Old Museum:
Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th June
Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th November
Finders Keepers site is here.
Brisbane held at The Old Museum:
Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th June
Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th November
Finders Keepers site is here.
Warby Parker Glasses
I would really love a pair of Warby Parker Glasses, so many to choose from!
Mallory
Duckworth
and my favourite, Sinclair.
N.E.E.T Magazine - Issue 18
Nan Lawson Portrait
Ooh I would so like to get one of these customs Portraits done! Maybe I'll surprise Steve for our Anni in May. (it would have to include our kippies I think) Check out Nan Lawson's etsy shop.
Excuses by The Morning Benders
Yours Truly Presents: The Morning Benders "Excuses" from Yours Truly on Vimeo.
Check out this super sweet live version of Excuses by The Morning Benders. Love the orchestration.
Vampire Weekend
So luckily I managed to nab some Vampire Weekend tickets for there May concert, I'm so excited. Here's there latest filmclip - Giving Up The Gun.
Things I love
The Design Files - check out this great Melbourne home!
I really want to see 'An Education' check out this blog about it.
UPPERCASE magazine
The Fitzroy Markets - yeah I'll be in town when they are on!
all of this movie is done with cgi - totally amazing.
and... Melbourne Tram cushions!
I really want to see 'An Education' check out this blog about it.
UPPERCASE magazine
The Fitzroy Markets - yeah I'll be in town when they are on!
all of this movie is done with cgi - totally amazing.
and... Melbourne Tram cushions!
Stay
So, I'm a big fan of the 90s. I love the nostalgia, I love the movies and the music and the tav and the clothes. Not saying I particularly want to re-live it but there are many fun memories for me. So When I hear about this 90s music collaboration over at Black Eiffel I couldn't resist. Muse Music recording studio is doing a 'Reliving the 90s' series by local artists and the two I've seen so far are so great! Check out 'Stay' below performed by Katie Brandeburg (originally by Lisa Loeb) is so so awesome! Subscribe to the YouTube here.
P.S. I checked out Katie Brandeburg's myspace (link above) and here version of 'Merry Christmas is def. worth a look!
P.S. I checked out Katie Brandeburg's myspace (link above) and here version of 'Merry Christmas is def. worth a look!
Wiksten-made
Wiksten-made has posted about this wonderful knitted hat and scarf set that I want to make so badly. I can knit, it's more that it takes me a million hours to do a tiny square. I tried to set it up so my knitting bag would be in the lounge so I would knit every time I watch TV but I ended up just watching TV. Maybe I should give it another go. I am so excited for winter, rouging up in warm wools but realistically it is still Feb in Brisbane and It will be hot and humid for another couple of months. I can't even bring myself to put on a pair of jeans. Maybe this will give me time to knit, before it gets cold??
Wiksten-made post here.
Wiksten-made post here.
Emily Henson shares her home
Found this great post about Emily Henson's home over at Design Sponge. I love her colour use and she is so brave painting her floorboards white! It does look great though, I hate our beige carpet, it makes everything look, well, beige. I think that I want to change the carpet, but probably not in the next year. I think a dark grey maybe, like my mum's place. I do love the grey and hate the beige.
Donna Wilson Furnishing Goodness
Ooh, cushions. I love the raining cushions, my favorite kind of weather! Check out Donna Wilson here.
Mumford and Sons
So today is Laneway, yeah! But the storm clouds are creeping in and I'm worried it will rain too much to be enjoyed. Congrats to Mumford and Sons for getting 'Little Lion Man' at #1 in triple j's hottest 100 for 2009. Can't wait to see them in about, 2 hours?!
Bookbook for Macbook
Aren't these the most awesome Macbook/laptop covers ever? Made by twelvesouth, each one is unique and I so want one. Definitely putting that on my wish list. Find it here via the frankie blog.
Charlotte Gainsbourg - new music
Charlotte Gainsbourg has a new album out called IRM which I'm finding to be pleasantly wonderful. Listen to excepts at her website here.
Florence and the Machine
I'm so looking forward to Florence and the Machine at St Jerome's Laneway Festival in Braibne on Friday. Here's Cosmic Love, one of my favs.
More book jacket awesomeness
Check out this other post I found at Icoeye.
Isn't it just the coolest thing you've ever seen. They even supply the pdf to download to try for yourself. Now to organise my books by width.
Isn't it just the coolest thing you've ever seen. They even supply the pdf to download to try for yourself. Now to organise my books by width.
i love makool
Makool loves you is a boutique in Oregon which I'll probably never visit (living on the other side of the world) but thank goodness they do online orders. I'm a big fan of the gemaal (dress) and the melee (skirt).
Apartment Inspiration
Just fell in love with this post over at decor8 blog called 'Rooms of Blooms'. There is so much white in all the spaces which is something I would really like to achieve at our place, its just beige. I also appreciate the use of pink without an overwhelming sense of girlyness but I don't think Steve would agree somehow.
And I so want wallpaper, beautiful, beautiful wallpaper like this one at Signature Prints (Blueprints Collection) but somehow I think that horses fall into the girly basket as well, oh well.
And I so want wallpaper, beautiful, beautiful wallpaper like this one at Signature Prints (Blueprints Collection) but somehow I think that horses fall into the girly basket as well, oh well.
Quick Quilt Update
Found a very similar scrap log cabin at oh, fransson courtesy of 25 reasons. It looks good and doesn't require me having to go buy some more interfacing. We'll see which one I do, today's project is the easiest, cushions for the lounge.
Sewing in 2010
So I finally got around to the last of the unpacking/sorting/cleaning up bit from our move. This would be all my sewing stuff. Finished cleaning out all our files and archive boxes during the week and steve took quite a few piles to our local op shop and all that was left was my sewing. Well I got rid of the 2 packing boxes and actually found a home for everything in them as well as freeing up some cupboard room for the masses of music related items we have. More excitedly I have sorted out my immediate sewing goals for the year.
1. Finish the quilt I started last year. It's just a basic patchwork quilt top at the moment but even though I laid out everything before I started sewing it has finished looking a lot pinker than I wanted. Thought about unpicking it all and starting again (it is the size of a queen bed made up of ~12cm squares so, no), then thought about just getting rid of it (but it is a lot of fabric and some of it I really like). So I've decided to finish it but make it smaller by separating the quilt top into 2 bits making a top and a bottom as a sort of lap rug type thing. I still don't really like it.
2. Make a quilt I actually like and will use. Will be using this scrap log cabin pattern from melly and me, see their example below.
Apart from all the material scraps I have been saving for this project I also have these lovely fabrics to add. They've been in my material box now for too long without knowing what to do with them and now they have a purpose.
3. Make some cushions for our outdoor set bench seats. I already have this great heavy duty blue and white stripped canvas so I just need to pick up some foam for the inside.
4. More cushions, I'm getting sick of our lounge ones. I have this great anchor fabric which I really really love for one side and a red spotty fabric for the other. Sick of zips, I'm going to use these lovely red/translucent buttons as well.
5. My last one for the moment is to have another go at making a black dress similar to the one used at The Uniform Project (p.s. it's an awesome project). i have been watching this site from the get go and had a try at making the dress last year (but sleeveless for our Australian weather). It turned out OK but wasn't quite 'finished' right because I developed the pattern as I went along but now I have some more of this great black cotton/linen blend material I'm going to have another, proper crack at it. I saw on the website that the dress will be available to buy in the near future and think I'll try and nab myself one. The dress is reversible, buttons on one side and a pleat on the other.
6. I have this lovely cream & sequin material that I've been dying to make a bolero out of. No time like the present.
Here I go...
1. Finish the quilt I started last year. It's just a basic patchwork quilt top at the moment but even though I laid out everything before I started sewing it has finished looking a lot pinker than I wanted. Thought about unpicking it all and starting again (it is the size of a queen bed made up of ~12cm squares so, no), then thought about just getting rid of it (but it is a lot of fabric and some of it I really like). So I've decided to finish it but make it smaller by separating the quilt top into 2 bits making a top and a bottom as a sort of lap rug type thing. I still don't really like it.
2. Make a quilt I actually like and will use. Will be using this scrap log cabin pattern from melly and me, see their example below.
Apart from all the material scraps I have been saving for this project I also have these lovely fabrics to add. They've been in my material box now for too long without knowing what to do with them and now they have a purpose.
3. Make some cushions for our outdoor set bench seats. I already have this great heavy duty blue and white stripped canvas so I just need to pick up some foam for the inside.
4. More cushions, I'm getting sick of our lounge ones. I have this great anchor fabric which I really really love for one side and a red spotty fabric for the other. Sick of zips, I'm going to use these lovely red/translucent buttons as well.
5. My last one for the moment is to have another go at making a black dress similar to the one used at The Uniform Project (p.s. it's an awesome project). i have been watching this site from the get go and had a try at making the dress last year (but sleeveless for our Australian weather). It turned out OK but wasn't quite 'finished' right because I developed the pattern as I went along but now I have some more of this great black cotton/linen blend material I'm going to have another, proper crack at it. I saw on the website that the dress will be available to buy in the near future and think I'll try and nab myself one. The dress is reversible, buttons on one side and a pleat on the other.
6. I have this lovely cream & sequin material that I've been dying to make a bolero out of. No time like the present.
Here I go...
Word Tattoo
I'm always umping and ahing about my next tattoo and have considered getting words done but always struggle with the 'what'. Don't really know why I would get 'float' tattooed on my neck but I do love the lettering and I'm sure it would have meaning for the tattooee.
The Catorialist-yep you heard right!
Found this awesome blog over at for me, for you. This one is titled, 'On the Street....That Coat(!), Mexico City'. I know I love cats but maybe even a non-cat lover could still find this interesting. The Catorialist is here.
Nelson Molloy
I love Nelson Molloy, so I went shopping today and managed to nab myself a Nelson Molloy Messenger Wrap for a real steal, I was very happy. The one I bought is Black, it has roses which are a light brown/grey and the mesh is silver/grey. I love these dresses/skirts so much, they are so versatile!
I {heart} tea
How much do I want these tea bags from Yanko Designs. I wonder if they ship to Oz...
via The Morale Agency.
Tattoo
From we heart it. Would love to add to my collection of tattoos but think I'll be waiting awhile just yet. Thinking of getting a sailing ship.
Bridesmaids rock.
Photo via Erin Ever After. I never thought Bridesmaids could look so coherent when dressing so differently. I think the uniformity comes with the hems being about the same, toe shape and heel height being similar and obviously the bouquets. All in all, I'm really loving it.
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