Are we forgiven Almeister?

It's fate my love - Nora is on my favourite website!! This one is TOTALLY for you!



Handmade Romance, I know you hold a flame for her too!

Best. Youtube. Ever.

Pete says this should be retitled "Alana sings 5 octaves on the piano". Sorry Almeister. But it's hilarious and you know it's true! I love you!

I love my HTB

Look at the present he gave me to celebrate quitting my shitty job! A series of pictures he went out and took today just for me! He is so sweet and I love him so!

Frankendress

So I like to think taking a dress and trying to make it into a better dress, no matter how different the vision is to reality, is 'upcycling'.

The HTB just sees it as comic relief as Bexy gets really angry stuffing up her craftiness wannabe once again. And swears like a sailor and curses the day her sewing machine was brought into the world. And damns craft to the fiery depths of hell. And swears some more and empties the dregs of the pantry looking for alcohol, only to find a tiny bottle of cointreau used in cooking once.

PS - I quit my job today. I am totally pissed and posting. Dangerous.

But this is my new dress! And yes, also my new ink. Have I mentioned I am totally in love with Danny from Tattoo Magic on Gertrude St? He is my god, he drew me my phoenix and has dreamy eyes. It's a work in progress, colour to come over the next few weeks.




The only other photographic evidence I could find of the old dress was Christmas 2007. I have clearly spent too much time at the beach as I am way too blonde and way too freckly and am channeling a GC housewife. In short - I hated the top and the straps so I cut them off, made it strapless and added part of a $0.50 valance as decoration.

Pete and Tank Girl sitting in a tree...

I wondered why, after borrowing Tank Girl from the video store, the HTB was so keen to watch it with me. Turns out he's been harbouring a major crush on her since the mid-90s - who knew?

Reflecting on his other celeb crushes, however, I should have totally had a clue.

PS - Tank Girl is such an awesome film.

PPS - Yes, that is a wee little Naomi Watts as her sidekick!

Fat Soluble Vitamins, Major and Trace Minerals, Amino Acids...

Today is a study day and my mind is overflowing trying to process everything. So break time!

I actually really wanted to go to the Victorian Boston Terriers Association Dog Show today - they are absolutely my favourite breed and I adore them! But all my alleged "friends" refused point blank to go on another harebrained adventure with me, so in lieu of going alone I decided I should really take a gander at the last 14 weeks of lecture notes that need to be memorised. Oh joyous occasion.

I have been collecting a strange variety of images on my camera over the last few weeks, here are a couple to give you the last month or so in pictures:

Spring in the cactus garden - each day more joy bloomed!


And I discovered a serious aphid problem amongst the bulbs - what do aphids even do? My freesias seem fine? They were all just sitting on this on-the-way-out tulip?


My latest favourite necklace combo:


Mum came to visit and off we went to Collingwood Children's Farm. There were baby goats! Bliss! Mum was soon spotted as an easy target with a bag of food...



Well, back to the books I suppose. Come to think of it though, I'm hungry and I definitely need a shower, and well, maybe I'll even alphabetise the CDs again...

Back From The Cold

So I've been kind of in blog wilderness lately - not doing much updating and certainly not doing any reading. Work's been crazy, we're approaching exam time, and lots and lots of fun socialising in between! Exhausting!

But then, this link landed in my inbox. Hell Yeah. Hilarious. Here are a couple of gems (click on them to see bigger) - you have to check it out for a guilty giggle. I feel kinda bad laughing at someone in such a mean way, but then, if they really think they can sell this kind of stuff then I'm guessing they live in their own blissful little world anyway. Get my drift?

To Rebecca, much love - Angelique

Angelique Houtkamp was at Outre Gallery yesterday doing a book signing at her new exhibition.

She's gorgeous!

Major Girl Crush #5 - Robin Wright Penn

2 words:


Buttercup...


Jenny.

Tonight I am indulging a night home alone watching Forrest Gump for the first time in a million years. Watch it again just for Jenny's outfits - what an amazing time to grow up.

Fabulous!

Love it! From Michi Girl

Je t'adore, Sonia Rykiel

I love these pics of the Sonia Rykiel show! I always always love her shows - the fun, the unabashed girliness, the sequins and oh lord - the hair!! Always the hair!

I really like the fabulous shoes/silky billowy pants combos and I really really like the gorgeous stockings with fab shoes.

These pics are from The Cherry Blossom Girl - gorgeous!