This will be only a short post. I'm not at home, and this is my first mobile post. Fingers crossed it works!
I'm just going to blog today about one of my favourite blogs, Bleubird Vintage. Her photography is spectacular and it's so endearing to get a peek into someone else's quaint little life on the other side of the world.
She has designed some really great stuff and written some great DIYs that I'm dying to try. Her children are adorabubble. They're cutie patooties!
The photo at the bottom (mobile blogger won't let me put pics anywhere else) are her sunglasses designed for children. I want a pair of those yellow ones.
Actually I should blog about my favourite blogs and websites and random stuff. This is so fun.
Well Bleubird Vintage is most definitely a great blog to check out so if you have time, head to bleubirdvintage.typepad.com and take a look around!
The other day my friends were asked who their favourite superhero was, what their favourite songs were and all these other favourite things and preferences.
I'll answer five of these.
1. Favourite superhero?
Gwen Tennyson from Ben 10. She is a LEGEND. I've always kinda liked Ben 10 more than the Marvel characters mainly because it's so much easier to follow and less dramatically charged and hilarious when Ben changes into the wrong alien.
Gwen's boyfriend Kevin E. Levin is pretty epic too. The fact that Gwen is also an Anodite made her awesome. And her hair! She's like Hayley Williams but more awesome.
2. Favourite song?
Knowing me, I have no favourite song. That's like asking me which is my favourite finger.
Let's pick five.
I did a short review of the band before in a previous post as well. Ok. Maybe not a review.
This song is my favourite by these guys - it was written way before YOLO so it's ok with them saying While We're Young. No need to bring out the guns.
It's catchy, has a good melody and is a heck of a lot of fun to dance to.
Words - Ane Brun
Already mentioned here. Hm. Same blog post as the other two songs :/ it's truly beautiful.
Kill The Director - The Wombats
These guys are the best. I loved them first.
Their lyrics are quirky, witty, and somewhat introspective. Their latest album (well, 2011) was so subtle and understated and mature, but their debut (which this song is from, 2008?) is energetic, lively and a lot of fun. Any song with the lyrics 'If this is a rom-com, kill the director' is a good one.
Hands - Alpine
These guys are so fresh. They sound almost minty.
I don't know how to put it into words - they're music sounds crisp, clean and perfect. It's like standing in a white room. Not blank, but it's all light and airy and wonderful. The clean guitars perfectly match the high, ethereal vocals which travel from dissonance to haunting melodies in seconds. It's beautiful.
Actually, they were originally called Swiss, which would suit them perfectly as well.
They're Australian, which makes them that little bit more satisfying. Knowing that you're supporting local acts makes me happy :)
3. Favourite food/cuisine?
I like Mediterranean food.
There's this show on TV where this man goes around the Mediterranean to all these countries like Tunisia and Greece and he cooks all this food and it looks amazing. I love olives. Mediterranean just has such unique flavours and scents and visual appeal - it's invigorating.
I also adore Japanese food - its simplicity and the mastery of these simple things just make it all amazing. Udon is a very good idea in winter.
4. Favourite book?
This one's tough. I really like dystopian novels and sci-fi but those really psychological and symbolic books are some of the best I think. There's nothing quite as satisfying as reading a book that makes you think.
A book I love is Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - classic, and rightfully so. I suggest you go read it if you haven't already. And The Lord of the Rings. And The Great Gatsby.
I do love YA fiction - The Hunger Games, The Selection, Divergent, Delirium, The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, Matched and all that jazz.
There are some books that I am dying to read, like House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski. Or Lord of the Flies (yes I know I should most definitely read it.)
5. Favourite colour?
Favourite colour. Ah, the bane of quiz takers everywhere. This is the hated question.
I would ask people to guess my favourite colour, but since the only reader of this blog is me (if you do read, please leave a comment! Please?! So I know you exist!), I am just going to say my favourite colour is mint.
UTTER PERFECTION, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I love everything mint. The colour, flavour, scent. Also helped by my love of Alpine - they're pretty minty.
I also love Dr. Martens shoes. So those shoes are now my life.
This post is just going to be random stuff that I found. Let's go.
I think this dress is from Primark. I don't even know who they are, really, but it's from a Spring/Summer Collection '11. It's a really pretty dress. I like the print and shape, and that model is stunning.
I did a post on fab ciraolo a while ago - you can read it here. This is Frida Kahlo, another amazing artist (albeit a more mature one.) To have these two great artists together is like when two amazing musicians work together or even when you eat two delicious things together and they work. Like peanut butter and Nutella. It's amazing.
Actually let's do some more fab work in this post. Keep scrolling.
this just reminds me of Jordan Baker from The Great Gatsby. I love it.
This is one of the designs of SnorgTees. They make heaps of funny, nerdy and plain creative t-shirts and hoodies, and I intend to buy some soon. :)
These are my lanterns above my bed. Aren't they pretty? I picked them up at Typo for $15 I think.
I bought the bag, glasses and flower crown at this year's Sydney Royal Easter Show - what a great day! Bag is from Yak n Yeti ($15), glasses are from a pharmacy ($10) and flower crown from that same pharmacy ($5). Pharmacies are great.
Here is a pretty picture from Laurence-CE on deviantArt. It's really quite pretty. I just love the light and the wide expanse of green.
So there's my first bubble and squeak. Seeing how much random junk I accumulate, expect to see a lot more of these. Till then, take care. yay
It occurred to me that this blog may end up 80% music, considering that I find great new music on a pretty much daily basis.
So I've pretty much decided to do another Music Haul. If anyone actuallllllllly reads this blog, then you'll get a whole heap of music. Great.
1. Words - Ane Brun
Words just can't describe this song. It's one of those that isn't sad, but more nostalgic. It makes you feel sad and happy and excited and calm and a bit like a river or something. Or a really old tree. In a good way.
"this song makes me feel like a tree". wonderful.
But it just cuts down through everything and the video doesn't outweigh it or fall short. They work together really well. And when I watch it I don't know whether to cry or smile or just nod. So I just listen, like you most definitely should.
Also I don't know what's on his arm. Maybe it's in a different language - Ane is Norwegian. (I actually speak a tiny bit of Norwegian from a few friends I have over there.)
2. Ribena - Pegasus Bridge.
When I first heard this band, they immediately became my obsession. So you will understand how upset I was when I found out the broke up. BROKE UP!!!
I really don't like it when good bands break up - things just seem so great and then BAM! your life is over.
This song is so cool - the lyrics are catchy, the beat rocks and Ed Turner's vocals are perfect. The whole album is great, so if you like this song, leave this blog, buy the album and then come back to read the rest of the post.
This song is a dose of awesomeness. You should've bought the album by now.
3. Never Run Away - Kurt Vile
Kurt has a pretty cool name. And a real knack for music.
The song itself is pretty catchy - I really like the chords at the beginning. They're a bit offchops, like Kurt, but in a good way. I think he could be one of America's new iconic singer-songwriters. He often writes in jagged time signatures and whatever but it works.
Kurt's voice is rather amazing and so is his vinyl collection:
I'm really excited for his new album - two days! WOOOOOOOO
And his daughter is just so adorabubble. And they have matching outfits.
That's it for this Music Haul - I have so many great songs but if no one reads this or if people just get bored I won't put more than three songs on. Ever.
Keep it classy, or the consequences will never be the same.
Okay. So last year for a project I did I made a pillow with this design:
...aaaaaaaaaaaaaand it turned out like this!
I hope you like my bedspread ^_^ Ikea.
I CAN SEW! Domestic goddess alert - marriage proposals now accepting.
I used fabric crayons for the letters - they're really good, actually. Fabric markers work quite well also. I had printed out the top design and just stuck it under my fabric - it's quite a sheer polyester/cotton blend - I think it's 80% polyester and 20% cotton. The synthetic helps the crayons stick.
You just draw the design on - some of my friends draw the reverse onto paper and then transfer it on, but it comes out very faded and it would've been too difficult with all the letters and such.
You draw your design on then you lay a sheet of paper on. Iron it until the design shows through the paper - don't use too much steam, because then the paper will go all mushy and gross. Ew.
I also drew the silhouette with the crayons, and then cut it out and appliquéd it onto the material. I used Vliesofix, some German appliqué thing - also known as Bondaweb. It's a roll of paper with some sticky glue stuff that only becomes sticky when you iron it. I think you could just use interfacing or some other product - ask at your local craft store or wherever you shop for material. Once your material has the glue on it, stick it onto your material and sew the edges with a zig-zag stitch.
Finally I added a zipper and sewed the edges together. I filled the pillow with this white hobby fill stuff and now it's all fluffy :)\
It took me AGES to sew my zipper but I found this rocking tutorial online of how to sew a zipper at makeit-loveit.
So there's my pillow! It looks really cool and quite a few people have complimented me on it :D
