Category: The everyday
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Simple Inspiration
people often ask me what inspires me and keeps me living a creative life. it\’s finding beauty in the simple, everyday things i pass that others might even deem ugly, like a rundown building near a freeway entrance or an illuminated sign. i see everything around me as a source of energy. and being able…
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Personalised Art
I\’m a visual girl; I\’ll tell you directions by the shape of the road and the colour of a building. I\’ll remember your face forever even though I\’ll forget your name after five minutes. I can stare for hours at a photo but have a hard time explaining why. And this is one of the…
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Look at the world a little differently
Image by Michael HugesPhotographer Michael Hughes has an amazing portfolio on Flickr of pictures of landmarks. But instead of photographing the actual landmark, he instead photographs a postcard or souvenir of the landmark which makes for some wonderful, interesting and creative photos.I love this idea for so many reasons but mainly because it creates an…
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I fall for fall
When I was 18 I went to a little town in the Canadian Rockies during the fall, fell in-love and decided to stay for awhile. With crisp weather, the most awe-inspiring scenery and enough to keep me, my friends and my (rented) horse happy, I thought I\’d never leave. There was a cosiness to putting…
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By Letting it Go!
We shall all be very much happier when we learn to transform the things we have into a semblance of our ideal. How, then, may we go about accomplishing our ideal?By letting it go!By forgetting this vaguely pleasing dream, this evidence of our smug vanity, and making ourselves ready for a new ideal.By considering the…
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If it takes a village, here are their numbers.
They say it takes a village to raise a child and that holds true if your child is a 1941 Bungalow that needs some TLC. However, putting that village can be hard – especially if you\’re new to an area like myself. It can also be overwhelming to think of all the people you\’ll need…
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Missing Fall
I am missing fall and charm; it\’s really just that simple. When it\’s just cold enough for a sweater and hot chocolate. When the windows open and you feel the cold brush in. When boots and tights come out to replace flip flops and cheeks are rosy. I miss cosy.I\’m trying to be mindful of…
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Struggle & surrender
Last week when I went to put my key in the lock of my front door, I heard this humming and bumping noise. Looking up I saw a hummingbird flying and hitting the skylight over and over again; the light confused him as he thought it was a way out. Worried that he\’d die of…
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The Shabby House
It used to be a rather shabby house with an overgrown yard, paint peeling and various spiders as tenants. But several months ago, after almost a year of being for sale, someone purchased that shabby little house and began to transform it.Each day I would walk to the post and pass the house and each…
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Glamour
The contrast between what is glamorous now and what was glamorous in the days of Cary Grant and Norma Shearer says much about how American society has changed. Glamour used to present an idealized version of adulthood. Now it presents an idealized version of adolescence. In the old days, glamour was all about unattainability, i.e.,…
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Austin & SXSW
Four things I’ve learned whilst in Austin: 1. If you wear big sunglasses, unlike LA, you will be known and recognised for them and should expect to hear at night “Aren’t you the girl who wore the big sunglasses?” a lot. 2. If you have long blonde hair and a foreign accent and attend a…
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The Dress Twirls
For the past couple of years I have taken a seasonal gig at my favourite store; not only to indulge in their very generous discount but because I adore talking with the ladies, dressing them up and just having fun for a few hours a week.One night, an older woman came in who was a…
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Pride & Predjudice
Tonight I went to a special previewing of Pride and Prejudice where director Jo Wright and star Donald Sutherland spoke. By the end of it all, I had to tuck myself away to gather myself; it had been a roller coaster evening when all I was prepared for was a movie.It began by hearing the…
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Digital connection
I realise there\’s only been a handful of entries this year and that the site has been down more than up. It\’s been somewhat intentional by the fact I\’ve found myself less and less involved, inspired and in-love with the online world. It\’s become a bunch of blah, blah, blah lately. Boring. Myself included. For…
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Breaking out of routine
It had been a whirlwind morning of darting through Santa Monica, Brentwood and Beverly Hills for several different projects I have going on. It was at four that I decided to head home and grab a quick bite before heading out once again. But it had become rather cold outside due to the marine layer…
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Sleeping Bee
I remember when I first saw this bee laying in the flower and thought him dead. My first reaction wasn\’t that in the heat of summer he might have been so busy as to just need a nap (which was true) but that it must not be alive if it\’s not moving.The past few months…
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Baby Bird
Walking home I noticed this little bird in a doorway; a baby seeming rather lost with no mother near. The little tufts of hair and the way he turned his head made me think him rather cantakerous and I felt with that, he\’d be alright, just like Biggie.
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Hollywoodland
Tonight was my first big Hollywood event; a dress was bought, heels went on and a little lipgloss was swiped. After being terribly sick for the past week and inside on the couch for most of it, getting a chance to go out was welcomed.And although I\’d been to the Beverly Hills Hotel on several…