Showing posts with label creatives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creatives. Show all posts

September 17, 2010

Making Things is Awesome

Os Gémeos and Blu do beautiful things in Lisbon. Via Ffffound


It has been an amazing week. The most gorgeous selection of cameos and vintage cabochons are one their way to Pennyroyal HQ. I can really sink my teeth into producing the range when they arrive. Exciting beyond belief!

Hell yes...

♠ Seasonal vegetable curry from Khana Kharzana (sp?). Vegan; cheap; delicious

♠ Being accepting of change

♠ Craving chocolate, then remembering about an uneaten Aero. Victory!

♠ The Wire. If you haven't seen it yet, obtain a copy somehow...

♠ Milo. Back with a vengence

♠ Going out for Japanese food with Cam, Paul and Maia; Hede is rad when it's not super-busy. Inari, teriyaki fish, inappropriate Rosé. Good times ♥

♠ Being able to walk to the library on a sunny, warm, glittering Sunday

♠ Having a bunch of new books to read: The Tao of Now (Josh Baran), God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Kurt Vonnegut), Sixteen Shades of Crazy (Rachel Trezise) and The Unit (Ninni Holmqvist). Awesome! I'm also reading, after having had it sitting on my bookshelf for years, Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Excellent

♠ Making a double batch of cupcakes (orange and blueberry; blue orange-flavoured icing and sprinkles ♥) and eating until I had them coming out of my ears


Shoe design by Kobi Levi! Via Ffffound


See also:


Postcard Set Kitties by Gemmabear. Via Ffffound


Through which I found the truly genius:


Pugs not Drugs tee by Gemmabear. Via Ffffound


Every single item in her shop brings a smile to my face :-D

♥,

September 15, 2010

No More Fashion Tech / Kristen Ferrell

Coco Rocha by Solve Sundsbo, via Ffffound


On Friday afternoon I downloaded Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, TLC, Divinyls, Lady Gaga, The Runaways, Veruca Salt, Roxette, Salt 'n Pepa. It was a ladyfest at work on Saturday!

Cool things that happened last week...

♠ One of the girls at Tech asked if she could do a tarot reading for me; I'd never had one done before, it was a really rewarding experience. I felt super-positive afterwards ♥

♠ Penny-the-kitten being fitted with a suave leopard print collar and becoming hilariously unhappy about it

♠ Assessment day at Tech went so well; Friday was also speech day (!), mine was about goth fashion, muahaha. I walked out of the building after class with a light heart and lucid head. So sweet

♠ A bunch of confirmation emails waiting in my inbox relating to various purchases of ring findings for my range. Exiting times!

Onwards...

For the last five weeks or so, I've been having post-surgery troubles. I've had to take a bunch of days off of class; too many days, as it turns out. Boo! The class schedule is too tight, from now until the end of course, for me to make up what I've missed so far (let alone the odd day that I'd likely have to miss during the next little while).

On one hand it is disappointing and frustrating as all hell. I busted my ass sooo hard to get into Pattern Design and now the same problem that held me back in Garment Tech has ruined my hope of graduating from this course. Yesterday I came home from Tech and had a big cry and moped around a little.

On the other hand, after having thought about things and gained perspective, ever since Cam came back from Sydney, asking if I want to move over there with him next year, my path moved away from Fashion Tech and towards SIT.

Unlike Tech, SIT's Applied Fashion Diploma starts patternmaking from scratch, so everything I have learned and would have learned is bonus knowledge (which I was stoked about, but it isn't essential).

It is tempting to keep going to class despite not being able to graduate. I am not going to.

Three things:

♠ Charm my way into full time work (+ Saturdays at Cosmic, keepin' it real) in order to start save save saving $$$ for relocating to Sydney
♠ Release my range of rings successfully
♠ Obtain patternmaking tools and do what I can with what I've learned so far

By full time work I actually mean '30 hours, 4 days a week'. That'd be IDEAL.

Hah, good luck lady.

After scouring a few websites I've rounded up a whole bunch of jobs to apply for and tomorrow aim to prepare an irresistable CV to wave in front of prospective employers. I'd love to get another job that inspires and delights me as much as working at Cosmic Corner does, but am not holding my breath. Cosmic's right up there when it comes to sweet places to work.



Dentures Cupcake by Kristen Ferrell


I have one of Kristen's t-shirts, a severed-finger print, it is morbidly wonderful. She is one cool cat, and one of the people whose work and kick-ass attitude inspired me to grab hold of my dreams. Buy her cupcakes!

"Every day the choice is presented to us, to live up to the spirit that is in us, or deny it."
Henry Miller


The plan is to take it as easy as I have to until my abdomen is back up and running, hopefully only a week or two, then land a job that will help me fast-track to Sydney.

Everything happens for a reason!

♥,

July 18, 2010

Roses and Teacups





Rose Hoop earrings and an Old Country Roses sterling silver bracelet from Roses and Teacups who, among other things, make beautiful jewellery out of broken china. The earrings are especially rad; I would remove the dangly little Swarovski crystals and replace them with some charms of my own!

They're also selling a range of Mad Hatters top hats, which look amazing:





See the rest here (scroll right down).

♥,

May 7, 2010

Sunday





Via Haute Macabre. Apparently these are from a 2009 Italian Vogue spread. Amazing, beautiful images!

Tomorrow I am back at course. I've been out of action since work experience began, so it's all very exciting. Monday and Tuesday I'll be helping out Janet Dunn in her workroom, and Wednesday through Friday in class starting to get back up to speed with everything.

Japan's Brainwave Initiative: Mind-Reading Robots by 2020 - "While the U.S. Army actively pursues “thought helmets” that might someday lead to secure mind-to-mind communication between soldiers, the Japanese are going after the consumer market. The aim is to produce BMI technology to change TV channels or to use mobile phones to send text messages composed by thought alone."



Medicina Rossa by Alberto Seveso, via Sweet Station. Click through to Sweet Station for larger pics! This is so captivating, I love it.

Mother's Day today. I took the train out to the Hutt to hang out with mum and dad and my brother for the afternoon. Wellington harbour makes me smile every time, it's a sweet ride for someone who isn't a regular commuter! It was a fun visit, we drank tea, ate lots of caramel slice and sifted through a bunch of old clothes while the boys watched sport on TV. Courtesy of my amazing mother, I now have an overlocker on loan! And a press! And a bunch of clothes to rip up and throw back together! Exclamation marks! It's going to be so great to have a little workspace at home with everything I need.

Enjoying: Wellington Wall Street, lacey things, hot chocolate with lots of milk, binging on episodes of American Dad, being almost-100% after three weeks of recovery from surgery (:-D!!!), sleeves-over-knuckles, world maps, waking up in time to see the sunrise

May 1, 2010

Local on Etsy

I can't wait 'til I'm able to start up my own Etsy store!

Here are some Wellington folks who are doing cool things:


Jet black Tea Pot and Tea Cup pendant


By Super Very, who makes laser cut jewellery. Teacups, trees, keys, unicorns, birds, bunnies. I love the Chat Noir cat pendants, too. Cute!

You Rule greeting card


By Katydid Paper Goods, who make... paper goods :-D There are a whole bunch of cool things on the website, too: www.katydid.co.nz


Cobalt flower bobbi pins

From Hope and Anchor, who are also the beautiful minds behind Devol clothing.

Sruli Recht


Sruli Recht Umbuster umbrella.


Yuss!!!

April 27, 2010

Around the Internet


From Dmitry Maximov's 'Invaded by Little Aliens' project, via Sweet Station.



From David Lyle's current show 'At the End of the Day', via Wooster Collective.


The Ricky Gervais podcasts. I just can't help myself.

Straight Line Design Inc - Melting drawers? Fiesty wardrobe? So, so cool! | Where the people lead, the leaders will follow - "It seems that Murray McCully has listened. His comments this afternoon indicate that he is now committed to ending whaling in the Southern Ocean..." | Dude, what just happened? - Russell Brown re: Operation Lime. You'd think that the police force have enough actual crime to worry about. | Private members bill drafted to stop mining - "Concern about changes to schedule 4 conservation land that open up protected land to mining has led Labour MP Jacinda Ardern to lodge her first Private Members Bill." It'll be interesting to see if anything comes from this. Metiria Turei's Bill just got drawn; if it goes through it'll make Ardern's one irrelevant. The ultimate Earth Day present - "The Crown Minerals (Protection of Public Conservation Land Listed in the Fourth Schedule) Amendment Bill will retain the existing provisions of Schedule 4 protection in the Crown Minerals Act, but would require an Act of Parliament to remove something from Schedule 4, once it has been gazetted." I wonder if our politicians are in the mood to do something good for once. Fingers crossed!

April 25, 2010

Enjoying Alyz

Nationwide protests against surveillance bill | Borneo finds new species - "including a lungless frog, the world's longest insect and a slug that fires "love darts" at its mate" Ace!


Ava I by Alyz


Red Alert by Alyz


Her website is Visualyz. Go there!

Enjoying: Plums, cola mentos, dressing up to go to the dairy, being able to walk properly again (!), mum's caramel slice, hot water bottles, bloomers, cookie-presents, violets, staring out the window at an overcast sky from the snuggly-warmth of my bed.

April 1, 2010

Around the Internet

At home, ill and pumped full of antibiotics.
Better than being at home, ill and not pumped full of antibiotics, I guess!


'Ziggy' by Jessica Josslin. Her work is amazing.

Also amazing: Sewing tattoos (!!!) on Flikr

I've been trying to find some articles that make me smile. It's harder than you'd expect. Everywhere you turn for news&views stuff: a million things negative.

All of this Hadron Collider stuff is rad, though.

"The world's largest experiment into the fundamental forces of nature has begun in silent pursuit of the answers to some of the most esoteric questions of science, hitherto addressed by spirituality and philosophy." - LHC: Will We Find The God Particle, Dark Matter and Supersymmetry?


Al Jazeera: Cern opens up the world of physics
Wall Street Journal: A Second Big Bang In Geneva?

Meanwhile...

Lord Layard's Movement for Happiness seeks a director with vision

March 30, 2010

Jared Brown



Embroidery by Jared Brown. Cool as.

Mark Johns




Love Mark Johns. Cutest ever!

(Thanks, Fancy!, you rule.)

December 13, 2009

Tea-Ara by Anita Dineen



This is pretty much the coolest thing ever.

Part of Anita Dineen's High Tea collection. Awesome!