Treasure, me Hearties! Volume 10

A lovely treasury I was featured in :)

'Frosted Sage' by soubretteknits

The last fading greens of summer with a hint of frost to foreshadow winter both signal the start of my favorite time of year, autumn!

Sage Zombie Moon Bun - ... moonscreations $12	BLUE OLIVES II Color C... WollesYarnCrea... $16	Our Waterfall Design wi... TwistedRiverCl... $25
tiny teapot linocut pri... rubyvictoria $10	Peacock Pillow-Minty Sa... sewluckygirl $30	Sterling Silver and Pre... KriksSilver $28
Hanging Vase TortoiseLovesD... $8.5	Frosted Leaf - Tiny Cha... OrdinaryMommy $14	Riverside - Fine Art Fl... bomobob $35
Three Sisters - Genuine... SeaFindDesigns $33	letterpress leica camer... bittersugar $35	1970s Sage Long Formal ... starletvintage $64
Vintage 50s LUSH FOREST... studio1950 $20	White Rabbit Ring by Os... Osier $23	vintage MOSSY GREY sued... shopREiNViNTAG... $42

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My Architectural Education

Fashion + Architecture = Awesomeness

I love it when my two loves intertwine (for those who are new here, I'm an architecture student) - I've just finished my 950-1500 word essay on wearable technology art, which essentially is art that humans wear that makes a comment on technology.

This is the piece I wrote about;


You can check out more cool things by Studio Orta *over here*

Now that I've shared that with you, I need to get some sleep seeing as its 2.49am and I need to get up at 1/4 to 7...

9 days. 3 assignments. 1 to go.

Then its time to get ready for Perth Upmarket!

Skirts are for Flirts

I can't wait for warmer weather so I can bust out all the skirts in my wardrobe that dont lend themselves to being worn with tights.

Thanks to BurdaStyle for the inspiring image collection. xx

Sexyness is... Voting

img via girlsthinktank.org

Yup, I'm one of those people. The people who LOVE they get to vote, and who really do think they make a difference.

I mean, you have to pop a peice of paper in the box anyway, so why not make it count? (for those outside Australia, we here have compulsory voting - you get fined/punished if you dont)
The basics;

Two peices of paper.

One for the people who represent different areas who make up new laws (find yours HERE) -The House of Representatives. So pick the person for your area that best represents what you want, so if they get voted in all their actions will hopefully be what's best for you.

One for the people who vote on laws to see if they get passed or not. - The Senate. Vote for people based on their party policies (or personal policies if they're independent) so if they get voted in they'll vote for the stuff you want and reject the stuff you don't.


And if you really cant be bothered, dont donkey vote! Votes that have "watermelon" scrawled across them don't affect the final result, whereas donkey votes do.


x Lauren

Meet & Make August 2010

Want to be at our next Perth Crafty Meetup?

CLICK HERE TO RSVP :)

...despite what the link says - you don't have to make pillowcases. That's just a charity activity thats going on.

I'd love to meet you xx

Tie my Heart Up

Someting about knots really gets me excited.



Don't take that the wrong way.

Embraced by beyondtherockz
HERE




Jena by coumon
HERE




Shimmer by moonlightforviolet
HERE




Noeud de cuir noir by colourblindsmarties
HERE

Yes I know it's all jewellery and its all similar types of knots and its all off Etsy. But thats how I roll.


xx Lauren

Magazine Marvels : Antler Issue 3 February

Titled "vintage", its easy to guess what the theme of the mag was, and as I've come to expect it was filled with whimsical, washed out imagery. Which although is a little overdone now in the indie world, I ADORE IT!. And yes I know it was published way back in Feb, but I only just remembered to check my online mag list today (its down the bottom of the right hand column of this blog).

Sometimes I get bored of reading artist interviews, I guess they need to be pretty special to catch my interest nowadays, having read them all the time from Etsy and Frankie/Peppermint. Antler does ask some really cool questions, like "tell us a random thing about your work" - which gets some interesting replies! But there are a lot too many in there for my tastes (Antler doesnt have anything except interviews and photoshoots - so really thats to be expected), so I skipped over more than half of them, I can really only stomach about three in a row with my attention span, I might go back and read them later if I'm in the mood.

Photoshoots. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH MY HEART ACHES. Not just Antlers ones, but photoshoots in general make me very happy. Especially couple ones where there are a boy and girl model playing pretend, I don't know why it's enjoyable to watch two rediculously good looking people together but it is. There are two different styles of photoshoot in this issue - the washed out whimsical, and the black and white crisp coture style. I like both, and I really appreciate the mix. Good work Antler.

Plus one of them is named after a Fleetwood Mac song. Extra Points.

Travel. Well I think its travel. There's a cool photojournal titled "7 minutes of being a geisha" - kind of a fashion shoot, kind of a photography exhibition, kind of a travel log. I liked the photos of random Japanese things, as thats what I end up doing on all my holidays. I end up not having any sweeping panoramas, happy snaps or food photos, just weird micro-scale things like mailboxes and flowers.

I have many favorite pages, but this one took my breath away, literally. I sat there dumbfounded for at least 40 seconds, drinking it in. You need to click on it to see it in its full-size amasingness.



So spooky and beautiful and dreamy and symbolic... a perfect last page.


So there is my first magazine review. What do you think? Should I do more, or just link to things I like and leave you guys to figure it out for yourselves? If you read it, can you tell me what you think too?

xx lauren

EDIT :: duh. forgot to link to it.
http://issuu.com/antlermagazine/docs/vol3vintage