if i was a boy i would propose to my girl with this ring by Zoe and Morgan.

Ashley smith

i just LOVE this photo of Ashley! this is what happines looks like. i wonder if she really was happy when this was taken...

19 year-old Ashley Smith is so cute! She started modeling only about a year ago She's from Austin, Texas.

i am loving my 70's sytle felt hat. (and sportsgirls free photobooth)

drawings...

unsuccessful pitch for a magazine illustration job... sorry i haven't posted in a while... been flat out with my new job designing t-shirts for Cotton On,
running the milk market and working on some drawings and volunteer stuff. wil show off some more stuff soon!

just a little image i made for my phone background to remind me to...

you can add it to your phone background too! best post-it note everrrrr

cinematic

a poster i did recently for a friends gig. comae along his music is like imogen heap...

im a shearling sheila

the bad thing about working with folowing trends for both hemispheres is that you get excited about trends and cant wear them because the weather is opposite!

i have been obsessing over cuddle collared jackets known as shearling... you will see it sneaking in the the dregs of this australian winter but next autumn we'll all be wanting one!

i bought one on the weekend and am cherishing the cold days so that i can wear it!

Runway styles from Christopher Kane, Burberry and Unique

Blake Lively and Kiera Knightly in Burberry shearling.

the milk market

the milk market is on soon! come along! all details on the website:


http://www.themilkmarket.net/

its going to be amazing guys seriously get on it.

something to think about.

the average 35 year old smiles or laughs 15 times a day.

the average 5 year old smiles or laughs 400 times a day.

all signs lead to...

it just seems tht the buzz word this week is quilting! i was surprised and happy to open a fresh Vouge today and find that the latest fall/winter 2011 Louis Vuitton shoot features a quilted dress!

i tried putting a close up of these images i found on he world wide web but its a tad pixelated. not sure if you can see the detail (you may have to purchase an august vouge! - or go to borders like i unashamedly did for years)

a quilted dress! and i love the shoot too! so pretty and girly!

you can see more photos from the LV shoot and a video of the making of it here

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and this is my dear dear friend Laura who is making a quilt too!

(shes making a baby-making blanket! he he ...practical AND on trend!)

photo borrowed from bec dalton.

all the pretty people are quilting.

so my good friend liz, who i talk about alot., is in the middle of a massive project! its calledproject patchwork and she is getting all these amazing-ly lovely people to help sew a patch. she really has worked incredibly hard and will be no doubt working as we speak to sew everyone's patch together!

i helped her out with sewing one of the patches for the heart quilt. and here is my little patch

below! i sewed mine on the way to work on the train every morning for a week. it was SO fulfilling.

also wanted to share with you all the beauty of arabella ramsay. coincidentally she has a quilt thee to here spring sumer line and as i peeked through the cute as website i found myself loving all her little outfits! she is so my style and i love the way her stuff is feminine and a little bit quirky but most of all stylish.

tile-town!

In singers, chinatown (ish) there were these awesome old buildings with tiling detail on them.. i am so inspired for fabric prints and i thought i would share them with you. stay tuned to see my adaptations in fabric..






In singers, chinatown (ish) there were these awesome old buildings with tiling detail on them.. i am so inspired for fabric prints and i thought i would share them with you. stay tuned to see my adaptations in fabric..

more spicy details...

here are some more cool things i saw when i was abroad....

the most amazing pad thai lady. so cute!

a line of birds that you often see in designery things but these birds were real!

my selection of sugar on the plane.

the world

i can show you the world (well some of it)

shining shimmering splendor
over sideways and under on a magic carpet ride!

ok so it is no lie that i have spent some time overseas (in thailand for a friends wedding and singapore for fun) and have far too much col stuff to show you about what i saw so i will attempt to spread it out into bite size chunks for you all... x

firstly here is a gorgeous stall in Patong beach who had the COOLEST and CUTEST little clothes out of the whole market. she has these very sweet little cropped shift tops that she sews herself. and i got the most amazing jumpsuit from her but i want to use in a proper photoshoot so i will wait to show you that! it was so refreshing to find such a cute fashion conscious, handmade stall amongst the fake ed hardy and tiffany&co.


this is me with the stall holder and garment maker. I'm wearing one of the little cropped numbers that this stall is famous for.


more of the shift tops - i bought all the coolest fabrics, these are all thats left!

moreover...

so i heard a cool thing today that sparked my interest...
in the old bible theres a verse in exodus chap 31:1- 7 where it says how God specifically gave creative ability to this dude named Bezalel to design and work with wood and gold & silver. pretty cool right...

but its verse 6 that gets me... the bible says "Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, to help him"

um so like i have been thinking about community lately and how it is the only hope for our society to operate in love and so that the poor are helped and everyone is leaning on each other (will go into my in-depth thoughts on this another time)
and today i realised the connection between brilliant design and art and how it comes when you have help. whether it is someone to give you creative feedback, encourage you or help you come up with the idea, some of my best work has come when i work with others help.

community + design = goodness

amazing things can be done. and i realised God thought of this thousands of years before i did.

my friend seb(dash)brown

seb brown. look at him getting all famous on frankie and what not.

bondi style

stolen from a book called bondi style

patched/ripped denim is about to enter your world (if it hasn't already)

goldfinger(tip)

when a tooth falls out, you can get a shiny gold replacement to show how wealthy you are (and im sure there are other boring, medical reasons you can read up on here)
i didnt exactly lose a nail but i decided that my aqua nails needed a reesh-looking friend. theres something comical and classy about the one-gold-nail thing. its quite liberating... just use the tester at your local beauty counter and try it for yourself. but dont tell anyone i told you!




seeing as i have had a lot of compliments on my tiffany blue nails of late i have really enjoying wearing them out and when i saw this guitar today i thought i should probably live up to my nails, buy the guitar, get lessons and become a superstar.

allans music - like around $299!!

its thursday, so make a paper crane!

verandah bags

oh deary me, its has been a while since i have written...

in my weekends and very short night-times at home i have been designing the encourage magazine, celebrating the 23rd annual "me" festival (my birthday) and perusing online shops (i am officially addicted) seriously! miss selfridge, asos, urban outfitters, forever21, topshop, LA vintage! i cant keep my eyes off them! i have only made one purchase though because i am saving for my holiday which is in precisely 12 days!

i have decided to share some of my findings and things to add to my wishlist... these are something i found yesterday on a site called needsupply.com

awe bloss...

happy friday!

now all of you go check out my cute as friend's blog and check out her friday post

also i would like to show you all a sneek peak on some fabric prints a have recently designed. let me know what you all think. inspired by the oriental flavour that is coming through some of the fashion blogs and rumour mills.

reality. wish.

just thought you all should know my bike has been less of a form of transport of late and im hating on public transport a bit lately so i am trying to like it by taking pretty pictures of it. here is a tram on collins st on a sun-filled-sunday.

reality


but sometimes i just really wish i was like this plastic dude making every trip an adventure by riding on the roof's of cars with a makeshift rope harness. and... a gun.

wish

milk and sugar pants

seer-sucker fabric colours

the other day at work i was asked to draw some seer-sucker shorts...

now ive heard this word a lot lately in regard to upcoming trends and pictured it being some sort of sucky-inny pant thing. similar to a body con sports illustrator look.

my discovery to this strangely named fabric came when someone show me a swatch and i realised i had a pair of high-waisted shorts in that VERY classic blue and white stripe seer sucker that i bought from an op shop in my home town!
i asked my good friend wiki to tell me more and found that the seer sucker name came from "Hindi, which originates from the Persian words "shir o shekar," meaning "milk and sugar", probably from the resemblance of its smooth and rough stripes to the smooth surface of milk and bumpy texture of sugar."

and i also found out that it is a very American fabric particularly from the south and was designed as a summer and spring fabric as the bumps make it so that there is air between the skin and the fabric, making it cooler!! AMAZING!

so i broke all the rules and wore my own seer suckers to work on monday (with tights of course) and felt very trendy. yet another $2 buy that has adorned me with now-ness.
here is the outift the night before i wore it as i was colour blocking it (sorry i forgot to take a photo of me in it) i ended up wearing it with a navy blazer (i realy tried to work in my Anorak!) and not sure if you can see the mullet hemmed lace crop number i wore on top. cant wait to spring to be cool in two ways! (apparently they are everywhere in America for spring/summer atm)!


Anorak with yellow and white stripe top & high-waisted blue seersucker stripe shorts and lace crop top.