Inspiration This Week

Wow have I been busy lately! So much so that blogging has been the last thing on my mind - there go my 'blog goals'... Oh well, I'm trying to get better. I also just remembered I haven't even uploaded the remainder of my 30 Days of Lists. They're coming, I promise.

In the meantime, I would really like to share a photographer that has been inspiring me big-time lately.

Luke Byrne is from Adelaide, Australia. He takes truly inspirational images using a mixture of film and digital photography. Some of my favourites:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

take a look at his photostream and collaboration website

and seen here on feaverish photography blog

also, for more info on his ideas and techniques there is a short interview with him here

List Nine

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This list was really hard to write, because I follow so many awesome websites and I just couldn't narrow it down! In the end I decided not to include personal blogs, and that shortened the list somewhat. Basically, this is a list of the blogs and websites I check every day, and that i get really excited about if I see a new post.

While writing this I also updated my blogroll, so check that out for more awesome and inspiring sites! ( That was also on my "blog to-do list", so check that off the list!)

The links for the list are:

The Bloggess

flickr (favourites)

Cakewrecks

Creature Comforts

feaverish

P.S. - I Made This...

I highly recommend all of them!

Lists Seven and Eight

Blog goals:

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Hmmm, so I kinda suck at blogging... I actually really love it, and even compose posts in my head when I'm doing other things like working,  but I'm so slack at times that I just don't get around to posting it to the internet! Hence the fact that this list is at least a day late - I don't even know anymore! But this list is my declaration/wishlist of what I want to do with this blog. Bear with me while I muddle through with my lack of organisational and technological skills...

And here is (I think) today's list too:

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I've seen a lot of other blogs do a 'what's in my bag' post, and I always really enjoy them. Although it does feel kinda like snooping through someone's stuff - I'm curious, I guess! This list was really fun to do too, I just dumped all my junk on the table and attempted to sort it into some semblance of order. I did discover that I carry a lot of pens and lipglosses - I'm sure one of each would do...

What do you always have to have in your bag? Have you ever done a 'what's in my bag' post? I'd love to see it if you have! Also, let me know if you're participating in 30 Days of Lists, I love looking at how everyone differently interprets the prompts and displays them in their own way.

Ah, technology - you strike again!

At the moment I seem to be completely unable to upload pictures to this blog - making it impossible to post my contributions to 30 Days of Lists that I have been working hard on. How very frustrating!  So I shall have to promise to post them at a later date and simply give up on them for today.

30 Days of Lists: List One

Inspired by these awesome posts by the super talented Bianca at Goodnight Little Spoon, I have decided to start the 30 Days of Lists challenge! I'm kinda late starting, as the challenge started on the first of the month, but I'm so excited about it that I didn't want to wait until next month to start on the first!

It was hard to decide whether to create these lists in a collage journal form by hand or on the computer, but I decided I needed to get more comfortable with digital scrapping and that kind of thing, so this seemed like the perfect time.

The first list was "A Few Things About Yourself". This is my creation, and hopefully the first of many:

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I hope these lists will help me get used to using the computer to create things as opposed to my hands! I also want to use the challenge as an opportunity to be more open and personal on this blog... so something I have been thinking about for a while but have found hard to put into practice. Also, I just love writing lists.

I definitely recommend checking out the 30 Days of Lists blog HERE, as that's where they post the daily challenge. They also have some great examples of other participants' lists for interest and inspiration. Yay, lists are so fun! Plus it's a great way to learn stuff about your fellow bloggers!

"What I'm Wearing"

What I'm wearing - Polyvore

Polyvore is so much fun! Excuse my while I play around... I know a lot of blogs that I read do a "What I Wore" or daily outfit post of some sort - maybe this is my version of that. This is what I am wearing at the moment. I had uni this morning, and had lunch with my friend after. Apart from that, I've been sitting around home doing a bit of course work, a bit of blog reading, a bit of nothing... A very relaxing afternoon. It's also raining and grey here, hence the boots and cardi.

Inspiration this Week

I've decided to try out a new project on this blog. The aim is to encourage myself to blog a bit more, as I've been pretty slack with the whole blogging thing. So every week (at least that's the plan...) I will be sharing what is inspiring me or catching my eye. So.... presenting: Inspiration This Week Part 1!

 Lovely, lovely photoshoot with Kirsten Dunst for Boy by Band of Outsiders. So beautiful and ethereal.

Things are a-changing

You may have noticed some crazy things happening around here. I've been trying out different templates to make this blog prettier and more exciting to read than the old default template. Like it?
The new template is from Yummy Lolly and is a big improvement in my opinion!
It hasn't been all smooth sailing though... I am pretty useless when it comes to the inner workings of the internet, particularly html code and that sort of intellectualish thing. So when I realised I had two of everything on my blog - including two of every post - it took me ages to find which bits to delete.
Anyway..... I think I have sorted myself out for now! Any comments/criticisms etc just let me know!

Diary Continued...

The inside cover of my diary - featuring my uni timetable.... But I just had to pretty it up a bit!

Sorry about the total lack of communication from me recently - has anyone else been having trouble uploading posts? Just me? Possibly due to the fact that I am a bit of a klutz with the whole internet/computer thing... Anyway prepare for a lot of catch-up posts starting now!

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Ooh Fancy!

OK not really, I realise I'm pretty late to the whole blogging thing... But still cool!
Soooo.... here is where I'm going to be posting my art and random stuff as it occurs to me.
Just trying to understand all the features and failing at the moment, my technophobe brain is attempting to make pro things happen.