denim and white cotton

I can't say I've ever been a big Kate Moss fan, but I just love this casual, sexy, natural look she has going on in this photo. 

Channelling simple beauty.

{ain't no hate}

top notch

Lazy girl's answer to lovely hair.

This shall be my do of today.

Goodnight. Good morning.

{i heart it}

poetic pose

Someone make me up like this, let me pose

and take a photograph.

Magazine page, optional.

{hearted here}

before the clock strikes twelve

One day I'll dress up as a fairytale princess... or maybe I'll become one. Hah... who knows?!

But if the time comes, could someone please snap a pic of me like this? Charming isn't it.

{Scarlett as Cinderella, hearted here}

swift, silky animation

Thought of You from Ryan J Woodward on Vimeo.

{found via the rockstar diaries}

dressed up tresses

I can't wait for my hair to be long again... so I can dress my tresses like so.

{image via le wedding party}

lashings

A new, beautiful obsession.

{playing on my heart}

oh nostalgia!

I found this image while perusing new blogs this morning. This is from a lovely blog called modern nostalgia. The name is self-explanatory really, and if your up for a little daydream or just want to float through a blog - then this is the one for you.

I particularly like this one as it reminds me of my Grandma, the gorgeous golf tycoon she was... and the days when I played golf. Yes, it's true. I even won a tournament.

Makes you go to vintage glam-up and hit the course doesn't it?

tartania

Just spreading a little more Ginger love with this rad new MAC Make-up current style look. Nothing screams red like this hairstyle, awesome tartan accessories and that red/fuschia hue lipstick. LOVE.

I need to be in England to rock this.

Keeping in mind for July.

Glastonbury, perhaps?

{mac.com}

the sign says: hawkers welcome

It's no secret that Gwen Stefani has been an idol of mine since my mid-teen years... and so my love of mohawks and quiffs hasn't wavered. Along with the rockn' roll appeal, Stefani's touch of glamour take the grungy/extreme style to a whole other level.

I thought I'd share some of my Gwen-Mohawk-Quiff love through various images sourced via weheartit and google images.

Be besotted.

Like Mama, like son.

Love? Falling? Now to channel and enhance those teasing and back-combing skills of mine...

Gotta keep that look hard n' fresh.

rock or roll

Channelling Gwen Stefani's funk and hairstyle glory for my Halloween event.

1940's Army pin-up girl, come rockn' rolla.

Thoughts? Suggestions? My hair is 'this' long (see below) - so I'm looking for 'do-able'...

where you'd rather

... drift away.

{link}

when i get married...

When I get married... {ah, perhaps a way off yet}, I'll have a beautiful dress - but not one so delicious as this!

A wedding cake dress.

At least your guests will be delighted. It could prove a little problematic... though what a gorgeous, novel, creative idea.

Smile.

age-old glamour

She was a icon by many definitions. Born a sweet redhead (read that again) until she exchanged those gorgeous locks for the high voltage plantinum blonde, as she transformed and became the starlet and vixen she was.

Ms Norma Jean aka Marilyn Monroe.

I just love the many gorgeous photographs taken of her - it's true, her life may have been like a 'candle in the wind', but her legend lingers on.

Tea and vodka anyone?

{image sourced via weheartit.com}

wwwwhhhhaaaaat?

Four hours sleep after a freelance job last night, and this nightowl if functioning surprisingly well. A spritely wake-up call from the lil sis (door flung open and blinding light switched on), and my day began.

Checked tights, a funky black dress, grey cardi, Burberry scarf, red nails, red patent ballet flats, a slick of mascara, rouge and Lady Danger (see fabulous lipstick below) - and I was dressed and ready to take on this rainy Brisbane day.

 Bummed that I couldn't wear my brand new Oxfords from Down The Rabbit Hole (sale on now!), due to the weather - I resorted to admired them all pristine in their box... and sourced this photo to ease the pain.

No, really. Marina and her Diamonds also helped vamp up my morning soundtrack with The Family Jewels, nibbling ever so nicely on my earphones. Doesn't make sense? See for yourself --

Pleeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase come to Brisbane!

Loving the fact that she was rocking my morning, I had wander through marinaandthediamonds.com and stumbled across this awesome image. I'm not sure who it's by, but I like it so much I wish to frame it in a polaroid-esque fashion and stick it on my fridge. A reminder worth putting some pep into your every day.

So apart from my faffing about - I have had a rather productive day, travelling the world via my 20" screen. But I have to admit - my mind has been elsewhere (apart from twitter).

Tomorrow night Boyfriend & I are going to a friends birthday dinner (Hip, Hip! Hooray!) at the Himalayan Cafe in New Farm... and the nights attire and necessary decisions have been plaguing me. WHAT AM I GOING TO WEAR??

I'm obviously thinking of Lady Danger... perhaps the Oxfords, and channelling the style of these two ladies -- Marina & Gwen.

 

 

Perhaps a bit of sexy messiness, with a daring edge? Oh, how I need new clothes!

I'm hoping to get some 120mm film for my DianaF+ to capture the evenings escapades, however depending on spare time tomorrow I may have to rely on my trusty (or not so) digital camera. Either way, I hope to have some great pics to share with you after the event.

And so I shall leave you with a giggle - this deadline's pushing.

Enjoy your weekend!

Happy Friday!!

X

p.s. here's a quote for the weekend, thanks to David Castro of DMTintheCity:

I ride a guitar wave

called Desire.

It takes me where it wants

 to go and leaves me

  asking

  where I've been...

Find something you're really passiionate about this weekend, and go at it like hell for leather.

miss m'selle

I was given this gorgeous Spencer & Rutherford tote Miss M'Selle Poison Apple for my birthday in February, from my lovely parents. My Mum loves Spencer & Rutherford... and I guess, so do I!

I also own this sexy Cosmic Express suitcase. Incredibly stylish, I felt like a celebrity walking through the Australian and New Zealand international airports... it is quite heavy though - you must pack LITE!

I also wish for this...

 the Speckled Egg make-up brush pouch.

A little luxury never goes astray.

bringing sexy back

For this Vogue photoshoot, Nicole Kidman, has lost her dyed blonde locks for her natural red - and I couldn't be more pleased. Blonde is a phase I went through myself, but knowing how nice it is to be natural again - I tip my hat to Ms. Kidman.

Let's face it - how many It Girls are donning the ginger locks? And those gorgeous copper tones!

Embrace your red I say! Stay au naturale.

I love it!

{images sourced via ninemsn}

ms. madge

Once again, Alice and her Wonderland are my prominent muses' of the moment. Religiously flicking through the pages of ninemsn before beginning work for the day, I stumbled across these images from one of the later Louis Vuitton advertising campaigns.

I was immediately enthralled with Madonna's outfit... seeing what to me was a sexy and mischievious March Hare. The possibilities for Birthday Party costumes just keep coming! Two weeks to devise the perfect Birthday Girl outfit to steal the tea party...

I need to learn that Photoshop technique!

Happy Hump-day!

X

cut the crap

I finally did it. Quite literally. Cut the crap... out of my hair. A change for the better... to be taken as a personality holiday. My beloved long hair (which was at about my belly button) was given to the floor of Oscar&Oscar at around 12noon today.

After getting home and freaking out, I've gradually become calmer and have begun to embrace this radical change.

It really is a wee bit exciting... what do you think?

Happy Saturday evening to you
x

love for london

I have been on quite a musical journey of discoveries of late. From City And Colour, hey:carlisle, Florence And The Machine to the lovely Miss Adele from the UK.

Sitting here in the studio, as I do so many times a week travelling the world through my cartography, I have had one particular song on repeat for the last little while. A raw recording of 'Hometown Glory', previously accompanied by as many Adele tracks as I could possibly get my mittens on this morning.

Her voice and melodies are beautiful. Soul, funk, soul, acoustic... enchantement.

The song tells of her love for London, and it has made me think about my hometown, Inverell, and how gorgeous it must be this time of year... So I encourage you to get a hold of this track, if not - Adele's debut album '19'.

Today is a calm and beautiful day.

Enjoy the track, enjoy the lyrics.

Hometown Glory by Adele Adkins

I've been walking

In the same way as I did

Missing out

The cracks in the pavement

And tutting my heel

And strutting my feet

"Is there anything

I can do for you dear?

Is there anyone I can call?"

"No and thank you, please Madam

I ain't lost, just wandering"

Round my hometown

Memories are fresh

Round my hometown

Ooh, the people I've met

Are the wonders of my world

Are the wonders of my world

Are the wonders of this world

Are the wonders of my world

I like it in the city

When the air

Is so thick and opaque

I love to see everybody

In short skirts

Shorts and shades

I like it in the city

When two worlds collide

You get the people

And the government

Everybody taking

Different sides

Shows that we ain't gonna stand shit

Shows that we are united

Shows that we ain't gonna take it

Shows that we ain't gonna stand shit

Shows that we are united

Round my hometown

Memories are fresh

Round my hometown

Ooh, the people I've met

Are the wonders of my world

Are the wonders of my world

Are the wonders of this world

Are the wonders of my world

http://www.adele.tv