Oops, I did it again

Yes. I spent money again. Working really hard, earning money and seeing my bank money grow a little resulted in me telling myself, oh you deserve it! And viola, a new pair of clogs! Oops.

Sorry wallet. But you see, these clogs were too beautiful to walk away from. Besides I have been eyeing on a pair for a while now and was researching online for the most affordable pair. I even checked ebay! Gosh. And the only ones I found that came in this style were the Swedish Hasbeens. They were beautiful but way too expensive for my liking. So I had to just dream...

Until yesterday, when I was randomly walking past this cute shop in Prahran and I saw you! You were calling out to me. And you were the only pair left and in MY SIZE too! Talk about affinity! I think we were made for each other. It was love at first sight so I ended up bringing you home. Even Darren thinks you're cute and doesn't mind my love affair with you. He's a good guy. He sure is. ( I think he might be ok with it cause he has his many pairs of shoes too. ) Anyway, there you go. My new pair of clogs.

I was taking photos this morning and realised how I'm such a shoe person. I have SO many pairs. And they're all nice ones. Pom Pom-my flowers, checkered, floral, vintage, leather, gingham, frenchy, chic... etc. So perhaps in the next day or two, I might introduce you to all my lovely shoes!

That's if you're interested!

in {vested}

 

 

 

Vest: Old Navy; Dress: Zara (similar style here); Shoes: Aldo (similar style here); Bag: Chanel; Sunglasses: Karen Walker; Jewelry: Michael Kors watch, Bee Charming necklace, J. Crew chain bracelet

Mad dash to get ready for New York Fashion Week next week. So many things to pack, so little time. Are any of you going to be out there? Would love to meet up! Send me an email.

Also, remember this contest I announced last week? I'll be selecting a winner tomorrow, so hurry up and get your entries in!

Happy legs

Pauline, Lucy and myself modelling Monolog's super cool new skirts ( which double up as harem pants?! ), along with some funky tights. Indie will be having a big launch party at Harvest workroom this Friday! I am so excited to see what she has up her sleeves in terms of decking out the room. She told me she's painting the window?! Crazy woman. Crazy but aaaaamazingly talented! You should all come see what she has in store!

PS: Can you guess who's legs are whose?

Guest Blogging: See Jane

 

Jacket: c/o ModCloth (similar style here); Blouse: Ann Taylor, thrifted (similar style here); Pants: Zara (similar style here); Shoes: Miu Miu (similar style here); Bag: Forever21 (similar style here); Sunglasses: Karen Walker; Jewelry: Michael Kors watch, Bee Charming necklace, J. Crew chain bracelet

Hey folks! Remember this outfit I teased a while back? Well consider this the unveiling! Want more photos? I'm guest blogging today for one of my favorite bloggers (and dear friends) Anna of See Jane, while she enjoys her honeymoon with her hubby! Be a dear and go check it out here, would ya?

Special thanks to Rebecca for taking my photos!

New Yarn

My oh my. Look at how delicious this beautiful yarn is?! The lovely Kylie Gusset from Ms Gusset so generously gifted me this huge skein of hand-dyed, soft fluffy merino yarn last Friday while I was doing my first artist talk. I was so so beyond nervous that day and Kylie and her gift totally made me feel a whole lot better! I didn't even know Kylie was attending the talk. When she came up to me and said she had a present for me, I just went ' awwwwww! '. She's so cute! Thank you so super much Kylie!

Anyway, this yarn is seriously so nice and fluffy. I don't even like the colour purple! But this was so sweet, I instantly fell in love with it. I even gave it a colour way nickname - Sugarplum fairy! Well, it just reminds me of nice pixies and magic fairy dust. I think because I just wanted to make something perfect out of this delicious ball of yarn, I ended up unraveling my knitting close to 8 times! I even taught myself the old shale stitch and did quite a fair bit ( seen up there ) before deciding it wasn't perfect enough.

So after what seemed like 200 cast ons, I've settled on the basic but cute looking moss stitch. I'm teaching myself how to make a little ascot. Something like this one. But with a 'dead knot' instead of the loopy thingy. I'm not using any pattern and am just making it up as I go. Lots of logic and reasoning as I knit. I've even taught myself how to add and decrease stitches by experimenting. Hmmm. I'll show it when I'm done! So far, I'm about 30 % done. Still a while to go!

I hear from Kylie that she's currently restocking the shop with more fluffy goodness, so yes, do keep a look out and check out her little shop whenever. You never know, new woolies might just appear anytime now!

By the way, if you were wondering, the talk went well! I was so nervous and needed to pee so badly but it went ok. I was able to hold my pee till I finished my last sentence and I got used to the nervousness while speaking. I was shaking all the way though and lost my thoughts along the way. But I reckon it was ok for a first time! Thank you to everyone who came along and encouraged me along the way and of course, to the best ever Craft Victoria! You guys are awesome! x

I'm Out Of Commission....

I'm shivering in bed, feeling like death warmed over, so posting will be slim this week. But, I will be back soon.

Miss me...?

Kisses, lovelies. 

Have a healthy and happy week.

Gruffalo Part 1!

Gruffalo home art class with Hugo! Week 1 last week and we spent an hour in the morning making a giant forest ( which will be added and filled with nice things each week ) and of course the clever mouse! Hugo had so much fun gluing what he called rocks. They were actually random grey felt pieces that I cut into circular shapes. He kept saying ' More rocks more rocks! '

He even drew a stream after that. Hahaha. He's a funny one!

sausalito

 

 

 

 Jacket: Old Navy (similar style here); Sweater vest: thrifted, no label (similar style here); Pants: Topshop; Sandals: J. Crew; Hat: H&M (similar style here); Bag: Zara; Sunglasses: Karen Walker; Jewelry: Vintage necklace, Michael Kors watch

After San Francisco's sun ran out for the day (fog rolled in) we made a mad dash out to Sausalito to catch the last rays. Was it worth it? Absolutely!

How was your weekend?

She Always Knows.

I was having one of those days, and when I came home in the afternoon, I found this drawing my baby girl had made for me, taped to the wall of my bedroom, over my bed.

She always knows, without me having to say anything, exactly what I need to make my heart lighter.

I dunno what I'd do without her in my life to give me the strength, the will and the reason to keep going, no matter what.

Thank you for making mommy smile every day, my perfect little girl.

I hope you get to have a great weekend.

chambray + side of mustard

 

 

Shirt: Madewell; Skirt: Thrifted, no label (similar style here); Shoes: Prada (similar style here); Bag: Nila Anthony (similar style here); Sunglasses: Karen Walker; Jewelry: Michael Kors watch, Emerson Made medallion necklace; H&M bar necklace, gifted bangles, American Eagle friendship bracelets, J. Crew chain bracelet

I've had this image of Shala Monroque saved to my inspiration board for quite some time now. Once I scooped up this chambray top last Saturday, I knew it was time to recreate. 

Happy Friday everyone! Three cheers for the weekend ahead!

Font Love: You Can Never Have Enough.

I absolutely believe that. Fonts are like shoes or bags. The more, the merrier. Always.

These are my features for this week...  Pacifico and Old-Town are making me positively giddy.

Which ones are you loving right now? You have to feed my font addiction. You have to!

Kiss, kiss.

big red

Blazer: H&M (similar style here); Pants: Zara (similar style here); Tank: Urban Outfitters; Shoes: Gucci (similar style here); Purse: Lodis iPad case; Sunglasses: Karen Walker; Jewelry: Michael Kors watch, J. Crew chain bracelet, H&M necklace

After seeing two of my favorite bloggers, Beth and Blair sport all red ensembles (here and here respectively), I thought I would try my hand at something monochromatic, too. I rather liked (actually loved!) the results. It's like sartorial caffeine! 

Frida Khalo wannabes!

The kiddos from Do Re Me experimented with soft pastels and did their very own Frida Khalo-ish self portraits yesterday! Nice work guys! Self portraits are such a difficult thing to do. Especially when your'e a kid and you're learning all about those axis, lines and points on the face... I must admit, even I myself am not very good at doing one. I can teach others how to do one, help correct them along the way but no matter how hard I try, I just cannot do a realistic looking one of myself. Haha. Weird! I did one for the kids to see and they all thought it looked like me though. So well, maybe I'm just too hard on myself!

Next week, we'll be looking at Georgia O Keaffe's amazing floral pieces! I look forward to seeing what nice things the kids come up with!

Press

For those of you not living South side, I was featured in the local Port Phillip/ Caulfield Leader Newspaper! Ah. I miss teaching those grade 1s already. My time at St Michaels was probably one of those best things that has happened for me this year. If you've been reading my blog, you would have known that this year has been such a crazy roller coaster ride. You can read about my teaching adventures here, here and here. Thanks so much Allison, for scanning and sending me this!

Oh and the official countdown begins. In less than 30 hours, I will be doing my first artist talk ever. Thanks to Craft Victoria for this awesome opportunity. I will be at the museum tomorrow, and will be talking about my art and social media. I will be quite honest. I AM FREAKING OUT! I am so scared and am panicking, hoping I won't stutter or mince my words tomorrow. Less than a year ago, I was still in school, in a dark classroom with 5 of my other classmates. We were doing mock artist talks. And in my head I thought to myself, ah won't be doing any artist talk just yet, not for a while at least. I so wasn't paying attention and was just slacking around. Whoops! Like they say, you never know when's your turn really! Ah... Fingers crossed all goes well!

I Need One Of These. Or Three...

I found this Etsy shop called Delightfully Lovely through Eighteen25, a very cool blog I read. I fell hopelessly in love with all the cupcake/cake stands they have and I so need a few. 

They are so cool and bold but still a little cute and I can already see them full of my chocolate ganache cupcakes.

These four are my fave and I love that I  can get them in custom colors. I need!

Stand 1 | Stand 2 | Stand 3 | Stand 4

Hope you like my finds, lovelies.

Toodles.

pretty {powerful}

Shirt: Zara (similar style here); Shorts: Urban Outfitters (similar style here); Shoes: Valentino (similar style here); Bag: Lodis iPad case (similar style here); Sunglasses: YSL (similar style here); Jewelry: Michael Kors watch, Bee Charming necklace, J. Crew bracelet

The lovely folks over at Bobbi Brown have a pretty fabulous campaign going on right now, aptly called "Pretty Powerful," emphasizing how women, all women, are pretty without makeup and with the right makeup, can be pretty powerful at that. I love the concept of this, namely because I tend to remain pretty neutral with my makeup myself (aside from the necessary lip color pop) but also because it's so very true. A little bit always goes a long way, in my book. 

Of course, after I got to reading some of the "Pretty Powerful" women stories on their campaign site (I highly recommend you do, too) I got to thinking about some of the pretty powerful women in my life -- my mother being the frontrunner. Always true to herself, my mother is one of my biggest influences. She's always taught me to never be afraid of speaking my mind -- even if I'm standing alone. I'm forever grateful for that. 

Giveaway Rules:

Do you have someone in your life who you think is "Pretty Powerful"? I'd love to hear it! One winner will receive an exclusive "Pretty Powerful" makeup palette! To enter, simply:

1.) Tell me about your "Pretty Powerful" person in the comments below. Don't forget to tell me why that person stands out. (Only comments made to this post will be considered as entries.)

2.) Check back later this week when I announce the winner.

That's it! Easy two steps, right? Good luck and looking forward to reading your comments!