Sunday 24 January 2010

Must try harder.....

Ok I must try harder at a lot of things right now, updating my blog more often, doing more crafting, taking more photographs, generally being more creative etc but the main thing is to stop letting myself go! I used to make a lot of effort in my appearance, not to be vain but because it was fun putting crazy little outfits together, but just recently I have started to slide a little, maybe it's because I'm lazy, maybe it's because half my clothes have been in storage, maybe it's because I now get up at  5.30am. Whatever the reason, I need to pull my socks up.I have put together some photos of looks I love and outfits gone by to re-inspire me.......


The girls by the artist Eiko Hanammura, and the Fruits of Japan will always be my main inspiration.


Me and Sarah..............




One of my favorite dresses, and the hair flowers! I can't remember when I last even wore a hair slide.....





Oh to have purple hair and a doll face........





I've always been a fan of the 60s look......................



 
I must break out these eyelashes again, and start styling my hair, not leaving it for the heaters in the car to dry on the way to work!!





 

Monday 11 January 2010




 I watched Sakuran yesterday. I bought it because I loved the cover (I often do things like that, just buy things because they look nice) and it stars Anna Tsuchiya from Kamikaze Girls, one of my favorite films. My whimsical choice didn't let me down, I loved this film. It's based around the life of a Geisha and the visuals are stunning, from the outfits, make-up and hairstyles to the sets. I think I will be watching this one over and over again!



Oh and it's STILL snowy!...







Wednesday 6 January 2010

London calling....

Here are a few shots from London. We were pretty ill so didn't take many photos. It had to be something really special to warrant getting out the camera, taking off mittens and exposing hands to the bitter cold...something like.........


........... a giant pink deer balloon!



Ralph Lauren window display



I met this strange guy



 
keeping warm in the station pub under a complimentary blanket




gotta match your tasty slush to your outfits, It's a must!


We managed to get some shopping in and I got some magazines, beautiful natural wood tree decorations (for next year), cream knitted bow headband (see above pic), a pink vintage pea coat (see above pic, a better pic showing it's glorious beauty coming soon), very expensive and rare Violet perfume and these things......................




Junko Mizuno figure. I bought 3 boxes and it was the old don't know what you are getting game. 2 of the boxes were the twins I already had, neadless to say I was mardy for a whole aftrnoon but I was happy with this one!




Tiny moomin figures! yey I love moomins. I wish I had bought another packet too, because I don't like leaving things in their packaging, and this so lovely I don't want to rip it when i release the little guys.






Kid Robot have brought out new shapes in the mini series and this is Raffy, I can't wait to paint him up good, maybe using the giant pink balloon deer as inspiration.

We also went to the Tate gallery to see an exhibition on pop art and culture. My favorite part was by Takashi Murakami, which featured some of his pieces and a music video he shot of  manky Kirsten Dunst (I was busy that weekend) prancing round Tokyo in super happy fun fruit wear........................................



....which reminds me, I was lucky enough to receive this plate for Christmas.......






 



In the tate gift shop I bought these cards from the kids section, which was a hundred times better than all the boring adult stuff!




Right I'm off to go eat more Toblerone...for strength, to stop me perishing in the arctic climate!

Tuesday 5 January 2010

Winter Wonderland

I woke up at 5.45am, was snowing a little but not too bad...had a shower, got dressed, make-up, breakfast....la la la....OH MY GOD!  major snow! The news folk were going crazy about extreme weather warnings, the worst snow in Yorkshire for over 20 years, bla bla bla. Saw a Snow covered news presenter reporting from Leeds, and decided to ask the good folk at work if I could work from home again as it was snowmaggedon out there. I am so glad I did as it hasn't stopped snowing all day. My car is truly buried and will need digging out, and there are abandoned cars parked all round where I live.
During my Lunch break I went for a walk in the woods with my mum. It looked truly magical, so still and  beautiful.





  

 
 
 






 


Sunday 3 January 2010

Where have I been?

Sorry for the break in blogging. After Christmas I was poorly... oh so poorly with the either food poisoning or the winter vomiting bug. Then we went away for New Year to London. I will have lots of photos for you from my trip away as soon as I get settled and sorted.......back soon xxx
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