Diversions

Sheep's Clothing

2013-05-19T13:47:00.003+01:00

I'd like to do something a little more intricate with my brand new sheep and wolf masks, but for now I am pleased they've made a debut on the blog. Baaah!

This is one of those few dresses I rarely wear during the colder seasons, and when I do I always regret it ;) It's linen, so doesn't exactly count as insulation :D
I've also been waiting hard to take this colourful jacket for a spin. At long last (insert evil laugh here) my plan has come to fruition!

Now it's back to a lazy Sunday for me, hope you are getting to relax and wind down too :)

dress & cardi: online store
jacket: eBay
shoes: highstreet

Steißbein

2013-05-15T19:14:00.001+01:00

My Mom gave me this book, hers before, when I moved to England. I recently started carrying a sketchbook again, so it is time to refresh myself on how all those muscles and bones under our skin align.

I figured you guys would probably enjoy taking a peek at that as well ;)

And there is that Steißbein

Coccyx. That's what that is by the way :)

Have a fantastic day everybody!

It's a new dawn it's a new week

2013-05-13T15:51:00.001+01:00

Hello you guys.

Another new week. They're just racing by. And I'll be darned if it isn't getting warmer and greener out there!
Foliage. I missed you.

Right, next up I'll show you a book my Mom gave me some years ago. Meanwhile, have a good one :)

coat & cardi: highstreet
skirt: etsy
tights, hats & boots: eBay

Dirndl

2013-05-10T13:29:00.001+01:00

Nearly the weekend you all!
I for one am waiting hard :)

hat: festival stall
scarf: present
denim jacket: eBay
dress & blouse: present (h.moser)

Joker

2013-05-07T08:52:00.000+01:00

Have a most fantastic short working week you all!
Tuesday already and it's only just begun :)

I'll see you later in the week!

skirt: etsy
cardi: charity shop (dyed)
cape thing: market stall
tights: highstreet
trainers: eBay

Park.Life

2013-05-04T13:00:00.000+01:00

It's been a while but as you can see I still carry the same two hats (either fits under my bike helmet.. ring ring). It's still cool in the morning but the days have been getting a lot warmer :)

Well, this is only a short one, so until next time.
Have a fantastic weekend!

dress: etsy I think
cardi: highstreet
trainers & hats: eBay
tights: online store

Frankie my dear I do give a damn!

2013-05-01T19:17:00.000+01:00

I first encountered frankie magazine in the lost property box at a youth hostel.
Ever since I occasionally treat myself to an issue. The writing is my favourite part, but this month there were plenty of photographic goodies to boot..

Brazilian photographer Gustavo Lacerda's studio portraits of people with albinism.

What I really like about Saskia Wilson's photos is that she provided source and price not only for the blouses, but ever item in the image. Compare :)

Alma Haser's self-portraits and not so self portraits are really quite intriguing. Look closlier ;)

Midweek you all :)
Have a good second half!

Thursday

2013-04-25T21:15:00.001+01:00

Hey there.

Well this is a loooooong week. Or so it has been.
The working week is almost done, nearly time for a weekend which I hope will feel just as long!

hat: Glasto stall
blouse & tights: online store
cardi: charity shop (dyed)
skirt: highstreet second-hand via eBay (dyed)
trainers: eBay

Quick Done

2013-04-22T18:51:00.005+01:00

Velcro! These shoes are so damn awesome. That those fastenings are really not buttons but Velcro somehow makes me really quite happy.

Finally it's warm enough to give this dress a spin!
When we spent two weeks in Goa last winter (ha! it's not winter anymore!), I tired of the market stalls in no time but the tailor shops, of which there is a few, are definitely well worth a visit!

I went to Quick Done Tailors in Candolim.
Lots of gorgeous fabrics to pick from. The cut of this dress is based on another dress I'd brought along on my holiday. You can also find lots of amazing dresses with incredible bead work ready made and waiting to be adjusted to your measurements.. I got one of those waiting in my wardrobe as well. Next time I am travelling light. Little luggage, lots of vintage patterns for reference in my suitcase ;)

Until next time!

dress: Quick Done Tailors, Candolim, Goa
scarf: present
cardi: supermarket
tights & heels: online store

Blow dryer

2013-04-19T18:28:00.000+01:00

Monday was warm but oh so windy. I wish I'd had a hat, so I might have hidden the blow dryer effect, but even that wouldn't have helped me keep my skirt down. Marylin Monroe nothing against it. Check it out though: Clogs! And my toes are totally intact. Not purple, not even blue. ;) So long frostbite fears: We'll meet again next year!

And I've still not had my tattoo touched up! But it's looking pretty bright and cheerful judging by these photos. Only, I should really get myself into gear and have it finished up one of these days. Oh procrastination! I know thee well..

What are you all putting off right now?

dress & clogs: online store
cardi & tights: highstreet
denim jacket: eBay

i only play act for-real

2013-04-16T14:00:00.000+01:00

Is it too early to start counting the days to Glastonbury Festival?
Probably. But will that prevent me from doing so? Nah.

Two looong hard years of waiting.. and now it's what? Little more than a couple of months in my future. There's a carrier bag in the bottom of my wardrobe. Yep. I've been semi-packed for the past year. Not that I am a fan-a-tic in that respect. No. No.

What are you looking forward to this summer? Got any plans, or will you let the sunshine guide you?

I give thanks to the music deities that may be..
Found another song I can just about crawl into :)
Check it out, Anemone by Brian Jonestown Massacre:

hat: glasto
dress: etsy (BlessedButton)
cardi: highstreet online
belt: second-hand (zipper/Amsterdam)
tights: eBay
saddle shoes: online store

Stef two hats

2013-04-14T11:46:00.000+01:00

Hi you guys :)

Well, my posting habits are becoming positively unpredictable.
Although I drew a certain satisfaction from posting every 48 hours like some tick toking efficiency machine, giving myself a day or three off from the blog certainly feels pretty darn good too.

I'd say it leaves space for other pastimes, but frankly it just allowed for my computer to physically grow attached to my lap, skin and microchips bonding, like an electronic parasite. Well, that's unfair.. I have been doing plenty of reading too :)

Today feels like spring. I tell you, I have been waiting hard. I bet you all are too. I've been sitting outside in a t-shirt and it's not how it feels that's so exciting, but how it doesn't feel: COLD. So here is to that absence!

Spring, I knew you were real! I never gave up on you, honest. Let's be friends?

Well, obviously I didn't wear two hats.. but I found the blue one in my backpack as I rifled through it for my remote and figured: What the hell? I'll wear'em both.

hats & cardi: eBay
dress, tights & saddle shoes: online store

Bound Paper Treasure #5

2013-04-10T12:03:00.000+01:00

I may have squealed when I unwrapped The Blue Room by Eugene Richards this Christmas. I am a sucker for photographs of abandoned places, but you can trust Richards to deliver something that adds up to more than just the beauty of decay. There is an absence felt in every image. Dead birds, almost like toys, scattered on the floor of what was once a child's bedroom, disintegrating photographs hinting at lifes lived within these crumbling walls, the ghost of translucent curtains dancing in the breeze, there's poetry in these images. And the field notes at the end of the book are just as beautifully versed as ever.

Uncommon Places by Lynne Cohen collects series of large format interiors, some in full colour, some black & white. It's like looking through the key hole of exactly the kind of places you might never expect to see first hand. From shooting ranges over scientific and medical facilities to waiting rooms.. these spaces appear surreal. Imposing. Institutional. Fascinating. Looking in through people's lit up windows while walking along at night time nothing against it ;)

The Innocents by Taryn Simon was published in collaboration with The Innocence Project. The book comprises of portraits of numerous men who spent years or even decades imprisoned before being exonerated after DNA testing proved them innocent.

The large-format colour portraits are beautifully composed. Many are taken at the scene of the crime or at scene of arrest. Each is accompanied by the subject's story. The stories that are told are harrowing and poignant. The book puts faces to and as such humanizes the failings of the jusdicial system. Never foolproof.

Who's to say

2013-04-07T18:16:00.001+01:00

Hi there :)
Hope you guys had a relaxing weekend as well.
I was enjoying some unexpected sunshine and the distinct lack of arctic winds :D

My husband and I watched Moonrise Kingdom on Saturday. Freaking awesome! If you haven't yet you should seriously watch it.

"Was he a good dog?"
"Who's to say. But he didn't deserve to die."
Best quote. Ever.

So long :)

beret: eBay
scarf: present (pass me down)
sweater & shoes: highstreet
coat: supermarket
cape: market stall
skirt: second-hand (etsy)
tights: online store

The Dudh Abides

2013-04-05T09:25:00.000+01:00

This is the waterfall that scarred my foot. But I lived to tell the tale ;)
Of course when I slipped and the water started to turn red, the source of the pretty tint wasn't my primary concern: As soon as the foot was clearly still attached drying off my camera came first. Priorities. Get'em straight ;)

Nearly the weekend you guys.
Make it a good one!

Green Day

2013-04-02T21:28:00.004+01:00

I was having a green day today :) Well, discounting the outer layers that is ;)

After a four day weekend my alarm clock genuinely confused me this morning. I woke up and for a moment there I wondered why the hell my phone was making that infernal noise.. and then I realised: I am expected to get up, get ready and head for that all but forgotten place: the office. Dum! Dum! DUM!
Oh well, only a four day week.. that should ease me back into the daily grind softly.

So here is to short weeks and longer days :D

beret & tights: eBay
scarf: second hand
dress: highstreet (dyed)
cardi & coat: supermarket
boots: present

Daylight savings

2013-03-31T14:55:00.000+01:00

Talk about lazy Sundays ;)
I made it out of the house for photos at least ;)

Last night the clocks turned forward again. At last! Daylight savings is for the dogs if you ask me, so I am pleased to be putting it behind me for another year. I am excited for the extra hour before dusk this evening :)

Have a great day everybody!

cardi: charity shop (dyed)
kids-t: supermarket
skirt: etsy
tights: online store
trainers: eBay

Long weekend, here I come

2013-03-29T13:03:00.000Z

Well you all, this is what I wore yesterday. If there is one thing I love about icy cold weather, it's that all those layers make for much improved clone shots. It may look like I am just playing dress up, but throughout the day I wore all this stuff. I'll switch from my cardi to my cape to my coat, depending on the current temperature.. so yeah.. I am a layering show off.

Not much to report. I am reading Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk right now, Once Upon A Time in the West is coming to an end in the background as I write this and the line up for Glasto has been released (yay!). So yeah.. long weekend, here I come!

beret & cardi: eBay
cape: market stall
dress & tights: online store
boots & coat: highstreet

Purple

2013-03-26T21:24:00.001Z

Happy Purple Day you all!

Well, all my colleagues turned up colour co-ordinated today ;)
Scouring our wardrobes for purple things (well, most everybody but me had to hunt for items anyway..).

Sometimes it's hard to even keep track of all those different awareness days, but this one aims to increase awareness of epilepsy.

You can find the Do's & Don'ts of First Aid when somebody's having a seizure here.
Always good to know the basics, so you don't lose your head at the time. Me, I am horrible in an emergency. Deer in headlights nothing against it ;) So you know, I reckon "be prepared" and it's a lot easier not to be a total dumb ass when it comes to it.

It's hard enough for epilepsy sufferers to wake up to an audience, might as well be a calm, supportive one ;)

Still icy around here. Meh.
A four day week on the other hand, not meh at all :D

cardi & coat: highstreet
blouse: online store
hat & skirt(dyed), shoes: eBay
cape: market stall

Sun will Rise

2013-03-24T14:30:00.001Z

Hello there :) Happy weekend!
It's snowing again.. I thought we were past this, but this winter just won't budge.

I took these back in February, when the sun was only just stretching out it's golden feelers as I cycled towards work.

Those rowers.. always on the river, always yelling through megaphones early in the morning.
I know, I know... proud university tradition and what not, but it takes my all to keep from shouting right back at them. Yes, yes, they're really only shouting commands to each other, spurning their team on, but I just can't help it, I want to give them what for.

I am a choleric.. at heart.

There's flats right there you know, the other side of the river and plenty of people live in boats around this stretch of the Cam too. What a wake up call! I am glad I don't live there or the poor rowers would have to get used to dodging objects aimed at them from my window ;)

hat: present (pass me down)
sweater & ankle boots: highstreet
cape: market stall
skirt: etsy
tights: online store

Aloha!

2013-03-21T18:46:00.001Z

Nope, I am not on a tropical island.. But I am wearing an avian tourist on my collar, which doesn't exactly put me in holiday mode but he definitely cheers me up whenever I catch my reflection in the mirror.

Another short one, hey?
Hope you have a good second half to the week :)

beret: eBay
dress: etsy (supayana)
tin brooch: etsy (unicornkids)
cardi: charity shop (dyed/buttons swapped)
coat: highstreet
tights & boots: online store

Round Tuit

2013-03-19T20:57:00.003Z

Well, you know me:
I wake up to pea soup and I grab my tripod right away.

I am pleased I finally got a round tuit - around to swapping the buttons on this cardi that is.
It's a lovely hand knit. When I happened across it in a charity shop it looked a bit grey around the edges, a shortcoming easily remedied with a pack of dye. But until I swapped the buttons it just didn't look quite right. Now it's a firm favourite :)

Procrastination 0 - Stef 1

beret & wellies: eBay
scarf: present
cardi: charity shop (dyed & buttons swapped)
coat: supermarket
skirt: etsy (Eclectasie)
tights: online store

Odds and Sods

2013-03-17T13:50:00.001Z

I am collecting a few sewing patterns :)

This lined paper bedding set came with water soluble felt tips, so I got right to it and marked out my territory. ;)
(In case you're wondering: The small blue writing was in answer to a question from David: It's not a mole, it's a rosy cheek.)

I dyed this cardi quite a while ago but only today I finally tackled swapping the buttons for matching blue ones :)

An "image unrelated" kindle screensaver and our new rug :)

Palm leaf engraving (Talapatra chitra) - the very first piece in David's art collection :D

And a detail shot from an outfit post that never was :)

Happy Sunday you all!

Thursday

2013-03-14T23:34:00.004Z

It's been a long, cold, beautifully bright day :)

I snapped some photos of what I was wearing on the way to work, when the fields were still covered in morning frost and children on their way to school were dawdling so they could kick just one more icy puddle CRUNCH!

I guess I'll catch up properly with you guys another time.
The day kind of disappeared on me and it's time for bed *yawn*

Happy Friday (almost)!

beret: etsy (softspoken)
blouse & cardi: online store
skirt: etsy (annabelfuzz)
tights & wellies: eBay

:)

2013-03-12T21:29:00.002Z

Hey Hey!

Today was bitterly cold and windy to boot, so I hope you are suitably impressed that I left my warm office to snap these at lunch ;)

Thank goodness for this blog! Without it there would be no exploration of the great outdoors for this lazybones here.

Right, I am pooped you all.. time to catch up with some urgent lazing
Have a good one!

beret: etsy (softspoken)
scarf: market stall
dress: isabel knowles
cardi & tights: online store
boots: eBay