the raquel allegra/camille/rumi shredded top

I decided to try out this technique last night. After a false start (ribbed fabric doesn't work...) I made some headway on an old royal blue Supre singlet. I think it looks all right, but my sister's comment was 'ew' when she saw it.

I wanted to have two panels running up the sides, but it was too hard to keep them running straight.

Random Colour Combos #3

Charcoal, olive and red-orange

Kind of military, sophisticated vibe

Image from Emmanuel Polanco

Random Colour Combo #2

I almost forgot I'd started this...

Duck-egg blue, off-white, black and sky blue. Perfect for a vintage wedding. I especially love old cars in that pale bluey green colour.

Images from SFGirlByBay and Jason Munn

Like so inspired right now: Part 2 {Wedding Blogs}

I think if my mom had seen me blogging about my wedding before, she would have been scared. Very scared. But oddly, now that I'm older than she was when she got married (by about 10 days), she seems more open to conversations about weddings. My wedding to be precise. It always seems to start off with "Omg I was reading reading this wedding blog the other day and..."

I especially like looking at all the graphic design details - invites, order of service, menus, place cards. And it's fun dreaming up colour combinations. My favourite wedding blogs:

Snippet & Ink

Love & Splendor

Vintage Glam

Jesse & Deanna

Like so inspired right now: Part 1 {Polaroids & Typography}

Image of Tom and me 'polaroided' with this program. My new favourite toy :)

I've been lacking inspiration for a long long time. Who would have thought it would come in the form of typography? If only I'd found these lovely sites before!

I Love Typography

H&FJ

Some font mixing fun

And more fun

I could spend hours here testing my font knowledge, learning about how to start up my own letterpress, looking at old sample books and seeing the latest typographical artwork.

On that list of mine

Reading back to my list a few months ago, I can proudly say I've crossed of 1, 3 and 6! My inspiration board's looking a little bare though, so I think I'll print a few of the lovely pics I've got in my stash. 

I also went for a massage, but seriously need to go again. I have 'Mac shoulder' (well that's what I call it, but to be fair, I had it with my PC before) from spending too much time on my new laptop and not knowing how to sit ergonomically and still be the right distance from the screen for my eyes.

Here's the view from my new room. It's got this gigantic old liquid amber (Mom says it's something else, but anyway) which has just started getting really leafy and beautiful. It looks even better through my new tassel curtains which I picked up for $20 each at the $2 shop.

It's been a while

Been getting back into the blogging scene this weekend, and my is there lots to inspire me. I'm loving Koi Suwannagate's Spring 09 RTW collection.

Also started dreaming up house ideas for when I finally move out (not that I hate living here. On the contrary. But I need some 'just the 2 of us' time with Lovely Bf) I'm liking the look of this little room.

Will hopefully post more soon. Cheers