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Thursday 23 February, 2006
I made afghan biscuits (why are they called afghans? I doubt they are from afghanistan.) for Willo's lunch boxes last night. Biscuits that require icing always look so delightful on the cooling tray. More like art than food. I think I'll always make icing biscuits from now on...more aesthetically motivating! :p
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Big thanks to you all for the wonderful advice about Melbourne. I forgot to mention we are going NEXT autumn, not this one...(no money right now plus Magnus is too little to leave) but I've filed all of your suggestions...I'm definitely getting that Brunswick Street is a MUST.
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A little more on style...I was pondering in my journal last night why it has been such a big thing for me lately. I think it is because a) I'm going to wean Magnus soon so will be able to wear DRESSES (bliss!) and lots of LAYERS (swoon!) again b) autumn is swiftly approaching and it is my favourite season and I love cold-weather clothes c) I'm trying to work out what is floating my boat style-wise now that I'm coming out of little-baby-ville.
I've been reading the archives of Tricia - a super-stylish New York based fashion design student. She has a beautiful sense of style and colour and she makes yummy things with wool. Reading her blog you get a) some snatches of New York life b) lots of style inspiration c) she sometimes muses about fashion/style 'issues' d) she has her finger on the pulse of fashion so that YOU don't have to...ha ha...
After binging on style-sites this week - I'm thinking that this autumn/winter I am going to be into:
-purple tights with red shoes
-short tailored jackets with lots of badges/brooches
-applique-ing words and pictures on to scarves
-growing my hair a little (shoulder length)
-cloche hats
-wearing skirts as 'boob tube dresses' over thin woollen jerseys and pants (looks better than it sounds, I swear)
-felt
-skirts made from old blankets
-skulls/the day of the dead/voodoo
-eyes
-enormous fabric flowers
-steel-toe boots painted with blue glitter
-tweed made punk with applique
-finding a way to make retro skirt aprons into something wearable (drop-waisted skirts?)
-garments as art
-red, orange and bright pink together
-vintage buttons sewed in interesting places
-words sewed with ribbon
Mmm...looking at that list...most of that stuff I'm perenially into. Maybe I need to go look at some more style websites - ha ha.
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I got the most amazing mail swap today from Melissa. (She used to have the blog 'Quiet Cricket' but is having a blog break.) We did a colour swap - green for her, red for me. Today I got a box of lush redness...egg cup, knitting needles, fabrics, books, a top with a retro red mushroom badge, heart lollies, crafty fixings and the most delicious red, resin bracelet. (I know, you wanna see photos, right? Sorry, M is due to wake any second and there just isn't time. But trust me, it was a treat and a half.)
I can't recommend mail swaps enough. They are so much fun and you feel like it's your birthday when you get your box of stuff in the mail. YUMMO!
Busy weekend ahead - so see you next week! (And I promise next week won't be all about style and clothes...I'm starting to feel very fickle.)
posted by Helen on 23 February, 2006 | 10:47am
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