Airy.

 

I mentioned Corinne Day a little earlier on with the Kate Moss Fifteen, shoot.

I like her photography. She was one of the pioneers of the infamous Herion Chic movement in the eighties - with glamorous anorexic models on drugs. She passed away last year.
http://www.corinneday.co.uk

Aztec Gods

Some artwork I enjoy by L.A artist Kutmah.

He drew these (freehand) whilst in prison in New Mexico after being deported from the U.S.

Under the title, Two Soups & A Honeybun, the drawings take the form of futuristic cosmic Aztec creatures and monoliths. Neat.
 Here is a mixtape of his with a rad MF Doom poem (track one)

http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/9335/1/kutmah-exclusive-mixtape-premiere?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Gucci+Menswear++Kutmah+Mixtape++Anna+Paquin&utm_campaign=Gucci+Menswear++Kutmah+Mixtape++Anna+Paquin&utm_term=Kutmah+Exclusive+Mixtape+Premiere

 

Thank you Gatito for the link!

Winona Forever

  Winona and Johnny. Dreamy couple. So grungy and glamorous, all at the same time.

Somebody Loves You

I got some new things today. Cute story - I was on my way home when I heard someone shout out my name - it was Marcus, an old friend from high school. I told him about this Karen Walker necklace I liked, the apple skull oxidized silver one and so he came with me to try it on. On the way there he bought me freshly squeezed juice from my favourite Mediterranean food shop - it was a melon, apple, carrot, pear, lemon and ginger juice, delicious. So I tried on my necklace and we decided it was awesome, then I saw the Herschel bags and decided I definitely needed a backpack for my trip to Adelaide for the Laneway festival next week. So I bought both and we continued our walk down Smith St in 35 degree heat. That was my afternoon. I also drew some postcards to send to friends and bought some organic produce.

The Indie Desert.

Laneway in less than a month!

So many delightful bands that I'm itching to see live. 

Indie music love.

Summer, Home.

Beautiful friend reunion times!

Waiheke Island, 23rd birthday.

Jasmin / CJ / me / Strawb / Astro / Ursh / Lili / Tanny 

  Mad Love.

Nico & Sparrow.

 In the Summer of 2009, my friend Jasmin and I decided to make a clothing line, inspired by her jewelery work with feathers. We called it Nico & Sparrow and here was the first samples of the range. It was a lot of fun to make, we would get together and sketch ideas, we imported 10 metres of black chiffon (the only fabric I think I will ever use with confidence), bunch loads of rooster / duck / pheasant and quinea fowl feathers, metres of satin bias binding and made up tags and care tags, and got sewing in the dreamy Summer of Wellington (in which time I moved flats where I had a bigger working space). We made around ten samples (the only one I have left is the feather shoulder dress) then Jaz got to work getting them on models and photographed, and getting her own label, Jasmin Sparrow, up and running. I then went back to uni to finish off my degree and passed on the project to her and is doing incredibly well now and can see her here http://www.jasminsparrow.co.nz.

 

Peached

Pretty images from

http://teachpeach.tumblr.com/

Hi Sis! x

Carrot Cake.

CARROT CAKE

3 eggs (room temp)

1/2 cup oil

2 cups flour

1.5 t/s baking soda

3/4 cup brown sugar

vanilla essence

1/2 t/s cinnamon

2 cups grated carrot

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

3/4 cup crushed pineapple

lemon grind

Beat eggs + sugar, add oil, sift in flour, baking soda and cinnamon

Fold in carrots, walnuts and pineapple  

Bake at 180c for 40min

Cool in tin for 10min, then on cooling rack

Ice when cold, top with chopped walnuts or peanuts

CREAM CHEESE ICING

2 T/S butter 

1/4 cup cream cheese

1 cup icing sugar

Lemon grind + juice

Systematic / Spontaneous

This is a personality test that I stumbled across in the mind section of the museum.

My personality type is apparently - independent.

Rather appropriate I thought (whilst roaming the museum halls with my independent self).