See Hear Say

lufdesign

2012-01-29T23:24:00.002+11:00

buy: cool products by lufdesign, a design company based in korea.

i like their take on both fun and practicality.

+++ on a side note +++

we have now created a facebook page for our Half/Half project. please follow us to see in store and other updates! thanks and hope you all have had a nice weekend :)

replies:

@tracey: thanks tracey :) btw we saw your testimonial on the skirts at our etsy shop, glad they arrived safely in your hands. thanks again for your support!

@hanna: no i haven't but i'm about to look it up now, thanks for letting me now!

@herecomesthesun @curious constellation @anne kirkby @sydney L. i really love the colour bits too!

@make it easy: you're very welcome aron, love your blog!

lizzy stewart

2012-01-26T19:27:00.002+11:00

see: lizzy stewart illustrations, based in london.

happy australia day everyone!

replies:

@christine @anne kirkby @daughter earth: glad you like her work :)

@jennifer: definitely! i love all her concepts, very imaginative and dreamy!

@courtney: i'd love to visit your country one day!

@nancy: hello adelaide, happy straya day for you!

@margaux: hello you in the cloudy cornfields :) thanks for saying hi!

lissy laricchia

2012-01-23T22:58:00.002+11:00

see: cloud concept by lissy laricchia a.k.a. lissy elle, based in canada.

last time i posted about her too. anything to do with clouds, i'm all over it.

thank you all who have commented on my previous post. glad to see you all are in different places around the globe, don't you think internet is just amazing? if you haven't already, please tell me where you from here?

replies:

@anne: hello fellow sydneysider :)

@monika: wow you've been everywhere! enjoy your visit in england!

@nafisa: oh wow, i'm so happy to hear there's someone out there in india reading my blog. thanks for saying hi!

@roisin: hi there in england, hope the weather treating you well there.

@sharmaine ruth: oh i'm sure indiana is amazing too on its own way!

@hanna: i'm a huge fan of kings of convenience but they've never come to australia :(

@adeline: one day i'll have to visit you in oslo! i have to visit my other friend who lives there. she's also french!

@nikki @tracey: hope you have a nice summer up there in brisbane! the sun is hiding quite a lot these days in sydney!

just a minute... in january

2012-01-21T16:34:00.016+11:00

♥ listening... intentions by whitest boy alive

♥ going... to see them live tonight, i'm super excited!

♥ watching... every single polar bear cub video at zooborns *hands on face*

♥ loving... elle and dakota fanning fashion shots for w magazine.

♥ inspiring... this new blog discovery odessa may society.

♥ baking... donna hay's scones for the first time for sparkapolooza challenge.

♥ drinking... sparkling pinot grigio at honda festival garden. nice for sunny summer days after work drinks!

so i'm just wondering, how many of you are here in sydney? and where are the rest of you from? i'm just doing a little survey here. don't be shy, leave me a comment and tell me your location please, thank you :)

artwork: arian behzadi

replies:

@jodeska: cute huh!

@jennifer: completely makes sense and i completely agree!

@hila: i am happy too and you are wonderful!

@little queue: yay! should be in your hands very soon now :D

@ashley moe @tracey: glad you like the video too :)

jalouse magazine

2012-01-15T16:01:00.003+11:00

see: a short film for french magazine jalouse.

i haven't heard about this magazine before but this is such a smart campaign.

+++ on a side note +++

we start running briefs over sparkapolooza again. for you who's not familiar, find out more all about it here. is being more creative one of your new year resolutions? sparkapolooza would definitely be the best place for you to start. it's still not too late to submit your work for our first brief this year, i am yet to work on my response for this brief as well.

i'm also doing january photo a day challenge #janphotoaday at instagram. anyone else doing this too? add me on instagram, my username is lauratj.

p.s. all your nice comments on half/half make us so so happy. thanks so much to everyone who has blogge, tweeted and spread out the words about us on facebook, we really appreciate it! we have only 4 skirts left so if you'd like to buy one (or two) you'd better be quickly before we run out of stocks :)

replies:

@vintageveggie @sundari @curious constellations @adeline @rachel {little bits of lovely} @victoria @morenica @jennifer: thanks so much!!

@hila: you are so lovely, can't thank you enough for posting about us on your blog, we really appreciate it!

@little queue @tracey: thanks so much for your purchase ladies! the skirts would be delivered to your hands shortly, do send us pictures with you wearing the skirts? :)

half/half shop!

2012-01-11T23:20:00.005+11:00

this is it guys, after a lot of thinking and talking between sydney and hanoi, when jo came back to sydney recently we have finally made our dream into reality! we're very excited to introduce you to our new online shop: half/half.

we currently have a selection of 50's style skirts, they come in different kinds of beautiful fabrics hand picked from our favourites. each skirt is unique and special, we only have 1 piece made for most of the items, so you'll be the only one in the world who wears them. they're fun and stylish and also very comfy to wear.

everything goes my way skirt

leaving the city skirt

love letter to japan skirt

handy info to know: we do free shipping on any orders within australia and currently we have standard international shipping flat rate to new zealand $10USD and to everywhere else $20USD. we only have one size made at the moment which is a size 10 for australian standard size (see measurement details at the shop).

our shop is fairly small at the moment but we have more ideas and plans ready to explode from our heads so do stay tuned for more. head over to half/half etsy shop to view more collection, i hope you love our shop as much as we do!

replies:

@moni @ella: glad you like them :)

@adeline @hanna: i'm so jealous, i haven't been to sweden!!

@vi: you're very welcome, your photos are just stunning!

snygg

2012-01-09T23:47:00.003+11:00

see: snygg, a blog by vivian from sweden.

full of delicious food and stunning still life photos.

replies:

@hanna @ana - the book is my favourite tent too :)

@curious constellation - me too!

@jennifer - oh yes, i've seen the 10,000,000 fireflies tent. they are all just too cool!

@jodeska - oh really? you should post them up anyway, which ones are your faves?

field candy

2012-01-07T10:12:00.004+11:00

buy: super cute tents by field candy.

field candy is based in jersey, with their design office in the mountains of italy, their products are printed, manufactured, assembled and distributed worldwide from the UK. *thanks for the link chris*

for those of you who know me in person, you probably know that i'm not a camping person. but i would definitely say YES if we're going to camp on one of these tents!

p.s. thank you all for your wishes on my 3rd blog anniversary, have a lovely weekend :)

3rd anniversary

2012-01-04T20:40:00.000+11:00

first of all, today is See Hear Say 3rd anniversary yay! thank you all so much for stopping by and reading my blog. eventhough i'm not very good at replying, i want you to know that your comments, tweets and emails mean a million to me!

so anyway, have you been checking HUH. store lately? yes, these are the guys from HUH. magazine who sponsored the tote bags giveaway a while back. they have really nice selections of apparels, quirky publications and homeware - i love their simple, cosy and casual style.

now the most exciting bit! HUH. magazine has kindly offer a 15% discount on that hot marie boots from pointer (picture on top) exclusive for See Hear Say readers only to celebrate this birthday month! this pretty shoes would be so easy to wear - pair them up with leggings or pants on cold winter days or they'll be cute with shorts or mini dress over warm season too!

all you need to do is put this code SEEHEARHUH when you check out. this special offer is valid only until 31st january 2012 only, open for both UK and international shipping.

so go on then, head over to HUH. store and enjoy!

replies:

@sydney: oh really! i didn't notice the quote was that popular! :)

@jess @muchlove @sundari @danica @L* @indie.tea @herecomesthesun @fransisca angela @trudy florence @bohème circus: thanks guys, hope this inspires you to start the new year in good spirits and positive thinking! all the best to you all!

@vintageveggie: i really do hope i can live by these rules as well!

@hila: and the same to you hila!!

happy new year!

2012-01-01T19:38:00.000+11:00

just a short post to say... happy new year everyone!! a beautiful food for thought for the start of 2012, wishing you all a wonderful and magical year ♥

illustration: amy borrell / words: in spaces between *via daydream lily*

this year has been...

2011-12-29T10:29:00.001+11:00

2011 has been an incredibly quick year for me but it wasn't a bad year at all. here are some of my highlights:

▲ we held our very first ever guerrilla street exhibition sparkmylane!

▲ my holiday in asia. it was a nice little adventure in jakarta, bali, vietnam and malaysia.

▲ fell in love with graffiti street art - enjoying very much my visit to dunlop factory and of course the outpost project.

▲ i've got my teeth cleaned! it has been more than 5 years since the last time i went to dentist before then and my teeth has never felt cleaner.

▲ volunteering at buddy walk to support down syndrome awareness. it was a nice day walking over sydney harbour bridge and it felt great to do something for a difference.

▲ my diana mini shots from ubud got published on lomography site.

▲ we bought a townhouse and moving there early next year! it would be exhausting, but i'm also very excited about renovating and redecorating the new place.

▲ for the first time we've got people coming over for christmas lunch at our current apartment. we're that bad, we've been living here for 3 years and we've never had any housewarming, dinner parties or anything alike. so that was a combined of belated housewarming, christmas as well as a farewell do hahaha...

▲ a year with lots of wins! the elements of in-between written by hila and illustrated by amy, devon smith's print from tornadoes and tiger giveaway, the design files 2012 calendar from giveaway at daydream lily, bakematic tea towel by howkapow. i'm a happy kid.

▲ started photo chain project three kittens with jo and charlotte

thank you all for 2011. what's everyone doing on the new year's eve?

music: good sleep by i am robot and proud *via make it easy* / photo: by hui+

just a minute... in december

2011-12-25T09:10:00.004+11:00

♥ drinking... my fave tea at the moment red green and dreamy from T2

♥ listening... soul christmas tunes at designers.mx

♥ going... to sun bake at the beach. i hope the sun stays out!

♥ watching... a selby film on christine sun kim, a deft sound artist. very inspiring.

♥ loving... the givebox in düsseldorf posted by my friend charlotte! this is such a brilliant idea and we should have something like this in sydney.

♥ reading... the essential guide to decorating by vinny lee. i've never thought i would need this book but it's actually very handy to have when you're renovating.

i wish you all a very merry christmas! happy holidays!

camera: 450 D / photo from outpost project at cockatoo island

outpost project

2011-12-24T08:34:00.001+11:00

some digital shots from outpost project, street art exhibition in cockatoo island that ended earlier this month. one of the best exhibitions i've ever been and i hope they'll have it again next year.

camera: canon 450D / more on flickr

few days in malaysia

2011-12-23T19:26:00.004+11:00

spotted some nice street art in kuala lumpur.

petronas twin tower, kuala lumpur.

some low clouds at genting.

one cloudless morning in genting, this is the view from our window.

holiday officially starts TODAY! it's unbelievably so close to christmas now. i'm quite determined to upload all photos i've taken this year before the year actually ends, so excuse myself i'm going to bombard you with my own photos for the next few posts! i don't have that many, i promise :)

my south asian trip few months back to indonesia and vietnam ended in malaysia, above are a few selected photos that i haven't had a chance to sorted.

camera: 450D / edited with julia trotti curves

replies:

@amanda hill: thanks so much, welcome to my blog :)

@hila: writing retreat / holiday sounds great! all the best with everything and have a great time hila!

@tracey: same here, trying to save money and not going anywhere. hope it would be nice and relaxing though, and i hope sydney weather will behave nicely! happy holidays tracey!

@jodeska: i don't know what to say... see you when you get back!

someplace

2011-12-18T22:19:00.003+11:00

buy: some apparels both for ladies and gentlemen at someplace.

they're based in australia and they currently have 2 stores, in surry hills (sydney) and melbourne. they also have an art gallery and print publication.

+++ on a side note +++

one week to christmas and i'm counting down. i can not wait for my holiday even though i'm not going anywhere. what are your plans, anyone going away?

brown paper gift wrapping

2011-12-16T09:14:00.003+11:00

tis that time of the year again... i can't believe that christmas is coming in less than 10 days! how are you going with your christmas shopping? here are some brown paper tutorials and packaging for your gift wrapping ideas. have a nice weekend!

this is actually a tutorial to make gingerbread cookie favour by project wedding but i think these little gifts definitely apply as christmas gifts too, no?

brown paper packaging by one fine dae

brown paper bag gift wrapping tutorial by the party studio

replies:

@jodeska @hila: you guys and your little dirty minds! hahahaha... lovely thoughts guys :D

@danica: i saw them too few years back, i can't wait to see them again!

@sarah @adeline: ahhh such a lovely place i want to go there! have you guys been?

@isa: and if it's eirik's roof top house i would definitely love to go visit him :)

kings of convenience

2011-12-12T13:31:00.004+11:00

hear: me in you by kings of convenience.

their latest music video!! eirik and erlend, why you guys no come to australia? :(

i'm really looking forward to see erlend plays with his other band the whitest boy alive for sydney festival 2012 though.

and by the way, does anyone know where is this video shot? such a pretty place.

the morran book project

2011-12-06T22:57:00.004+11:00

buy: the morran book project by camilla engman, who lives and works at gothenburg, sweden.

i don't know if any of you have been a follower of camilla's blog like me? we're sorry to hear that camilla recently had to say goodbye to her beloved little furry friend, morran :( morran is close to our hearts, she's just like a friend to all of us bloggers around the world. camilla's latest project is one book dedicated to morran, full of illustrations made by morran's fans and all profits go to WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals).

first photo by camilla engman, the rest are illustrations from the morran book project by various artists.

little printer

2011-12-04T01:09:00.000+11:00

see: little printer and pre-order for 2012!

basically you set up your subscriptions to news, puzzles, updates from friends on an app in your smartphone. then this little guy will gather them together to create a timely cute mini-newspaper for you. cutest gadget ever.

*via calebo*

replies:

@make it easy: i like bears too, i've been liking polar bears these days!

@joy: absolutely. and you're right i didn't actually know that many artists from hong kong, but i wonder if it was just because i haven't done enough research?

@adeline: hahahha... nothing's wrong with lollies except for when you have too much of it! i'm just trying to reduce my sugar intake :)

@amy: yes i like koey's mushrooms too, super cute!

@pascale: thank you :) and wishing you a good luck for the up coming new year resolutions / challenges!

@koey: thanks to you too! your works are just so adorable!

@hila: oh yes of course, THE book! all the best hila!!

koey

2011-11-30T21:40:00.003+11:00

see: handmade creations by koey from hong kong.

she makes all sorts of things ranging from drawings, craft and even handmade skin care products. and oh, this artist is an 18 years old young lady!

+++ on a side note +++

can you believe that tomorrow will be the start of the last month of 2011? i feel like i haven't done anything this year, yet i only have 1 month to go. i'm setting up a little goal for myself so that by the end of the year i can say "that's right, it was last minute but i did it!". this would be my attempt to be healthier: i challenge myself not to eat lollies for the whole month next month. you hear (or read...) me right! i guess the reason why i'm putting it out there is just to put more pressure on myself to actually do this instead of just saying it. one can only hope for the best that this is working.

who wants to join me setting up your own little challenge before the end of the year? do share with me if you're doing this :)

replies:

@hanna: i don't know who lightspeed champion was! thanks for letting me know, i'm going to look them up.

@anonymous: i love their place and her outfits too!

@rachel: lucy chadwick is awesome, and so are zara and the selby! hope you're well too :)

@monica: couldn't have agreed more :)

lucy chadwick

2011-11-28T23:06:00.001+11:00

see: a cool video by the selby for zara.

this short film is about lucy chadwick, a british artist and contemporary art gallery owner in new york city.

*via little bits of lovely*

replies:

@jodeska: upload more photos of your mum!!

@the drifter and the gypsy: thanks, i'm sure mum will be so flattered to hear that :) your turn to upload your old photos?

@joy: thank you :)

old family photos

2011-11-27T22:41:00.006+11:00

a lot of bloggers have already done this, but it was hila who inspired me to actually dig up my old family photos when i went back home about 3 months ago. jo once also mentioned about this amazing project my parents were awesome. do you have any old family photos to share with me? please give me your link if you do, i'd love to see them!

my mum (right) and her cousin, jan 1974. mum was 20 years old at that time!

mum and dad at their engagement. look at the ruffles and laces on my mum's dress!

the gentleman was my dad's great grandpa, dad told me a special story about him when i found this photo.
the baby was my dad's grandpa

my grandma (from mum's side) and my brother. love the retro furnitures!

my brother at the front, little me at the back, with my mum and nanny.

replies:

@sharmaine ruth @the milk avenue: thanks ladies :)

@chapoul: thanks for suggesting audrey roger's site, she has great portfolio!

three kittens

2011-11-26T22:10:00.006+11:00

see: three kittens photo chain project with my lovely friends jo and charlotte.

jo and charlotte and i met in sydney but now we're all apart with me still staying here, jo in vietnam and cha in norway. this is how we describe our project:

three kittens is a collective photographic dialogue. three friends in three countries (i'm in australia, jo's in vietnam and charlotte's in norway) each add a photo that takes an element from the previously posted photo. the name three kittens is inspired by a french handclap song in which each sentence starts with the syllable the previous sentence ended with. can you think of what the next photo is going to be?

above are a few snippets of our photo chain, can you see the link in between these photos? come stop by at three kittens and hope you'll enjoy following our photo adventures! have a lovely weekend!

(1) diasy and smile by cha, (2) marc jacobs daisy by me, (3) floral tiles by jo

replies:

@hanna: surely you could add one more mini journal into your christmas wish list? it's too cute! hehehe..

@danica @sundari: say yay to triangles lovers :)

@thunderthing: lol like all other hipsters, excellent!

@vintageveggie: that's awesome, i actually don't remember when was the last time i had smarties hahaha, i feel like some now that you mentioned it.

@shhh my darling: nice to meet you too, thanks for visitting :)

@jodeska: oh.. that sculpture was a pain.. and i had a back pain too because of it!

@the squirrel and i: nothing wrong with carnations so don't feel like an old lady!

@daydream lily: you should still post about your triangle etsy finds, i would love to see them! can't get enough of triangles hehe..

@hila: thanks hila :) they're both gorgeous aren't they!

@shebby: glad you like them :)

love triangle

2011-11-20T14:26:00.000+11:00

i'm loving triangles these days. what's your current obsession?

artwork by camilla engman

printed tea towels and placemats by satsuki shibuya

necklace by emedemarta

spring 2011 collection by hound (still loving them much eventho they're not from the newest season)

mini journal by happy dappy bits

brock davis

2011-11-20T00:18:00.002+11:00

see: art by brock davis.

brock davis is an artist based in minneapolis. he's an all rounder creative mind working on various projects both serious concept and absurd humorous artworks - from drawing, writing, graphic design and also music.

replies:

@adeline: thanks adeline, i love all of your just in a minute posts too!

@morenica: and you should too do the meme :)

@hannah: glad you feel inspired to take out your film camera again! hope you're having fun with your little buddy!

@melissa @blue night owl @sharmaine ruth @gracey @little queue @richard pearson: glad you guys like the music too. if you have any good music to share with me, please do! i'd love to hear from you all :)

@sydney: they're talented guys indeed! haha.. why did you wish they were from uk? it doesn't really matter where people come from as long as they play good music!