photos by tales of a junkaholic
I'm back from my mini break with my sister, more about that later. But for now here's some blogs I come across recently that I'm enjoying.
new blog love...
- http://simetra-junkaholic.blogspot.com/
- http://bellafruitella.wordpress.com/
- http://amyrhiannon.blogspot.com/
- http://nastasiadusapin.blogspot.com/
This weeks giveaway is from the the lovey Joyce who runs CycleStyle. An online shop specialising in pretty accessories for your bike.
Joyce is offering one of her cute Polkadot Double Painner bags (Value $95AUS) for one lucky reader to win. How cute is it?! Perfect for summer bike rides around the city!
To be in the running visit CycleStyle.com.au and leave a comment telling us what your favourite items are instore.
Competition is restricted to Australian readers only.
Winner will be drawn Saturday night.
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comment #13 Kylie C
To be in the running visit CycleStyle.com.au and leave a comment telling us what your favourite items are instore.
Competition is restricted to Australian readers only.
Winner will be drawn Saturday night.
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comment #13 Kylie C
photography by Alexandra Sophie.
My sister is visiting (yay!) so I will be away from the blog a bit. I have a giveaway to upload later today or tomorrow but otherwise I might not be around till next week.
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How gorgeous is this crocheted jewelery from Muntedkowhai?! Each piece is hand made by Tiffany who recently relocated from Portland, Oregano to Melbourne. Her work includes traditional crochet with vintage embellishments worked in. They're sure to bring out your inner nana!
ahh I cant wait to go to Melbourne this weekend!
Sponsored by NuffNang
Do you like it? it's a little bit vintage/retro AND it has an owl! I half thought about putting Granny Square pattern all over it. You can vote for it here if you love, and be in the running to win lots of weekly prizes like an iPad! I want an iPad so bad!!
If you'd like to try your hand at designing your own you can do so at the Designer Spark website, you can choose your own art or use the decals provided. The best design is going to WIN a Barina Spark!
Holden have also invited 8 top Australian fashion, design, sporting and media identities to design a car too. Including next top model judge Charlotte Dawson, Cleo's Editor Pip Edwards and Fashion Editor for Harper's Bazaar Claudia Navone.
If you do make your own design Id love to see, leave a link in the comments so I can come have a look and vote.
YEP that is my sisters art on a tee for Hurley sitting below my singlet for Element Eden!!! so exciting. I literally stood for about ten minutes looking at this, tweeting and then ringing my sis to tell her.
sorry for the bad picture I only had my iphone with me.
PS. Thats Kareena Zerefos' illo on the left.
Im so excited for this weeks giveaway! I've been meaning to post it to the blog for awhile, but I just wanted to hold on to these little pretties a bit longer before I sent them off to their new home.
So what you will win:: An Element Eden x Inspired by Daydream Lily giftpack. It includes the Journal, pillowcase set and Festival tote bag (which by the way is super gorgeous, it has stitching detail on the front and vintage floral lining) oh and the Journal is a cover.....so you can keep using it and just replace the insert. fun!
Anyways if you'd like to be in the running to win , just leave a comment on this post before 8am Saturday morning (EST). Open to all readers, international included. Winner will be drawn using the random thingy Saturday morning.
Good Luck.
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UPDATE: StyleMILK is also giving away a giftpack enter HERE.
Congrats to the winner comment #50 Tink in my closet
Bryant recently got in touch asking if id like to have a look at his porfolio. When I clicked over the first thing I noticed is that its not the usual photography I feature here, not the soft lighting and muted colours that I'm drawn to... but rather a more candid raw feel. But I really love it. Maybe its the personality of his models that he manages to capture, or the fact its all done with film. Either way I really enjoyed looking through his work and so asked him for an interview.
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Name : Bryant Eslava
Age : 18 years old
Location : Orange County/Los Angeles
Website : http://www.etiamvita.net/
I love that all your photography is done in film! Tell us a bit about what equipment you're using, films, cameras, lenses....
Thank you! I use to do digital work when I first started, and just about a year ago I jumped into film. I got sick of everyones digital work looking the same, so I decided to change things up.
When It comes to equipment all I could really say is Carl Zeiss lenses are the best. For film I first started shooting with Fujifilm and recently I've jumped into using Kodak, but overall they're both great.
I saw that you've done work with Nylon Mag, how did that come about? How did you get your work noticed?
Over the summer of this year (2010) I made a trip to visit my grandparents and family from Mexico City. I got in touch with people at the Nylon mexico office, and they booked me an interview and a few weeks later I was shooting for them. I call it luck.
Who are the people in your photos?
Some people on there are models who are signed with agencies, I thank all the amazing wardrobe stylist/makeup artists/hair stylist, that have made my models look beautiful.
In the "35mm/people" section on my website, it's mostly my friends or people I've met. I believe m.i.a is in there somewhere she's sweet.
I carry my camera everywhere I go, so all those photos are from when I'm outside playing with my friends.
How did you get started in photography? are you self taught or have you done classes?
Haha good question. Well it was all back in my early high school days when my parents told me "If you get good grades we will reward you with a camera or macbook laptop). It was a very hard decision because at the time all I cared about was spending time on the internet socializing, and so I decided to take another routine and just go for the camera. I remember it was a nikon d40 which I believe is no longer sold in stores, but from that day on I started to ask friends at the time if they would allow me to photograph them. I then made a myspace profile where I would upload my photos and I started getting all these great opportunities. I'm self taught and I've only taken a class once, and It didn't last long. The teacher assigned a homework assignment to photograph a spoon which I thought was a joke, and so I never came back.
Any tips for people getting started in photography?
Well I have tips for those people who are interested being film photographers. Always have your camera with you. Listen to music more often and close your eyes and let your mind visualize anything, then write down your ideas and go out there and shoot them.
Never let anyone tell you being a photographer isn't going to make you big bucks in the future, that's crap. How many billboards do you see with photos? How many advertisement do you see on the internet? album covers? ep covers? everything is photography.
Spend hours on the internet finding inspiration and study cameras and how they work.
view more of Bryant's work @ http://www.etiamvita.net/
Photos from the Element Eden ~ Inspired by x Daydream Lily launch. It was lots of fun! We had afternoon tea & drink, music from the lovely Sarah Archer and Courtney had a stall - there was a bit of an afternoon tea/school fete vibe going on - minus the jumping castles and ice cream truck. Eveyone also got some presents and keepsakes from the day. Thanks to all who came along, was great to meet so many peps I've known online but yet to meet in RL.
The Melbourne party is going to be the 28th Nov so those in Melbourne who would like to come along, then comment me and Ill send you out the invite (we need RSVPs for catering).
thanks Jess for the last three pictures too!
I'm in Frankie! Yes I am, although this is probably old news for most of you. I've been waiting till it was out for awhile to blog it. Gosh thank you so so much for all the lovely messages and emails about it. This email was particularly wonderful and made my day...
- ".....i was sitting at my market stall in Burleigh yesterday selling my owls and cushions.i opened FRANKIE and there you were sitting there next to the LOVE cushion i made.well that made my day, so thanks for loving the LOVE.hope you like the goldy and find some more cool stuf" Ellie Sisterhood sewing
Page 1.- Artwork by my Sister (its my favourite work of hers, see it in more detail in this post) and you can see a little corner of a Catherine Campbell too.
- Vintage makeup case from Kirsty - its now home to my camera lenses
- Owl (her name is Lilly) by Vanilla Bug aka Amy Borrell.
Page 2 - sorry for the wonky scan. Click to see bigger.- Pear cushions by Pip
- Love pillow by Sisterhood Sewing
- Artworks by Erin Flannery, Eveline T, Amy Borrell, Kat Macleod.
- Vintage paper garland by MissIsa a gift from shop Emerald + Ella.
Happy Weekend. x
I died and went to pillow heaven when I spoted these owl pillows over in ada & darcy. Simply amazing! I think they will go very nicely with my collection of vintage pillowcases.
Ada & Darcy is a new online boutique specialising in beautiful textiles and homewares by Kellie who runs the blog of the same name. I'd known of Kellie's blog for some time and she's always had such great taste and style so its no surprise that her store is just gorgeous!
Sponsored by Nuffnang
Congrats to -smamie the winner of the BONDS Prize pack and thank you for the entries I had fun reading your styling ideas, I got a few tips for myself too!
I have a second competition as part of the Bonds Made2Share campaign. This time you have the chance to WIN $500AUD! Do be in the running tell me about an experience where you had to share something and it went horribly wrong!
It can be anything, clothes, books, ideas you’ve shared and it didn’t go as planned. I used to share clothes with my sister growing up, to the point where my mum would dress us identically...this ended in more then a few cringe worth family photos! (complete with matching hairstyles)
Leave your answer in the comment section of this post. Competition open to Australian readers only. Full T&C's here.
Good Luck!
Seriously amazing film photography by Stefany Alves.
PS. I've been in Melbourne all weekend catching up with my family and also doing lots of arty stuff. I'll be here for a few more days but have photos to post once I'm back.
PSS. Ice cream is going to save the day.
Eeek! These dollhouse miniatures by Pei Li are so fricken cute they make me want to cry (I know kind of weird reaction...but seriously, cute overload!) I think my sister would love these, she collects little things.
found via That Unreliable Girl
You might of seen these pictures before, but they're so beautiful I had to share them here. They're by 19yr old Candice Lesage; an English student in Paris. She has a pretty blog too, where she shares her photos and life in Paris.
I can't wait till I finally get to travel there! Hopefully (fingers crossed) I will go next year. I'm just working out the details and how much I'll need to save. But one of my new years resolutions will be a trip to Europe (focusing on Italy and France I think).
photos via julia
After the success of the first photoshoot for CycleStyle the team got together to do a summer shoot, this time on the beach in St Kilda. CycleStyle is an online store stocking cute and quirky accessories for your bike. I think the results are just gorgeous, the first picture is my favourite. and how perfect is that bike?!
credits.......
Model: Marianne from Esme and the Laneway
Photography: Jono Winnel (my brother, I'm a proud sis!)
Accessories: CycleStyle
Bike: Papillionaire
Clothes: models own
Every photoshoot I see of my brother's keeps getting better and better!! He's just relocated to Canberra so if anyone is looking for a photographer in that area then let me know.
PS. What do you think of my new header?
