My down time has been consumed with my pursuit of the dream home… either working on the house, thinking about the house or getting inspiration for the house Thought I might share a few of the things that are rocking my world at the moment…

Kachina Dolls

I am going nuts for these Native American pretties, according to Wiki “A kachina can represent anything in the natural world or cosmos, from a revered ancestor to an element, a location, a quality, a natural phenomenon, or a concept.” I personally love the naive shapes, the colours, and especially their crazy little faces and well they are just really beautiful.

African Wax Print fabric

I love these amazing hand-dyed fabrics…

I have found a place on Etsy called Sister Batik that sells cushion covers using these amazing prints… I can see these on my sofa, yes indeedy.

Todd James Print

My brother and our very own CC got me onto the artist Todd James. PJ gave me a copy of the Attitude Dancer 2: Illusion Dweller Coloring Book a couple of years ago and I really love his illustration style.

I want this print entitled “Somali Pirate”

The Bonze Stool by Philippe Starck (in gold please)

(look at that arsehole on the bottom right that has THREE!!!)

I love these stools!.. they’re shiny and gold and well also a bit creepy…  I will probably have to settle for a replica though, ahhhh to be stupid-ass RICH.

Custom made Neon Signs

I really like the idea of this, but I would want it to say something really derisive to take away from the cuteness of it.

And well that’s my wrap up on some of the things that are currently fueling my interior hysteria.

SOLD! (Note the drunk ramp.. previously an elderly person ramp)

Here’s Nood’s maxing and relaxing in the living room. Check out the hilarious 50′s carpet, yes that carpet is over 50 years old. Dust city.

With a new house comes a shit load of things to do, and we have been flat out. We have also been sans internet until last week. So excuses over here’s a few happy snaps of the past few weeks…

Smashing Cheesey’s at a store opening like a boss…

Riding inflatable doodles like a boss (Hen party maddness)

Attending weddings with cotton candy hair…

Riding the Christmas bus! They even have carols and fairy lights!

El’ Paso Mexican themed 30th!

I also went down to Melbs and visited with friends, fams with a wedding chucked in for good measure but alas I took no photos. Was good times though.

And so that kind of gets you up to date on the amazing happenings of my life!

x

OMG! Versace for H&M! First pics are in and she’s going to be a doozie!!! Who doesn’t want a bit of vintage-esque Versace goodness in their life and for a fraction of the cost? So I’ll say it here first, it is now my life’s mission to make the above tropical-leopard-heaven-bomber mine!! (hahah well maybe not life but I’m fairly keen on it hey!)

The first result was this.

It wasn’t a bad colour and many people told me they liked it (although that’s what people will say right? To be nice and all.) But yeah, I HATED it. It’s the most I have cried over my hair in a long time… the last time was a very questionable mumsy flicked out bob and the time before that was when my girlfriend tried to dye my hair blonde from this red-burgundy colour and I ended up with a  frazzed out yellow mop with orange tips. Actually I was a hair model once and that was fairly disastrous too. Ha ha to say I have had a lot of cuts and colours is a bit of an understatement. ANYHOO, I waited it out for 3 and a bit weeks to give my hair a breather and all and then I was back in that salon chair like a shot… and ta-da…

Ok, these are fairly shitty quality iPhone pics but it’s a great peachy-pastely-pink. My friends have started calling me Peach Melba which I quite like too.. so yes I’m a happy camper once more, it’s weird how something like a hair colour can effect your sense of self so much, I just felt flat with the brown hair, like I wasn’t myself. Pink is where it’s at! Lady G says it best (Sorry Alex! Haha!)

I just want to be free, I just want to be me
And I want lots of friends that invite me to their parties
I don’t wanna change,
And I don’t wanna be ashamed
I’m the spirit of my Hair
It’s all the glory that I bare
I am my Hair!

haha so trivial and silly.. but also kinda true in my case.

So Ashish just KILLED London fashion week with it’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection.

Sequins? check. Florals? Check.  Animal prints? Check. Bright as fuck? Check. I love the relaxed fit of the majority of the pieces, it just makes the sometimes OTT sexy sequin so much more chilled, and it’s all served up with a sense of humour, which is always my preference when it comes to fashion, why take it all so seriously? The styling is perfect too. Those flower-stuffed boots, genius. Right?

What did I say? Brilliant! x

P.s. You can buy pieces of Ashish’s last amaze-ball collection over at the always awesome ASOS (which now has an Australia site!)… Can someone please throw me a spare few thousand for some of those plaid sequin pants. Please?

<3 <3 <3 TEN YEARS TODAY CHICKENS!!! <3 <3 <3

Here’s some happy snaps!

mmmm nom-noms.

This was the Friday night dance party in the lounge room. I believe we were all really getting into Britney’s amazing single “Till the World Ends” here, it’s pretty fun to dance to hey.

Onto Saturday night and the costumes… I had exactly NO time to get a costume together this time round, this whole full time job thing is really messing with my mojo. Anyway I ran into the costume shop on Friday and asked for a Madonna wig….

… THIS is what I got. It’s not Madonna. It’s what we all decided was a “funky divorcee” cut. I became “Debra” for the night, the funky mum who was cool with letting the kids have a party.. haha… at least I had Madge’s major brows!

More costumes include… Pockets as “A League of their Own”

Jacobus as “Country Western” Madonna

Micheal, Rash and Ben as “Erotica Madonna”

Anna as “The Girly Show”

Ryan as a very emo Lourdes.. haha this was one of my favourites.

Jazz as Oriental Madonna and Tiffany as Desperately Seeking Susan

Pocket’s little sister, Kylie and her boyfriend came as the Britney and Madonna MTV performance!! Hahah he even had high heel boots on!!! So funny.

Luke did a very dashing Spanish “La Isla Bonita” look and well Mei-Mei took the cake with his Madonna MTV Mary Antoinette get up… He looked insanely gooood.

Just enjoying some BBQ meats… so coy!

ahaha he was definitely my fave.

My wig slowly turned into an even FUNKIER Mum cut later in the night. Hot right?

Yet another weekend to remember, Madonna friendship HIGH!

So I totally ran the City to Surf yesterday. 14 whole kilometers. I have NEVER been fit in my life, on my first training run I only made it 1 k before I had to stop and dry-retch… right in front of a horrified little league soccer team. Ergh.
But I did it and I actually enjoyed it and not to be too cheesy but I had such a sense of pride when I crossed that finish line. I whole-heartedly recommend challenging yourself today.

The Mayorette’s favourite nocturnal bird, aka Obnoxious Owl is having a super spring clean-out sale!
Not only is she saying goodbye to a swag load of cutie-patootie gear (like the awesome dress seen above) but she is also handing all the dosh over for an excellent cause, “Help Siva”.
If you’ve been looking for an excuse to buy yourself a prize you’ve found it! Get some sexy new threads, shoes or jewels and help a good cause why don’t you!

This is what I am thinking…

So obviously I have been rocking bright orange hair for the past 2 years (well it started off an unwanted  dark red colour due to a nervous hairdresser) and I have gradually got it to the supreme ginge that I always strived for BUT… I am now starting to think about transitioning back to blonde. Isn’t that always the case? I don’t think I will go back to platinum, it’s way too harsh on the ol’ follicles but more of a strawberry blonde colour as showcased in the very bodgey Photoshopped piccie above.

What do we think? yay or nay? I’ll take other suggestions but with Summer just around the corner, I think lightening my hair in some form is definitely on the cards.